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It's right there in chapter 3. Naruto is into Sakura because she desperately craves validation from Sauce, which is gay and weird af. Oh, and because she's pretty I guess. His attraction to Sakura is as shallow and nonsensical as Sakura's obsessive crush on Sasuke. Like there's no non-fucked up way to read this. Nart has either a cuckold fetish, or he's really into clingy bpd chicks with 0 self-respect, or he doesn't even like Sakura, he just wants to steal her from Sauce, or he projects himself onto Sakura because he too wants to get railed by Sasuke. This entire love triangle (and other ships in Naruto, and Naruto in general) is like a running gag that overstayed its welcome.