What hurts the most
A/N: .. I know I havent updated in forever. I went to camp for 4 days.. So, I'm really sorry about that! Please forgive me you guys. And thanks to all the people who's stuck with me through the whole time. :)
Btw; there's a time skip. You'll see how much time passed by from the two weeks.
-x-
Love can be like magic.
But sometimes,
Magic is just an illusion.
-x-
Her time was shortening. She only had a short, limited time of 2 days left. Here, in Suna. Her heaven. Her happiness.
Dear Diary,
What's there to do? 2 days left.. Which, is not much. Kenji's asleep on the couch downstairs. He's come back from work late. Man, that Hina's been working him hard. Anyway, I want to make my last day, which is tomorrow, great. I'm leaving early in the morning the day after that. So literally, I have 1 day. Which, I better not spend moping, because I'm going to be leaving the day afterwards.
Well, I'll stop here. I'll go do something.
Sakura slipped from under the covers, quickly stretching a bit. She moved around her's and Kenji's room, throwing on some clothes. She had on her normal red top, cream skirt, short leggings and on top was her black cloak. She stared roughly at herself in the mirror, leaving her hair down, and making her way downstairs.
She stepped quietly across the living room, and put on her shoes. She took one glance at the man that lay on the couch and head outside.
As she strolled down the streets of Suna, she smiled at the buildings that she passed. Bad, and good memories flashed through her mind. And all those memories seemed to have Kenji in all of them. She glanced up to old buildings, ragged houses, and shacks that sold food. She passed bars, shops, and pharmacy's which had their own peculiar aroma lingering around.
She stood briefly outside the hospital, where she had spent most of the time with Kenji. As the past flashed before her, she thought about it, and wondered why it had all gone by so fast. She wish she had more time here.. Where she was truly happy. Yet, she knew, that one day she had to return home. She knew that her children couldn't grow up on their own, with just their father. The thought of her husband and children brought a pang to her heart. A knot in her stomach had began to tighten.
She walked onward, glancing up and down at the interesting streets and sights of Suna. Suna seemed like another home to her. Some ways, it reminded her of her home, in Konoha. Yet, in someways, she liked some things better here. Like Kenji. She shook her head, wanting to push away thoughts that would bring her down. She wanted to spend her second-last day here, great. She knew she did not have that much time.
After taking one last round around Suna, she headed back home.
-x-
When she had arrived into the house, surprisingly, Kenji was still asleep. Usually on Friday mornings he was up early. Maybe he wanted to stay home with me, until I leave. Sakura thought. But she shook the thought away. Whatever, she thought. She made her way upstairs, to finish her packing.
On her way downstairs, Kenji was bustling around in the kitchen, preparing and dashing around.
"Why are you so busy?" Sakura asked.
Kenji jerked a bit. "Oh, I just wanted to make you a good breakfast.. For the second-last time." Kenji said sheepishly.
Sakura smiled. "That's really kind of you."
Kenji replied with a heart-warming smile.
Sakura sat herself down at the table, watching as Kenji cooked and prepared their breakfast. He was so different from Sasuke. Kenji smiled more, talked more, and made conversations. He didn't get mad at the things that Sakura cooked. Actually, he seemed to like everything that she had made for him. And oh, the list goes on.
Sakura snapped out of her thoughts as Kenji's voice ringed through her mind.
"Sakura? It's time to eat." He said, looking at her deeply.
Sakura flushed. "O-oh, sorry, Kenji. I was just spacing out. Thanks." They said their thanks, and ate.
"Look, I have plans for our last day." Kenji began as they were in the middle of their eating.
"Hm?" Sakura said, chewing her food.
"Today, I want you to look for something really nice to wear. A dress or whatnot. Don't tell me what you're going to get, and don't show me when you get it. You'll wear it tomorrow night."
Sakura eyed him. "For what?"
"Good-bye party. The hospital crew wanted to throw you a party. You know, for taking the offer and helping so much."
Sakura smiled. "Aw, that's so sweet."
Kenji nodded. "I want it to be great. And, I also have the day planned for us tomorrow. Just us. Until tomorrow night, alright?"
Sakura nodded. "Sounds good."
"And while you're out shopping, I'll be planning and such. So you, go get ready after your done eating, and I'll see you at dinner." He smiled, got up from his seat, and disappeared to the bathroom.
Sakura smiled, and went upstairs, grabbing the cordless phone with her. "Hello? Temari? No, I'm fine. Yeah, Kenji's fine, too. I was just wondering, would you like to help me go shopping today? Woah, woah, settle down. I need.. maybe 2 outfits? One for the day, and maybe a night-dress. Oh, you've heard about the party too? Haha, alright, See you in a few."
Sakura clicked the phone off, smiling a bit about her rowdy friend. She changed her top, changing into a plain white t-shirt, a black skirt, and her same black heeled-ninja slippers. She put her hair up into a high pony tail, loose locks framing her delicate face.
She smiled at her satisfaction, grabbed her bag, and made her way downstairs.
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Sakura panted. "Woah, Temari. How.. Do.. You.. Do this?" She asked as she tried to hold up a bag that was on the end of her finger.
"It's fun." Temari smiled.
"I said 2 outfits.. Not, a whole wardrobe!" She shrieked.
"Don't deny that it was fun. Plus, You got a discount!" She smirked.
Sakura shrugged her shoulders. "Well.. I don't reallyget discounts like this in Konoha."
Temari smirked. "Well, you should. Shouldn't you? You're the student of the Hokage. Practically the same as being the sister of the Hokage. Am I not right?" Temari playfully smiled.
Sakura nodded her head. "True."
"C'mon, let's get lunch." Sakura nodded, and trailed after her obediently.
-x-
"Bye, Temari! Thanks!" She waved slightly. Sakura slipped into the door, letting go of the extra weight from the bags of her arms. Sakura fell to the floor in a heap, letting out a dying sigh.
"Gah, I'll never get used to this shopping thing." She said to herself. She shut her eyes for a brief moment, then opened them to find Kenji looking down at her. He stretched out a hand for her. Sakura gladly took his hand in hers, and helped herself up.
"Thanks." She said quietly as she wiped her clothes, smoothing out wrinkles.
"I'm guessing you've had lunch." Kenji said. Sakura nodded.
"Well, we have maybe.. 3 hours until dinner. Want to go out for a walk?" He asked, meeting her gaze.
Sakura stood quiet for awhile, then pushed her bags aside and stretched out her hand for Kenji. Kenji laced their fingers together, smiling at Sakura's touch. They stepped outside, making their way to the park.
"Hey, do you want to go somewhere else?" Kenji asked after merely half an hour of walking around in the park.
Sakura shrugged. "C'mon." Kenji tugged on her hand, leading her somewhere else.
As they approached their destination, Sakura let out a dreamy sigh. This was the place.The place where their first kiss happened. She stared out into the horizon, dreamy sighs escaping her lips as she gazed down onto the peaceful village. Sakura was a little unsure as they first approached this place, thinking that something wrong that shouldn't happen, might happen again.
But when Kenji stood behind Sakura, holding her close to him, he whispered, "Don' t worry. I won't do anything you won' t like." Sakura nodded. She sighed inwardly.
Now, as the sun began to set, Sakura tugged on one of Kenji's arms that were holding her firmly.
"I'm hungry. Can we go have dinner now?" She stared into his dark eyes.
"Sure."
He let go of her, clinging onto her hadn as they left.
-x-
Dear Diary,
Today was alright. I think it was kind of Kenji to stay back from work today to stay with me. I'm excited for tomorrow, yet, I'm kind of sad. Tomorrow will be my last day here, in Suna. Kenji has the whole day planned out for us tomorrow, although he hasn't spoken anything of it. Tomorrow night there's a staff party. It's probably going to be a small party, but the way Temari speaks about it, she says their parties here are grand. Well, let's just hope so, because this dress I got,wasn't made for a little party.
Well anyway, back to Kenji. He's been acting really sweeter often, or maybe it's just me. Well, I don'r know. But it'll pain me to death to leave this place. But I know that leaving my children will always kill me the most. I can't wait to see them again.
Well, I will end this here. Kenji's asleep and grabbing onto me. G'd night.
Sakura shut her diary, placing it on her bed-side table. She let Kenji cling onto Sakura, as she made herself comfortable, her back pressed up Kenji, as Kenji's arms held her securely around her waist.
She nuzzled her face into her pillow, taking in her's and Kenji's smell that only he could bear.
-x-
There's another chapter! I've been trying to update more lately, but it's really hard! I'm getting ready for graduation and such.. And I have to get my Valedictorian speech done! Yes! I'm Valedictorian! Well, would you guess? LOL. Well, I do write stories, poems & quotes, and what more? LOL. But yeah, I'm really glad I got to be Valedictorian. Let's just hope I get Honor Roll, too! Those are the two I most want.
But anyways, as you guys can see, there's not much more chapters in here. I wanted this one to be really long, but it would take forever, and I don't want you guys waiting like a week just for me to update. I don't like doing that to people. And my next FF, I will be more organized. Maybe I'll set it up all into arcs. But anyways, please REVIEW! And I'll have the next chapter up sooner! I promise you guys that.
- OBJ