Start Again


I had a dream that you were with me

It wasn't my fault, you roll me over, flip me over like a somersault

That doesn't happen to me; I've never been here before,

I saw forever with my never and I stood outside her heaven.


2 years ago…

It all started on a snowy evening, Sakura and Sasuke had been friends since childhood but things were starting to change. They were already 15 and changing. Since Sakura was just 14 years old, she started to think of Sasuke differently—other than a childhood friend.

Sasuke however was kind of late, and started to think of Sakura differently as he turned 15. "Merry Christmas, Sasuke-kun" Sakura said as she handed him a present, neatly wrapped around a pink wrapper with white polka dots all over it.

"Hn" he said and took the gift away from her. He shoved a plastic in her face and Sakura smiled widely.

"Thank you!" she cried.

"Hn" he said once again, making Sakura annoyed. But she didn't argue with him since it was Christmas and she didn't want to have a big fight with him during a Christmas evening.

Sasuke opened his present first, showing him a black necklace that had a small cherry blossom tree pendant that hung on it. "To remind you of me when you're sad" Sakura said, a smile on her face.

Sakura took the necklace and placed it around Sasuke's neck. It felt weird for Sasuke because he has never worn a necklace before and shouldn't the situation be the other way around?

"You look awesome! Like one of those badass guys, no?" Sakura said, putting thumbs up. Sasuke sighed and touched the pendant with his rough fingers. "Thank you" he said and Sakura blushed.

She started to open her present too and found a ring in it. It was gold and had Sasuke's name on it. "To remind you, too" he said and took the ring from her and like what Sakura did, he placed the ring on her pointing finger and Sakura blushed. It oddly felt like he proposed to her.

Sakura smiled and kissed Sasuke on the cheek, "Thank you" she whispered in his ear. Their relationship was strange. They hadn't told each other that they had feelings for each other but somehow; they already knew that they did and they didn't mind at all. They showed their love for each other without even noticing their actions.

2

Sakura got out of her house, made sure that she locked the door and made her way to Sasuke who was in his red motorcycle. He was wearing a normal black t-shirt and some jeans. Sakura couldn't help but notice the necklace she gave him during Christmas was still there as if he never got it out.

Sasuke looked at Sakura as she made her way to him. She was wearing a blue dress that was spaghetti at the back. The dress fell just a few inches above her knees and when she got closer to him, he couldn't help but notice the ring that she wore that had his name on it.

"Ready?" he asked. Sakura nodded and hopped at his back. Sasuke gave her a small helmet that he bought yesterday just for this date. Sakura couldn't help but giggle at the small Pikachu printed at the side of the helmet.

She wore it and immediately hugged Sasuke's back as they sped off into the road. "Why do you always go too fast?" Sakura cried. Sasuke grinned, "It's better" he said shortly and they stopped talking.

Sakura and Sasuke shortly arrived in a small restaurant and they ate until they were stuffed. "Man, I feel so fat" Sakura cried.

"I'm going to poo once I get home" Sasuke muttered and Sakura burst out laughing. She balled a tissue paper and threw it on Sasuke's face, "You don't say that when you're in a date!" she cried.

Sasuke looked at her, "This isn't a date, I just asked you to go to lunch with me" he muttered. "Idiot, it's the same" Sakura replied. During that afternoon, Sasuke and Sakura got around so many places, they went to the malls, parks and different beaches until night came but the date wasn't finished just yet.

"Where are we going?" Sakura asked as Sasuke led her up to the woods. Sakura was blind folded with a red scarf and she felt like she was going up on a hill. "We're close" Sasuke said, holding Sakura's hands while leading her.

Sakura was smiling widely and she was excited for Sasuke's surprise. Finally, the two arrived and Sasuke took off Sakura's blindfold. While he was taking off the blindfold, Sakura could smell his men's perfume and it smelled so good. She smiled at the smell until she finally opened her eye and she saw the whole world down below her.

"Oh my god" she whispered. She was practically on top of a hill. Under her, she could see the small lights and the buildings of the city. There were small cars passing by that looked like ants to her when she was up here. "This is so beautiful," she said.

She looked up and saw the stars and there were thousands of them. You usually can't see this many stars when you're down there in the city. She twirled and saw Sasuke looking at her with softness in his eyes for the first time. Sakura has never seen Sasuke look like that before.

She smiled at him and hugged him tightly, "Thank you so much" she said.

Sasuke simply shrugged, "For what?" he asked.

"This day. It's simply the most fun I've ever had with you" she said. Sasuke smiled, a rarity for an Uchiha and hugged Sakura back. Sakura was surprised at first but let it go anyway and continued to hug him. A few minutes later, Sakura slowly let go of Sasuke. Sasuke just looked at her and their faces were so close that Sakura could feel his breath on her face.

"Sasuke?" she asked innocently.

"Hn?" he said, his obsidian eyes, never leaving her green eyes until he glance at her lips.

"Are you gonna kiss me or not?" she asked with a giggle. Sasuke smirked immediately and they kissed under the starry night. When they broke off, Sasuke whispered into her ear, "I love you"

Sakura blushed and almost cried from happiness just from hearing those few words, "I love you too" Sakura replied and they kissed once again.

3

Sasuke arrived at his house late that night because he was out with Sakura. Howver, he didn't know that the night would end badly for him. Sasuke looked around, he sensed something different until Fugaku Uchiha talked.

"Sasuke" he said firmly. Sasuke looked up to find his father, looking down on him.

"What do you want?" Sasuke asked, slowly going up the stairs to meet his father. "Where have you been?" he asked. Sasuke sighed, "It's none of your business"

"It is my business! You're my son" Fugaku replied, getting quite angry.

"I was out with Sakura, what is wrong with you?" Sasuke said, irritated by his father. He just wanted to rest and have a peaceful sleep. "You are not to see that young girl anymore. You have a big future to look after" Fugaku said all of a sudden, shocking the young Uchiha.

"What? You can't tell me that!" Sasuke yelled at his father.

"I'm your father!" Fugaku yelled back.

"Just because you're my father doesn't mean you get to control my life!" Sasuke yelled back. Mikoto got out of her room and looked at her own son and her husband who were fighting. Itachi soon followed after her.

"What's going on?" Itachi asked.

"What's the matter, Fugaku?" Mikoto asked her husband.

"I don't want Sasuke to go fooling around with that girl" Fugaku said simply and Sasuke glared at him. "I'm not fooling around, I love her!" Sasuke yelled.

"You don't know anything about love" Fugaku replied calmly.

"No, I think it's the other way around. YOU don't know anything about love!" Sasuke yelled at him and Mikoto was so shocked, "Sasuke!" she cried out and Sasuke glanced at her.

Fugaku was left dumbfounded as his youngest son stomped off back to his room. Fugaku faced his wife who ran up to him and looked at him with worry in her eyes, "Fugaku…" she started but Fugaku stopped her by putting a hand on her shoulder. Itachi just looked at his father and a few minutes went back inside his room. Mikoto and Fugaku went back to their rooms and discussed what they were going to do.

"He has to stop going with that girl" Fugaku said as he sat on the edge of the bed. Mikoto sighed, "Let him live for a while—"

"He can't live in this generation! Once Itachi would be the heir of our business, Sasuke should already know how to run the business and you know that our family isn't only 'just business', Mikoto" Fugaku said.

Mikoto could see that he was stressed. Being a Godfather and running a business was making him get stressed and Mikoto understood. She sat next to Fugaku, "It's dangerous business, Mikoto" he said.

"I know" Mikoto said and caressed her husband's back. "I just don't wat that girl to get in trouble. That's why this shouldn't continue and I want Sasuke to know about us—"

The door opened and Itachi looked at them. Fugaku and Mikoto were quite surprised to see this side of Itachi who looked worried, "Father, please don't do that" he said all of a sudden.

Fugaku looked up at him, "Do what?"

"Don't tell Sasuke about our family. Take the girl away, but I don't want him to know about our family" Itachi said with pleading eyes, "Please"

Mikoto and Fugaku just looked at each other.

The following day, Fugaku personally went to Sakura's house without Sasuke knowing. It was an early Saturday morning when he knocked on her door. It took several minutes for Sakura to open the door. She was in a white robe and she looked up to find a man that looked almost like Itachi and Sasuke.

"Yes?" she asked, looking up at the man.

"May I come in?" he asked and Sakura looked unsure at first. "My name is Fugaku Uchiha" he simply said and Sakura looked at him wide eyed and thought, what the hell is Sasuke's father doing here?

"Of course" she said and opened the door wider for him to come inside. He looked around at the house first and then sat on the couch in the living room. Sakura closed the door, fixed her hair and walked towards the living room where Fugaku was sitting down. She sat in front of him, "Coffee? Juice? Anything?" she asked.

Fugaku shook his head, "No, I'll be quick here" he said. Sakura nodded her head.

"I don't want you to go near my son anymore" he said simply and Sakura's breath hitched. "My son is not worthy of you and if you don't leave him alone, I'll make sure you do" he added and stood up from the couch and got out of the house.

Sakura was speechless and dumbfounded. What did she do to make his father say that? She was about to get up when the phone suddenly rang. She immediately picked it up and heard Itachi's voice in the other line.

"Sakura, did my father already get there?" he asked.

"Yes" Sakura replied fast, confusion clearly written in her tone. "I'm sorry, Sakura. Please don't tell Sasuke about this. It'll only bring more problems to the family" Itachi begged for the first time to Sakura.

"Problems?" Sakura asked.

"Since last night, Fugaku confronted Sasuke that he doesn't want him to go to you anymore" Itachi said and Sakura close her eyes. "W-Why?" she asked him but Itachi was already gone.

Sakura couldn't go back to sleep so she took a quick shower then started cooking breakfast and then cleaning the house until the doorbell rang once again. Sakura stopped what she was doing and opened the door to find Sasuke with some flowers in his other hand. Sakura smiled and got the flowers form his hand.

He smiled and kissed her on the lips softly. "Thank you" she said. Sakura was still debating if she should tell Sasuke about what happened a few hours ago or not.

Sasuke went inside the house and sat on the exact same place where Fugaku just sat. Sakura nervously went to him and sat next to him. "So, how was your morning?" he asked and kissed her forehead.

Sakura moved to his lap and hugged him, "I—" Sakura remembered when Itachi told her about the problems that they'd been having the family "—just cleaned the house. Thought it was dusting a bit" Sakura smiled at him.

"You know, last night was really weird" he said and Sakura stiffened.

"Fugaku just starts yelling at me. It's annoying. I just some damn sleep" Sasuke sighed. "What did he yell to you about?" she asked.

"He wanted me to leave you alone but of course, I won't do that. He'll have to kill me first" he said and smiled. I nervously smiled back and rested my head at the crook of his neck.

A month later, another unexpected guest visited Sakura once again. It was none other than Mikoto Uchiha. Sakura was once again surprised by the sudden involvement of her parents—the threats and now this one.

"Sakura, I'm sorry" she said. She didn't sit down though and just stood up in the living room. Sakura looked at her, confusion hitting her hard. "Sakura, I'm so sorry but ever since that day when Fugaku got here in your house, when Sasuke returned late that night, our family is crushing apart. Sasuke refuses to leave you so please…I'm begging you" Mikoto said, tears spilling down in her cheeks.

Sakura looked away, "I know it's hard…but I just want this family to be normal again…" Mikoto added. Sakura looked at Mikoto, long and hard until she finally sighed, "You do realize it's going to be hard for me too, right?"

"If you really do love my son…" Mikoto started. "…Then you'd save his family"

The following day, it was rainy and Sakura told Sasuke to meet her on the bench where they were still little kids and it was the first time that they met. Sasuke didn't know what it was about and went even though it was raining hard and there, Sakura was sitting down with no umbrella.

She just let the cold droplets of the rain, fall on her skin, making her cold but numb at the same time. She needed this so that she could do it. So she could save his family. This was what's best for Sasuke. She told herself those things but at the back of her mind she was screaming to not leave him—that you still love him too much.

"Sakura" Sasuke said. Sakura got up from the bench and looked at dark orbs that were staring at her with a worried look. "You're soaking wet! What's the matter?" Sasuke asked.

"Sasuke…we have to talk" she said, making Sasuke stiffen. They were under the cherry blossom tree but it didn't look pink and lively with the rain, instead it looked grey and dull as if it wasn't a cherry blossom tree but just some normal tree. It was nice that there was a bench beneath the tree.

"What's wrong, Sakura?" Sasuke asked.

"I don't love you anymore" she said and Sasuke looked at her, wide eyed and it told her that he was in disbelief. "What did I do?" Sasuke asked, a little bit of confusion, hurt, pain and anger mixed in his tone.

Sakura had a hard time doing this, her heart broke but she did her best to hide her tears and she thanked god that her voice was strong and it didn't waver one bit. "I'm not sure about my feelings anymore" Sakura said. I love you, Sasuke! I love you so much! The back of Sakura's mind screamed.

"How could you do this to me?" he asked, pain covering his tone. I had to, please, hear me out!

I didn't look up at him and kept my eyes on the floor until I could hear his steps getting away from me. His back was turned to me and that's when tears were flooding down my eyes but it wasn't clear because of the rain. I still cried my eyes out, "I'm sorry" I said in an almost whisper and then he sped off into the rain.

"Please don't leave me" Sakura said and she fell down on her knees and screamed Sasuke's name, hoping that he could hear her and he would go back to her and hold her in his arm, making her feel warm and safe.

But he didn't.

And that's when Sakura felt the most alone in her whole life.


A/N: Tell me watcha think;) also, thank you for the really awesome reviews guys! KEEP IT UP AND I'LL KEEP ON ADDING NEW CHAPTERS. This chapter was done right after this chapter because my sister really loves this story and she's urging me to continue and tomorrow is her birthday so I had no choice. I'll give this as her birthday present:) An update. HAHAHA. So I hope you enjoyed guys! REVIEW! I hope that you found it good enough. HAHA.