Wow! Well, it's been a really long time since I've written anything. Like…a REALLY long time. Seriously. I think I'll start back up again. I'm going to boost myself off of the ground with a short romantic story. It'll only be a few of chapters long, maybe longer if I feel like it. I hope you guys enjoy it. (:

I couldn't keep my eyes off of her. I just couldn't. That rose colored hair, those beautiful green eyes. I couldn't help but stare at her. Who was this girl I saw? She was so different from the girl I used to know and avoid. Her laugh, her smile, her gorgeous shape. Everything about her was astoundingly stunning.

A raven haired boy lay lazily in his bedroom. Arms behind his head, he stared up at the ceiling in almost a daze. Sasuke Uchiha was his name. Konoha's eighteen-year-old infamous ANBU officer, The Black Fang. Yes, Black Fang. This meant he was obviously the pupil of the Silver Fang, Kakashi Hatake. Sasuke let out a deep sigh and turned himself on to his side.

All day he had been thinking nonstop about one of the most gifted Kunoichi in Konoha, Sakura Haruno. Maybe he was crazy to be thinking about her. They grew up together, yes. She had always had a crush on him. But now things were different. They had parted ways, going on with their own lives, not bothering to keep contact with each other at all. They had been too busy for each other. Sasuke, had been a part of ANBU for going on four years, and Sakura had been on an S-Rank mission within that time. It had been years since Sasuke had even seen her since he came back to Konoha. But it was only this morning that he saw her again.

Sasuke had been waiting at the gates of Konoha to greet the returning shinobi gratefully when he caught a glimpse of someone slightly familiar to him. She walked with her head held high, her hands covered by black gloves. For what purpose, he didn't know. Her hair was longer than he remembered it being the last time he saw her – down to her mid back- and it was held back by her shinobi headband. There was just something completely different about her entirely. Behind his mask, his eyes were stuck on her. Yet, she didn't seem to notice him at all. She stood there, talking with her longtime friend Ino Yamanaka. She too, had also grown her platinum blonde hair back. She wore it in a high ponytail. Sakura had yet to look around to even see if he was there. Maybe it was because of his mask? Surely she had caught wind of him returning to the village. In fact, she had to have been there the day he came back, unless she had already left for her mission. She knew he was sworn into the ANBU. He knew that she did. Why wasn't she concerned about finding him? He wouldn't have her ignore him.

Sasuke made his way towards her, removing his mask as his feet carried him to her. He cleared his throat quietly.

"Sakura Haruno..." He spoke in his usual monotonous tone. The pink haired girl broke her attention away from Ino to look at him. Sasuke inwardly sighed in relief. At least she would pay some kind of attention to him now.

"Sasuke Uchiha." She spoke back. She smiled a faint smile and Sasuke could feel his stomach turning inside out.

"I caught word that your mission was successful." He said, inwardly slapping himself for not asking her personally how she was doing. Sakura nodded though not seeming to mind or care.

"Yeah, it went really well. It took a little while…but everything went according to plan."

Sasuke nodded in return, opening his mouth to ask her how she herself was doing. Why she wore those black gloves, how her training had been going. If she remembered this, or that. But before he could, he was cut off.

"Yeah, if you call a little while being four years." Ino jumped in happily. Sasuke glanced at Ino, clearly annoyed that she unwisely chose to interrupt. "Sakura, you have to come over. There's so much I have to tell you and show you."

"Like what?" Sakura asked turning her attention back to Ino. Ino jumped up clapping, her face red from excitement. She held out her left hand to Sakura, showing off the gleaming boulder of a diamond that sat on her ring finger. Sakura's eyes widened as she stared at Ino's hand. Ino's smile only grew wider.

"Like…" Ino said, dragging out the word. "My engagement to Shika-kun for one! And our new, beautiful, huuuuuuuge apartment! He's going to be so excited to see you! Well, he might not show it, but I know he'll be. You coming back safely calls for a celebration. Party at my house tonight!" Ino declared, throwing her hands into the air. Sakura giggled. Sasuke watched her. He couldn't help but study her newly developed, more mature features. How her cheeks became flushed and how her nose wrinkled and how she covered her mouth when she laughed and how her chest rose and fell evenly with every breath she took.

Ino grabbed a hold of Sakura's hand and tugged her along. "We're going to go buy you some nice new clean clothes, get your hair done for sure, get some nice shoes…."

Sakura turned around, waving at Sasuke before turning her attention back to Ino and her constantly running mouth.

Sasuke stuck his hands in his pockets. He wouldn't let anyone know it, but he was furious as of now. How dare Ino come in and snatch her away when he was obviously trying to have a conversation with her. He shook his head, turning to head back to his own apartment when he heard his name being called. He turned back around. It was Ino.

"Sasuke! I hope you're coming to the party too! It's won't be any fun without you!" She called almost into the loud, busy city part of Konoha. If Sakura was going, Sasuke would go. He needed and wanted the time to talk to her without interruption and this might have been the perfect opportunity to talk to his old teammate, get to know her and make up for the lack of judgment he had made so many years ago about her.

Sasuke nodded, thinking it was a shame that Ino's voice was so ridiculously loud and obnoxious that she could be heard almost a mile radius away in the middle of a busy town. Good luck to Shikamaru. He was sure going to need it.

-Sighs- MAN! It felt really good start writing again. It's been years! My work is a lot different from how it used to be. I know it's pretty short, but read and review of course! Let me know what you think. More chapters will be up before you know it so keep your eye on this one!

- Lexi (: Yes, that's my name! :D