Prompt: Long distance
Pairing: DaruiXSakura
Sakura's hair was pinned up, and instead of her usual shinobi apparel she wore a midnight blue kimono decorated with the ocean waves. She was a picture perfect leaf ambassador, except for the rage stirring inside her chest. What was supposed to have been a week-long trip to Kumo had been extended by four days at the Raikage's insistence that she must attend their winter festival. Grudgingly she had been forced to accept. This whole mission had been planned by Tsunade and her with careful consideration to Naruto's current mission. Since whenever he was around he wouldn't let Sakura within a mile of her paperwork and if by some chance he did, felt the need to stick around and bug her. So what was supposed to have been a free week to finish everything she had to do was now cut down to most likely two days if she left as soon as the festival was over, traveled nonstop, and didn't sleep until she was done; which was so not going to happen, on top of all that she had been given one of the Raikage's personal body guards, as though she couldn't defend herself.
Her eyes glanced at the laid back man dressed in Kumo's own traditional wear; his sword for once was gone from his back. Focusing her eyes back in front of her Sakura resisted sighing. She really just wanted to go home. "Got a lover waiting for you or something?" The words stopped Sakura in her tracks, as her face turned redder than her hair. Spluttering she turned to the man. He continued "Or is my company really that terrible?"
A million intelligent non-dumb replies raced forward but none of them made it out instead "Hunh?" was the winner.
"You haven't said a word all night, you keep fidgeting and you haven't looked at any one of the stands. So my question remains is your lover waiting for you or is my company lacking?"
Sakura bit her tongue stopping every scathing reply that wanted to come out, choosing to walk forward instead. She heard steps and fabric swishing as Darui caught up to her. "So is that a yes?"
Sakura turned around resisting the urge to punch the man. "I don't see how that is any of your busi . . ." He cut her off pushing her into an alley they had sidled up to, all the way to the back and then his lips were on hers. Breaking away he grinned at her and she smirked at him. "What happened to keeping a low profile?" she asked, her breathing a tiny bit labored.
Darui groaned his head tipping back. "Two years of long distance dating, and keeping a low profile. When are you finally going to move here?"
Sakura smirked "When you," she poked his chest, "tell Kakshi," groan, "Naruto," groan, "Ino," groa, "and Tsunade." One final groan.
"You're trying to kill me."
Sakura laughed, "Nope, just giving you a reason to move to Konoha." She took his arm and began pulling him out of the alley "I don't know why you don't just give in."
Darui kissed her one more time before they entered the light that glowed from the festivals, "Because I never give in."
Sakura gave a sad smile as she pulled away and entered the street, Darui following after her a moment later. At some point one of them would have to give in, or they'd end up raising their children in both of their villages. A hand went to her stomach and she sighed, she'd have to tell him before she left. Then, then she'd have to run like hell.
AN: So I was very nervous about doing this couple; one because I don't have much interest in the couple, and two I'm not very sure about Darui's personality. Either way I liked how this this turned out.
