Prompt: Imagine your OTP ice skating together with character A teaching character B how to balance by skating backwards and holding their hands.

Disclaimer: I still haven't received the rights to claim Naruto. Just in case you wanted to know.


Sakura flew past him for the third time in a row, noting that Naruto still hadn't moved an inch from his spot on the wall.

She turned her face towards him so that she could shout a quick "hurry up!" before resuming to follow the edges of the oval-shaped rink.

"O-Okay, Sakura-chan! Be there in a seco- ah!"

When Sakura looked again, Naruto was sitting flat on the ice, his hand rubbing his sore bottom. She couldn't help but let out a chuckle before she hurried around the rink, so as not to disrupt the flow of skaters.

When she stopped in front of him, Naruto sheepishly grinned up at her while a merciful sigh escaped her lips.

"You have to be on your feet to actually skate. You know that, right?"

"Ha ha, very funny."

Sakura let out a short laugh and extended her hand towards him. She dug the blades on her skates just a tiny bit so she could keep her balance while pulling him up from his position on the ice.

Naruto took her hand and she pulled him up hard. In no time, the blonde was back on his skates and clinging to Sakura for dear life.

"Naruto, you need to let go of my arms so I can help you. That and they're losing circulation."

"I'm sorry, Sakura-chan!" Naruto's grip loosened as he let out a timorous laugh.

"If you needed help, why didn't you just ask me?"

"I didn't think it would be this hard."

If Naruto wasn't still holding onto her arms, Sakura might have smacked her forehead.

"Men and their inability to ask for help," she mumbled with a peevish look on her face.

"What was that?"

"Nothing, Naruto. Just grab my hands."

'I get to hold her hands?' Naruto's cheeks began to turn red.

"Not like that, idiot! You know what I mean." Despite her words, her face soon matched Naruto's. With a cough, she re-directed the attention back onto skating.

"I'll skate backwards while you skate forwards so that you can get an idea of what it's like, alright?"

"Alright..." Finally, Naruto's hands moved from her elbows down to her hands, gripping them tightly.

Sakura made sure he wouldn't topple over before she slowly - very slowly - started skating backwards.

It took a few tries - if a few means dozens - but Naruto was eventually able to stay upright for more than a few minutes with Sakura helping him.

"Thank you, Sakura-chan~." Naruto grinned, his voice soft.

She couldn't help but blush.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever, Naruto."


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