A Cornucopia of Conundrums and Murphy's Law of Love by zgs1994
Perpetual Winter by thefangirlslair
In Pieces by Masami Aomame
All I Want for Christmas by TheRedConverseGirl
Tribute by SouthSideStory
Recently, I've realised that I just crave for some of the fics to be read again. So I'll be collating here the fics which serve to me as a comfort on my bad days. I promise to keep updating this list to help other fellow readers too.
Sometimes I grieve the childhood I should’ve had,
What could have been
And maybe if the world wasn’t how it is,
What would have been.
I wouldn’t have grown up too fast,
Had worries no child should even think about
Thrusted upon me at such a young age.
Maybe then, I would’ve had the chance to simply be a kid.
I don’t blame anyone,
Or maybe I do.
I think it’s unfair that I had to worry about my parents and a mortgage
While my peers’ only worries were what toy they got to play with during recess.
I don’t blame anyone,
At least I don’t think I do
Because blaming people takes time and energy,
Time and energy that frankly,
I don’t have
So I sit in my upset instead.
Maybe if I had the energy
I’d blame the world for how it works.
I’d never blame my parents,
I know that much is true,
But I’d blame the world,
Blame the government, politicians
But I don’t have the energy
So I’ll sit in my upset,
I’ll sit with my grief instead,
The grief for what could have been.
Fyi, I've been inactive for quite some time, and I'm sure I've missed out so much on SasuSaku Fanfics! Those SSM and everything 🥲
So, here I am seeking for your kind attention to maybe list out some of your favs from latest SasuSaku fanfic for me. No pressure of course. Please take your time.
Sending you loves! 🌸
Hii @kishillaa
It's always nice to hear from mutuals. I am doing okay and I hope you are doing great.
Well, I am sorry to break your heart but I have been very busy with my job and couldn't find time to read any new SS fanfics. :(
That being said if something catches my attention while randomly scrolling through Tumblr or X, I'll make sure to update you. :)
for himeno, on many levels, "it's a pain in the ass when your partner dies."
for a long time, she has stood still in her grief and trauma, even as life moves on around her.
then she meets aki.
after aki tells himeno about sticking gum on the woman who hit her, she stares wide-eyed at him; as she blinks, the stoplight in the background changes from red to green.
in the following pair of shots, aki explains that she shouldn't just sit back and take this treatment. the camera pans on his closeup but not hers; he's in motion, but not her.
then it sinks in. aki's "easy revenge" has given her permission to stop cradling her pain for a moment, to care about herself, to move on just a little - it's given her permission to smile again.
Hii. I hope everything is okay on your side. Just wanted to let you know that I miss you terribly. 🥺
Anyways sending you lots of hugs 🤗🤗🤗
Hii @airashisakura !
Thank you for stopping by with this message! 💕
I'm doing okay, slowly but surely things are getting better. 😊 I hope you're doing well too. I miss you terribly too! 🥺 I'll message you next time I catch a break - I miss our talks and gushing about SasuSaku together. 🥰
ok fam this au is now separated from my previous inohina yakuza/bratva au. had to fly the girls back to japan and they got a whole new backstory ! big wall of text incoming ↓↓↓
-- uchiha clan
a clan that was once powerful but was slowly eating itself from the inside. rife with internal conflict and distrust, key figures sought to strengthen the clan and each had an idea of how to bring about that change, though no two could come to an agreement on a single method. tensions amongst the ranks began to fracture the uchiha.
taking advantage of the power struggle, madara, with the hopes of seizing total control, ignites a spark that quickly turns into a bloodbath. many low level thugs employed by the uchiha flee the compound as each key figure and their loyal followers battle it out until so few are left standing it could barely be called a clan anymore.
the power vacuum left behind by the dissolution of the uchiha has created an extremely volatile environment in the crime world as different yakuza families seek to claim the uchiha’s previously held operations and territory.
-- hebi
sick of the endless politics and weakening bonds amongst the clan, sasuke left to forge his own path. as punishment for leaving the clan itachi takes his eye.
he had never expected that the power struggles within the uchiha would lead to a massacre. so when he heard about the bloodbath occurring inside the uchiha compound, he rushed home to save his parents from a grim fate. but was too late when he witnessed itachi kill them by his own blade.
sasuke quickly enacted revenge by killing itachi and when the dust settled and madara emerged as victor, sasuke turned his blade on him too and snuffed out the flame of the uchiha forever.
karin is an ex-cop that was the uchiha's informant within the police. she brokers deals and negotiations on behalf of sasuke. she is his mouthpiece, so to speak.
sasuke is also seeking two who were once allies/friends. suigetsu who had always dreamed to join the seven swordsmen's guild, and juugo a talented and brutal fighter who dominates the underground fighting scene.
together he hopes to form a small mercenary group for hire.
-- inoshikacho alliance / inoshikacho rengo
one of the first yakuza family alliances ever made going back generations. inoshin yamanaka, chosuke akimichi and shikanazai nara where the first of each clan to join the families into an alliance that has since become one of the strongest and long-lasting alliances in yakuza history.
at the age of 25 each member of the alliance is to have at least two children to ensure the next generation of the inoshikacho alliance grow up together and are trained to take on the mantle for the sake of the alliance's future. this also ensures that at least 3 generations are alive at any one time (if they don't meet an early grave that is).
the yamanaka run brothels, which act as a communication and information network. every girl is hand picked by ino or by trusted subordinates and trained in the art of seduction and information gathering. the yamanaka have large underground garden operations that cultivate plants for poisons with all kinds of effects and traceability, from the quick and painless to the slow and destructive.
akimichi control entertainment districts, money laundering operations and run the largest underground fighting scene. money flowing in and out of casinos and other avenues are fully controlled by the akimichi.
the nara are drug traffickers that control market price and distribution.
-- hyuuga clan / hyuuga kai
the strongest and most notorious yakuza in all of japan. their efficiency in all that they do make them a fierce clan. when the clanhead was found dead, many other groups thought this was finally the crack in the hyuuga shield and made moves to try and see if they could challenge their authority. but the second daughter stepped into place and ordered everyone in within a certain radius of the hyuuga estate dead.
if they thought hyuuga hiashi was a ruthless leader, hanabi, in one day alone, managed to put herself up as one of the deadliest and horrifying yakuza leaders in recent history.
their efficiency in the business and economics sector, as well as having ties within governmental and political bodies, makes them a very powerful clan with many branching factions reaching far and wide across the country.
someone, somewhere, always answers to a hyuuga.
-- neji hyuuga (tian)
after hizashi failed to protect the hyuuga leader's eldest daughter, he had to pay with his life in front of his only son.
watching his father commit seppuku and then swiftly beheaded by hiashi in front of the elders and close family, stuck with neji his whole life. he made a silent vow to exact revenge on hiashi. the bitterness in his heart made living amongst the hyuuga a slow acting poison. his hate for hiashi became stronger than his love for his father and he could never look upon a picture of hizashi anymore because his face was the face of his enemy.
neji bided his time for years and years until one fateful night he murdered hiashi in cold blood and fled the hyuuga estate. he made his way towards mainland china with some aid from a contact in the chinese triads. he disappeared for many years living amongst a guild of killers and started going by the name tian.
his next order of business was to find the abducted daughter that caused the death of his father and kill her himself.
-- hinata hyuuga (makoto)
the abducted hyuuga heir, taken from the hyuuga clan at a very young age. makoto lives her life as a simple woman, adopted by an elderly couple in the countryside, unaware of who she is or where she comes from.
when a 'chinese' man that bears an uncanny resemblance to her shows up at her cottage one day, calling her a name that does not belong to her, her life is flipped on its head and she finds herself plunged into the underbelly of society.
-- chinese triads / pirates
tenten is a weapons smuggler. though she is affiliated with the chinese triads, she smuggles and trades weapons for anyone that buys them, as her true loyalty is to money.
tenten's operations are done by sea and she has control over a small fleet of boats that answer to her. other than a port owned by the triads, she has claimed a small remote island as her home and base of operations.
she was also neji's contact that helped him sail the seas to mainland china after he murdered hiashi.
-- korean mafia
kiba is an animal trafficker. he acquires exotic animals for their ivory/fur/leather as well as selling them alive to the wealthy for their collections and keeps.
he has sold exotic birds to the yamanaka for their gardens. gathered all manner of cervidae antlers from around the world for the nara's collection. has captured the most venomous snakes known to mankind for several organisations, including certain individuals of the uchiha family. has also sold a number of species of animals for tenten for her island.
he is generally in good graces with all kinds of people/groups due to his connections and ability to acquire the even the most endangered and rare species in the world.
-- suna siblings
kankuro and temari own a small medical clinic. kankuro is a general family doctor. people come to him for check-ups and simple treatments and minor operations. temari handles all the logistics, and appears as the clinic's secretary. they have 3 nurses: matsuri, yukata, mikoshi.
kankuro is also a certified surgeon and operates on all sorts of gang members in the hidden basement operation room. matsuri has been trusted to help kankuro with these operations when needed. their practice offers complete discretion and the clinic has become off-bounds for any gang violence, even if rivalling groups happen to meet each other on the premises. they enter a truce for as long as they are within a certain radius of the clinic.
the brother and sister duo are a respected, unaffiliated group, and they also use their operations to get clues on their brother's whereabouts.
gaara was kidnapped at a young age and was tortured to the point that psychosis was induced. he is held in the same place as juugo and both are used in fights that many come to pay dearly to watch and bet on.
-- police
with his parents killed and taken from his home, naruto was raised by a gang who kidnaps boys to beat and torture, and train them into savage fighters. he dreamed for a life where he could see the sun and the sea, to eat a hot bowl of ramen once again.
when a police investigation finally bore fruit, naruto was rescued from the place. he was taken in by iruka, one of the cops, and eventually followed in his footsteps. he made a promise that he would find and save the redhead that had once clung to him down in those dark cells.
tsunade is chief of police. sai is a detective. lee is a chinese detective commissioned by the chinese police to go to japan to work alongside the tokyo metropolitan police dept to follow the chinese triads operations in japan. (or is it the hosting country that commissions?? anyway) a number of jonin from naruto are also police including: kakashi, yamato, genma, anko, etc etc.
-- sakura
sakura is the head of a large hospital that was once tied up with the uchiha who used her as an in for smuggling medical supplies. she was called upon as their emergency doctor to treat key figures when needed.
upon hearing about their massacre she felt total relief that the family threatening her life were finally gone. she thought she was free from them when a certain uchiha and 2 others showed up at her door demanding treatment.
she can't say she was happy to be back in such a predicament but it seemed that this uchiha didn't have a penchant for threatening her life as his family did. and for selfish reasons, she was okay with this arrangement.
-- the aburame
a family of assassins. their efficiency and untraceable methods make them a highly coveted group of hitmen whose services are sold to the highest bidder. the aburame have close ties with the yamanaka of the inashikacho alliance as they outsource some of their poisons from the yamanaka gardens.
even though the yamanaka, akimichi, and nara families formed an alliance generations ago, this agreement between the yamanaka and aburame remains a secret from the rest of the alliance.
the aburame are a completely neutral party and the yamanaka understands this. to pay for their secrecy and treachery towards their sworn brothers, the yamanaka accept that if a hit were ordered against their own, it wouldn't affect their business with the aburame.
Anyone has got any SasuSaku fic recommendations that aren't Quietus, Blind, Ripples or home is where the heart is? I like the ones with a good plot and that have angst, character development, relationship building and such. Thanks! ♡
"sakura, good morning!" shizune waves her over and gives her coffee.
"busy day huh." most days, she's thankful the hospital staff already knows her preferred brew—dark, hot, bitter.
"you wouldn't believe what just happened though." shizune sips her iced latte. "sasuke asked for your schedule."
sakura takes a beat to reply, savoring instead the aromatic notes that slowly wake her 18-hour-shift-riddled senses. "oh yeah. we agreed to discuss new chore arrangements."
"you're living together."
"he's sleeping over."
"living. together."
"should i blush?" sakura winces. "besides, it has only been a few months. well, a year."
shizune slaps her back and leaves in a giddy. "you're already blushing, lover girl."
===
"hey thanks for dropping these off." naruto grins at her through towering stacks of folders.
"we really should organize a courier system or tap into those digital things gaara has been using in suna."
"totally agree with you." he hands her a chocolate bar. for a few minutes, they pass the sugar supply back and forth, grateful for the silence and the little indulgent treat from olden days.
"by the way, sasuke has been asking some weird things."
"such as?"
"like your favorite color, favorite food, favorite music." naruto gets the last chocolate cube. he cracks it into uneven halves and gives the smaller one to her, as usual. "so i told him mine are red and shoyu ramen."
sakura laughs and pops the piece into her mouth. "back to work, future hokage-san."
===
"where's ino?"
sai hands her an apron and an order slip. sakura releases a petulant sigh, rolls her eyes, and begins to pick the flowers listed. she waits until sai settles on the presentation and prods again.
"supplier issue." he shows her a peony and a carnation.
"the peony definitely."
sai shrugs and finishes off the bouquet. "we had a curious customer earlier."
"hmm?"
"sasuke came in. he said he didn't want reds. it would be too obvious, he said. so i suggested whites."
"mums?"
"uh-uh and roses and lilies."
sakura turns pensive at this. "he must have bought them for his family." she smiles at sai and pats him on the shoulder. "you're sometimes kind-hearted, aren't you?"
sai's fixed smile fades. "sakura, he didn't—"
a customer dings the bell and sakura, already sensing sai's intention, slips out of the boutique like a true swift kunoichi.
===
"haruno-san."
"yes, i know it's midnight and i need to go home."
the guard loiters by her door. "actually, you have a visitor. he's at the wisteria arch."
"oh? but it's so late. can't this wait until morning?"
"it's the uchiha ma'am," the guard purses his lips, "he's been camping since eight in the evening."
sakura runs. she hates running in corridors, particularly when half of the people are asleep, but she manages to reach the grounds without an ambush diagnostic or a surprise checkup.
sasuke is waiting. there is a picnic blanket in a hideous shade of bright red under him, a basket, a bouquet, a bottle of wine that must be lukewarm by now.
"shizune said you were free tonight," he said.
"what's all this for?" sakura has to catch her breath. she sits across him and takes him in. gorgeous, even under the pale moonlight.
"i never got the right answers." sasuke pulls every item out of the basket. thermos for hot water, instant ramen packs, dango, a lunchbox that smells like curry, spring rolls. "i don't know exactly what you like. i don't know if you still like the food that you liked when we were kids."
"i still have a sweet tooth," sakura chuckles as she reaches for the dango.
"but i noticed you always ask me to cook curry and you never fail to look for spring rolls."
"because you cook curry the best, sasuke-kun, that's why i love it the most."
he avoids her chiding glance and hands her instead the bunch of daffodils. "i also don't know if you still like these flowers. you would pick them up in the forest, remember? trying to make me and naruto and kakashi wear these crowns of yellow blooms."
sakura laughs at the surfacing memories. "they're very beautiful, sasuke-kun." she basks for a while in the afterglow of his awkward yet patient persistence as he scoots closer to her side and slowly brushes her fingers against his in reacquaintance.
"what's with all these though? what did i miss?" sakura entangles their hands together, his thumb caressing her knuckles.
"happy anniversary."
"..."
"..."
"fuck."
"not here sakura."
"i forgot about it! fuck!"
"it's okay, let me." sasuke plants her down with a hand on her cheek. "you're busy, and there are few things in life i look forward in celebrating."
"i'm so sorry."
"i think it's me who has to apologize. i haven't nailed down everything."
"well, we've got the rest of our lives to figure that out."
Love staying alone. Don't like it when someone approaches and tries to make a friendly chat. Might abandon everything and go for a solo soul searching journey 🤷🏻♀️
"aren't you tired?" sasuke says over the top of her head. he nudges it quite a bit so he could read the sentences at the bottom of the book. he snickers, barely audible, but sakura catches it all the same.
"you're too quick! you gave the twist away!" sakura shifts inside his embrace in an attempt to escape but he tightens his arm across her chest and pulls her closer.
"oh honey, i think we both know she's gonna betray her goody shoes friend and get with her evil gangster client."
"can't believe she'd kiss him just like that! in the safe house her best friend provided for her!"
sasuke lets her anger simmer. "you're done with this part?" sakura nods. "okay you can turn to the next page."
this is how they spend most of their nights, curled up on the sofa, his hand on one side of the book, and her hand supporting the other. it's the coziest thing he has ever known. too bad he reads fast.
he whistles.
"stop it," sakura says, exasperated.
he notices her grip tighten on the cover. sasuke leans near her ear and releases an innocent breath. he watches in awe as the pinpricks on her skin travel from her neck to her breasts where her nipples now stand fully erect.
he lets go of the other side, preferring to touch this tangible nonfiction instead.
sakura moans, her body operating in autopilot to his familiar caresses. "you're so annoying," she says breathlessly, "you intentionally chose this book, didn't you?"
sasuke nibbles at her ear, continuing his palmed onslaught despite the fabric barrier. "hmm, the bookkeeper said it made for a nice bedtime story."
the book falls neglected on the floor. "you better take me upstairs then."
Can anyone help with me this Modern AU fic where Sasuke and Sakura were married at a very young age but then they got separated. Sarada lives with Sakura during weekends Sarada started visited at Sasuke. It was during then after years that Sakura and Sakura resolved their conflict and they lived happily.
I read it long back but couldn't remember the name of fic Or the name of the author? Can anybody help with this?
Can anyone help with me this Modern AU fic where Sasuke and Sakura were married at a very young age but then they got separated. Sarada lives with Sakura and during weekends Sarada started visiting Sasuke. It was during then after years that Sasuke and Sakura resolved their conflict and they lived happily.
I read it long back but couldn't remember the name of fic Or the name of the author? Can anybody help with this?
“I hope you forgive me for intruding.” Sakura’s former mentor sits at her desk. Tsunade still looks like she never ages, but Sakura notes the fine lines that sprinkle her temple. There are things that Tsunade has allowed to be—like time.
“You’re never a stranger.” Sakura approaches her for a hug. “Sorry about the mess, I finished at midnight.” Open scrolls on medicinal innovations litter her usual squeaky clean desk.
Tsunade rolls her eyes and smirks, “Honey, have you seen mine?"
“Well, compared to Kakashi and Naruto, you did fine.”
Tsunade’s sight lingers on the edge of the files. Sakura traces her eyeline and sees what caught her attention. She fakes a laugh and tries to sweep the letter under another larger scroll.
“He’s writing?”
“To them.” Sakura notes the disbelief in Tsunade’s inquiry that bubbles under the surface. “Not to me.” She just basically told Tsunade that she steals these letters from her other teammates. Not that they would notice anyway, and sometimes Kakashi leaves them on her table.
Her mentor shrugs and throws an arm over her shoulder. They watch the cherry blossom tree outside of the office, long beyond its flowering season, but still a sight to behold. “Makes sense, considering how he writes.”
“It’s sparse, but he has always been economical that way.”
Tsunade stifles a laugh. “Didn’t I teach you about forensic handwriting?”
Sakura shakes her head, unsure of the conversation’s direction.
“Sasuke writes fast. His letters overlap, almost unintelligible, but whenever your name is mentioned, each stroke becomes heavier, bigger, leaves a more lasting imprint on the scroll. He’s also experiencing some intense feelings. It’s intentional, the way he writes about you.”
“What do you make out of it?”
“Like you give him peace.”
Sakura could only laugh. “I don’t….receive letters yet.”
“You’ll know when it comes.”
When her first letter lands on her windowsill a month later, Sakura notes the difference in handwriting. She asks him about it when he comes home and he asks her to go with him on a hike. On top of a hill overlooking the village, a picnic spread under them, a bracelet of forget-me-nots in progress in his hand.
“Do you use different pens?” she jests.
“For one thing, you’re more critical with things like handwriting than the two. You often complained of Iruka's style, didn't you?” Sasuke replies. He uses his mouth to close the string of flowers, and gives them to her. “I just also like writing your name.”
She wears the bracelet nonetheless but feels as if it’s her heart dangling on her sleeve with the way his answer left her unsatisfied.
“But not as much as I love saying it,” Sasuke adds, staring at her now and the way the afternoon sun paints her skin. “Sakura.”
Synopsis: He still has to be chased, even when he is right next to her.
Length: 5734 words
Content Warning: Rated T for language.
Notes: I have a big fat fucking art block again so here I am, writing some travelling SS headcanons down. I’ve been listening to a lot of Jessie Ware while I was writing this so get ready for a lot of relationship-related shenanigans. *wiggles around*
I. The Land of Wind
“I love you,” she says, out of the blue.
Her words catch him off guard and he freezes, unsure if he’d heard right.
They’d been standing together and surveying the vast expanse of sand that stretched out for miles beneath their feet. The stars that guided their way through the desert twinkled good-naturedly above them. The wind had picked up at that very moment, temporarily soothing the skin of his heated face.
He turns his head to look at her. Light green eyes, full of sincerity and a little of what he thinks is hope, steadily meet his gaze. There was no trace of irony, no hint of a smirk playing on her lips, no playful revising of her words in the seconds that followed. The way she said it was like how one would state what the weather was like today or if a particular meal had agreed with them or not- a simple fact.
It is a part of Sakura that he would never be able to understand. To her, this sentiment was a constant in her life, fixed to her (by perhaps some unknown entity with a twisted sense of humor) like the sun and moon were to day and night. To him, it was an unnatural, illogical, and most of all, terrifying variable.
Finding it difficult to look at her anymore, he turns his attention back to the distant horizon and tries to distract himself with other thoughts. He knows he should be grateful but in a way it irritates him to see that she thinks he is like some lovesick puppy, always wanting this constant, blatant reaffirmation of her love for him.
But what he hates, what he absolutely despises, is the fact that deep down he knows it to be true.
