I remember everything. All the things Sasuke said to me.
You're annoying.
That was a bit of a shock. But I was the one to blame then. Getting all carried away in front of him, going on about things that would have been better left unsaid. I was annoying.
Mm-hmm, it just makes sense.
You really…are annoying.
This was when Sasuke was leaving the village. It was a shock to me then, too. But then he followed it with this:
Sakura…
Thank you.
And that saved me. Just that "thank you." He left the village after that, and then it was day after day after day of not seeing him. But that "thank you" gave me the strength to believe in Sasuke.
There was a terrible fight—no, the word terrible doesn't begin to do it justice. There was a fight that nearly destroyed the world, and that's when Sasuke came back to us.
And once the battle was over, he left on a journey. I told him I wanted to go with him, and he said, You have nothing to do with my sins. But then he continued:
I'll see you soon.
Thank you…
And he poked my forehead.
"I'll see you soon."
"Thank you,"
I repeated those words over and over again in my heart, along with the remembered sensation of that poke.
We started at "You're annoying," and we've made it all the way to "I'll see you soon." My heart feels a little warmer somehow when I think about it like that.
Sasuke. Where are you now?
Sasuke.
Me? Right now, I'm…