• I passed the same spot where he left me heartbroken. It was just like this night - the moon shining brightly that it can already serve as a light in the cold nightly air. It’s funny how things ended up: Naruto becoming a Hokage-in-training, trying hard to win Hinata’s hand in marriage. Ino and Shikamaru turned up to be already engaged! Chouji and some of the Akimichi clan started on a meat business and later on became a restaurant where all ninjas could be who they really are and create timeless memories.

    Tears trickled down to my eyes. I thought for a moment, why didn’t I end up happy and successful like them? I know the answer to that: because my only happiness is him. For me to see him alive and happy and living worry-free is the happiest thing for me. Oh, I would trade anything for that.

    But I can’t.

    Returning him here in Konoha would make a huge issue. Some villagers don’t understand the bond our friendship took. They would just think him as a threat to the place and a scheme will be born. Besides, by now he’s in the possession of Orochimaru. An electric current crept down my spine. That sick person – a snake, a demon whatever damned names suits him made my night more sinister that it already was.

    I sat on the very stone bench he left me. I picked up the pieces of my broken heart and bring it all back together. But it was no use. It can’t be put together again without it’s missing piece. That certain piece that holds the most beautiful part of the puzzle called ‘Love’. No, I cannot love another man except him. Sasuke Uchiha. An shiver came to my body as I mentioned his name into my mind. For reason I cannot comprehend, I have fallen in-love with him. The first moment I laid eyes on him, my heart told me that he’s the man I’m destined for. It was a childhood crush at first, however as seasons pass, the crush turned to love. I trusted him with all my heart – loved him like my lover. Though he sometimes break my heart, it’s okay. I know he’ll just be there and in one way or another, I’m still connected to him.

    Reminiscing the events that happened the night he left made through my mind like a replay button. Every breath, every word, every move is registered and stored in my head. I felt like a fool to think of reenacting the whole scene just to feel the lost once more.

    The wind blew colder that made my body shiver. I tried to hold my face and face the future – to move on like everyone else. The missing piece’s venom spread through my heart almost freezing my tears and my heart into stone.

    Footsteps approached – a slow quiet one. I turned my gaze into the man walking towards the gates of Konoha in white. I felt numb. He came to me, said my name so clear that it melted the frozen tears and crashed my stone-heart.

    The missing piece is back.

    Note: This is fanfic entirely made by me. You can found the original work here.