Chocolates and Cherries

A/N: Thanks for the reviews.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of it's characters, materials, villages, etc...

Chapter 3: Shopping for blushes

A small hand reached out to grab the piece of fruit, though her hand made it roll back further. Sakura's arm reached in to it's full extent before she tripped and fell to her bottom.

Sakura watched from on the ground as all the fruit from her basket rolled down the aisle and scatter. "Ahh man!" she groaned angrily.

A piece of fruit rolled to a stop as it hit a pair of shoes. Bending down the sixteen year old picked it up and walked over. "Here, Sakura. I think you dropped this. And that." He dropped it into her basket with a small smile playing across his face.

"Thanks."

One of her small hands was placed in two of his large ones as he pulled her up to her feet. "Can you help me?" Sakura asked sheepishly as she walked over to the bunches of fruit. They both knelt down and grabbed a few fruit and as the last one was left, Sakura and Kankurou both reached for it. Sakura's hand made it there first and was followed by Kankurou's hand, both of them touching.

Blushing, Sakura yanked her hand away and shyly grabbed the fruit after Kankurou's hand was taken back as well. After her cheeks faded to a more subtle pink instead of the bright tomato color she was previously, she stood up with her basket. "Uh, thanks... Mmm, Kankurou." She squeeked out and made her way to the counter. Kankurou behind with a basket of boxed ramen.

Unlike Sakura, Kankurou was merely grinning with laughter. The way she reacted made him laugh to himself as he watched her petite form infront of him place the fruits onto the counter. He glanced down at Sakura's face, which had yet to lose it's pink shade. Kankurou noticed that Sakura's head only reached the top of this shoulders... Why had he never noticed this before? She had always seemed to be nearly as tall as him. Maybe he had just gotten taller from the last time he'd seen Sakura.

Sakura's eyes looked up to be connected with a pair of bluish green ones to her emerald eyes. Glancing away quickly she placed the ryu up on the counter and received her bag instead. "Itterasshai, Haimisu." (Have a good day, Miss.) Sakura told the slightly older woman at the counter and walked out the door to be shortly later accompanied by Kankurou.

He cracked a smile down at Sakura as they walked in silence down the road. Entering her house, Sakura quickly made it to the kitchen in a haste to get soemthing else on her mind, "Want something to eat?" Sakura called to Kankurou, who she didn't know was behind her.

"Sure." He replied, snickering as Sakura jumped.

"I thought I told you to stop sneaking up on me." Sakura hissed gently before turning around. "What do you want?" She inquired him without moving from her spot.

"Ramen's fine. Here." Kankurou handed her two boxes of ramen and turned. "Now don't burn yourself again."

Sakura heard a chuckle escape his lips before he walked away. "Har. Har." Sakura faked a laugh and started the ramen. The shinobi went to sit down on the couch beside Kankurou.

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Once they both finished eating they both went back to the couch and switched on the TV. "I get to choose what we watch this time." Sakura gumbled and snatched the clicker away from him. Flipping through the channels she settled for a music channel.

The two listened to the music, watched the videos and a few times, Sakura blushed from where she sat when a love song played... Earning her another small chuckle from Kankurou.