Chapter 55

                                    

                                          
(Nearly 3 years ago)
"Here do you want to try one, Sasuke-kun?"
Naruto stood to the side of the hospital room, a wide smile playing on her lips as Sakura offered a peeled apple to Sasuke. A part of her felt grateful that their teammate had been looking after him when she had been off with Jiraiya to search for Tsunade.
A part of her envied the amount of care that Sakura gave to Sasuke. If it have been me in this situation, would she visit me? Naruto doesn't understand why she thinks like this. She just knew that she always had an ugly feeling in her stomach whenever Sakura hummed and smiled at Sasuke, or how their eyes seemed fixated at each other.
The smile on Naruto's lips faded when Sasuke lifted his head up, eyebrows scruntched together and a scowl played on his lips. Pure hate and rage radiated from his eyes but those eyes weren't fixated on Sakura. His eyes seemed fixated on her. Naruto stiffened and could stare wide-eyed as her best-friend flung the bowl of apples from Sakura.
The bowl crashed and Sakura flinched, green eyes widening at what just happened. Naruto darted her eyes down at the cracked bowl and only later when she looked back, did she realize that it was a symbol of him cracking from whatever hell that Itachi put him through. Sakura glanced at Naruto, eyebrows knitted together.
"S-Sasuke-kun?"
Naruto just stared down at the cracked bowl, lips pressed into a thin line as she looked from the cracked bowl to her best-friend. "What the hell just happened, Sasuke!"
Sasuke glared at her and Naruto just clenched and unclenched her hands. Sakura darted her eyes between the two of them, green eyes widening and she opened her mouth to say something. Naruto shook her head because as much as she disliked her teammate at times, she was not going to get her involved with this mess.
"Don't you dare give me that expression, Bastard!" She snarled. Sakura nibbled her bottom lip, looking between the two of them as if they were going insane. If anyone was going insane then it was her brother-figure. Of all people, Sasuke should know damn well of the effort that Sakura went to peel that apple.
Her teammate didn't have to go through the effort. Hell, Naruto would never put even that effort when it came to Sasuke because the bastard needed to grow up. If someone went through the trouble of peeling an apple for her then Naruto would have worshipped the ground they walked on.
If someone even cried at the thought of her dying then Naruto would have treated them with respect.
"Naruto, I want you to fight me! Fight me now!" Naruto blinked and stumbled slightly as Sakura glanced at the two of them. Green eyes flashed with concern and the girl opened her lips to protest. Naruto tuned her teammates out, blue eyes fixated at the dark eyes of her brother figure. What the hell happened in his coma?
His behavior had been improving until that stunt with Itachi.
She cleared her throat and closed her eyes as she tried to push away her nerves. "Now? Bastard, the Old Hag just healed you a couple of days ago. Have you lost your mind? What the hell happened with Itachi?"
"It is none of your fucking business!" Sakura gasped at the loudness of Sasuke's voice and green eyes locked onto Naruto. Naruto felt her blood boiled at those words. None of her business? It was her business because they were friends. It was her business because Mikoto wouldn't want them to fight like this. "Fight me!"
Naruto grinded her teeth and strode towards him, blue eyes blazing with fury. Sakura tried to grab her, probably to stop her from pulling him off the bed, but the blonde yanked her arm away. She darted her eyes to Sakura, whose green eyes trembled with fear and concern. "This is between the asshole and me, Sakura."