Chapter One: Childhood Memories
Ever since I was a little girl I always liked him. To me it was love at first sight.
The first day I met him was at a shrine festival. He was wearing a fox mask. I was four, lost, and crying. He was attached to his brother and mom but when he broke off when he saw me. He ran over to check up on me. He was cute wearing a blue kimono with his red and white mask. Well I had a pink kimono with a sakura branches blooming with a petals floating around the fabric. He took my hands and tried to help me up. When I shook my head he laughed, "Do you want your kimono to get dirty because I think it's very beautiful and I think it'd be a waste if it got dirty, because you look really pretty?" I remember my cheeks going pink, "I'm Sasuke Uchiha and you are?" Between sniffling I was able to tell him my name, "Sakura Haruno." He smiles, "A name fit enough for a princess." my blush deeped, "You're just saying that to make me feel better." His brother walks over laughing, "Now Sasuke are you flirting with your new friend?" he blushes, "No I just hate seeing people crying and she seemed lonely." I smiled and let him pull me up, "Yea. You made me feel happy. Thankie." His brother laughs, "Wow you seem to have won her over." I look up at him confused, "I want mommy." "Where's your mommy?" "I don't know," I almost start crying again but Sasuke pulls me into a hug, "Hey how about we look around looking for your mommy." I nod we found my mom a few minutes later looking around frantically when I saw her though I didn't let go of Sasuke's hand so fast. My mom ran over and hugs me, "Thank you for finding her ad bringing her to me." Sasuke's brother shrugs, "Its ok my brother saw her crying," he tries to lower his voice and I'm not sure Sasuke heard but I did, "and he doesn't have many friends so when he sees someone needs help he has to help them, especially when he sees someone around his age." my mom nodded, "Hey Sakura I almost forgot your going to the Uchiha Day Care Center starting tomorrow." I looked at Sasuke and he smiled at me. Sasuke's brother laughs a little, "That's my mom day care place. Oh I'm Itachi Uchiha and this is my little brother Sasuke Uchiha."
So after that day I went to his mom's day care because my mom had to work harder than most mothers did because my dad died when I was two. I was always picked on but Sasuke kept them away, but when he would leave for a little bit I was ambushed and when he would ask who did it I would stop crying and smile at him and tell him no one. I think doing that scared him the most. People always told me that I was a sister figure to him but when I look back I think he didn't just think of me as a sister, l but it may just be me.
For four years he and I were inseparable even after his parents died when he was eight. So for a year after we slowly and painfully became to separate farther and farther. He started to push everyone away, at first I thought it was a good thing it wasn't just me but Sasuke started to change. When we got into middle school he started to date a lot of girls using tem then throwing them away and for that I didn't want to stick around so for a year I left and came back looking completely different. I had glasses but I kept the long hair that he loved I braided it every day just like when we were kids he would joke around and braid my hair whenever I feel asleep in his lap. When he's close by I keep my face in a book. I started to wear blue contacts because I didn't want him to realize it was me and I act like I dye my hair pink for my mom. He wouldn't have a clue and if he did he's be creped out but in truth I wanted to look after him so he wouldn't be alone. I'm always in the shadows leading people to him making sure that he doesn't have to live though his parents' deaths and later his brother moving out to the other side of town in the apartments a mile from my place. I know this because I draw out flyers and covers for his brother Itachi's band, Panic. I got the job because Itachi remembers me drawing all the time when I was a kid and he always kept the picture I made and left around the house. My cousin Konan hangs out with them (to me it's annoying because she can find better people but she's a good reason to stick around sometimes. Also she has Pein who is in charge of getting gigs.). Also Itachi got me the gig at the Hangout a mile from my place two miles form his. I also run errands for the Idiotic Panics. I also work part time at the music store and bookstore half a block from my house. Plus I work at the fighting studio next to my house when I'm watching after the owner's kids. He teaches me for watching his kids (they're worse than all the annoying people in my school).
Sasuke and I fight for top of class even if he doesn't truly see me. I'm ok with that I only see him at school and maybe at the club or the store. Sasuke only has one true friend that he's always fighting with, all because he is antisocial scared that he'll be left alone once again and he has to live thought he person's death or move. He use to wear glasses and still sometimes does and had clean cut hair instead of messy…. Actually he always had messy hair he alone would let me style it to a perfect art. Looking at him now I'm shocked to think of him as the Sasuke that I use to know. Still looking at me it's hard to believe that I'm still myself with all that I've done.
