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AN: This is my first complete venture into the Naruto fanfiction universe. The theme I'm following with these three shorts was suggested by the lovely zelha, who also requested I write a Sakura/someone pairing. Well, three different possibilities immediately came to mind, so here are all three. Enjoy!
Theme: Justice
Genre: romance
Pairing: Hatake Kakashi/Haruno Sakura
Rating: K-T
Warnings: kinda angsty
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He was there again, she noted. His normal eye was reading the names of those he'd been close to, of those he'd lost.
Though his hurts cut far deeper, she still mourned for him. He was only in his mid-thirties, but he was already an old man. She was in her twenties, now, and she also felt much older than she really was.
"It's not fair, is it Sakura-chan?"
Sakura blinked, not realizing that she now stood at his side. "N-no," she stammered, still caught off-guard. "No, Kakashi-sensei. It isn't fair." It wasn't clear to her if he was thinking along the same lines as she had been, or if he was simply referring to the friends they had lost, among them Asuma-sensei and Jiraiya.
She chanced a glance at him, offering a small smile as she took his hand in hers, threading their fingers together. Her smile grew as she watched the surprise register in his eye before it crinkled a little at the corners, showing that he too was smiling. She closed her eyes as he leaned down and kissed the top of her head through his mask before letting go of her hand in favor of holding her close.
"Come on, let's go home," he murmured after a while.
"Okay," Sakura whispered. Silently, they walked away from the memorial stone. They would be back tomorrow to lament the injustices of the world once more.