It's not how she thought it would be- all those years ago when she was still a child- little more than a child- she thought he would come back and everything would be alright, everyone would be happy and they would be a team again but…they had never been much of a team to start with so how could they go back to something that never existed?
When she was a child- little more than a child- her head was full of fairytales, of princesses and rainbows, of white knights saving the damsel in distress and she had loved Sasuke. Sasuke was nothing like the white knights in the stories. Sasuke was dark, Sasuke was troubled, Sasuke was mysterious and yet she had loved him, she had loved him so strongly that she was willing to give up all her life for him, so that he wouldn't be alone. But why? Why when he was so different from what she wanted? Why when all she wanted, all she dreamed was her white knight coming to sweep her off her feet in his white horse? To this day she still didn't know but the fact was that she loved him, today more than yesterday, tomorrow more than today.
Not that any of that matters- it never did anyway- not now, not ever. Facts and feelings and fairytales…none of that mattered but in her head where it all lived. It was everything in her head, it wasn't real and it would never be.
She didn't understand why they kept doing this, what was the point? They were just hurting themselves. They would never heal, not now, not after everything that had happened.
"So Sakura, how have you been?" Naruto asked, interrupting her thoughts.
"You just saw me yesterday."
Naruto scratched his head looking a bit disappointed. "Well since yesterday."
She couldn't help but smile, his efforts were so obvious, even when he was trying to be subtle. Did Naruto even know subtle?
"I have been fine, thank you." Sakura responded.
Naruto gave her his biggest smile and she felt her heart warm at that and she smiled at him, even though he had already turned to talk to Sasuke.
He didn't deserve this, not after everything, this shouldn't be added to his burdens but…
He is here, he is back. Everything should be alright. His expression as blank as always, she noticed, not a single glimpse of emotion.
She couldn't forgive, she couldn't forget.
