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Sasuke knew he should've just ignored Naruto the moment he opened his stupid blabbermouth.
But the second he'd started talking about her, Sasuke had to stay and listen.
She and Naruto had had a deep friendship, both relying on each other so much that often Sasuke didn't even really fit in the picture. It was only when she left—defected, he reminded himself—that they began to evolve into something more than just two broken little boys with a chip on their shoulders.
And her leaving did that.
He was thankful, in a strange cruel way, that she did. Because he knew that if she hadn't he would have kept on watching Naruto with disgust and prejudice, ignoring Itachi's quiet disappointment and frustrations.
But he also hated it sometimes.
He hated that he had to rely on Naruto when he had had Sakura.
Sweet, kind, calm Sakura.
The girl who looked at him and saw things that he didn't even see in himself. The girl who smiled when she wanted, the girl who never let anything or anyone get her down.
"Stupid." He cursed the dark night. "I'm so stupid."
Why did you leave, Sakura? He thought, hands tightening into fists as he glared at the sky. Why was I not enough? Why was Konoha not enough?
He let out a gusty breath.
"I'll find you." He promised. "I'll find you and you will tell me, Sakura."
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