BONDS • k. hatake

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I woke up snuggled up to Kakashi.

Now that our relationship was out, I could spend time with him without being secretive.

His arms wrapped around me as he slept soundly. The sun from the window shined in his face. I smiled as I ran my hand through his hair.

"Morning." He mumbled, hiding his face from the sun in the crook of my neck.

"Morning. You know what I've known for the longest time?" I said, he gave a small 'hmm?' To respond.

"That you are surprisingly very, very lazy for how fit you are." I said, he chuckled before hovering over me, his ANBU tattoo facing the sun.

"I don't think I lazy at all actually, at least.. I wasn't last night." He whispered against the skin of my neck, sending shivers down my spine. His lips placed soft kisses down my neck and his arms roaming down my waist and back.

"Kashi.. we have to get up.." I whispered out of breath. He hummed but didn't stop and I didn't do anything to stop him.

Small noises escaped from my lips as he found my sweet spot. I bit my lip, silencing myself.

"Don't." He whispered. "Let me hear those sweet noises you make." His hoarse and raspy voice raised goosebumps on my shoulders.

"I love you.." he whispered as his lips connected with my own.

"I know.. you show me every single day." I said between kisses.

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I'm a workaholic, everyone knows that so it's hard to find friends who understand that sometimes, me working is my relaxing time.

Though, I've been friends with Kairi and Aia for my whole life so they understood very well.

"I can't believe you actually managed to get the guy you've been crushing on since academy days." She giggled.

"Everyone thought it was weird that you were best friends with Itachi but had no feelings for him. I remember some girls plotting to kill you, it was serious." They laughed, I sipped my green tea.

"Well.. I wasn't much of a fangirl. I was one of those emo girls who hated everything." I laughed. "So glad that Sakura isn't like me."

They laughed along. It was fun, hanging out with my friends but they got called to a mission and had to leave , so I went home.

Well.. it was home.

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"What did I do to you? You've be ignoring me for months." I opened Sakura's door to her room. She continued ignoring me.

"What is wrong with you?!" I said, my patient getting incredibly thin.

"What's wrong with me?!" She finally snapped. "I have a problem! An incredibly huge problem!"

"What is it?!"

"YOU!" She said pointing at me. I was taken aback from her statement.

"What the hell did I do?!"

"Every single day it's about you! I walk around the village and people stop me to ask about you and how heroic you were saving the third hokage! When I train, people say "be like your sister!" "She so strong! You're like a mini Akiara!" I hate it! And at home! You're never here! Making mom and dad constantly worried about you and talk about you constantly and I CANT TAKE IT!" She glared.

She stormed out of her room, I followed behind her.

"So what? You're jealous?! You know I can't control how people talk!" I said, she walked downstairs.

"You just think you're so much better than me! Prodigy student of the fifth hokage, Head of Konoha Hospital at 16, a jounin at 15!"

"I don't think that?! Why in the world would you think that?!" she ignored me, continuing.

"Oh and on top of that! Everyone loves you, it's so annoying! I just want one person to like me and he doesn't, instead he talks to you! Coming to your room to talk!" She walked out the door, I followed her still fuming.

"Now this is about Sasuke?! Get a grip Sakura! You can't get everyone to love you!"

"And you can?!" She yelled facing me. People gathered around us, seeing what was happening. "Oh! Little miss perfect! So strong! So smart! But if you were that strong, why couldn't you protect Anika?? Why couldn't you stop you best friend from betraying the village?!" Ouch. That was a couple of stab wounds in the heart.

"Sakura Haruno!" My mother yelled scoldingly.

"You know I tried!" I said, my hands burning. I didn't even look at my hands. They just hurt. "You of all people know how long I blamed myself! You of all people know I tried!!"

"But it wasn't enough, was it?! Anika's still dead, Itachi is still a traitor!"

I got right up in her face, glaring at her. Tears fighting their way down.

"Don't speak about things you don't know about, Sakura." My eyes glared at her, glowing white.

"What don't I know?! That you're a failure? What good is a medical ninja if she can't save her own friends?" She scoffed. "Or her own pride?"

"Enough!" I screamed. She was pushed back, hitting the floor with a nasty cut and scratches.

"Akiara!" The jounin looked at me, surprised. My parents rushed to Sakura's side.

I looked my hands, they were covered in a white magic-like aura.

My eyes flickered to Kakashi, he looked.. afraid of me.

So did my parents, Naruto, everyone...

Tears streamed out of my eyes, I muffled my sobs with a hand over my mouth.

"Akiara, calm down. We're here to help you." Tsuna said, taking small steps towards me.

"N-no-!" I said walking backwards. "I'll hurt you!"

"You already did!" Sakura said, she clutched her side where blood was seeping out. "You're a monster!" That did it for me, I stumbled backwards before running. I don't know where I ran but I just did.

I ignored the screams of my name and the people following me. I ran, and I ran until I couldn't.

Until they stopped following me. Until they gave up on me, until they went back.