Title: Picture Companion
Author: Anorexia
Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: Uchiha Sasuke x Haruno Sakura
Theme: #6 - The Space Between Dreams And Reality
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Sakura blinked her green eyes and watched the snow continue to fall. Staring at the white powder for so long hurt her eyes.
It had been years since the city had seen snow and Sakura was highly excited about this new event, but didn't dare go outside to play in it like the rest of the village. She stayed in her bedroom, wrapped in a heavy blanket and a cup of warm cocoa by her window that she looked out of and watched the others play. Next to her cup of cocoa was a picture frame that held the portrait of her, her Sensei Kakashi and her teammates Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke.
Sakura sighed as she watched Ino, Chouji, and Shikamaru build an abnormally large snowman. She was much to old to enjoy things like that and, even though he wasn't there anymore, Sasuke would agree with her. She decided to stick to reality after that night and no longer did some of the same childish things she used to; building snowmen being one of them.
As Ino began to yell at Chouji for throwing a snowball at her, Sakura took a sip of her cocoa. Yes. This was all to childish and she needed to stay away from dreams and focus on her reality; maturity and ninja training.
"I wish you could see it, Sasuke..." She said to the picture. "The snow looks beautiful today..."
The picture sat on her shelf and looked back at her with the same look it had been stuck with for the past four years.
"I know, Sasuke. I should be practicing my weapons but I just thought it would be nice to stare out at the snow." She replied back to the picture which had apparently told her to train instead of watching the snow. "You can't say you don't enjoy it." She turned the picture around so the photo faced the window. "See, it's beautiful."
The picture stayed silent.
Once more, Sakura took a sip of her cocoa and sighed. She knew she was acting silly by talking to the photo as if it was a living person but she didn't mind. Sakura supposed it her little dosage of dreams she was allowed to have, while the knowledge of it being fake gave her, her reality dose. All around she called it her 'space between dream and reality.'
"I really wish you could see it, Sasuke..." She said once more. Setting down the cup of cocoa and gently grabbing hold of her portrait. "It's so beautiful..." She smiled and kissed the small area where Sasuke's body was and set it back down. Enjoying her little moment in the space between dream and reality with her picture companion.
Author's notes - Poor Sakura...she's so fragile and everyone fails to see that...I was severly depressed (again, huh?) when I wrote this story. I was missing a loved one who I was unable to have contact with and at times I would talk to myself, pretending they were there. Sounds crazy, yes, but it really made things a lot easier at times.
Thank you for reading.