Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. All characters go to Masashi Kishimoto.

Chapter 2

Mitsuki was aware that the dark skin girl was crying as she walked away from him. His sense of smell was a thousand times stronger than the average human after all. What confused him more was why she got so upset. All he did was mention that exercise and changing her eating habits would help contribute to her weight loss. Girls. He thought were the strangest to him. He looked down at the chip bag in his hand and folded it neatly.

Walking toward the shop to find his blonde friend, he stopped momentarily looking at the women's bathroom door. She was in there. He could smell her, and surprisingly she had a delicious scent of honey with a hint of lavender. Should he apologize? No. He only said what was the truth and if she didn't want to listen then that was her problem. He continued towards where he spotted boruto, aware that her scent was fading.

"Boruto, Sarada." He greeted. Both ninja looked up from their meals.

"Mitsuki, where were you?" bourto stood up offering him a chair.

"I was talking with- "

"Hey isn't that cho cho's bag of chips? Why do you have it mitsuki." Sarada questioned suspiciously.

"Please, before I get interrupted again." He looked between the two. "I was talking with cho cho and it ended with her becoming upset and running away."

"What!" Sarada growled her sharinghan activating subconsciously. "Mitsuki! What did you do?!" She grabbed the collar of his kimono bringing him dangerously close to her eye's.

"Yeah man, what happened?" Boruto asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I told cho cho to put down her bag of chips and stop complaining about being fat. Also, to do some vigorous training with me the moment you two left."

"You idiot." Sarada sighed letting him go. Turning her now black eyes again towards him. "You know cho cho is subconscious about her weight. Why would you say that to her, and knowing you it probably came out the wrong way." Bringing a had to her forehead she looked like she was fighting a headache.

"Oh man, you said that to cho cho. How are you still here?"

"Boruto!"

"What! It's true anyone who calls her fat now gets pummeled into the ground with her fist. I should know." He shivered at the last memory of her punching him into the ground when he mentioned her weight.

"On the contrary she did tell me to stay away from her," mitsuki mentioned looking back and forth the between the two for their reactions. Sarada looked at him blankly, while boruto threw an arm around his shoulder. "See it all works out, and it won't be a problem considering that you don't get near her anyway."

"Yes, I suppose that's true," the golden eye boy said.

"Regardless. I'm going to check up on her."

"Ah sarada we were still eating our dango. Can't you go later?"

She grabbed her weapons pouch and glared at the two boys. "Idiots, you do know nothing about a girl's heart."

Both boys looked at each other in confusion, before the young Uchiha darted off to find her friend.

"You know, that was pretty insensitive of you."

Mitsuki looked at his companion in confusion.

Boruto held up a stick of dango. "I mean about telling cho cho to just stop complaining about being fat and exercise. The girl can't help it. She has akimichi genes and they are just big people you know. She will lose weight on her own terms, not by anybody else's." The blue-eyed ninja looked at his friend in a sideway glance.

"I suppose I did come off as insensitive." Gold eye's narrowed in thought. He thought he was being helpful.

Boruto chuckled. "I hope so. She doesn't need you to add to more of her problems. She's a good friend."

"I thought she disliked you."

"Nah, me and her have been friends since the academy days. Although back then she wasn't as sensitive about her weight as she is now."

Mitsuki nodded in understanding.

"I'm still surprised she didn't put you six feet under. Considering what you just did." Boruto laughed.

"I guess I'm one of the lucky ones," the other boy commented.

"Oh man I have got to tell you about this one time she was so angry…" For the rest of their visit to the Dumpling shop boruto reminisced about the days he was starting the academy and how cho cho use to be.

Sarada ran past many people hoping got catch a glimpse of her dark-skinned friend. When none of the people matched her description, she considered going to the akimichi residence.

"Sarada, honey, is that you?" A pink haired lady came up to her.

"Mama! What are you doing here?"

"Some shopping. Your father is coming home tonight."

Papa! you're coming back. "How long is he staying this time?" The teenager asked anxiously.

She tapped her daughter's forehead. "He is staying in the village from now on."

Black eyes widened before becoming flooded with tears. He's staying. Running into her mother's arms she sobbed for this blessed gift. She didn't know how times she prayed that her family would be together again and stay that way. With her father gone it felt like part of her was missing. Now they would be complete.

Emerald's looked lovingly at her daughter in her arms. For thirteen years sasuke had been away from his family and she couldn't express how much she missed him.

"Let's go cook up something nice for his return hm." Sakura gathered her groceries she dropped on the ground and walked with Sarada towards the Uchiha residence.

"Oh! I just remembered I'm supposed to be looking for cho cho." Sarada wiped her tears.

"What for?" her mother questioned.

Eye's that reminded sakura of sasuke looked at her. "You know mitsuki, my teammate." A head nodded in response. "Well he told cho cho to stop complaining about her weight and do some exercise. I also think when he told her that, he was blunt."

Sakura gasped bringing a hand to her mouth worriedly. "That poor girl. Reminds me of someone I use to know who had a hard time expressing emotion. He was blunt about everything as well."

"You mean your friend Ino's husband?"

"Yes. Although he never apologized for anything he said. How do you know him?"

"He was an instructor at the chunin exams, and his style of exam was interesting," her daughter commented.

"Well he was always weird in his own way."

"I should go look for cho cho to make sure she's alright."

Sakura smiled at her daughter beaming with pride that she was dedicated to her friends. "Alright, your father should be here in a couple of hours."

"Thanks mama." She hugged her before dashing off again to find her missing friend.

Cho Cho sat near a river close to her home. That damn mitsuki, who asked him for his advice anyway. Picking up a stone she casually tossed it into the river watching the ripples spread. Although his advice was not far from the truth. She did want to lose weight. A familiar presence walked up to her sitting down on the grassy bank.

"Hey cho cho," her friend greeted.

"Hey Sarada," she replied not looking at her.

"He's a thoughtless jerk, and doesn't know how fragile a girl's heart is." Sarada tried to comfort her. Cho cho chuckled.

"You think I'm still hung up on that. I could care less what that jerk says."

"I just want to make sure you're alright."

"I am. I appreciate that you came to," Cho cho smiled at her dark hair friend. "It means a lot."

The young Uchiha waved her off. "No problem. My dad is coming home today."

"What! Your dad is coming home. Shouldn't you be heading home to make sure you greet him?"

"I wanted to check up on you first."

"Girl, your dad is coming home from a two-year absence. Although I appreciate you coming here. Your dad is more important than me right now, although I wouldn't mind coming with you to see that hunk of a man. If only I was five years older," cho cho joked fanning herself.

"Firstly, ew. He's my dad. Second, he is really devoted to my mom so you can give up on those dreams." Sarada happily said now that it seemed liked cho cho was going back to her old self.

Cho Cho laughed. "I was just joking. Though your dad is hot, I know that he loves Mrs. Uchiha with all his heart. Everybody can see it."

Sarada smiled happy that everybody could see what she saw. "I better get going I don't want to miss him coming home. Want to go shopping tomorrow?"

"Sure, meet at the Ichiraku at 11?"

"Got it. See ya."

Cho cho waved to her friend as she left turning to go back into her house. Hopefully tomorrow would be a better day.