Wᵉᵈᵈᵎᵑᵍ Dress ❦ Sasuke Uchiha ❦

❦ Six ❦

♫ ~ Can't believe that you are not with me 'cause you should be my lady. ~ ♫

Once again, the chime in Tori's voice laughed, calming herself as the night drifted a little slower now. "You're in the mood, Sasuke. What's rearing your gears these past few days?" The Raven didn't quite catch her strange question, Tori's way of talking is quite unique. He chuckled, "I don't follow."

She fixed herself, adding with a teasing smile. "I meant why are you in a bright mood all of a sudden? Cause' the old Sasuke I knew back in high school was stubborn about his emotions." He's still stubborn now... Sasuke pushed those thoughts away, no need to remind himself again. Once the blond woman found him in deep thought, she guessed loudly. "You in love?"

A scarlet pink spread across the bridge of his nose, glowing noticeably for the woman to catch quickly. Her diamond- eyes widened in complete excitement. "So you are! Who is this girl? What is she like?"

Stuttering, the tough Uchiha tries to fight back the warm blood heating his face. "I, I'm not...!" She ignored his retort, obliviously bringing her face up to his with confidence whic made the Raven a little more uneasy than needed. "Don't lie to me." Sasuke tried not to be in denial, but in front of her, he couldn't, which he looked down in defeat. "Well," he started until millions of words popped in his head to describe the talkative girl. She waited with eager eyes. "She's... just like you."

Now her optics turned into wonder, unexpectedly hearing that answer but she felt flattered by his words. So Tori smiled generously. "Really? I didn't know I had a twin... But that's great, Sasuke! Now all you gotta do is tell her how you feel!" He wish he can... He really wants to and scream it from the hill tops, but reality tells him that he's not allowed to speak a single word about his affection. No matter how much he has the urge to say it.

The air turned a little heavier as Sasuke fell back into his hole again. He lowered his eyes to stay out of contact from Tori, peeping a yawn and unnoticed her head dropped on his shoulder. The voice of Naruto from earlier rang through his head.

I'm sorry, Naruto... but I'm a coward.

He can hear the blond's puzzled question in his ear, asking to why he can't. Sasuke removes himself under the snoocing girl's sleeping form slowly. Because I won't get in her way from being happy.

'What about your happiness, Sasuke?'

Sasuke bit his lip, staring at Tori]'s angelic face snoozing soundlessly on the couch. That familiar ache struck him, breaking through his built wall.

His hands gripped the couch to keep him from falling over her. His hurt face leaned forward, inching closer to Toris gaping lips. A whip of dejection slapped his heart once he quietly pressed his lips against her unmoved ones.

It didn't feel complete, Sasuke wanted her to kiss back to make him feel whole again. When he pulled away, Tori's smiles flashed in his overwhelmed eyes.

Tear after tear, they had fallen on the woman's motionless cheeks. His hand stroked her jaw line as he unsteadily breathed. "I won't be selfish with you, Tori... I won't." He wouldn't allow himself to ruin her life.

♫ ~ All I want is to set your heart free. ~ ♫