Sadness Has Fallen

Chapter: The First Step

By: NarutoUzumakiLuver

After Sakura and Mya stopped crying, they got up and started to head to their apartments. Mya turned to Sakura and said, "Come on, you should spend the night at my apartment."

"No, I don't want to be a burden."

"You won't be, I know you want to spend the night with someone who'll understand what you're going through. Plus I—I admit it I—I need someone to help me through this, I—I admit that I can't face this alone. You know what they say, 'The first step is always the hardest unless you're with someone else.'"

Sakura turned, walked up to Mya, and nodded. Mya and Sakura headed for Mya's apartment, but when they got there they weren't in front of Mya's door, but they were in front of Naruto's. Mya pulled out Naruto's key that he had given her when they started to go steady when they were thirteen. Mya unlocked the door and when it swung open she could smell Ramen, the strange thing was that it smelled as if it were fresh or maybe it was her imagination.

"Come on in, you can sleep in the guest bedroom." Mya said to Sakura.

"But where will you sleep?"

"On the couch, don't worry I don't mind it." Mya said with a fake smile. It's not that she wanted a bed; it was just that she wanted Naruto to be in his apartment.

"Follow me to the guest bed, do you mind sleeping in your clothes for one night? We can pick up more clothes tomorrow at your apartment."

"Sure, I don't mind."

Sakura went to sleep quickly, but Mya, who was on the couch, couldn't. Mya got up and went into Naruto's bedroom half expecting Naruto to be sound asleep in his bed. She crawled into his bed, snuggled tightly under the covers, and quickly fell asleep.

The next morning, apparently Sakura had gotten up before Mya, because Mya could smell food being prepared in the kitchen. Mya got up and walked into the kitchen to find Sakura preparing breakfast for the both of them.

"You're going to sleep on the couch huh?" Sakura said with a slight smile. Mya repeated the gesture and said, "I couldn't get to sleep. So I went into Naruto's bedroom and I fell asleep to his scent." She had left out the part about half expecting him to be there, because she thought it would cause Sakura to brake out into tears, which would then cause herself to start crying.

"You want some breakfast?" Sakura asked Mya, which cause Mya to snap her head up.

"Yeah, sure. Sorry, I was just thinking of what kept me up. I still can't figure out what it was." Mya said with no emotion.

"The feeling of him being far enough away that you can see him or communicate with him is what kept you up last night."

"How'd you get to sleep so fast?" Mya asked her.

"I was making myself think that Sasuke will be back the next day and that made me excited, because I'd get to see him and it put me to sleep. You should try it tonight, it helps trust me."

"Ok." Mya said that was all she could say. She was on the edge of crying, in fact her eyes were filled with tears that she wouldn't let fall. She quickly blinked back the tears and started eating the breakfast that Sakura had prepared for them.