Linger

Ino, why do you have to let it linger so long? We're both over him, he's gone now, anyway. But you still refuse to be my friend again...Why? There's no point in being rivals still, Is there? Why? Do you have to let it linger?

Sakura...you just don't get it, do you? We've been rivals so long, it's not possible for us to get back together and be friends without raising quite a few eyebrows, Y'know. It just...it just won't go away...that lingering feeling of mutual hatred towards one another...Stuff like that shouldn't just fade away...

Ino, please, just let it all go. It was just a silly rivalry with silly hissie-fits over some boy we both thought was sorta...kinda..a little bit...cool. That SHOULD just fade away into the backround and dissappear once and for all. Not linger there for a few years untill we drift so far apart we don't even remember each other, should it?

Sakura, I guess..

You guess...?

I guess...you're right. It's just...Sasuke isn't the kinda person you love and let go, is he?

Damn straight. But, do you know what?

What?

You aren't either. I can't just be your friend one moment, and forget all about you the next! It's not right, and...and it makes me...empty. So, please, don't let it linger. Not anymore. Let that feeling of hatred just drift away, float off untill it's nothing but a dot on the horizon. Please Don't let it linger anymore.