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track 7.
Sakura let her hand drag down the side of her face and brushed through the knots that formed in her hair as she argued for Sasuke to leave her out of it.
She knew what she did was wrong, and she had most definitely not wanted to lie to Sasuke of all people, but watching Naruto struggle with lyrics that he just wasn't producing had been painful. But when she offered her help, it wasn't because she wanted to be apart of Shinobi and their music. She knew how much it meant to them. To Sasuke. He had gone out of his way to tell her. But because the situation the song described just felt so real, it felt like her own song.
Silly girl. That's what all fools in love think.
So she pleaded for Sasuke to just leave her out of it even though she would have loved to be part of the magic they created in the dingy little practice room and afternoon karaoke sessions.
She did not want to intrude upon what Shinobi was for them, and she most certainly did not want to sing the song she wrote while thinking of the boy standing in front of her. But Sasuke only shot her down again. And if there was one person that is able get her to do anything and everything she doesn't want to, it's Uchiha Sasuke, and she was about to cave in.
"You wrote this. You're singing it with us. If your name is not going down as the lyricist, then you're going to be the feature in the title."
Sasuke wondered why he wanted Sakura to sing so desperately just as Naruto's plea for her to 'sing it with me' broke his reverie.
Uchiha Sasuke was not a greedy person. Selfish, yes. But not greedy. But with Sakura, he found himself becoming the embodiment of greed.
I want to sing it with Sakura.
Only he wouldn't be singing it with her. Naruto was their vocal. Naruto would be the one singing it with her.
So why was he still doing this?
"I can't sing, Sasuke-kun. Not like you guys."
"Fine. Then don't sing. We'll just find someone else."
"Wha-?"
"Sakura, you wrote a duet." She glanced up at him, confused. Making him have to explain. "There's no way Naruto can sing this alone." He tapped her in the middle of her forehead. "Not when it's so obvious that you wrote this with a girl's point of view in mind."