2. Hey. Hey. Remember when you
did this before? I'm not going to copy-paste it and I'm not going to change it, but I will tell you what has
changed...in the year that she's been back
you know when the comm DIED.
NARUTO, THE FRIENDSHIP: She's not as jealous anymore. Old friends of Naruto's keep popping up like mushrooms from the rain, and hey, looks like she's not the
only one who pulled a disappearing act from his bffs. So that makes her sleep a little bit better at night...And she has grown comfortable around him again. Comfortable enough to pop by unexpected at his shabby apartment door with popcorn and movies and marshmallows (and if she's done a bad thing, beer). Comfortable enough to not stand 50 feet away from him on the same couch, because they're responsible, reasonable, logical, mature adults and she can totally
totally handle the tension. (I'll get to that at the next paragraph.) Probably comfortable enough to fart in the same room with him except she never does because GASP SHE'S A LADY OKAY. She's definitely learned how to act more comfortably around him. She teases, she sometimes flirts, and she snaps at him as if they've slipped back into the routine of being bffs again - and they have. Shut up. I'm not leaving again. :| He's still the one she'll go to for a loud laugh, and the first one she'll tell something important like 'oh shit I lost my job'. It's a more solidified friendship now, even though she considers him really attractive. But she has learned, in that 'magical year we're pulling out of our asses because we're veterans', that he is too valuable to her to ruin it all with any other feelings other than friendships. Because, let me tell you, she has seen you operate in the love life department, Naruto. Nuh uh. :|
NARUTO, THE TENSION: Okay, you know what? There still is...tension. But very rarely. He's like her really hot best friend, who she would definitely not mind seeing naked. But yeah. She still loves him hugely (enough to wear the fucking bow. enough to
look for the fucking bow all over town), but the tension does not rear its ugly head as often, just like with the jealousy. She
can talk about sex with Naruto now, because after two years in pre-med, you learn to stop being shy around issues like 'virginity' and such. And maybe she teases him too. He does have an awesome ass. And she knows it. And she tells him she knows it. Therefore. Bend over. :)
NARUTO, THE CONCLUSION: We've grown, we've learned. We're not going to abandon. We're going to change for the even better, but give us time. Better yet, give Sakura time. It'll be worth it. IN THE MEANTIME, I SEEM TO HAVE DROPPED MY KEYS, COULD YOU PLEASE BEND TO PICK THEM UP?