Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
It is hard. The ground really is tough as rocks and Akiko-sama strongly dislikes the fact that she is up here at all.
"Someone could see you. I promised the Okiya Mother that you would be like a ghost. Thankfully, no one has noticed your exotic looks but—"At that Akiko-sama turned away and harsh bitterness filled those large burgundy eyes. "I'm just saying, Sakura. I want you to be careful."
But often, Sakura thinks that Akiko-sama forgets that she has grown up in the world of shifty eyes and sliding hands. She has grown up in a world of darkness and tough love—if one can even call it that—and she knows the ways of becoming unseen. She has mastered the art of innocence, of planned timing and pretty bats of eyelashes.
Sakura knows the way the people who come to the Okiya work and yet, she is not so stupid as to think she has seen it all.
Sakura thinks that this is why Akiko-sama worries. Because Sakura behaves like she is far beyond her years.
Still, as she digs the shovels she's…temporarily borrowed…from a civilian into the ground, she enjoys herself.
It is grueling work, gardening. And yet Sakura is grateful that she can do something except sit and watch pigs touch godly women.
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