7 Years When I Was Alive (Neji x Reader) Naruto Fan fic

27. Sakura and Sasuke

"What are you doing here?" Sakura asked, stopping in the center of the road as you leaned against a street lamp with your arms cross over your chest cooly. It was dark out and Sakura was going on a walk when you noticed her, deciding to stop by to play for a bit.

"You look like you've been crying," you stated, witnessing the tears that lingered on her pale face," what happened? Sasuke broke your little heart again?"

"If you're here to rub it in my face then get lost," Sakura whispered, picking up her pace in an attempt to avoid you.

But you were bored, so you gave chase and tail gated the poor girl

"Awh, come on, I came to help you," you say, side stepping to stand in front of her," I really mean it Sakura."

"Why do you want to help me? Don't you have sneaky evil things to do?" She warily questioned you, making you laugh abruptly.

"I'm not always up to no good, Sakura-chan, besides, girl-to-girl, maybe I can help you. Tell me what happened."

Sakura gulped, contemplating on whether or not she should tell you what happened. You smiled at her assuringly but she wasn't too quick to buy it. For whatever reason you were trying to hep her, Sakura didn't think it was out of the goodness of your heart. She wasn't even sure if there was any goodness in you left but staring at you and recalling that you were dying in a few years, she decided she would.

You were still her friend, she was sure of it, you were just a different version of yourself even though it scared her. Besides, she thought maybe if she opened up to you and reminded you of how it felt to have good friends, maybe the old you will come back to her.

"It's Sasuke, he's leaving the village, he's taking up the offer with Orochimaru and he's leaving the village and I just- I don't know what to do!"

"Well Sakura, it doesn't take a genius to know what you're suppose to do," you rolled your eyes at her," you should go to him."

"But what can I do to possibly stop him? He's not going to listen to me of all people," Sakura whispered harshly, remembering the multiple times Sasuke had neglected her feelings," I love him but he doesn't love me. My love for him isn't enough to stop him. "

"So? It doesn't matter if it stops him or not. It only matters if you tell him or not; before its too late. Simple as that."

"Oh?" She furrowed her brows together," was it easy for you to tell Neji how you felt about him?"

"That's not what we're talking about right now," you tried to steer her back into the conversation, away from you and your former lover," if you love Sasuke, stop being a coward and tell him."

"Were you a coward too, [name]? When you told him you loved him?"

"Sakura," you said her name warningly but she ignored it.

"Were you a coward when you didn't tell him you were dying?"

"Sakura. You don't know what you're talking about," you seethed though gritted teeth, narrowing your [e/c] eyes at her," You don't know what it feels like to know you're dying."

"How are you going to tell me?! I face death everyday too [name]! I face them on my missions! I risk my life for my friends and my friends risk them for me!!! So tell me, how is it any different from knowing when you're going to die? At least you know it's coming for you! I don't know when to expect I'm going to die!"

"Shut the hell up you dumb girl! You don't know what its like to have an expiration date!"

"I'm dumb?!?" Sakura screamed in fury," at least I have my senses! What do you have [name]? "

You stared daggers at the girl, wishing looks could kill at the moment as she returned the glare.

"If you really loved Neji you would have told him."

"Well lucky me, it's my decision not your's."

"Did you even really love him? [name]? Did you?"

"Sakura are you braindead?! I didn't tell him because I loved him! Because I didn't want to hurt him!"

"So what? You're still a coward."

Your blinked.

You raised your hand.

And you slapped her.

You slapped Sakura across the face, silencing her. Your hand shook but only for a second as you balled your hand into a fist and hid them behind you. Her eyes were widened in shock and then in realization as she squeezed them together, her boiling hot tears rolling down her pink cheeks.

You bit your bottom lip, you had let your anger get the best of you. That wasn't part of the plan.

Sakura raised her hand to touch her injured face, her mind swirling with thoughts.

"You can either act out of fear or you can act out of love," you whisper, withdrawing from her and disappearing in a flash.

Sakura faced the ground, her tears leaving little droplets on the stone beneath her sandals. You were right, whether she could stop Sasuke from leaving the village or not, it didn't matter, it only mattered if she acted out of love.

And she did.

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