Requested by Darcie30.

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(Y/n)'s POV

"Every woman should be elegant. All her moves should shout grace. She should be the center of attention no matter what. That's how she is going to get married. Only in that way she can find a perfect husband."

I was hearing those words for 17 years. Every day of my life I would wake up and go to sleep with those words in my mind. That's how my mother and aunt wanted me to be. They wanted me to be the perfect wife for the perfect husband, but I always described myself as a doll. A living doll that was meant to find an owner to play with.

So stupid. So pointless. I used to sit in my room for hours looking at my dolls and wondering if I indeed looked like them. I was checking myself every day scared that I will wake up as a doll. A doll that doesn't have control of her life. A doll that is controlled by others, her mother and aunt. Those two were holding my strings of life. Those two had control of everything.

I was living as a living doll until my 17. Until the day of my 17 birthday I was living in this hell and I would still be there if it wasn't for my savior. I still remember that night, the night of my birthday. I was sitting in my room crying like every other night. It was quiet until he jumped in from the window. The first thing that caught my interest was his red hair. This was the only thing I saw before I started talking with him, because I knew that screening and shouting wasn't going to help me. Not when a man like him was right in front of me ready for a talk.

-"Come with me. I can take you out of this prison. I can give you a better future, more beautiful and happier. I can give you anything you want. And as an exchange you are going to be my puppet, my beautiful and sweet puppet."

I still remember his words. Those sweet words that took me out of the palace. They gave me the freedom I was longing for. They gave me a life to love and someone to trust. Someone that I own my life to. My master, my savior, my boyfriend.

-"(Y/n). Come here for a little."

His sweet voice told me making me leave down my sketch book and walk to him. I stood beside him waiting for him to talk. My eyes staring to his red hair not being able to stop enjoying how vivid this color looked on him. I always liked staring at him after all. He was my inspiration. The only one that can be part of my drawings.

-"Here." he said and gave me a ring.

It was a simple silver ring, but on top of it, it had a red rose. I looked at it with interest, liking it already. However, I had no idea why he was giving it to me. Especially now that he was busy making puppets for the upcoming mission.

-"This ring has some of my Chakra in it. It's going to help me find you and it's going to help you know if I am ok or not." he told me as he stared in my (e/c) eyes with his brown ones.

-"Why are you giving me this so suddenly, Sasori?" I asked him curious as I placed the ring on my finger.

-"Just a feeling. I want you to be safe." he answered as he turned back to his work.

I stared at him nor making any moves to leave. I was watching his hands moving, cutting and making the wood he had into puppets. Putting weapons on them along with anything else they needed. And at the end he connected them with his Chakra making sure he had control of it.

My eyes became more sad at this. It made me remember the days that I was still in the palace, that my mother and aunt was controlling me. It made me remember my awful past.

-"Don't look so sad. It doesn't suit you." Sasori told me as he looked at me.

-"Sorry." I said as I sighed.
-"I just remembered my past."

-"I told you to stop doing this." he said as he stood up, coming close to me.
-"You are far away from that place. You are free and under my protection. No one is going to hurt you."

He was right in front me. We had almost the same height so I didn't need to lift my head a lot to stare in his eyes. He had the most gentle look I have ever seen on a man. So sweet, so kind, so royal. He was perfect in every way. My own personal puppet to love and care for.

-"I trust you." I said softly as I hugged him tightly.

He hugged back without a second thought. Hiding his head in the crock of my neck as his hands held me tighter, scared that I will leave forever. I smiled at his sweetness and stayed there enjoying his warmth and love. I was enjoying how much he was caring about me, how sweet he was to me and how he made me feel whenever he reminded me why I am with him.

He was my everything.

-"Tomorrow I am leaving." he said softly, letting go of me.
-"So you know, if anything happens to me this red rose on the ring will turn black."

-"I don't like this." I told him frowning.

He has never again sounded so serious. It was like he knew something that I didn't. It was like he knew what was going to happen out there and wanted to say his goodbyes before leaving.

-"I am only making sure that you know how this works." he told me, trying to calm me down.

-"No you don't. It's like you are saying goodbye." I told him as I tried hard not to cry in front of him.

-"Even if I die the world will continue having you. The world will continue having my pupil as a part of it. You are going to show them your art through your own unique way." he told me as he was caressing me (h/c) hair softly.

I closed my eyes enjoying his touch. I got lost in it for a little, remembering all our good moments. I remembered everything that we had been through the past years that we were together. Six years of happiness. That's what we have been through.

-"Still I am not as strong as my master." I said with a giggle.

-"No. But you are perfect for this world. A girl that can be beautiful and harmful at the same time. That's what I adore on you." he said smiling .

I smiled back at him not being able to hide my blush. He was super sweet today and I was enjoying it a lot. That's why when he leaned and kissed me softly on the lips I let him have his way with me. I let him enjoy all this as much as I was enjoying it. And soon enough more things followed after it. A night that no one is going to forget. A night full of love, sweet talks and hugs. The perfect night for the hardest goodbye.

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The sun was shining brightly today. It was a very hot day. Perfect for a walk in the forest. Perfect to get lost in it. Perfect to end up in familiar places to sit and enjoy life. The perfect weather for old memories.

-"Look Sasori! I made another drawing." I said smiling pointing at my sketch.
-"This time I draw something without you. It's about a girl that is selling flowers in a nearby village. She was so beautiful that I had to draw her."

My smile grew as I changed the page showing him another drawing. This time it was a drawing of us. Me and him laying on the bed, hugging each other with no intention of letting go. Such a happy memory with such a bad ending.

-"I love this drawing a lot." I mumbled as I stared at it with a sad smile.
-"I draw it the day after you left for your mission. It was the last drawing of us. The last piece of paper that had the color red in it."

My eyes fell on my right hand. There on one of my fingers was the ring that he had gave me. I caress it softly as a bitter smile came up on my lips.

-"All my drawings are black now, just like this rose."

My eyes continued staring at it with sadness. I had got over the crying part, yet I couldn't hold back the few tears that fell from my eyes. I stood up immediately when I understood what I was doing. I wiped my tears fast scared that someone is going to scold me about it, scared that the pain will return.

-"Sorry Sasori, but I have to go. See you next time." I said as I started walking away from his grave.

Red roses was all around his grave. My favorite color. The only thing I noticed first on him and saw last on his body. The only color I love and hate at the same time. All that because of him. My savior, my master, my boyfriend.

What's the point in being free if I can't have you, Sasori?

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The end.