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Voice, filtered 50%
He lets the message sit for a few minutes before responding, sticking to voice rather than using the video function like he usually would.]
Yeah.. we probably should.
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[It's hard to say this; it's hard to even confront that it happened. But Naruto deserves better than her silence on the whole thing. But it doesn't make it easy to know how to start.
She takes a deep breath, searching for words, then starts.]
I'm sorry. For how I handled that -- it wasn't your fault.
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[Hearing her apologize makes him feel better, briefly, but he knows she isn't to blame. If either of them are it would be him. Mostly out of guilt because even now he cannot bring himself to regret it, not fully.]
It's my fault more than yours, even if we weren't the ones to put that plant on the tree.
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[No, it's not right to hear him say that. She didn't let Kakashi get away with taking the blame; how can she let Naruto?]
No. [She says it gently, even if her fingers are knotted tightly in her lap.] It wasn't your fault. We were both... not ourselves. Not thinking right. [But that's something Naruto would have wanted even without the mistletoe, right? Does it make a difference?
Of course it makes a difference. Because he hasn't tried to push anything on her other than the occasional "let's make it a date." Nothing physical. Even when she offered it... no.
For all he's an idiot sometimes, Naruto really is an honorable guy.]
They did this to us; they're the only ones at fault here. It isn't your fault at all.
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Maybe it's just because of his feelings for her? He can't say for sure.]
Yeah. Yeah, I know. I just.. wanna say I'm sorry still though, y'know?
[voice -> video]
Well... all right. If it makes you feel better, I accept your apology. And... I hope you'll accept mine. [The smile slides off her face, into regret.] Whether or not it was the Malnosso behind it, that still hurt you.
[All the more because of his feelings for her, really. Dangling something like that in front of him, giving him a taste....]
[video]
He switches the video on too.]
If I ever see one of those guys, I think I'm gonna punch them!
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I'll be right there with you on that one! [Easy ground, common ground, and a thought that sometimes keeps her going. Finding one of these guys, one of the ones actually responsible for all this misery, and pummeling them until they couldn't see straight.]
[video]
[Some good old fashion Team 7 pummeling.]
...So we're okay right, Sakura-chan?
[video]
[Which doesn't make it any easier to look at him and remember what it felt like to have him kissing her so tenderly.]
[video]
[He doesn't know what he would do if she wasn't talking to him.]
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[They need to keep up that connection, no matter if things get awkward. If they don't have team to lean on, what do they have at all?]
We should spar sometime soon.
[Something simple, straightforward, and most importantly, in person. The journals really do take something away.]
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We should! Maybe later in the week? We could go to the battledome together.
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Sure! Maybe we can program it to something really weird -- there's all kinds of possibilities. [It'll be a fun adventure to see what it can do.]
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Get us used to crazy new situations, that's right. [She can get up some enthusiasm for that!]
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Not now, not ever!
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Thanks Sakura-chan, I feel loads better now! [So happy they can put this incident behind them.]
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[Far, far behind them. Never to be remembered or given any weight
or repeated while drunkever again.]Thanks to you too, Naruto. So do I!