xvi.

"I love you with all my heart!"

"Don't leave! If you do, I'll scream—!"

"Sakura."

Stop.

"Thank you."

xvii.

Sasuke cursed as he nearly dropped the steaming kettle. He wiped down the spilled green tea with a rag and turned off the stove.

It was a well 2 months into his probation periode and Konoha was slowly getting used to the lone Uchiha. As a so called celebration for being a 'good boy', Naruto went and decided it was the best time to throw a Team 7 party at his house later that night.

The man contemplated running again.

But then again, she wouldn't like that.

Sasuke cursed again as the porcelain cup he was holding shattered on the floor.

xviii.

As of late, Lady Tsunade dozed off more than Shizune thought she could. The woman found around 20 bottles of sake that day, almost twice the usual amount.

It worried the brunette, so when Shizune confronted the busty woman about it, Lady Tsunade would laugh a laugh that didn't quite reach her eyes and say, "It feels like I've let another person dear to me go yet again." Then she'd laugh it off as a joke, asking the younger woman to take over paperwork for the time being.

Shizune didn't take any of that, but she played along, praying for the best.

xix.

Naruto unconsciously prepared an extra chair around the table. He counted the number of people in his team.

The teme, Kakashi-sensei, Yamato-taichou, Sai...

"Teme, our team has only guys in it."

Sasuke, who was lounging at the sofa, grumbled under his breath, "So?"

"So," Naruto pressed, "Why is it that Kiba and Shikamaru have a girl on their team?"

"Beacause you scared all of them away, dobe."

"ARE YOU PICKING A FIGHT WITH ME?!"

xx.

"Sakura-chan?"

The pinkette hummed in response.

"Do you want to meet them?"

tbc.

note1: Hello, hello! Did you miss me? I'm sorry this update took a while, I am busy preparing National Exams.

note2: The next update will (hopefully) contain long texts and will focus on Sasuke's and Sakura's point of view. In other words, the conflict will start there~!

note3 : BUT— The next chapter will take longer to update, I'm sorry! It's hectic here. See you then!