Chapter 2: Signs

"Sasuke-kun…." I mumbled. The figure picked me up and carried me to my house ignoring the screaming Naruto, who was still busy looking for me.

We quickly arrived at my house and he carefully opened my window. Once inside he closed the window slowly and laid me on my bed. He stepped back carefully and looked down at me. In the dark, you could almost see him smile.

"You klutz…" he muttered under his breath. He then reached into his pocket and took out a small cherry blossom and laid it on the nightstand next to my bed. He then walked over and bent his head down close to mine. His breath over my face and his lips got close to mine.

Suddenly, my eyes started to slowly open. My green eyes met with his onyx ones and he backed away suddenly. I was still drowsy from all that crying I couldn't see clearly.

"Sasuke..?" I called out. But I just heard a slight chuckled and the mysterious person disappeared before I could get a clear view. I sighed and closed my eyes.

I woke up the next day and saw the ceiling staring back at me. I was at home? Strange. I clearly remember I fell asleep in the forest. I tried to remember what happened in my dream. Or was it a dream? I shook my head and grabbed a hold of my head. Naruto must have finally found me and brought me home. I had to thank him later. I got out of my bed and grabbed the corner of my nightstand. I felt something soft under my hand and lifted it. There was one perfect cherry blossom flower sitting there. Ok, now this was just to crazy.

"You klutz…"

That voice rang out in my head. I knew it was a dream. It had to be a dream. Because…the only person who would call me that would be….

"Sasuke…" I muttered. I shook my head. He would never come back. Not ever! But I smiled at the dream I had. I smiled. I enjoyed that dream. Even if it was a dream, I wished it could be real. I mean, he almost kissed me! I've always wanted him to kiss me…

I quickly looked at the clock and my eyes grew wide. OH CRAP! I'M GONNA BE LATE! I quickly ran to my closet and changed and ran out to the hospital.

Tsunade-sama is surely gonna kill me if I'm late again…

I closed the door behind me and I ran down my pathway but stopped suddenly. Something was watching me. I turned around and stared at the tree that stood there. The wind was gently blowing its leaves and branches. Whatever… I had to get to work. So again I started to run, while at the same time fixing my hair and headed for the hospital for another long day at work. At that time, if I had Neji's byakugan I would have been able to see the smile hiding through the leaves.

"Am I late?" I asked Shizune-chan, who was doing work at the front desk. She smiled at me and gave me my uniform.

"No. Just on time," she said and gave a little laugh. I gave out a sigh of relief.

"Sakura! What was with that soap opera moment yesterday?" Ino asked. Her hands were on her hips and she looked steamed, yet worried.

"Sorry. I….I just had a tiring day." I said and looked down.

"Did you know that Naruto was up all night looking for you? We were all worried about you!" Ino scolded.

"Yeah, I know. I'm real sorry." I said and made a sad face. Ino just rolled her eyes at me.

"Don't apologize to me. Apologize to Naruto."

"Which reminds me, did he find me yesterday and bring me home? 'Cause I clearly remember that I fell asleep in the woods last night."

Ino thought for a moment. After what seemed like forever, which was actually more like 2 minutes, I "coughed" showing my impatience.

"Well? Any day now!" I said and put my hands on my hips. Ino laughed.

"Chill! I'm just kidding. Well I don't…think so," she said and looked at me. "Why?"

My eyes grew wide. Then that wasn't a dream! Maybe it was him!

Again, Ino looked at me suspiciously. "Sakura, what's wrong?"

Shizune looked up at us and stopped what she was doing. "What are you guys still doing here? You should be doing your assignments. Tsunade-sama will be angry at you if you don't move it!"

"SORRY!" we both said at the same time and dropped the subject and went on with our regular work day. Going to rooms, cleaning, doing minor healing tasks.

When the day was finally over, me and Ino decided to stop over at Naruto's to give my apology.

"I'm real sorry Naruto…it's just…I was really tired that day and I mean I got real annoyed by even the smallest things….you angry at me?"

I was sitting on a couch with Ino facing him. My eyes were completely glued to the floor.

Naruto smiled and put his arms behind his head.

"Ehh…don't sweat it. As long as you didn't leave the village," Naruto said with a wide smile.

"You're not mad?" I asked as I looked up. Naruto shook his head.

"I shouldn't have acted all serious. It's my fault. So don't sweat it."

I gave a small smile and thought of the dream I had that night.

"Say Naruto, can I ask you something?"

Naruto cocked his head.

"What? 'Cause if you're gonna ask me out….I'LL GLADLY ACCEPT!" Naruto said and stood up with a big goofy grin on his face.

"NOT IN YOUR LIFE! YOU IDIOT!" I said and hit him on the head. He cowered in pain and fell on the couch. Ino rolled her eyes.

"How troublesome….," she muttered. I glanced at her quickly and gave a small giggle. Ino was probably spending too much time with Shikamaru that she was adapting to his lingo.

"Well as I was saying…Naruto did you find me last night and take me home?"

I knew I was nervous. My heart was beating like mad. If he said no…then….my dream was real. Right?

Naruto looked up. I sighed. It would take forever for Naruto to remember, since he is such an idi—

"Nope."

My eyes grew wide. No way! I leaned in closer to him.

"Are you sure? You weren't the one who laid me on my bed and gave me the sakura blossom?" I said with my tone getting louder.

Again Naruto thought for a few seconds and replied with the same answer. This must be a joke. I mean….Sasuke…would never…

"STOP CLOWNING AROUND WITH ME YOU BAKA!" I yelled and punched him on the head. Naruto cried out in pain.

"AHHH! I'm dead serious! I didn't! I sware! Don't hurt me!" he yelled covering his head with his hands. I backed down. Ino grabbed me and started heading for the door.

"Oh…," was all I said. Then….it had to be Sasuke. Who else would know?

Flashback:

I waited as the Naruto, Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei would arrive at the bridge we would always meet at. As usual Naruto and Kakashi-sensei were always late. I sighed. It was Valentines Day and the flowers in my arms were going to die soon. They were three ribbons with a different colored ribbon tied onto them. I had already given some out. An orange ribbon for Naruto, a dark blue ribbon for Kakashi-sensei and a black ribbon for Sasuke. I sighed and looked at the water that was flowing under the bridge. A cherry blossom fell into the water and made ripples. Before I knew it, Sasuke appeared right next to me.

"Staring at water?" he asked. I jumped and started to blush like mad. He sighed. My heart was beating like mad.

"Sasuke-kun?" I said in a weak and nervous voice. He looked at me and I shoved the rose into his face. He looked at it with wide eyes and took it. I was surprised. I thought he would say in his usual bored tone, "I don't like flowers," or "Flowers aren't my thing," or any other sort of rejection.

"Thanks," he replied. I blushed. We stood there for a while and it felt like an eternity.

"Sakura…"Sasuke said and I quickly looked at him, blushing. He wasn't looking at me.

"Sorry….sorry that I didn't bring anything for you," he said in a different tone that I haven't heard before.

I turned to him. "Oh it's nothing Sasuke-kun. You really don't have to get me anything," I replied, my face getting hot. But honestly, I really did want him to get me something. But at least he accepted mine and that was all. I sighed and turned away from him. A wind started to pick up and many cherry blossoms blew into the air. Once it stopped I sighed. My hair was messed up. I grunted and put the roses on the railing and started to fix my hair. Sasuke chuckled. I blushed…again.

"Here," and with that he tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear and placed a cherry blossom into my hair. My heart now was beating like mad and so loud I swore that he heard it.

"It's not much, but whatever," he said and went back to his original stance, the rose I gave him still in his hand. I blushed.

"Thank you," I said and turned away blushing. From that day on, cherry blossoms were my favorite flower and I knew that Sasuke knew it somehow.

"Well, see you tomorrow Naruto! Don't eat too much ramen now!" Ino said and dragged me out the door.

Once outside I snapped out of my daydream. Ino meanwhile looked at me strangely again.

"Ok, spill. What is with you lately?"

I sighed. There was not point of hiding the whole story anyways. So as we walked to my house I told her of my dream and the cherry blossom and the thoughts that have been going around in my head.

"Wow," was the first word that came out of her mouth after I was done.

"Yeah. I mean, who else could it be?" I said as we headed up the pathway.

"Well I don't know. I mean if you look at the odds. It has to be him…or it's just Naruto stalking you," Ino said and we both started to laugh.

"Well it's getting late. I'm gonna go inside and rest so I won't be late tomorrow," I said and waved off to her going inside. I sighed and went upstairs and fell onto my bed. Today was a long day and the cherry blossom from last night was still sitting on my nightstand. I sat up and took the flower. I then placed it on a saucer with water. I then took a shower and quickly changed. I stared at the ceiling for a while and reflected on my thoughts.

He wouldn't have come back….would he? Who else would give me cherry blossoms?

More and more thoughts flooded my head and began to swim around. Ugh, but that was too much thinking for today. So I closed my eyes and drifted off into sleep not seeing that a shadow was watching me.

A/N: Well what did u think? So far, I've made a few chapters. All I need is for you to review! Sorry for the really weird title, but it was all I could think of the time. The title makes me think of aliens and that movie about them. Lol! Can anybody guess who this mystery person is? Hmm? Does it seem pretty obvious? Well, hope you R&R!