Lines
Title: Lines
Author: Morganna3
Rating: PG-13
Summary: He can’t have them both. Sakura/Naruto implied, Naruto/Sasuke. Sakura POV. Drabble.
Disclaimer: Naruto is copyrighted to Masashi Kishimoto, Shonen Jump and Viz et al. No copyright infringement is intended.
A/N: Found this on my hard drive while organizing some MS Word documents, so I cleaned it up and decided to post. I remember it was written in response to some Sakura bashing fics I'd read some time ago and I wanted to write something more realistic.
She stands immobile in the doorway, gaze riveted on two sleek bodies tangled in soft linen bed sheets. Dark and light entwined. Shock. Anger. Sadness. So many emotions tumble together and settle in the pit of her stomach.
Not Naruto. Never Naruto.
She loves him more than she will ever say and it hurts more than she ever thought possible. Maybe he’s fantasized about her so long that the real woman isn’t good enough or maybe it’s just impossible to let the other go now that he’s finally back. Whatever the case may be, he can’t have them both.
Not like that.
Yet she can’t stay angry. Sasuke needs Naruto more than she ever will and Naruto simply needs someone. Oddly enough, she realizes that she’s the strongest of them all. Not physically, even with chakra enhanced fists, but emotionally. She’s learned to stand on her own two feet. She’ll let herself mourn what could have been then she’ll pick herself up and move forward. She’s done it before and she’ll do it again.
One last time, she gazes longingly at tousled blond hair and whisker marked cheeks before she quietly closes the door and walks away.
~End~
Author: Morganna3
Rating: PG-13
Summary: He can’t have them both. Sakura/Naruto implied, Naruto/Sasuke. Sakura POV. Drabble.
Disclaimer: Naruto is copyrighted to Masashi Kishimoto, Shonen Jump and Viz et al. No copyright infringement is intended.
A/N: Found this on my hard drive while organizing some MS Word documents, so I cleaned it up and decided to post. I remember it was written in response to some Sakura bashing fics I'd read some time ago and I wanted to write something more realistic.
She stands immobile in the doorway, gaze riveted on two sleek bodies tangled in soft linen bed sheets. Dark and light entwined. Shock. Anger. Sadness. So many emotions tumble together and settle in the pit of her stomach.
Not Naruto. Never Naruto.
She loves him more than she will ever say and it hurts more than she ever thought possible. Maybe he’s fantasized about her so long that the real woman isn’t good enough or maybe it’s just impossible to let the other go now that he’s finally back. Whatever the case may be, he can’t have them both.
Not like that.
Yet she can’t stay angry. Sasuke needs Naruto more than she ever will and Naruto simply needs someone. Oddly enough, she realizes that she’s the strongest of them all. Not physically, even with chakra enhanced fists, but emotionally. She’s learned to stand on her own two feet. She’ll let herself mourn what could have been then she’ll pick herself up and move forward. She’s done it before and she’ll do it again.
One last time, she gazes longingly at tousled blond hair and whisker marked cheeks before she quietly closes the door and walks away.
~End~