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Mahogany Town is pretty great all around, don't you think? [ Just a couple weeks ago, she was back in New Bark Town and she's made it this far? ] I guess it's an unfair advantage knowing people who can use Fly and get you from place to place pretty quick. No complaints here though!

[ It might have been difficult to tell where she was had she not announced it. There's aluminium bleachers stacked up behind her and she's picked up a new shirt with longer sleeves. Not that she'll need it for much longer as spring is approaching, but it's nice to wear at a skating rink. ]

There's a couple people I know who have been here for a long time, like, long enough to actually grow here? What happens when they return to our world? Wouldn't someone back home notice the changes? [ Of course they would, everyone in Konoha has an astute memory and something being off physically is a red flag that something's up. A red flag that can't be ignored easily. ] It's a concern because a few of my comrades have returned home after living in this world long enough to change physically so I'm concerned about their fate.

Doesn't it change our future? Wouldn't I remember something since I'm ahead of them in the timeline?

This topic must come up a lot here when people get sent home, but I've wondered it myself since... well, I left? [ But she didn't return home. This is something she's not interested in making public information however, so she just frowns in favor of an explanation. ]

Oh, I think Naruto's finally got his skates on. Time to see what's so fun about sliding around on ice--but hey, will you leave me your answers? Just a little should be enough to give me peace of mind.

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NOTE | Sakura will reply to all messages a few hours after she's done trying to distract her teammate~

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[islandshore]

[He waves one of his hands, brushing it off. It's not her fault, after all. Not like she knew what he's been through before.]

Nah, I get where you're coming from. And don't get me wrong, it is interesting. I just wish I didn't have to deal with it so much.

I mean, there's this girl I like, but if she ever pops up again, I'll be four, maybe even five years older. That... might give people the wrong idea.

[punches]

[ Giving a weak "Haa" at that. ] Tell me about it...

There was this boy I used to have a crush on--[ And it takes tremendous courage to say that much. ]--and it turns out he was here from a few years back. I'm turning eighteen soon so that would have been awkward if anyone brought it up.

Oh! Apparently my teacher was here too as a child--that's even weirder. How can my teacher be a kid? I'd have to teach him!

--Oh, but has it been that long since you've seen that girl?

[islandshore]

About a year now.

[He's been counting. Hoping, maybe, that she'd pop back up again...

But how would that even work now? With a growing age gap, is it even possible?]

Thing with Kairi is that she's been dragged her about a million times, but she's never stayed for long. Sora's pretty much the only constant I've got these days.

[punches]

That's... that's awful.

[ And for a brief moment she wonders if that's how Sasuke and Naruto felt when she left. ]

If I ever see her come here again, I'll cross my fingers for you. I know it's not much, but it's the thought that counts, yeah?

[islandshore]

True. But, honestly, I've kinda resigned myself to how things are now. If a nineteen year old guy tried getting with a girl who's fourteen or fifteen, they'd probably get the wrong idea.

[Alas. It's his and Sora's eternal dilemma, having both shared an interest in Kairi.]

Still, thanks.

[punches]

[ OT3s are tricky and painful, man. ]

Is it really that strange here? [ What are social norms. ]