Broken Petals {Sakura Haruno}

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The pinkette woke to rustling sheets beside her and she instinctively rolled over to brush the soft spiky hair of the blond. Groggily waking up to search the room before a voice echoed in her head and the chains clinking softly against her pale wrist.

"Wake up, you make me question a lot of things Sa-ku-ra." She could tell from Kiyoshi's voice that he wasn't pleased at the display of affection she gave the blond jinchuuriki.

Sakura merely got up to rub the sleep from her eyes as she glanced over at the alarm seeing how early she had really gotten up. It displayed a flashing 6:00 am and she muttered soft curses before sliding out of the tangled limbs or her and Naruto. Donning on a black turtleneck and some baggy shinobi pants she went into the kitchens with a few thoughts swirling in her mind. Was Kakashi going to register their team for the chunin exams? Musing quietly she went to make some tea for herself and some coffee for Naruto if he woke up which knowing him, her absence in bed would definitely wake him up. 

lo and behold the blonde teen cracked one eye open and scanned the still warm sheets before looking around to find the pinkette, quickly sniffing to smell the coffee and he yawned. Rolling out of bed to dress himself before meeting his room mate for some breakfast which was a simple onigiri plate with some miso soup. Sitting down he lazily stared at his best friend and observed how she often held a glassy look in her eyes when she was occupied in the early mornings. 

Naruto wasn't blind, after years of living with her he could pick up a few signs when she didn't want to be interrupted from her mind and today seemed like a good time to not talk to her just yet, so instead he munched on a rice ball and hummed quietly thinking about how the years flew by and how much Sakura seemed to be trapped by something. If she hadn't taken him in after his initial home was ransacked and raided he wouldn't know what he would have done. Quietly he sipped at his soup as his own thoughts drifted to people they knew. Sasuke being one of the top... threats to his beloved rosette's life. Coughing slightly Naruto noticed Sakura slip out of her daze and flash him a quiet and serene smile yet she looked more tired then usual.

"when do you think Kakashi will announce our participation to the chunin exams?" The blond drawled out as he sipped at his coffee, his plate clean of his breakfast.

"Most likely today, we're supposed to be meeting up for training with Sasuke and Kakashi so i'm sure our sensei will announce it then." Sakura leaned back and took a bite of her riceball. eyeing how the dawn started to shift into a bright morning. 

"I suppose we'll have to get ready to meet them then?" Naruto stretched and downed the last of the invigorating drink before taking his plates and cup to the sink to wash them.

"Yeah, talk on the streets is that the major hidden villages are here, what do you think the exams will be like?" keeping the edge off her tongue she hummed "Maybe we'll have to be solo?"

"Highly doubted Saku-chan" Naruto popped his head around the corner, his hitae-ite hanging loosely around his neck "They'll probably be team based no?"

"Hm..." Green eyes flitted to the door and then the clock before she finished off her meal and went to clean the dishes. She eyed the chain on her wrist and grimaced slightly before going off into their shared room to get ready to meet the other half of her team, Naruto following behind to make sure he had everything as well. The two set off, locking and trapping their front door and turning to walk the cobbled streets slowly. Knowing their sensei he was going to be late so the two took their time to get to the usual team training grounds. 

Arriving to see Sasuke already there sitting under a shady tree, the two gave him a mere nod as they went off to stretch and warm up. Feeling the burning onyx eyes staring at the two from the tree before hearing the rustling as their third member got closer.