My Tactless Sweetheart
First Kiss
Having been in ROOT all his life, he had never celebrated anything. Including his birthday.
Not that he knew when that was anyways.
Every year, Konoha's shinobis put on a magnificent fireworks display to welcome the new year. Sai had been looking forward to putting his artistic abilities to good use.
That was, until he landed himself in the hospital on New Years Eve.
He was just sitting in his favourite spot at the library reading up on New Years traditions, when all of the sudden an unidentified object smacked him in the back of the head. Hard.
That unidentified object had turned out to be a bookcase that had been knocked over. The culprit however remains a mystery. But nonetheless, our poor artist nin now has to spend his new years in the hospital.
"Just my luck." Sai thought as he looked out the window. He had been looking forward to helping out with the fireworks display with his teammates. To be emotionally correct, Sai was feeling sad and disappointed at the moment.
At least the nurses were kind enough to place him in a room where the fireworks could be seen clearly.
"Sai?" a familiar voice called out. Sai turned his head to see his teammate standing outside his door, holding a clipboard.
"Hello Sakura-san." Sai greeted and gave her one of his fake smiles.
"What happened to you?" Sakura asked, a small frown on her face as she walked into his room.
"A bookcase had somehow fallen and hit the back of my head. The doctor said I should stay the night just to be safe." Sai replied matter-of-factly. Sakura made a face, but decided not to say anything.
"What about you Sakura-san? Shouldn't you be helping with the fireworks?" Sai inquired, his head tilting slightly to the side.
"I was, but the hospital is a little understaffed right now, so I offered to help do rounds." Sakura replied before taking a look at Sai's charts. After she was done, she glanced over at Sai, who was staring out the window. Her eyes softened, as she realized Sai probably never had a real new years.
"Ne Sai, you were really looking forward to that weren't you?" she asked quietly.
Sai nodded. "This would be the time I've ever celebrated New Years. But.. this happened." he replied, slightly muttering near the end.
Intent on cheering Sai up even a little, Sakura walked over to Sai's side and pulled his sheets back. Sai looked at his teammate, wondering what she was up to.
"Come on, we can get a better view of the fireworks up on the roof." she said with a smile on her face.
The two of them were wrapped in blankets as they sat on the roof top, waiting for the New Year's countdown to start.
"Sakura-san, won't you get in trouble for taking me out of my room?" Sai asked a small frown on his lips.
"They won't know I took you out. I was the only one in charge of that wing." she replied airily as she continued looking at the village.
"It's almost time." Sakura muttered to herself. Sai watched her curiously, wondering what it was. As he was about to ask her, he was interrupted by a faint chanting from the village.
10..!
"Sakura-san? Why are they counting down?"
9..!
"They're counting down for the new year."
8..!
"Oh! So at the end of the countdown, that's the cue for the fireworks right?" Sai said, sounding slightly excited about this discovery.
7..!
"That, along with other things." Sakura mumbled, blushing slightly at the end.
6..!
Sakura stared at the man beside her, counting down quietly himself, looking up into the sky with excitement.
5..!
"Sai, have you kissed anyone before?" she asked him shyly, a light blush dusting her cheeks.
4..!
Sai stared at Sakura with a look of confusion before replying. "I have not, but what does that have to do with New Years?"
3..!
Sakura just smiled before moving a little closer to Sai.
2..!
Sai briefly wondered what Sakura was up to this time. There was only a puff of air's space between them now.
1..!
"Happy New Years Sai." she whispered before softly kissing him on the lips. The moment their lips made contact, the fireworks had gone off, along with the many cheers and whoops from the village.
However, they were nothing compared to the soaring feeling in Sai's chest as he returned the kiss.
"My first kiss of the year."
It's fairly late, I know. But I finally managed to finish this and have it uploaded. Hopefully everyone had a happy New Years. :)
Reviews are loved~! :)
