Disclaimer: Naruto does not belong to me. And the way the manga is going currently, I wouldn't want to at this precise moment.
Today was a day Sakura Haruno was not going to forget. It was her twenty first birthday and as a lady of high society, she was going to celebrate in style. Her maid, Tyra, was currently making sure that Sakura's long pink hair was in a perfect state to go out in. It had been curled and been pinned up with every hair in place. The dress Sakura was wearing, was mainly silver but the decorations were in red. She had a corset shaped boddess and the rest of the dress had many layers with two red strips parting the middle with silver material underneath. The sleeves poofed out and then went thin again when it hit her elbows. Needless to say, she looked stunning. Tyra then walked over to Sakura's jewellery box and took out the most exquisite diamond necklace she had seen. She placed it around Sakura's neck and clasped the ends, she was then bent down and hovered over Sakura's shoulder and looked into the mirror that Sakura was sat in front of.
"If you don't mind me saying Miss, you look gorgeous!" Tyra exclaimed.
"Thank you Tyra, and you know the rules when we're on our own. It's Sakura. Not Miss, or Miss Haruno." Sakura replied and then smiled. Tyra had been one of Sakura's maids since she was sixteen. Over the years they had become very close and their friendship was as strong as ever. Sakura had always made sure that Tyra never did all the hard chores and that she only stayed with Sakura and no one else in the family. For that, Tyra was grateful and it made her life easier and it was easier to be friendly towards Sakura.
"Sakura, what would you like me to do once you leave for tonight?" She asked her, normally Sakura would say to relax or do what she wanted. But this time, her answer was different.
"I would like you to accompany me for tonight. I brought you a dress especially made for you and I will do your hair for you." Sakura got up in the graceful manner that she was taught by her mother. These kinds of habits were hard to get rid of, her mother had drummed it into her for years and it was not something Sakura could easily stop.
The Haruno heiress walked over to her wardrobe and picked out a large white box that was on the top shelf. The box itself was wrapped in a blue ribbon and it had Tyra written on it in neat handwriting. She gave the box to her maid and she opened it excitedly. Tyra gasped when she saw it. "Sakura, I couldn't possibly wear this! It just wouldn't be right." She said sadly. It was a beautiful gown, but there was no way Tyra could wear the dress. It just wouldn't feel right for her.
"Nonsense Tyra, you deserve it. It's not as if I'm going to take it away after tonight either. No, this is for you to keep." Sakura said, excitedly. She couldn't wait to see her friend all dressed up and looking glamorous instead of wearing that maid's uniform that she wears day in, day out.
Tyra placed the box onto the bed and took out the dress that she was going to wear. There was no way that she could go against Sakura. It just simply didn't work. The dress itself had a simple design and wasn't as near as unique as the silver and red dress Sakura was currently wearing. No, this one was a sky blue dress with see through material around the waist and the top and sleeves were frilled in white and in a classy way. The bottom looked as if it had been split in two. In the middle of it, there was a white sash around it.
Sakura helped Tyra put on the dress and did up the back for her. She looked beautiful in her own right and Sakura sat her down so she could comb through her hair. Sakura then pined her blonde hair into a low bun and put a white flower into the side. "Oh! I almost forgot!" Sakura went back to her wardrobe and picked out a large circle white box with the same handwritten name of Tyra on it. She opened the box to reveal a pair of white shoes and gave them to Tyra. "Here, slip these on." Sakura said happily.
Once Tyra completed her look with the shoes, she stood up and hugged her friend. "Thank you so much!"
After Sakura put on her silver shoes, she took Tyra's armed and linked it with hers. "I would say we're just about ready. Don't you think?" Sakura asked rhetorically. They both walked downstairs to the Haruno main foyer for guests. There stood Sasuke Uchiha waiting for Sakura. He walked over to the girls and took Sakura's hand and kissed it. "You look beautiful Miss Haruno."
"Thank you, are you not going to compliment my close friend Tyra as well?" Sakura raised her eyebrow and waited for his answer.
Sasuke knew whom Tyra was and was shocked to see her in such a dress. He also didn't hide his surprise. Maids were not supposed to be were extravagant gowns and looking like she did. The Uchiha family upheld their standards very high and Sasuke was not one to give the staff in his mansion expensive gifts like what Sakura gave to Tyra. "You look beautiful as well Tyra." He choked out.
"See, that wasn't hard was it?" Sakura smiled, whereas Tyra just blushed.
The Uchiha held out his arm for Sakura and asked, "Shall we leave?"
"Yes, we shall." Sakura replied, but her arm was still linked with Tyra's so she sauntered past Sasuke and headed for the front door. Once she got there, she turned her head to see Sasuke still standing there in shock. She winked at him and told him to hurry up. Sasuke had never met anyone quite like Sakura Haruno. She defied the rules of society with great ease and it made her a very popular person. This was because, she helped people more less unfortunate and did what she liked instead of following society rules. She was not one of those wild girls who went out late and got home early. No, Miss Haruno had more class than that.
After all three of them were in the carriage, Sasuke signalled his coachman to leave the Haruno estate. Idle chatter was made between them, but it was mainly Sakura talking as Tyra hardly said a work and Sasuke was sulking. Sakura, of course, had noticed this. He was hoping to have Sakura to herself on the way to her party but that plan clearly failed. Sakura's original plan was to arrive at the party with Tyra and Sakura's older sister, Minako. But Minako had plans of her own and would arrive with Sasuke's older brother Itachi. Minako had told Sakura in confidence that they were engaged. So the older Haruno, who Sakura affectionately called Mina, planned it so that Sasuke would take her.
Once they arrived, Sasuke got out first and offered his hand to what he thought was Sakura. But it was actually Tyra as Sakura and forced Tyra's hand into his. Sasuke had no choice but to help Tyra out and by the time she climbed out, Sakura had got out of the other side on her own. The Uchiha sighed; it had a feeling that he was about to get embarrassed by the pink haired woman. But Sakura wouldn't be that cruel to him. Would she? He had known that Sakura was a unique person and even though she seemed innocent, she had this vindictive side to her that Sasuke would often see. Well, Sasuke thought it was cruel, Sakura herself would see it as playful.
"Well Mr. Uchiha, are you going to walk me in or not?" Sakura said pouting and her hands on her hips.
Sasuke sighed; no one had confused him as much as Sakura Haruno did. He held out his arm for a second time and expected her to walk past, just as before. But she didn't, Sakura took his arm and they started to walk towards the second Haruno mansion. Tyra, walked behind them with one hand over the other in front of her dress. She had seen many times how some of the high classed ladies walked, so she decided it would be better for Sakura if she copied them.
The second Haruno mansion had one of the largest ballrooms in the town. It was also were the most expensive parties were held, for example, Minako's twenty first birthday was held there seven years ago. As well as Mrs Haruno's events held every year. When the double doors opened to the ballroom, Sakura smiled as she saw most of her friends there waiting for her. However, she also saw a large amount of people who she didn't know. It must have been Mrs Haruno's friends who she insisted that they must attend. Sakura secretly seethed inside, she would have to make sure that her mother would not get away with this after she profusely told her that Sakura herself was to make up the own invitation list.
Either way, Sakura kept up her smile and everyone suddenly went quiet. It was time for her to greet her guests. "Welcome to my twenty first birthday. I'm glad that you all took time out to attend to tonight's festivities. For that I'm grateful. To my friends, I shall dance with you all. Don't you worry about that. And to the people I will not doubt acquaint myself with later; I'm sure it will be a pleasure to meet you. For now, let us enjoy ourselves and make sure we will make this a night to remember!" Sakura said loudly to make sure everyone in the room heard her. After she had finished, she heard a round of applause.
"Sakura! Excellent speech, it was a lot better than mine!" Minako exclaimed as she hurried towards her sister in her yellow gown.
"Would you believe that I didn't rehearse that? Unlike you who was sat in their bedroom for hours until it was perfect." Sakura said, teasing her sister slightly. It was true though, Minako had locked herself in her room for hours until her speech was perfected.
"Honestly Sakura, must we bring that up again?" Her sister asked, "We've set a date of the wedding!" Minako added excitedly in a whisper.
"Oh really? When we get back home, you will have to tell me everything about it!"
"Sakura! Over here!" Called Ino, her best friend. She was sat down at a large table with Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka, Naruto Uzumaki and Shikamaru Nara.
"Sorry Minako, I had better go over there. You know how Ino gets." Sakura said sighing, but Minako had already left to go back to go back to Itachi.
Tyra was having fun just being there, she had always heard about these kinds of events from Sakura but never actually attended one. As Sakura was walking over to her friends, she turned her head to see that Tyra just stood still, so she called her over and once she walked over, Sakura grabbed her hand. "Listen Tyra, you need to stay close to me. OK?" Sakura whispered to her hastily. It was a shock to the young maid, as not once had Sakura used that kind of tone with her.
"Sakura! Happy birthday!" Said Naruto as he eagerly got up and kissed both of Sakura's cheeks.
"Thank you Naruto."
"Happy birthday Sakura." Said Kiba and Shikamaru from their seats. Sakura didn't expect them to get up, so that was fine with her.
After Hinata and Ino had also said wished her a happy birthday, Sakura sat down next to Ino and told everyone to shuffle around to make space for Tyra. They were all slightly hesitant to move, but they did and it was only because it was Sakura's party. Sakura hadn't noticed some of the glares Ino gave, however, Tyra did. It made her nervous and fidgety which was something she didn't want to do. Hinata was just too nice to shoot evil looks across the table like her blonde friend. No, Hinata was the kind of person to accept everyone and anyone. Just like Sakura accept Hinata didn't break any rules. "Where's your Uchiha then?" Ino asked with a bit of spite in her tone.
It wasn't a secret that Ino was interested in Sasuke; in fact she was the kind of person to telling someone walking past her in the street. So this meant that Sasuke knew himself. This had also meant that the younger Uchiha would make reoccurring visits to the Yamanaka mansion. Those little escapades were strictly between the two of them and to Ino, it seemed that Sasuke and Sakura were now in a relationship. But that wasn't what Sakura saw. She couldn't deny that Sasuke was good looking, it was just that Sakura thought he was too smug and egotistical. Which was why Ino liked him and why Sakura did as she pleased when he was around. It annoyed him and amused her.
It had now transpired to the Haruno heir that she had not danced yet, so she grabbed Naruto from his seat and insisted that she asked her to dance. Which he did of course. Now, Naruto wasn't the best of dancers and he often trod on Sakura's foot. She tried her best to hide the pain, but after the third time, Sasuke had noticed and came to her rescue. She mouthed a thank you and he just smirked. N comparison to Naruto, Sasuke was a much better dancer and Sakura was actually enjoying her waltz. Her enjoyment was not to last as her mother beckoned her to come and see her. Sakura apologised to Sasuke and sulked off towards her mother. She kissed her cheek and sat down next to her. On the same table was a man with grey hair and a woman with purple hair. Sakura recognised Anko, but not the man sat next to her.
"Fabulous beginning speech my darling. I'm very proud of you!" Mrs Haruno said, praising her daughter.
"Thank you mother, it took me quite a while to think of that." Sakura lied and it seemed as though the grey haired man had noticed because he smirked at her. "Anko, it's been too long. How are you and your daughter?"
"We're getting a long fine Sakura, thank you for asking. We must catch up soon, yes?" Anko replied, she seemed rather keen to catch up with Sakura and she wondered why.
"Of course, I'll contact you within the week."
"Where are my manners?" Mrs Haruno interrupted, "This is Kakashi Hatake, I'm sure you've heard of him in the newspapers."
"Yes I have. It's finally nice to meet you Mr Hatake."
"It's a pleasure to meet you Miss Haruno." Kakashi said smiling at her. The Hatake family were an elusive family that hardly hired a lot of staff like the other families, but were probably the wealthiest in town. Sakura assumed that he was in his early thirties and wondered why her mother introduced him to her. Not that she didn't mind or anything because he was quite handsome but didn't the age didn't bother her mother? Or was it because the Hatake family hardly turned up to these kind of events which was why Mrs Haruno couldn't help but take this opportunity to flaunt her daughter. To most people's knowledge, Kakashi Hatake was not married. He probably would have been, but his father died when he was twenty-five and his mother left his father years ago.
Without notice, Kakashi stood up from his seat and made his way around the table to where Sakura was sat. He offered his hand to Sakura and said, "It wouldn't be right to not dance with you. So would you like to?"
"Oh, I see. You only want to dance because this is my party. If it were not, you wouldn't bother. Is that correct?" Sakura smirked as she saw Mrs Haruno burry her face in hands, clearly embarrassed by what Sakura had said. If that had been Minako she would have probably of just taken his hand and danced. But not Sakura, she did things differently.
"No, that is not correct. You did seem awfully defensive of what I had to say though, was that so I would back away and remove my offer to dance?" Sakura was stunned, she had not met anyone else who would challenge her in this way. Kakashi's hand was still in front of her, so she took it and stood up.
"You've impressed me so far, but we'll see if you impress me with your dancing." She said with a slight smile.
Kakashi led Sakura to the main floor and started to waltz with her. If she thought that Sasuke was a good dancer than Kakashi was an amazing one. Sakura had never danced with someone with such poise and charm. As they were twirling around the main floor, Sakura had not noticed the jealous glares Sasuke was giving her from the sidelines. This would have been considered very out of character if he had been spotted. Sasuke Uchiha did not get jealous. After the music had finished, they stopped and Kakashi bowed. "Did I impress you with my dancing Miss Haruno?" He asked her.
"As it's my birthday, I don't feel obliged to tell you." Sakura said curtly and walked off to sit with Tyra, who had moved from the table they were originally sat.
Tyra would never admit this to Sakura, but her friends had treated like she was nothing. As if she didn't fit in. To her, this was true. She was a lowly maid and didn't seem suit all the glitz and glamour. When Sakura made her way to Tyra, her face was positively glowing. "Have you danced yet Miss Evanspire?" Sakura asked. She loved Tyra's name because you could just tell she wasn't from around here. Tyra Evanspire was from England and moved here quite a few years ago to earn a living so she could send as much money as she could to her mother. That was the story she had told Sakura anyway.
In response to Sakura's question, she timidly shook her head. Sakura looked over and saw Ino was dancing with Shikamaru and Kiba was dancing with Hinata. This is what usually happened. So this meant that Naruto was always on his own because Sakura would dance with him once and only once. The pink haired girl caught Naruto's attention and got him to come over to where they were sat. Naruto reluctantly agreed because if Sakura wanted something, it couldn't be good for him. Once he was there, Sakura whispered something in his ear and for reasons that Tyra didn't know; Naruto got up and knelt in front of her. "Miss Evanspire, care to dance?" He asked her politely and offered his hand to her.
She was very hesitant to take his hand, but Sakura put her hand in his and gave her a slight push of encouragement. Tyra turned her head slightly and she looked very flustered and wanted Sakura to call her back but she simply smiled and made it look as if she was distracted by something else. Now the youngest Haruno was on her own because even Sasuke had found someone else to dance with. She looked for her sister, but Minako was nowhere to be seen. There was no doubt that she had probably skipped the party to be with her fiancée. It wasn't soon before long that she was not on her own anymore.
"What kind of birthday girl is on her own at her very own party?" Kakashi asked with slight amusement in his voice.
"One who would rather see everyone else happy first." Sakura retorted, "Why are you here Mr Hatake?"
"Your mother sent me over." Sakura looked over to where her mother was sat and she was waving at her wholeheartedly whereas Sakura waved back with less enthusiasm and looking slightly embarrassed.
"So you are only here because she forced you over. Yes? Well if that's the case you can go back and sit with her." She said rolling her eyes at him and showing the annoyance in her facial expression.
"No one forced me Miss Haruno and if I am perfectly honest, it was an excuse to get away from her and Miss Mitarashi and all their baby talk."
"I think I preferred your first excuse Mr Hatake, that one seemed as though I am your last option to escape my mother and Anko's chatter." She said as she raised an eyebrow. He wasn't helping the situation and he probably knew it as well. Sakura herself didn't make it any easier on Kakashi either.
"What I meant was that I wanted to come over, your mother just made it easier for me to get up and leave." He said confidently with a smug look about him.
"Any real man would not have waited for that kind of opportunity. He would have said, 'excuse me, but there is something I must attend to.' And then got up and left. You are a real man aren't you Mr Hatake?" Sakura questioned him and then crossed one leg over the other underneath her dress.
"I find that a rude question Miss Haruno." Kakashi said and acted as though he was hurt by her words.
"I find your entire presence rude." She said sharply and flounced off the seat in an unladylike manner to go and find Minako. That if she was still around. She exited the ballroom and made her way the cloakroom where she could have a few moments of peace and regain her composure. The man simply infuriated her, and after such a good first impression as well. Sakura couldn't help but feel slightly let down by it. Thoughts of Kakashi Hatake were just making her feel more riled up so she thought happy thoughts instead. When she got to the cloakroom, she found her sister like she was planning to. However, she was there kissing someone else and it certainly wasn't Itachi.
"Minako. What do you think you're doing?" Sakura said loudly, to make her company known.
Minako herself immediately jolted away and slapped the man she was kissing and feigned to be outraged. Sakura looked at the man and she didn't recognise him so she simply pointed to the door, indicating that he was to leave. The younger Haruno just looked at her sister in disgust. Minako had always said that adultery was something that was indecent and it was something that she would never do herself. Yet there she was kissing someone who was not her fiancée. All there was now between the sisters was an awkward silence and not even the tension could be cut with sharpest knife. Minako had decided to break the silence. "Sakura, that wasn't what it looked like. I swear."
"Mina… There's nothing you could say to make this any better for yourself." Sakura said coldly, looking away from her sister.
"Please don't tell Itachi, Sakura. Please!" Minako begged with desperation in her eyes.
Sakura turned around and started to walk off back into the ballroom, but before she left her sister, she looked over her shoulder and said, "Go home Minako."
She left her sister standing on her own in complete shock and in that particular moment, Sakura didn't care. The pink haired girl made her re-entrance and saw that Kakashi had gone back to sit with her mother and that Tyra was on her own again. She couldn't see Naruto anywhere and Ino, Hinata, Shikamaru and Kiba were all sat back down at the large table. Just as Sakura was going to walk straight past her friends and make her way to Tyra. A young man who she had never seen before had sat himself down next to her and conversed with her. Sakura was happy for her, she had seen Tyra mope around enough times this evening and now she looked happy. Now Sakura had a chance to talk to Ino and Hinata, so she sat down between them both.
Ino had been someone who she had known most of her life. Sakura was proud to call Ino her best friend and she hoped that Ino could say the same thing about her. They had their ups and downs but that was due to such different personalities. Her blonde friend had a more playful nature and was not interested in finding a suitor. Even though she would always dance with Shikamaru. It looked as though she was unavailable. Unknown to Sakura was the fact that Sasuke Uchiha would often visit Miss Yamanaka on Sundays.
Hinata on the other hand was someone Sakura had come to know only a few years ago along with Kiba and Shikamaru. Sakura quite liked Hinata for the reason that she wasn't as loud spoken as Ino or herself. The blue haired girl would often shy away from male attention unless it was from Kiba or Naruto. Well, she would blush a lot and there have even been times where she had fainted. That was why Naruto used to keep his distance from Hinata, but not as much anymore. Sakura liked Hinata because she was a reliable friend, not that Ino wasn't it was more to the fact that Ino was a gossip.
Sakura was finally starting to enjoy her party as the chatter surrounding the table. She gave the occasional laugh and participated in the banter like she normally would. But there was one man that was on her mind. Kakashi Hatake. If she knew why he was in her thoughts then she would be laughing. Unfortunately she didn't, which irritated her a lot. Sakura made some sort of excuse and made her way back to her mother's table were she now conversing with Kuernai Sarutobi. Her husband, Asuma, had regrettably passed away last year. Which left a heavily pregnant Kuernai on her own. As far as Sakura knew, she had been coping very well with her newborn son. Well, she was when Sakura came for a visit now and then.
"Good evening Kuernai, how are you both doing?" Sakura asked as she sat down between her and Kakashi.
"Very well thank you, you'll have to come by soon wont you?" Kuernai asked as she bounced her son on her knee. "Kakashi, be a dear and go and get me a drink."
Without any sort of argument, he got up and left to go and get the widow her drink. Kuernai then turned to Sakura with a devilish look in her eye. "Did you know that Kakashi and I have been friends since we were children? I am surprised that he turned up. Not that your events aren't good enough Mrs Haruno, it's more to the fact that Kakashi hates them. So you must have done something to catch is attention." Just as Kakashi came back, Kuernai's son started to cry and wouldn't stop.
"Here is your drink Kuernai." Kakashi said sombrely as he placed it on the table.
"Well, you will just have to give to Sakura as I had better take this little one back home. I am sorry for my early departure. We will catch up soon Sakura, have fun for the rest of the evening!" She said as she stood up and left with her son still crying.
"Thank you for the drink Mr Hatake, but I do not drink that type of wine." Sakura said as she fiddled with a lose pink curl.
"Neither do I actually."
"Well if you wont drink it then I will!" Mrs Haruno said as she took the glass of red wine and sipped at it. She was a lady who knew how to handle her alcohol, "Where's Minako Sakura?"
"Gone home." She replied coldly.
"That's a shame, she must have fell ill or something else must have happened." Mrs Haruno said absentmindedly.
Suddenly the mood changed and everything was very dramatic. This was because the band had started playing music suited to a tango. For some reason, not many people could dance it, so the dance floor suddenly became empty. Sakura herself could do it; the trouble was finding someone to dance it with her, as it was her favourite dance. Without notice, Kakashi asked her a question. "Can you dance the tango Miss Haruno?"
"Yes, I can actually. Seeing as you asked, I can safely assume that you can as well. Am I correct?" She replied with a small smirk on her pink lips.
As Sakura waited for an answer, Kakashi had got up and almost pulled Sakura up from her chair and they made their way to the dance floor. There Sakura got into the correct hold for a tango and on Kakashi's timing they began their dance. "Can you remember me telling you that I wanted to dance with you again?" She asked as she moved her head sharply.
"No, but I could tell you wanted to."
"So you know me just like that do you?"
"It does not take a lot to read a woman who wants to dance." Kakashi retorted in between breaths.
"Is that so. What makes you think that I wanted to dance with you?"
"Because if you did not want to dance with me Miss Haruno, then you probably would not be doing so now." He said smugly.
The thing was that Kakashi was right. Sakura didn't have to let him pull her off her seat and nor did she have to get into the right position. For once in her life, Sakura Haruno had no smart sarcastic comment to answer back with. This confused her slightly because if it had been anyone else then they would have probably stopped their tango then and there. But for some reason, Sakura carried on dancing with him. Kakashi had noticed that she had gone quiet and that her cheeks had gone slightly red. He smiled to himself for he had heard everything about the Haruno's youngest daughter. That she did as she pleased but in a classy style. She spoke whom she wanted to in whatever manner and that she would get away with it. There was just something special about her.
As soon as the tango music stopped and went into a foxtrot. The floor became crowded again and Sakura said thank you to Kakashi and hastily left to find Tyra. As soon as she found Tyra, she was still with the same young man as before. Sakura coughed and he quickly scurried away. She hastily sat next to Tyra and she wasn't sure what to say. "How has your night been Tyra?"
"Fabulous. Thank you so much Miss Haruno!" The young maid said excitedly as she hugged Sakura.
"You know the rules when we're on our own Miss Evanspire." She said, teasing her slightly.
"Sorry Sakura. But once I met Will, everything started to pick up. Not that your friends are not good company, it was just nice to meet someone who I did not have to be polite around. I do hope you know what I mean." Tyra said sheepishly.
"Yes, of course I do. But listen to this. I have some things to tell you about Kakashi Hatake…"
"Thank you all for coming this evening. I do hope you enjoyed your evening and I am sure I will see you all again soon!" Sakura said loudly in front of the large double doors. The evening's festivities had finally come to a close. After gossiping with Tyra, Sakura had spent the rest of the evening with Sasuke. Which was something she had not anticipated. She had endlessly teased him and danced with him. It had been an odd combination but a pleasant one. Not once did she think of Kakashi and she did not even notice that he had left shortly after the tango.
Tyra, Sakura and Sasuke got into the same coach as they had arrived in and this time Tyra was chattier than before. But that could be due to the amount of alcohol she had consumed. As soon as they arrived back to the Haruno estate, Sakura and Tyra had jumped out of the carriage before Sasuke could even help them both out. They said their goodbyes and both girls rushed inside into the warm mansion. The pink haired girl told Tyra to go straight to bed and insisted that she didn't need any help getting out of her dress. So Tyra bid Sakura a goodnight and left to go to the staff quarters, as that was were he bed was. As much as Sakura wanted Tyra to have her own room, it just would be unfair to the other staff. When Sakura made her way up the grand spiral staircase to her bedroom, she wasn't expecting any change to her bedroom.
There was no obvious change, but on Sakura's king sized bed was a white envelope with Miss Haruno written on it in neat handwriting. She placed the note on her bedside table and got changed into suitable nightwear. It was a struggle to get out of her dress on her own, but that was her choice. Sakura then took out all the pins out of her hair and settled into bed. There, she read her note.
Miss Haruno,
It was a very interesting experience meeting you and I wish to do see you again. Next Saturday, I shall visit you at your house and then I can take you out into town. There, I will indulge you to an afternoon out. Not that you need to be spoilt, but think of it as a birthday gift as I turned up empty handed.
Sincerely, K.HSakura now suddenly felt very excited for Saturday to come and wished it would come faster. Once again, she couldn't explain why she felt like she did.
The last girl and the last reason to make this last for as long as I could
The first kiss and the first time that I felt connected to anything
The weight of water, the way you taught me to look past everything I have ever learned
The final word in the final sentence you ever uttered to me was love
Snow Patrol - Make This Go On Forever