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CHAPTER FOUR _______________________ FIVE YEARS LATER
"WE'VE BEEN PRACTICING FOR HOURS NOW. Can't we take a small break?" Nao pleaded, standing on the tip of her toes to reach something from the boy's snack cabinet.
"No." Sasuke replied, grabbing the snack from the very top with ease.
She sighed quietly. "I know you didn't get the bells a couple weeks ago, and I know you got defeated by Haku, but-"
"That's exactly why I need to practice." He responded in a bored tone, making his way to the couch with the snack in hand.
Nao groaned in frustration. "Sasuke! We're Genin."
"Hn."
"You almost died trying to fight that guy off by yourself! I had to see you in pain for days. I can't bear to see you like that again. And you won't get hurt if you stop-"
"I almost died protecting you." He snapped, standing in front of the red-haired girl who had now taken her seat on the black couch.
"Why do you care so much? Let me die if I have to!" She retorted, standing back up again. "I'm not worth the trouble, Sasuke! You didn't even want to be friends with me in the first place, let alone best friends! So why-"
"-You were the only one who tried hard enough to even be able to talk to me! Everyone else were either girls who just cared for looks or people who hated me. Was that all a mistake? Letting you in? Still being friends with you after what happened to me?" The Uchiha shouted, throwing the bagged snack down on the table behind him.
"I really didn't think you cared! I thought maybe I was just some other girl to you, who you put up with on a daily basis!" She shouted back. "But I can't go on feeling like that anymore. I have to go make Naruto dinner. I'll see you tomorrow for our mission." She muttered, grabbing her things before walking out the door to the medium sized apartment.
Sasuke let out his own frustrated groan, plopping down on the couch. After the events from five years ago, he had always treated her differently, he'd admit. He pushed her away sometimes, grieving by himself in that stupid apartment the Hokage had given him to live in. She always brought him his favorite food, day after day, and explained to other girls who tried to talk to him that he just wasn't up to it in the nicest way possible, which always led her to have a few cuts or bruises. She always smiled her bright smile, the one that made her blue eyes look alive, and said, "I don't mind. Just as long as you're happy."
She'd always help him with the lessons he didn't attend that day. The one thing he missed in his alone time, was how kind and smart she was. She was very different from her brother, but had her idiotic moments. Throughout those five years, he put up a shell, acting emotionless and not speaking to anyone. The only time he'd let it falter was when he was with her. She understood well, not having anybody to look up to or having anybody to take care of you. Just like he said she would.
He knew he was stupid for getting angry like that. He also knew she was mad, even though she was too nice to show it. He knew her well. She was the only one who would put up with his mean comments, or cook him dinner from time to time. She was the one who took care of him. And so then he realized,
He needed her. Whether he liked it or not.
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