Date: 5/28/13
Rating: T
Genre: Cute, Humor
Prompt: 631 - Sakura is fighting with Team 7 and the love letter the Iwa ninja gave her falls from her pocket. Sasuke finds it and reads it.
When Sasuke saw something fall from Sakura's pocket, his first instinct was to retrieve it and give it back to her, figuring it must have been important if she was carrying it with her to battle. But when he saw that it was merely a folded piece of paper, slightly worn from being folded and refolded, Sasuke wondered if it was really important at all. He shrugged. Only one way to find out.
Carefully, Sasuke opened the piece of paper and read the first few lines. It was a letter, he realized. Definitely important. However, despite the fact that he knew it was wrong and he already had his answer, Sasuke couldn't bring himself to stop reading. And with every line, Sasuke's anger grew in intensity. He clenched his jaw and refolded the letter, suppressing the urge to rip it into a million pieces, the words of the letter repeating in his mind.
Dear Sakura-san,
I know I may seem foolish, but I don't care. I may not live to see the end of this war, and you deserve to know that my thoughts have only been of you …
"Sasuke-kun, what are you doing?" he suddenly heard Sakura call out as she made her way over to him, "We need to keep moving forward!"
But Sasuke ignored her and held up the letter. "Sakura," he said evenly, "what is this?"
Her eyes widened. She didn't even realize she was still carrying it with her. "It's nothing!" she exclaimed, blushing as she snatched the letter from Sasuke's hand and placed it back into her vest pocket. Sasuke raised his brow. "I mean," she said, trying to regain her composure and act casual, "It's just a letter from home." She waved her hand. "No big deal."
Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Oh, really? Because the last time I checked your home was in Konoha, not Iwa."
"You mean you read it?!" Sakura screeched, horrified.
"Of course I did," Sasuke said matter-of-factly, "I had to know if it was important enough to take back with me."
Sakura shook her head. "But you read the whole thing, Sasuke-kun!"
"That's besides the point," Sasuke said, averting his gaze, feeling the heat travel up his neck. He knew Sakura was right, but he wasn't about to admit it. He changed the subject. "Who's this Iwa-nin anyway?"
"You should know," Sakura snapped, "You did read my letter after all."
"No, I mean, who is he to you?"
Sakura blinked. "To me?" He nodded. "He's just someone I healed, Sasuke-kun. That's all," she said in exasperation, continuing before he could interrupt her, "And he just happened to give me a love letter which, if you must know, I politely declined because of, well, reasons." Sasuke crossed his arms, his eyes silently commanding her to go on. She sighed. "Right. Well, there was, uh," Sakura said, laughing awkwardly, blushing fiercely, "someone else."
"Someone else," Sasuke said suspiciously, eyes turning into slits as he remembered the Fourth's comment, "You mean Naruto?"
Sakura smacked her forehead, the blush disappearing. Had they been under different circumstances, she might have even hit him. "No, baka! Not Naruto."
Beat.
"Oh," Sasuke said faintly, finally getting it, slightly embarrassed. "Well," he said, clearing his throat, turning away in an attempt to regain his cool demeanor, "you didn't have to take the letter, you know."
She rolled her eyes. "The least I could do was read it, okay? And plus," she added truthfully, "I thought it was kind of sweet."
Sasuke shot her a look.
"I mean, no! I didn't think that," Sakura said, patronizing, laughing at Sasuke's jealousy, "Definitely not sweet at all."