Disclaimer: I Don't Own Naruto. I Also Don't Own the Song

Song: "Happy Go Lucky" by Steps

Key: "Talking"

'Thinking'

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"lyrics from the song"

"And they call me "Happy-Go-Lucky"

They don't know that I'm dieing inside

Smiles are frowns turned upside down

I do my 'happy-go-lucky' so well

I'm even fooling myself"

-Steps

"Sakura-chan!" a young girl with vibrant pink hair pulled back in a loose bun and bright emerald green eyes turned around to face the caller. "Sakura-c-chan" said a panting blond haired teen. He was leaning on his knees to support himself while he tried to catch his breath. Then, he saw a cool water bottle held next to his face. The blond blinked a couple of times trying to register what was happening. It was Sakura, and as usual, she had a friendly smile on her face.

"Naruto-no-baka, you really shouldn't be running and yelling at the same time, you get more exhausted doing that. I told you that all you needed to do was call me on my phone or IM me instead of running around." she looked at him and frowned slightly, "Great, now your all a sweaty and tired too." Naruto just gave her a cheesy smile and accepted the beverage drinking all the water inside. "Whoa. Slow down Naruto, or your going to choke." At that second, Naruto started coughing. Sakura sighed lightly and patted him on the back. "There." she said once Naruto finished drinking. "Now, is there something that you want to tell me?"

Naruto looked a little nervous at her. 'How the hell am I suppose to tell her?' he thought drearily. He was trying to think of a quick plan, but everyone who knew him knew that Uzumaki Naruto was definitely not someone you should rely on too much to think of a plan and call it successful-- though he did have some bright plans he did think of. Unfortunately, luck was not on his side. All he could think about at that moment was the smile on his Sakura-chan's face and how it would look like once he told her the news. Kami! He hated being the barrier of bad news, he likes telling people good news not bad. 'Damn Teme!! This is all his fault. He should be telling Sakura-chan not me!! Him and that slut Inoue Yuzu! Doesn't he know that Sakura is in l-'

"Naruto-no-baka…" Sakura was waving a hand in his face trying to get his attention. Naruto jerked suddenly at the unexpected movement that brought his attention back.

"N-Nani?"

Sakura giggled at this. "You know, your starting to sound a lot like Hinata-chan… that's so…KAWAII!!" starry eyes as she imagined the two in a wedding setting.

Naruto sweat dropped at this. Sometimes, his best friend can be so… weird. But he quickly went back to the task at hand. Mission: Tell Sakura about Sasuke-teme. He cleared his throat and the said, "Did you… I mean… It's about Sasuke… Has Sasuke--"

Sakura lifted her hand to tell Naruto so slow down. "Naruto, sorry but your not making much sense." Sakura was still smiling making Naruto even more nervous.

What Naruto didn't catch though was the flash of sadness and hurt that appeared on Sakura's face as she heard His name. But as quickly as appeared on her face, it disappeared just as fast hidden with a cheerful smile. She had a clear idea where this conversation was going to lead up to.

'You're a little too late to be telling this to me Naruto.' Sakura thought softly in her head. 'I'm sorry but I already know.'

"Um, well, Sakura-chan, there no real way of saying this to make it easy, but… Sasuke, he has a girlfriend now." There he said it, and now he was on a verge of a total break down. He hated telling Sakura bad news, because that meant that he had to see her cry - even though it was rare for her to do so - and he hated seeing her cry. In fact all of her friends do. It was so depressing and sad to see. He was waiting for it. But instead of the whole "how could he do this to me! I thought that he knew that I loved him" speech and then the tears, he got a semi-surprised look and a smiling face from her. No crying, no yelling, just an innocent smile. But what really got him was what she said right afterwards.

"Oh, I see, so they decided to finally come out and tell everyone about it huh?" she said happily.

"WHAT!?!? You-You knew about it this whole time?!!" Naruto exclaimed! 'What the Fuck!?! How can she just stand there and not do anything. Wait, why isn't she doing anything?' "H-How did you-"

"How did I know?" Sakura tilted her head to the side, "Really Naruto," she took this and shook her head side to side, "How wouldn't I know? After all I am his best female friend." Naruto just gave her a stare that simply said I-don't-believe-you-so-you-better-start-telling-me-the-truth. Sakura just laughed lightly and then sighed when Naruto didn't let the topic go. "They've been going out for quite some time now. My guess, probably about three months or so." Sakura gazing at something else other than Naruto. "The only reason I would know was that I noticed it a while ago." she twirled her loose hair around her fingers. "That, and I caught them kissing a few times. Like the time after a game. They would go to a secluded area and start making out." Naruto gave her a horrified look. "Yeah, I happened to be passing by that area and didn't notice it was them until I heard moaning names," she winkled her nose at this. "The were so into each other they didn't even notice I was there. " she looked back at Naruto and laughed, "It felt so weird walking in on them. So I just slipped out and went to go hang out with the rest of the crew." she smiled. "What's the big deal? Is that all you wanted to tell me?"

Naruto nodded his head. He was still in kind of shock at the small tale that Sakura was telling. 'She knew and she wouldn't tell?!? She knew and she's still smiling?! She knew and she's just been ignoring it?!? What the hell ?! I thought she told me that she loved Sasuke!?! Now she's just gonna let it pass!!' Yup, Naruto didn't know how to react to any of this. Like right now, he didn't know whether to yell at Sakura for not telling him about Sasuke or to pity her that she had to carry the burden of knowing. Or the fact that he wanted to go a beat some sense into Sasuke for not realizing that Sakura actually liked-liked him.

Sakura just kept smiling as she looked at Naruto. "Naruto, can you do me a favor?" Naruto looked at her and nodded a yes. "Can you- can you and the other please forget what I said a while ago about how I felt about Sasuke." Naruto looked shocked. She looked at him straight in the eye. "Please? I know that it's asking much but-"

Naruto didn't let her finish when he answered "No, I'll tell the other's don't worry." he paused "It's not asking much Sakura-chan. You've never ask for much." Sakura smiled brightly at him then hugged the blond teen.

"Thank you." she let him go then looked at her cell phone time. "Well I had better go. I have work today. I don't want to be late and all." Sakura turned around and started walking away. But before she got too far Naruto called her back. "What is it?"

"Sakura-chan… are you really okay with this?" he asked worriedly.

"Of course I'm fine with it. I'm happy that he finally found someone who would make him happy." she paused then looked at him with a smile and with a joking voice she said, "What is he, five? He doesn't need me telling him what to do. And besides he is a big boy now." Sakura smiled at this. Then she looked at her cell phone once more then back up at him. She had on a mischievous smile on her face. "Hey Naruto," she tilted her head playfully, "aren't you suppose to me meeting someone at a certain restaurant?"

Naruto took out his own cell then his eyes widened in panic. "Wholly crap! I have to go meet Hinata-chan it noodle stand! I'm gonna be late." he started to dash to his desired spot. But before he got too faraway he turned around and yelled back to Sakura, "See you later Sakura-chan!"

Sakura looked at his retreating figure smiling lightly at his antics. But once far enough from everyone she dropped her smile. All the signs of a happy-go-lucky Sakura were gone. Now there stood in her place, an uncaring pink haired teen. 'Why should I care? He doesn't need me anyway.' she thought to herself. She unconsciously tightened her grip on the bag that she was carrying.

Younglove: Soo-Yeah... this is my second attempt to making a story. Was it any good, any bad? Do you think it should be thrown away? I'm open to some suggestions. (pulls out a pen and notebook) Oh yeah, Don't forget to review!!! I love reviews! makes me happy to see them, then i know that people are actually reading my story.

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Preveiw for chapter two:

"I hate her! I hope I never see her ugly face ever again!" he exclaimed. Little did he know, that the said person was standing quietly outside the closed door listening to the whole conversation. One of her fists were gripping her backpack strap hard while the other was at her side bleeding from the fresh self-inflicted nail cut. Then, without realizing it, she opened the door shocking everyone in it.

She glared at everyone in the room. "Are you done talking about me?" she asked coolly, her voice as sharp as a freshly sharpned knife.

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