A/N: Seriously. My mind's been on this fan fic everyday. LOL. Read on :)

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Sakura woke up early, nearly 2 in the morning. She pulled on a thick hoodie, and some baggy pants. She sneaked out the front door, and walked to the park.

Sakura silently sat at a park bench in a small park. She was out here thinking, when Kenji arrived. He gazed at her for a moment, before approaching her.

Sakura was innocently sitting on the park bench, lost on a train of thoughts, not noticing that Kenji was in front of her. Kenji scrambled to sit beside her, and gently took her small hand in his large one.

"Boo." He said quietly. Sakura jerked, and her hand was about to slap him. "Woah, there." Kenji said playfully. Sakura flushed. "Oh, Kenji. I'm sorry." She said, looking down.

"What are you doing here, so early in the morning? It's nearly 2 a.m." He said softly. Sakura looked up to him. "I could say the same to you." She said.

Kenji chuckled. "I come here often." He said truthfully. "I see." Sakura replied. She then looked away from him. Kenji felt her distancing away from him. He placed a hand on her shoulder. "Hey, what's wrong?" He asked.

Sakura looked back to him. "Oh, it's nothing." She lied. He looked at her weirdly. "Are you sure?" He said, raising a brow. Sakura let a sigh escape her mouth. "Alright, you got me this time. Everything's not alright. And I can't honestly say things are perfect at home.. Or here, either." She said.

Kenji looked at her baffled. "I don't get it. I know that things are not so good back at your home. But I don't get what your tyring to say about here." He spoke half-heartedly.

"My reason is stupid. Don't worry about it." She said, trying to distance herself once again. Kenji didn't give up. He took her hand and squeezed it. "I'm here. You can tell me. I'm your friend." He said quietly.

Sakura turned back to him, trying to suppress a sigh. "That's the reason, Kenji. That you're my friend."

Kenji looked at her bewildered. "I don't get it, Sakura."

Sakura took both of his hands, and held them. "Kenji, what happened last night.. You know that I'm married right?" She said quietly.

Kenji nodded. "I know. I got carried away. I'm sorry. I just don't want things to change between us.." He said, trying to look away. Yet, he couldn't. He got captured with Sakura's look.

"Nothing's going to change between us, Kenji. Ever." She said. Then, Kenji felt a pang inside his stomach. I can't keep doing this. He thought. I know I'm just going to end up hurting her in the end. Yet, she still had one more month in Suna. He had to keep holding on until then.

"Then what's wrong? I'm still not getting it." He asked her.

Sakura sighed deeply. "It's just, that.. You're all a girl could want. You know? You seem to be perfect in all the right ways. But, my love is not for you. It's for Sauske. And that's what I've been trying to tell myself all this time. I just wish that Sasuke would treat me like this. He could be the one who's making me happy right now." She said as salty tears ran down her cheek.

Kenji looked at her sadly. He un clasped their hands, and dried every tear that fell from her eyes. "Shh. Don't worry. I bet you Sasuke's dying without you right now. Because I know, that if I had a wife, and she left me beacuse I was making her unhappy, and knowing that she's probably happy with some other guy out there.. I'd die. Well, literally." He tried to speak truthfully.

But it was the truth. Part of Kenji's mask was beginning to crack. It was so hard to keep this up. He wanted to release the jutsu right then and there. Just take her into his arms, tell her all the things she would want to hear, and hold onto her like there was no tomorrow.

"Just don't worry about it, Sakura. Just worry about what's happening now. Yesterday was the past, and tomorrow's the future. And today's a gift from god, and that's why we call it the present. So just forget about that right now. Just focus on today. Let go of your fears, doubts, anything. I can promise you that things will get better."

His arms found themselves pulling Sakura closer to himself, as she sobbed into his chest. He held onto her, clinging onto her as if it was his dear life. Sakura didn't hug back, but her arms were limp at her side. "How do you know things will get better?" She sniffed. Kenji stayed quiet for awhile. "Because. Sometimes, you don't know what you've got until you lose it. And most of the time, you lose something really special."

Sakura nodded into his chest. "I can't thank you enough, Kenji."

"No need to thank me. I should be thanking you."

"Huh?"

"You taught me many things. Like how to care." He spoke. And that was the truth. He had seen the true side of her, and he couldn't lie that she really was a great person. And it was killing him, knowing that he's the one pulling and pushing her through her pain.

He shook his head, not wanting to think of that. Like what he just said, focus on the present. Nothing else. What's happened has happened, and what's to come will come.

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The whole day at work, Sakura smiled. Kenji liked this. He always kept what he said in his mind. Think abou the present. What's happening this very moment. Yet, it was hard. Knowing she was so happy.. And he didn't want to break her later on.

Kenji hated himself for this. He didn't want to be a fake person. He wanted to let go of himeslf. Tell her he was him. He didn't want to be doing this right now.. He wanted to be Sasuke. He hated himself for this. Yet, he must admit that this was beter than hurting her more each day.

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Later that night, when they walked home, Sakura suddenly threw her arms around Kenji's neck. Kenji froze. "What was that for?" He asked.

"For everything you've done. You're a really, really great friend." She told him with a warm smile. Kenji smiled half heartedly back, trying not to show sadness and guilt.

When they arrived home, and they both climbed the stairs, Kenji was reaching his door knob, yet something pulled him back.

Sakura looked at him with baby eyes. "Good night." She said happily, placing a quick kiss on his cheek, leaving him in a daze as she giggled and ran in her room.

Kenji stood there, lifting a hand to his cheek. He made his way into his room and sighed dreamily.

This is so hard.

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Tsunade-sama,

I can say things are really great here. Is Sasuke dying without me yet? And no, that's not a joke. I really miss my children. Please, please, tell them I said I miss them. How's the hospital without me? I'll be back in a month, so you don't have much to worry about.

I don't have much to say, but I just wanted to give you some updates. Tell Sasuke I said hello.

- Sakura

She once again handed the scroll to the slug, and again, the slug was off.

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Here's another chapter. These ones were short, because there's only one point in this chapter.. And the previous chapter. So, I'm sorry. Pleeeeeease review.

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