Prompt: Naruto watches Sakura's wedding from afar
Note: This is the sequel to my drabble 27 entitled Ball yet could be read as a separate drabble .I have to change Itachi to Sasuke since it is more appropriate for the continuation. This is for easymoo92 on Tumblr :-)
The center of the garden was transformed into a wedding venue. Eight columns decorated with fresh flowers and ribbons surrounded the guests and there was a long aisle covered with red carpet at the middle with twenty lines of chairs on either side.
The guests chatted merrily and only halted and turned their heads when the bride, all regal in her white, sleeveless, floor length gown decorated with diamonds and sequins, appeared. Clutching her bouquet, Sakura stood at the end of the aisle and waited for the background music to play before she started to walk forward. Uchiha Sasuke, her groom extended his hand when she reached his side and escorted her to the front. Everyone stood when the priest started the ceremony.
Naruto watched everything unfolded from a distance unbeknownst to everyone. Sakura ,the most beautiful and vibrant bride he had ever seen, was smiling like she owned the world and the groom, who looked quiet and reserved, had been gentle when he took her hand and looked into her eyes.
Excruciating pain held his heart in a vice-like grip and he felt like dying a slow, torturous death. Everything was difficult to watch and he wasn't needed anyway so, as a final goodbye and a way of setting her free forever, he forced a smile, turned and walked away. Slowly, as his steps progressed farther, his knees turned to jelly.
He was withering away and sinking into the deepest recesses of loneliness with no way out and the single thing that comforted him was her smiling face.
She was happy and that was all that mattered to him.