Chapter 1: His Promise
AN: Before I present my story, I wanted to thank all those who reviewed and add my first story "Mine" on their favorite stories! I am truly grateful!
This is my second story and my first multi-shot so please enjoy!
My Color of Love
Summary: When little five year old Sasuke swore to his two haired best friend that he would never fall in love to someone with a hair color other than black, fate decided to teach him how hard keeping vows the hard way when his pink haired best friend went back after eight years of living in the states. "Can you remember your vow ten years ago, teme?" "Shut it dope"
Chapter one
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
It's a beautiful Sunday and Konoha playground is brimming with laughter and joy as the leaf daycare spent their day playing in the sandboxes, swing, slide and monkey bars. Little children dressed in light green uniforms that look like a long sleeve tees and shorts run all over the park, others are just sitting in the benches and eating their snacks and over the corner of the playground, a handful of five year old boys are gathering around their teacher, their heads downcast, obviously, the little boys are getting an earful from their supervisor for the day.
"What did I tell you about picking a fight with Hoshino-san and her children, Kyo-kun?" the teacher ask, looking at a raven-haired boy whose looking indignantly to his teacher, not at all guilty at his actions nor is his eyes denying the accusation of his elder.
"I wasn't picking a fight sensei, Kyo is just tewwing the twuth" the little boy said, having a little difficulty in saying his l's and r's
"Kyo-kun, I told you to use "I" instead of you name, right? And sometimes, there are things that should be said in a gentler way or just left unsaid for it might hurt other people" the teacher replied, not being able to resist the cute face of her student whose trying his best to justify his cause.
"BUT sensei! They weeewwy look wike wainbows! They have diffewent hair paints!" the boy said while pointing his index finger to a group of five children in not-so-good-state clothes and indeed the hair colors vary from the dark blue to yellow, red, then to indigo and auburn. After Kyo pointed the children, the other boys who have also made fun of the siblings snickered behind their little hands but abruptly stop when their teacher gave them a glare.
"Its hair color not hair paint, Kyo-kun" the teacher corrected before letting out an exasperated sigh. "It's not good to make fun of others, Kyo-kun. Someday Kami-sama may punish you for making fun of them"
Kyo's eyes widen with fear as soon as his little ear heard the word 'punish'. "Besides..." their teacher continued "Christmas is nearing. You may want to apologize to the siblings before Santa decide to put you on the 'naughty kids' list" she said, giving a wide grin and a wink to the horrified faces of her students before gesturing them to the siblings playing near the end of the play ground.
A few meters away from the troublemaker-for-the-day group, a pair of black and cerulean eyes watched their classmates approach the siblings with weird hair colors.
"Kyo and the others got scolded again huh?" a blonde boy said, putting his hands behind his sun-kissed hair while his cerulean eyes twinkled with mischief and his chubby whiskered cheek lifting up as his tiny lips split into a wide grin.
"What do you think, idiot?" his raven head companion said while rolling his eyes at the comment of his friend. His hair was in a beautiful shade of ebony but somehow it stuck up the hair reminding the blonde with a chicken butt. The whiskered boy was about to retort when a loud gasp behind them interrupted him.
"SASUKE-KUN!" then a blur of pink suddenly appeared between the two boys and the dark haired boy found his breath cut off and his mouth, useless. "You shouldn't say such bad words! Sasori-nii said that you're going to have bad breath if you do!" the girl said, her emerald eyes wide in an i-can't-believe-you-said-that manner. Behind her, the blonde boy is laughing his heart out at the red-faced Sasuke. After receiving a glare from his dying best friend, he finally manages to croak out. "S-Sakura-chan. I think Sasuke needs to breath" at the statement of the other boy, Sakura immediately stop her speech about about 'bad words' and drop her hand when he sees that indeed, the beautiful white complexion of their friend has turned into tomato red.
"AHHH! Naruto-kun! I turned Sasuke-kun into a tomato monster!" she exclaimed while watching the face of their teammate turns back to normal and is now giving her a look similar to the one her mother gave her when she broke a vase while playing around the house, before giving her a house-arrest for the whole weekend.
"SA-KU-RA... I will rip your ugly pink hair and tie it around your huge forehead..." Sasuke said, his murderous eyes hidden behind his bangs, a dark aura around him.
Sakura gulp then run behind a still laughing Naruto, her hands in her hair. Usually, she'll be hitting his head lightly for making fun of her hair and forehead-ESPECIALLY the forehead- but her survival instincts is telling her that now is not the time. The three of them have been best friend since diapers, they were together when they first walk and their names have been each other's first words and they even go to bed and bath together! Their parent's have been close friends and being neighbors only add to their closeness but right now, Sakura couldn't help but think that for a five year-old, Sasuke sure is scary.
"Sasuke" the laughing blonde said, taking the attention of the ready-to-kill Sasuke from the scared-to-the-nerves Sakura "Yami-sensei said that Kami-sama can punish you for making fun of hair colors!"
"Really?" Sakura said, now having the confidence to step out from Naruto's back. "Ha! Sasuke-kun can't make fun of my hair now!" Sakura exclaimed while raising her small arms up and jumping round and round.
"Stop jumping around Sakura, you'll get dizzy" even if they are only five year olds and she has just annoyed him, Sasuke is still worried about the young girl, and Naruto also feel the same. They would even defend her behind her back when their classmates make fun of her pink hair and wide forehead. They consider her a part of the family and it's the same for her. The pink haired girl only stuck her tongue out, further irritating the dark haired boy "Besides, how can Kami-sama punish me? I already have my own color of hair" he said, smirking at the dumbfounded face of his friends
"Sasuke-kun! Smile!smile! Do not smirk! That's bad for your face!" Sakura suddenly exclaimed after seeing her friend's facial expression. Naruto's twinkling laugh echoed once again in the playground.
"hmmmm... maybe he will snuck in your room and dye your shampoo!" Naruto said while laughing out loud again, pleased with his idea. The two only sweatdropped. Their friends will always be good at nothing except for eating and laughing.
"NARUTO-KUN! Of course not!" Sakura said, 'lightly' hitting her blonde for saying something 'evil'. Now it was Sasuke's turn to be scared. For a five-year old, Sakura has some crazy strength.
"Then what Sakura-chan?"
"ummm...maybe...hmmm...aha!" the two boys look at her expectantly "I'm SORRY! I DON'T KNOW!" the boys sweat drop. Even the smartest girl in class can never know what Kami-sama is thinking huh?
"He may make your children have a hair color that you hate" A voice suddenly said, successful scaring the wits out of the three.
"Yami-sensei!" Naruto and Sakura said while running to hug their teacher who sat on the balls of her feet to embrace the running children. She decided to check on the three to see what they are on to about since they have causing quite a ruckus with all the shouting and laughing a while ago. only to find them talking about the consequence of making fun of one's hair.
Sasuke only frown. Hair color of his children? 'That's ridic-u-lous' he thought, while slightly proud that he has successfully pronounced the word he has heard from his father's company friends in his mind. Seeing the confused face the other boy, Yami-sensei stood up and went to him. "Is there any problem Sasuke-kun?"
Sasuke gave his teacher a confused look before replying "I... I just don't understanding what you're talking about..." he murmured, not really wanting to admit that he has something that he doesn't understand. Even in the ripe age of five, Sasuke already hold up to his pride, being an Uchiha does that to you, especially when you're also the smartest boy in the class aside from the sleeping ugly Shikamaru.
Yami blink twice before giving an amused chuckle and ruffled the boy's hair, earning her an annoyed look from the small guy, clearly not appreciating the affectionate gesture. "You see Sasuke-kun, when you grow up, you will love someone, a girl to be precise and that girl may have a hair color such as brunette, blonde, indigo, red, or even pink like Sakura-chan!" Sakura smiled "Then you will get married and have kids like you then the hair of your kids may be like you or your love one or maybe it's going to be mixed like what happen to Sakura-chan who has a red haired mother and white-haired father. You got that?" she said while smiling at the still curious face of the trio. "But of course you don't need to think about that yet! You're just babies yourself!" She added quickly, trying to break the confused and serious look on the trio, though it didn't really work. Before she was bombarded with the children's infamous never-ending "why" questions, she excused herself and decided to check on the other kids. leaving the trio to their thoughts.
"well..." Sasuke started, breaking the silence
"well what Sasuke-kun?"
"I've decided"
"Decided what?oh! oh! Oh! we'll have ramen in your house!"
"We don't have ramen in our house"
"WHAT? Are you living in a rock?"
"His house is beside you Naruto-kun"
"oh yeah"
" I've decided that I, Sasuke Uchiha, promise to NEVER to marry or love a girl with any hair color except black. I'll treat Naruto for a year worth of ramen when that happens" he said while rolling his eyes at the last statement.
"SASUKE-KUN! Mom said that our eyes will fall off if we keep on rolling it!" Sakura interrupted
"He rolled it awhile ago too Sakura-chan!" Naruto exclaimed, always eager whenever Sakura reprimand Sasuke even though they're of the same age.
"Do you really need to say complete your full name? ha! I'll remember that promise Sasuke!" Naruto said after he realized what his black haired friend has promised.
"Does that mean you don't love me anymore Sasuke-kun?" a teary eyed Sakura said, her best friend's words repeating in her head after she has also processed what he has said, the poor girl obviously did not understand what the raven haired kid mean and instantly thought that because she has pink hair then he doesn't want to be bestfriends with her anymore.
The young Uchiha was dumbfounded. He has forgotten that one of his best friends have a pink hair and a girl. He was about to clarify but wasn't able to answer for the voice of Yami-sensei telling them it's time to leave echoed through the park.
Brushing her tears from her eyes, Sakura tried to forget her best friend's words and immediately took hold of her bickering best friend's hands as they quickly went to their waiting mothers. During the trip home in the limo, their mothers couldn't help but chuckle and take a picture to the trio, with Sakura in the middle and Sasuke and Naruto to her side, their hands still holding on to Sakura's hands and their heads together in a peaceful slumber.
AN: Sorry if Sasuke is acting maybe a bit OOC. I'll be posting the second chapter as soon as I can but please leave some thoughts while it's still not available. R&R! no flaming please! but constructive criticisms are most welcome.
#4/8/13 - EDITED