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Just… Please, Don't Leave Me.
'How much—!'
'You love him…' Shin whispered, finishing Sakura's statement even though he could feel his heart break into a million pieces. For him, there was no more chance; Sasuke will forever hold Sakura's heart.
Sakura stopped and looked at him with pleading eyes, "Yes, Shin… So, please… please, help me."
Shin looked back at her and tried to stop giving in but he can't, he just loved her so much. He took her hands and pulled her down the stairs, to his car. He didn't mind if he would break school rules, he would do anything to stop Sakura's crying and hurting. He took his keys and let her enter his car. He started the ignition as fast as he could possibly can. They went off, not minding the school guards that were trying to stop them.
At times, he would take glimpses of Sakura who was weeping beside him. He reached out for her, pulling her head to lean on his shoulder. He felt her tears smudge on his uniform as she held unto his shirt and cried on his shoulder. He wanted so much to help her, to stop her crying, but Sasuke was the only solution, and he knew that very well.
Sakura cried the whole way to Uchiha's office. She didn't mind if she died at that time, she only wanted to see him, to make sure he wasn't leaving her. It would just hurt her too much; she didn't want to break anymore. She quickly ran out Shin's car as fast as she could, she pulled Shin out and ran up to the rooftop of the office, pushing off the guards. There, they saw a raven-haired teenager standing and staring up the beautiful sky.
Sakura sighed and ran towards him, "Sasuke!"
Sasuke turned around and saw his pink-haired best friend running towards him, her beautiful green eyes now swelling as tears continuously flowed down her cheek. Sakura dove at him and hugged him tightly more than ever. She cried and cried in his arms, leaning her head on his sturdy chest. He slowly leaned his head on her shoulder as he wrapped his arms around her back, caressing her and helping her to let out everything, to just cry in his arms.
Shin stared at both of them; he could feel his heart beating slower and slower. He can't keep up; he turned around and entered the fire exit as he leaned on the door, slowly falling to pieces as he tried to block off everything surrounding him.
'What're you doing here, Sakura?' Sasuke whispered as he lifted his head up and looked at her, he could feel her breaking. He knew that if he did this, he would just cause her more pain, but isn't marrying someone else will hurt her more?
'Please don't leave me, Sasuke,' she mumbled, just crying and crying as she looked back into Sasuke's onyx eyes, he looked stressed, 'I need you here.'
Sasuke looked into her broken eyes, and slowly wiped her tears away, 'I have to, Sakura… I just have to.'
'Why, Sasuke? Tell me why.'
He looked at her and gave her a weak smile, 'I'm going to get the stars for you, Sakura, to show you how much I love you.'
Sakura smiled at his silly remark. He wasn't leaving her to hurt her. She looked up at the sky, grateful, 'Always…'
'…Remember that we're looking up at the same beautiful sky,' Sasuke finished for her, giving her a wide smile and leaned closer to Sakura, if only he didn't need to leave. He moved in, gently pressing his lips on hers, he could taste the saltiness that was on her soft, sweet lips from the tears she shed. She shifted underneath him and slowly smiled, after several seconds, she was kissing him back. It wasn't a kiss of goodbye, it somehow gave both of them the certainty that they will never leave each other, not physically. It was a kiss of promise, a promise never to forget.
Sasuke gently wrapped his arms around Sakura's waist, feeling her. This was all he could assure Sakura, that he will return. He slowly pulled away with a smile on his face, 'I love you, Sakura…'
She smiled back at him; she knew that he would return for her, never to leave her again, 'I love you too, Sasuke…'
'Finally,' Sasuke teased as he leaned again to give her a peck on the cheeks.
Sakura shifted, forgetting that she was holding onto the handkerchief she had once given Sasuke. She raised her hand up and opened them, wanting to touch Sasuke's hands, but she caught sight of the handkerchief slowly swaying away from them, carried by the weak breeze.
"Sasuke… the handkerchief!"
Sakura pointed to the flying handkerchief that was once within her grasp as she removed Sasuke's grip on her and ran towards it. She tried to reach for it, not wanting it to get far from them; it just had too much sentimental value for both of them for her just to let it go. It flew close to the edge but still, she ran for it.
Shin was staring at the scene. His heart aching, seeing Sasuke and Sakura kissing one another, but as soon as the picture was there, it was also gone, and all he could see now was Sakura running towards the handkerchief even if it was already to the edge of the building. He ran towards her, "Forget the stupid handkerchief, Sakura!"
Sakura looked at him and frowned, Shin didn't know how much the handkerchief meant for her, and it was just hurting her that he wanted her to let go of it; she shook her head and looked back to the direction of the hanky.
Shin cursed under his breath, pushing Sasuke aside as he reached for her arm and held unto it tightly, "Don't be stupid, Sakura."
"I'm not," she snorted back up at him as she struggled to get out of his grip. Shin gave off a sigh and slowly released her, watching her intently. Why was she doing this? She could fall off, and just for that stupid handkerchief. And what was Sasuke doing? Only staring at her, like he didn't mind, like he wasn't worried. He just stared at Sakura, letting her stand beside the edge of the concrete building as she reached out for the hanky.
Shin turned around, wanting to glare at Sasuke for doing nothing to protect and stop Sakura. It was wrong of him to take his watch away from her but he wanted to let Sasuke know that he was unsatisfied of him, that he wasn't good enough for Sakura. He couldn't see Sakura wobbling on the edge, giving all she could just to reach for the unfortunate handkerchief.
Shin jumped up at surprise as he heard Sakura shriek behind him, he quickly turned around and came to look at her, she was almost falling off the edge, he felt strong hands push him back, letting him fall on the hard floor as he saw the raven-haired guy running past him towards Sakura, "Sakura!" he heard him shout at her. He saw Sasuke pulling Sakura back, the force pushing him forward. Sakura dropped on the floor harshly as Shin stood up and ran for the edge, reaching out his hand but time was so fast, they couldn't do anything about it. Sakura hurriedly stood up and looked down on the edge, she couldn't see Sasuke anymore below the 50-foored building.
A tear slowly ran down her cheek, "Sasuke!"
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A/N: I hope the revisions will satisfy more readers. I'm sorry if my chapters are short, I'm trying to make the chapters longer for I Lost My Best Friend, the sequel to I Love My Best Friend, which I'm planning to post in several weeks, thanks to my past readers who asked me to continue. Thank you all for the support and hope to see you soon on my future fics. JA NE! :)