[ Sakura has seen a great deal of loss in her life. in the life of a shinobi, it was beyond inevitable. she had seen villagers die, watched as her medical training failed her, had to call time of deaths on patients. but it's never been like this.
even in seeing Naruto die, she had convinced herself the same way Naruto had. that he wouldn't die, of course he wouldn't, there was still too much left to do. but even then, Naruto was there, with them, and that was more than enough of a comfort from the reality of their world.
but this-
this was so much more. this was goodbye in a way Sakura has never had to feel, because people always came back. it felt like an emptiness inside of her, a hole with an echo, like a cavity had opened inside of her chest where she could remember her partner being.
when Sasuke pulls her against his chest, she presses her face into his shoulder, reaches her free arm up to wrap tight around his back. she knows (painfully well) that if it feels like this for her, who had been working on her resonance with Sara for a month, that it has to be an even bigger hollowness for Sasuke after all their time spent together. ]
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even in seeing Naruto die, she had convinced herself the same way Naruto had. that he wouldn't die, of course he wouldn't, there was still too much left to do. but even then, Naruto was there, with them, and that was more than enough of a comfort from the reality of their world.
but this-
this was so much more. this was goodbye in a way Sakura has never had to feel, because people always came back. it felt like an emptiness inside of her, a hole with an echo, like a cavity had opened inside of her chest where she could remember her partner being.
when Sasuke pulls her against his chest, she presses her face into his shoulder, reaches her free arm up to wrap tight around his back. she knows (painfully well) that if it feels like this for her, who had been working on her resonance with Sara for a month, that it has to be an even bigger hollowness for Sasuke after all their time spent together. ]