[Reading over the message is difficult. The emotions are difficult, tender and soft-hearted sentiment expressed in what Sakura tells him now, so changed from the years he's lived only on cold fury. He was not looking for an apology or explanation. He had not thought he felt any particular way about how Sakura had treated him. It should be reversed. If she wasn't kind, then wasn't he far worse? Why couldn't he return her feelings? Anyone else in the world would want the attention of a pretty, smart, capable girl like her. There was something irrevocably broken in him, and he had naively believed that killing Itachi would fix it.
It's not her fault.]
Both of us were children then. You shouldn't blame yourself for not knowing. I don't hold anything against you. At the time, all I could see was Itachi. I didn't care about anything or anyone else.
Sakura, I don't know if I can be that person again. It doesn't mean that I'm unwilling to try. [Hesitation, in the span of a moment.] Your feelings aren't something I can return, and even if I could, there's a serious risk that I will hurt you again. It is part of the reason I left the village — I don't trust myself. Naruto knew it, and he said he would stop me if I tried...
It's worse here. I've already attacked two civilians without provocation. I don't know if finding a soulmate will help, or if it will only open that person to the same risk.
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It's not her fault.]
Both of us were children then. You shouldn't blame yourself for not knowing. I don't hold anything against you. At the time, all I could see was Itachi. I didn't care about anything or anyone else.
Sakura, I don't know if I can be that person again. It doesn't mean that I'm unwilling to try. [Hesitation, in the span of a moment.] Your feelings aren't something I can return, and even if I could, there's a serious risk that I will hurt you again. It is part of the reason I left the village — I don't trust myself. Naruto knew it, and he said he would stop me if I tried...
It's worse here. I've already attacked two civilians without provocation. I don't know if finding a soulmate will help, or if it will only open that person to the same risk.