Hi this second chapter I decided to upload it with the first because it wasn't very long, and also because it seemed like a rough way to start to only leave it at the moment of the wake.

I hope from the bottom of my heart that you enjoy this story, it is a rough side of life that is real but I tried to keep their personalities the same as canon.

Enjoy!

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Love Can Be Different

By Nena-uchiha22

Chapter 2: A Little Help

Sakura visited him again the next day, late in the afternoon at the end of her normal shift. Boruto was on their training ground being helped by Kakashi, training kept his mind from spiraling. Tsunade had taken care of Himawari, she loved that girl like her own now, and she would be there every step of the way to make sure she was taken care of. She opened the house to find it empty, but she felt Naruto's chakra wavering from his room.

She opened the door to find him almost exactly how she left him the day before, but he had his eyes open this time. Sakura assumed for sure he had been laying on bed the whole day.

"Good morning Naruto" she said, lying about the time as to not make him feel bad for being in bed for so long. Naruto nodded acknowledging her presence, he knew she was coming from the moment she came around the block. "Let's have some breakfast" she said as she walked to the bed and grabbed his arm.

"I'm not hungry Sakura-chan" he said.

"It's not up for debate, Naruto" she gently said and with a sigh he let himself being dragged out of bed. She grabbed something out of the fridge and started to heat it up, she gave a glass of juice to Naruto that he reluctantly took.

"Sakura-chan" Sakura looked up from the oven. "Boruto and Himawari… they haven't eaten, have they?" he asked just realizing that Hinata was always the one in charge of feeding them.

"Kakashi has been with Boruto since the morning, so he made sure to eat. Himawari has been with Tsunade, so for sure she's taken care of" she smiled. Naruto nodded, realizing his inability to be a good father, feeling this Sakura added. "Naruto, its okay. Don't worry about it just now, it's the first day" she said.

Naruto nodded and welcomed the dish that Sakura had just set in front of him. He finished his plate surprising himself, he hadn't eaten in more than 24hrs he realized.

"Sakura-chan" he said. Sakura was sitting in front of him writing on her journal all the groceries that she would have to get so they would have their fridge complete.

"Yes, Naruto?"

"When did it stop hurting?" he asked, genuinely wondering. Sakura gave him a sad smile and reached out to grab his hand.

"Honestly… it doesn't go away like that. I miss him every day, but it stopped hurting to remember him after a few months and with a lot of help" Naruto sighed and she continued "But everybody has a different process, you must find what works for you. Whatever makes it less hard, you must do it, reach the small little joy that life brings you and hold on to that, so you don't sulk"

She brought her hand back to her side and got up to get some chocolate that she saw Ino gifted the Uzumaki's, she gave Naruto one piece. She knew it was his favorite, and so did Ino. Naruto had a lot of real friends, she thought. After all, he was the most genuine and good person she knew.

"Sakura-chan" he said again. Sakura came back to him and handed him a piece of chocolate, he accepted it. "What helped you?" he asked.

Sakura smiled and received half a piece that Naruto gave back to her. She looked at the window as she answered, trying in a way to remember how it all went down.

"I guess… you helped me" she said, Naruto looked at her. "Kakashi, Ino, Hinata they all helped me in a way, so did Tsunade, Shizune, and in some ways Lee and Shikamaru" she said. "Kakashi distracted me, so did Ino, and Hinata kept me not worrying about Sarada and food. Tsunade and Shizune helped me to not worry about work. Shikamaru and Lee would pay me visits as well to check on me which I appreciated… but you, you helped me talk about him again" she said. "In a way that helped me the most. I didn't' want to forget him, and it was tough to talk about it. But with you it was easy, and eventually it was natural to just mention Sasuke in a past tense without hurting" she finished.

Naruto swallowed and wondered when would this pain that he was feeling right now would start to become less. He still expected Hinata to talk somewhere in the house, but his expectation was never met, and he felt that he would always expect to hear her voice and yet he would never do it again. That realization hurt, because he didn't want to move on, he wanted Hinata back.

Sakura saw him beginning to sulk again.

"You have to find what makes the pain less harsh, but that will take you some days. What do you want to do right now?" she asked. Naruto looked up and stared at her eyes.

"I want to see my kids" he said. He hadn't spent time with them, and he needed to see them, and they needed to talk it over. His mom was gone, and he needed to step up. And then, just then… he felt a tiny bit of a hint of what maybe could make the pain less painful. Taking care of people, as he has always done as Hokage could make it more bearable.

Sakura smiled and walked away with a list, he let Tsunade know Naruto wanted to be alone with her kids and Kakashi too. And so, they left. And the Uzumaki's talked like they never did before, and they cried, and they ate comfort food that Teuchi Ichiraku had left the day before. And they watched a movie, and they slept on the couch together and maybe just maybe if they had each other they wouldn't be so lost.

"I am glad Himawari has you" Sakura confessed to Tsunade. The three nin's had stopped to eat something before heading to their respective homes.

Tsunade grabbed a glass of Sake and smiled. "She is too precious for me. She's very strong too, she said to me once that she wanted to become a medic, so I'll be close to her for some time" she put the glass down. "I just hate that I got close to her because Hinata got sick"

Sakura sighed and nodded, she remembers how it went. She was the one who diagnosed Hinata after seeing her once, she looked too pale for her taste and after she reluctantly accepted to be checked at the hospital, they found… a genetic disease had made an appearance and made her blood vessels weak. And it got bad quick, Sakura knew it was little to be done but they still tried with all her heart.

Kakashi came back with the food.

"How are things with Boruto?" Sakura asked.

"Well… I am helping him any way I can, but right now all she wanted to do is train. He is not much of a talker when it comes to feelings, and I can't say much either. If training is what he wants to focus on, I will be there" Sakura thanked that. After Sasuke passed away, Boruto was left without a mentor. A role that Kakashi took almost immediately, since Boruto was reluctant to learn jutsus from his father. Since Kakashi and Sasuke had the same lighting style, Boruto appreciated the help and learned a lot from him, everything that Sasuke couldn't because he left too soon. "Naruto how is he coping?" the nin asked.

Sakura looked at them and after looking at her glass and taking a zip.

"I honestly don't know." She said "But I will be there, like he was there for me" she smiled.

And that's what they did. In different ways, they helped the Uzumaki's because they were family, because the family was not limited to their last names, since they became Chunin their lives were intertwined, and they had loved each other's kids like their own. And they would be there for them all, to help them cope. They would be there..

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Please leave me a review! They make me wanna continue and they are honestly the best motivation I could possibly get!

I promise it will become sweeter and yet very real, I hope you enjoy this ride with me.

With love,

Nena-Uchiha22