Beautiful blood
Paring: Sakura x Itachi
One-shot
Disclaimer: I do, sadly not, own Naruto
A little one-shot about Itachi's life after Sakura's death
Dead.
She was dead… and he would never see her again.
A knife twisted in his stomach. Or at least, that's what it felt like.
'Knife…' He thought, as he remembered the knife that had been impaled in Sakura's stomach. Drenched in her blood.
As he thought back at the horrible scene, and a nauseous feeling overwhelmed him.
He still had nightmares about her. Reliving her final moments again and again, seeing her die again and again. Every night, he woke up with the feeling of a thousand knives digging into his chest.
But he deserved the pain he though.
It was surely nothing compared to what Sakura had felt.
He had hurt her so undeniably much, and there was nothing he regretted more.
Why had he not just confessed to her when he had the chance instead of ruining it all?
Since she died, his world had collapsed.
The little emotion he had showed before was completely concealed now. Sakura was the one who taught him that he didn't have to hide his emotions to be strong, that it was okay to cry.
And he cried for her.
He cried as he saw the light leave her eyes, as her body went cold.
He cried when the ambulance came and took her away.
He cried at her funeral.
And after that, he stopped crying.
And he stopped feeling.
His mind felt numb.
The only time he felt anything, was when he thought about her.
Then he felt; a lot.
He felt the pain, regret, his love for her. Everything.
And one question was constantly on his mind… What if?
What if he had confessed to her, instead of hurting her?
What if he had been there for her? Would she have killed herself then?
He was more than angry with himself. If he had been there for her, if he had confessed to her instead of hurting her, like all the others had done, maybe she wouldn't have killed herself, and she would still be there with him.
(Itachi POW)
Weeks went by, and soon, it would be half a year since Sakura died.
It still hurts just as much to think about her, and what I have done, as it did the day she died in my arms.
Every day I wake up, I prey to Kami that everything that had happened the past five months is nothing but a bad nightmare and when I come home later, I will see Sakura in the kitchen chatting with my mother.
But of course, that never happens.
I know that one day, I will have to accept that she is gone and move on with my life.
I already know that I never will love anyone as much as I love Sakura.
Though my mother is almost as depressed as I am, she keeps telling me that Sakura would want me to be happy; of course my mother knows I was in love with Sakura.
And the truth is, I also know that Sakura would want me to find someone to be with.
Because that's just how Sakura was. Always wanting people to be happy.
But don't they think that it would be unfair to marry a woman, whom I could never truly love?
If there is one thing I am 100% sure of, then it is; Sakura Haruno was the love of my life, and because of my own and others hurtful actions and words, I never became the love of hers.
Done!
That was Itachi's story with Sakura, before and after her death...
I don't know which one of the boys I will write about next, but there will be two one-shots(/two-shots?) for every one of the males.
Please R&R! :)
PS: I apologize for any spelling and grammar mistakes in this and the previous chapter!