Sky Blossom

Sakura's feelings

                      -----Sora Pov ----

What could I say ?

That I like her ? That I've started getting butterflies everytime we hung out ? That I want to be there for her whenever she needs me ?

A three year gap doesn't shrink feelings but it does give time to change a person's likes , what if Sakura only sees me as a friend ? If I confess to her now , it could make things awkward if she doesn't feel the same . I don't want to loose our friendship.

Well , here goes nothing . " Sakura.. the truth is ...I -"

" there you are!" Naruto's voice beamed as he approached us , Sakura soft expression changed into a glare as she stared at Naruto with intensity.  If looks could kill , Naruto would be incinerated.

Naruto felt the intensity and laughed awkwardly as he stood beside me " did I do something wrong ? Why's Sakura giving me that look ?" Naruto whispered , I sighed " you always have impeccable timing Naruto..."

Naruto gave me a questionable look , Yamato and the rest of our team approached " change of plans ..."

Frowning Sakura , Naruto and I walked up to meet them . " what do you mean ?" Naruto asked , a question we all had .

My mother decided to continue the explanation " team 7 , Team Kakashi , will persue Sai and Orochimaru . Find their base and kidnap the spy . "

I frowned " and team 13 ?"

" team 13 is to travel to the hidden sand village for a new assignment,  a more personal one " , Sakura looked down disappointed and asked " what sort of personal mission could it be ?"

My mother saw how disappointed both Naruto and Sakura were so she decided to tell them about our new mission . " My father has been missing for over two weeks , Since Sora is the last to train with him , perhaps he knows where my father would be "

My head snapped up " Grandfather is missing ? How ?"

My mom shook her head "I don't know the details , we will find out when we get to the hidden sand village "

The silence was dreadful as the news of my missing grandfather settled , Kaede smiled in a  comforting way " I'm sure he is just fine " ,  I returned the smile " yeah...sure " .

My mother cleared her throat " team 13 , let's get a move on . The sooner we get there , the better " , I glanced up at Sakura to catch her gaze . It felt like we were staring at each other forever , Takashi walked up to me and wrapped his arm around my neck " c'mon , we can't fall behind "  Takashi practically dragged me away as we made our journey to our new assignment .

My heart sank , I wanted to stay longer with Sakura . But at the same time I'm relieved that Naruto interrupted , what was I thinking ? Confessing to her at a time like this ? 

My mom looked at us " everyone ready ? We are going to have to move quicker then that "

We all nodded to my mom as she began to run , we all followed her lead as we ran towards the hidden sand .

         ----------------Sakura Pov --------------------

I know ...

Of course I knew ....

I never expected things to turn this way , I saw Sora for the first time just before I started at the academy , he was sitting under a tree reading such a interesting book . I approached him , wanting to read some of the chapters from beside him . He looked up at me curiously and my heart fluttered , he has such blue eyes ...soft fluffy blonde hair and the book he was reading was super intense for our age , he blew me away right then and there . I developed a crush on him and it only grew when we attended the academy,  he was always so friendly and nice to me .

We began hanging out and I got to learn more about him , he loves cats and has a high tolerance for sweet things . He doesn't anger easily and likes a challenge,  things that just made him more interesting . He always came second to Sasuke , I half expected those two to become rivals but they just ignored each other instead .

When Sora left , I felt so betrayed . How could he leave without saying goodbye ? Why couldn't I join him ? We became so close and suddenly he left . I couldn't hang out with anyone else because I kept thinking of him , I ended up training most of the time just to keep focused on anything else besides Sora .

When he entered my life again , I felt like I should be cold and distant towards him but as soon as I saw him , I got to excited and completely forgot my plans . He grew up so quickly,  his face wasn't round anymore and he was much taller , he grew up so handsomely .

He carried on like nothing changed between us , but I couldn't stop thinking about the sweet moments we had . My crush evolved and I began to really like Sora , I started imaging us on dates and being a real couple .

Sora became obvious in his reactions to certain things , he cared even more about me and he is always around when I need help . When he touches me , my skin burns and my heart races , I think it's more than "liking" him .

And then...he almost kissed me !

Just the thought makes me want to faint , Sora was going to make the first move on me  , but I couldn't handle the thought of my crush kissing me so I chickened out ...now I regret it .

Watching Sora get dragged away made my heart sink even further , when will he try to kiss me again ?