#Ughhhh welcome to the once a month when I make a fully completed piece

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Grown up Bobby and Chloe

He's on his 15th "Damn that's crazy"

Theyre outfits were soooo fun to draw yall I'm obsessed

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Her Love

SasuSaku Month 2018

Day 9: Written in the Stars

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Author’s Note: Ughhhh finally managed to squeeze my brain for this prompt... and I’m still behind ahhhhhh

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"Can't sleep, Sasuke-kun?"

Mismatched orbs looked into jade ones. The man nodded slowly, and stifling a yawn, Sakura took a seat beside him. They were at a water tower overlooking the peaceful village of Konoha at the early hours of the morning. Most of the people are still asleep, save for a select few. For a few minutes, they didn't bother to fill the silence with words.

Sasuke looked beside him to study her profile. She had her eyes closed, but there was a serene smile on her face, almost hiding the fact that she's tired. "Are you done with work?"

The medic opened her eyes and directed the said smile at him. "Yeah. I was supposed to be finished by ten, but an emergency surgery came up." Another yawn. "But it's okay. It's my day off now."

He frowned a little at that. "Then you should go home and sleep. You need to rest, Sakura."

She stubbornly shook her head no. "There's still a bit of adrenaline in my veins. Plus, I saw you here and thought you might need some company," she admitted, smiling widely at him with a warmth that is distinctly hers.

He refused to admit it, but what she said was true. Another nightmare made him wake up sweating and panting. After calming himself down, sleep completely left him, and so he decided to cool his head. He felt her chakra signature coming towards him, and didn't want to acknowledge the fact how his entire being immediately relaxed when she went to him.

'Another reason why she's an amazing medic,' Sasuke thought. 'Her mere presence alone is as soothing as her chakra.' Not for the first time, he felt a surge of pride for her. The fragile genin grew up to become a neo-sannin… and he knew ever since she was meant for nothing less than greatness.

Their attention was caught by a group of civilians laughing together, obviously drunk. The trio were holding each other up, singing random songs and speaking gibberish. One of them fell down and the two cracked up before helping him back on his unsteady legs. When they were out of their line of sight, another silence enveloped the two shinobi – now legendary in their own right.

"I heard, you know," Sakura started.

He tilted his head towards her, silently asking her to continue.

"From Kakashi-sensei." The kunoichi closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened them again, the lone Uchiha was a bit startled to see that it has lost a bit of its usual sparkle.

"You're leaving Konoha?"

He looked up towards the starry sky, taking a deep breath as well. "Aa."

Upon hearing his words, Sakura's heart immediately sank. She felt tears forming at the corner of her eyes, but she held them in. "Don't you…" she shook her head to reconstruct her sentence. "You don't like it… here?" The unspoken 'With us? With me?' hung in the air, silent but acknowledged.

He didn't want to look at her now, for he was sure that her eyes were turning glassy. For so long, all he ever did to her was make her cry. Self-loathing filled him, thinking that Sakura out of all people did not deserve any kind of sadness.

"It's…" he ran his lone hand through his hair, collecting his thoughts. "It's just that I need some time to think about things. For almost my whole life, all I knew were lies. All I had was hatred and revenge." Despite his hesitance, he turned to look at her again. She needed to see his sincerity.

True enough, she was holding back tears, and Sasuke felt his heart clench at the sight.

"It's not that I don't want to be here. Like the rest of the shinobi world, I just want to rebuild myself… I need to find the pieces of me that I lost along the way." He saw a tear fall and he was quick to wipe it away. Her breath hitched at his action. "This would be my road to redemption."

Sakura lowered her head. She understood his reasons, but it was still making her heart hurt. Two fingers went under her chin and Sasuke lifted it to make her look at him eye to eye again.

"I have to do this, Sakura."

She nodded slowly. Then, she took his hand and clasped it with hers. "Will you be okay?"

He couldn't help but smirk. "I will. I've been alone for a long time now. I know how to take care of myself."

There was a bit of hurt in her soul's windows. "But you know that you're never really alone right? You told me that solitude is not a good thing, Sasuke-kun. You know that you have Naruto, Kakashi-sensei, and me, right? You have friends here."

The medic thought she was just imagining it, but there was indeed a small smile on his face. It was enough to turn her face darker than her hair. She felt like her heart wanted to burst at the sight. Oh, how it looked good on him. It's been a dream of hers to see him smile, and the tears she was holding back flowed freely now.

"I know," he answered. "More than I deserve."

She shook her head and wiped the waterworks away. "You deserve happiness, Sasuke-kun. More than anyone."

He once again turned to the endless darkness of the sky dotted with stars, the moon illuminating the world. "I've done horrible things, Sakura. I never even thought that I could ever be forgiven."

The kunoichi looked up as well. "But you are, Sasuke-kun. Always remember that."

The former avenger found a comforting assurance at that. He still couldn't fully express himself, but with Sakura – whether words are present or not – there was a mutual understanding that he couldn't find in anyone else.

After a while, they allowed silence to envelop them once again. They allowed the conversation they had to sink in and kept locked in their memories.

"You'll come back, right?"

He turned his attention back to her, only to see she was already staring at him, hope and fear battling in her eyes.

"You'll come back home, right?" she repeated.

Sasuke nodded. "Of course. If you'll have me."

Sakura couldn't help but chuckle at that, and her laugh was something so pure and happy he would do anything to protect it.

"I would welcome you with open arms when that time comes, Sasuke-kun."

The stars were reflected in her eyes, and what is written in them was something he hoped would still be there when he comes back.

Lucky for him, her love was as constant as the sun rising after the moon leaves its throne in the sky.