Sasuke had first seen her at the airport, she hadn't really made a good first impression on him what with her screaming and crying while being shushed by a woman that seemed like her maid.
"NO! I NEED MR. SNOWY! PLEASE! LET ME JUST GET MR. SNOWY!"
"No. We're already late for our flight. Now shush, don't make a scene in public. It's embarrassing."
"I'll tell Mommy and Daddy!"
"No you won't. Unless you want me to pinch your ear again."
He wondered what all the fuss about "Mr. Snowy" was about. Maybe he was a friend?
His gaze landed on a white teddy bear with a red bow wrapped around its neck.
Maybe this was the Mr. Snowy that the pink-haired girl with viridian eyes was crying about.
He picked it up, thinking that if the bear was that precious to her, maybe she would feel better if it ended up in safe hands rather than in the garbage.
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Sasuke was in college now, the incident at the airport now a distant, blurry memory, but he still kept the bear.
"Hey Sakura-chan, wanna know something interesting about Teme? He keeps a stuffed animal in his room. A stuffed animal. I mean, what kind of self-respecting teenage boy owns a stuffed animal?"
"I happen to keep tons of stuffed animals in my room Naruto, I find them comforting. Maybe Sasuke does too."
"Hn."
"But that's different Sakura-chan! You're a girl!"
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Sasuke arrived at his house and opened his bag to do his homework. To his confusion, he found two copies of the handouts that they had been given earlier.
Just as soon as he contemplated about the double handouts, his phone rang.
Sakura.
He picked it up, already knowing to whom the extra handout had belonged to.
"Sasuke-kun? I think you have my handouts with you. Can you drop them off for me? I can't drive yet and my chauffer already went home for the day. Please?"
"Yeah sure."
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Sasuke arrived at Sakura's house and was greeted by a butler.
"Sakura-sama is up in her room."
He was led by the butler up four long flights of stairs, when they finally got to Sakura's room, he almost sighed in relief and exhaustion.
Almost. Uchihas don't sigh.
Sakura opened the door and she gestured for him to go inside.
He looked around her room.
She sure wasn't kidding when she said that she had tons of stuffed animals in her room.
"This sure is a lot of stuffed animals."
"Hm? I guess, though all of them combined couldn't compensate for Mr. Snowy."
Wait. Stuffed animal. Pink hair. Green eyes.
"I lost him in an airport when I dropped him and my old hag of a maid wouldn't let me get him. I bet some janitor found him and-"
"Mr. Snowy doesn't happen to be a white bear with a red bow, is he?"
"Actually, yes. How did you know that?"
I think I've got the perfect birthday gift for her.
"Just guessing. Anyway, here are your handouts."
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"Happy Birthday Sakura-chan! Here, since you said that you liked stuffed animals."
"Arigatou Naruto!" she gave him a hug.
"Here." I thrusted "Mr. Snowy" at her. Immediately, tears started pooling in her eyes.
"What the hell Teme!? Why would you give Sakura-chan an old bear you've had since you were three? Look, you made her cry and- Sakura-chan, why are you hugging Teme as if he's the bear?"
"You bawled your eyes out when you lost him and now you're bawling your eyes out when you got him back?"
"How did you? I mean, what- uh… how?"
"I was there. Your maid was right, you did cause a scene."
"Thanks Sasuke-kun. For taking care of Mr. Snowy for me." And with that, she kissed him on the cheek.
Maybe he should find more of Sakura's childhood relics.
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