A/N: Hello there, (again) This had been on my computer for a while, and I decided to finally put it up. It's not really that long. Just a little drabble(ish) type thing. Oh well, I liked it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. I am very much female and terribly American.
You're Annoying
"You're annoying."
I would have done anything for those words to be different. Anything. I would have run 500 laps around the whole village. Even admit that Ino-pig was greater than me. I don't know why I didn't see it was an obsession, but it was. I'm a little ashamed of it now, but I was young.
"You're annoying."
When had it turned to love? When had it gone from a competition with Ino, to something that I followed without a thought of her? I was no longer obsessed with him. No, I was in love. To hear those words from his lips in the situation, there was no longer hurt that came; though it was there. It had turned to something that was no longer insulting; just nostalgic. And when he was behind me, my confession out in the open, I felt his warmth and no longer felt as if I was one-upping Ino. I felt the warmth straight into my heart and I knew, deep in my soul, that the warmth wouldn't stay. He would leave, and I couldn't so a thing.
"Naruto, you're annoying!"
"N-Naruto, bring him back, please bring Sasuke-kun back! I couldn't do it! You're… the only one… that can, Na-Naruto…"
"Sakura-chan, I'll bring Sasuke back! It's a promise of a lifetime!"
"I'm sorry, Sakura-chan. I… didn't bring him back… I promise that I'll bring him back next time! Just give me a little more time! I promise!"
When had I become so selfish? When had Naruto grown up? I knew the answers to those questions: we had always been like that; I had always been selfish and Naruto had always known more than I, with my "book smarts", could have imagined. Seeing the two boys, no, men now, in my team finally going their ways, growing up, walking their paths, and deciding what they were really going to do in their life, made me feel so young; like I was such a child. My love wasn't so important; my friends were. I would help Naruto, I would become stronger, and together we would try to restore the bonds that Sasuke had tried so hard to break.
"Sakura, you are nothing to me. You, and everyone else, mean nothing to me. I broke the ties I had to that village the day I left. I only care for one thing, and it is not you."
As he stood there, my love, telling me that I, we, meant nothing to him, I did not let my heart break. No, not that time. He would not stand there and act as if we hadn't spent that time together, as if we hadn't saved each other's lives. I would not stand for that blatant lie!
My fist connected with his jaw, hearing a crack. I could see Sasuke's wide eyes look at me in shock. Feeling more powerful than I had my whole life, I let out two simple words that I knew he would not find an insult; just nostalgic words.
"You're annoying."
A/N: Yeah, I know that the words that Naruto and Sakura said are not the exact words that said, but you get the drift, right? The last part about when Sasuke and Sakura were talking hasn't happened yet. (and I don't think it will happen) but I just had an idea of what would happen if this happened when they met up again. I liked it. :D
Hope you enjoy it!
andhearts!