Colder Spots

by planless

A man with red eyes and a woman with pink hair, both legends in their own right (though one might be a bit more legendary than the other). When she falls from the sky and right into his lap, Sakura unknowingly kicks off a series of firsts for Tobirama that he truly doesn't appreciate. At first, that is. Pure unadulterated fluff. Timetravel!Sakura. [TobiSaku] Prequel to 'Cold Spots'

7. being the bigger person

Colder Spots

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being the bigger person

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They are fighting over something, something so trivial that months later he won't even be able to remember what it was. All he recalls is that they both resort to shouting in the end, until their throats become dry and their voices crack. And he also remembers with a startling clarity the way her shoulders just slump all of a sudden and the look she fixes him with - one that speaks of weariness and exhaustion.

I don't want to fight you over this, Tobirama, she says, clearly unhappy.

Then why make this so hard, he snaps.

Because you're being unreasonable, she replies. You're just trying to make things difficult for me.

I am not, he growls. But you can't be trusted. You are a potential safety hazard.

She looks down at her hands that are splayed between them on the wooden table (hands that have healed so many of his people in such a short period of time).

I get if you don't trust me, she mutters with an unhappy frown. I can't hold it against you, really. But that doesn't mean I won't try to change your mind. Meeting his gaze head-on, she says, I am willing to work for it. Your trust, I mean.

And if she wasn't a potential safety hazard, Tobirama might even feel ashamed. Because he realises that, between the two of them, Sakura is the bigger person.

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A/N: Awww, I love them. They are so cute. Tobirama is so stubborn and cautious, and Sakura's just as wilful. What do you think of the story so far?

little A/N edit: Oh cripes. It would seem most of you don't share my opinion of Tobirama. Is he really that much of an ass to you? I thought I did a somewhat decent job of keeping him in character, considering all the details: We know that he believes in Konoha with all his heart. He's always spouting this "A hokage needs to have a hard heart" nonsense (there's a chapter on that one, by the way. I think it's number 23). The circumstances of Sakura's arrival are really more than suspicious, and she won't tell them anything solid about herself, so it would only be natural for him to dislike her. For all Tobirama knows, she is an enemy sent to spy on the village.
I'm so sorry if you think he's an ass, but I promise that is gonna change! Cross my heart.

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