Fanfic: Remembrance

aubreycanalaine:

• This little ficlet was inspired by a (wonderful) time-travel fic written by @herprettysmile which is titled: 

  Naruto Shippūden: The Legendary Team「伝説的なチーム」. This is based on Chapter Three of her work, but this can be read as a standalone fic. There will be little to no spoilers here.

• butcansomeonepleasedrawthatoverlysubtlelittleSasuSakuscenewhenhehelpedherout
• The prompt I used is Something More for Day 2. Sorry I’m late. Real life got in the way.

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She can’t help but gaze at him. There is something about him that attracts her so. They are only five years old, but she feels a strange connection between them that she can’t ignore. It’s like there is something tugging at the deepest recesses of her mind, prickling at her brain and urging her about something which she truly can’t comprehend.

She stops walking. Naruto and Sasuke continue to trudge in the streets, chattering about something. Sakura can only gaze at their backs, something which makes her heart oddly clench.

When Naruto suddenly runs off, presumably towards a goldfish-scooping booth, she can see Sasuke slowly shake his head at the blond-haired boy’s direction.

She doesn’t say anything, only sneaking glances at him from time to time.

As if sensing her gaze, Sasuke turns to her, raising an eyebrow.

“What is it?” he asks. “Is there something on my back?”

Feeling herself blushing in embarrassment, Sakura quickly shakes her head. “Oh, i-it’s nothing, Sasuke-kun!” she exclaims.

He looks at her for a while before shrugging. “All right. I’m just gonna go to Naruto and make sure that he doesn’t get himself in trouble.”

Sakura swallows as she watches him walk away.

Again, her heart twists.

It’s like he’s going away…

Like he’s starting to walk out of her life…

No. No.

No.

Please–

–don’t leave us again–

–don’t leave me again–

“Ah!”

Sasuke immediately turns around at the sound, his eyes wide in surprise. “Sakura–?”

What meets his eyes is a scene of Sakura tripping on a rock and falling face-down on the ground.

Startled, Sasuke is frozen in his spot, unsure of what he should do or say at the moment.

Meanwhile, Sakura deeply wishes for a hole to materialize on the ground below her and swallow her up.

Tears well up in her eyes. I’m so embarrassed… she moans to herself, not even attempting to pick herself up.

Suddenly, she hears footsteps coming her way. Sakura gingerly lifts her head.

“Hey.” Sasuke, whose hands are inside his pockets, tentatively approaches her. “…are you okay?”

“…I’m okay…” she sniffs, trying to put on a brave front but failing.

Sasuke stares at her, then his face lights up into a smile.

“You say you’re okay, but you look like you’re gonna cry.” Still having that tiny, somewhat amused grin on his face, he extends a hand towards her.

“Come on, lemme help you up.”

Her heart strangely pounds in her chest as she takes his proffered hand.

She has always thought that this is only a little crush, a form of small admiration which started only about a week ago.

But…

It feels like she has loved him far longer than that.

fin