Title: How to be
Genre: Romance/Angst
Summary: Sakura is Sasuke's happy ending. –SasuSaku.
Song: She's got you high.
Sasuke wonders how Sakura could be so alive-
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"Come on, Sasuke-kun!"
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-and he can't help but…
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"…Don't worry, I'm right here."
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Be drawn to her.
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He wonders how she could even like him, since he's so…
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"My goal is to kill a certain someone-"
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Dark, so tainted and full of hatred, of revenge-
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"S-Sasuke…kun?"
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Of ambition that he knows will make him lose his humanity-
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"Sasuke-kun, s-stop it!"
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But he's thankful she became a part of his life.
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"Wow, Sasuke-kun! Look at this flower! It's so pretty, ne?"
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because-
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"Hn."
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Sakura is Sasuke's happy ending.
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How to BE
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howtobreathe
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"Just breathe, Sasuke-kun."
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Bright green eyes and
Bright pink hair
Inhale
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He wonders how she could possibly be so…so vibrant-
Full of happiness that overwhelms him
To the point where he's left breathless
He always forgets
To breathe
When he's around her
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"I know."
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howtofeel
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"Come on, we'll be late!"
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She grabs his hands and he feels.
He's too aware of her touch
He feels her calloused fingers
He feels her
He feels his heart race
He feels light-headed, dizzy, like her touch
Is lightning and he's been struck and-
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"Let go."
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howtolaugh
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Her eyes would crinkle and
She looks infinitely more beautiful
Than when she just smiles
Because, this is when she's truly alive
And he feels her presence, too aware of it
He feels his heart pound, race
Because he's feeling and for once,
He didn't mind.
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howtodream
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"I'll take first watch."
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She wraps herself in her sleeping bag and twists
To face him, like she can't help it;
He glances at her, heart pounding, eyes impassive.
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"What do you dream about, Sasuke-kun?"
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"…I don't dream."
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"Everyone dreams of something."
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"Then what do you dream of, Sakura?"
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"You, of course."
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howtosmile
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"Just smile…like this."
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He doesn't say anything, because he's too busy-
Memorizing her, everything about her
He knows he won't be here long
And besides, she smiles enough
For the both of them.
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howtoneed
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"I need you, Sasuke-kun."
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He wishes she'd stop crying
Crying for him
Crying because of him
The tears fall down her face
Unending
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"P-Please don't go!"
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And he wants to make her feel better, but
He's scared, he's already so
Attached, so deeply –
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"I-I…love you, Sasuke-kun!"
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Fallen to her, and he wants to let go before-
Before he hits the ground
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"Thank you."
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Her body collapses in his arms
And he catches her
For the first time-
For the last time-
He wonders how long he'll
Last without her
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howtoregret
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He sees her again and she's changed.
She's stronger, more capable-
He wonders when it happened but it must have been
When he wasn't looking
She grew up and so did he
And he feels…regret because
He blinked and
He lost her.
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howtoblink
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"If you close your eyes, I'll come closer."
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She closes them quickly
Squeezes them shut
Her long lashes brush her skin
And he wishes he could touch her but it's too late
He's tainted.
He appears behind her as close
As he dares
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"Do you miss me?"
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"Always."
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howtoremember
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He's losing control and he feels so
Lost and out of it, like he's losing grip on
Reality- he clings on the grass as the world
Slips from his fingers
But then he sees a flash of pink and
He looks up, memories flashing at the back of his eyes
He wants to see her
He wants to remember what it was like to be
Alive
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howtohope
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"Sasuke-kun? Is that you? What are you doin-"
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"I don't know."
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She hugs him before he can
Push her away
Like he usually does
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"Come back…please…!"
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"I…I can't. I have to kill Itachi first-"
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"Then I'll wait, Sasuke-kun-"
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He felt his heart constrict
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"-I'll wait for you."
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For the first time, he hopes
He hopes that she will.
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-Fin.
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Author's Notes: I've written this ages ago (2008)- I guess you can probably tell? Haha. I recently found it again while cleaning my old computer. Damn if SasuSaku have the best angst tho, amirite? Just realised that even back then I'm a sucker for writing within the canon!verse, haha. Anywya, thank you very much for reading!