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Word Count: 155
Warning: Spoilers (set in the rescue!Gaara arc)
Characters: Sakura, mentions of Naruto, hints of Sasuke
Pairings: SakuNaru

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That calm, almost hope, was something that no one could take. Only he could give it, and only when he wanted to (when he smiled).

She envied him for it, for always believing. In him, in her, in himself, in the fact that they would get him back or die trying.

He was so very sure of himself, like nothing at all could knock him down. He was her rock (and unknown to her, she was his). He was the guy that smiled and reassured her, when really he was the one to be reassured. When she cried he'd promise to fix the problem and tell her to stop crying.

She only once saw him cry, really cry, and she had been powerless, too young and obsessed with her own pain that she couldn't see (feel, care about) his. She regrets it, and knows that next time she'll fix his problem, or at least they'll do it together.


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