Disclaimer: I do hereby disclaim all rights and responsibilities for the characters in this collection. Kudos to Masashi Kishimoto, indeed.
Author's Notes: Gosh, too many fandoms and too many characters and ships and pairings and-yes... yes, I've made another ficlet collection.
Naruto fandom. Various pairings. Here we go.
Pairing: Naruto/Sakura
Prompt: reconnaissance
Word Count: 250
Rating: PG
Icha Icha
"Um, Sakura?"
"Not now—I told you we're late!"
"But—"
"Whatever it is, Naruto, it can wait. I still have to get ready!"
"But Sakura-chan—"
"What, Naruto, what? I swear, if Tsunade gives me any trouble because of you, I'm going to—"
"Why do you have… this?"
Sakura blinked twice, watching blankly as Naruto delicately pinched the corner of a dangling Icha Icha Paradise as if he were afraid that it might actually be a lethal ninja using some kind of transformation jutsu…. Not to mention he was staring at her, curiously fascinated, with one of his oh, this is too good to be true looks that usually ended with him getting punched.
Which just might happen again, if he weren't careful.
"Please, Naruto, we're going to be late for that? A patient left that awful thing behind the other day, and I'm in the midst of trying to return it to him. Now, if that's all, you should be taking your leave." With a small yelp, Naruto let the book tumble to the floor, and was promptly pushed out into the street. "Just wait there! I'll be done in just a minute."
Once she was certain that he was safely distracted by some various outside stimuli or other (namely, the neighbor's lawn decorations), Sakura snuck a quick reconnaissance glance about her, and then crouched to retrieve the book.
Satisfied that the edges weren't irrevocably bent, Sakura slipped the novel back under her mattress, where it belonged.