Author's note: Ok so I apologize, I had no idea with what to do next, this is my weak way of saying this is the last chapter, I don't think it's good enough and it's really short. I usually write stories (read short stories/ one shots) of about 1.500 words (excuses, excuses and some more excuses). So this has gone on a bit too long for my taste. In the beginning I was happy but then I thought that for a crappy fanfic with no mentionable plot it's a bit too long

So again, this is the final chapter

It's not so funny but I had fun writing it XD

If you have some ideas/remarks, pleas let me know (PM'ing is enabled, I just don't completely understand how it works but even I can hit a reply button xp)

disclaimer: I think that the fact I don't own Naruto is known by now (yes, I had fun with words while I wrote this, don't judge me!)

and just so we're clear: almost lover at a fine frenzy


Awkward Konoha

Chapter 7: Sad songs

Two girls are standing on a bridge looking at two approaching figures. The shallow water beneath the bridge is interrupted as the red haired girl throws pebbles in it while the brunette next to her is singing.

Goodbye, my almost lover

Goodbye, my hopeless dream

I'm trying not to think about you

Can't you just let me be?

So long, my luckless romance

My back is turned on you

Should've known you'd bring me heartache

Almost lovers always do

Damn, she really had to stop singing sad songs. It was just what she felt like doing around those two, which was weird because they seemed so happy. Alvar turned to Caro raising her eyebrow. If you don't know what you're thinking, ask your friend.

"I've got no idea, maybe it's that friend of theirs. They did mention that one of their friends had left but that they were going to bring him back."

"Oh yeah, I kinda have mixed feelings about that."

The redhead decides not to ask, Alvar's feelings is a territory best left alone. They'd been friends for fifteen years now and Caro knew that mixed feelings meant that the discussed topic balanced on the fine line between love and hate. Never was she having a similar conversation again, never.

"Hey, what are you two doing?"

They hadn't noticed Naruto approach, so the guy could be silent and sneaky when he wanted to. Caro is the first to recover from her surprise.

"Singing sad songs."

"Why?"

"Because we're girls, we sometimes have emotional outbursts."

"And because you two are depressing, cheer up already."

Alvar really needed to learn some tact.

"Naruto's not depressing, he's constantly smiling."

Sakura had reached them as well.

"You two are depressing. Just smiling doesn't fix anything."

"Then what do you suggest we do?"

"What exactly was the problem again?"

"That Sasuke bastard left and we need to bring him back."

"Do you know something about Sasuke? Since you seemed to know random stuff about everyone I thought you might know more about Sasuke as well."

Sakura's question took Alvar by surprise. She could hear Caro snicker at her 'thinking face' but she didn't care, she had the feeling this was something important. What did she know about the dude? It was a dude, right?

"I remember hating him for quite some time…"

"Yeah, I sometimes hate the bastard too."

"Shut up Naruto!"

Sakura didn't appreciate Naruto's interruption.

"And I admired you two for not giving up…"

"I won't go back on my word!"

"Seriously Naruto, let her finish."

"But I also remember being really excited about something."

"About Wha-"

"Naruto I'm gonna save Sakura's breath, one more word and we're gonna throw you in the river."

Caro remembered Alvar being excited about something as well and Naruto's constant babbling was preventing her from thinking.

"I don't remember what I was so excited about, it was something to do with Sasuke though."

"You would sometimes get really excited and yell 'there's still hope' over and over."

"Oh yeah, I remember something similar too. Anyway, did this conversation help? 'Cause my head is starting to hurt."

"She's not used to thinking, you see."

"I'm proud of that, I have the most fun when I'm not thinking!"

While Sakura's inner self is screaming from happiness, excited about the fact that these two thought there was still hope for Sasuke, Naruto decides to show his happiness to the two girls. He moves forward to hug Alvar, who instinctively moves back. She hits the railing of the bridge and starts falling backwards. Caro grabs Alvar's arm but is dragged down as well.

The two hit the water with a big splash and start to sink. They keep sinking deeper and deeper. The river wasn't that deep, Alvar thought while Caro was mentally screaming 'not again' for some reason. The girls try to swim back to the surface but 'up' and 'down' have lost all meaning. There is just the battle for air as they force their lungs not to inhale the water.

Their struggling grows weaker and weaker…

They start to lose consciousness…

There is nothing…

Blackness

Silence

Cold

So cold…

"Damn, I'm cold!"

"Yeah, me too. Why are we sitting on the stairs in our pyjamas?"

"Beats me, didn't we go to bed earlier?"

"This is, like, really weird."

The two drag themselves up the stairs and back into Alvar's room. The whole situation was just too weird for the two of them to understand so they would just forget about it and occasionally refer to it as 'that time we woke up on the stairs'.

"Hey Alvar," Caro mumbles, "you're not coughing anymore."

"Hmm, hey Caro."

"Yes?"

"It feels as though you haven't been away for a year at all."


this is dedicated to my friend who's studying abroad for a year
Karen, I really miss you but wishing you'd come back is the same as wishing for your wonderful experience abroad to come to an end. Will you forgive my selfishness?

maybe I'll write a one shot or so but I'm not sure
we'll see what the future brings...

anyhow, as a final statement: I'm not a writer which is why I write (crappy) fanfiction and don't sell books XD