Sakura hunched over her desk the scratch of her pen echoing in the barren room as her finger tapped listlessly in time with the clock. The door to her office swung open with surprising force and her eye's lifted from her work to see Ino clutching her heaving chest.
"Is it true you're leaving?" Ino asked breathlessly stepping further into the room. Sakura merely nodded her head before returning her attention back to the pages in front of her. "Why are you doing this?" She questioned anger rising in her voice and her brow crinkled in confusion. "Why can't you move on with your life?" Ino's voice was desperate as she searched Sakura's expression with her eyes.
"I don't deserve that." Sakura breathed and Ino stopped shaking her head in disbelief causing her blonde hair to cover her eyes. "Everyone I loved is gone. Dead...And for what?" Her tone held bitterness as she spoke.
"There are people still here that love you. Can't you see that?" Ino shouted and Sakura's writing faltered for a second, but her face remained blank.
"I'm busy and if you have nothing important to say I need to get back to work." Sakura muttered while shuffling the papers on her desk. Ino's expression looked like Sakura had just slapped her and she turned towards the door pausing slightly before leaving.
"They didn't only leave you." Ino whispered her voice full of sorrow. Sakura's gaze snapped from her desk to see an empty entrance way and she leaned back in her chair sighing.
"I know, but you didn't see them die."
