So there hasn't been very much feed back in either direction. Haha I guess that's fine. I just hope I'm living up to your standards. Now then, let the cuteness ensue.
There was a time when he would say the words, "I love you." He remembered saying it to his mother when she would embrace him before he went to bed, and even memories of embarrassingly mumbling it to Itachi during training sessions flickered through his mind.
If life had played out differently, maybe I could say it to her.
He glanced over to Sakura on the other side of the kitchen putting assorted dishes away, just having washed them after their meal. He watched her form move around the small space as he made to put the leftovers in the fridge. The way she leaned over to reach the far side of the table, pulling her hair back into a bind in annoyance as it fell in front of her face.
When she turned, he moved towards her, hands finding her hips as he kissed her.
Words were lost to him as he had spent the better part of his life in a silence, but maybe he could show her.
She squeaked in surprise, and he kissed her harder in an attempt to convey what he felt.
A hand moved to hold her face while the other snaked around her waist, pulling her closer. He pulled away only to kiss down her jaw and her cheek.
He lifted her onto the counter, feeling a bit of pride in the way her legs moved on either side of him and pulled him closer to her.
He ravished her. Moving to her neck and letting his teeth graze her pulse point just the way she liked it. He needed her to know as he became aggressive in his kisses. I love you, he thought as he kissed her more still, hands clutching at her waist, and tasting her soft puffy lips- feeling her little tongue move against his. I love you.
When he moved back to stare at her face, she laughed a little at his ever present glare, breathless from his affectionate assault.
"I love you, too."
Of course she had understood. She always did. His chest swelled in his feelings for her. He ducked his head, burrowing his face into the crook of her neck, "I love you," he breathed.
I hadn't originally planned on him saying the dreaded "L word," and honestly, it still doesn't sit right with me. What do you guys think?