Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. And I'm getting really sick of having to repeat this every time I write something.
A Hanaya is a flower shop.
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Cerulean Orbs
At the Hanaya
She had just finished her breakfast and was now walking down the road to her families flower shop. Her feet kicked the loose stone of the road as she slowly got closer and closer to the building. She didn't mind working in the shop a few hours everyday, to be honest she quite enjoyed it, she wished she had company more often. Sakura would sometimes visit her after she was done at the hospital. But she was always craving company during the rest of the time.
Her hand reached into her pocket and searched around for the keys. The door made a click sound as she unlocked it, and made a tiny creak as she stepped inside. The room was stuffy, and she could feel the moisture radiating off the plants, tainting her skin.
"Good morning" she smiled to them as she poured fresh, cool water over their dry soil.
She opened all the windows letting in the morning air, and put on her standard green apron. After much sorting and arranging, and tidying, and after she was satisfied with the shop, she finally opened it and sat at her place behind the counter.
She sighed after sitting there for more than an hour and wondered if anyone was going to by flowers today. Any sign of a customer was very bleak.
"Welcome to the Yamanaka flower shop" she quickly sat up when she heard the bell above the door ring "how may I assist… you?" she looked up to see no one there.
'Odd?' she thought to herself as she studied the empty store.
"Hey Ino-Pig!!" a certain emerald eyed girl shot up from in front of the counter.
"Ahh!!" the blond girl screamed as she almost fell of her seat. "Sakura don't scare me like that" she panted as she tried to calm her racing heart. The pink haired medic just grinned at her startled friend. Oh how she loved to torture her. There was nothing like the good old scare to start your day.
"Why are you here billboard brow?" Ino cursed her aching rear as she rubbed over her now bruised skin.
"Tsunade gave me a day off" Sakura grinned
"And you come here?" Ino looked at her hopefully.
"Yep" the medic nodded.
'Finally some company' Ino gave a smirk. "So have you heard any juicy gossip lately?"
"I did actually hear this rumor going around" sakura grinned as she jumped up and sat on the counter.
"Really?" Ino raised an eyebrow "what kind of rumor?"
Sakura smirked once more and lent in closer to her friends ear.
"Do you sell pink ikebana here?" a deep voice asked as a man entered the shop; disrupting the conversation between the two girls.
'Just as it gets interesting' Ino sighed "Yes we do" she painted on a smile as she stood and walked to the corner of the room. She picked up a small brown pot that held a green plant with pink flowers springing from it.
"Will this do?" she asked
"Yes, thank you" the man said as he pulled out his wallet.
Ino took his money and bagged the plant. "Here you are sir" she smiled as she handed it to him.
"Thankyou" he returned a smile as he took it and left.
"Now where were we…?" Ino drifted off as she sat another man standing in the room; looking at a pair of yellow and red roses.
'Since when was he in here?' she asked herself; not remembering him ever entering the shop.
"Well, you see..." sakura began but stopped when she saw her blond haired friend staring at nothing.
"Ino?" she waved a hand in front of her face "Ino? hello? Come in?"
"Was there something you wanted sir?" Ino asked
"What are you talking about?" Sakura looked at her confused "there's no one else in here but you and me."
The man turned to face her and approached her. Just before her reached the counter; he dissolved into thin air. Ino just stared ahead of her, too shocked to move at what she just saw.
"Are you felling alright?" Sakura asked concernedly. "You don't have a fever or something do you?" she placed a hand on Inos forehead.
"w-what?" Ino turned to her friend.
"I asked if you were alright" Sakura replied
"Who was that?" Ino mumbled to herself.
"Who was what?" Sakura peered at her.
"That man…" Ino wondered.
"What man?" She was getting very confused by this point.
"The one that was looking at the roses…" the flower girl mumbled once more.
"What? There was no man in here!" Sakura replied "apart from the one that just left minuets ago…"
Ino stared at the brightly colored roses; studying them.
"Are you alright?" a foreign voice asked.
"wh-what?!" Ino looked up to see the man once more. "Ahh!!" she jumped back in surprise. "Who- who are you?"
Just as she finished saying this, he was gone again.
"Ino, I think you should take the day off" Sakura stated as she grabbed the girl's wrist and pulled her up.
"Didn't you see him?" Ino asked
"See who?" Sakura returned the question.
"That man…"
"There was no man!" Sakura tried to persuade her. "I'm taking you home"
'But I'm sure there was a man' Ino tried to convince herself as the two girls walked back to her place.
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