"Huh?"
"About the exam," Sakura clarified, still gazing out at the river.
"Oh. Of course I am!" the boy grinned. "After I kick Sasuke's ass he'll have to admit that I'm a superior ninja." Sakura snorted, but didn't bother to refute it; those arguments tended to go around in circles. "You're excited too, aren't you?"
At that, Sakura turned her gaze from the tumultuous waters to the boy's optimistic gaze. He stared at her expectantly, but at her silence his grin began to falter. "Sakura-chan?"
She sighed, looking away from the boy. "I… I don't know. I'm not really confident…"
Author's Note: As an apology for my lack of updating every day like I'm supposed to, I've posted two drabbles today. Please accept it as an apology for being a bad author (feel fortunate; my readers for my other stories are tortured with chapter droughts). I should note that I'm going to try to have more conversations between Naruto and Sakura as well as their analysis on each other because that is what I originally wanted; moments between the two that we haven't seen. Due to my need to make this have chronological order, I got away from that.
Eraya