A/N: My gott; I've written something that isn't for the SasuSaku forums or Uchihafest. I must have caught a cold…

Disclaimer: Naruto (etc) belongs to Kishimoto Masashi, and not I.

Title: Many Words
Rating: Pg
Pairing: SasukexSakura
Summary: He said and she said. It didn't matter when it came to home.
Word Count: 241

He looks away.

He is a conceited creature, only out to do what is best for him. He cannot love her like she wants him to. Like he wants to.

"Return home!" he shouts at her, katana a shiny black, stained red no more. He cleans the blade everyday, the mirror is enough of a reminder. It hits against hers, so silver it flashes light from the reflection of the moon.

"No," she says looking like she is about to break and pierce through him all at once with the intensity of her beautiful emerald eyes. I won't let you leave again.

And the feeling. Sorrow, regret, fear, anger, hatred, love, nostalgia, hopefulness, despair. It seeps through him and he wants to run. Cling to the existence he has gotten used to. I want to live with you. Something yonder is calling in his mind, dying, clawing desperate to be heard- granted. And he cannot allow it to overcome him. I have a goal. Years of training and making, shaping himself into what he needed to be to kill- conclude with his most important person. Is he really your important person anymore?

His eyes seep into red and rings, with swirling comas I cannot return your love.

He will kill her.

And everything that remains of the hope his heart carries.

When will morning come?

"Come home with me,"

He refuses and she still won't give up when the dawn comes.