Chapter 2: Friendship?

That night she woke up from a very weird dream. She dreamt about her and Sai getting closer and starting a real relationship but when that happened Sasuke came back and the pink haired girl had to choose between Uchiha Sasuke and Sai. Sakura couldn't control herself, she just started laughing and didn't know how to stop.

It was practically impossible for that to happen, imagine Sasuke coming back was almost impossible, she was losing hope, and to imagine her and Sai being more than friends was even more impossible, but what was really impossible was imagining both boys fighting over her.

Sakura just couldn't image what destiny had reserved for her. If only she had known what awaited her.

The young teenager got up and took a shower. In the kitchen she made herself pancakes. After breakfast Sakura left for a walk.

The day was even more beautiful then the day before. The wind passed gently between the tree's leafs, it was a calm and warm morning.

The pink haired girl found Naruto and his girlfriend Hinata sharing a ice cream cup. They make such a cute couple, she thought to herself, and thank God Naruto did not make her eat ramen at this time of day.

Sakura waved at the two while she passed by them. Further ahead she saw Sai sitting at the Ninja Park, he was probable drawing. She wandered what he was drawing.

The curious girl sat next to her mysterious friend who quickly put away his drawing. She took his sketch book from him to see the drawing but he demanded it back so she began to run. He ran after her and when he caught up they were both laughing.

Sakura refused to hand him the book before seeing the drawing. Sai looked embarrassed but after a lot of her insistence he finally gave up and showed the girl his drawing.

It was a drawing of a woman's face and for the pink haired girl's surprise it was her face. "It's…it's really pretty.." she said while still looking at the drawing. "Well, I tried to drawn your forehead a little bit smaller but it was hard" he said as he began to laugh. Sakura hit him hard and burst into laughter.

After laughing and joking a lot they realized it was getting late and they decided to go out for dinner together. It was a lovely and happy night.

A few months passed and Sakura and Sai's friendship grow stronger. It was a friendship different from their friendship with Naruto. Actually it wasn't much of a friendship. It was something even stronger but only the two seemed not to notice.

They were always together, especially because Hinata and Naruto spent most of their spare hours together.

Sakura and Sai got really close. Close enough for him to tell her all his deepest secrets. She knew him better then anyone else and he also knew her very well. He wasn't that weird guy anymore. Sai was fitting in perfectly now, he even joined the gang: Neji, Tenten, Rock Lee, Hinata, Chikamaro, Kiba, Ino, Chouji, Naruto, Gaara, Temari and others (most of these characters won't appear or will appear only sometimes).

Every one suspected that maybe there was more to them two than friendship. They secretly wished that that would be true so Sakura could forget Sasuke and finally find real happiness.

Sakura knew that Ino had a thing for Sai, but for whom does she not have a thing for? She had crush on Sasuke, then she started flerting with Shikamaru but when he starting dating Temari she drew her atencion to Sai…, she thought to herself as she sat down on the grass and watched the boys train. From where she was sitting she could see them perfectly well. Naruto was clumsy as always, Neji had that superiority look she hated so much, Shikamaru was lazier than ever, Rock Lee was training his tai-jutsu and Sai was in a perfect combat posture, his moves were well calculated and well executed. She had never realized that he had gotten so handsome. That teenage boy had changed a lot, they all had changed. Life had made them change…

The young woman stayed there until they ended training. That not so mysterious guy walked up to her, gave her a kiss on the cheek. "How about we watch a movie? I heard there's a great one in theaters." said Sai while giving her a real smile. "Sure, I was going to suggest the same thing" Sakura said trying to get up.

After the movies the two friends headed back to Sakura´s place. After she lost her parents she had the house all to her self. Sai often slept over to make her company but nothing had really happened between them before.

They sat on the living room couch and started to talk. The couch was faced to the front door. They were in the middle of laughter and jokes when something happened, something that they weren't sure they wanted but that had taken to long to happen….