SasuSaku Month 2017, day 1 prompt: First Love
A little late, and different from what I’d initially planned, but I’m posting it anyway before I change my mind! A bit rushed, so please don’t mind typos or eventual corrections.
When Sasuke
was lost in his thoughts, his feet always had a tendency to take him where he
needed to be.Tonight he roamed
the darkened streets of Konohagakure, aimlessly – a rare occurrence, for Sasuke’s
wanderings always had a purpose. But there are, as they say, exceptions to the
rule.He’d spent
the last couple of years atoning for what he’d done in the past, and working
out his feelings. Working out what he felt of himself, what he felt of the
Village of the Leaf, his family, his brother – what it all had meant. His past
bonds, forever entrenched in his very being, had nevertheless left room for new
ones to be formed, despite his struggles to cut them off.In the
months following the Fourth Ninja War, he had allowed himself time to let these
relationships mend and repair, grow and thrive, patching them up in his own way
and at his own pace. With Naruto and Kakashi things were relatively straightforward;
and somehow, he’d managed to convince himself that the same applied to Sakura.He looked
down at his own feet, at the miles they’d ran; away from home, around the world
in search of himself, and then back again. He looked and tried to picture how
many miles longer lay ahead. But mostly, he looked and wondered what it would
be like to see a second set of footprints trailing the same path as he. A
second shadow against the moonlight, or keeping his company beneath the
streetlamps.Much to his
disapproval, his heart did something akin to a flutter. Sasuke clicked his
tongue at this most uncalled for reaction; if they were to travel together,
Sakura and he, he’d better have a better grip on himself.When he
looked to see where he stood, he furrowed his brow at the sight of the familiar
building. Sasuke let out a deep breath and turned the opposite direction,
walking away from the Haruno household in determined steps.
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