Consider: aromantic Sakura
Sakura, age 5: "Everyone likes Sasuke so I should too... it's weird not to like anyone, right?"
Ino obv sees through that bs
Cue long talks about Sakura just not feeling attracted to anyone
Ino and Sakura staying the best of friends
Stealing books from the library and Ino's dad that no five year old should be able to read but HEY it's Sakura and Ino who are literally the smartest genin in Konoha. Add to that Ino's determination to find Sakura an identifying word and bam
Sakura and Ino also make a flag for 'aromantic'. It has to have Sakura's eye color of course, emerald green, then there's grey to represent gender nonconforming, and dark green for pride and power
Sakura grafts her hitai-ate's metal plate onto her flag and shows up to training with this strange green-grey band around her forehead
"I'm Sakura Haruno. I like candy, punching stuff and hanging out with Ino. I get the feeling that you're just testing us about how well we can hide stuff about ourselves, but I have to come out anyways so... I'm aromantic."
Naruto asks a gazillion questions and Sakura answers all of them
Sasuke just nods and accepts it, thankful that he isn't in a team with a fangirl
Kakashi doesn't say anything, just smiles
Naruto: "Then if Sakura-chan doesn't want me as a boyfriend, she can be my sister!"
That's when Sakura realises she's gonna love this team
The next day Kakashi shows up with a giant flag and drapes it around Sakura, telling her it's the official aro flag
Sakura is ecstatic but chooses to use her own flag on her hitai-ate because "I made it with Ino, and no one else has it! So I feel special!"
She hangs up Kakashi's flag in her bedroom ofc and often uses it as a blanket bc it's big and warm