The next chapter. I hope you enjoy.
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He stared at the toast Naruto had shoved into his hands. "What..?" was all he could ask in his surprise, blinking down at it.
"It's toast, genius! You eat it!" Naruto said, and Sasuke looked up at him with a less than pleased expression on his face.
"I know that, idiot! I mean, why did you give it to me? I already ate," he lied, trying to hand it back to the blonde.
Naruto pushed it back and shook his head. "No you didn't. I just know these things. There's no way you've already eaten!" He grinned and nodded. "So eat it!"
"Usuratonkachi," he mumbled, taking a bite of toast. His eyes widened a little and he looked down at it. OMG I taste cinnamon!
"Haha, it's cinnamon toast!" Naruto said, grinning. "I made it special for you bec-" He stopped, realizing what he was saying. "Uh, because, uh… um… well, I mean, it was the only kind of bread I had," he said quickly, looking away and scratching the back of his head.
"…Thanks," Sasuke said quietly, and took another bite of toast. Naruto looked at him, surprised. Sasuke looked evenly back, swallowing his bite of toast. "What?"
"You said thanks," Naruto said in disbelief. "To me."
"Yeah… what of it?" he asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"Uh… nothing."
"Whatever," Sasuke said, taking another bite of toast and leaning against the railing of the bridge.
"Hey Sasuke! Sorry I'm late!" Sakura called, making the Uchiha choke on his bite of toast for a moment. He managed to swallow and turned to look at the pink haired girl. He repressed the twitch that wanted to surface every time he saw her, wishing he could just dissappear right... about...
"I had to get something for you!"
...now. Sasuke watched her run up, smiling and holding something behind her back. Oh Jesus, what now? he thought to himself, then regretted thinking it immediately when he saw what she had been holding behind her back. No... oh no... please God, please please NO!
A single long-stemmed lilac rose(1). Sasuke knew what it meant. He knew all about flowers and their different meanings. He actually loved flowers and gardening and stuff like that; seeing the plants grow from day to day always made Sasuke calm. If it wasn't for that blonde girl Ino, he'd spend more time at the flower shop.
He forced himself to keep a straight face as he took the rose from Sakura. Inside, he was sweatdropping like mad. He wished Sakura would just leave him alone. He just wished that girl could just stop giving him puppy eyes and leave him ALONE. "Sakura, I..." he started, then stopped. What if I hurt her feelings?
"Thanks," he said simply, wondering what he was going to do with it. He couldn't put it in his pocket, it would get smashed... He had an idea, though...
"Naruto," he said, and the blonde looked up. "Would you hold onto this for me? I don't have anywhere to put it."
"Uh... sure!" Naruto said, taking it from Sasuke and tucking it inside his jacket. "No problem!"
"My, my. Are you two finally together?" came a voice from behind them. Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto all jumped and whirled around to face Kakashi.
All three of them shouted "WHAAAT!" and Kakashi just chuckled.
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(1) Lilac roses mean love at first sight.
