Sakura lay awake on the bed, her head against Sasuke's bare chest. She could feel rhythmic heartbeat beside her as the night inched slowly closer to dawn.
She lay thinking about how lucky she was... Yesterday, she married the only man she had ever loved. So may times, she thought she had lost him forever. When he was away in the war... When there was a bombing near the Konohagakura army... And in a very distant past, when he was with Naruto's cousin Karin.
I'm so lucky to have him forever, she thought. She propped herself on one arm and looked at sleeping Sasuke. Then she put her head down on...
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