Bring her back

Chapter 13

"Where are we going Naruto? We've been walking for the last half an hour!" Questioned a blindfolded Sakura her teammate.

"We're almost there, relax" Naruto calmed her as he was leading her by her shoulders.

It was a Wednesday at noon, 3 days have passed since she told Kakashi everything. To her surprise, she felt relieved instead of panicked. She felt like finally, all this nightmare will be over and everything will get back to the way it was. She decided that, as soon as Ren gets back, she will confront him and break up with him, even if she'll be paralyzed by fear. Her teammates are there for her, to help her if she needs it, so everything should be fine. At least she tried to convince herself of that.

"Okay, we're here." Naruto told her as he unfolded her eyes slowly.

The first thing she saw was their old training field with the three logs on the ground. Then she looked down. They were standing under the shadows of a big cherry tree that was blossoming, there was a plaid spread on the ground with baskets of food on it.

"Happy birthday Sakura!" Kakashi told her as he and Sasuke walked next to her. Kakashi was holding a sponge cake with 20 candles in it and Sasuke a bouquet of Kiku flowers.

"Wish something, then blow the candles Sakura-chan!" Naruto said with an ear to ear smile on his face.

Sakura was deeply touched by them being that caring and kind towards her, so a tiny teardrop escaped her eyes and slid down her cheeks. She quickly wiped it down with her palms and laughed in joy.

"Thank you, guys! I love you so much" she sobbed with a smile and turned towards the cake. She wondered for a few seconds thoughtfully about her wish, then smiled widely and blew out the candles.

"That's from the three of us as well" Sasuke handed her the bouquet.

"You knew my favourite flower?!" She looked amazed at the Kiku as she took it from him.

"You mentioned it once on a mission. When you saw them on a field." Sasuke scratched the back of his head.

"T...thank you" she smiled astonished and hide her face in the flowers to smell them.

"We remembered that too!" Naruto pointed at the picnic proudly.

"How?! I don't even remember telling you" she laughed.

"Well, you certainly did Sakura-chan! And we wanted to organize your dream birthday for you!" Naruto smiled widely.

"I don't even know what to say. Words can't express what I'm feeling right now...Thank you guys again very much!" She said joyfully and opened up her arms to hug them. The guys looked awkwardly at each other, then at Sakura when they realized that she wanted to hug them at the same time. But they gave in to make her happy and walked up to her.

"Aren't you a little small for this?" Kakashi asked her. 3 grown, muscular, tall men were standing there pushed to each other by a small woman, who desperately tried to hug them but her arms were too short. The boys were touching each other more as she pressed them than they were touching Sakura. Who they were supposed to.

"Okay, that was amazing, but it's enough for now" Kakashi told them. Naruto and Sasuke sighed in relief and Sakura were a little disappointed that she couldn't give them a proper hug.

"Let's eat!" Naruto said and sat down on the plaid. Sakura sat down in front of him then Sasuke quickly sat down next to her. To Kakashi's surprise, because he wanted to sit next to Sakura, but this way he had to sit next to Naruto.

"We brought your favourites too besides ramen, syrup-coated anko dumplings and umeboshi!" Naruto said proudly as he started to unpack the baskets.

"Thank you!" She said amazed.