Ch. 5


Naruto, never someone to beat around the bush, asked her about the other plate sitting securely in her lap mere seconds after she settled into her seat. "Is that for Teme?"

Sakura was almost envious at how easily Naruto was able to slip back into how things were. Sasuke's old nickname rolling off his tongue like he never left. Like there wasn't a chasm of betrayal and broken trust between them.

But then again, he wasn't one to hold a grudge, that was her department.

She sighed and slumped further down into her chair. "Yeah, thought it'd be nice or something." She murmured half heartedly.


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