Summary: That stupid, stupid ice! If it hadn't been there, he wouldn't have slipped- onto his knees, crashing into the ground. (And, no, it was not painful. Absolutely not.) Gah, Mr. I'm-Very-Capable-Of-Killing-You slipping on ice? No, that couldn't be... he had to make up for it, quick.(Sasusaku) (Oneshot)

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Even when he was a tiny toddler, he had done no such thing. Slipping on ice was rather disgraceful, after all. So, when it happened, catching him unawares, he was stunned. No, stunned wasn't the word. He was, mind-blowingly, staggeringly, flabbergasted.

The ice had slashed his pride into pieces, then hung it out for the sun to dry.

*DAMMIT. DAMMITDAMMITDAMMIT. WHAT THE HELL.*

He glared at the ground, feeling his ears tingling, warming up. This was why he hated winter and all that stupid ice. Why couldn't they have just salted it or something?

*SHUT UP. THERE IS NO SALTING THE GROUND HERE. YOU'RE BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL.*

How was it-?

*SHUT UP.*

With that stupid (*stupidstupidstupid*) voice in his mind breaking the fourth wall still ringing in his ears, Sasuke glanced up at Sakura.

She was looking at him expectantly, a calloused hand reaching out to him. "Well, what are you doing? Are you going to stay in that position all day?"

Sasuke felt his scuffed knees getting wet from the ice beneath him. He turned her hand away. "I might if I feel like it."

Sakura scoffed. Sasuke could be unnecessarily stubborn at times, especially when his ego was being threatened.

As the silence grew, Sasuke felt himself getting panicked. Oh no, what the hell was he going to do now?

*.*

Sakura watched Sasuke kneeling on the ground as she patiently- or not- tapped a shoe against the ground.

Come on, this was the most unromantic walking-in-the-snow situation she had ever been in. And she had been walking with Shino, whose flies were quite literally dropping onto the snow- like flies, of course.

... She did *not* have the patience to do this. "I'm going." she announced.

Sasuke's eyes shot up to her, wide eyes wild. "No." He said.

"Wha- now that you say that, I'm definitely going."

"Wait." his hand shot out, grabbing her wrist, "Just- wait."

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Sasuke's hand was fumbling, reaching into his pocket and hurriedly opening the ring box. He propped up a knee.

It was now or never. Whew, breath in, breath out.

"Sakura," he muttered. "Will you marry me?"

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**OH MY GOD! HE DID IT! HE DID IT! I CAN'T- IJUSTCAN'T! Ahh...**

As Inner died of happiness, Sakura frowned, struggling to keep the wide smile that was just positively *bursting* to come out. "And why are you proposing to me? Is it to save your ego from being deflated because you fell down? What if I said 'no'? Wouldn't that be worse for your pride?"

"I know you'll say yes because you love me-"

Sakura sputtered, "W-what, you egoistic *bast-*"

"And you know that I love you." Sasuke finished.

Jaw dropping, Sakura couldn't do anything but blush and stutter, "Uh-... uh..."

"Yes, correct?"

"Er... yeah..."

Sasuke smirked and stood up, brushing off his knees. He watched as Sakura led the way, and slapped a quick high-five to the air.

Plan SUCCESS!

*THE*

He walked toward her, hands in his pocket- and-

A rock-

Sasuke tripped over the rock, his mind already dreading the cold, hard ground.

DAMMIT.

*END*

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So, um... that was a... strange title. I'd accept any better title for this, though. Reviews, critiques, etc. are all very accepted. In fact, please do go and write a review. Or two. Or three. Or more.

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-CherryPetals0510