This was really great. I'd say mindblowing. You didn't do the same decision as the others that is to make Sai into some kind of boy chasing love while not understanding it fully. What you wrote is more like reality. That's what I love about this story

It is a wonderful story. Usually I don't like angst but you've done a great job. I just couldn't tear my eyes off the screen once I started reading. Also it's been the first SaiXSakura fic that I ever read. It couldn't have been any better.

Thank you for the amazing story.

The ending is perfect, and I love this sad & beautiful story :)

Really, what's your excuse for writing such sad saaaaad stories?

This one had me pondering about it for hours after I read the story...so I thought about giving you a piece of my mind...

Of course, I am not admonishing you about what and how to write your fanfics...I applaud your efforts to write this story, which turned out to be fruitful...and you do possess the aptitude to write reaaaaallly well, AND, the story was enjoyable, melancholy aside, with the minimal grammatical and spelling mistakes, well constructed sentences, thoughtful dialog that reflected the personality and dare I say, despondence or, lack of empathy, of certain characters , and an intriguing and titillating, yet bitter and morose story line, that held me captive...

*WARNING! Blubbering and ranting ahead*

But, still, what I CANNOT, grasp is WHY would you write such pensive, pessimistic stories, eh? Cant people just remain contented in writing cheerful stories, where the prince gets the princess and they walk off into the sunset holding hands, and the story draws a mirthful conclusion, with the duo living happily ever after, forever and ever, always, for an eternity?

Need people describe what happens after that? The prince turns old, and gets bald and fat, and has an affair...the princess, not so graceful and lively anymore, and the uncountable spats between the two, that always ends with the prince drinking and cheating on his wife, and the princess, being sad, for a lack of better words...! :( Reality is harsh enough without having to read such forlorn and dark fics...!

*Ranting over*

SORRY! Needed to get it out of my system...Have been having a rough few days...

:P

Now, am back to my usual chirpy self...and the ranting helped...

Oh and yes! Nice story!

:D

this story made me cry so hard

and this is how you make a random fan fall in love with as crack pairing. wonderful work.

This is so beautiful.

"He had no identity of his own to lose. It wasn't as if he would even mind so very much. He wasn't even Sai at all, not really, only became Sai of Team 7 because someone told him to be, and Sakura didn't know how many identities he had run through before that."

That was one of my favorite parts, but there were so many elegant, eloquent lines. Nice job, really.

Very touching.

LOOOVE it

;)

I know thats kind of strange to say but I loved this fic! I really think you wrote sakura and sai 's characters perfectly! Well in this situation.

How ever, congrats

This was a very good read. Very emotional and I felt for the characters. Awesome job.

That was the most beautiful thing I've ever read.

I really enjoyed this fanfiction. Sai and Sakura have an interesting relationship and you did a great job expanding on it in this story. For some reason, this fanfiction really got to me. Especially the line "Kiba and Shino, always an empty space between them for Hinata's pale-eyed ghost." Shino and Kiba are so protective of her and loyal - it seems like something that would actually happen if Hinata died.

Great work!

I've never considered the possibilities of Sakura and Sai being together, but all it takes to prove me wrong and change my mind is this one little fanfic that you've written and everything is just so brilliant and beautifully written. I like the dialogue, but I love the narration more. I think, if I were to choose a source of inspiration to capture Sakura's emotional maturity and Sai's poignant impassivity, I would reread this a dozen times over and never get sick of it.

I first read this masterpiece of yours back in early winter of 2008. I still find myself coming back every now and then and re-reading this. This is truly one of my favorite works of literature in general. Inside your notes, you claim that perhaps one day this will become a multi-chaptered fic. I hope that you do shed light on this fic once more for all of us readers, for I'm sure there is more people out there that reads this piece in repetition, gaining something wonderful each and every time. Whether or not you decide to return to this fiction, I will always have this wonderful serif art in my favorites, and I hope that you will continue to write Sai/Sakura pieces in the future. I can only thank you, for giving us readers something so simple, yet complex and structural, full of details and crevices. Keep writing Ninjagrrl!

Beautiful.