Sakura:
I have known Naruto for 20 years. Correction, I have known of Naruto for 20 years, but back in the early days of the Academy, I gave him only a passing thought, mostly when he did something I considered annoying, like blocking my view of Sasuke-kun. I’m embarrassed about that.
That said, I have only truly known him for as long as I’ve known about the Kyuubi. It was Naruto’s biggest secret, it was why everything was the way it was in the early days.
I say that: that everything was the way it was, like there was no other choice - and I immediately want to slap myself. I took on my parents prejudice as a child before