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Title: Tears and Pearls
Author: Me
Couple: SasuSaku
Rating: PG-13 [kissing, death]
Does it have a plot?: Sakura's father dies in the Pearl Harbor bombing and Sasuke attempts to comfort her.

I actually got this idea off a writing prompt I was given in school. It's probably very OOC, and it's one of my first attempts at writing a romantic scene. I'd like feedback if it's not too much trouble.
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"Sakura, your father is dead," Mrs. Haruno told her daughter. Her voice held a small quiver that betrayed her calmness. Sakura gasped, tears welling in her eyes. She pushed the door open and shoved her way through the throngs of people in the streets. She ran blindly, trying to run from the truth.

She collapsed in the field where Kakashi had once tested them to become Genin. Suddenly she noticed Sasuke reading the monument's names. She couldn't cry, not in front of Sasuke.

"Sakura?" he asked. It was no good, Sakura burst into tears. "Sakura, what happened?"

"My father died...last night," she hiccoughed. Sasuke remembered how distraught he had been after his clan's massacre. Gently he wrapped his arms around the sobbing girl. He comforted her until she was able to tell him how he had died through her sobs.

He had been given a mission to accompany the men going to attack a country called the United States. More specifically a city called Pearl Harbor. He had been among those that perished from the Kamikaze pilot runs. As Sakura told him this she remembered the last thing he had old her.

"Pearl Harbor, Sakura. I guess it isn't fair that only I get to go to a different land. When I get back I'll bring you and your mother a strand of pearls. You'd like that, wouldn't you?"

Sakura sniffled again and Sasuke braced himself for another wave of tears. Instead Sakura stood up and thanked Sasuke for listening to her. As she turned away from him, Sasuke took her hand and pulled her back down into his lap. He claimed her lips in his and gently wrapped his arms around her.

"Sasuke, what-" Sakura gasped.

Sasuke placed a finger on her lips. "Hush, it doesn't matter right now. All that matters is that you feel better." He placed his lips on hers once more and he held her.

Very good!
I liked the mood you set and the way you presented it!^^
This was very well written,
the setting could've been described a bit more,
but thats all! 3nodding
Nice work! wink
~NN44

Yeah, it's AU, the idea was that Konoha was in Japan during WWII.
Thanks for the feedback guys! I really appreciate it. ^-^