Her depression due to the lack of Sasuke was fairly evident once he left. She didn't smile as much as she once did.
Naruto annoyed her even more than he did before, and Sakura's temper had become worse. She snapped at anyone and anything that bothered her.
Walking down the street, Sakura's brows furrowed and she scowled when she saw a familiar face approaching. Ino. Just what she needed.
The other girl stopped in front of her and Sakura sighed softly. "What do you want?" she asked, sounding exhausted.
A smirk was on Ino's face. "Thinking about Sasuke again?"
Ino looked and sounded cheerful but Sakura knew the other girl was just as torn up over the whole situation as she was.
"Shut up," Sakura finally retorted, walking right past Ino, their shoulders brushing against each other.
Ino shuddered at the contact and without thinking, turned around to follow the other girl.
Another sigh escaped Sakura's lips. "What do you want?" she asked again, not bothering to turn around to face the other.
As much as she wanted to, Ino couldn't pretend to not care about her former best friend. "Are you... okay?"
Sakura stopped walking, her hair blowing in that day's wind.
"No. I'm not okay. I don't know if I'll ever be okay again."
The blonde girl frowned towards Sakura's back and she felt a lump forming in her throat. "You really do like him, don't you?" Ino asked quietly.
"... Yes," Sakura answered, spinning around to face Ino with tears threatening to spill out of her eyes.
It was then that Ino lost it, beginning to cry loudly and wrapping her arms around Sakura.
Too upset to think properly, Sakura hugged her ex-best friend back and started sobbing uncontrollably, burying her face against the other girl's shoulder.
Still crying, although calming down a bit, Ino began wiping the tears from Sakura's face, muttering reassuring words and trying to calm the hysterical girl down.
There was nothing that could be done. Sakura had lost it completely. She was crying as though she had never cried before.
Sighing, Ino wiped the tears once more before kissing Sakura's damp cheek.
The kiss stopped her hysterical crying at once, and Sakura wrapped her arms around Ino even tighter, trembling and panting and exhausted.
The two girls had an unspeakable agreement - they'd go back to hating each other the next day.