So, here I am with another fluffy story... Sorry about that!
I'm in the middle of a writer's block, so if you have any ideas or requests, just pop me a PM or review and let me know what do you want to read!
Thanks for your patience!
It is just one of those rare uneventful days, when nothing truly relevant happens. No hard shifts at the hospital, no insane missions, no important appointments. Even the weather is mild, not too warm, not too cold. Just one of those rare days when someone can just kick back and relax.
And that's exactly what Sakura is doing. Relaxing on her comfy couch, a book in her hand and a cup of tea by her side, her feet over the armrest, a look of contentment in her eyes.
She knows how rare these days are and she intends to enjoy every minute of it. But all good things come to an end. And the end of her peaceful afternoon comes by her boyfriend sudden question.
"Sakura… Are you happy?"
She lifts her eyes of the book and looks at him. "Hum? What do you mean?"
"Are you happy? You know… with me…?" He keeps his eyes on the scroll in front of him, but she knows that he is not reading it anymore.
"Why shouldn't I be?" She studies his face, searching for the reason behind this talk.
"That's not an answer…"
"Well, I didn't understand the question… Why shouldn't I be happy? And why are you asking that right now?"
"You know what day is today?"
"Hum… Thursday?" Now, she is intrigued. "What is it? The 20 questions?"
"Hn… Today… Don't you recall what happened today, a long time ago?"
She puts the book down and thinks harder… It's not his birthday or the anniversary of his clan's massacre. She doesn't know the birthday of his parents or his brother, he refuses to tell her… It's not their anniversary, too… "I give up… What happened?"
"I left the village…"
"You…" She is completely shocked. "You left the village? How do you even remember the exact day of that?"
"Hn… I don't know, I just remember…"
He lives the table and comes closer to her, lifting her legs to sit on the couch.
"Well… I don't want to remember that, I prefer to celebrate the day you came back to me. Sorry, but I don't want to mark this awful day on the calendar…"
"It's not so bad…" She draps her feet over his lap and he gently massage them. "Not to me…"
"Not so bad? You left me, you left US and went MIA. Naruto spent years trying to get you back. You almost got executed! It was one of the worst days of my life! No, I don't want to celebrate it, thank you very much! I don't even want to remember it!"
"Shhhh. Don't scream, girl. Calm down. I said that it's not SO bad, I didn't say that it was good. And I don't want to celebrate anything… I just want you to know that I remember it… All of it…"
"And what does it suppose to mean?" She cocks her head and raises an eyebrow, intrigued.
"Do you remember what happened?"
"This conversation doesn't make any sense… We are talking in circles… You left, I cried, end of story... "
"And between those two?"
"You knocked me out and left me in a park bench…" She huffs in annoyance. "Not one of your finest moments…"
"Before that…" He rolls his eyes. "You are just trying to annoy me, aren't you?"
"Yup, I'm just an annoying girl. You kept telling me that for years."
"Hn, I apologized and I don't say that anymore. Stop using it against me…" He tickles her feet and earns a soft slap on his arm. "What did you tell me that night? Do you remember?"
"What did I tell you? Oh…" Her eyes widen in surprise. "I told you that I loved you… Is that the right answer?"
"Yes, you told me that you loved me…" He smirks at her.
"So, what? I told you that almost every day… I was such a stupid fangirl and you couldn't give a single crap about it." She laughs.
"But that night… It was different…"
"How come?"
"It was the first time I felt that you really mean it." He props his arm in the back of the couch and rests his head on his hand, to look straight at her. "It was the first time… After my family… It was the first time I felt that someone really cared about me…"
"That's not true… We all cared about you. We all care about you! You just needed… some time to realize it…"
"I didn't realized that back them… It took me years. But it hurted… Living you behind… For the first time in years, I felt that maybe, just maybe I belonged here…" He sighs. "You made it so hard to leave… Annoying girl!"
"But you left anyway, foolish boy!" She teases him. "You are back, that's all that matters… Forget about those said things…"
"I don't want to forget. I need to remember it. I need to learn from it.." He leans over to kiss her. "But right now is a much better time to be in…"
She giggles and kisses him back. "And yes, I'm happy."
"Hnnnn?" Sasuke loses his train of thoughts for a moment, pulling her to his lap.
"You asked if I'm happy. I am. More than happy."
"Even having a foolish boyfriend?"
"Especially, because of it!" She laughs and kisses him again. And again.
His smirk turns into a smile and he lays both of them on the couch, pushing her book to the floor.
Yes, it is just an eventful day. Just another day. And he is so happy with these simple days, when nothing happens, when there is nothing to remember about, when nothing changes.
These are the best days, the days that he spend on the couch, holding the woman he loves, forgetting about the work and the missions and the past. These are the best days...