"If I still have a place in your heart."
'Damn it.'
He really didn't think he cared so much. (He shouldn't.) He didn't think seeing his former teammate impaled by one of Madara's black rods would cause him so much anxiety; to the point where he wanted to break all protocol and step in when he wasn't really needed. Because he knew without a shadow of a doubt that Sakura could very easily take care of herself.
She'd proven that to him, time and time again. Like when she had destroyed the very ground beneath their enemies or when she summoned Katsuyu to heal everyone on the battlefield; but even still, his mind was transported back to when they were younger; when both he and Naruto had to stand in and save her when they were just young Genin.
His fists clenched, one around his sword as he thrusted it into the creature in front of him; his teeth clamped tight as he fought to regain a bit of sensibility. He thought he'd be able to act indifferent towards her… as he had with Naruto and Kakashi. He'd thought he had it all planned out… that when the time was right after he'd come and full-filled what he'd set out to do, that he would (only then) allow himself the opportunity to give in to his deeply buried feelings.
But he was wrong.
Sasuke shook his head, barely resisting the urge to sever Naruto's arm from his body when he grabbed onto Sakura and pulled her back, and even though he knew it would be a failed endeavor he slammed his sword down more firmly on one of Madara's shadows to vent a bit of his frustration. When he landed next to his former teammates and sensei he could sense Sakura's focus was now solely on him, but the Uchiha refused to remove his mismatched gaze from their enemies to acknowledge her.
However, he did stand a bit taller at her perusal of him. 'Do I still hold a place in your heart then, Sakura..,' he inwardly wondered before blocking off his emotions to focus on the battle ahead; deciding to save those questions for a later (much safer) time.
Author's Notes:
If any of these sound like your own writing or another you have read I apologize but I didn't copy anyone's work. This is entirely my own writing. As stated on Twitter, I'll be going at my own pace and not follow a daily upload schedule more than likely. I'll just post when they come to me. They'll probably be pretty short, and maybe a bit random, but I'll do my very best!