A/N: My first Naruto ficlet, set around the time when sasuke leaves the hidden leaf village. Enjoy! :)
He's the one who left her, remember? Of course, it's hard to forget when she's sobbing in your arms, tears making cold trails down your back as she pulls you closer to her, looking for nothing more than a little human comfort. You know that as well as she does, and yet for a moment you kid yourself that it's more than that, that you can actually fill the hole he's just made in her heart.
You remember the first time you looked in to her bright green eyes, eyes so beautiful they made your heart skip a beat when they caught you in their gaze. You grinned at her, and you knew you looked pretty goofy- maybe that's why she scowled at you. It didn't matter how she looked at you though; from that moment on, she would always be perfect to you.
You watched her fawn over him, watched her fight for him, and you thought all the while he was oblivious. You know now he wasn't, and still he chose to leave her. Your blood boils with jealous anger as you hold her in your arms, the perfect girl whose love he doesn't deserve, and you feel the pain that he's caused tear through her heart with every shuddering breath she takes.
So how is it that you're left feeling like a traitor when he's the one that's done this to her? She looks up at you, searching for answers that you know you can't give, but in that look you find your own. No matter how much love you give her, he will always own her heart. To try and take it from him would be a betrayal of love itself. You hope in your heart that someday he will come back to her, but for now all you can do is wait.