A/N: from the prompt list "100 ways to say 'I love you'" from Tumblr.

They are a mix of requested prompts I receive from Tumblr as well as some prompts I decide to write (all from the prompt list)

If you have a specific one in mind please don't hesitate to let me know via messaging on here or on my Tumblr (you can make it anon on my Tumblr if you feel more comfortable) and that will be my first priority

Edit: for some reason it is not allowing me to link the prompt listing so here it is (add a 'dot com' after tumblr): missinhalf. tumblr /post/122301784000/one-hundred-ways-to-say-i-love-you

#2 - "It reminded me of you."

She sits alone inside the restaurant as she waits for Sasuke to join her. Their table feels too big as it's only occupied by a single glass of water that she's been sipping on for the past fifteen minutes. Emerald eyes wander over to the clock she repeatedly checks in what feels like every couple of minutes when only a couple of seconds had passed by. She can feel the stares of others piercing through her as tucks strands of her soft, pink hair behind her ears. Her cheeks are burning red with embarrassment as it seems as if she had been stood up.

Reaching into her purse, she pulls out her phone and calls him. She places her phone to ask him where he was, but the moment her phone meets her ear a man dressed in a navy blue dress shirt slips into the booth across from her placing his blazer on the seat beside him.

"I'm sorry I'm late," he says as his dark eyes meet hers.

"It's alright," she says as she ends the call and places her phone back into her purse, "though you should have told me if you were going to be running late. I thought you stood me up for a second!"

"I could never," he confesses as his dark eyes meet hers. He sees the way her cheeks turn rosy and she tries desperately to hold back a smile, but fails miserable. She re-tucks her hair behind her ears, a gesture Sasuke notices she does whenever she's embarrassed.

Extending his arm across the table, she places her hand in his and he squeezes it.

"How long were you waiting for?"

"Oh, not that long," she says surprised not expecting him to ask that. She diverts his eyes from him and they land on the approaching waiter.

"Is everyone here? Would you like to order?" the waiter asks and Sakura's eyes meet Sasuke's.

"What are you having?" he asks her, not bothering to reach for a menu.

"I want the chicken madeira rigatoni."

"We'll have two of that and I'll also have a glass of water and another glass of water for her," he tells the waiter.

The waiter nods, taking Sakura's glass with him as he leaves.

"Are you sure you want that? You didn't even look at the menu."

"Yeah, that's fine," he says with a shrug of his shoulders.

She smiles at him lovingly before she leans towards him. "Why were you late? Did you get stuck in traffic?"

"No, I didn't," he informs her, releasing her hand from his. "When I was on my way here, something caught my eye in the bookstore and I went in to get it."

He shifts his body to the side and pulls it out from his blazer's pocket. "It reminded me of you," he says as he extends it towards her.

Puzzled, she accepts it and when her eyes fall on it she gasps. "Oh my gosh, it's so beautiful."

In her hands she holds a thick, silver paperclip bookmark with a cherry blossom at the top encased in a pale pink box.

"It could brighten up those dry biology textbooks you have to read, and it is your namesake after all."

"I love it so much," she exclaims, "thank you, Sasuke-kun." She smiles brightly at him and it surprises him because he never thought that something so simple could make her so happy.

"Anything for you," he whispers under his breath as she turns in her seat to place it gently into her purse, unaware of what he said.