Okay I know it's been awhile since I updated but work as been busy and blah blah blah school blah blah blah. But here we are. Please enjoy! Sorry about taking too long
sobs yup still own nothing…
My day passed with ease. Working in a hospital does that. There are like hundred of things going on that time seems to speed up. And what feels like maybe an hour later is really 4 hours and half your day is over. That's what I like about working in the hospital. I could easily get lost in the work itself and worry less about the things that mattered. I could go hours without thinking anything about Naruto.
But then I would suddenly think about him randomly while either healing someone or filling out a chart. It was normally just an imprinted picture in my memory of him smiling or laughing. But sometime it was something funny like my fist hitting him in the face after he had said something stupid. And even more rarely it would be of him training without a shirt on. Those were the ones that made me blush and lose focus on what was doing. Hey, no one is perfect…
I was pretty excited when work was over. I wanted to get some training in and maybe go shopping for a new shirt to wear on my semi-date with Lee. I mean heck, it wasn't as if I was just going wear the same old thing to a date. I have a little more pride than that. Even if I was Lee, I could still look pretty for myself.
I clocked out of work said my goodbyes to my co-workers and high tailed it out of there. The store was on my way home so I decided to stop by there first. After 30 minutes of roaming around I found the perfect outfit. Nothing too flashy or flirty, but not too cutesy and childish. It was a white button-up dress with soft pink polka dots and black polka dots. It came down to my mid-thigh and showed off my legs great. The pink looked really good with my hair. I had a total girl moment when I looked at the price tag and saw it was on sale.
I smiled to myself as I brought the dress up to the counter. I was looking around not really focusing on anything in the store as the sales woman checked my dress out. I glanced out the window and saw him. He was walking past the shop's window.
Time stood still.
His blonde hair messy, little dirty, and was a little over grown. He walked tall, he had grown even more in the past few weeks I hadn't seen him. His profile was one I knew so well yet seeing it even through glass was better than my memories. The one blue eye I saw from my angle was happy looking yet almost had a sad depth to it that if you didn't know Naruto very well you would completely miss. But I knew him, and I knew that sadness.
My heart sped up and sank all in the same second. It was an overwhelming feeling. My breath left my lips and my lungs seemed to collapse after that. My mouth went dry and I guess the liquid from my mouth decided to relocate to my palms, because they became extremely sweaty.
The sales woman cleared her throat loudly.
Time was back on track again.
I glimpsed at her with a nervous smile. She smiled back. I gave her the money that was in my hand and looked back out the window. He was already gone. And I was safe for a moment of not having my heart completely stop. But the desire to grab my bag and run out the door to find him was overwhelming.
I had to find him and talk to him. I had to see how he was and that he was still the same man I was in love with. I had to somehow show him that I loved him without saying it out loud. But every thought I had was not good enough for Naruto. Actually that wasn't true. Naruto would probably be happy with any proof of love from me. I just didn't think any of my ideas were good enough to show how much he meant to me.
But for now the only thing that really mattered was taking one step closer to him. Walking out the store door and following him. I was mindless almost. Like a predator stalks its prey, that's how I felt.
I saw his hair over the heads of the people on the street. I sped up to catch up with him. He was ten feet away. Five feet. Three feet.
I fell into step with him quietly trying to see how long it would take for him to realize I was there. He seemed to be lost in thought. I could almost hear him muttering things under his breath as his lips barely moved.
I brushed my arm against his, man was I getting bold! Haha. His skin felt so warm and soft against mind and I had a snippet thought about how his body would feel on top of mine. I quickly threw that thought back into the depths of my brain that normally didn't come out except on lonely nights. I nearly shivered at that touch.
He quickly looked over to me. His face changed completely. His eyes got big and his smile stretched across his face. He barely blushed. He looked down at me with those beautiful blue eyes. I hadn't realized we had stopped walking until some random civilian bumped against me.
Yet we stood there facing each other. A smile was plastered onto my face and I doubted anything could take that smile away from me in this moment.
"Sakura-chan," Naruto said softly to me
"Naruto."
"I am so happy to see you!" he said and threw his arms around me.
I loved that moment. I dropped my bag and hugged him back. I enjoyed the warmth of him and the smell of him. I started to pull away. Afraid that if I stayed embraced that my body would turn completely into jelly and I would have to be carried back to my apartment. But my arms weren't working. And my legs somehow managed to not drop me.
"How have you been?" I asked him.
"Busy, you know the deal," he said smile still on his face, which made me smile even harder.
We then began to walk. I picked up my bag and fell into step with Naruto again. I was elated.
"Oh, Sakura there has been something I have been meaning to tell you," Naruto said as we walked.
"Umm, okay. What is it?" I asked my heart skipping a few beats.
"I'll tell you tonight over dinner! My treat!" he said.
"Okay sounds good!"
"I'll come by around eight to pick you up to get a bite, man am I starved and ready for some ramen!"
Typical Naruto.
And that's that. Sorry for the slow update. I'll try to get on it more often. Please read and review! See ya.