chapter 5: teint de neige
title: teint de neige
word count: 290
disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
note: Supposed to be a prequel of sorts to chapter 3 (après l'ondee) with a bit of one-sided NaruSaku. Teint de neige can be translated as both 'color of snow' and 'snow white complexion', it is from the niche house that is Lorenzo Villoresi.
'Can I say it? The reason I'm crying?'
It came out barely a whisper. Soft and fragile.
Like the hushed sound of kicked puppies and broken music boxes and dragonflies with torn wings and petal laced breezes in spring.
No.
'I know you know it already. I think you should know why I'm crying.'
nononononononono
Stop saying that!
'Don't say it!'
He shouted and his voice was so loud, so hoarse, so empty in the night.
She looked up.
And her face is so pale and so ghostly under the moonlight, so white like the geisha who powder their faces in rice and talc powder that he feels his throat tighten just by looking at her.
Don't break my heart anymore.
He looked down at her again,
'You're crying for him. Aren't you?'
Her eyes crinkled to blink out the tears in surprise.
Why do you look so surprised? You told me yourself you knew that I understood.
'I knew it.'
You won't ever cry for him again.
I won't let you
'You're jealous because he could pass the trails so easily while you're on probation even though the only thing you attempted was to let him get what he deserved.'
Her expression was so confused, so lost. You wrap your arms around her, letting her rest her head in the crook between your neck.
'Am I wrong?'
He laughed chokingly.
'I know you better than anyone else. More than yourself.'
There is no other reason, right?
He looked up at the window, into the snowing night to stop his tears from forming.
Sakura smiled.
'Yeah- that's all.'
But her smile was mocking his sanity.
You did it again Sakura-chan.
You broke my heart with your love for that bastard.