READ: The site won't let me put lines through the text so bold will mean there's a line through it.

Naruto took Sasuke visibly flinching as a bad sign, but he was determined to push until he got answers.

"What do you want Naruto?" It was Naruto's turn to flinch now, Sasuke rarely used his name. He actually missed being called a dobe.

"I just want to talk."

"There's nothing to talk about." He stood up, ready to leave.

"Well I have plenty to talk about. Let's start with why you're avoiding us."

"Naruto-"

"I think I at least deserve to know why you don't want to be around me. And having a girlfriend isn't a good excuse, unless she really is making you avoid us."

"You don't know anything," Sasuke growled.

"Maybe I would if you just tell me!" There was nothing Naruto could do that would make him spill Sakura's secret. He had no right to tell anyone and Sakura wouldn't want them to know. She certainly wouldn't want their pity.

"It's complicated," and with that he walked away.

"Sasuke!" Fortunately for Sasuke the bell ended their conversation.

"I'm not done with this," Naruto called after him.

"But I am."

Sakura's father was just leaving when Sasuke arrived. He was called in for immediate surgery after a massive car pileup on the highway.

"I'm glad you're here. She's feeling better, but I don't want to leave her alone yet."

"Is she still sleeping?"

"No, but she's still in her room. I'll be back as soon as I can," he was out the door and gone before Sasuke even realized. Hopefully no one died yet. When he got to Sakura's room he found her hunched over her desk. She was too distracted to notice him over her shoulder.

"Feeling better?" He asked, giving her hair a light tug. She jumped before folding her arms over her desk, poorly hiding whatever she was looking at.

"What are you doing?"

"It's nothing."

"Then why are you keeping it from me?" He reached over her in an attempt to find out what she was up to, but she picked it up and held it firmly to her chest. A small, worn out notebook peeked out from her grasp. What really made him curious was the embarrassed blush on her face.

"Sakura, let me see."

"No!"

"Why not?" He thought he saw her get redder.

"You're going to laugh at me," she mumbled.

"If I say I won't will you show me?"

"No."

"Just show me it!" He took a step towards her and she turned to flee. It didn't take long to catch her. He wrapped both arms around her, stopping her in her tracks, and tried to pry her hands off the damn thing.

"Sasuke!" She pulled it closer to her.

"I promise I won't laugh."

"Let go!"

"Not until I see it." He felt her body sag in defeat.

"Fine. Don't laugh!" She let go and ran out of his arms. She refused to look at him, her head was bowed in embarrassment. He was more focused on the page in front him to notice. It looked like a list.

As he read each word he felt his emotions battling within him. He was reading Sakura's bucket list. He could see her growing up through her words and through her crayon scrawl transitioning to a more eligible pencil script. Her simple and innocent wishes tore a void in his heart, some more than others.

Get a kitty.

Learn to swim.

Play the piano.

Make lots of friends. Her desire to protect others from grief stole that from her very early on in her life. He could only imagine how lonely she must have felt when she made that selfless decision at such a young age.

Plant a tree.

See a real tiger.

Go camping.

Be a doctor like daddy. Would she be able to accomplish this dream? She wanted to save lives like her father, yet she might never get a chance to do the good she wants to do.

Get married like mommy and daddy. This was also written in crayon. She probably wrote this before she realized she was sick. Had she given up on this?

Fall in love. Seeing the line through this one made him feel a happiness he never felt before along with a suffocating sadness. The sadness that Sakura wanted to prevent him from feeling. The reason why she isolated herself.

Talk to Sasuke. This was most likely after he unknowingly saved her.

Go to the beach.

See a meteor shower.

Get Fugaku oji-san to smile. He'd like to see it too.

Dance in the rain.

See Sasuke really smile.

Watch the sunset with Sasuke.

Make Sasuke happy.

Seeing that she has thought of him made him happy beyond words. But this just reminds him of how little time she has and he just wanted to punch the wall. The last one kept echoing in his mind. She was the one dying, yet she wanted to make sure he was happy.

This isn't fair.

"Sasuke? What's wrong?" He swallowed the large lump in his throat. He brought her back into his arms, burying his nose in her hair.

"You've never been to the beach?" She shook her head slowly.

"Papa took me to the pool once when I was really little and I fell into the deep end. He's never taken me anywhere near big bodies of water since."

"I'll take you one day."

"Really?"

"Anywhere you want. We can do anything you want." Anything you ask.

"Thank you…I love you, Sasuke," she buried her face into his chest and he pulled her closer, never wanting to let go.

What's on your bucket list?

Any suggestions on what I should add to Sakura's?

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