Raindrops fall gracefully onto the wooden floor, merging together as one.
The leak is becoming wider, though I hardly note this as I stare absently at the slowly growning puddles.
Reminiscence of you - I wish we could also become one once more, if only for a moment.
To see you smile back at me, your softened eyes glimmering as they meet mine, is like catching glimpse of heaven, if even the slightest glance.
Will I ever see you again?
Teammates. Friends? No. You never allowed it to go farther than just that. Why? I once asked you. You replied in your monotone voice, "I am an avenger. I need to restore my clan."
"Killing your brother is only the first step, however. If you do not learn to love, how will you restore you clan?" I inquired, my tear-brimmed eyes squeezing shut, as if to hide them, along with all the weakness or annoyance he saw in me.
For what could have possibly been the very first time since the night your loved ones were taken away, you smiled. And what a gorgeous smile it was. I wished you could smile more often. I couldn't surpass the gasp that escaped my lips. "Sakura," You began gently. Simply hearing you say my name in such a sense made my heart nearly melt. "... wait for me... please... wait for me to love you back. For me to give you back all the love you have given to me.
"For loving you, Sakura, is my next ambition." With that, you disappeared so quickly that I wondered if it were a dream or reality. Whether or not you were going to return...
Whether or not you were going to return my love for you.
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"Sakura, you really need to fix that leak." Kakashi-sensei leans against the wall of my apartment, nose in perverted book as always.
"Hey! It's not my fault my roof's leaking! The guy was supposed to come over an hour ago..."
"Why can't you just fix it yourself?"
I anime sweatdropped. "... heh... ano... I'm lazy?"
He glanced over his book to glare at me.
"GAH! Fine! Just quit bugging me about it!"
Actually, I knew a technique to fix it with my chakra, but I just never got around to it. I've been training a lot with Tsunade-sama, and when I come home, I'm either working my way to bed, hanging out with friends, or eating leftovers. Now that I actually have time to fix it, I simply do not want to move from my comfy position on the bed in my room.
"Are you going to do it or what?" Kakashi reminded me after around four or five minutes of waiting.
"Hey, it takes time to get up, ya know!"
Now it was his time to sweatdrop.
"Fine." I stood, gathered some chakra, and somewhat easily fixed the roof. This had happened before, and that's why Tsunade-sama taught me this.
Kakashi raised a brow. "That was easy."
I leered at him.
"Whatever. Just get out already! I'm not in the mood for this."
The gray-haired sensei sighed, and obliged. Finally!
"Not yet."
Great.
I wore a puzzled expression. "Eh? You got me to fix the roof, right? That's what you came here for... right?"
"No, actually. The Hokage wants to see you ASAP."
"WHAT! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME BEFORE! YOU KNOW HOW ANGRY TSUNADE-SAMA GETS!" I, obviously, was furious.
"Hm, you better hurry then."
"ARGH! GET OUT YOU LAZY BUM!"
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"Come in."
Sakura did so.
"Ah, Sakura, what took you so long?"
"... Kakashi-sensei...".
Tsunade sighed. "Of course."
"What did you want to see me for, Tsunade-sama?"
"We have just recieved word from Naruto..."
Eh? Naruto? "... N-Naruto?... Oh, right, he was on a mission for a few days."
"Hai... they're on their way."
"They...?"
"Him... and Sasuke."
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"Wait for me Sakura... I'm coming back to you."
To be continued...