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Duck or Chicken?
A much older version of Sakura was playing on the swings. It was still her most favorite part of the park. Pushing off with her legs she smiled, watching Naruto and Hinata enter the park. They made their way straight towards the swing set where Sakura was, and the girl smiled. They knew where she'd be. She was always the first one here and she was always in the same place. Sakura was seventeen years old. She still had a rather large forehead (though her friends said that she had grown into it.) and she may still be short but she was fierce. She no longer needed Itachi (or Sasuke for that matter) to stand up for her.
"SAKURA!" Naruto called out as the neared. Sakura smiled.
"Hello, Sakura." Hinata said, softer than her overly loud boyfriend.
"Hey guys, what's up?"
"Nothing." Naruto said, putting his hands behind his back and smiling.
He looked around and when he didn't find Sasuke, he turned back towards the girl who was still absentmindedly swinging on the swing set while talking to Hinata, who was gently swinging to and fro next to Sakura, not going high at all.
"Hey, where's Sasuke?"
"He's entering right now." Sakura said, with a soft smile.
And just as he entered the clearing with the swings, Sakura jumped off of her swing at the highest point. Sasuke took three steps back and caught her. It was routine by now. Sasuke gently set Sakura on the ground, kissed her nose and sighed.
"I really wish you wouldn't do that, Sakura. You could get seriously hurt."
"Not when I have you to catch me."
"He dropped you a couple of times too Sakura, remember?" Naruto asked.
"Shut up Naruto!" Sakura snapped and hit her blonde best friend over the head.
"OW!" He yelled and rolled into a ball onto the floor. Hinata sat down beside his rolling form and kissed his head.
"Better?"
"Yes."
"Bastard! Control your girlfriend!"
"Stupid, you shouldn't talk so loudly."
"Here they go again." Sakura muttered to Hinata.
"Jerk."
"Dead-last."
"Loser."
"Moron."
"Emo."
"Fat head." Sasuke said with a glare.
"MY HEAD MAY BE FAT, BUT AT LEAST IT DOESN'T RESEMBLE A CHICKEN'S ASS!"
Sakura gasped. "Naruto! I thought we agreed that Sasuke's head resembled a duck's ass."
"Oh, right, sorry Sakura. MY HEAD MAY BE FAT, BUT AT LEAST IT DOESN'T RESEMBLE A DUCK'S ASS!" Naruto yelled at Sasuke.
"Does not!"
"Does too!"
"NO!"
"YES!"
"We're never going to get that romantic walk are we?" Sakura asked Hinata who just silently shook her head and sighed. Both girls went back to the swings and watched their boyfriends fight. This happened way too often.
Suddenly Hinata's phone rang. "Saved by the bell." She said with a small smile. "Naruto!" She called out to her boyfriend, "I have to go. Walk me home?"
"Sure Hinata! Let's go. Bye Sakura, bye Sasuke."
"Bye Sakura. Bye Sasuke." Hinata echoed.
"Bye guys!" Sakura called back, while Sasuke muttered a "Hn."
"Sasuke! What happened to that cute adorable little boy who had an actual vocabulary?"
Sasuke tugged on Sakura's arm and they started walking through the well-worn paths of the park. Sakura slipped her hand into Sasuke's and he intertwined their fingers. They walked silently for a few moments before Sasuke replied to Sakura's earlier question.
"He fell in love with an annoying girl who didn't stop talking and slowly his vocabulary diminished because he could never get a word in. So he had to stop using big words and settled with little ones."
Sakura was shocked; she didn't really think Sasuke would reply. She was a little hurt, though. He'd called her annoying and talkative. Sasuke, as if he could tell what Sakura was thinking (and he probably could too) stopped walking and kissed her forehead before continuing with his speech.
"But he didn't like talking anyway and the girl he fell in love with was absolutely perfect. She was his dream girl. Besides, she could tell what his words meant, so he was happy."
"Aw! Sasu! That was so cute." She kissed her boyfriend on the nose and he sighed. The girl had taken after her mother. Shortening, his name, calling him cute; he shuddered a bit inside, he didn't even want to know what her cooking was like. Yet, despite all of this, he still loved her.
The couple walked on a bit through the park where they used to play tag and hide-and-go-seek when they were little. They still came here because Sakura was basically addicted to the swing set, but they never played like they used to. He knew Sakura missed that more than anything. She missed being a kid where she didn't have to worry all the time.
Sasuke smirked and leaned in close to her ear and whispered. "Tag you're it." And then he ran.
Sakura stood there for a few seconds, trying to comprehend what had just happened. Then, slowly a smile appeared on her face and she yelled out, "UCHIHA! I'M COMING TO GETCHA!" and she ran off in the direction he'd gone just a few seconds before.
At sunset, Sasuke was it and when he caught her, he held her in his arms for a while, before both of their cell phones simultaneously went off.
"Hello?" They both said at the same time. "Yeah, okay. Love you too. Bye." And they hung up. "Mom." They both said at the same time, and sighed, heading out of the park.
"I wonder how they do that." Sakura mused as Sasuke left her on her doorstep.
"They're evil witches." Sasuke said seriously, and Sakura didn't doubt him for a second. He kissed her on the lips this time (because she wouldn't let him go without at least on kiss on the lips) and then kissed her forehead.
"Good-night forehead girl."
"Good-night duck head."
"You know," Sasuke called over his shoulder as he left the park. "Someone once told me that my head was shaped like a duck because a duck's ass is more groomed than a chicken's."
Sakura laughed as she turned around and headed inside. When her mom caught sight of her she said, "Please tell me your clothes are all wrinkled because you were playing, not because you we-" Sakura knew where this was going and held her hand up.
"Don't worry Mom, we were playing tag." She smiled and headed upstairs.
She didn't see her mother smile or mutter under her breath, "Good, because I may want grandbabies but I want you to graduate first."
That night Sakura heard her mother on the phone with Mikoto Uchiha. Sakura opened her door slowly and started eavesdropping. "I can't wait for step two!" Sakura sighed, and shut her door. They were talking about her and Sasuke…again. Those two had been planning this since she and Sasuke were young.
Deciding to give her mother grief about it when she was less tired Sakura closed her eyes and went to sleep. Right before she drifted off, she saw Sasuke's face in her mind's eye and she smiled.
On the other side of the phone conversation, Mikoto was saying, "Me neither, I can't wait!" She squealed. Sasuke, who'd been listening in on his mother's phone conversation sighed. They were talking about him and Sakura…again. But there were more pressing matters at hand. His mother had just squealed. About him. And his girlfriend. This was so wrong.
Deciding to worry about his mother's mental health issues (and no doubt Mrs. Haruno's mental health issues), Sasuke decided to forget about it all for a while and sleep. The last thing he wondered about was if Sakura was asleep yet.
There will be three more chapters! Watch out for them! I'll try to finish this fic ASAP but I won't be home for the majority of tomorrow. :( I'll try my absolute best to put one up tomorrow though. Cuz I don't wanna keep you waiting. Watch out for it!
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