#quillslinger

Sakura made a mute hand gesture that basically amounted to clawing at air in pantomime rage while Naruto sputtered weakly in the background. The situation had spiraled so rapidly out of control that Sasuke was sure at least one of them was this close to committing justified manslaughter. He was also pretty sure it was himself.

She wondered suddenly how it could have been, how their lives might have turned out had things been different. Maybe she should have ended up with Naruto, or maybe it was Sasuke whom Naruto should have been with. Or perhaps none of them should have ended up with anyone at all. Perhaps they didn't really deserve other people, and that was why they kept messing up, even when they had everything going for them. Perhaps she and her teammates had been destined to a life of solitude, so that they wouldn't be able to hurt anyone with their astounding stupidity.