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Rusty

Sasuke looked at the item in his hands. It was something that he had never expected to hold again, not after the turmoil and many bad decisions in his life. Somewhere, deep in his sub consciousness, he had wished for it again, but hoping had always been futile. Delicate hands closed over his own, ensuring that, for the first time in far too long, he held it again. He looked up at their owner, the person that had returned it to him, disbelievingly. Sakura's eyes were full of joy and he looked back at his headband.

"It's not even dirty."