Sasuke & Sakura Uchiha

Kiba: let’s play truth or truth

Lee: YESSS I LOVE THIS ALREADY

Tenten: calm down jeeeez

Sai: this sounds interesting but I only lied once in my life

Naruto: what do you mean just once ???

Sasuke: even I lie from time to time

Shikamaru: does it involve Ino ?

Sai: No, Sakura

Naruto & Sasuke:…

Everyone: huuuhh?

Suigetsu: god I am new to this group and even I am intrigued

Naruto: TELL US NOW

Sai: is it my turn first?

Everyone: JUST TELL!!!

Sai: okay so you know how I keep calling her ugly ? Well that’s a lie I started becaouse she was rude to me. In reality I find her beauty to be utterly exquisite and I secretly keep drawing her in my sketchbook whenever she’s around. She is like the muse of my art. But of course I will never tell her that.

Everyone:……………

Shikamaru: what a drag…Ino won’t like this at all

Sasuke: just sex

Naruto(embarrassed): w..what ? Why don’t you officially date ?

Sasuke: it’s too complicated right now

Naruto: and you’re fine with it being casual

Sasuke: why wouldn’t I be ? We don’t talk about emotions but still have fun

Naruto(an eyebrow high, grinning): oh so then tell me… with how many guys is she sleeping with ?

Sasuke(eyes wide,deathstare): what the hell are you saying ?

Naruto(grinning wider): well you said casual which means she is a single woman meaning nothing is official so technically she can have fun with more than one person

Sasuke(stands up, rushing to Sakuras house looking like he could murder someone):

Kakashi(grinning subtly): oh Naruto, you didn’t have to tease him like that… we both know they re only seeing each other

Naruto(laughing): well obviously but I wanted to see him squirm

Kakshi(back to reading his book): oh young love.. I hope Sakura plays along and teases him

Naruto(excited): we‘ll probably hear him explode from here

-on the other side of the village: „BOOOOOM“ explosion-

Naruto(closing his eyes in victory):Yup there it is

Naruto(angry): how could you? Tell me you love me? Deceive me? Trying to kill Sasuke? I don’t recognize you anymore

Sakura(guilty): Naruto… I..I‘m

Naruto: No, don’t Naruto me… not this time…

Sakura(starts crying): I didn’t meant it like that

Naruto(confused): you make no sense

Sakura: All I ever wanted was to take the burden off of you… Sasuke is my responsibility too… and I don’t want you to die trying alone

Naruto(shaking his head):This is between me and him. I’m the only one who can bring him back and understands him. Stay out of it !

Sakura(shocked): You’re suggesting to watch both of you die?

Naruto(serious): You make everything more complicated. I can’t fully trust you anymore after this

Sakura(getting closer): ? I know you think I deceived you but Naruto I truly love you… and him. I can’t just be a bystander

Naruto (voice low, strained): Loving us doesn’t give you the right to decide our fate

Sakura (tears falling): I’m not deciding it… I’m trying to share it. I’m tired of watching the two people I love most walk toward death like it’s a promise you have to keep. And the worst part is that you keep saying it’s inevitable like you’re so content with this idea!

Naruto(screaming for the first time at Sakura): That’s exactly why you should step back! It’s a promise I made to you and myself. You hesitated. You lied. You hurt me and yourself and god knows what would’ve happened if Sasuke’s blood got on your hands! believe me, you can’t handle such a burden Sakura!

Sakura (flinches): I know. I see it every time I close my eyes. But if I hadn’t tried… if I had just stayed behind like you told me to… I would’ve hated myself even more if I let you carry the burden all by yourself

Naruto (clenching his fists): You think I don’t hate myself already for failing you and him this whole time ? Every step he takes away from us feels like another failure carved into my chest. But it’s my burden. I chose it for you and me; so there’s no need to hate yourself. But now you just added more trauma to the plate. Or am I wrong ?

Sakura: what do you mean ?

Naruto(also getting closer, looking Sakura straight in her eyes): How does it feel to close your eyes and remember how your lover tried to kill you, murder you in cold blood several times? Was it worth a try to carry my burden and „spare me“?

Sakura(eyes wide, speechless for a few seconds): …..you just… don’t think you deserve help that’s why you’re saying all this to me

Naruto (laughs bitterly): hmpf… keep telling yourself that, you know the truth. You chose to poison me with hope you didn’t mean and can’t handle.

Sakura (getting closer, touching his chest): I meant it more than anything. I just… couldn’t do it. My love for him made me fail. The fear of losing him forever took over. But believe me Naruto, I went to these lengths, acted out of my character not just for him to end his misery but for you too!! I love you so much I can’t bear to see you crush your dream of becoming Hokage!

Naruto(pushing her off slightly): please…stop saying it like that. You looked at me and decided I needed protecting. You decided my promise was something that could be sacrificed if it meant less blood on your hands, one kill only. And maybe anyone else would’ve thanked you for that… but not me.

Sakura(sounding desperate): do you really think I wanted any blood on my hands or yours or his ?? No!! I never wanted this! But yes I’m selfish enough to protect you becaouse I don’t want to lose you ! I am scared Naruto, why won’t you understand?

Naruto(walking from side to side getting impatient): … I know fear. I live with it. I wake up every day knowing the road I chose might kill me. But that’s the price of my promise. If I flinch, if I let someone else carry it because I’m afraid of losing my dream or my life, then becoming Hokage doesn’t mean anything.

Sakura(whispering): you act like you don’t hear me saying I love you and I can’t lose you…

Naruto(standing right in front of her): You say you love me. I believe you do. But love isn’t taking the choice away from me. It isn’t deciding I’d be better off ignorant or spared. Loving me means standing there, even when you’re terrified, and letting me walk forward knowing exactly what it could cost.I don’t hate you for failing. I hate that you thought I needed you to succeed for me. For my own protection.

Sakura(touching his cheek): why…. why is it so hard to let me in? I respect your choice but is it so hard to let me be a part of it and help ?

Naruto (eyes softening despite himself, leaning into her touch for just a second before stopping): You don’t understand how heavy you are to me, Sakura. If you walk beside me and get hurt because of my choice, I won’t be able to keep going. I’ll hesitate. I’ll look back. And the second I do that, Sasuke is gone forever.

Sakura(pulling away): so you’re afraid that becaouse of me you won’t be able to save Sasuke ?

Naruto(widening the distance): aren’t you the one who loves him most ?

Sakura(overwhelmed): w..what do you mean ?

Naruto(taking a slow breath, heart aching): When I look at you, I see someone whose heart has been tied to his since we were kids. And every time you smile a little less, every time you pretend you’re fine, I know why. I know exactly the source of your pain. It comes from loving him too deeply, other people might even call it toxic love.

Sakura:…I don’t understand

Naruto: what I’m trying to say is…a big part of why I’m doing this is because of you. Because I want you to laugh the way you used to. I want to see you happy again. Your sadness isn’t loud, it’s quiet and terrifying. I see it in the way your eyes hesitate before they meet mine, like they’re holding a secret pain you don’t want to give anyone permission to touch; so petrified someone would use it against you and you would completely shatter….

Sakura(voice steady although shivering): You think I don’t know that? You think I don’t feel it rotting inside me every single day? Yes…my love for him became something toxic. But you know what hurts more than admitting that?

Naruto(staring into her soul, not even blinking):…

Sakura(gettin really close to his face, tears running down her cheeks): Realizing that while I was drowning in that toxic love… you were quietly becoming my anchor. You were there every time I fell apart. Every time I pretended I was fine. Every time I smiled so no one would ask questions. You never demanded my heart, never blamed me for where it was… you just stayed. You grew beside me. You believed in me when I couldn’t even recognize myself anymore. And somewhere along the way—without me noticing—you stopped being the boy who chased me… and became the man I trusted with my life.

Naruto(wiping away her tears): Sakura…

Sakura: I don’t understand why I still love him after everything… after he made me feel so small and irrelevant… when you created so much space for me. For my anger. For my guilt. For my silence. For my pain. When I’m scared it’s your voice I keep hearing.. the endless support you give me, I just want to give back… so please I beg you let me help you bring him back !

Naruto(pressing his forehead to hers): how come I am hearing everything I wished to hear from you, yet this won’t change what comes next… If I let you fight beside me now, it won’t be about saving Sasuke anymore. It’ll be about protecting you. Every move I make, every choice, I’ll be measuring it against the look on your face, against the fear in your voice. I’ll hesitate. I’ll soften. And Sasuke doesn’t need softness right now—he needs someone who can face him without looking away. This is something that started long before you or I understood what love was. It’s a promise between two idiots who grew up alone and decided, in different ways, to survive by refusing to let go.

Sakura(slightly straightening her head, their faces closer than ever): please… I implore you…

Naruto(sighting): don’t beg me…please

Sakura (sobbing): That’s cruel… you know that’s cruel.

Naruto: I rather be cruel to you…I won’t turn your love into leverage. I won’t let your pain be the reason I hesitate or the reason I fail. This is between me and him, and it has to stay that way.

Sakura(whispering softly): but my pain is also the reason you’re doing all this ?! It’s so paradoxical!!

Naruto: I know. But Sasuke‘s anger is too dangerous to play around. He’s not acting out—he’s convinced himself that hate is clarity. Every move he makes is precise, deliberate, meant to cut away anything that reminds him he was ever human. If I face him and hesitate, even for a second, he won’t stop. He’ll destroy everything in front of him… including himself. I need to be ready to hit him. Hard. Not out of anger, but to wake him up. To reach him in the only language he’ll listen to right now.If you’re there, I’ll hold back. I’ll worry about you. And that’s how I lose him.This isn’t something I can share. I have to stand in front of his darkness alone—and not flinch.

Sakura (grabbing his face,lips so close to his but stops herself): Naruto… I’m so deeply sorry

Naruto(putting some distance): I can’t give you what both of us want Sakura. And I don’t want your apology. I want you to stop believing that loving deeply makes you guilty. It doesn’t. On the contrary it makes you so vulnerable and beautifully strong!

Sakura(gives him a small push and a smile appears on her face full of tears): I didn’t want you to kiss me.. you idiot

Naruto(grinning widely): yeah yeah… tell yourself that. And back to the topic… someone’s gotta knock some sense into that annoying idiot. You know Sasuke gets one tragic backstory upgrade and suddenly he’s allergic to sunlight and good decisions.

Sakura(giggling): Go punch him for me, okay? Really ,really hard. If he starts monologuing about hatred or destiny, just hit him again. And please tell him that punch was from me. Even though I’ll punch him when he gets home.

Naruto(smiles warmly): I promise you will get the chance to punch him endlessly and I’ll be you’re front row spectator

Sakura(giving pinky promise): okay. Deal.

Naruto(touching her face softly): Hey…and no matter how dark things get out there, remember this—you were never a burden, and you were never alone. You gave me something worth coming back to long before you ever realized it. So hold onto that smile for me, okay? I’ll find my way back to it and Sasuke will find his way back to you too! I promise on my life!

Sakura: okay… I will stay out of it… we’re such idiots… I can’t believe it

Naruto(letting out a small, familiar laugh, rubbing the back of his neck): Classic team 7. of course we‘re idiots. Honestly… if anyone else tried this, they’d be dead already. We’re the only ones stupid enough to survive it—and somehow, that’s our superpower.

Sasuke (deadpan): do I look like the type to have a girlfriend?

Jugo: You look like the type to own a girlfriend

Suigetsu (snorts): Owning a girlfriend? That’s… scary. Imagine her running for cover every time he frowns.

Karin (clearly lying): not that anyone would want to be owned by you 

Sasuke (cooly): I don’t own anyone. I just avoid…distractions

Suigetsu: sounds like someone got your attention; and no Karin no one thinks it’s you

Karin (smashing his face): SHUT UP! You don’t understand my relationship with Sasuke

Jugo: what relationship?

Suigetsu (bursting into laughter): EXACTLY

Sasuke (deeply frowning): you’re all idiots

Jugo: and you’re suppressing your emotions

Suigetsu: Admit it ! You have a mystery girl crush and deep inside you’re losing your mind!

Karin: she already seems like a distraction so better to forget her.. right Sasuke?

Sasuke (clearly annoyed): what’s in the past is in the past! I don’t like distractions so stop asking questions or I’ll fight you !

-walking away angry-

Suigetsu (elbowing Jugo): man she must be something becaouse the way he reacts

Jugo: definitively more than a crush

Karin: he basically said he is forgetting her since she’s in the past

Sasuke (turns his head to look back):

Sakura (confused): Ehm hello ? I’m talking to you

Sasuke: You could be talking to a wall… since when am I Sasuke and not Sasuke-kun or my love or god I’ll even take grumpy bear

Naruto (bursts out laughing): GRUMPY BEAR ?!?

Sasuke: oh fuck

Naruto (basically screaming): THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!!

Sakura (amused): Oh I am sorry my grumpy bear for calling you by your birthname

Sasuke (annoyed): seriously Sakura ?

Sakura: oh so I can’t call you Sasuke but you can call me Sakura ?! What happened to gummybear?

Naruto (eyes wide, almost bursting in laughter): GUMMYBEAR?! You call her gummybear ?

Naruto: uhhh we’re kind of bleeding out

Sasuke: no shit

Naruto: so… do you think we’ll die together or… like, one at a time?

Sasuke: I hope I go first if you continue like this

Naruto: don’t worry I’ll tell everyone your last words were „Naruto you god-like man, I always admired and was jealous of you, thank you for saving my life, you’re my hero“

Sakura: “You know, there’s just something about older men that makes them so much more… attractive.”

Ino: “Oh, absolutely! They’re more mature, more experienced… way better than some emotionally constipated guys our age.” (Looking at the other table where the boys are eavesdropping)

Hinata: “They also know how to treat a woman properly…”

Tenten: “Exactly! They have their life together. They don’t just grunt at you when you try to have a conversation.”

Sakura:(smirking)“And let’s be honest… older men have more experience in… other things too.”

Dead. Silence. Sasuke stiffened. Naruto dropped his chopsticks. Lee started sweating. Shikamaru muttered something about women being troublesome. The others just froze in motion.

Naruto: “Oi, what’s with all this ‘older men’ talk?! You guys sound like a bunch of old ladies!”

Sakura: “We just have standards, Naruto. Not our fault if some guys can’t keep up.”

Sasuke: “Tch. Sounds like you’re just easily impressed.”

Sakura: “And you sound jealous.”

Sasuke: “Maybe.”

Sakura’s breath caught. Ino screams. Naruto falls out of his chair. Hinata covers her red face. Shikamaru is speechless. Even Shino can‘t keep a straight face.

Sakura: “Well.Then do better. And not just you in particular but all of you because if not, us girls might need to test our theory of older men“

Sasuke: “You sound desperate“

Sakura:“says the one who just admitted he was jealous“

Naruto: “WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW? you just said you were jealous! Since when do you admit stuff like that?!”

Sasuke: “Tch. I said maybe. And just to tease Sakura…(looking at her) why don’t you go and flirt with Kakashi if you’re into older men? I bet he has more knowledge from all the dirty books he reads…“

Everybody drops dead after this comment. Sakura in shock stands up and goes to the boys table.

Sakura:(pointing at Sasuke)“Your are disgusting!! How can you say this? He is our sensei! He is like a father to me!“

Sasuke:(unhinged)“maybe you’re into that too… go on and test your theory“

Sakura:(grabs Sasuke by the collar)“you little piece of-„

Naruto:(steps between them)“Ugh, this is disgusting. Why don’t you two just date already?

Silence. Sakura froze. Sasuke’s fingers stilled against the cup. Naruto, completely unaware of the fire he had just set ablaze, continued rambling

Naruto: “Seriously, this whole back-and-forth thing is annoying. Just kiss or fight or—I don’t know, go punch each other and call it a date.”

Tenten snorted. Hinata hid behind her hands again. Ino screamed again. Sakura, meanwhile, felt her soul leave her body.

Sasuke:“You’re loud“

Naruto:(throwing his hands in the air) “YOU’RE AVOIDING THE QUESTION!”

Ino: “Okay, but real talk—are you two flirting or not? Because I need to know how emotionally invested I should be.”

Sakura: “We are NOT flirting!”

Sasuke: ”…Hn.”

Everyone turned to look at Sasuke.Because that “Hn” was suspiciously noncommittal.

Sakura: “Sasuke.”

Sasuke: “What?“

Sakura: “Don’t ‘what’ me! Say it properly!”

Sasuke: “Do you want me to flirt with you, Sakura?”

Sakura:(her face up in flames) “What?! No! I—I never said that—why would you even—… you’re deflecting“

Sasuke: “You’re avoiding the question.”

Sakura: “Because it’s a stupid question!”

Sasuke:(tilting his head, intensely looking in her eyes) “Is it?”

Naruto: “WHAT IS GOING ON?!”

Sakura: “NOTHING!”

Ino: “Oh, honey. This is definitely something.”

Sakura:(packing her things to go home)

You are all delusional… especially you Uchiha, you’re an arrogant bastard“

Sasuke:(amused)“I might be… but at least I am not lying to myself“

Sakura:“oh just shut up! Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have better things to do than entertain your ego“

Sasuke:(smirking)“Spare me the act…“

Naruto:(defeated)“You two should get a room“

Sasuke & Sakura: You shut up !!

Sakura wasn’t expecting to see anything unusual that morning. She was just walking through the village, minding her own business, when fate—or sheer dumb luck—threw her into a situation she never thought possible.

She turned a corner near a small dango shop and stopped dead in her tracks. There, sitting at an outdoor table, casually eating his dango, was—

KAKASHI-SENSEI. WITHOUT. HIS. MASK.

Her breath caught in her throat.

He wasn’t just normal-looking. He wasn’t even just handsome. No. Kakashi Hatake was jaw-droppingly, heart-stoppingly, ridiculously gorgeous.

Perfectly sculpted jawline. Smooth skin. Lips that looked like they belonged in a romance novel. A slightly amused smirk as he chewed his dango. It was completely unfair. The universe had been keeping this hidden from them their entire lives?!

Her face went up in flames. Oh no.

She had to move. Say something. Do something. Anything. But all she did was stare like a complete idiot.

Then—Kakashi shifted in his seat. HE WAS ABOUT TO TURN AROUND.

Sakura yelped and threw herself into the nearest bush.

Rustle.

Silence.

She peeked out just in time to see Kakashi glance around, blink, and then shrug before pulling his mask back up. Then, like nothing happened, he stood and walked away, book in hand.

Sakura sat in that bush for a full minute, face still burning.

—Later, at Training Ground 7—

Naruto: “YOU SAW WHAT?!”

Sakura: [whispering intensely] “I saw Kakashi-sensei’s face.”

Sasuke: [skeptical] “Liar.”

Naruto: “TELL ME EVERYTHING.”

Sakura: [dramatic, still blushing] “Guys… it’s not fair. He’s too good-looking. Like, he’s stupidly attractive. It’s actually offensive.”

Naruto: [gripping her shoulders] “SAKURA. DESCRIBE.”

Sasuke: [rolling eyes] “Tch. Who cares?”

Sakura: [ignoring Sasuke, still in a daze] “His jawline could cut through steel. His lips… Naruto, his lips and face…”

Naruto: [whispers] “Beautiful?”

Sakura: [nodding solemnly] “Beautiful.”

Naruto: [wiping a fake tear] “I knew it.”

Sasuke: [crossing arms] “This is ridiculous.”

Naruto: [grabbing Sasuke] “YOU DON’T GET IT, TEME. OUR SENSEI HAS BEEN A SECRET GOD THIS WHOLE TIME…and plus you’re just jealous“

Sasuke: [annoyed] “Whatever. I bet it’s not that impressive and I am not jealous “

Sakura: [whispering] “you should be”

Karin: (smacking Sui) shut up shark face! (turns to face Sasuke with malicious eyes) I showed Sasuke all my favorite spots

Sasuke:(sighs)

(Sakura approaches Karin)

Sakura: Usually Sasuke can find a woman’s favorite spot all by himself

Suigetsu:(chokes on his water)

Karin: (gasps in disbelief of her boldness)

Sasuke:(sighing) yeah…

Suigetsu: how come? I thought you two were endgame

Sasuke: hn… I keep pulling her into my darkness… when she’s with Naruto she shines. That’s the Sakura I want to see

Suigetsu:(surprised) that’s honorable… (getting serious) you must really love her then

Sasuke:(calmly) no

Sakura:(teasing) really?

Sakura: oh..yeah I started going to the gym

Suigetsu: keep dreaming

Karin: hmpf… if you don’t think so then why did he choose us and not them?

Jugo: because we‘re criminals

Karin: and??

Jugo: he would never put them in danger

Karin: that’s bs. He just doesn’t care

Naruto: Happyyyyy birthday asshole!!!!

Sakura: Happy birthday Sasuke-kun!

Sasuke: hn… thanks

Naruto: sooo what do you want to do for your birthday???

(Sasuke meeting Sakura’s gaze)

Naruto confused: I don’t understand, do you want Sakura-Chan to decide or why are you looking at her ?

Kakashi (stepping in and dragging Naruto out of the room): eh… don’t worry, me and Naruto are going to prepare a surprise party for you Sasuke

Naruto: how is it a surprise if you already told him??? And why is Sakura-Chan not helping ?

Kakashi: She needs to distract Sasuke…

Naruto: distract how?? Nothing makes sense!!!

Kakashi: shut up and move !!!

Sakura (confused): What am I suppose to do now ?

Stranger: hey beautiful, what are you doing here alone? Need some company?

Sakura: All I need is for you to back up

Stranger(putting an arm around her): You don’t think I would miss the opportunity to enjoy some time with an attractive woman like you, do you?

Sakura(jerking away): you disgust me, but do you know who’s more disgusted than me?

Stranger:

Sakura: My two best friends behind your back. One of them is going to give you a verbal lesson on how to treat a woman right but… the other one… all I can say is that I’ll pray for you and probably will see you in the hospital

Stranger (turning his head and meeting the sharingan stare; terrified): w…where in the hospital?

Naruto: definitely RAMEN !!!

Sai: of course… and yours Sasuke?

Sasuke: Sakura on top

Naruto: