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“You alright Sakura?” Ino asks with concern written on her face as she notices Sakura limping. Sakura assures, “Don’t worry Ino! I’m alright!”
Suddenly, a sly smirk appears on Ino’s face, “Was it because of Sasuke-kun~?” Sakura’s flares and she attempts to punch her best friend who luckily dodges it and she grits, “Shut it!”
What Ino didn’t know it was also Naruto who was responsible for her condition but obviously she couldn’t say that out loud.
“Sorry, couldn’t help it! It’s always so fun to tease you~” teases Ino prompting Sakura to roll her eyes, “Har har…”
Ino regains her composure, “We haven’t spent any time together so tell me, how have you and Sasuke-kun been doing?” And then she adds, “And don’t leave out a single detail!”
The two began to walk down chattering and bickering one another like their usual dynamic had always been. It was a bright and sunny day so the two of them Elgar walked down to a small food place and ordered cold drinks.
“So, have you told your parents about the two of you?” Ino asks while she takes a sip from her drink and Sakura sighs, “Yes, but they don’t approve of Sasuke-kun all that much”
“Well yeah, they probably wouldn’t want their daughter to date someone who tried to kill her multiple times in the past” Ino says as a matter of fact sort of way that causes Sakura to flush and pout, “He has changed. And it was only two times.”
“Still, they have the rights to not like him. I mean, would you like it if your child was dating a rogue ninja and in top of that they tried to kill your child?” Ino asks and Sakura sips her drink and lets out another sigh, “You do have a point…but this is my choice and this time it’s the right one”
Ino crosses her arms, “Your parent are just looking out for you Sakura that’s all, try not to take it to heart because they will eventually have to accept him” Sakura takes another sip and hums, “Yes, you are right”
‘But how am I going to get them to accept Naruto too?’
“Now, enough about you and Sasuke-kun, don’t you think Naruto should be dating someone?” Ino suddenly asks causing Sakura to almost choke while she swallowed her drink and looked at Ino bewildering, “Huh—what??”
Ino looks at her with confusion, “What? It’s about time Sakura the poor guy is still single. And with his reputation as the “war hero” there are plenty of women drooling all over him you get what I mean?”
Sakura could feel the jealousy simmering in her body as she did her best not to clench her drink so hard so she wouldn’t break it. She manages to grit out, “Y-Yeah, but why are you suddenly so interested in that idiot’s love life Ino?”
“Because Hinata has a crush on Naruto and I bet those two could be an amazing couple together don’t you think?” Ino continues, “After all, Hinata did confess her love for Naruto during his fight against Pain but with so much going on Naruto wasn’t able to reply back to Hinata’s feelings.”
“But now that the war is over and things are getting back to normal now this is the chance to help Hinata to win over Naruto!”
Sakura couldn’t help but feel a pang of guilt at the mention of Hinata’s love confession. She remembers it as clear as day when the Hyuuga heiress jumped in the battle so fearlessly but also foolishly as she confessed her love for Naruto before being injured by Pain.
For some reason she felt some sadness when that happen. Not fully understanding her feelings for Naruto at that time she never understood until a few years later when travelling with Sasuke did she realize just how much she wanted to spend her life with the blonde man for how much he selflessly risked so much for her no matter how much of a jerk Sakura was to him she always loved Naruto.
She actually almost forgot about Hinata’s crush on Naruto and now feels ugly being reminded of it but just like Hinata, Sakura couldn’t ignore these hidden feelings any longer and poured her heart out to him on their picnic date along with Sasuke.
She hopes when she reveals their true relationship in the future Hinata will understand and be able to move on.
Sakura swallows, “Yeah but Ino, don’t forget they’ve hardly talked, just because Hinata has a crush on Naruto doesn’t mean Naruto is” she continues, “Plus, I’m not sure if he is into dating at the moment”
Ino lets out a hearty laugh, “True! Because the little goofball used to have a crush on you, remember??”
Sakura blushed angrily of course she remembers. How could she not when that adorable dork would always call out her name and run after her like a lost puppy? Sakura would never admit this to anyone and not even to Naruto or Sasuke but she always secretly enjoyed having Naruto’s undivided attention on her. It made her feel so special, like she was a piece of precious gold that was scared and was meant to be taken care of and protected at all cost.
She was almost tempted to punch that smug look on Ino’s face but instead she yells, “Oi! Don’t bring that up when I am dating Sasuke-kun!!”
Ino lets out another laugh, “No way! Your expressions are priceless!”
“Stupid Ino-pig!” Sakura mutters
“What was that?!” Ino screeches and now it was Sakura's turn to be smug, “Ino…PIG!!”
“Get back here forehead!!” Ino screams as she chases Sakura who runs away from her laughing all the way, she was happy she managed to distract Ino from their conversation. She along with Sasuke could both never let anyone else have their precious blonde haired boyfriend so they both adored and loved just as much as they loved each other.