A/N: Hello dear readers! I want to dedicate this story to a special person: candybluesful. She's the best author I know and I really hope she'll keep up with the great ideeas and she's a good friend on FF :D
By the way, if the story is too confusing just ask me anything and I'll make it clear.
Hope you'll like it!
Summary: When they were 7 years old, he made a mistake. A mistake that took away the light from her life forever, so he made her a promise.
A little kid couldn't figure out that a promise of lifetime is so hard to keep; they cry, they fight against the world, they are about to die every day but nothing mattered as long as they were together. It really is love enough to keep them alive?
Gender: Drama, Romance, Tragedy
Chapter 1: I give my first love to you
Snowflakes were falling all over the town. On the 24th december night, a 7 years old boy was walking barefoot on the cold streets searching for food. A bright light catched his attention, he saw the biggest house ever. Lights, laughs, scent of hot food.. that place must be nice. The little raven boy jumped the big wall that surrounded the house and entered in the courtyard. A big dog came and jumped on him, bitting his hand. The boy didn't screamed nor cried, he just kicked the dog and continued to search for some food.
The wind became stronger, too strong for a thin boy dressed in only one shirt and short pants. He fainted in the snow and started asking if that's how his pathetic life will end; in a pathetic way. Before he closed his eyes and he could start recall his whole life, a pair of shoes appeard before him.
"Are you alright?" a sweet voice asked as the pair of legs turned into a pair of knees. The person, which he recognized by the voice as being a girl, put something warm on him. "Take this, I'll take you somewhere and heal your wounds!" she took him on her back.
The boy was only able to open his eyes a little when the girl fell a few times on the snow because of his weight. She was wearing only one shirt but she wasn't like him. Her clothes looked different, her scent was different and her pink hair was totally different. They finally entered in some room and the girl put him on a bed, there was no wind insade nor snow. It was so good..
"J-just wait a second !" the raven boy could barely see how she was ripping her skirt. She put the little piece of cloth around his wound, this made the blood stop. She was hardly breathing while she ran around the room and brought some food for him. "Here, you need to eat."
He didn't knew what he was eating but it was the best food he ever teasted, it was sweet just as her scent. The boy didn't said anything until now, he just looked at this weird girl. Until now, nobody treated him this way. He didn't even knew why she was like this with a stranger. He met old people and little kids like her too, they just hit him and yelled at him to go away, so why is she different? Maybe she wants to kill him? It wouldn't matter anyway, he already smelled the heaven.
"Do you want some more?" he nodded fast. "Wait, I'm gonna get some."
After he ate, he realized that the girl gave him her jacket. He looked around one more time, this room didn't had any windows but a single door and a bed. It looked like a basement.
Suddely, the girl came in with a plate full of food and gave it to him. As he was eating, he saw her right cheek was red and figured out what happend. She may tried to stole some food and someone catched and hit her. The whole time she was looking at him closely and smiling, completly ignoring the pain fron her red cheek.
After he finished the food, she put the plate on the floor and climbed in bed in front of him with her legs crossed. Again, she didn't asked him anything.
"What's you name?" the raven little boy asked first, he was really curious who this girl was.
She looked at him a little surprised but her smile came back again. "I'm Sakura!"
The word that came in his mind was 'perfect'.
"I am.. Sasuke."
He didn't had any ideea why he told her this, nobody ever cared who he was and he never wanted anyone to know who he was.
"Sasuke? Your name is so cute!" her smile brighted the room more than the little few candles that were insade, her smiled somehow warmed Sasuke's soul.. like a jacket on a cold winter night. "Sasuke-kun." He didn't answer, just continued to look at her. "What did you wished from Santa Claus?"
This time, he really had no ideea what she was talking about. "Santa ..Claus?"
Sakura looked at him surprised with her innocently emeral eyes. "You don't know who is Santa Claus ?" he nodded his head and denied. "He's so biiig and wears red clothes and he has a looong white beard." She started moving her hands and smiled again while speaking about this man. "Today is Christmas, Sasuke-kun. Santa always brings gifts to kids on the Christmas night, so that nobody can see him."
Sasuke wanted to hear more about this red-dressed man. "So nobody saw him?"
The little Sakura nodded. "But you know.." her cheeks showed a bit of blush and her eyes were sparkling, just like emeralds. "This year, I didn't want any gifts; I had just one wish." Sasuke waited for her to continue. "I wanted to meet you. I wanted to meet a 'friend', Sasuke-kun !" she smiled so happy.
"Friend.." he repeated.
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Sasuke didn't moved a single inch, the two walls of some buildings that protected him from the wind were better than nothing. He wrapped his arms around his knees and hid his face, it was still snowing but not so hard. The same pair of pink shoes appeard in front of him, stepping on snow. He didn't looked at her.
Something fell on the snow and made a little piece disappear, as the pair of shoes were approaching to him, something hot fell on Sasuke's arm; that's when he finally raised his head. Her eyes were full of tears falling again and again on Sasuke's face. One of them fell on his lips, it was salty. Still, he didn't moved.
"You.." Sakura tried to say between sobs. "You want to.. to leave me ..alone?" She tried to keep her eyes on him, on his lifeless eyes.
Why is she crying? Everytime he left, people were happy.
Seeing that he isn't answering, Sakura searched for something in her pocket before wiping her tears. She put something around his neck; a neckle with the kanji of 'love'. "Merry Christmas!"
He was more than surprised, he was.. happy. She thought about him until now? Sasuke looked at the little neckle around his neck, it was the first thing that he recevied from someone. "Do you like it ? I made it!" He looked down at Sakura's hands, her fingers were red and full of scratches. He nodded as she sat down next to him and begun to sing, it was the first time he heard her singing. He looked in her direction, her face was more beautiful than anytime.
"Sasuke-kun, Sasuke-kun hurry!"
"Hn."
Sakura grabbed his arm and they hid together behind a tree.
"Sasuke-kun, the sunlight is too strong !"
"Quit complaining, Sakura"
The two of them were hiding from Sakura's mother and Sasuke's dad, they didn't want to go home yet.
"I think they're gone." Sakura whispered as Sasuke was holding her tightly. "Let's truth or dare!" she smiled.
The sunlight that passed throught the cherry blossom's branches and fall on their faces.
Sasuke ust looked at her surprised by her ideea. She started the game before he could even agree, that's how Sakura is.
"Truth or dare?" Sasuke was the first one to ask.
"Dare." He was still holding her tightly behind the tree.
Sasuke took a deep breath and whispered to her. "Marry me when we'll be adults."
The snow finally stopped, the streets were still white.
She was standing in front of him with an angry expression. "You should stop moving everyday, it's quite hard to find you in such a big city as Tokyo." Sakura scolded him even thought she knew his true intention.
Sasuke took the food that she gave him and started eating, the food Sakura brought for him was always hot even thought she walked all over the town to find him. Lately, she found him faster than the last month. Maybe because she could guess where he'll be? The past two months, she came at him everyday, bring food and she always talked. He liked to hear the stories that her grandmother was reading for her everynight or stories about her dreams. He hardly said a word but that didn't stopped Sakura.
"I want to be a singer when I'll grow up." Sakura said as she stood down next to Sasuke, her eyes were sparkling. "What do you want to be Sasuke-kun?"
He thought a bit about this, than swallowed the piece of apple he was eating and answered. "I want to be an adult." Sakura looked at him a bit surprised by his answer.
"Why an adult?"
He looked in her eyes for the first time. "So that I can protect you."
She was so happy, her cheeks showed a bit of red. Sakura started singing something. There weren't any lyrics, just letter thrown in the air. Sasuke loved her voice so much..
"Let's meet tomorrow here again." he suggested wanting to hear her singing again. Sakura nodded happy.
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Sasuke was running on the streets to the place he had to meet with Sakura, it was afternoon so she might not be there but Sasuke couldn't wait anymore. He composed some lyrics in his mind for her, he was so excited.
A big crowd of people were at his place. An ambulance was there too, doctors were all over. As Sasuke went throught the crowd, he could hee what was going on.
Sakura. She was lying on the cold street with her neck full of blood.
"We need to hurry !"
"Her heart stopped !"
"Isn't she the daughter of the famous Sakuya Haruno?"
"Sakuya Haruno? The famous singer?"
"Yea.. it looks like someone tried to rape her but she struggled and the knife went in her neck."
"Poor thing, she was so little."
Sasuke's heart started punding like crazy. He couldn't believe that Sakura wasn't smiling, that her face was full of red. Her eyes were closed and she had a bentou next to her with a little note.
As the ambulance left, Sasuke approached slowly to the little bentou and opened it. Insade it was a cake, he read the note.
"Happy birthday, Sasuke-kun !"
1th March, Sasuke and Sakura's birthday. She was murdered on her birthday.. because of him. Because he told her to wait there.
Sasuke fell on his knees, a tear split from his eyes.
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A week has passed since that day, the snow already started to disappear because of the sunlight.
Sasuke was still waiting for her in the place he promised, he didn't moved; no matter how many dogs were bitting him or if he had no food, he didn't moved and waited patient for her to return. The same pair of pink shoes appeard again. This time, Sasuke raised his head fast and looked at her. She was alive, alive and she was smiling at him.
He hugged her tightly, she wrapped her arms around his neck and strated crying. Sasuke's fingers went up and down on her face and her back, she really was Sakura.
But why is she so quiet?
"Are you.. alright?" he finally managed to ask.
She nodded and smiled, that's when Sasuke understood and a thousand tears started falling from his eyes as he fell on his knees and started swearing the skies.
Sakura's voice fade away along with her dreams.. because of Sasuke.
