A Merry Christmas Indeed
By: Ki Ari Nara A.K.A. Shikaara's Girl
I don't own Naruto. That's all I'm going to say.
Sakura wasn't feeling the Christmas spirit this year. She was pretty sure no one did. Although she could be wrong, Naruto was with Hinata and her family this year. Sakura didn't want to go home to an empty house. Not again.
She sighed for the umpteenth time, why did she have to be alone during the holidays?
Sakura unlocked the front door to her apartment and made her way to her living room, almost falling down at the sight of a bright red wrapped present underneath her not so lit tree. (She had unplugged the tree due to not feeling "Christmas-see".)
That present had not been there when she left, so how and when had it got there? Well she knew Naruto had the only spare key so could he have left it for her?
Curiosity overwhelmed her until she could take it no longer and practically ran to the present. She looked the present over, and over again hoping for some kind of clue as to who sent it. Finding none she shrugged and ripped the colored paper off to reveal a large, black velvet box.
She was scared to open it. Or nervous would be a better term. She had never gotten a present without knowing who it was from. And this present was velvet.
After staring at the present for some time she slowly lifted the lid and stared, transfixed on the green fabric.
It wasn't just any green either. It was her green, the color of her eyes. Not just anybody knows the exact shade her eyes are.
What she was holding in the velvet box, was a green, Chinese styled dress, with dull gray, black… no not dull. More like, a deep, dark, gray-black trim.
Where had she seen that color? Did this color have a specific name? If it did, she couldn't place it.
With shaking hands she lifted the dress from the box and held it up, examining it from every angle. Then, she gasped.
The trim did have a specific color name, onyx. Onyx and emerald.
This came to her when she saw the Uchiha crest placed on the back of the dress, right in between the shoulder blades.
Sasuke….come home, please…
Christmas was good after all…