[Of course she wouldn't consider him a friend at her age. At that time he was fit to be no one's friend. Had anyone even attempted to be despite his unfit nature, they would have been harshly spurned. Still...a very human part of him, the same in her that wished for Sasuke's promises to be true, had hoped she might have considered him a friend and trusted him over the Uchiha regardless.

Hurt is not likely to be an expression she's seen on him often if ever by her age. Even now, the faint frown that passes over his face and the tightening of his eyes might instead be irritation at her insistence. He certainly won't tell.]

Is Sasuke so important to you...? If not my own, I would have expected you to care more for Lee's welfare than for his.