Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Bottled and I am making no profit out of this story.

AN: So, this story is for the Sakura month on Tumblr. When I saw the prompt for today, I immediately knew that this was what I wanted to write. However, when I was writing it in Word on my pc, I made the difference of who is writing with color and font. Then I realized, that on Tumblr, I am not sure if I can do that. And that it might get confusing, who is the correspondent at the time!

Therefore I've opted for having one letter completely in cursive and Sakura's letters without. I hope that it will make it a tad clearer :D I've also separated it to chapters, each chapter having two letters (unless they were super short, then there are more).

Also, this story is not yet finished, nowhere near it, but I wanted to post something for today because what I have made me (mostly) happy. I will aim to update this story every month, but no promises.

I am just hoping that somewhere in the middle I won't decide that something should have happened differently, lol, since I've never attempted to make a story in chapters, only ever doing one-shots thus far. Wish me luck with that and strength to not to obsess too much about it, if it does happen.

But I do hope that you will enjoy what there is for right now! I got the idea from an app called Bottled - something that I've never tried but the concept seems super cool to me!

Dear Stranger, June 29th

I am, in all honesty, not sure what I should write. My crazy friend convinced me to install this app, saying it is the best app ever. She likes to exaggerate but she means well. You see, recently my life has been turned upside down with a series of rather bad events. Let's do a quick recap. My father died in a car crash, my boyfriend broke up with me and if that wasn't enough, doctors thought it would be a lot of fun to diagnose me with an illness that will slowly drain my life away from me.

Haha, look at me, dumping all of this information on you, a complete stranger on the internet. It's probably the boredom. I've been in the hospital for the past three weeks. Have you ever been to the hospital for such a time? There is nothing to do here! My friends come to visit, but with the summer vacation upon us, a lot of them are leaving with their families for trips abroad.

My friend, the one who claims this odd app will change my life, face times me every day. That is pretty much the only highlight of my day. Mom comes by every few days as well, but she is a true workaholic. There are times when she's here, but her phone is glued to her ear. "I'm sorry, honey, this is an important call." Yeah, mom. That's fine. Your daughter might be slowly fading away, but she gets that that one person on the other side of the line simply cannot find the solution to the problem he's having on his own. Because using the internet is hard, especially when they can all call you.

Sorry, this got rather judgmental very fast. It is the boredom! In any case, the nurses are gonna be here soon for the usual business. Giving me some pills, measuring my temperature and asking me how I am. One would think that as a nurse you'd have a sense of humor and laugh when a patient answers "bored to death". Oh well. Guess sarcasm is not for everyone.

So, I will release this bottle to the sea, as to speak, now. I hope it reaches you. If it doesn't I will so rub this in Ino's face. She believes I will meet a charming prince who will sweep me off my feet, so, you know – no pressure.

Yours truly,

Bored Stranger.

Dear Bored Stranger, July 3rd

I'm truly sorry to hear about your losses. But you know how they say that something good always comes out of something bad. Or how where one story ends, another begins? As it so happens I am also a new user of this app. Insomnia can make you install all sorts of weird things on your phone. Your letter is the only message so far that reached me. It has already been almost two weeks though, so maybe it's broken.

Or maybe there are some higher forces at play here. Guess we will never know.

Since you gave me a full review of your current life, I think it's only fair I do the same, but I am afraid it's a bit dull. So, don't hold your breath for a fascinating story of a prince on a white horse who will come save you from the dreaded boredom.

I just graduated in interior design and started working in a small carpenter shop in my town. We make a lot of custom furniture, mostly tables, and shelving units, but I am sure that something big will come soon.

Right now I am sitting in my living room, it's still very bright outside even though it is already after nine o'clock. My cat is purring next to me on the couch, content. I fed the little beast not too long ago, otherwise, she would probably be scratching me bloody right now.

I have never been to the hospital myself but I've had close family there. Eventually, everyone leaves the hospital. One way or another.

Hope that you are doing well and that you educated the nurses in the way of sarcasm. I will head to the bed now. Fun fact, carpenters get up way too early.

Your friend,

Tired Stranger.