Let's live for Hope
Kohaku: Gaara, you're a panda bear
Naruto: what?
Gaara: ok
Sasuke: don't panda bears and teddy bears kinda hate each other
Kohaku: maybe
Ch. 8
This morning, I woke to the smell of cherry blossoms and strawberries. But the only person I knew who had this scent wasn't here.
Sakura wasn't here.
So she finally left
Maybe not
What do you mean?
Listen
And so I did. I heard light yelling down stairs and decided to head towards it.
As I got closer I decided to just listen. I knew there were 3 people here but only two were talking, one was Sakura, the other was a boy.
"Sakura, why would you just leave? Why would you do that? And for Sasuke no less." I cringed at the comment, but he did have a point.
"Because I love him Shizuku." So his name was Shizuku, huh?
"And, is that your only reason?"
He may have a point
Isn't loving someone enough
To some it isn't, they need a legitimate reason
"Because he is a human too. He isn't the monster everyone makes him out to be."
My eyes widened at the comment; I knew everyone thought I was a monster. Heh, even I thought I was a monster. But to find someone who could see past all of it surprised me.
It really shouldn't
Why is that?
It is just how Sakura is
Yea, your right but it is still surprising
That's understandable
After Sakura's comment, everything went silent. I looked around the corner to see them just glaring at each other.
Now that I got a good look, Shizuku just looked like Sakura in male form.
He had pink hair that was shorter than Sakura's, to make him more boyish, but it fell that same way. His eyes were the same piercing green.
He wore a red zip up shirt with the Haruno symbol on the back, it had short sleeves. His pants were baggy; the color was a tan and stopped over his ankles. He also had tan gloved on and his clothe for his head band was red and he wore it over his forehead.
Basically a male version of Sakura
Exactly
So you're attracted to him
What? No!
But you're attracted to Sakura
Yes
So you're attracted to him
…
I then remembered that there was someone else besides Sakura and her look-alike. I scanned around to see blond hair and blue eyes. I couldn't mistake those traits anywhere.
"Naruto?" I whispered it a little loud because they all turned to me.
I came out of my hiding place and almost immediately I could see the anger on Shizuku's face, while Naruto was just surprised.
I stood there and looked at Shizuku as his anger flared. Then he grabbed me by my collar as he sneered and glared at me.
"What makes you think that you deserve my sister?" I was surprised; I had just expected him to hit me. I was taken off guard.
I slowly bent my head down so that my bangs would cover my eyes and said, "I don't."
It wasn't what I wanted to say but it was the truth. He let me go and went outside the door. I don't know why, but at that point, I had felt ashamed and guilty at the same time.
The three of us sat there quietly for awhile. Not saying anything.
Finally I couldn't take it anymore, "I'm going for a walk." I didn't hear their protests, I didn't pay attention. I didn't even know where I was going.
I just ran.
Why are you running?
Because…
You don't know what to do?
I stopped at what my voice said.
You did the same thing when Itachi killed the family
That's different
Not really
Tsk
I didn't know what to do anymore.
"There are two paths in front of you. Which one are you going to take?" I turned around to see Sakura's brother, Shizuku.
How did he know what I was thinking?
"Telepathy, my sister and I have it. She tends to not want to invade others thought but I have no problem with it, as you can see. If it involves my sister, I will to anything to protect her. That's why I do it." He glared at me as he said the last sentence.
"I don't plan on hurting her." My face was stoic, I wanted to stay calm but it was harder than I thought it would be at this point.
"Really, you can't say that after you left her on a bench almost three years ago!" he was yelling at this point
I was silent, I had felt guilty after that and had wanted to take the entire thing back. But I wanted to protect Sakura more than that.
So I left.
"She means the world to me." I was surprised; he was so open with his feelings. I didn't even know him.
"She is all I really have."
"You have family don't you?" I knew he did, Sakura would have said something if she had lost her family. This makes me realized how much these two are alike
They are twins
But aren't some twins supposed to be different from each other.
I guess they are different
"I don't want to lose her." He was crying at this point. He and Sakura have been together forever.
I always wondered why she was always depressed when we went on long missions
Now we know why
Yea
"I can still hear you." Shizuku said as he wiped the tears away
"Oh, sorry."
"What reason do you have to apologize? I'm invading your privacy. Not the other way around." He was honest and too kind just like Sakura
So admit it, your attracted to him
SHUT UP!
"That doesn't sound like a pleasant conversation." He said and gave me a what-the-hell kinda look
"No, no it's not."
We looked at each other. Then we both started laughing together as if we had been friends our entire lives.
I have to say it did feel good to laugh like this every once in awhile.
"You know Sasuke?"
I looked at him to say the he could continue
"You're not half bad." He held his hand out so he could shake mine, "friends."
I felt confused and surprised but I also felt happy. I smiled and took his hand in mine. As we shook hands, Naruto and Sakura arrived.
"Thank god." She said as she ran to me and embraced me I felt so much happiness in that moment that I couldn't hold back.
I kissed her, softly but passionately. A moment later, she returned the kiss. After awhile I realized that we both needed air so, as much as it pained me to do it, I separated our lips.
We were breathing heavily and I was vaguely aware of Naruto's shocked face, and Shizuku's approving one.
Sakura was the only one I saw.
"My love." I said it as a comment, she was the one I wanted and she realized this because she only pulled me closer.
Shizuku left with Naruto after a long time.
When we got home, I carried Sakura bridal style to the room. I couldn't help myself and I started laying kisses on her. On her lips, forehead, neck and collar bone. And I got soft giggles as I did.
I laid down next to her after I was done kissing her and held her as close to me as possible.
"Hey Sakura, what about the meeting?" I had just remembered it
"Oh, they postponed it to the day after tomorrow you didn't wake up till the meeting was already over."
Great.
"But that means we will get to spend more time with each other before we start construction." She smiled that same smile that was reserved for me alone.
I smiled and kissed her as I said, "so true, my love."
I didn't have the usual nightmares that night, just thought of Sakura.
Kohaku: I like it
Sasuke: I do too.
Shizuku: when do they have kids?
Kohaku: later
Shizuku: when?
Kohaku: that depends
Shizuku: on what
Kohaku: the reader, I need to ask I you want to read a lemon scene in this story if no the just send a review saying no I do not want to read it and if you don't I will either not put it in there or give you a note saying that it's coming up. That will be later on though. Don't want to take away from others.
Naruto: everyone wants to read a lemon hello.
Everyone points to sakura and says: nu-uh.
Sakura: huh, anyway see you guys next time