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[Nov. 27th, 2009|03:35 am]

goodwithscalpel
title; pick your threats well
characters; Sakura, Naruto, Neji, Haruno parents

She loves her parents. It’s not that she does not love them. It’s impossible for a child not to love their parents--at least to her, it’s unconceivable. So, it’s true that she loves them, despite the grief they have caused her so many times. Despite how they’ve controlled her life from day one. Despite how even at twenty-one they think they’re the ones who know who’s best for her. It’s not that she doesn’t love her parents -- she does. She does. Like that little girl that still wants to get patted on the head when she does something right, or the teenager that still needs her mother’s advice regarding boys.

But they cross a line she swore never to let them cross again.

And what’s worse, they cross it with Naruto standing right in front of them. So when her mother accuses Naruto again of being the cause of all of Sakura’s problems, and Sakura’s rebelliousness, her love for her parents starts to choke her. It starts to weigh down on her shoulder like five, six anvils piled together. Duty, honour, obedience, respect, gratitude, guilt. There’s a name for each anvil, and each anvil is tied to the love she has for them. But in that moment, while she’s holding onto Naruto’s hand tightly under the table, tight enough to break a bone, and painfully aware that even Neji is watching for her reaction, Sakura decides that screw it. Screw it.

They need to wear the same amount of anvils.

So she starts with guilt. “I tried to let you know respectfully that because I appreciate you so much, and am thankful for all your help, I will be less of a bothersome daughter and take my life and economical support into my own hands. I’m sorry to see that even this does not please you. I can’t imagine what would,” she tells them, and everyone in the room pretends her voice does not crack with the last word.

“But,” she hisses, and stands up from the table. Pulls Naruto up with her. “But if you insult this man again, in front of me, or not, I will make sure to please you in disgracing you as much as you want, and we will send all our children to you so you care for them.”

And after a beat, because why the hell not, she adds: “And then I’ll send Neji’s children, too.”

Without waiting for another scathing reply from her parents, Sakura turns around and leaves the house. She’s relatively happy with that speech. And when Naruto laughs so hard it scares her neighbours, and pulls her into a hug, she almost, almost cries -- but abstains. She lets him hug her, and hugs him back.

She loves her parents, and she’s sure they love her too. And maybe one day, things will change. But right now, she loves him more.
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