Day 7 – Love You Goodbye (SSM17)
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“That was stupid,” Sasuke seethes through gritted teeth, “why would you do something that stupid, Sakura?”
The kunochi by his side waves him off, “hush, I’m concentrating”.
“Why would you jump in front of me? You don’t need to protect me, Sakura”.
She looks down to her wound in concentration; most of the bleeding has subsided, now just the poison remains. However the strand that runs through her bloodstream is one that can be easily dealt with, as long as one knows the right application of chakra upon said toxin.
Sakura channels the flow of energy through her system.
Sasuke continues his one-sided argument in the background.
“Sasuke-kun,” sweetly, she begins, “I really need to concentrate and–”
“You shouldn’t even be in this position, Sakura,” he continues, frustration evident upon his features.
She sighs, and within that moment, Naruto enters their tent.
“Hey Sakura-chan,” he exclaims, “done yet..oh, no you’re not”. He glances with slight wonderment towards her wound. Sakura tries not to smirk and Sasuke…Sasuke continues to rant.
Naruto turns to the Uchiha with a suspicious gaze, then back to Sakura. “Hey, Sakura-chan….is the bastard bothering you?”
Sasuke stops speaking, and turns to glare at the blond, “excuse me?”
Naruto shrugs, “what? Are you still going on about the whole ‘Sakura-chan saving you’ thing – get over it man. If she hadn’t done that, you’d be the one with the massive whole in your leg”.
Sasuke blinks, his expression grows more severe, “that isn’t the point”.
“Yes is it,” Naruto continues, ignoring the atmosphere of the situation, “you want to be the one to protect Sakura-chan, we get it, we’ve all heard this tale before – the big macho man you are”.
Both Sasuke and Sakura turn to glance at one another for a brief moment.
Sakura slowly begins with a, “uh Naruto…what are you–”
“And we all know what intentions you have, bastard,” continues the blond, folding his arms over his chest and nodding at his own sentiments.
Sasuke pinches the bridge of his nose, “Naruto–”
“And we know how this scene would have played out,” Naruto continues, taking a step closer to the pair, “we know Sasuke would have attempted to hide his pain as Sakura healed your wounds with trembling hands, and a breathy voice”.
Sakura scoffs, “excuse me?”
“And we know,” Naruto cuts in, louder, with his head held higher, “that they’ll be a moment between you two where Sakura-chan finishes healing you, and she pauses, and so do you bastard. Your eyes will meet. Sakura-chan will lean in closer”.
Sasuke’s eyes widen, “Naruto, what the f–”
“She’ll whisper to you,” Naruto uncrosses his arms, and clasps them together, “‘I love you, Sasuke-kun’. But! Being the person that you are, you tell her, ‘I’m sorry, Sakura-chan – this cannot happen. Goodbye‘”.
Sakura throws a roll of gauze towards Naruto, It bounces off his head.
“Naruto!” Sakura exclaims, “get out!”
But the blond continues to stand there; still oblivious to the gauze roll attack but scratching his head nonetheless. “Hang on,” Naruto drags out, “with this plan, you don’t end up with Sakura-chan…hey bastard. What the hell? Why would you go with this plan?”
Sasuke stares blankly at the blond, “what…”
“What
exactly is your end game here, bastard?”
Sasuke takes a look once more towards Sakura, she shrugs, also at a loss for how to react to whatever it was that they’d just heard. Sasuke turns back to Naruto, “idiot, get out of this tent”.