After the War
The village was being re-constructed again after the Fourth Shinobi war, there were so many makeshift building near the hospital to provide more space and aid injured ninjas, they weren't specifically from Konoha, they were from all the nations, Tsunade gave an order to treat all shinobi as a kind act towards the shinobi alliance. Sakura spent most time treating the injured shinobi and civilians who were hurting in the process of all of this chaos that happened, she was practically living in the hospital, sometimes she would sleep there under all the papers, until Ino comes in and scold her and drag her back to her apartment,
As for the hero of the village, Naruto, he was hospitalized and it bothered him,, not so much since he made a deal with the Fifth Hokage for him to make some changes in the pinkette's schedule so he can gain her attention, making sure that his name was on the list of patients that were in her shifts.
At the Hospital
"How many patient you have left?" Ino asked, they were sitting in the break room, Sakura was going through some patients' check up files
"I think six more people?" scanning the names on the paper.
"Is Naruto one of them?" Ino grinned at Sakura.
She looked through the list of names more carefully, and its true his name was there,
"How did you know..?" Sakura asked, not all surprised, that pig wont ask if she wasn't hiding something,
"I figured so.." and she took a sip from the cup of coffee she was holding.
"What do you mean you figured so" Sakura gave Ino a look, meaning she better say what she knows,
"i will tell you later" the blonde said, she was gonna tell her later, that naruto is changing her schedule, and Tsunade is okay with it.
Sakura raised a brow; she will make her say it now,
"Ino-san, Sakura-san there is an emergency" two nurses came in running, and so the day begun.
It was one of those first missions for a new genin team, accidents happen, one of the boys fell of a cliff and his teammate jumped to save him, one of the young shinobi got a concussion and a few broken bones, the other one must've used his back to shield him, his back was covered with bruises and cuts, the muscles were fatally injured and thankfully it wasn't something that she can't fix,
After the two genin's condition were stable, Sakura let out a sigh,
She went to her small office that was full of paper work, propped down on her desk chair and started taking each paper and reading-signing and organizing them in order, the finished the ones were marked with a red sticky note, meaning "ASAP", the sticky notes in orange meant "Better Now Than Later" and finally the green ones meant that it could be postponed for tomorrow.
She decided to go the vending machine and get herself a drink, it was getting late and she wished she can leave this all and sleep in her warm cozy bed, well, she could but then who will finish the stupid stupid paper word, on her way, Sakura saw a certain blonde already there, cursing the machine and kicking it, she chuckled at his actions.
Naruto noticed Sakura coming "Sakura-chan" his face lit up in a smile, waving at her,
She smiled back at him "Hi Naruto, what are you doing?" she asked and waved her hand in small gesture,
"Trying to get myself a drink but this damn machine swallowed my money" he frowned
"Wait" she punched the machine with her fist and several coins fell, she picked them up and handed it to him.
"This machine is the worst, use the other one" Sakura said and pointed at the one next to it.
"tha-thank you Sakura-chan" he looked at her, 'wow Sakura's punches came in handy, when Naruto invited her for walk, she didn't mind and she actually felt peaceful while walking next to him, maybe because of the evening breeze that was so refreshing or because he was there, all in good shape, energetic as she always have known him, she remembered when she almost lost him in the forth shinobi war, how she saved him, but that was only little considering how many times he saved her.
He saw her expression grew broken, did something happen today? He knew that if something bad happened today she wasn't gonna tell anyone, like that one time when she almost lost a patient, she didn't talk to anyone and whenever he asked her what was wrong she would say she was "fine" and 'dont worry about it" so he had to ask her
"Sakura-chan, are you alright?" he asked
She didn't respond at first, still contemplating at the direction they walking ahead.
"Saa~aakura-chan~" he called here again, waving his hand in front of her, trying to get her attention.
Her train of thoughts were interrupted by his hands gestures, she had to think of the present, the war ended, her teammate is safe that's all what matters now "yes?"
She answered in a monotone, when she noticed his silence, her shifted her gaze to look at him, He was studying her expression.
"Sorry Naruto i was just.." she apologized for her daydreaming, she was just tired and confused…
"Just what?" he said, wanting her to continue her sentence.
"Nothing, you know Naruto, I am glad that you're safe" Sakura decided to answer with sheer honesty, the atmosphere allowed her to, it was night, they were alone and what's the problem in being sincere
She looked at him with a smile, and their eyes met, not those normal looks they would always look at each other, no it was those awkward ones where you your eyes are locked together, but it was only for a short amount of time, she looked away to break the eye contact, and when she looked back she saw a faint pink blush on his cheeks,
'that is cute' first thought crossed her mind, which was totally unlike her.
"Umm thanks I guess?" he smiled awkwardly.
"So how is your arm?" she changed the subject, she felt she needed too. "Better than ever, I don't need to stay in this damn hospital anymore" he complained.
"I wouldn't argue, since you have the kyuubi chakra, it heals you faster than I anticipated" she replied,
"So does that mean I can be discharged tomorrow?" he asked her with excitement in his eyes.
"You will go through a whole check up, if you're completely fine you're off to go" she crossed her arms, she knew very well, that once he' discharged he will go straight to her master, demanding for missions, 'he better get some rest while he can' she thought.
She took a sip of her juice that she almost forgot about, "well I have to go back to work" she groaned and spun to the opposite directions taking few steps and turned her head over her shoulders "good night, I guess" she smiled at him.
This smile that he cherished and loved to see "w-wait you're going Sakura-chan? Wait I want to tell you something!" he said before she could take any more steps.
Actually, he was planning to confess to her, ever since Sasuke came back, he didn't know if he stood a chance, but promised to confess to her once his promise is fulfilled, it felt a hole in his chest that grew with each step she took to walk away, when she stopped, despite his nervousness he gathered up his courage to finally tell her and what time better than now? He had kept those feeling hidden, those feelings that he had for her ever since he saw her irresistible smile, her kissable forehead, her deep beautiful emerald eyes that captivated him. His heartbeats racing as if he ran miles, but he wasn't backing up, he was going do it
"Sakura- chan, I have been meaning to tell you this for a long time, and now with Sasuke back to us, I know that you have feelings for him but please at least hear me out"
She turned fully to him now as he took steps closer to her, he took a deep breath.
"Sakura-chan I love you" he said tonelessly.
"I love you" he said it again, more clearly, to make sure she heard him.
He saw her eyes widened,
(edited on 5.12.2014) 'god this chapter was horrible, thank god i edited it'
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