"Truth...?" she echoed quietly, hands stilling against his arm, where her fingers had been about to press another point. Her gaze sharpened as she looked to him, feeling suspiciously traitorous just from entertaining his words. And yet...

"Am I to fear you, Uchiha Sasuke? I do not." She pressed that point finally, perhaps a hair harder than she had to to reinforce her point. "I can see that what you want more than anything is someone who will not stay away. Am I wrong?"