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Naruto wants to watch the stars, even though it's ten o'clock at night and they are meant to be asleep. They like sleep however, and attempt to turn him down, bitterly. He is persistent though, and the others are suspiciously easy to convince for people who—apparently—would rather not. They sneak out beneath Sakura's mother's nose, and without enough time to gather their shoes from the porch.

The path to the hill, where the stars are always the brightest, is riddled with sticks, stones and potholes. Sasuke and Naruto make a bet over who can stumble the least while running the whole way. Sakura is tired and worn out from a hard day of energy draining medical training, but runs with them just so she doesn't fall behind.

She stumbles, she falls and a particularly sharp rock cuts the side of her foot.

"'M sorry," Naruto mutters, sitting sadly on the path beside Sakura, and she bites her lip. She is unable to heal it—far too tired, far too drained. The wound bleeds onto the path, and she berates Naruto for not letting them take two minutes to sneak back for their shoes before leaving.

Sasuke sighs, "Here," and leans down to offer her a piggyback. She blushes and accepts.

"Can we still go and see the stars?" Naruto asks quietly to no one in particular, too scared to speak up in case his question causes Sakura to yell at him for being stupid and inconsiderate, as his questions usually did.

The other shrugs, and looks back to Sakura, hoisting herself onto his back, for an answer. Naruto remains seated on the floor, as Sakura presses her chins into Sasuke's shoulder, while he attempts to not mutter, "God, so heavy."

"If Sasuke if willing to carry me there and back, sure," she nearly purrs, sweetly into his ear.

Naruto smiles hopefully up to Sasuke,who just glares back. Ultimately, he gives in, and puts up with Sakura nuzzling onto his shoulder the entire way to the hill, biting his tongue, just to make sure nothing potentially offensive—"Goddamnit Sakura!!"

He forces Naruto to carry her back, to both his and Sakura's dismal.

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NOTES:

1. HI OTP HOW ARE YOU?

2. SAKURA HAS MUSCLE OKAY? SHE'S A GODDAMN NINJA. MUSCLE = HEAVY, RIGHT? ILU, SAKURA, BB, SASUKE'S AN ASS.

3. I've been staring at this for a few... months maybe, I don't know. Boring little fic, I don't care. I need to just get rid of it.