As children, they always held hands.
As older teens, they have found while many things have changed, this was not one of them. And this is the sort of comfort Sakura needs now, she finds, as she curls up even closer to Ino's form and takes her hand into her own. The blonde cracks open a sleepy blue eye from the shifting in her bed before closing it again.
"Ino…"
"What?"
"Is it sad that I still hope?" She looks to see those jade eyes study her. Ino doesn't need her to elaborate to know what she's talking about. She'd punch those two idiots for how they constantly worry her.
"…No." Ino brushes a stray pink lock behind her ears. "Go back to sleep, Saku-chan."
Sakura sighs and when she closes her eyes again, Ino does too.