I just had to write something for Valentine's Day, so here's a little SasuSaku for you :) Happy Valentine's Day, guys! Forgive me if it's crappy. Do review. :)

light wish

And their forever begins now.

The war is over.

Sakura closes her eyes and breathes. Just breathes. In-out-in-out-inhale-exhale-and-forget-the-world-for-a-while breathes. The wind ruffles her hair and even though she is probably covered in blood and dirt, she smiles and feels the cleanest and lightest she's felt in a long time.

She opens her eyes and smiles at the sight of her best-friend-almost-brother-village-hero, who, despite looking a bit battered, is exuberant and radiating warmth and sunshine and happiness as bright as his hair and as beautiful as his eyes.

"We won!" Naruto shouts gleefully, and sprints towards an unsuspecting Hyuuga and picks her up, causing her to blush and squeak in surprise. "Hinata-chan, we won!" he laughs, and twirls her around. A few feet away, Ino, radiant, manages to grab Shikamaru by the collar and pull him down for a kiss, as the rest of the Rookie Nine cheer them on. Kakashi, as if nothing had ever happened, has his nose stuck in his favorite orange book, all the while glancing up at the joyous Konoha shinboi, the corners of his eyes crinkling.

Sakura cannot stop the grin on her face from rushing to meet the sides of her face. Their happiness is infectious, and she can't help but feel bouncy-happy-free as she starts towards them-

-until someone gently links pinkies with her.

Sakura's heart goes thump-flutter-boom for a second before she smiles and takes a step back. "Sasuke-kun."

"Aa," he acknowledges quietly, his finger tightening around hers. Sakura turns her face to him and meets his eyes, dark and bottomless. Sasuke stares down at her, gazing at the upward tilt of her lips and the sparkling green of her eyes. With all the racket everyone is making, he is content to stand here next to her, because she is quiet-happy-forgiving-there and he finds solace in that.

She swings their linked digits a little bit. "I still love you, you know," Sakura blurts out, before her courage leaves her and her thump-flutter-boom-heart takes over.

Sasuke is silent for a while, gazing at nothing in particular before he closes his eyes and murmurs, "I know."

"Okay."

He opens his eyes and finds her peering up at him, big-sparkle-deep-green eyes and flushed-pink-glowing face and slightly-crooked-beaming smile. She says, "Happy Valentine's Day, Sasuke-kun," and stands on tiptoe to gently rest her forehead against his, her emerald-pretty orbs boring into his own.

Sasuke's onyx eyes stare back into hers, and his thin-not-used-to-smiling-stiff-alabaster lips quiver and lift ever-so-slightly at the corners.

"Aa," he replies again, and Sakura seems to beam even more as she begins to pull him towards the celebrating members of Konoha. He allows her to do so, quickly falling into step with her as she begins to ramble and chatter happily. Sasuke, as always, doesn't listen, but his finger curls around hers and they're all right.

And their forever begins now.