CHOCOLATE TOMATOES
This is a seven part drabble series based off the monthly themes contest on the sasusaku lj. Everything will be kept at about a PG-13 level or lower, but spoilers for recent chapters will appear in upcoming drabbles. You can also read drabbles sooner on the sasusaku lj or my own, where I place them first!
This is my first set series so I hope you enjoy it! I appreciate feedback!
& Wynne Norling
Chocolate Tomatoes
Genre: Romance/Humor
Rating: PG
Length: Drabble, 700+ words.
Summary: Sasuke probably should have not tried to escape Sakura on Valentines day.
Note: Entry (Sweets) into the lj sasusaku monthly themes contest. No recent spoilers.
It was the first Valentines that Sakura had a boyfriend, and she had been quite disappointed by Sasuke's lack of awareness of the day. Perhaps it was not celebrated in Sound while he was there, perhaps he simply had too many bad memories of chocolate during their academy days. After all. He did not like sweets.
But really. It was inexcusable that he seemed to even disappear on this day. Was he avoiding her? She had sought him out everywhere, from his apartment to the training grounds… anywhere she could foresee him to be.
By mid-afternoon, Sakura had roamed all of Konoha seeking for him, and had already given chocolates to most of the men in her life. Her father, that annoying cousin, Kakashi, Naruto, Sai (who had apparently never been given chocolate before), her male coworkers, and the rest of the rookie nine men. She had even sought out Neji, but the moment she walked up to him his intimidating look had her making up excuses as to where she had to be at the moment. The chocolate for him ended up being eaten by Naruto, who she found a little later being pursued by the Hyuuga's cousin.
But despite walking all throughout Konoha, she had still not seen Sasuke. Sure, she knew he hated chocolate, but she felt obliged to give it to him. And where was he? Nowhere in sight.
But she would find him.
Sakura walked into a store already crowded by girls picking up some last minute chocolate. She walked straight to the most popular section, with the sweetest chocolate, and bought something so sickenly sweet even her sweet tooth would have paled.
And then she bought it, with a maniacal laugh, before keying in on Kiba's location at his family home.
Surprisingly, a few girls had already sought him out to seek out their crushes, and it took some manner of convincing (and a promise of a favor) in order to get him to help her find Sasuke.
Kiba was not able to find Sasuke, but only because he was not in the village, prompting Sakura to head toward the Tower to find out why.
Tsunade briefly explained he had set up a mission for this day two weeks ago, and she had not even thought to ask why. He was not due back until tonight.
Sakura felt slighted, and went to his apartment to wait.
There was no way he was getting out of this.
The kunoichi walked into his kitchen and grabbed a few tomatoes, slicing them open and hollowing them out. She fit the sweet chocolate inside and then melded the broken skin on the outside of the tomato together with her chakra. The tomatoes went back into the fridge and into the bag from the grocer without any sign she had even touched them.
Sakura spent the rest of the night curled up on his couch reading one of his books. He came home before midnight, and was not really surprised to see Sakura sitting on his couch. Although, she could tell he had been expecting some sort of backlash. He would have deserved it.
Timidly, Sasuke pecked her on the cheek and inquired about her day.
Sakura only smiled, bringing up some chit chat before Sasuke disappeared into his bedroom to change. It took everything she had not to begin laughing when he ventured into the kitchen for a late night snack.
His favorite snack after a mission was tomatoes. Raw, tomatoes.
Sakura heard him open the fridge and the sound of the bottom drawer being opened. To her glee, he walked back into the living room before sitting down on the couch with a bowl of tomatoes. He offered her one, but she shook her head.
She eagerly watched, much to Sasuke's discomfort, his first bite.
At first, he had no reaction.
Then he paled.
Then he got visibly angry, and glared over at his girlfriend.
A dribble of chocolate that had melted from her chakra earlier flowed down his chin. He coughed, uncomfortable at the sweetness.
"Is there something wrong with the tomato?" Sakura asked, smiling.
Sasuke continued to glare, but said nothing. Not wanting to show weakness to sugary food, he continued to eat it in front of Sakura, who kept going on and on about her day, completely ignoring how uncomfortable Sasuke was eating the food she had so devilishly prepared.
Sakura knew White Day was not going to be promising this year, but she felt that perhaps this was the best Valentines day she had ever celebrated.