He'd ever ask me out
It was 9 in the morning. It had been a long night at the hospital. To say I was tired was the least. I just wanted to arrive home, take a shower and drift into dreamland.
So I was walking down the streets of Konoha when I saw a poster in one of the walls. I was about to continue walking when I saw the big red letters that announced 'Konoha's Annual Christmas Ball'. 'Just great' I thought while I continued reading it: 'Konoha's Annual Christmas Ball. Saturday 20th .10 pm.'
You wouild ask "Why does this girl hates parties? Is she Mrs. Scrooge?" Well, for your information, I am not. It is not the fact of the parties, cause I really love them, and I don't have anything against Christmas either. The problem is the date factor.
Each year, as the 'event' aproaches, my friends, specially Ino-pig, complain about their love lifes. Well, about the lack of them. But I don't understand what they complain about. I mean one of them is extremely shy, the other is in denial, and the third one is afraid to lose her best friend, but if they could overcome those feelings, they would have them at their feet.
My problem, on the other hand, is much more complicated that that. Two simple words can perfectly describe it: Uchiha Sasuke. I fell for him when I was 8. After we graduated from the academy, we were assignated in the same team. I thought I could be the one he was looking for, until I discovered that he wasn't looking for any girl at all. He was an avenger and his only goal in life was to kill his brother. I can still recall the night he ran away, the night he became a missing-nin. Even now sometimes I dream about that day and I wake up with tears in my eyes.
Of course, I never lost hope. Naruto promised me he would make him return, and he did it. It was last summer, just 4 months ago. I was at the hospital when Tsunade asked me to go to her office. There, I found an unconscious Sasuke in her desk, and she told me the story of how Naruto found him moribund near the frontier of Konoha. She told me that I was the one who had the choice. If I allowed it, he could return; if not, he would be condemned to death. I couldn't believe it: she was asking me for permission. I said it was ok for him to stay, as long as he never knew about this conversation. I didn't want him to think I'm weak. I still don't.
So that's how it happened. After we cured him, I returned home and pretend nothing had happened. I was so sure that he would still see me as the weak and annoying girl he left 5 years ago. You don't have to be a smart girl to figure that out. When we officially saw each other, he didn't show any emotion towards me. Well, I guess some things will never change. But still I cannot quite understand why he decided to stay here. He had the chance to leave, still he didn't do it. I guess I'll never be able to comprehend his undecipherable mind.
I felt a familiar chackra behind me, but when I turned around, I didn't saw anybody. 'Great, so now I'm starting to imagine his prescence behind me. Speaking of insane minds'. I resumed my walk home with a clear idea in my mind. This year I would go to the Ball by myself, I would wear the most beautiful dress ever made, and I will show Sasuke-kun what he is missing. "Hell yeah!!" inner-me shouted. I was surprised, I hadn't heard her, me, in a long time.
When I arrived home, I noticed the door was open. As the ninja I am I wasn't scared. I entered slowly, without making noise, and started searching for chakra. When I found my appartment was empty and I was safe, I decided to go into my room.
When I opened the door of my room I was surprised of what I found. Well, surprised is not the right expression. I almost fainted when I saw the whole thing. A thousand of pink, paper cherry flowers were lying in my bed, and in the middle I could see a note. A small note that had changed my mind, the way I saw everything, and specially the way I thought of him. Just 3 simple, yet meaningful words:
'Go with me.'