The moment he said that, Sakura's head snapped back to its former position to stare at him, her eyes slightly widened with confused pain before lowering them again and causing her features to grow softer. She should have known he always felt like that deep down inside. It was Sasuke, after all.
The intense need to cry washed over her quickly but she forced herself not to. That would just make her seem weaker than ever at this point and he was the last person she needed to look like a useless crybaby in front of. Instead, she held the emotion back as fiercely as possible and shuddered slightly instead. "T-That's not true," she said in a very low voice, now gripping her seat so hard her gloveless knuckles were turning white. This couldn't be happening. He had to believe her. He had to believe her and change and live happily ever after with her in this crazy, convenient world where no Itachi or any other Akatsuki could ever get in the way. Sure, they could come, but then what? There was no reason to hate here, no reason to attack one another and feel the need for revenge.
"If friends care enough about one another... enough to risk everything to save each other then that proves a stronger bond than anything else." The stinging in her eyes was a bit hard to ignore at this point. "Naruto... he cares for you so much. He hasn't stopped thinking about bringing you back since the moment you left. You've hurt him more than anyone else and you can just sit there and say he never shared a bond with you? I... I don't care that you don't remember him! He loved you like a brother of his own. W-We all did!" She finally brought her head back up to stare at him angrily again, eyes slightly red. "Friends love one another enough to take absolutely any chance necessary to help when need be! If we didn't have a bond with you, we wouldn't have even bothered to find you."