.: Chocolate Flowers :.

Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own Naruto. All rights belong to Kishimoto Masashi. If I did, do you think I would be here right now? XD

Summary: Christmastime is approaching in the village of Konohagakure. Alone in this peaceful winter wonderland, Sakura ponders upon the identity of the official secret admirer whom is sending her presents each day. She's counting down the days, memorizing each letter she has recieved with the gifts and is preparing to find out exactly who this mysterious person is.

Chapter Four: Violets

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"Wait... what do you want to do...?"

Sakura once again dropped her head in aggrivation. Smothering her face gently against her cherry colored cushions, her fingers began to slowly rake through pink locks making contact with her scalp. The kunoichi couldn't help but that how good that actually felt... Positioning the phone away from her ear at the moment, the teenage got; sighed looking towards her ceiling until she heard Ino's voice from afar once again.

"...I repeat once again... is it okay with your dad if I open up the Flowershop today?"

She wasn't sure why she was acting so nervous? Yamanaka Inoichi has always given her the rightful privledge to visit their household even when the Yamanaka Family was away. Sakura, being a very close friend to Ino even recieved a key from Inoichi himself, she was like a member of the family but that was one of the reasons why she didn't tag along...

She was like a member of the Yamanaka Family... even though the rosette is similiar to the daughter Inoichi wished he could call his other child, Sakura would surely feel out of place at that resort. Christmas may be the season when people get together as family... but she wanted to be with her own family.

Heh, what a long shot dream... that wasn't happening anytime soon.

"Well, of course you can open the Floweshop! But I'm not sure if you're going to get any customers, Forehead... I mean, it is winter right now so who would really want to buy flowers at the moment... Unless we still have our Christmas Special up... Do we...?"

A scarlet tint overcame the apples of her cheeks when Ino finished speaking. Maybe, if she kept the Flowershop open then she may find out exactly who her secret admirer was! It was worth a shot--- but she was daring to take such a chance. "Well... maybe my secret admirer will show up if I'm in there... You see, since your place wasn't open when I recieved the presents... maybe, just maybe word will go out that Yamanaka Flower Shop is opened"

"Oh...your secret admirer? Don't you mean the fool who's trying their best to steal your heart? If it was me... I would try better tatics than this one..." The rosette sighed once again before slapping her noble brow against her palms.

Gah! Don't even THINK of listening to Ino-pig's ideas! If you know her well enough, such plans coming from her will surely get you in deep crap...! You know it's going to happen!

She couldn't help but nod in agreement. One of the things which always washed shame across her face was when she agreed with the nuisance. Knowing that a clash of scoldings were heading her way, Sakura decided to lock the gate of her conscience. Now if only she could do this permanently... as if that would happen any time soon. "Naruto..."

Sakura's figure froze for the moment before overhearing the smug tone that Ino was using on the other line. If they weren't having this conversation via telephone, Sakura was completely certain that Ino was smiling with triumph right about now. "What do you mean 'Naruto' ?"

And the exaggerated sighs began, yeah, Ino was suddenly messing with her right now, and due to the long distances between the playful sighs...

...Ino had two bottles of Egg Nog too many...

"Wellll... Are you that dumb Sakura? I mean, who else would go through all of that...AND on a mission? Naruto cares for you that much, you know. Have you yet to see that, Forehead? If you say no, oh wow... then that's just sad..."

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Ugh...so much for that surge of inspiration to continue with this search...

Resting her elbows against the counter, Sakura began to remember exactly what Ino had told her that day. Maybe Ino was actually right... maybe this whole "Secret Admirer" event had Naruto's name written all over it. There was understandable logic and facts to pin-point this whole thing towards the cerulean eyed shinobi.

But what if there was actually someone else...? Someone who actually wanted to shower her with affection... a mysterious boy who wasn't afraid to express his feelings but did so from letters. Though thinking about such person brought her back to Naruto.

"Why can't I stop thinking of him now?!" Because you're finally showing your damned affection for him! And don't TRY to deny it, or i'll slug ya!

Hands clamping against her delicate ears, emerald eyes narrowed as thoughts of locking her inner-self into a cage similiar to the Kyuubi's own cage with a seal to keep this annoyance tamed for good. Good... now try to keep you mouth shut for awhile now...

...I hate you, you know that...

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"Haruno Sakura?"

Looking up from the counter, the teen looked around for a moment before her eyes came in contact with the man in front of her. A small package in his possession as he handed the small brown box towards the pinkhaired girl. She sat there confused before noticing the handwriting upon the package...

...it was the handwriting from her previous letters...

Chewing upon her bottom lip, she opened the package oblivious that the package carrier had disappeared from site. All she was wondering now was one thing... what was in this package? Another letter?

Yes, it was seriously urking her now...

To my Dearest Sakura-chan,

I present you this Royal Blue Violet...

Even though the color does not represent a feeling of happiness, everytime I stared at the alluring petals... I couldn't help but think of you...

Once again, I wish you a Merry Christmas...

The package quickly slipped from her shaking finger after rereading this letter. Her admirer just nearly gave himself away with the name he had given her. Only Naruto would even dare to call her "Sakura-chan", but she still had her doubts.

What if... there was someone else?

But even so... how could she react to such an event? it was creating such an impact already. What to do...?

This was such a stressful monday afternoon...

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ShannaroSaku-chan: There you go! Chapter 4! Hope you enjoyed this installment of Chocolate Flowers. And make sure you watch out for the next chapter coming your way on December 18th! Baiii! 8D