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Thin Bridge

Chapter 9

December 11, 20XX

And so I feel so down. Ino talked to me about Naruto and it only added to my guilt feeling. I was hurt when I told him I don't want to be close to him but I didn't know that he's hurt as well. I'm a very terrible person = (

How am I supposed to face him tomorrow? After what I said to him, I don't think he'd even wants to see me. It also didn't help that he was absent today; I feel so guilty. Is it my fault? I only did what I think was right.

Life is so complicated.

"Is there anything you need?" Sasuke asked the moment he opened their front door only to come face to face with Ino, he was surprised to see her but managed to conceal it and gave her a serious look.

"Is Sakura there? I just want to talk to her." the Yamanaka answered with the same serious looked on her face.

"You talked to her already right? Or you're just using it as a reason to see me?" he teased; he was amused that even just the mere presence of the blond girl in front of him made his day. Ino glared at him before asking the same question again.

"Ino, you're here" Mikoto intervene with her youngest son when she walked towards the two. Ino gave the older woman a warm smile and asked if Sakura was there. Mikoto gladly answered her, much to Sasuke's dismay and lead the blond young girl inside with Sasuke following behind,

"Thank you Mikoto-san" Ino said as she bowed when the older woman handed her a cup of tea.

"It's sad that it's just Mikoto-san now instead of Okaa-san" the older Uchiha said all of a sudden. Ino's smile became a frown when she heard it but didn't say a word. "Well, please fell comfortable. I'll just call Sakura." Mikoto said and left the girl alone.

"Ino" Sakura greeted the moment she saw the blond sitting on the living room.

"Hey~" the blond greeted back; Sakura sat beside Ino and gave her a questioning look. "Oh~ I came to give you this." She said as she gave the pink-haired girl a notebook that she borrowed.

"You already copied the notes?" Sakura asked, Ino nodded

"I don't have anything to do so I just wrote the notes; it also make me forget the things that's bugging Me." she said as she inserted a small sad smile. Sakura adjusted her seat to come close to Ino and caressed her back soothingly.

"Is there something bothering you?" the pink girl asked; she was clearly concerned to the girl beside her who she looked up to as a real sister. The blond nodded as her answer; Sakura remained silent as she waited for Ino to open up.

"Well" Ino started after a couple minutes of silence "it's still about my cousin" Sakura kept silent, urging the young blond girl to continue. Ino took a deep sigh and focused her gaze on her lap. "Naruto didn't come for dinner; he was still in his room and I'm so worried about him. Can you . . . can you please visit him now Sakura?" she said, Sakura could tell how much Ino loves her cousin with the way her eyes began to water as she stated Naruto's condition; Sakura couldn't help but feel so guiltier.

"Ino, I'm sorry for putting you and Naruto in this mess." She said as she held on the blond's shoulders; Ino looked at her, her eyes was still watery but she still managed not to spill those tears in front of her friend. "I'm going to he see now." She paused as she contemplated whether or not to ask this from the blond. "I know this is my fault but can I make a request too?" she said, Ino was puzzled but still nodded slightly; the pink haired girl smile shyly as she took a deep breath to calm her nervous self. "Ino, can you also. . ." Ino immediately knew what Sakura was trying to ask from her but still listened. "Can you also talk to Sasuke? You know . . . to sort your stuffs" she said as she dragged her eyes on the table in front of them; silence enveloped the two girls.

"If that's what it takes for you to talk to Naruto, then I'll do it." Ino finally replied after some time; Sakura was mixed emotions. She was glad that the blond didn't found her request ridiculous but was still nervous at the same time. How will she face Naruto? Will he talk to her? She cursed herself for being stupid; she shouldn't let this happen. She's still not ready to talk to him but how can she back out if she already made a deal with Naruto's cousin? Oh crap, crap, crap!

"Then I guess, you can go see him now?" Sakura said after a while, which cause Ino to raise an eyebrow on her.

"Wait. It's true that I agreed with you about talking with Sasuke, but I'm the first one to ask a favour from you. Shouldn't you be the one who go and see Naruto now?" Ino argued; Sakura on the other hand was pissed on what Ino said to her and gave her a nasty look.

"Why can't you get the point that I'm not ready to face your cousin yet?" Sakura said as she exhaled, Ino was now pissed off and stood up from the couch, ready to stomp away from the house. "You're not going to talk to him?" Sakura still managed to ask which gained her a death glare from the blond.

"If you're not ready to apologize to him as you say, then don't you ever talk to him, ever again~!" Ino yelled and made her way out of the house slamming the door as she went out.

"Crap~ that was intense" Itachi said all of a sudden; Sakura jolted from her seat when she heard her cousin.

"Itachi-nii~" she mumbled and looked on her lap to avoid the older Uchiha's stare. "I didn't mean any of It." she explained.

"I know. You two just want what you know was right." Itachi replied as he sat across Sakura, "but you should consider the situation you two were in. you and Naruto had some misunderstandings. It's true that Ino and Sasuke had them too but still, the situation was different." He said and Sakura looked up on him, eyes were now watery. Itachi gave off a chuckle "Ino has a short temper like you that's why it's natural for you two to have arguments like this; though it's a shame that the reason were just idiotic boys." Sakura smiled at her cousin's statement and her emotion was enlightened.

"Thank you Itachi-nii" she said; Itachi just smiled at her


The next day was utterly awkward. Sakura met Naruto on her way to the canteen while the blond spiky haired young man went to the gym; Naruto was about to smile on her but she looked away from him and she could have sworn she heard him groaned silently. Her heart clenched because she felt guiltier again but she was happy that Naruto finally showed up in the class as if nothing's happened; but the fact that she cannot be with him to share a laugh or having someone to talk to made her feel sad.

Ino was no good; when she was about to enter the classroom Sasuke was standing by the door, they looked at each other for a couple of seconds before Ino hastily walked passed him that caused a buzzing from their nosy classmates.

The day was not getting any good for the two girls; it was their break time- the usual time for them to chitchat with their other friends but since that eventful night both girls remained on their room and jus brought some food to eat. Tenten was worried; she asked Sakura what was wrong but all the brunette had as a reply was a mere nothing's going on; I'm just not in the mood. And the pink haired girl did not talk to her for the rest of the break time.

Hinata tried to talk to the blond but to no avail. When she was about to approach Ino, the blond stood up from her seat and walked outside the room.

"They are so annoying~!" Tenten exclaimed as she munched on her food; Hinata sighed but did not say anything, she just let Tenten threw profanities to the two girls who were not with them. "We have to do something Hinata" the older girl said which earned a questioning look from the Hyuuga. "Are you just going to be silent for the rest of your life?"

"I. . . I don't know what to say" Hinata said in almost a whisper; Tenten shrugged.

"Just like what I said, we have to do something; it's obvious that those two were not in good terms." She said Hinata was still silent so Tenten continued "we need to find out what's the reason why they fought."

"I think we . . . we are not in the p-place to intervene with t-their fight Tenten" Hinata reasoned out.

"Aren't you concern with our friends?" Tenten asked; looking intently at the Hyuuga

"I-I am" Hinata replied looking down at her food.

"Good. So it's settled. We're going to help them reconcile" Tenten said as she grinned widely.


One of Ino's hobbies whenever she's upset was going to the gym and practiced her gymnastics skills; she developed and learned to love the sport when she broke up with her boyfriend and since then, Ino began her venture on it.

She stepped in the balance bean to do some flips when she saw a familiar raven-haired man entered the place.

"You're here" Sasuke said as he advanced in the gym wearing his jersey.

"I was about to do some recreational activity but since you're here, I might as well go home" she replied and was about to hopped out of the bar but her left foot slipped and she got out of her balance; luckily, someone who had strong arms caught her in time.

"You don't have to pretend that you're clumsy so I can hold you Ino." Sasuke teased; Ino blushed at their situation and immediately pushed herself away from him.

"Thank you for catching me" Ino said when she was finally on her own feet. "But no, I wasn't pretending to be clumsy Sasuke; don't be so full of yourself." She added and walked away from him

"You always walked away whenever I'm around. Why Ino~? Still affected by my presence?" he asked half joking and half serious. Ino stopped on her tracks and turned around to face him, a grim expression was on her face.

"Yeah~ I'm still affected and all the memories of you cheating on me are coming back whenever I see your face." She said in a serious tone that made Sasuke glued his gazed on her retreating form.


You had a fight with Ino? Sakura re-read the note for the fifth time; it was as if she didn't say anything to him for him to ask her something like that. She sighed, she felt guiltier every time those two blonds do something or the mere citation of their names made her feel so down. Oh~ joy for her, another note was on its way towards her as she looked up to the upcoming note, she chanced a glance at the young man who was pulling the string on the other side, and he was looking at her direction. She gulped and clumsily took a random notebook to ease her shyness. She counted one to ten before she took a deep breath; she looked up again to see him but all she saw was the window closed and the night lamp was turned off. She dragged her gaze on the note hanging on the wire; she pulled it out of it and unfolded to see what he wrote. Her eyes began to water as she re-read again what he said. For the first time, Sakura thought that she was the worst person on earth; for even though she had done something to hurt Naruto's feelings and avoiding him he still cares.

Good night Sakura-chan; hope you feel better tomorrow.


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