Author's Note: Hey guys! I'm finally back and I've decided I'm going to make this a full length story! But I guess you could consider this as a kind of prologue before the real story starts! I just felt the need to include his point of view too. Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Naruto

3 months ago

"I'm sorry." The words I've been aching to say for so long had finally started to unravel. "This was a mistake. All of it." Her back was still turned to me from the moment I broke the news. "Thinking that we could ever love each other more was a mistake." She turned and for the first time in a long time she spoke quietly, "I know." Tears were streaming down her face, and it hurt to see her this way. Because I had never wanted to make her cry. "Naruto, please just one more time. Can we pretend? Just for tonight, and I'll be out in the morning."

"Anything for you, Sakura."

Sakura and I had gotten together five months prior to this. Just a month after Sakura woke up she had been promoted to Doctor because of all the initiative she had shown according to Lady Tsunade. I, myself, promoted to Jounin. But then there was the confession, and everything was happening so fast. The first few months were a dream come true. But as time went on we just never found the time. And I found myself never seeing her more as a sister.

Afterwards, Sakura moved out. She had never really liked cleaning after me anyway. I found my thoughts wandering towards Hinata. Even before the war, whenever I was out on a mission, she would watch the place for me. When I came home I would always find a bowl of homemade ramen on the table. "Did the mission go well?" She would always sit and wait for me, with that tint of red in her face.

But that was over a year ago. Her face still haunts me from that day. From the day I had told her what Sakura had said, and she had put on that fake smile and congratulated me. I knew the difference because she had never smiled like that unless she was about to break. I should've known then that it was a mistake.

"Oi, Naruto! We're here? You haven't said anything the whole way!" I blinked my thoughts away. I turned to a TenTen who had accompanied on our delivery mission, along with Chouji whom's thoughts were always gut-deep in food. "She's right, Naruto! No need to worry about an empty stomach, I have two coupons to Ichiraku!"

"Heehee, I'm all for it Chouji! As long as the meal's on you!" I answer in order to avoid TenTen's question. "Oh, right," TenTen had forgotten the question herself, "Ino invited us all to a barbecue because of the restaurant's new opening! I remember she told me before we left that once we got back we have to party!" Chouji's eyes grew huge at the thought of that. "I'll definitely be there!"

"What about you, Naruto?" TenTen turned her attention towards me to find that I had already started to run off. "Definitely! I just gotta head to the hospital before Sakura beats me to a pulp!"

"Oi! Remind her too!" TenTen yelled out to me. I had just realized I couldn't be late to another check up from Sakura. Just because we had broken up doesn't mean we cared for each other any less. That and if I didn't listen to Sakura she'd kill me with her bare hands. I nearly shuddered at the thought.

I arrived at the hospital in a timely manner. Something I learned from all those expectations that Sakura had during our relationship. I ran up the stairs to Sakura's office immediately. Fifth floor. Poison control as well as long-term illness. Sakura's speciality. I ran up to her office and overheard people talking. Guess she had an appointment.

"Come on, Sakura! There's gotta be something you can do!"

"It's really flattering, but really I'm much too busy for that." I heard Sakura reply. Ino?

"Too busy for one night out? Naruto's back so the whole gang is here!" Ino pleaded.

"You and I both know that's not true." Sakura sounded guilty. "Do you ever think it was because of me, Ino? Who drove Hinata away?" A pregnant silence.

"We did everything we could, Sakura. I think Neji's death really affected her. More than anyone would've thought."

Was it because of me?

"Please come, Sasuke's been drooling over you ever since he got back. You think he has a kink for that strength of yours?" Ino tried to cheer her up, and giggles could be heard.

A ringing in my ears, it became all that I could hear, and a single thought on loop. Hinata. Hinata. Hinata.

"Hinata!" My eyes lit up as I realized that that one wasn't a thought. It came from around the corner. I found myself inching closer to that room. Could it possibly be?

"If you keep doing this you won't be able to use Byakugan at all."

"Then I'll fight with my bare hands." I heard a stone cold reply.

"Do you not get the seriousness of this? If you keep doing this you'll cripple yourself!" Lady Tsunade?

"Oh, cripple myself more than I am now?" Her words were cold. How could this be Hinata?

"I only care about what's best for you! What your doing is killing yourself! Do you think this is what Neji would've wanted?" I heard a fist slam the table. In retaliation, I heard someone quickly rising from their seat causing it to screech across the floor as it moved.

"Don't! Don't you dare pretend that you know what Neji wanted for me! Got that? You don't know anything! If he didn't want me to do this than he would be here!"

I heard footsteps heading towards the door and quickly hid. They slowly faded in the other direction.

"Naruto?" I turned to see Sakura standing at her doorway. "Why are you standing there? Come in already."

"Oh, Sakura. I just heard you had an appointment so I went to the restroom." I chuckled and tried to play it off.

"But the restroom is in the other direction."

I went through the usual routine of Sakura's check-ups. With Hinata's words in my mind. The next thing I knew I ran and ran. "Yo, Hinata!" It was the minute I spotted her. Her hair held high in a ponytail, and she was only wearing black. But she was her, and I couldn't help but smile.

"Naruto."

Author's Note: So that's that! You guys already know the conversation, and frankly I'm too lazy to do all that typing all over again T.T. Anyway, I hope you didn't hate it too much. Thanks for reading and stay tuned!