I woke up exceptionally early the next morning and carried myself to the meeting place earlier than usual. To my surprise Sakura was already at the bridge. It was unexpected enough to find that shed come after that, but the fact that shed come this early was even more. Naruto was always later than us, so she knew he wouldnt be coming for another thirty minutes or so.

"Sakura," I said as she came into my view.

She looked up and stared coldly at me. Her glare hurt more than her throwing three thousand kunai at me.

I walked up next to her and continued, "Im sorry about yesterday, Im just a bit paranoid these days." She remained silent. "Sakura, when I was seven I lost my parents."

She suddenly looked up at me wide-eyed.

"The whole of the Uchiha clan was wept out, and I was left alone," her gaze remained toward me. "I thought I could be alone all my life, and I tried to. Now I realize that the reason was just because I was afraid of getting hurt again when I lost someone important to me." I looked into her eyes. They were a different shade from the night before because of the sunlight. "Losing you made me realize that I cant really live alone."

She looked down towards the ground. There were still puddles from the other day and you could see the reflection of the sky if you looked into them. Sakura turned toward the river and looked into the distance, not saying a word. The bridge creaked as she slowly leaned on it, as she said, "Sasuke san Im sorry." But that was followed by a loud sound * CRACK *

The old bridge had made way and broken underneath her. It was really old, so even the weight of a light twelve year-old girl had been too much pressure on it. Sakuras body fell over the bridge in slow motion.

"Sakura!" I screamed as I grabbed her hand.

We were in the same position as we were the other day. This time I grasped her hand as hard as I could.

"Sasuke san, I wont make it. . ."

"Im not going to lose you!!"

"!?"

"Ive already lost you, but Im not gonna let you go while I have a chance of getting you back," I felt sweat dripping down my forehead. "Youre all Ive got."

I could see Sakuras eyes looking up at me, tears falling from them. She suddenly closed her eyes and clasped her other hand into the hand I was holding her with. I slowly pulled her up.

When I finally got her over we sat there, unable to say anything. Sakura sat crying, and I felt guilty for not finding the words to say, or not being able to approach her and hold her in my arms, even though I knew she would just resist.

"Sasuke kun. . ."

I suddenly looked up and stared at her. "What did you say?"

"Sasuke kun," She said taking her hands away from her eyes. "There was something wrong with me, I forgot how much I loved you."

I crawled toward her, she took my hand and squeezed it, "when I love you this much, how could I forget that this feeling was inside me?"

I looked into her eyes, streamed with tears. I hugged her and held her as tightly as I could. I dont think I can remember being so happy in my life. What Id once thought was dead was now alive again. We didnt have to say anything, we just sat there in each others arms until we were interrupted by a passer-by.

I guess you can say this incident didnt change my life. I still refused going on dates with Sakura, most of the time anyway. And Sakura and Naruto still act the same way as they used to. The only difference now, is that I know that there is something in life that you just cant live without, and that if you dont do everything to protect it, youll be left alone with nothing in the world. I have a feeling Im a little bit nicer to Sakura than I used to be.

The End