"Congrats to me." I blankly shuffled my feet in the snow and sighed out loud as i stood out in the middle of the village field, watching the tiny snowflakes fall. It was quite beautiful, the air was crisp and the cold felt sharp when inhaled against my warm lungs.
I feel alone all the time. Friends will be friends, attachment is just a hard concept for me to grasp... not that i genuinely am lonely or anything. In fact, i think that people are really and actually are afraid to be alone.
I know that if i ever truly was- y'know, alone, that i'd end up being able to make it out okay. I smiled to myself a little stiffly, my eyes traveling from the sky down to my feet buried into soft snow.
Sakura's pov.
I went out to take a look around outside, turning a few corners from my house and on my way to the villages big field. I knew that some people in my class and above would be out there at some point creating their own chaos.. so why not go check it out?
Upon arriving, i had noticed Y/N being the first out in the field- Didn't it just start snowing? I mean i guess not since there was piles of snow now already everywhere, it was coming down pretty hard. Curiosity had caught me and i began to jog up to them, the closer i got, the more i could feel the peace coming from the moment they were experiencing.
For a moment, I felt as if i had been jogging up to them forever- and not just now as i'm currently running to them, i mean.. forever. I've always been trying to catch up to Y/N my whole life, although we were friends, they always felt so out of reach... and now that I was making myself all depressed, i decided to switch up the environment and tackle them as soon as i caught up to where they were. It was just us now, both laying in the snow, they didn't fight back against the tumble, they just gracefully accepted it as i laughed a little.
It was all quiet, my breathing was heavy. I could see the white clouds coming from my mouth, i couldn't see much coming from Y/N, they were definitely breathing through their nose. I directed my eyesight back to the sky. The environment was peaceful. Snowflakes were hitting our faces, my cheeks and nose were a bright red and the pads of my fingertips were ice cold and numb, along with my toes. I felt a surge of change but i couldn't figure out what it was. Suddenly, Y/N stood up inhaled deeply, another moment of silence following until they started counting down from 10 in a almost-snarky manner.
My fight or flight kicked in. I stood up and out of the deep snow and started running, my clothes were so heavy and the ground was so powdery that it was hard to go a long distance quickly- I turned to see what she was doing as the clock hit 1 and she was after me. I started panicking, yelling "No! No!!" out of laughter, i could see the grin on her face as she ran after me, we both were falling here and there, at some points i would pack up a snowball and throw it behind me.
We were so caught up in the moment, that we didn't notice a pair of eyes until we both collectively decided from a distance that we needed to catch our breath for a second.
Sasuke. He was standing at the edge of the field watching us, for how long? I have no idea. I felt this absolute and intense surge of embarrassment, i can't believe how pathetic i look running from Y/N.
Your pov.
I was exhausted. My feet and hands were completely numb, my breathing was out of control, and i was sitting on my knees in the snow. Was I out of shape? or was it really this hard to run in snow? either way, i was watching Sakura ahead of me, bent over with her hand over her chest, also completely out of breath.
Getting knocked out of my thinking, I watched her turn around and bolt towards me- my initial thought was basically "oh sh*t!" as i turned away from her to run in the opposite direction, but she caught up too fast and landed on top of me, throwing the powder in my face with a smirk on her face. I started laughing and giving her the same treatment, whether it was purposing shoving it up her nose or not- out of nowhere we both paused at a loud voice.
"BATTLE ME, SASUKE!"
The dots connected, she came after me because her little boyfriend was around, but who the hell was yelling? Sakura got off of me and i sat up. We both wiped our faces off to look in the direction of the voice.
I remember seeing this guy before, i think it was during those exams. He had a bowl cut and his winter wear was green. I cracked up a little and poked fun at Sakura- she was so hyper fixated on her hair because Sasuke was standing right in front of this guy. I stood up, and offered her a hand, we both dusted off and continued to watch them talk.
Sakura got a little annoyed that we weren't getting any attention, so she stomped on my foot as hard as she could and i groaned loudly in pain- "OWWW, really?!" Her face was painted mischievously and by the time we both looked back in the boys direction...
Bowl cut was running towards us. We didn't even have any reaction time, because by the time i was even able to say anything he was bent down on one knee in front of me. I was completely confused my my cheeks became more flushed with pink than they already were.
"Is this the beautiful Y/N?" he spoke as he took my hand.
