Chapter 3: Forget Me Not
Sakura ran down the lobby and out the door. On the way, she hit a few people, but she just didn't care.
She ran and ran, crying all the way, heading for the clearing in the forest, which is only known to her, and is her place of solitude. As she reached the place, a voice called out, "Sakura."
She raised her puffy eyes to a large cherry blossom tree and hiccupped. "If your going to tease me, Neji-kun, I'm not in the mood."
Hyuuga Neji, the owner of the voice, jumped down from the branch he was sitting on and sat beside Sakura. He looked far off at the distance and said, "Sit."
When Sakura obliged, he continued, "What happened? You look terrible."
As her tears subsided, Sakura managed to stick out her tongue at him which made him smirk a little before replying, "Sasuke's back."
Neji raised an eyebrow. "I knew he'll be coming back sooner or later."
Sakura sighed and raised her knees and enveloped it with her arms. "Neji- kun, for these past three years, we've been like... brother and sister, so I'll tell you this."
Neji looked at her curiously and asked, "What?"
Then something in Sakura snapped. She threw herself at Neji's chest and cried her eyes out. "I... I don't... want... to see... him again... because... because... he might break... me all over again.", she mumbled in his chest.
Neji was taken aback at first, but he had a flashback on the day he became closer to the pink-haired shinobi.
Flashback
He was jumping through the forest, heading back home, when he heard a sweet voice singing a sad melody.
Ima wa mada hi mo tokenai mune no oku no garasu saiku
Shinjiteru anata dake wo kanjiteru rifurain
(There's glass art in my heart, that remains untangled, I only believe in you, the refrainment I feel.)
aruki nareta eki made no michi nori mo
ame no hi ni mochi dasu kasa no hana mo
atsumatta oki mari no tomodachi mo
kaerezuni kaerezuni motareta hanbaiki mo
doko ni mo mitsukaranai kokoro wa tsunao ni narenaiu
sekai chu doko ni anata wa iru no kurikaeshi sagashitsuzuketeru
(Used to walking to the station along that path, taking out my umbrella on a rainy day. I gathered with my usual friends Can't go back Can't go back, to the vending machine I leaned on)
Ima wa mada hi mo tokenai mune no oku no garasu saiku
hontou no watashi no koto mada dare mo shiranai
uso tsuite tsukuri warai itsumo doko ka samishikatta
shinjiteru anata dake wo kanjiteru rifurain
(There's glass art in my heart, that remains untangled ,there's still no one who knows the true me. Lying and laughing, it was always lonely somewhere I only believe in you, the refrainment I feel)
Who could be singing something so sad?
So, instead of heading directly home, he followed the voice and to his uttermost surprise, found the pink-haired shinobi there.
"Haruno?"
Sakura looked up from her position, furiously trying to wipe her face and called out, "Is that you, Neji-san?"
Neji walked forward and stood beside her sitting form. "Crying over Uchiha?"
Sakura managed a faint smile and answered, "Yes. One last cry for Sasuke- kun."
End Flashback
Neji circled her with his strong arms and looked away at the distance. I'm not letting you get hurt all over again. He smirked slightly. Sister.
She then looked down the ground. My talk with Neji-kun made me remember that night Sauke left the village. She sighed. I met him at the gates of Konoha and tried to stop him, but he reasoned stupid things about power that Orochimaru can give him, no matter to the fact that it's evil and will kill him, and he needs it to kill Itachi. He hugged me made me black out.
Suddenly, she looked at the path she was going on. Hey, this isn't the way to my house! This is the way to Ino's house. She rolled her eyes. Oh, no problem. Since its night already, I'll just sleep there.
In a few minutes, she arrived at Ino's place. She knockedon the door and called, "Ino! Let me in!"
A window upstairs opened and Ino's head popped out. "Sakura! It's seven o'clock in the evening! Be quiet and I'll open the door!" The head disappeared and then, feet pounding down the stairs were heard.
Ino opened the door and said, "I know I said I want to hear about the guy you rescued but- hey wait, why did you cry? Come in!" Ino dragged Sakura in her house and up her room. She told her to sit on her desk chair and Ino locked her door. She sat on her bed and demanded, "What exactly is up?"
"Sa-sa sa.." Sakura stuttered. For some reason, it can't come out, not as easily when it's Neji. Her eyes brimmed with tears.
"WHAT?!" Ino yelled. She can't understand Sakura, and she's not in the mood because Shika broke her favorite vase.
"I can't say it!" Sakura said. "Ino, can I please sleep here tonight? I don't think... I don't think..."
"You can."
Sakura grinned. "Thanks."This is not an abandoned fic! I just can't continue much coz I don't get as much reviews as in Infiltrating Sadness so Im focusing there! Sorry!