"All That Never Was" SasuSaku drabble

[MuffyTaj]

"All That Never Was"

A cherry blossom floated to the ground at his feet.

He hated cherry blossoms.

He hated their pink petals and their closed buds. He hated the way they would open around him, displaying their beauty, asking him to stop and admire them just this once.

But what he hated all the more was when other men stopped to touch them.

?Stop looking at the flowers!? He shouted in a harsh voice, tired from a long day of training. Truth be told, he would have liked to collapse and stare at nature himself.

But not at cherry blossoms.

?Calm down Sasuke-kun.? The soothing voice irritated. ?I don?t know why you hate this spot so much, it is excellent terrain.? And the place was perfect for training. A deep lake to practice holding your breath and battle underwater, high grass for concealment, a steep slope that lead to a cliff that oversaw it all, trees a-plenty ? it was tactically brilliant.

And yet he hated it. His heart skittered when he was there: if a blossom fell onto the water he winced, if one of his weapons nicked a tree he swore.

And if he looked at his reflection in the lake, he saw her.

So he kicked the water, avoided the trees, and never, ever looked at himself. He could stand the pain from wounds and the humiliation of still not being powerful enough, but the sad face that lurked behind his eyelids, the pleading voice that begged for happiness he could never face.

And so he hated cherry blossoms, and all that never was.

[wicked]

More angsty goodness. Your vewy good. Has Cheryl threatened you with the Sap injections or the Fluff Bunny no Jutsu (that one is scary man, lemme tell you).

You know Sasuke you could just as easily make things better. I won't even insult you this time. Go back! Tell her that when you said you wanted to restore you clan you meant getting bunny on speed with her. Go back!!!

Perhaps that was Kishimoto's way of torturing Sasuke: put angsty boy on team with cheery girl named Sakura. Make Sakura resemble cherry blossoms. Make angsty boy run away and be inundated with cherry blossoms wherever he goes. Make angsty boy realize he loves cheery girl just as much as she loves him.

Simple recipe no?

I do like though how you use the sakura trees as metaphors for Sakura herself. Rock on.

~Wicked