Last time: Tears swelled in Sakura's eyes. She fell, but luckily, something, or more correctly, SOMEONE caught her. She felt warm, for the first time in a long time.
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Sakura sat and sobbed for the longest time. Or so it seemed. When she finally snapped back into reality, she was on the rooftop again, crying into Gaara's shirt.
"Huh? Oh, (sniffle) I'm sorry Gaara. I didn't mean to drag you into this. I'll just leave now." Sakura said, standing up. OOF!!! Gaara had tugged on Sakura's hand, to get her to stay. Unfortunately, he had forgot his own strength. Sakura couldn't stop either, not analyzing the situation fast enough. It ended up in a awkward position, him and her. (It's not perverted.) Gaara had thrown his arms open when he realized Sakura was going to fall. His sand hadn't moved. Not even a twitch. It was odd, but Gaara had to get himself out of this position. Sakura had put her hands together and had her fingers touching her neck, while her arms were glued together in front of her chest. So now, it looked like Gaara was hugging Sakura, and Sakura thouroughly enjoying it. Sakura had accidently banged her nose against one of Gaara's buttons, and had started lightly crying. Gaara took notice, gave a softer expression, and subtly hugged Sakura a bit tighter.
"Sakura, if Sasuke ever comes back, I don't know who will, me, Naruto, Lee, Kakashi, Itachi, or anyone else in my village or yours, but Sasuke will pay for your pain." Gaara whispered, looking deep into her eyes. "I promise you, I will..." at this exact moment, Sakura had given Gaara a look like a helpless infant, and made him silent by hugging him. Gaara gave his softest expression, which no one was allowed to see. He gently wiped the tears from her eyes, and consoled her.
Much, much, MUCH later...
"GAARA! YOU CAN'T BE LATE! WILL YOU GET DOWN HERE ALREADY?" Temari yelled. "Please stop yelling, Temari." said Gaara, using his sand to teleport.
"I wouldn't have to if you would hurry sometimes." Temari said, turning her back to her younger brother. She smiled, as did Gaara. This was their way of teasing. And today was the day. Today was Gaara's day. And no one could take that from him.
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Tonight's the night...
Gaara arrived at the door promptly, his older brother fixing his tie. Gaara was to open the door for the three of them. This was Gaara's crossing. He was to open the door. The light shone brightly, so much, that for a second, it was blinding. He looked around the room after his brother and sister had left with their dates. Looking across the room, he saw the bright pink evening gown he knew belonged to her. He walked to Sakura, and she convinced him to dance. They danced to slow and fast, with all of their friends. Kiba, Naruto, Tenten, Lee, Gai, and Kankuro all did the Soulja Boy. Hinata kept blushing, Iruka and Kakashi talked until Jiraiya showed up, accompanied by Tsunade, and all was joyous. Sakura and Gaara had gone to the balcony to watch the moon and stars. As the prom was ending, Neji and Hinata used their byakugan, while all the others peeked around the rose arch that Sakura and Gaara had walked through just seconds before. For a while, all they talked of was nature. Suddenly, the wind picked up. Sakura shivered. Gaara gave her his jacket, which made her blush.
"Sakura..." Gaara started. So did the rain. Gaara and Sakura looked deeply into each other's eyes. Millimeters apart were their lips.
"OH...NO...!!!" was heard from behind the wall. When the rain started, the floor had gotten slippery. Naruto, being a clutz, tripped. Down came a crush of teenagers, teachers, and other ninjas. It was a picture-perfect moment. But then again, when you're with the person you cherish more than anything,
Every moment is picture perfect.
