#i also like inosaku but i actually like ino and sai surprisingly

[ludwigplayingthetrombone]

out of curiosity, what are your thoughts on narusaku? ive always loved them together soooooo much, smth about how naruto loved sakura since they were kids and he never wavered, she just learned to recognize and appreciate his love for what it really was... i feel like he's a better match for her than sasuke (who never showed any love or even affection for her in canon really) and shes better for him than hinata (who honestly just wasnt super well written and so she didnt seem to have much connection with him beyond friendship. like yeah naruto would die for her but lowkey he would dke for any of his friends). just curious abt your thoughts on this bc i value your opinion sooo much lmao!!!! you are my favorite naruto artist/writer hands down, your kkg stuff has me losing my mind every time it drops and you are one of 2 blogs i have notifs on for lmao bc i love your stuff so bad 💖💖

Oh thank you so much! these aren't strong opinions bc its meh to me, but-

i adore how close naruto and sakura are and both would die for the other, but i dont see them working out. its the same reason i dont like obito and rin, just bc a guy likes someone doesnt mean he deserves her/shes his prize if he just keeps pursuing. naruto loves sakura, but respects her decisions. romantic love isnt the end all be all; they're platonic soulmates to me and will always be in eachother's lives

I actually liked sasuke in part 1 bc he genuinely cared for narts and sakura in the beginning, he complimented her and knew her strengths. i would be more down for sasuke and sakura if he showed ANY sign of respect for her in shippuden. ANY sign of missing her and naruto and kakashi. i wanted them to be people sasuke knew he could rely on no matter what instead of constantly insulting them and trying to kill them

They fumbled hinata so badly in general

My sakura endgame was her not choosing either one romantically bc they obviously want eachother, and sakura deserves peace. her and karin makeout

[loobs-ki]

—some sasusaku headcanons for #ssm22!! 🌸🍅

➵ genin sasuke was always intrigued by sakuras hair color

➵ they both really like back hugs and neck kisses

➵they love cooking together

➵ they both enjoy reading-sometimes they read to each other

➵ when they moved in together, they avoided each other for a bit due to embarrassment

➵ sakura was shocked to find that sasuke loves to cuddle. he's touch-deprived asf lol

➵ sakura mumbles in her sleep. sasuke thinks it cute

➵ sasuke likes to lay on sakuras lap

➵ sakura would try to get sasuke to laugh and when he actually did, she fell in love all over again

➵ sakura likes to ruffle sasukes hair and play with his spikes

➵ they would go on double dates with ino and sai (just inosaku having fun while sasusai followed them lmao)

➵ sasuke HATES how famous sakura is amongst the men

➵ sasuke reads sakuras medical scrolls to understand her better

➵ they are rlly good with money

➵ sasuke is surprisingly good with kids. he and sakura would babysit inojin for saiino sometimes

➵ sakura loves how caring sasuke is with cats

➵ kakashi and naruto would stalk them when they were on dates. they would get pissed when they found them watching

➵ when they were genin, they bet on who naruto would end up with. sakura won the bet ofc-ssk bet he would be alone💀

➵ they hate orochimaru but are protective of mitsuki

➵ sasuke was an over protective worried sick father when sarada was younger

➵ sakuras laugh is sasukea favorite thing

➵ sarada has walked in on them before-she was too young to remember now

➵ sasuke finds sai and ino cringy for their PDA ☠️🙏🏻 sakura always smacks his arm when he makes remarks on them

➵ sasuke likes to brush sakuras hair

➵ they went on a ramen date with naruto and hinata

➵ they only argue when they feel like the other isn't taking care of themself

➵ sasukes fav color is green (sakuras eyes) but he will never admit it

➵ sakura likes to do skin care with sasuke

➵ sasuke is a gaanaru shipper and sakura is a naruhina lol

➵ they invite kakashi to dinner a lot

➵ sasuke cried when sarada was born

➵ sakura is the only person sasuke allows to take care of him

➵ sasuke said "i love you" for the first time when he thought sakura was asleep

➵ they both have nightmares a lot but take care of each other

➵ they love sleeping in

➵ they were stunned when they came back to the village after sarada was born and found out boruto existed (they had babies at the same time like wtf)

➵ ↑ sasuke also couldn't believe naruto is capable of sex ☠️

➵ they are the only ppl who can make fun of naruto. they dont tolerate naruto slander from others (except kakashi and sai)

➵ sasuke finds sai annoying but does still care about him as a member of t7 ofc. sakura vouches for sai a lot when ssk complains lol

➵ they visit granny chiyos grave a lot

➵ they married on their travels

➵ sasuke has quacked before as a joke. sakura cried laughing

damn i got carried away lmao. but that's the end :)

[dimancheetoile]

insult to injury (to flower arrangement)

a gift for @voregoisie

InoSaku, pre-InoHinaSaku

Read on AO3

It starts with flowers.

Which, in itself, is mildly disappointing because if there's one thing Ino knows about, it's flowers. And whoever made that arrangement is sorely lacking. Unless they're trying to threaten her and insult her at the same time (with flowers?!) then they simply couldn't have meant Beware, A Foe is Nearby, Stupidity, Submission, Victory in Battle. And the arrangement is frankly horrendous.

Ino ignores the flowers and goes on with her life. Her application for a T&I internship still hasn't received any answer and she's slightly worried. On top of that, Sakura is off on a mission, which means no comfort food, no endless supplies of alcohol and no sex.

She's on her way to the Akimichi's Compound when she's stopped by a courier, probably a genin on her first mission. The girl is carrying a bouquet, almost a perfect copy of the previous one except that You have disappointed me has been added. And attached to the flowers, the same way a card would be, is a letter from T&I saying she got the internship.

Ino thanks the genin absent-mindedly, a buzzing in her mind preventing her from fully grasping that someone is telling her she's an idiotic failure who might be attacked soon and also you're a bottom while giving her good news.

So she keeps going until she reaches Chōji's apartment, gives him the flowers because some of them are actually pretty good in a salad and then proceeds to scream excitedly about the internship for an hour or so.

Her friend looks delighted for her while munching on Victory in Battle. She takes it as the good sign that it is.

Ibiki is nice.

(she doesn't mean to say that while Sakura has her mouth between Ino's legs but she's a bit distracted and the thought just popped into her head don't blame her okay)

She's two weeks into her internship and no one is giving her a hard time. If anything, Ino is actually surprised at how mindful everyone is of explaining everything to her and making sure she sees the therapist in the evening to talk about what she did in the day.

Well, Anko is a bitch but in a I-was-traumatized-as-a-child way and Ino is nothing if not understanding because she's sleeping with Haruno Issues Sakura and she deals with this shit on a daily basis.

(she's been in that girl's head and it's an absolute mess, without even accounting for the fucking second personality)

But Ibiki is nice and Ino is enjoying her new job and the responsibilities that go with it. She's enjoying the Yamanaka Council a little less.

The fuckers still aren't over that she refused the nice title of pretty-face-kunoichi which would have kept her of harm's way. Or at least, their vision of harm's way because Ino has seen what mission rape does to shinobi and she would not have come out of that unscathed.

The Yamanaka Council is old-fashioned and psycho-rigid, but they have nothing on the Hyūga or the Aburame so Ino counts her blessings.

It does mean she's had a shitty day when she leaves the office without seeing Ibiki once, enduring Anko's bitching and then dealing with the Council's bullshit. She goes straight to Sakura's flat, in hopes of a distraction, gossip, or at list some descent sake.

On Sakura's door step, there is a bouquet of flowers.

This time, it says nothing about her supposedly sexual preferences, and instead implies that yes, people are still after her (what the fuck) but also Gay Life, Mature Charm and Mortality.

Ino simply picks the flowers calling her an old lesbian and puts them in a vase. The flat is dark and cold, which is disappointing, but Sakura has a weird mission schedule now that she's complying to Sasuke's desperate attempts to make friends with her.

(that means, in Uchiha fashion, going on gruesome missions together until they have to drag each other bloody and missing body parts)

(surprisingly, it seems to work, if the occasional genuine smile spotted on Sasuke's face when he sees Sakura is anything to go by)

Sakura comes home at three in the morning, exhausted and smelly, missing a front tooth and grinning through the blood. Ino sighs, patches her up and makes her sleep on the couch because damn it, those post-mission jitters are unbearable.

But then it all goes to shit, because Sakura spots the flowers.

“Ino?”

“What, now? Won't you please go to sleep?” Yes, she's annoyed. It's four in the morning, so sue her.

“Why is Hinata sending you flowers?”

Ino does a double take. “I'm sorry, what now?”

“These! Did you go to the annual Hyūga celebration? It was last week, wasn't it?”

Actually, Ino did go, but she was hidden behind an approved fake ANBU mask for some mild information gathering. Sakura isn't supposed to know that, so she simply shakes her head.

“I found them at the front door. It's the third bouquet I get.”

Sakura frowns. “That's weird.”

“How do you figure they're Hinata's?”

Sakura shrugs, pointing at the flowers in turn. “Well, the purple and white are the colour scheme she picked for her introduction as Hanabi's heiress , which is a pretty big deal because it means she has to dress in those colours for every official outing. Orchids are also the Hyūga's symbol.”

Ino stares at the bouquet. Then stares some more.

“I thought whoever sent this was insulting me.”

Sakura looks at her with a smile, before pinching her cheek. “Dearest Pig, you are a dumbass. Maybe you should calm down on the underneath the underneath, don't you think?”

“Shut up, Forehead. I had to shove my hand down your pants for you to understand that I wanted into them.”

Sakura snorts, trying for dignity and failing. She looks back at the flowers, a small pout on her lips, like she's considering something.

“You know, the twelve are aware that you're poly.”

“... yeah? What does that have to do with anything.”

Sakura shrugs. “Well, I'm just saying. Hinata is sending you flowers with her colours. As far as Hinata goes, it kinda looks like she's shoving her hand down your pants to me.”

Ino stares back at the orchid, something warm twisting in her chest.

“Uh.”

“Yeah, uh. Now I believe I was promised a couch. Wanna share?” she grins, patting the space besides her.

“Yeah,” Ino says softly, picking up a sakura flower from the bouquet and twirling it between her fingers. “Actually, I'd really like to share.”