You know, I do believe Kishi truly cares for his work. I mean think about it. In the movie, Sakura brought up the whole Hokage dream part for Naruto, which is like the best way to bring him back to real world. That said if she knows that well, which is only brought up way back in the Chuunin Exam from her pov, that means Kishi is truly being consistent and now, it seems like this is an indirect way for Sakura to choose Naruto over Sasuke. I don't know if I have give him too much credit, but if he does do this, honestly, I will bow down to him. No joke. This is a smart writing if done right. I don't know if this is his plan to do this way, but we'll see.
I hope you're joking about the bowing part.
But I do agree with you, apart from Sakura and Sasuke not getting a proper resolution yet I cannot see any other hold in the NS relationship, worst when they haven't confronted each other about the way they feel and I'm positive that the bench scene will come back at some point, that's why I can clearly picture Sakura standing on Naruto's side in everything.