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Prologue
It's been almost five years since the youngest Uchiha left the village of Konohagakure and still he hasn't come home. Others already gave up the dream of the young Uchiha to come back; almost all of them for that matter gave up; except for her.
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Day in and day out she visits the bench where he left her unconscious. It was always like this; she'd wait at least an hour in the morning and another hour in the evening. Though it brings back painful memories she never gave up, she never gave up the dream of seeing the one she loves deeply coming back from the gates.
Her friends were worried for her; she was still waiting for him after all these years. Naruto felt bad for not being able to fulfill the life time promise he made to the pink haired girl. He clenched both his fists; he felt weak and most of all he felt bad. He felt bad for not being able to keep his promise; it hurt him to realize the fact that his best friend/rival won't come back.
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Another day passed and still the pink haired girl came into the view of the bench. She sat down reminiscing as the wind caressed her porcelain face. She sighed, "Another day of waiting," she whispered to herself.
A few minutes passed and she heard footsteps coming. She lifted her head up only to be greeted by a hyperactive blonde clad in orange. She smiled, "Ohayo Naruto," she greeted when the said boy sat down next to her.
The blonde boy grinned, "Ohayo Sakura-chan!" he exclaimed. The said girl can't help but smile, "How's training going with Jiraiya-san?" she asked. Naruto scowled crossing his arms which made the girl giggle, "Ero-sennin said that my training is postponed, again," he said. Sakura nodded understandingly, "He said something about doing 'research'," Naruto added which caused the pink haired girl to twitch at the word 'research' "Pervert," the two said in unison.
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Sakura shook her head and so did Naruto, "How's your training with Tsunade-baa-chan?" Naruto asked. Sakura sighed, "Tsunade-shishou is too busy with papers to train me personally," Sakura replied. Naruto nodded, "That or she just keeps drinking too much sake and gets too much hangovers," Naruto said which earned a hit on the head courtesy of Sakura.
"Ow! Sakura-chan, what was that for?!" Naruto whined. Sakura's right eye twitched, "That was for calling Tsunade-shishou an 'old lady' and for the sake thing," she said. The blonde boy muttered an apology before rubbing his aching head.
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"Mou, Sakura-chan you should watch your strength," Naruto said still rubbing his aching head. Sakura rolled her eyes at Naruto's childishness, "Well maybe if you keep your mouth shut you won't get hurt," Sakura said.
Silence ensued. Neither of them talked; they enjoyed it until Naruto broke the silence.
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"You know he's not coming back," Naruto suddenly said looking at the pink haired girl from the corner of his eye. Sakura hung her head low, letting her bangs cover her eyes as she nodded slowly. Naruto sighed.
"So why wait?" the blonde boy asked. He heard the girl beside him sigh so he closed his eyes waiting for her response. Sakura took in a deep breath, "Because," she started, "B-because I-I l-love him," she stuttered. "Sakura," Naruto said in a low voice.
Sakura gulped, "I-I don't know okay? I just want to; I can't help it," Sakura said tears silently falling. Naruto sensed this and sighed. "Sakura, you can't keep waiting for him forever," Naruto pointed out patting the girl's back comfortingly. She sniffed.
"I-I know," she managed to say while wiping the tears away with her back part of her hand. "But I can't stop waiting for him; just can't," she said as she started to well up again. Naruto rubbed the pink haired girl's back soothingly.
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"Shh, I know but you have to stop," Naruto cooed. Sakura hiccupped and nodded. "At least try to forget about him," Naruto said, "Move on Sakura-chan; move on," he said.
Sakura nodded and cried on Naruto's shoulder; vowing herself that from this day on she stops crying and will stop waiting for the long awaited arrival of a certain Uchiha. She's moving on, to a new and better life.
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