Love Story
© by almondeyes97
~Prologue~
Good even- *people throw bricks and stones and knives at her* Please forgive meee! I just wasn't motivated enough for Drunk In Vegas! But I didn't want to leave y'all alone without something to read, so I remembered a story I started years ago on YouTube but deleted, because I hated how I made it. So now, I got better ideas to add and the story shouldn't be that long… definitely shorter than Drunk In Vegas… definitely, believe me. So, I hope you enjoy it~
-"We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes and the flashback starts
I'm standing there
On a balcony in summer air"-
~Twelve years ago~
Sakura was looking out of the window and watching the servants work swiftly and joyously under the watching eye of her father, King Yamato. His dark-brown eyes held a contentment, but seriousness that a king should never fail to display. Like he could feel her gaze upon him, he turned his head towards her window and waved at her. Sakura smiled brilliantly back at him, before giving the girl in her room attention.
"Thank you for coming, Ino!" Ino, an energetic girl of six years, smirked back and gave her a thumbs up. "Sakura, we are friends! Of course, I will come over! It must be boring to be in this giant castle all alone!" Sakura just gently shook her head as she walked towards her best friend.
"It may seem so, but to be honest, I like how it is here! I have daddy, the servants, who are also my friends you and Hinata!" Ino sighed at the other girl's naivety, but didn't say anything concerning that matter any longer. Hinata didn't say anything either, but a gentle blush made its way to her cheeks and she starting poking her fingers again.
"But is it true that Prince Sasuke Uchiha is supposed to come here today?" At this Sakura's entire demeanor changed and her features became sad. "Yes… my father told me this morning to arrange my room and get ready for the visitors."
Ino rubbed her chin and closed her eyes, while digesting the information she just received. "Mhm, really?" Hinata, on the other hand looked at Sakura in a concerned manner.
"Sakura… Y-You do not seem to b-be happy about him coming over f-for a visit…" Sakura smiled gently at her shy friend. "You are right. My daddy doesn't see it, but he is not as nice as everybody thinks…"
~Flashback: one month ago~
A servant ran to King Yamato's side to inform him of the arrival of the Uchiha Family. He nodded at her and stood up to greet them by person.
The first person he saw walking through the impressive doors of his palest was King Fugaku directly followed by his beautiful wife Queen Mikoto. Mikoto turned around to her sons and saw Prince Itachi walking towards her with a charming smile and his little brother Prince Sasuke following him with a timid smile.
After a formal greeting between families, Yamato bent down towards Sasuke. "Hello, Prince Sasuke. How are you feeling today?" The shy boy turned his gaze towards the ground, before responding. "I am feeling splendid. Th-Thank you very much for asking King Yamato. How are you feeling?" With this he rose his head and smiled at him. Yamato could only think of how cute the youngest Uchiha was, before answering with a laugh.
"Why don't you go to my daughter Sakura? She should be here actually… I am sure she is just being shy. Sakura? Where are you?" With this a petite pink-haired little girl appeared from behind his throne with a prominent blush on her cheeks. Under her father's encouraging smile, she walked towards the visitors and let Queen Mikoto gush over how beautiful and cute she was.
"Introduce yourself, sweetie."
Sakura bowed down to the royal family. "Kon'nichi wa! It is a pleasure meeting you all this afternoon. My name is Sakura Haruno and I hope of having a lasting friendship between our families!" Sakura had never been so proud of herself like in this moment. She memorized the greetings she learned from her private lessons!
After letting Queen Mikoto gush some more over how cute and well-behaved she was, Yamato suggested that their youngest children go play outside in the garden. After looking to his father for approval, Sasuke took Sakura by the hand and walked out with her.
"Aren't they just adorable?" Mikoto sighed while watching after them and Yamato and Fugaku shared a knowing look.
"So what would you like to play, Sasuke-kun?" Sakura turned to him only to be surprised with a frown. "S-Sasuke-kun?" "Stop calling me that! It is so annoying!" The poor girl did not even know what to say anymore, when the boy said such mean things. Wasn't he friendly just about a minute ago?
"I don't want to be here, but my father said it is necessary." "N-Necessary?" "Yes necessary, don't you know what that means you idiot?" Tears started to build up in Sakura's eyes and when the little boy saw this he just sighed dramatically.
"Oh stop crying, you crybaby! Let's just act like we get along well, so that I can go home soon."
Sakura swallowed the tears and sniffed.
~Flashback end: Present~
"That-That-That-That!" Ino was so angry she could not even think of a proper insult to use in this regard. So that just left her gaping like a fish, which caused her friends to giggle a little.
"You have to tell your father!" Sakura just shook her head and a sad expression came across her face again. "I tried… But he doesn't believe me since Sasuke acts to well-behaved around the adults!"
"Well then, if that is the truth, I don't want to be a friend of Prince Sasuke!" As Hinata saw the determined expression of Ino, she took up all her courage. "Me neither! I won't be friends with someone that treats you like that!"
In that second a knock occurred at the door. "Yes?" Sakura answered almost immediately. She could hear Shizune's answer from the other side of the door.
"The Uchiha's have arrived and the youngest was sent upstairs to you and your friends, Princess Sakura." Sakura let out a frustrated sigh, before telling the maid, which has been working for them for a while, that it was fine. The door opened and the forever-stoic face of Sasuke Uchiha came to the view of the girls, but none of them seemed impressed.
"Ahh, I see the idiot has friends." Not even a proper greeting?
Before Sakura could even breathe, Ino beat her to an answer. "You! Who do you think you are?" Sasuke blessed her with one of his charming smiles. "I am Sasuke Uchiha. Not pleased to meet you." He rolled his eyes at her antics and held his hand in front of his mouth, while yawning in a dramatic way. Ino wouldn't let it be.
"Aho*! We don't want you here, so just take the next carriage back to your country!" Sasuke just rolled his eyes again. "Do I look like I want to be here? Where is this- NARUTO!"
There was a shuffling on the other side of the opened door before a mop of blonde hair showed up. "Y-Yes your highness?" Sasuke gritted his teeth. "Why did you stay all the way behind?" Naruto just scratched the back of his head. "Well, you told me not to follow you until you sa-" "URUSAI*! Just stop annoying me! These girls are doing that perfectly already-"
Sasuke's eyes shifted to the right side of the room, where he saw someone move. His eyes rested on a small girl with dark-blue hair and pale eyes with a forever-lasting blush on her cheeks. She seemed to realize that he was looking at her, so she raised her eyebrows.
"H-H- Who are y-you?" Hinata was a little taken aback, but answered anyways. "Me? I am Hinata", she replied in s soft voice. The boy's eyes widened even more as he heard her voice for the first time. "Hi-Hinata…" One would not think Sasuke Uchiha could ever blush unintentionally, but yes it happened.
Ino and Sakura shared a look before staring back at Sasuke and Hinata, who didn't seem to know what to do. "Hi-Hinata… w-would you be my friend?" Sasuke asked with a real blush this time and while asking her, he was twisting his foot and not looking at her face.
"No." Came the determined answer. Sasuke thought he heard wrong. No?
"No?" "No." "Why not?" Sasuke asked utterly surprised. Hinata answered in a simple sentence. "Because I am not friends with people that are mean to my friends."
Sakura and Ino couldn't hold it in any longer and started laughing. While they did, Sakura's eyes crossed Naruto's blue ones and she abruptly stopped. He smiled vibrantly at her and she couldn't help, but respond.
"Good day, Princess Sakura" His gentle and boyish voice addressed her as he bowed down to her. A blush crept onto her cheeks, but she couldn't look away. "Hello…?" The boy's eyes lit up in realization. "Oh excuse me. My name is Naruto. And I am-" "He is my servant." Sasuke cut him off angrily. Why was he chatting so nicely with the Princess anyways? He was still mad about what happened with Hinata.
Ino then took the initiative. "Oh, I am so sorry Naruto that you have to be with someone like Sasuke all day." This of course started another set of bickering between the boy and the girl, so Sakura moved towards Naruto.
"I-It is nice to meet you, Naruto." Now it was Naruto's turn to blush. "The pleasure is all mine Princess Sakura…"
They way her green eyes shone and the way his smile reached her heart…
No, the both of them truly would never forget this day.
Sooo what do you think? :D I've always wanted to publish this story on , but I wanted to finish my other story before this… But since I probably won't be working on that one for a while (I am so sorry!), I decided to publish this then so that you have something to read^^
This was the Prologue, so that is why it was a bit shorter than usual, but the next chapters should be longer!
Thank you for reading and please take the time to review and write your thoughts regarding this new NaruSaku story of mine.
I have to go to bed now, because I am so tired and I have school tomorrow, sadly.
See you next time!
Greetings,
almondeyes97