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A Fine Fine Line	By : eksimenrol Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female > Naruto/Sakura Views: 5904 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Author notes:� I�m back again!� Good news, no manga spoilers at all in this
chapter.� However this might be the last
of the interesting chapters.� Or at least
until I reach 8 or 9, and after that I�m going to have to try my hand at a
fight scene.�

Chapter Six:
Comforting Words

�� When I woke
up, I noticed two things.� My head
hurt.� It hurt a lot.� In the world of head pain, I would be emperor
and god.� I need an aspirin, anything to
get rid of the throbbing pain in my head.�
Even the groan I let out made my head hurt.� Slowly, as to not aggravate the pain brewing
in my head, I sat up.� That was when it
hit me.� This wasn�t my couch, this isn�t
my apartment.� It�s too clean to be mine,
and too pink, and it smells too good to be mine.� That smell so familiar and calming, but what
is it?� All I can think about is how
comfortable the smell of this room makes me.�
I let out a very content sight as I lay back on the couch, but the sigh
quickly became a yelp as new pain shot through my back.

�� Naruto,
you shouldn�t be moving after the landing you had.�� She sighed after this, almost a relieved sigh
it seemed.� �You need to stay off your back.� You uh, sort of landed on a glass vase, and I
spent the last 20 minutes pulling shards of glass out of your back.� Lie on your stomach, and take off your shirt.� Let me look at your back, make sure you don�t
get an infection or something.�� I made to
give her an odd look but she stopped me with a glare that told me that with no
doubt she would be making sure I stayed well.

�� It�s okay
Sakura, my back doesn�t really hurt that much.��
I tried to wave her off and stand up, but felt dizziness washing over me
before I even left the couch.� Ironically
I fell forward onto the couch presenting my back to my pink haired friend.

�� That�s
better Naruto.�� She sounded almost proud
as she removed my t-shirt and began applying a very cold ointment to the
various wounds on my back.� �How are you
feeling?� Any better?��

�� Just a
headache, and I was a bit dizzy earlier, but I�m fine-�

�� You
probably have a concussion.� I�m really
sorry about before Naruto, I shouldn�t have hit you like that, it wasn�t your fault. �After you pushed me into that corner and I hit
you the waitress that bumped into you tried to apologize for what she had done,
but it was too late.�� Her hands had left
my back and she leaned away from me.� I
wanted to roll over and smile at her.� I
wanted to jump up and hold her to my chest and tell her everything was okay and
that I was fine.� I wanted to look at
her.� However, the headache and dizziness
seemed worst the more I tried to move.�
So I decided to lie there as it seemed the easiest thing to do.

�� It�s okay
Sakura; my back is feeling a lot better.�
And I accept your apology, so don�t worry about it, I forgive you.�� I smiled and again tried to get up, which
again caused me to collapse on my chest from dizziness.

�� Stop
trying to get up, you�ll only make it worse.�
Now stay right there Naruto, I�ll be back in just a minute, I need to go
get something.� And I don�t want you to
move one inch.� You�re hurt and you could
make it worse.� Tell you what, if you�re
good, we�ll even go out for ramen.�� That
brought a small smile to my face.

�� Okay
Sakura, I won�t move an inch.� I turned to look at her and flashed a grin.� �I promise!��
She couldn�t help but chuckle at that.

�� Just
relax, I�ll be right back.�� Her voice
seemed to fade as she finished leaving the room.� How can I relax in this strange room?� It�s just so pink, and soothing.� It reminds me of- I let out a yawn before
relaxing onto the couch and closing my eyes.�
All I could think about, as my mind was quickly turning into a haze from
this pink room, was that the comforting smell was so very familiar.� For the life of me I could not place where I
had smelt it before, but I know I have.�

�� Naruto?�� I jumped
out of bed at the sudden volume, and again I realized two very important
things.� My body was traveling at a very
significant velocity, and the reason that Sakura was so loud was that she was
mere inches from my face when she spoke to wake me.� In the milliseconds that occurred before our
two faces met, a lifetime worth of thoughts passed through my head.� This is going to hurt, a lot.� This is going to hurt both of us, and there
is nothing I can do to stop it.� Oh look,
she sees I�m going to collide with her.�
She�s shocked; I think that�s anger, maybe a bit of fear flashing across
her face.� She�s winching now, preparing
for whatever pain is coming.� Well of all
the bad things that are going to come out of this, at least it isn�t entirely
my fault.� She was the one who was standing over me when she tried to wake
me.� Wait, she�s not standing over
me.� Is she kneeling on the couch?� And why was she so close to me?� And she wasn�t even speaking at me when she
woke me.� Oh no, she was whispering at
me.� She�s going to blame me for this I
know it.� But maybe I can stop her from
hitting me.� Yes I can, all I have to do
is explain to her that she startled me.�
I�ll just explain that because I was startled I reacted, and because she
was in front of me she got hit.� I just
might be okay.� I just need to be the
first one to speak, and to dodge the first punch.� I�m going to need help, and lots of it.

�� I can feel
her breath on my face.� I can smell her
she�s so close.� It�s a strong smell,
comforting and familiar.� It smells like
cherry blossoms and the forest after a rain.�
Fresh and clean, pure; it�s a strong yet feminine smell.� And her breath, I can sense the faint
spiciness from the barbeque she had earlier, and a sweetness that I can�t quite
place.

�� We�re
almost together now; relative time can sure be a bitch.� This is taking forever, why won�t it just be
over?� I just want to hit her, apologize,
avoid getting hit in the process, and just get done with this problem.� It�s almost over with.� She�s closed her eyes and is wincing to avoid
the pain.� It won�t help, but I decide to
agree with her.� I close my eyes and
wince along with her.

�� That�s when
time decided to catch up on me.� Our
faces collided, beginning with our lips.�
That caused me to open my
eyes.� And it also caused me to witness
Sakura open hers.� Okay this is not good.
She�s going to think I�m trying to take advantage of her or something.� Oh no, now time is playing its game with us
again.� She�s slowly pulling herself away
from me.� And I think she�s beginning to
blush.� This is embarrassing, what is it
with me and bad first kisses?� Wait a
minute, did I just kiss her?� I did,
didn�t I?� I just kissed Sakura!� It was clumsy and painful, awkward as hell
and it didn�t last all that long.� But I
wouldn�t take it back for all the money and respect in the world.� Actually I would give up anything to relive
that kiss one more time.

�� It�s
actually amazing how simple our kiss was.�
Well actually it was needlessly complicated.� If fate wanted us to kiss, there were many
times where it could be easier and far less painful to do it.� She didn�t have to make me throw myself at
Sakura.� Fate really is a bitch.� I think she wants Sakura to be mad at me for this.� If fate thinks I�m going to just let her
cause me pain, then she has another thing coming.� Sakura won�t hit me because of this.� Oh Damnit, this was all just an
accident.� Fate really is trying to screw me over, giving me a
kiss with the only girl I�ve ever loved, and making it all an accident.� The cruel harsh mistress strikes yet
again.� Well at least this time I won�t
be getting my hopes up.� Nothing will
come from this.� Sakura will still be
just a friend, and I�ll still want to be with her.

�� She�s still
staring at me, her eyes wide with shock.�
We haven�t even moved more than a few inches apart from each other.� I really should say something to her.� Apologize or explain myself.� I should say something, hell anything would do to break this silence.� I love you Sakura; that would work quite
nicely.� But it would also most likely
get me killed when she thinks I�m trying to take advantage of her.� I�m sorry Sakura, simple and to the
point.� I�m sorry and I can explain.� Now all I have to do is say the words and
everything will be perfectly fine.

�� I-� What,
that�s not right.� �I�m sorry.�� It was sincere, it was honest.� It was the pure truth in verbal form, no lie
or deceit at all.� But most importantly,
it was Sakura who was saying those
words.� �I�m sorry about that Naruto; I
didn�t mean to bump into you like that.��
Her blush seemed to be getting worse.�
She must really be embarrassed that she has to apologize to me.� She can�t even look me in the eye.

�� Finally I
found my voice.� I need to help her out
here; she needs to know it�s not just her fault.� �Ah, it�s okay Sakura.� It�s my fault too.�� I tried to laugh at myself, but it came out a
nervous chuckle.� �I guess is shouldn�t
have reacted like that when you startled me, huh?�� Again, the poor excuse for a laugh escaped my
lips.

�� She finally
seemed to have gotten off of me, sitting at the far end of the couch, facing
away from me.� I could still see the red
tint at the edges of her face.� �Um Naruto?� Do you
think, err, that is are you feeling better?��
She was fidgeting with something.

�� Huh? Oh
yeah, a lot better thanks.�� I was
actually able to smile.� She wasn�t mad
at me.� She was actually concerned for my
health.� Maybe this won�t mess with our
relationship at all.

�� Oh good,
um then would you mind leaving please?� I
just have a lot to do and it�s already kinda late, and a, um, well yeah.�

�� She wants
me out?� Oh, she probably wants to hang
out with Ino or something like that.� �Sure thing Sakura.� I
should probably be getting home anyway.��
I made my way towards the door and put on my sandals.� �Um Sakura, I was wondering if you�d help me
with some training tomorrow.�

�� Huh? �Oh tomorrow? I�m sorry; I have a shift at the
hospital.� The Hokage wants me to look
after Kakashi before he gets released.��
She hadn�t even turned towards me to answer.� I hope she�s okay.

�� Okay
then.� Well I�ll see you around then.� I
opened the door and made my exit.

�� Naruto,
wait!�� I turned to see her in her
doorway, framed in light from her apartment.�
�I should be off around six tomorrow, if you want to get dinner or
something.�� She still couldn�t look at
me, and her face still had the blush
from embarrassment.

�� Sure thing!� I�ll
meet you at the hospital at six.�� I gave
her a genuine smile.� And it was stuck on
my face the long walk that it took to get back home.� It was still plastered on my face when I went
to bed that night.� Sakura doesn�t hate
me.� Life is good.
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