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Chapter Forty-Nine:
And as she turned into the night, all he had was the words 'Sorry I met you Darling, I'm sorry I've left you.' – The Last Shadow Puppets, 'The Meeting Place'
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Sunday 29/7/18
Boored. I hate studying.
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Wednesday 1/8/18 – ANOTHER ONE? Already?! Man, these things just fly by…
Had English on moonders, did okay I reckon. Should pass. If I don't, I'll be slightly surprised. But only slightly.
VA prac assessment is due tomorrow, I have to go and spend extra time in the art room this arvo to finish my painting. Geh.
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Thursday 2/8/18
Hahaha. Yes! No more tests until… NEXT WEEK! Hahaha. Naruto is a stressed mess again and is probably going bald. I tell him there's no point malting over lost marks and he tells me to stop calling him a bird, I shrug. He goes back to poring over revision sheets and text books.
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Friday 3/8/18
Spent day studying, again. I need to know my Science down pat. And Blodge. Gah. Hate all this, I think I have to get out for the weekend. I'll see if I can get Kimimaro or Naruto out of the house to go get some coffee in the town nearby.
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4:37
LETTERS! MAILMAILMAIL!
Sora!
You haven't written since EVER. What's the hold up? Everything down here is good, Shika has got full marks on a major half yearly in the top science class. A first for Konoha Uni. Also excuse for a party! We surprised him when he got home the day after, but it was only me + Ino that hid. Kakashi refused too. Said it was degrading.
Geh. Kakashi is no fun anyhoo. WRITE BACK! WRITE NOW! (haha, get it?)
Love love love love LOOOOVE love love,
Sakura
I grin, wondering how Shika would have taken a 'surprise party' I can't imagine him liking it too much. Maybe a friendly get-together would have been okay, but parties aren't really Shika's cup o' tea. I grab the second piece of paper from Shika and unfold it.
Sora,
Haven't heard from you. Last Thursday Sakura threw me a surprise party, it was horrible. Everyone had a great time. They threw streamers and party poppers on me, I think I inhaled the fumes from on of them. After they all gave up and realized it wouldn't be a full on party they all settled a bit and it was bearable. But Kakashi was good and just said 'I knew I'd taught you well.' And was quiet. Unlike Iruka and Ino and the others.
Wish you had of been there, I bet you would have at least stopped the excessive use of party poppers. Say hi to Sasuke for me, tell him I'm beating him without the fancy education.
Shikamaru.
I laugh at this, a feel a stab of homesickness, I sigh and grab a notepad and pen and start writing a reply.
Shika,
Me? Stop excessive use of party poppers? Never. I hate to break it to you, but I would have encouraged it. haha. Well, maybe not party poppers, but I would have encouraged various other things. More imaginative things… things that relate to your achievement. Like books and old men.
Yeah, yeah, I know you haven't heard from me in ages. I've been busy, we've just started out tests and it's hell. I have basically all science-y tests next week. It'll be GREAT! How much you wanna bet nobody will throw me a party for passing my math exam? 100? Great, you have a deal!
Hahahahah, love,
Sora
P.S. I'm serious about that bet, 100 bucks.
I finish and rip the pages off the note pad and click the pen a few times, thinking of what to write to Sakura.
Sakurrrrrrrrrraaaaa,
Yes, yes, I know I haven't written in years. I've had tests, cut a gally some slack. I got a cold from hell, I think it's just one of those things you need to experience before you realize how horrible it is… not the cold, Naruto's chicken soup.
Infact, just so you don't miss out on this opportunity I'll breathe heavily on this paper a few times for your enjoyment. Then tell Naruto you have a cold so he sends a packet of his soup. Anyway, so I just recover from a life threatening cold situation and am thrown right back into tests. Great. My favourite way to recover.
Hope to go into town this weekend. Get coffee-shop cappuccino's. Not curtesy of fatman's coffee machine's coffee, which is only really enjoyable because I'm stealing his coffee and he doesn't know.
Say hi to Kakashi + Iruka for me, and Ino and Lee and Tenten and them all. Say hi to Neji too, if you can get that close (aka, within hearing range. Which is hard, knowing Neji.)
LOOOVE YOOUUUUUU!!
Sora.
I fold the paper and shove it in an envelope, put an address on it and go in search of a stamp in my drawers, I found one, and ripped it off, dropped it, got another one, and dropped it too. Finding they were the only two I had I sighed and knelt down and shoved my hand under my bed, probing for a small papery thing. If I had to walk all the way to Naruto's dorm to get a stamp I'll be really annoyed.
"Stupid thing…" I mutter, my hand groping under the bed in a pretty much lost cause to find a small piece of paper. Then I stopped, my hand came into contact with something that didn't feel like old food or algebra notes, I frown and drag it out.
It's a small velvet-covered case, and I knew exactly what was in it. I opened it with shaking hands and found a small pair of silver studs. They were a 16th birthday present, and they were from Gaara.
I touched the earrings with shaking hands and pulled out the small piece of paper under the stand they were in.
Sora,
Happy 16th
From Gaara.
I almost smile. He had never been one for mushy 'THANKS FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT FRIEND!' stuff like Sakura or Naruto were. He was always straight to any point he wanted to make. I do smile. And the shut the case quickly and let out a sigh, I knew there were tears that would be oh-to-eager to spill out but I didn't let them. I kept calm in a more numb way then was healthy and put the case gently into the drawer, it must have fallen out when I knocked it over when I was sick.
I look at the wall, feeling ill, and the steady myself and my eyes find the ground, and also a small stamp under where I'd been sitting, I try to shake the nausea off but can't, so try to erase it from my mind by quickly licking the stamp and shoving it on the envelope to mail it.
I only made it half way to the P.O. Boxes before I had to drop the letter and rush outside to vomit in the garden. It took me a good ½ hour to get the letter mailed as I had to walk slowly and concentrate on other things. Maybe I should have just cried, let it out, been healthy, instead I chose to shove it away, and pack it in a little box try to ship it off, but I knew it wouldn't leave. It wouldn't go away until I let it out, and if I let it out, I might explode. And so I didn't. I chose to vomit twice on the way to mail a letter rather then cry. And strangely, I still hold to that, as stupid as it is.
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HELLOOOOOOOOO!! Thanks SOOOOOOO much for reviewing! I went on camp! IT WAS MAD FUN! I went on a stealth mission and then fell in a hole! And tried to convince my guy friends to shave somebody's legs. I even gave them a razor! But nooo. They chickened out. And played footy and got smashed. I have bruises everywhere. It was so much fun! Hope you've all be well, now I rant…
THANKS SO MUCH TO KITTY.KAT.WINGS! OH MY GOD I LOVE IT! SORA IS SOOOOOOO GOOD! THANKS SOOOO MUCH! I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT. I saved it. it's amazing. I shall treasure it FOREVER.
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There is kitty.kat.wings's wonderful fanart, LOOK!! I love it. I love you. I LOVE EVERYBOOODYYY!! Except the people who laughed when I fell in that hole. Gr….
Anyhoo, thanks HEAPS. Love, to-love-is-to-lie
