Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto; I only own this story :)
A/N: Hey guys! This is my first fiction, so I hope you like it ^^
Summary: An outcast, who seeks friendship. Desires nothing more than to have a friend, but what happens when a certain wish makes her regret it?
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Heart's Desires
Chapter 1
The Wish
"Alright class, I expect you to have finished the homework by next Monday. Have a nice weekend." The teacher called, dismissing the class. While the students cleared up their decks and departed the classroom, leaving only the teacher and a student left in the room.
The girl hastily packed her bag before hurrying off out of the classroom and quickly said her goodbye to the teacher as she too departed.
She glanced at the pair in front of her who were giggling and sharing gossip between themselves, and couldn't help but feel slightly envy of their friendship.
What made her so different from the others? Why didn't anyone want to be her friend?
Many thoughts similar to those questions lingered in her mind as she gave one last spare glimpse at the still giggling girls until she reluctantly walked in the other direction, where her house was located.
'I wonder if Karin's home...' Sakura's thoughts trailed off, inwardly grimacing as images of Karin immediately appeared in her mind. Her sister was the main reason that had ruined her chances of gaining any friends in school, not that Sakura would ever admit to Karin herself.
She didn't feel like getting abused for merely being foolish.
Sighing, Sakura's attention changed to her now shortened hair. And gently pulled a strand of hair between her index finger and thumb, she missed her long hair but didn't really have a choice in the matter when Karin had suddenly decided that it needed cutting.
What did she ever do to deserve such a monster of a sister anyway?
Although she had always attempted of wishing that she was never related to that she devil, but sadly they were just wasted efforts.
She could faintly see her house at the other end of the street, and couldn't spot her father's car and assumed that he was still held up in work.
It wasn't like Sakura despised her father, it was just he –along with her mother believe anything their little good Karin tells them. It was almost like they favourited that bitch over her, oh if they only knew what she really did then maybe that would wipe their sickening pride of her away.
They basically treated her as if she wasn't even their daughter and preferred to call Karin the beloved daughter.
"Sakura you loser, hurry up!" Karin shouted impatiently, her voice sounding like a screeching banshee.
"Coming," Sakura muttered, as her pace quickened towards her house. And stepped inside, noticing that Karin was dressed in a short black witchy dress.
"Now Sakura, I'm off to a party. Just tell the parents that I'm going to a sleepover or something stupid like that." Karin instructed, adding more lip-gloss onto her lips before smiling at her reflection in the mirror.
"Sure." Sakura replied dryly, inwardly celebrating that Karin was leaving tonight.
Karin gave one last glance at the mirror before grabbing her satin red bag and headed straight for the door and opened it before looking back, "Oh and don't forget Sakura you have to finish my homework for tomorrow, ta, ta Sakura dearest." She sneered, as she turned back and slammed the door shut.
Leaving behind a slightly depressed Sakura, who didn't bother to give it a second thought as she walked upstairs towards her bedroom before opening the door and dropping her heavy book filled bag onto the tiled floor and fell on her back on top of the soft bed covers as she momentarily closed her eyes in attempt to block out the fact that she was the person who had to suffer this life.
She stayed in that position for a few moments before a knock was heard, instantly making Sakura alert on whoever was at the door.
"Miss Sakura, dinner's ready."
Said girl grumbled as she pushed herself up and straighten her red shirt before walking out of the room and back downstairs in the direction of the dining room.
"Oh Sakura, where's Karin?" Sakura's mother questioned when the pink haired girl sat down, which resulted in Sakura somehow managing to suppress a twitch.
"She mentioned that she was going to a friend's house." Sakura answered, biting some pasta off her fork.
"Aww that's a shame, I was hoping we could've gone shopping." Her mother pouted, as she reluctantly popping some food into her mouth.
"Don't worry dear; you can arrange to go shopping another time with our precious Karin." Sakura's father spoke, a smile tugging at the end of his lips.
Sakura subconsciously bit her lip as tears threatened to pour out, did they seriously just ignore her on purpose? Did it always have to be about Karin?
"So, Sakura—"
"Yes, mother?" Sakura said eagerly, hoping that she would be inviting her to go shopping in Karin's place.
"Aren't you going to leave? You've already finished your food." She stated frostily, flipping her hair around as she send a smile at her husband.
Sakura felt a stab through her chest as she stood up and hurried out of the room, not bothering to even utter a goodbye as the tears broke out and started streaming down her cheeks.
Once she had opened her door, she banged it shut before falling on her bed as the tears continued to pour out.
She sniffed as she lay on her bed for an unknown period of time before bothering to get up and get ready for the slumber that was threatening to take over as she headed towards her connecting bathroom.
She returned back with a toothbrush in her mouth and picked up a random set of sleeping clothes before heading back to the bathroom to change.
A few minutes passed, and the door opened to reveal a rather sleepy looking Sakura as she managed to stumble onto the warm looking bed, and layed on her back before closing her eyes.
And spoke clearly, hoping that this would come true.
"I wish I had friends that liked me for me."
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A/N 2: Hey again, if you read the story until now :)
So I hope that you guys liked this, and please review! Go easy on me though, this is my first fiction ^^
But I wouldn't mind some constructive criticism!
Thanks for reading!
~Tropical-Breeze