It's been so long. But this is going to be a chapter story, with cough advanced rated cough scenes later on.
They're the best kind bebes!
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"Aww! But WHY Sakura-chan?!"
The nasally voice given by the perturbed blond teenager resounded throughout the closely clustered trees bunched behind his back. The teasing girl swayed her hips with a sly smirk upon her face, obviously his tormenter, shaking her blush-color hair in playfulness. She was skipping backward, shoes scuffing the loose soil occasionally broken by a treacherous tree root, but she avoided them all with light grace.
Weaving in and out of the small obstacles such as stones and the like, she teased,
"Because I got them Naruto! I can do what I want with these coupons as I wish!"
She stuck out her artful pink tongue in temptation, shining wet in the full sun. Her eyes had crinkled with her smile, enjoying her moment, while she dangled her prize in the air, flashing the brightly stamped paper in the summer day. She made the cardstock dance in the space between them, teasing his pleading face.
He pouted his lip, and puffed his cheeks, perturbed at her taunt. One hand jammed into his odd orange pants, he gave her an agitated stance, and eyes squinted shut.
"But you KNOW I love ramen, Sakura! No one loves ramen as much as I do, so the tickets would be useless to you, you know? So why not let me use them? Or at least just one-"
Her eyes opened in mock realization, as she pulled the paper close to her open features. She smiled slightly; pretending not to have listened to her companion. She put one slim finger to her pursed lips, as if contemplating.
"Now you're right, Naruto! There are two! I bet I could bring a date-"
Naruto turned around swiftly, eyes widened in shock and happiness. A date? Was Sakura-chan suggesting a date with him?!
He could feel the air around him grow warmer as his cheeks flushed in bliss. He imagined dreamily: Me and Sakura-chan, together! He felt like floating…But he was soon deflated as he heard her prattle further.
"Now I wonder…Oh, I bet Lee would! Or maybe Neji? He sure is cute. Or Kiba. I really like dogs…"
Naruto felt himself crashing, burning, as he heard his crush talk about other candidates, his poor cerulean eyes welling in grief and the hurt of being shunned. His mouth slacked agape as he watched her move and sway her body as she listed others that might be suitable for her task. She crinkled her nose, loving her moment of the irritation surrounding Naruto.
"B-but, Sakura-CHAN! Why not me?! I'd love to go on a date with you! You know I would!"
She turned to stare at the poor stressed Naruto, smiling with her full glory and blushing lips.
With blinking jade eyes,
"Oh I know that, Naruto! But should I give you a chance?"
She questioned with one very deviously raised rosette eyebrow. It took a pause before it clicked into his brain that this was his moment, but he quickly regained composure, straitening his posture with a set and determined look etched into his face.
"You would never regret it, Sakura-chan! I know you wouldn't!"
His big toothy grin stretched across his mouth in all its signature glory, his hands on his hips as his eyes crinkled into slits in a knowing posture. She in turn stood straighter, teasing looks quickly dissipating. She cocked her head to the side, wondering her response. Eh, it's just a date right. She just needed to act clam, no need to make the night potentially awkward. And, isn't this what she had kind of hoped right? Maybe, just a little…
"Alright! Meet me at Ichiraku at seven."
She said with an accepting smile and half lidded eyes of encouragement. One bright blue eye snapped open, the shock apparent on all his features as his wrinkle-inducing smile faded into a wondering oval shape. His cheeks tinged pink, and he brought one calloused finger to scratch his cheek in nervousness.
"Really Sakura-chan?"
He questioned, speculating either a prank or a dream. She smirked and blinked faithfully.
"Really really Naruto."
She laid one precious coupon on the ground, taking the other to her breast to clutch it before spinning on her heel to walk away. Her pale pink skirt billowed lightly behind her as she stepped through the grassy field, one pale hand fluttering like a small white dove in between the upshoots of golden grass, feeling each stalk with tender care.
He watched her go, eagerness growing within his belly like a comforting friend.
Finally.
He sighed.
He strode over to the cardstock laid so gently on the earth and took it to its home within his warm pocket. He patted the hold with a loving brush of his thick fingers, his cheeks slightly blushing in excitement.
Naruto then made his own way across the field, imagining a perfect date with the great Sakura-chan.
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Kisses-
Greenquill