Naruto grinned against Sakura's lips, pushing her down onto his bed softly to continue their kissing on it. Sakura felt Naruto's hand slide under her shirt and slowly inch upward. Before it could get any higher, she quickly broke the kiss.

Naruto's grin faded. "What's wrong, Sakura?"

Sakura blushed. "Um...I'm just not really comfortable with doing that yet. You know that, Naruto."

Naruto smiled shyly, scratching his head. "Yeah, I know. I'm sorry, Sakura-chan."

Sakura frowned at him. "How many times do I have to tell you, Naruto? We've been dating for three years now, you don't have to call me Sakura-chan."

"Eh...old habits die hard. Besides, you don't know how good you've got it, Sakura-ch...Sakura!" He gave her a nervous smile and rolled off of her so they were lying down next to each other.

Sakura rolled her eyes, but snuggled up against him. "Yeah, I guess you're right. How many eighteen-year-old guys are as willing to take things as slow as we are?"

"None," Naruto confirmed. "Especially after three years! It's okay though, I don't really mind that much. I'll wait thirty years if I have to!"

Sakura giggled as Naruto wrapped an arm around her. "I think I had you pinned when we were fifteen, Naruto. You're the perfect boyfriend."

"Only for you." He gave her a light kiss on the cheek.

Sakura grinned. After a minute, she sat up and looked at him. "So what do you want to do for the next hour? It's only four in the afternoon."

"Eat ramen."

"Option two."

"Eat miso ramen."

Sakura scowled at him. "Seriously. You're so predictable, Naruto."

"Maybe that's because we've spent almost every waking moment of our lives together for the past three years," Naruto pointed out.

"True," Sakura replied with a shrug. "But I feel like doing something different today..." She looked over to see Naruto mouthing the words as she said them.

"Naruto!" both of them cried at the same time. "Stop that!" they said together.

Sakura frowned and punched his shoulder. "You're annoying."

"And you're abusive!"

She rolled her eyes and got up off the bed, watching as Naruto also got up. "Let's take a walk or something. Maybe Ino and Shikamaru are out doing something today, too!" Sakura suggested.

Naruto's shoulders slumped. "We spent all day with them yesterday!"

Sakura grabbed his hand and yanked him out of the room. "Just come on!"

They exited Naruto's house and headed down the crowded streets, searching for someone they knew. As they walked by, hand in hand, Naruto heard a loud whistle come from nearby. He released Sakura's hand and immediately did a 360, fists clenched and raised to fight. "Who did that?!" he called out. Everyone turned to look at him. "She's mine, so back off!"

Sakura blushed dark red and pulled him away before anyone could say anything. "Naruto, you idiot!" she hissed. "What the hell did you do that for?!"

Naruto frowned at her. "They were whistling at you!"

She frowned back, shoving him away half-heartedly. "Paranoid, much?"

"Hey, nobody's stealing my girlfriend if I can help it!"

"Naruto, does the phrase "three years" mean nothing to you?"

Naruto blinked at her.

Sakura sighed. "You have issues."

Naruto ignored her, grinning at something in another direction. "Hey, we haven't seen Hinata and Kiba in a while, right?" He pointed at the couple, who were buying ice cream at a stand nearby.

Sakura allowed herself to be pulled towards them, and as they got closer, Kiba and Hinata spotted them. A whispered, "Hide it, hide it!" came from Kiba, and Hinata quickly grabbed her finger with one hand and then shoved that same hand into her pocket a second later. They both grinned nervously as Naruto and Sakura approached.

"Hey guys, it's been almost a month! What have you been up to?" Naruto asked.

"Er, nothing much really, lots and lots of missions, that's all!" Kiba cried.

Sakura raised an eyebrow. "Really? I've talked to Shino six times this month," she commented.

"O-oh!" Hinata exclaimed. "Well, they were just two-member missions. Yeah..." She went red and looked away.

Kiba scratched the back of his neck, looking from Sakura to Naruto. After a moment, he lowered his voice. "Okay, look, can you guys keep a secret? Especially from Neji."

They both looked at Kiba with interest, but nodded.

"Are you sure we should tell them?" Hinata asked Kiba.

"Sure! They said they won't tell, right?"

Sakura and Naruto nodded again. "We won't tell, promise!" Naruto shouted loudly. Kiba and Hinata looked from Naruto's grinning face, to Sakura's serious one, before quickly grabbing Sakura and leading her away from Naruto.

"Hey! What gives?" Naruto called from behind them. Hinata shot Kiba a look, and he went back to hold Naruto off.

"What's up?" Sakura asked once she and Hinata were alone.

"Um...see..." Hinata sighed. "You really can't tell Neji, okay? Even though he's a bit of a hypocrite anyway for dating Tenten..." she muttered.

"What is it, Hinata?" Sakura asked impatiently.

"Okay, okay..." Hinata stuck a hand into her pocket and pulled out a small ring. "Kiba asked me to marry him yesterday, and I said yes!"

Sakura gaped at her. "He did WHAT? Hinata, you're only eighteen! What on Earth are you thinking?"

"Well, I..." Hinata pressed her fingers together nervously. "I love him and all, so I...we can wait for the actual marriage, but we figured for now...I mean, we're only engaged right now. It's not like we're getting married tomorrow or anything..."

Sakura shook he head, exhaling loudly. "Okay. It's your choice, Hinata. I won't try and make you change your mind. But who else knows?"

Hinata breathed a sigh of relief. "Thanks. I figured you would take it the best, so actually, you're the first we've told. Do you think you could keep it a secret from Naruto, though? He's...kind of a loud mouth."

Sakura laughed. "Yeah, I noticed." They both looked back at Kiba and Naruto, who were now wrestling on the ground playfully, much to the amusement of the other villagers.

"Well, I guess we should get going. Lots of preparations to be made and all..."

Sakura's eyes widened.

"Er...dinner preparations! Yes...we're having a very nice dinner tonight, Kiba and I. Um...yeah...bye!" Hinata squeaked out, quickly retrieving Kiba and pulling him off in another direction.

Naruto approached Sakura suspiciously, dusting himself off. "What was that all about?"

"Uh, girl stuff. You wouldn't want to know," Sakura lied.

"Oh," Naruto replied, scratching his head. "Well, what should we do now? I'm kind of in the mood for..." He paused at the look on Sakura's face. "...um...Neji!"

"What?!"

Naruto hurried to explain. "No! Neji!" He pointed behind her, and Sakura spun around to see Neji only a few feet away.

"Oh no. I hope he didn't see me talking to Hinata..." Sakura thought. They approached Neji cautiously.

"Hey, Neji," Naruto said, as Neji hadn't seemed to have noticed them yet. "What's up?"

Neji seemed to be fiddling with something in his hands, putting it away after a moment and clearing his throat. "Oh. Hello, Naruto. Sakura." He nodded to each of them. "What brings you here?"

"It's just been a while since we've talked to anyone, being so busy with missions and all. Kakashi-sensei's been busy too, with Kurenai and Maito Gai. They're on a month-long mission right now. It reminds me of that time three years ago, when he left with them for nearly four months..." She trailed off with a frown. After a moment, she looked back up at Neji. "So how have you been?"

Neji shrugged. "I'm okay. I tried to move in with Tenten a week ago...that did not go well."

Naruto grinned. "Why? Did she not want you there?"

Neji glared at him. "No, the rest of the clan didn't want me there. I hear they did the same thing to Hinata when she tried to move in with Kiba. And now..." He sighed. "...I think they're trying to kill two birds with one stone. They're trying to convince me to marry Hinata."

Sakura held back a grin. "The Hyuuga clan's in for a big surprise..."

"Ew!" Naruto cried. "That's disgusting!"

Neji shrugged. "Our clan's been doing it for years. I said no, of course, and I know Hinata will object to it as well. So it's not really a problem."

Sakura nodded. "Yeah. Well, don't worry Neji, I'm sure it'll all work out. Hey, do you know what time it is?"

Neji looked at his watch. "Ten 'till five."

"I thought so. We have to go," Sakura told him apologetically.

"See you later!" Naruto called, allowing himself to be pulled away by Sakura. As they walked, their smiles slowly died away.

They headed for the edge of Konoha, arriving there at almost five o' clock and staring up at the lone hill nearby with a cross perched on top of it. Hand in hand, they climbed the hill, sitting down in the grass in front of the cross.

"Sasuke Uchiha. Born: July 23rd. Died: July 5th," Sakura read aloud. They both sat in silence for a moment.

This was a daily tradition for them, prompted by Naruto's guilt, which had finally kicked in a few weeks after Sasuke had died. Sakura tried talking to him, telling them that he shouldn't blame himself for Sasuke's death, but it didn't work. So instead, she helped him repay the debt he thought he owed, coming to mourn the old Sasuke at his grave every day at five p.m. If they were on a mission or were busy one day, they would make it up the next by staying there for ten minutes instead of five. Almost every day for the past three years, Sakura and Naruto could be found by Sasuke's grave at five o' clock.

After five minutes of staring at the grave, Sakura looked over at Naruto to see his eyes shut tightly. "You ready to go?" she asked.

Naruto opened his eyes and looked back at her sadly. "Yeah..." he whispered.

Sakura had only seen Naruto cry once during their three year relationship, and that was when the fact that Sasuke was actually dead finally hit him, right around the time that his guilt started. They had been alone at the time, and Sakura wondered if she was the only person who had ever seen Naruto cry other than when Jiraiya died.

They stood up, Naruto gripping Sakura's hand tightly, and after another moment, left the grave and headed back towards the village.