AN: hey, this will be a fic filled with random oneshots/drabbles that I think up ranging from canon events to AU. Enjoy!

Summary: he was the one that got away. Inspired by "The one that got away" by Katy Perry.

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Quiescence

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the one that got away
21 May 2016

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Naruto always smiles when she's around. He tries to at least.

She could see his half-hearted smile even through the dim lights emanating from the stars. Sakura continues to study his facial features as Naruto continues to talk of his day.

Sakura usually responds when they have late night conversations by the training grounds.

However, she could not bring herself to speak. She still tries to read his expressions, as though she is trying to understand his thoughts. His words are merely false pretense to what he is thinking.

A surprising silence rises between the two, with Sakura hoping to find some answers while Naruto is hoping to get lost into the night.

"What do you see in your future?" she asks, wondering if her glances affect him anymore. Naruto ponders, and Sakura assumes he completely forgot after a while.

It's only when he says, "I see myself as the Hokage, that's my dream. I want a family, too. That would be really nice," that Sakura sits up, her jaw clenching. As she looks down at Naruto, her heart begins to ache.

"You want a family? You want kids?" she reiterates. Naruto simply nods, a content smile curling up. Sakura frowns, that ache in her heart growing. His eyes drift from the stars, to her, finally, attempting to make out her outline – already knowing a frown was baring on her face.

"Then why are you leaving? Stay. Don't go," she says, and she shifts on top of him. Her somber eyes are so clear, her glistening cheeks distinguishable – she's crying.

"Sakura-chan," he begins, but she interrupts him.

"You. In my future, it's you I see. Before I saw someone else, but the more I think about it, the more I not only see you in my future, not only do I want you there, but I need you there. So please, don't go after him anymore. Stay with me," she pleads, and her tears fall onto his cheek.

Naruto smiles poignantly. He wraps his arms around her trembling body, bringing her closer to him. She doesn't do anything to stop him.

Her head rests on his chest, rising and falling with it as she listens to his strumming heartbeat. Her knuckles blanch, clenching onto his ninja uniform as her eyes are brimming with tears.

"Don't go," she whispers. "We both see the same future now. We see the same thing. Please," she pleads.

For a while, Naruto considers staying like this – staying with her.

"Sakura-chan, we don't see the same future right now. I also see a future where I don't let a friend fall," he rasps, conviction in his tone. For a second, thoughts of giving up run through her mind.

Her voice is too hoarse to offer him any more words.

However, whispers of I love you reel through her mind.

Similar thoughts race through his, however, he instead stares out into the night sky, wafting in the scent of cherry blossoms.

Tears continue to fall, and it stays this way until the break of dawn.

Until Naruto leaves.

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AN: like I said earlier, this is just when I want to write something NaruSaku but don't want it to be a full out story. Before, the manga broke my heart with what happened, however, I figured I won't let that stop me from the ideas I had haha. Beats starting big chapter fics that are incredibly hard for me to finish/update.