Awkwardness Between The Two

'Is it just me, … or am I really, deeply in love with Sakura…?' Naruto thought as he watched his beloved try and carefully medicate his injured ankle from Naruto's past battle against Sasuke a while back.

While Sakura focused on Naruto's injury, Naruto focused on her. He just loved the girl's glowy, pink hair, her lovely, light-green eyes and Naruto most loved Sakura's darling smiles.

'Oh, Sakura, I wish I could tell you how I really, really felt about you!" Naruto screamed in his thoughts.

Is it the right time to tell Sakura how Naruto felt towards her? Naruto looked around their surroundings, seeing if anybody was present except for Sakura and himself.

Their leader, Yamato, was off searching for useful resources for the squad to use in the following night under the stars, while Sai, another comrade, was fast asleep just behind Sakura. The boy figured it was the right moment to release his inner feelings.

…While the young Uzumaki was about to make his move… Sakura's eyes switched from focused to calm and relaxed.

"There you go, Naruto. You're all fixed, but you're not fully recovered yet, so you just take it easy, all right?" Sakura smiled as her concentrated chakra slowly disappeared in the palm of her hand.

Naruto gazed upon Sakura's firm smile.

'What an angel…' he thought and burst out, "Wow, thanks Sakura, I feel much better now!"

Naruto smiled back at the 'angel.' Then he slowly tried to stand up on his own, but his body resisted, so he weakly sat back down, leaning against a tree while Sakura accompanied him.

"You've got to be careful, Naruto. You could've been killed back there. If it weren't for Sai saving your butt, who knows what would've happened…" Sakura went on and on nagging about how Naruto needs to be careful towards his body and not to under-estimate his opponents. The girl practically sounded just like a mother giving a lecture to a mere child… but in Naruto's eyes, she was some-what different… The Uzumaki, again, described her as an 'angel.'

When Sakura finally stopped lecturing… Naruto, again, attempted to tell the young Haruno his true feelings.

But, again…failed…as Sakura started talking again.

Naruto had gotten frustrated but when he heard what Sakura had to say… he nearly froze…at the sound of the word, Sasuke, escaping out of her mouth, through her lips.

"You know, Naruto. I still remember the old Sasuke back when we were little…"

Sasuke… that word… that name….

Naruto had nearly forgotten Sakura's true loved one. It was simply Sasuke, not he.

Both teammates gazed into blank space. Both thinking different thoughts.

Will Naruto ever express his inner feelings towards Sakura? … And will Sakura forget all about Sasuke… at all?

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