She could easily remember when they first had a falling out. All the memories of that day came rushing back.

He lied to her. Again. Sakura had many feelings against smoking, she wasn't going to lie about it. She absolutely hated cigarettes. The smell of them, the cancerous results of smoking them. But what she really hated about him smoking them, was kissing him after he had.

He came to her that night to cuddle, fool around, and watch a movie. Sakura was ecstatic, he'd rather spend the night with her rather than going out to some rave or something. But then she kissed him. And kissed him again. And again. She couldn't be too sure with the first kiss, she'd had her fair share of sake that night. But after a point, she could notice the taste of cigarettes on him. He tasted like an ash tray. And she called him out on it. And he lied. Like an idiot. So she called him out on it again.

He knew he was cornered and admitted it.

They were already on her cot, curled up together when this all occurred. So she curled up with her back to him and began to cry.

"Do you want me to leave?"

She felt so pathetic after her pitiful 'no'.

So he stayed and held her while she cried.

The next day he popped in, all smiles to see her after he'd left for his own dormitory. And he realized it hadn't been forgotten so easily.

"You don't want to see me do you.."

"No, I always want to see you. I just can't handle someone lying to me. You know that."

"I just didn't want to disappoint you."

"I'm more upset that you lied to me."

"Well, wouldn't we be in this situation if I had come out and told you?"

"No. I'd have told you to go brush your damn teeth and we'd have been done with it. You know it's a horrible habit and that it hurts me that you do it. It's the lying that kills me."

"I-I'm sorry, I didn't know."

No, that wasn't a good day. But she could never stay mad at him. A little weary but never mad. It was a fault of caring about him too much.

The next time it wasn't too much of a falling out so much as a shock to her heart.

"I used to hook up a lot; it's not something I'm proud of. I don't like random hookups."

"When was the last time you hooked up with someone?"

"About a month before we started talking again."

Sakuras' breathing stopped for a minute. She couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"Was I just going to be a hookup? Was that your plan when we started talking?" The tears in her voice were hard to hide as she stared out his dorm room window.

"I didn't have a plan when we started talking. I didn't want just a hookup, but if that's where it had ended, nothing I could've done about it. I'm glad it didn't though."

He walked to her and hugged her tight.

Sakura and Itachi had their fair share of ups. Their fair share of downs.

No one ever would have guessed the two of them would wind up together.

And honestly, she had the pros and cons of staying with him after everything.

She even had a little list.

Staying With Him

-Cons:

1. Smokes

2. Lied

3. Sketchy at times

4. Snores

5. Morning breath

And the list went on…

-Pros:

1. I love him.

She always knew it'd never be easy with him. The way her friends acted proved that ten-fold. But she had the one reason to stay. And that was the only reason that mattered. He made her feel safe. Made her feel beautiful and wanted. He was intelligent enough that she could have debates with him about the education system, politics, family, and their beliefs on moral issues. He made her laugh after she'd had so many reasons not to. He made her forget her worries. He made her fall in love.

I decided to continue this story as a series of one-shots of the AU college universe I put them in. All will be Saku/Ita