I need you by my side

chapter 1: after the war

It has been 2 months since the war to kill madara uchiha and to stop his plan "Tsuki no me" ended. Everything was perfect.
Except it was perfect for everyone except sakura haruno.
Why wouldn't sakura be happy?
She got what she wanted.
Saskue's back in the village.
Yes naruto couldn't make him fall in love with her.
So sakura still gets those mean comments like.
"I don't like you your annoying."
Or "go bother someone else."
And "why are you so abscessed with me?!"
Those things made the pinkette upset.
Is this why things weren't perfect for her? Because of saskue being a ignorant ass towards the pinkette?
Or Is it because naruto keeps ignoring her.
Or maybe its because She didn't think she was ever going to find peace and love.
All she could find was unacceptance...
She felt.... Like she was nothing....
Nothing to Naruto, nor saskue...
Even the others ignored her... Including her best friend ino.
I mean they didn't exactly ignore her they just thought up of excuses to leave the conversation the pinkette trys starting.
She guessed maybe they ignored or excused themselves because they had a family to be with.
She decided to just keep her head up and focus on what's important. Like working in the hospital to get the money she needs to pay her apartments bills and pay for the groceries.
She thought overtime her freinds would talk to her again.
Overtime... Overtime.... overtime.....

~2 more months later~

It was now 4 months since the war ended.
Things started to get better for the pinkette.
Yeah, her freinds still weren't talking to her, actually it was worse, now she got nothing at all.
It's like they don't see that she's there.
It's like she's invisible to them.
She didn't think about that though.
She kept focusing on work.
Making people feel better made the pinkette smile.
She felt good in the career she chose.
She's glad shes following in lady tsunade's foot steps.

Finally it was 6:00pm. The pinkette started her walk home when she stopped to try to talk to her blonde teammate.
"Hey Naruto-kun..."
"How are you and hinata doing...?"
The pinkette said trying to start a conversation with naruto.
"............" Was all naruto said as he stopped walking.
"Why The Hell Will None Of My Freind's Talk To Me!!!"
"JUST TALK TO ME!!"
"Please... Just talk to me...."
"I just want you to talk to.....me...."
Sakura collapsed to her knees in tears.
"Naruto-kun.... Please..please... Stop ignoring me... What's the problem to where you can talk to me... Even if it's just for a little while..." "You know, you can talk to me..."
Naruto turned around to see his pink haired teammate in tears.
Her tears felt like a stab in the heart towards naruto.
Naruto hates it when sakura cry's.
It makes him feel bad.
It's worse When she cry's because he hurts her, he feels like a terd...
Right now She was crying because of him...
He was the one who made her cry...
She shouldn't be suffering because of him.
Naruto walked towards his teammate. he knelt down.
"C'mon sakura-chan... I didn't mean to make you upset..." "It's just... I'm trying to move on with you... I'm trying to start a new life with hinata..." "And I thought if I talked to you my feelings would get in the way..."
"I know it sounds stupid and silly."
Sakura buried her face on her teammates chest.
"I'm really sorry... Sakura-chan..."
"I hope you can forgive me."
Naruto hugged his teammate as tightly as he could.
"How's about I walk you home..."
Naruto said looking down at her.
He wiped her tears as he walked sakura home.

It was 9:35pm when naruto and sakura arrived at her apartment.
The blonde walked sakura up the stairs.
"Bye naruto-kun... Thanks..."
"Thanks?"
"For what?"
The blonde asked scratching his head.
"For talking to me."
"Hey don't be thanking me..."
"I wouldn't be surprised if you hated me forever."
"I was being kinda of a dick ignoring you."
The blonde replied.
"Well at least you admitted it..."
"Ok then bye." The blonde said.
"Oh wait... Did she call me kun?"
"Never mind..."
The blonde walked down the stairs and towards hinata's apartment.

The next day sakura woke up to the sound of her alarm clock.
She decided to just get up and get dressed.
It was a cold December morning.
And it was Saturday.
After the pinkette got dressed she sat down at her dining room table.
She made rice balls. Shortly after she ate she heard a knock at her door.
"Im coming!"
She yelled walking towards her front door.
When she opened it there they were.
Shikamaru, choji, Tenten, ino, hinata, Shino, Kiba, lee, and of course, Naruto.
"SAKURA!" they yelled.
"Were so sorry!" They all said together.
"Uh...it's ok... I guess..."
The pinkette felt awkward.
"Um... We'll um.... Go... Now.."
They said feeling as awkward as sakura did maybe a little more.
"Why are we leaving?"
"Because we didn't plan that far ahead."
Her freinds walked away.
The pinkette shut her door and walked back to her dinning room table.
Life was perfect now.
The only thing that was missing was the man for her.

Things felt smoother for sakura as she could focus more on work. And if she needed any help she knew she could ask one of her freinds like Naruto or ino.
Sakura stopped chasing after saskues ignorant ass.
She still felt alone though. Sakura didn't think she could find love.
So she decided to do what she liked.
Help the sick.
That was all she wanted to do..
Life was now perfect for sakura.
And tommorow is Christmas Eve once again.