You had go kill him. The angst and heat break are so real and well written! I loved every moment of this fic, especially Sakura and Neji interacting as a couple. Neji is adorably flustered about affection and Sakura loves to tease him. I hate that he never got to see Hizashi grow up or sputter over Shizuka's first kiss but the ending was perfectly bittersweet. Sakura endures and I think that's her true strength.

Beautiful story! It made me tear up.

This story is amazing and you've made me fall in love with the pairing.

ah this hurted, but I enjoyed it so MUCCH AHHH WHY DID NEJI HAVE TO DIE THO

Bravo!

Your story was so beautiful and sad at the same time! I love it!

i actually cried reading this, you heartless monster. (no HAHAHA im just kidding!) but this hurt me so much, it was so good. i never even considered the possibility of NejiSaku and i've been so blessed.

This made me cry so hard and several times. You truly have a gift for writing! I hope you continue to find joy in writing. Thanks for sharing this story!

This was amazing!

This story is honestly so beautiful that I keep coming back to it years later. Thank you so much for writing this!

This is so painfully beautiful, I really love the pairing and I’m with you 100% when you say they would happen slowly at first but beautifully nevertheless! Thank you for this beautiful work!

Okay, okay okay okay okay

I am not at all, ever in my life joking, when I say I cried three times reading this fic. I cried when Sakura told Tsunade to save Hizashi, I cried when Sakura realized that Neji’s deal was gone, and I cried after when Sakura had to face the world and her family alone.

This story was so touching and beautiful. Full of moments that made me laugh and cry, but I felt everything in between: Sakura’s insecurity, Neji’s longing, and the villages frustration and joy over their relationship.

And I am so shocked by it. I am so startled. I am so in absolute love with this story because of how you gave the characters such touching stories, subplots, and arguable epilogues. Their dialogue and actions felt in character and justified in your universe, and so bone-deep and poetically right. Every character felt present to me and your writing style was so beautiful.

Sakura’s moment when she had to watch Shizuka get her curse mark? I wanted to cry but held it. Neji admitting that he wanted kids. Sakura deciding to stay with him. Sakura wanting to die. Their break up. Neji’s first confession—

I thought I was going to read a cute but angsty one shot about an old pairing I had lodged in the back of my brain, but you—you wonderful, terrible author you—served up an entire buffet of emotions that made me miss dinner. I only saw the snippet of Naruto talking to Shizuka on tumblr and I thought—alright, and now I am emotionally compromised and beyond touched by how beautiful this fic is.

And you wrote this whole thing because of the description of Neji’s EYES!? I adore that. Keep up the good work.

Why am I crying in the club right now? 10/10, would cry again.

This was a beautiful story - loved the snippets that showcase how their relationship progressed. Very organic and very heartbreaking.

This was a lovely story - emotional, with a lot of depth and breadth to it. The sad parts were as touching as the happy parts, honestly. Your characterization was really interesting, and your writing was a treat.