Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own Naruto - you should be thankful for that. Naruto is the property of Masashi Kishimoto.

Pairing: SasuSaku

Rating: K+ However, rating will change depending on the chapter's contents.

Genre: Slight Romance

Warning: Beware of the extreme fluff. XD

Summary: Theirs is a love that speaks of unspoken words of devotion, small words of gratitude and a tray of sliced apples.

AN: This maybe a minor fact but you should know something first: White roses mean innocence, silence and devotion.

1. Love

What they have between them may be termed as ambiguous at best, from an outsider's point of view. In their case, there is a startling, though not unexpected, lack of absence of the usual signs that indicate whether two people are intimately involved. Sasuke does not give Sakura the small, flattering trinkets that are customary for any Uchiha male courting a respectable lady. Savage jealousy does not bubble up like molten lava within a tempestuous volcano when she smiles at another male. He does not bother to compliment her on her strength or beauty because he does not know how.

But the signs are there.

Ino sighs in exasperation when Sasuke lingers hesitantly outside the flower shop, trying to look decidedly uninterested in the bouquet of simple white roses on display, before pride kicks in and he walks off to the direction of the training fields, although, not without a second glance at the innocent white petals.

Kakashi merely smiles when Sasuke comes to him for advice and then promptly leaves after their rather... enlightening conversation, but not before adding a thinly veiled threat - "We never had this conversation." - which would have sounded rather impressive had it not been for his madly burning face.

Naruto simply shakes his head in utter hopelessness and mutters a very low "He's smitten," when Sasuke, who he has dragged to the store, absentmindedly comments, "Rubies and emeralds look good together," as they look through the wedding rings for Naruto's engagement to Hinata.

Tsunade leaves the Uchiha to what he's been doing all day - simply staring at Sakura's supine form on the hospital bed - and does not ask him to leave when visiting hours are over, because she knows that Uchiha, being the stubborn, disrespectful brat he is, will simply spare a second to glare at her, or worse, ignore her completely, before resuming the scrutiny of her apprentice's pale, pale face for a sign of returning consciousness.

Sakura looks at him, expression openly soft. Sasuke can't bring himself to look at her. He sits by her bedside, holding a tray of apples that he's peeled himself. He does not meet her eyes, instead, stares intently at the cherry blossom branches peeking outside the window, and tries very hard not to shift awkwardly. He looks every bit the awkward, emotionally stunted teenage boy he is under that cold exterior, and Sakura's eyes soften.

"I--" he starts to speak and falters. Instead of saying what he was about to, he tears his gaze away from the window and changes his response, awkwardly mumbling, "I cut you some apples." And almost hesitantly, as if worried about broaching a sensitive memory of the past, he holds them out to her and adds, "Here."

Silence is his answer and Sasuke tries to pretend indifference. Just as he is about to slip into his insouciant facade, a small, deceptively delicate yet rough hand covers his own. She accepts the tray of heart-shaped slices and the touch of her skilled hands linger like the warmth of a lover's embrace after she lets go. His breath catches when she smiles that smile she reserves only for him and says, softly, "Thank you."

Ending Notes: This drabble is the result of signing up for a community on LJ called 20paperplanes, which is for users who want to write drabbles/sentences on a pairing of their choice based on themes sets (emotions, colours, food, occasions and random) provided by the community. Each set has twenty prompts. So, I obviously chose SasuSaku as the pairing and chose 'Emotions' as the theme set. And here I am now, drabbling.

For FAF readers, I've got good news - I finally have a reliable and absolutely amazing beta!!! I'm so excited to be working with her! Anyone want to hazard a guess at who she might be? (Hint: she writes amazing SasuSaku CRACK!)

Next chapter:

Either

A. Lust

OR

B. Loss

Which one should I post next? And please tell me how I did on this one. For some reason, I'm thoroughly dissatisfied with this drabble - it's so... idk, but I still don't like it. At all. *eternal gloom*