My online boyfriend~narusasu

And thus it ends

As I walked towards the Sakura in the main courtyard, I couldn't help but look at the petals falling around. This is where we meet for the final showdown.

Internally, I panicked (there is a huge probability of one of these fatally stabbing me in the eye) even though on the outside I remained quite frugal.

What a perfect moment this is- so apt for describing the emotions our young hearts are teeming with.

Our hearts are so fragile, yet we made it this far, and i daresay, as dad quotes- "beautifully". ( I deserve a standing ovation at this point.)

Looking back, I'm reminded of how tragically short our lives are, yet we still make up for it and in the most unusual ways. The cherry blossoms bloom only for a short time, but when they do, the whole world is in awe.

(Not gonna lie, I read about this concept in a tumblr post)

I'm gonna be a cherry blossom. Without the short life part.

"Oh really?", he raised an eyebrow and I could see the beginning of a smirk outlining his face. Dammit I said it out loud.

"Oh shut up", I crossed my hands, defensively.

He smiled fully now, and it took my everything to not smile back. But I'm a weak fool, so of course I smiled back.

We stood there in comfortable silence, admiring the flowing petals (SENBONZAKURA KAGEYOSHI!!!!). What a wonderful symbolism of the fragility and beauty of our li-OH SHUT UP BRAIN!

"So 3 years huh?" he started.

I nodded.

"How did we not figure out the first year?", ah a throwback to our janitory days.

"Because that's how chatfics work?", I tried.

I can see Kiba waving at me frantically from behind a bush. That's my platonic soulmate and the LOML y'all. I think he's telling me to shut up.

Sasuke looked at me confusedly," Are you supposed to say that?"

I'm obviously not! I fake-smiled and attempted a diversion.

"So I cannot believe we did not figure it out all this time"

"Naruto, that's my line."

"Does not mean you can't answer it."

"..."

"It makes no sense. We texted each other while in the same room! And yet our phones never buzzed consistently", he continued.

"To be very honest, I blame it on shitty internet."

"Same"

"Why are we still discussing this?"

"You got anything better to talk about?"

"Uh no"

"Then shut up."

The number of times I've been told to shut up today. This disrespect.

We looked around in "comfortable" silence again.

"So", he started, as he took a step forward.

My eyes jerked towards him and I had to stop myself from holding my brain a the pain of the whiplash.

"You meant all you said?", he continued as he took another step forward. He looks like he wants to punch me and I almost booked out of there.

"Yeah", I gulped as I took a step back.

Now ideally, as per shoujo manga mandate, I should've backed up against the tree while he crowded my personal space from the front. But let it be known that the tree was next to me. So when I backed (being the clumsy peanut I am), I tripped over clear ground and almost broke my ass.