You are so brave and quiet,

I forget you are suffering.

Ernest Hemingway

Darkness surrounded any possible visibility she could have at that moment. The stench that came to her in waves made her nauseous. She felt her body complaining because of every movement she made, feeling as if she had fallen from a third floor, every muscle and bone in her body crying out for mercy. She remained as still as possible. She heard laughter in the distance, like an echo that was part of those walls. At other times she felt moans of pleasure, causing her repulsion and chills. When she felt pain, with every blow that her body could contain. Her eyes remained closed, keeping the pain inside her, not giving him the pleasure of hearing her scream. She screamed in silence.

Her body trembled, almost naked on the ground, covered in wounds; dried blood and blood that came out of the recent wounds. Sweat ran down her face, which was lost among her tears. Her heart was beating so hard that she felt it throbbing in her temples, expecting it to explode at any moment, or for her to lose control and start going crazy.

"Sakura…" she heard a voice that gave her chills and terror, she opened her eyes to see that it was not him…

She suddenly woke up with a start, with the sensation of being in that room with Eros. Her stay of torture with Indra had passed in a span of a few hours, enough to be permanently engraved in her memory.

Her body was shaking, cold sweat ran down her back, panting as if she were short of breath. She was fighting for her survival.

"Sakura…" a recognizable voice spoke to her at her side, in an instant she did not detect it believing that she was still in the dream and screamed in terror when she saw the man with dark eyes at her side. Her mind screamed to flee, when she detected that that person was the cause of her discomfort. She backed away in fear, trying to escape from that bed. "Sakura, it's me," he said again, but at that moment she detected the sound of his voice bringing her back to the present, to the here and now. Abruptly but calmly, she realized that she was not in that dark room, she was not next to the person who had caused her so much pain until she almost broke. It was not Eros.

That figure approached her, hugging her trembling body, his tone of voice emitted concern, it was warm and soft, like his embrace. Sakura's body began to relax, but her mind still thought she was in danger, because her feelings and fear had been so real that her mind screamed at her not to relax and to be on guard. Feeling his warm touch, she knew it was Sasuke, she smelled his characteristic aroma, she noticed his warm fingers as they held her firmly in his arms, his strong and large body next to hers, it was comforting to have him by her side.

She was safe.

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"Itachi, I'm worried about Sakura," Sasuke found himself in the palace of nightmares. Sakura hadn't rested peacefully since she returned from spending hours with Eros. Every night she woke up screaming, crying, or running out of the room, always leaving Sasuke confused, worried, and scared. Sasuke knew that what she was having were nightmares, nightmares that were torturing her every night. Nightmares that were memories of Indra's kidnapping.

"What are you worried about?" asked his brother with interest.

"Sakura has constant nightmares, and I'm afraid it's because of her recent events," Sasuke explained.

"I see…" Itachi said thoughtfully. "If I take away her nightmares, all I'll do is cause her to sleep peacefully." Itachi answered, which didn't seem like a bad idea to Sasuke at all. "But, when she's awake, she'll still have those nightmares," he finally clarified.

"I don't understand," Sasuke said.

"Sakura is experiencing a lot of stress because of the traumatic event she experienced," Itachi explained. "Do you understand what I mean?" asked his brother who was watching him absorbed, trying to understand his words.

"Yes, I understand that she is now uneasy because of all the stress she has been having. But if she is by my side, all that will go away little by little, right?" Itachi smiled at his little brother's naivety. He understood that he had strong emotions towards the now goddess Selene, but sometimes love was not enough to heal a person.

"I know what you mean, Sasuke. But you have to understand that Sakura is in a very delicate state now. You have to be there for her, listen to her and accompany her." His older brother explained, but Sasuke did not quite understand.

"Accompany her where?" Sasuke asked arching an eyebrow and at that moment Itachi chuckled and at the same time pinched the bridge of his nose frustrated because he didn't know how to explain to his little brother what Sakura was going through.

"Sasuke," he said firmly with the intention of capturing his brother's absolute attention "Now you have to treat Sakura very delicately. If you see her isolating herself, crying, or staring into space, you have to ask her if she wants to talk. And if she doesn't want to talk, you have to stay by her side," Sasuke nodded receiving all that information while he mentally stored it "When she talks, don't judge her or tell her what to do, just listen to her, and make her feel understood, okay?" Sasuke nodded thinking that it didn't seem so difficult.

"Okay, but are you going to be able to take away her nightmares?" Sasuke insisted.

"Yes, Sasuke, I'm going to make sure she doesn't have nightmares anymore. Although you could have done that too," Itachi said, knowing that his brother hadn't come to ask him that, but rather to talk about her. Sakura worried him and being with a woman was new to him. "Why did you come, Sasuke?"

He sat there pondering the words he was going to say next. He knew they had to do something about Eros, but he still hadn't figured out how to get revenge, and on the other hand, there was the fact that as much as they liked to kill him, it was impossible to kill a member of the 12 who wasn't from Olympus. And Sakura didn't know that, and Sasuke hadn't explained it to her either.

"Sakura wants to kill Eros," Sasuke said finally. Itachi looked at him arching an eyebrow, not surprised either. Sakura had suffered at the hands of Indra, so it was to be expected that Sakura would want to take action on the matter.

"I see…" he replied thoughtfully "When I took him to Keres, I put him under a genjutsu, specifically under the Tsukuyomi. I thought it was the most appropriate way to torture him, since none of us can kill him, at least we will kill his conscience, and psyche," Sasuke didn't know that, but he didn't care either, he ordered his brother and Madara to take him to the place of brutally violent deaths.

"Hn," he murmured, nodding in agreement with his brother's decision. "I still don't know if it will be enough for Sakura," he finally said.

"Talk to her about it, as I told you, communication with her is essential now," said Itachi, although he had never been with any woman, the Somnia were reserved and solitary gods, so like Sasuke his older brother had not enjoyed the warmth of a woman either. But he was still the wisest and always had the most appropriate advice for each occasion.

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When he returned to the palace Sakura was in the library, at least she hadn't lost her habits. Nor the habit of continuing to dress the same way she dressed in the mortal world. Sakura, noticing his presence, closed the book and placed it on the back of the sofa where she was lying down reading while she sat up in front of Sasuke.

Despite being there next to him for months, his presence still made her heart skip a beat, he was so perfect and his imposing figure made her lose all rational thought.

"Sasuke.." she said looking at him as he approached her with his eyes fixed on hers.

"How are you?" he asked as he approached and put a hand on her cheek, at the contact of his skin Sakura closed her eyes.

"Better," she nodded with her eyes closed and holding back several tears. Feeling Sasuke's unconditional love was overwhelming for Sakura. She would never have thought that someone, much less a god, would feel such devotion for her. "I'll be better little by little," she reassured him, not wanting him to continue worrying about her.

"I've talked to Itachi," at his words Sakura opened her eyes, searching for the deep darkness in his gaze. "He told me that he already took care of Eros, we don't have to worry about him anymore," he said as he gently caressed her chin.

"No, Sasuke," she quickly answered in a furious tone. "I have to kill him myself," she said, pushing his hand away and standing up, heading towards him while crossing her arms over her chest. That gesture seemed so adorable to Sasuke that he had to hold back a smile.

"Sakura," he said softly, trying to make her see reason. "I understand that you want revenge, but not being a goddess of Olympus, you can't do anything, neither can we the Somnia," he explained as he put his hands in her hair to keep her close to him. Sakura remained defensive, although Sasuke wanted to make her understand that he was there to support her.

"And how can we become gods of Olympus?" Sakura asked with a frown, at her question Sasuke couldn't help but laugh. That was almost as impossible as killing a god of the 12.

"To be a god of Olympus you have to kill one of the 12, do you understand the paradox?" he said as he caressed her cheek with his thumb.

"But somehow we can kill a god of Olympus," she insisted, when Sakura got something in her head, she pursued him until she finally achieved it.

"There may be a way, but I've never tried. My father was once part of Olympus, perhaps he knows something..." he spoke thoughtfully, Sakura grabbed him by the arms almost desperately.

"Yes please, we have to do something, I can't let that horrible person alive. Who knows how many women he did what he did to me and they couldn't survive…" she said with glassy eyes and a lost look, her mind had returned to that dark room.

"Hey, look at me," Sasuke couldn't let her have those nightmares and memories, he wanted to protect her being the most precious thing for him "Come back to me," he said and Sakura looked into his eyes again while giving him a small smile but that showed a moment of sadness.

"I'm here. Here by your side," she answered reassuring him that she was okay, but Sasuke knew she wasn't okay.

"No, you weren't here," he answered making her understand that he knew well that she wasn't okay but that she could count on him.

"Then make me forget everything and be with you," she replied as she approached him on her tiptoes and placed her palms on his face to kiss him, Sasuke leaned down his face to meet her lips.

Sasuke knew that on more than one occasion Sakura used sex to deal with her ghosts. It was a way to forget her demons, and the only thing she wanted at that moment was to feel surrounded and embraced by him, by his warmth, and worship. And Sasuke accepted to be her antidote.

The kiss deepened as Sasuke placed her on the couch where she had been lying. Sakura gave him a small bite on his lower lip, and that fueled his desire to possess her brutally, so he set about removing the tights she was wearing and Sakura quickly helped him while continuing to kiss him. Seeking his touch as if she fed on his kisses and his air.

Sakura was in underwear and a sweater, while Sasuke was still dressed. So, Sakura looked at him with dark eyes hungry and approached the edge of his pants noticing his obvious erection. Sasuke let her unbutton his pants while he was standing and she was sitting on the couch, revealing his length ready for her. Sakura crouched down without delay and enveloped him in her mouth, sweet and warm mouth. Sasuke let out a growl when he noticed her while savoring his length, holding her by her hair. The sensation was mesmerizing, watching how she bobbed her head under him. She devoured him as a lollipop, fully swallowing him up to the throat. He jerked his hips at the sensation of being fucking her mouth was almost as good as her pussy, but he preferred her warm and pink cunt. His gaze searched for Sakura's green eyes that looked at him from below with lust, watching as she enjoyed it as much as he did. The image of seeing her there on her knees on the couch and opening her mouth full of saliva and precum, made him almost lose his mind.

Desperately he pushed her away and pulled his pants off completely, then removed the sweater she was still wearing, wanting to see her in all her glory. Sakura looked at him challengingly.

"How do you want me?" she asked on her knees in just her underwear, all for him with her hair getting longer, pink and silver, almost covering the breasts. She was perfect all over. He put his hand on her cheek caressing her jaw with his thumb while Sakura leaned her head on his hand to feel his warm caress. His touch was addictive, Sakura no longer saw a life without him. Their co-dependency was becoming more and more unhealthy.

"Turn around and grab the backrest," his voice was demanding and rough, impatiently being inside her made him not think straight. Sakura opened her green eyes that shone with anticipation. She did as he said.

"Good girl," he said with his rough voice as he prepared to remove her bra and panties throwing it into the pile of her clothes.

He lunged at her from behind, wrapping his arms around her, and grabbed one of her breasts tightly while playing with her nipple. Sakura moaned and rubbed her ass against his hardness, and he groaned into her ear as he licked her lobe, Sakura couldn't stop moaning from the constant stimulation of her erogenous zones.

Hearing her moans, Sasuke could barely contain himself, he grabbed her by both arms towards him, while he approached to her ass, teasing in her center with his hard and pulsating cock. Sakura arched even more at the sensation of him, putting her ass in the air wanting urgently to feel him inside her.

"Sasuke, please," she said with her voice shaky and impatient.

"Please, what?" he asked maliciously this time grabbing her hair with one hand, while with the other he held her wrists tightly back and pulled her closer to him so she could hear him.

"Take me, I'm all yours," was a desperate plea that made her open the doors of hell to feel the greatest carnal pleasure in that world, knowing that there the rules of the game were different, both were gods, and it mattered little if her mind was fucked up, constantly feeling on the edge of insanity. For her, only he existed, and he was her only salvation to get back from the abyss.

Faced with Sakura's almost delirious words, Sasuke didn't think twice, and he immersed himself in Sakura's warm interior, letting out a grunt of pleasure. Being inside her was like heaven, and how wet and tight she was suffocated him until the point that he couldn't believe that such a wonderful being existed, all her to himself.

He started to thrust hard, not letting her get used to his size, as Sasuke fucked her with increasing selfishness and possessiveness. She was his and no one else's, he could do whatever he wanted with her at any time and in any place, no one was going to tell him otherwise, he was the lord of that realm, the king of dreams that he constantly daydreamed in his greatest reverie.

Sasuke held her tightly by the wrists back, the increasingly hard and rougher movements made the library rumble from the sound of their skin constantly hitting and Sakura's moans.

The image of her ass moving to Sasuke's constant hip thrusts was taking him to the edge. He grabbed Sakura's hair tightly again, he wanted to hold her in his hands, the greedy feeling of having her all to himself was so absurdly overwhelming for Sasuke that he thought his heart was going to explode from ecstasy at her mere existence.

While holding her by the wrists, his other hand sought Sakura's wet center, she was completely soaked. Gently he began to caress her clit, and Sakura began to notice the enormous sensation of the orgasm that was building inside her. The sweetest and at the same time most torturous sensation; Sasuke filling her to the core while rubbing her gently until she reached delirium.

Sasuke noticed how Sakura's interior embraced him tightly by the spasms of the orgasm that was anticipated, he loved that sensation of having her around him, but it was more pleasurable to feel her coming around him. And at that precise moment Sakura let out a desperate cry as the orgasm spread to her entire body feeling spasms of pleasure throughout her body, and Sasuke followed her cumming brutally inside her, filling her until he left not a drop.

He held Sakura's trembling and weak body from the pleasure, laying her down on the couch. Sakura watched him placidly. She raised her arms in acclamation, and he approached her, letting her do whatever she wanted with him, after having done what he wanted with her. Sakura simply wanted to hug him, to feel his heavy and strong body on hers, to feel his warmth and sweet caresses. He wrapped his arms around Sakura's waist, pushing her towards him, and gave her a soft kiss on the forehead, while Sakura closed her eyes and smelled on Sasuke's neck his essence that wrapped her heart and made her feel protected.

"Thank you," Sakura said as she caressed his jaw and looked at him with devotion, Sasuke looked at her with a frown.

"Why?" he asked.

"For making me feel loved, and for making me forget about my demons," she replied as she now caressed his hair.

"Your feelings are not wrong," he said, fixing his dark eyes on her as he took her hand and kissed it delicately. That gesture was so intense that a powerful warm feeling ran through Sakura's insides that took her breath away.

She was aware that Sasuke had inexplicably fallen under her spell, and Sakura didn't understand because she didn't even try. Bit by bit, Sakura understood that Sasuke was there for her and there was nothing she could do to get rid of him, although she didn't want too either. Their mutual dependence was growing stronger, and at the same time they both grew stronger together with that unstoppable attraction.

A/N: After all these last months posting this story i've felt like the story is not liking that much. I barely get feedback, and i know it shouldn't be like this, that i should write for me and because i like doing it. But sadly there is the other part, which is a reality, and authors also need feedback, need to know if the story is liking, is not liking, whatever. But I get nothing.

So, what i am trying to say it is that i will finish this story, but i won't post so often as i've been doing until now.

For people who is there reading in silence, i also appreciate that you are taking your time reading my story, and i am very happy that you are reading the story since the beginning, but i just.. don't feel like continue this story, for now.