Because
You're the sun and sky,
Unreachable by my fingertips...
- - - [から... あなたは太陽と空です, 離れて私の指先から] - - -
''Hel-looo? Earth to Sasuke~'' a girl with strawberry colored hair waved and snapped her painted nails twice right infront of a raven haired guy she called Sasuke, startling him a bit.
''...uh, Sakura! i'm really sorry... What did you say?'' the boy went back to his normal state of mind. He sheepishly smiled at his slightly annoyed friend.
''I've been been talking here for all our time and you're not even listening to me." she pouted as if hurt that her friend's not even paying any attention to whatever she's saying. "Look, I think something's really bothering you Sasuke... you've been spacing out a lot! Tell me, what's going on.'' she said worriedly.
"Nothing really, Sakura." the girl raised her eyebrow, not convinced about it.
"Well... I'm just stressed out with all these schoolworks and... some.. other stuff..."
"like what?" she picked a french fry in between her fingers and twirled it down a ketchup bowl.
"...just the usual, you know that already" he turned his head downwards eyeing the sandwich in his hands.
"Oh, Naruto?" the pinkhaired girl suplemented with a huge smile. Besides from the bullying, which somehow had lessened, and the difficulty of coping, Sasuke's also having problems with a hopeless love. Ever since middle school, he has a onesided admiration to a certain popular blonde in their school who's Sakura's close childhood friend.
"Sakura!" his cheeks reddened like tomatoes and he didn't even noticed that he had shouted. Until he saw everybody's eyes were at their direction, he immediately sat down. Sakura chuckled as she took another bite of her fry.
"Aww... Sasuke-chan is blushing cutely~" Sakura mimicked a baby voice and poked his cheeks.
"Shut up Sakura." he looked annoyed, but he still he managed to look cute. The girl gave him a peace sign.
"Oh... Look who's coming..." Sasuke turned back to follow Sakura's gaze and his eyes somewhat bulged out from his sockets, mouth slightly open. Naruto is coming towards them! The cool breeze brushed past the bright blonde untamed hair and sunkissed skin. His eyes were the most beautiful pair of eyes he'd ever seen. They were mesmerizing and it was his favorite color...blue. Lastly, his smile... It makes his heart a sudden leap and he rendered speechless.
'Ah! He's really coming this way?' he turned back to sakura who's waving her hand to the blonde boy. 'No...'
"I-I think i gotta go. See you later Sak...ugh!"
"Na-uh. You're staying here! This is your chance, why do you always waste it!" Sakura held the boy in place and looked pleadingly. By that time Naruto was at Sasuke's back.
"Waste what?" a cool voice said, Sasuke froze for a second
"Mind your own business, Naruto."
''Aww... Pinkuuu~" the blonde pouted walking closer to the pinkhaired girl to give her a peck on the cheek.
"Hey! I told you never to call me that, pineapple head!" Sakura tapped back his forehead making him tilt backwards a little. This playful gestures between the two and the childhood nicknames they give to eachother made Sasuke's heart clench that is why whenever the two meet he immediately separate himself from them not until Sakura found out about his crush.
Naruto took notice of him and smiled, Sasuke completely loss all thoughts in his head.
"Hi, You're Sasuke right? It's nice to finally meet you!"
"How'd you..." Sasuke was taken aback. He's surprised that Naruto knew him.
"Sakura told me about you." Naruto held Sakura's waist and the pinkhaired girl only nudged him back playfully.
"O-oh..." Sasuke fought back the urge not to stutter and blush but failed. Sakura beside the blonde gave a knowing smile.
"So, how are you?"
"U-umm... I'm fine... i think."
"Great! So, i guess we'll be seeing eachother more often now."
"I-I..."
"Yeah, Sure you'll see eachother often now!" Before sasuke could finish his sentence, Sakura added. He glared at his friend who's grinning. She has a habit of sabotaging his sentences before he finish it. The glare softened into a light blush when he accidentally stared straight eye to eye with Naruto's sapphires. Naruto's attention shifted back to the pinkhaired girl and Sasuke was left again to watch the scene in silent torture. When Sakura saw how the raven was acting she made a move.
''Oh no. I'm out of sundae cola! I'll leave yo two here for a while to get refills. Be right back~'' she disappeared leaving them behind.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"You're not the type to really talk much huh?" the blonde plopped his elbow unto the table and leaned in his cheek.
*nod* He slowly bowed his head and fidgeted in his seat. The way the blonde look at him made him very uncomfortable and jumpy. He wanted to talk to him but he doesn't have the courage to. He bit his lower lip. 'Sakura...come back now.'
"Sasuke..." his chin was tilted up by a hand. Sasuke gasped at the contact.
"Na-Naruto!"
"You're biting too hard..." the blonde's thumb lightly and slowly brushed against Sasuke's soft pink lips. "...you'll make it bleed."
"Hn" Sasuke turned sideways, hiding his blush.
''I'm back! Eh?'' Sakura popped out with the newly refilled cola. She stared simultaneously at his childhood friend who's sitting comfortably on the couch and to the blushing Sasuke. "Did I miss something?" she grinned.
"Not much. Sasuke here doesn't really talk so i did the talking." the blonde laughed.
"As expected." Sakura mumbled as she gave the ravenhaired boy 'the eye'. Sasuke' eyes pleaded 'I can't do it' He now started to pile his books in order. Sakura sighed. Few minutes after, Sasuke heard Sakura yell, he brought up his head to see a pinkhaired girl trying to get her sundae cola back from the clutches of Naruto whose happily sipping its contents.
''What the hell! Naruto! Give that back!"
"Eh. Give me a kiss first." Naruto pouted out his lips towards Saskura jokingly.
"Over my dead body Naruto! If you were Kakashi-sensei, I'd do it willingly!" she huffed. Sasuke, seeing this made no attempt to interrupt the situation. He caught a glimpse of change in the blondes features. The expression of his eyes which Sasuke could sadly relate to. Naruto loss his smile for a second as if it hit a sore spot in him but to compensate it came back with a loud laugh.
"Ow that hurts, Sakura. You love Kakashi-sensei more than me!" he rubbed the sore spot of his head. Sakura had intentionally hit him with one of her books. The other students laughed at the blonde's antics.
"Ofcourse I do!"
"Tell me you love me Sakura-chan~"
"No I won't baka!"
"Why not? Why not?"
"Because..." Sakura's sentence cut off when the figure before her stood up and gone. "...Sa-sasuke?"
Sasuke silently slipped out of their table trying to suppress the painful feelings inside him. It's all to clear that he, Sasuke Uchiha had fallen so deeply inlove with a boy who loves another.
- - - [から... あなたは太陽と空です, 離れて私の指先から] - - -
Clarifications: Sasuke liked Naruto for 5 years [since 12 yrs old] He is his first love and he couldn't do anything more but to watch him because he's afraid.
Naruto and Sakura known eachother for as long as they could remember. Naruto obviously loves Sakura.
Sakura loves Kakashi, a university teacher who moved to another state due to work. She currently has relationship with him.
Basically, this story is all about unrequited love.
Question:
it hurts a lot, huh?
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