Author Notes: Howdy guys, Beautifully Deranged in the house. First to address, is no this is not a continuation of my Sakura and Naruto One-shot but rather a fun interpretation of me explaining some of the concerns that I found in my reviews. I was surprised by the negative feedback I got, not that I minded because criticism is always welcomed, good and bad. I just felt kind of horrible that no one got my One-shot. (I'll practice, I promise.) So here's a little something- something to help you guys see where I was coming from! Read on!

Disclaimer: I do not seek to own Naruto, the gifted right of ownership has always fallen to Masashi Kishimoto.

Explanation

"Hey Naruto…Naruto come here!"

The wave of Sakura's hand was infectious; it was flailed in a hurried fashion and promised excitement. He immediately made his way over.

"What is it Sakura?" The blond inquired as he stood behind her seated form, the glare of the computer screen a siren call.

"Do you remember that story that Beautifully Deranged wrote about us?"

Naruto nodded and to add emphasis, he hummed a quick affirmative as well.

"Well it seems like nobody quite got what she wrote and are quite upset at what she did write down."

Naruto's eyes bugged out of head upon hearing this. "You're kidding Sakura-chan!"

"Of course not dummy." She turned in her swivel chair and swatted his side, "Just take a look for yourself."

Naruto hunkered down to the level of the computer and to his amazement there it was, bad review city complete with snarky accompaniment. What he didn't get was the whole where's your romance thing?

"Sakura, why do these people keep insisting that the story was supposed to be romantic when it wasn't listed for that genre? Did they not read the category selection it was under?"

She rolled her eyes; count on knuckle-headed Naruto to point out the obvious.

"Obviously ramen boy, just because our names were listed together doesn't mean we need to be romantically involved in every story, it's a shame they missed the whole hurt/comfort/friend thing."

Naruto laughed then merrily teased out, "Well Sakura-chan not everybody likes to be so thorough when they read."

She snorted lightly and retorted back, "It would help them compute the actual content and tone of the subject."

"Yeah your probably right Sakura, they didn't even get that on my side it was unrequited love and that you wondering 'what if?' was just voicing out a potential scenario because Sasuke was gone. We both know you only love me as a friend."

"Well I guess they took that whole 'I love you" business as that we were both in love with each other."

Sakura looked straight at her blond teammate, face straight and serious.

"I love you Naruto."

Naruto, looking just as equally somber, replied back.

"I love you too Sakura."

Two seconds of silence filled the room until both couldn't take it anymore and burst out laughing. The guffaws lasted a whole five minutes and by the end both were wiping tears from their eyes.

The unanimous, "So funny" spoken out loud by both could be heard with amusement lacing their voices.

Swerved in Naruto's direction already the pinkette took the time to point out something else.

"One reviewer was actually confused as to why the story wasn't listed under Naruto/Hinata."

Naruto took a minute to ponder, a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Well I am with Hinata in the One-shot so I can sorta get it but she's only mentioned by name, you and me were actually there, also we were basically the main gist of the story."

Sakura pouted but then sighed in defeat.

"I wish people could have gotten the whole message of the story ya know? Both of us were basically stuck in the past thinking that the only options we had left were each other. When in reality we just needed to move on. Me thinking 'What if?" wasn't going to make me like you more than a friend and you harboring a unrequited love wasn't going to magically make us become a couple. We both basically realized that staying in the past wasn't helping us and that we both had our own separate futures that didn't consist with both of us together."

Sakura's slumped figure told him everything he needed to know, so he crouched down in front of her and laid a hand on her shoulder. She looked up immediately.

"Sakura they're just reviews, you know that Beautifully Deranged is just starting out so she's probably trying to figure out where she went wrong and we definitely know she won't take any of these comments to heart, plus we can't control how people interpret her story."

"Your right," Sakura breathed out. "I know…it's just I think she's good or at least starting out that way, I just know she'll do better the next time."

Naruto stood up, satisfied she was fine, and gave her a thumbs up with a big grin.

"Believe it!"

Sakura smiled and swirled back to face her computer intent on reading more, but before she could even swerve her mouse Naruto called out.

"Oh and Sakura-chan?"

She reluctantly spun around to face the blue-eyed boy.

"Yes?"

"I love you."

Their giggling mayhem was heard all throughout Konoha.

End

Author Notes: I hope this helps, if anybody is still confuzzled message me (I don't mind) or review!