Sakura hummed a little tune as she strolled down the darkening streets of Konoha, hand in hand with Sasuke. Life was good; her longtime crush had just confessed to her and she felt like she was on top of the world.

"So, why did you have this obsessive crush on me a few years ago?"

Sakura giggled nervously, "Well, I thought you were pretty cool. You had that mysterious aura about you."

"...ah."

"What about you, what led you to today?"

Sasuke shrugged. "You've been spending an awful lot of time around guys like Sai..."

What?, she thinks. "Well I mean yeah, Tsunade had to pair me up with someone to do missions with. It's not like our team is going to do any anytime soon. We did a lot of D-ranks back when we started since Konoha was short on hands after the attack... I disliked Sai at first, but he's not bad once you get past his surface weirdness."

He scoffed at her. "That boy is creepy. I don't know why you talk to him."

"I try not to make a habit of burning bridges, Sasuke. I have to work with him, you know?"

"Well, do it a little less alright? You've got me now."

Sakura smiled at him, a little unsure. "Of course, Sasuke. We can do whatever you want."

"Walk me home?"

Sakura stared at him a little. "Uhh... sure."

She accompanied him to his house, a little confused. Sakura rambled on about her excitement about her day to fill in the usual silence. "Today was so exciting! I finally mustered up the courage to go to Tsunade-sama's office - I was shaking with nerves. I couldn't believe what I was about to do. I mean, I was asked THE Hokage if she would mentor me. Clanless, genin me. I thought she would kick me out! She almost did in fa-"

Sasuke cut her off with a monotone, "We're here. Bye, Sakura." He left go of her hand and stepped into the Uchiha complex.

Sakura, mouth still open as she was mid-sentence, stared after Sasuke incredulously. "I uhhh... bye?"

She slowly turned her back to his house and started walking back the way that they came from. Her house was in the opposite direction, after all.

Sakura contemplated Sasuke's behavior a little, but it really just seemed like something normal for him. Maybe he'll change a little as time goes on.

Upon reaching her house, she noticed that all the lights were still on. "Tadaima!", she shouted as she entered.

"Okaeri, dear. What were you doing out so late?", her mom came to meet her from the living room.

"You won't believe it, mom! Sasuke asked me out today!"

"Oh, you're certainly in a chipper mood today... Wait, what?"

"I said, Sasuke asked me out today! He said we should be together!"

Her mom coughed a bit. "Well, that's certainly unexpected. I never thought he treated you with anything other than disdain and disrespect, that damn boy. He's always insulting you even if you say he eats with you now, I still don't understand how you can like him."

"Mom!"

"Alright, alright. Dear, we have some leftovers in the fridge if you want any."

"I told you mom, I just ate dinner! I'll be upstairs if you need me.", Sakura ran up the stairs and jumped in her bed. She grabbed a pillow and rolled around a few times in giddiness. Who cared if Sasuke was acting different than normal? He was paying attention to her now.