Title: Forgiven
Authoress: Darka-Chan
Summary: Sasuke is too late with telling Naruto how he feels, but can he ease the pain? Of course not. SxN NxN SxS


I could never quite help but find myself attracted to you. Of course, who wouldn't be? Bright, cheerful and always there to land a helping hand to anyone who'd need one. You saved me that one day, many years ago, back when we were doing the chuunin exams. You saved me, showing me that destiny could be changed.

I'll admit that I was skeptical of that at first. It is how I lived most of my life after all, how could I not be? But after much pondering over the matter I decided to give your words a try anyway.

I admit, I always believed that it was destiny that you and the Uchiha would end up together. In everything you two seemed to do there was always something, not quite love, but not quite hate either. Most of all, whatever it was, it always kept you two together. Can anyone really blame me for believing that was faith?

Yet, as time went by, nothing changed between you two. I could see the way you looked at him however; you still look at him like that even now. But that will change in the future, I am sure of that. If it was impossible for you to get over the Uchiha then I doubt that you would have accepted my proposal to date.

You are not cruel enough to start a relationship with someone you do not like, Naruto. I know that better then anyone. Doing something like that would only invoke hatred and heartache and you are too good a person to set someone up for something like that.

Then again, that is probably what caused me to fall in love with you like this and my love for you is what will always make me forgive your little mistakes no matter what they are.

Of course, I must admit that I partly played you for a fool when I asked you to be with me, Naruto. I knew fully well that the feelings you had for him where returned by him. When he thought that no one was looking he would always glance your way wistfully, a soft expression on his face, and I knew that, if given time, he would have probably come out to you if not you to him.

But I didn't want to risk that. I didn't want to risk you ending up with the Uchiha without having tried first. And when you actually accepted the proposal which is something I had never even dreamed off considering your infatuation with the Uchiha… I felt a sense of victory wash over me.

The clan of the Byakugan had finally won over the clan of the Sharingan, even if it was in a different way then the battles were originally fought. But make no mistake, Naruto Uzumaki, for my feelings for you are real.

As you stare at him wistfully with an emotion in your eyes that should only be reserved for me, you're forgiven.

As you glare at them whenever the Uchiha and Haruno are together, you're forgiven.

As you sometimes look at me like a far-away gaze as if your mind is making me out to be someone else, you're forgiven.

And even when, on the rare occasion, you cry out his name in our more intimate moments, you're forgiven.

Because I'm in love with you.


Okayyyy~! ….I have a confession to make. I really keep forgetting about ff. net. I honestly don't mean to, really. Doesn't help that my interest in Naruto kind of… left me several years ago. Heck, I stopped reading the manga during Pein and Jiraia's fight.something at least and should really work un completing the uncompleted fics I have… Wait. That sounds familiar…

Now, before some people go "omfg the hell is up with this setting!" …Why don't you check the date this fic was actually started? Then the setting might make some more sense…

I understand that the chapter might be a bit… confuzzling to some people, to say the least, but it's nearing 9AM, I just pulled an all nighter and I'm tireeedddd~! My Dutch brain doesn't work at this time anymore :p. But nevertheless, I figured I should update

Well, off I go again to have a life I guess x.x; Damned life. Keeps dragging me away from the fun things in life.