We had that.
Until 620 NH and SS had the upper hand, then he destroyed that and started giving more NS development, and then introduces Mina/Kushi, Naruto stating his feelings for her again, and a major power-up of Sakura's character followed with a maturity thoughts and hints that she accept the idea of being Naruto's girlfriend, for me it's like (the story is going to end and NS is the end pairing).
@HauntedCake.
Agree with you i feel that he's finishing the story and closing developments, the rookies will be sidelined again, and Hinata now already got her full development.
Naruto has nothing to say to hinata since he pretty much give his answer before on the arc, stated his feelings for Sakura.Sakura also has nothing to say to Sasuke or even a conversation between the two also is discarded because there's no topic to discuss about.
Naruto and Sakura are the only ones who still has something to talk about because Sakura knows about Naruto's feelings for her so it's either her to tell Naruto that she loves him and wants a chance to prove that or tell Naruto that she doesnt love him(which is highly unlikely to me, since she cares too much about Naruto and i doubt she would break his heart.).
Not necessarily. What we had was Sakura thinking about the dark Sasuke and not being happy about it. Sasuke's here now, and he's for the most part neutral or whatever, so with that said, I wouldn't be surprised if he threw SS a bone. Giving them a moment without making it romantic. You never know with Kishi, so I'm definitely not gonna rule out the possibility of it happening especially considering the fact that he gave Naruto and Hinata quite a nice chunk of interaction during the war.