***Author's Note***
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, as those of you familiar with my work may not expect, I do write het. Is it canon het? That can be debated. Is there any canon relationship with the main characters in Naruto? Also a good question. As said in the summary, telling the pairing would spoil the fic. But see if you can guess before the end! If you can, I'll, um... be proud of you.
This fic is silly. It is cliche. It is fluff. It is character introspection. So don't expect too much. But it is fun, I'll give it that.
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I don't know when I figured out I was really in love with someone else.
I played along with all the other girls, cooing over Sasuke-kun, how he was strong and cool and oh so handsome… and I still do believe in that. He is strong. He is handsome. He is pretty damn cool. But he's… my friend. He tells me things now. It took us being on the same team and living so closely-knit for four years, but he confides in me. He still calls me annoying all the time, but there's not so much dislike in his eyes now. Because whether I loved him as a girl loves a boy or as a girl loves a brother, I still loved him, and that's what has mattered to him ever since he understood.
Besides, there's some kick to that. I'm his confidant; I'm the girl Uchiha Sasuke-kun tells things he won't tell anyone else. Sure, I have to badger him and badger him until he gets pissed and tells me I'm a soulless harpy. But he still tells me. And he listens when I tell him things.
I, Haruno Sakura, know who Uchiha Sasuke has a crush on. And he keeps forgetting who Ino even is. So I think I win.
Of course, he knows that I love somebody too. I'm still not too sure what Sasuke-kun thinks of him… when I said the name, he just arched an eyebrow and sighed like he does when he's resigned to the worst-possible scenario. Then he wished me the best of luck and said he hoped the two of us never have babies.
That was kinda mean, even from Sasuke-kun. Maybe he was a bit jealous- in a weird sort of way, he kind of liked that I liked him. Because he thought- and still thinks- I have a head on my shoulders. He cares what I feel about him, and everybody likes to be loved. But when he gets his special person, he'll be fine too. That's what I told him before I left to come here, to sit on this park bench and wait.
Wait for the boy that I love to come by.
He will come by- he comes by here every day, just walking along. Maybe he thinks about things, maybe he doesn't. No one ever disturbs him as he goes, that I know of… unlike Sasuke-kun, he isn't mobbed or whispered excitedly over every time he comes through town. He isn't as cool as Sasuke-kun, I know that. So does everyone else. No one worships him; they mock him, pity him, some even fear him, I think.
But I know him. And I know why they're wrong.
Because he's strong. And he's kind, and caring. And he'll never let me down, ever. Maybe he's not drop-dead gorgeous like Sasuke-kun. Maybe he doesn't inspire lust-ridden fantasies for every teenage girl in the village. But he's… he's perfect, in his own way.
I could go on and on, but I can see him coming now. Not too fast, of course. His face is tilted upwards, examining the sky, body well-rehearsed in where to go by now. Every thought is on that wide blue sky… as unreachable as his dreams, but seeming just as close to his longing grasp.
When I stand, the movement catches his attention. He is trained as a ninja, after all- and he could be one of the best, someday. The look of surprise on his face is only momentary, melting away into a sparkling smile. His lips part to speak my name in greeting.
"Sakura-san…"
I bow my head in return.
"Lee-san."
Today is the day I tell him.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, as those of you familiar with my work may not expect, I do write het. Is it canon het? That can be debated. Is there any canon relationship with the main characters in Naruto? Also a good question. As said in the summary, telling the pairing would spoil the fic. But see if you can guess before the end! If you can, I'll, um... be proud of you.
This fic is silly. It is cliche. It is fluff. It is character introspection. So don't expect too much. But it is fun, I'll give it that.
***
I don't know when I figured out I was really in love with someone else.
I played along with all the other girls, cooing over Sasuke-kun, how he was strong and cool and oh so handsome… and I still do believe in that. He is strong. He is handsome. He is pretty damn cool. But he's… my friend. He tells me things now. It took us being on the same team and living so closely-knit for four years, but he confides in me. He still calls me annoying all the time, but there's not so much dislike in his eyes now. Because whether I loved him as a girl loves a boy or as a girl loves a brother, I still loved him, and that's what has mattered to him ever since he understood.
Besides, there's some kick to that. I'm his confidant; I'm the girl Uchiha Sasuke-kun tells things he won't tell anyone else. Sure, I have to badger him and badger him until he gets pissed and tells me I'm a soulless harpy. But he still tells me. And he listens when I tell him things.
I, Haruno Sakura, know who Uchiha Sasuke has a crush on. And he keeps forgetting who Ino even is. So I think I win.
Of course, he knows that I love somebody too. I'm still not too sure what Sasuke-kun thinks of him… when I said the name, he just arched an eyebrow and sighed like he does when he's resigned to the worst-possible scenario. Then he wished me the best of luck and said he hoped the two of us never have babies.
That was kinda mean, even from Sasuke-kun. Maybe he was a bit jealous- in a weird sort of way, he kind of liked that I liked him. Because he thought- and still thinks- I have a head on my shoulders. He cares what I feel about him, and everybody likes to be loved. But when he gets his special person, he'll be fine too. That's what I told him before I left to come here, to sit on this park bench and wait.
Wait for the boy that I love to come by.
He will come by- he comes by here every day, just walking along. Maybe he thinks about things, maybe he doesn't. No one ever disturbs him as he goes, that I know of… unlike Sasuke-kun, he isn't mobbed or whispered excitedly over every time he comes through town. He isn't as cool as Sasuke-kun, I know that. So does everyone else. No one worships him; they mock him, pity him, some even fear him, I think.
But I know him. And I know why they're wrong.
Because he's strong. And he's kind, and caring. And he'll never let me down, ever. Maybe he's not drop-dead gorgeous like Sasuke-kun. Maybe he doesn't inspire lust-ridden fantasies for every teenage girl in the village. But he's… he's perfect, in his own way.
I could go on and on, but I can see him coming now. Not too fast, of course. His face is tilted upwards, examining the sky, body well-rehearsed in where to go by now. Every thought is on that wide blue sky… as unreachable as his dreams, but seeming just as close to his longing grasp.
When I stand, the movement catches his attention. He is trained as a ninja, after all- and he could be one of the best, someday. The look of surprise on his face is only momentary, melting away into a sparkling smile. His lips part to speak my name in greeting.
"Sakura-san…"
I bow my head in return.
"Lee-san."
Today is the day I tell him.