A/N: Woah! Thank you very much for all the reviews! I never expected such but really, all I wanted to know is what you think of my story so far and I was very happy to hear from you at last!

This is just a short chappy about some fluffy stuffs, okay?

DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Naruto, not in this life and neither on my next one…

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She's been walking along the coastline for awhile now and was thinking about him all the while as she does so. Finding a rock big enough to accommodate her for sitting, she settled down upon it.

Sighing to herself, she dangled her feet to the gentle lapsing waves that reach the coast. The storm has long died and only a serene sea was left on its wake.

He looks so mad…So scary…

But why? Why was he so mad at me?

All I wanted to do was to help…

And those words…

I didn't mean to run-away but…

Those words…

They were too much for me…

And his eyes held so much within them and I can't…

So I just run-away…

"So, you're here…" Came an impassive voice

Hinata hearing his voice jumped a little from her seat. To say the least she was startled, she thought she was all alone by herself. She snapped her head-up and surely, there he stood before her, the visage of strength and tranquility.

"Sasuke-san…" She whispered so quietly his name as if saying out loud his name would cause him to disappear.

For a long while they just stared-up to each other's eyes; Impassive onyx eyes hiding an emotion deep within them meeting lavender tinged pearl eyes expressing the emotional turmoil within her. But then again, looking at him like that triggered her eyes to water with unshed tears and she quickly turned her head to the side.

Is she going to cry? Man, I went out here to make sure she doesn't… He thought to himself as he comes closer to her.

He touched her cheeks with the palm of his hand softly, "Hey, are you hurt?" She flinched from his touch as if she was scald by him. He didn't like that one bit. She's his fiancée and his future wife, it wouldn't do so for her to flinch every time he touches her. He harden his gaze at her as she flinched from his touch and more so, when she turned away from his touch.

She looked up to meet his icy cold stare. He saw confusion, hurt and… Was that devotion from her teary eyes? Seeing that he soften his expression. "Hinata, what's wrong?" He asked her softly. He was taken back as she started crying, her shoulders tensed, racking with muffled sobs.

For the first time in his life he was at lost. He wants her to stop crying but he doesn't know how to stop her. He was tempted to just walk-away just like last time when he found her crying but he has a feeling that it's his direct fault this time and walking-off just seems to be so wrong. He grunted and just turned around, away from the sight of a crying girl but he stayed standing there a feet away from her.

"What's wrong?! You! A-and me!!" She said between sobs.

"Huh?" He turned to her slightly, "You and me?"

"Its s-so painful now…(sob) I really tried to understand you… Tried so hard to understand what you feel… What you think about… I really wanted to know you better and I still do… I want to know who you are...But I'm...it's really getting too painful here…" She said sincerely, whispering the last part as she placed her hand to where her heart is supposed to be.

Sasuke fully turned his attention to her, an undecipherable emotion etched across his face before turning into a calm and understanding one. "Maybe you're trying too much…" He said as he kneel down to her level, placing a gentle hand to her cheek and wiping the tears with his thumb. "If you wanted to know what I feel or think, all you have to do is to ask me... And you're the only one who can do that…" He took a deep breath then so slowly, touched his forehead with hers.

She can't believe what she's hearing and boy, were they so close to each other right now. She could feel his breath against her cheeks, her heart is madly thumping in her chest in their intimate position. Swallowing she said softly, "Then what were you feeling? Thinking?" looking straight in his eyes.

Hearing her question, he closed his eyes. "I was scared… So scared… I didn't understand why and that made me more fearful…" He said sounding so serene.

He was scared? And all I did was run-away from him, get mad and cry at him…

She didn't know what possessed her, maybe it's the way he looks like right now. He looks so vulnerable right now, she thought maybe this is what lies inside him. She was happy he trusted her enough to be like this in front of her. So slowly, she closes the distance between their faces. She placed a gentle peck on his lips, it was only for a second or two.

Sasuke immediately opened his eyes. Did she just kissed him?! On the lips?! Well, it was just merely a brushing of their lips but still!! "Sorry… I scared you and the kiss it just umm…" She said with a gentle blush spreading across her pale cheeks. He turned away from her and stood away from her. "Just don't do it again and the kiss…" he drifted-off, touching his lips, "Wasn't that bad… it's… okay…" with that he smirked at her, successfully making her blush. He offered his hand to her of which she gladly took, he pulled her up. She was smiling at him, "No more tears, okay?" He said as he wipes the remnants of the tears. She hurriedly dried her eyes with the cuffs of her coat, well, it's cold during early dawn.

"Ikimasho Sasuke-kun." She said tugging on his hand. "Hmn?" He asked reluctant to move from his place. "We'll be leaving soon and I promised you it would be fun so…" He gave her a small smile, it isn't the smile the smile but still can be considered as one. "Ikuze, I understand." With that she tugged him along the shore line…

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Inside the hotel, in the veranda overlooking the shore, two figures watched Sasuke and Hinata. They saw everything though they can't hear anything, they knew it went out smoothly.

"NICE TEME! That's more like it!" Naruto exclaimed jubilantly. "So Sakura, what would it be for you now?" He asked turning to the rosette kunoichi.

"Relax Naruto. As I have told you, I'd back-off on the slightest sign of love between them and I'm not blind neither as dense as you are as not to see and feel that there is something between them… Sasuke risked his life for her, reprimanded her like crazy and now, plays as prince charming… I'd lay-off now…" She said facing Naruto.

Naruto saw that Sakura looked so uncharacteristically upset and so he approached the rosette girl and did the first thing that came to his mind. He embraced her, placing his chin on her shoulder. "Don't be like that Sakura-chan… I'm here for you. That's right… You still got me right here for you…" He said sincerely but then again his narutardness attacked him, "well although you're so mean to me, boss me around, has a tendency to be very violent not to mention you're not that sexy at all and--" Before he could finish, a jaw smashing chakra infused fist connected with his face and sent him flying to the opposite wall.

"SHANNARO!!" She screamed angrily at him picking him up by the leg and beating him senseless.

"All-- I-- wanted-- to-- say-- is--that--regardless--I-- OUCH!!--love you!!" He managed between kicks and punches.

When she was finished beating him senseless, she started walking inside, "Thank you Naruto…" She said pausing in the door post.

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"Sasuke look!!" She said excitedly as she rushed and bent down picking up a conical shell. "You can hear the voice of the ocean from hear." She said smiling placing the shell to her ear and closing her eyes, just in time for the first rays of the sun to shine on her face.

She looks like a goddess like that… He shook his head to snap himself out of it as he noticed her offering the shell to him, "try it! Sasuke!"

"What's wrong?" She asked him as he just continued to stare at her. "No san? Only Sasuke, huh?" She blushed a lovely shade of red and turned around from him, "Ummm… That's because I feel comfortable around you now…"

He was happy to hear that from her, he noticed her rushing forward and crouching again. Another shell again he thought but she remained unmoving from her crouched position and so he decided to check. "What is it Hinata?" She quikly stood up and beamed at him, "THIS!" She shoved something in front of his eyes. He blinked then smiled.

She blushed. He looks so striking with that small smile and the morning sun spraying his handsome features. "The ume no namida…" he said gently as he touched the tear shaped blue pebble. It was smooth he thought to himself. She took his hand and placed the ume no namida on the palm of his hand. "Let's go back now Sasuke! Naruto-kun and Sakura must be awake now!" He nodded at her and they started the way back to the hotel.

I remember once, when my mother once mentioned a myth that the Ume no Namida is the tear shed by the mystical sea for two people meant for each other... A tear shed for it was touched by their love, the complications that accompanies their love and the challenges that awaits them… Sasuke wondered if in anyway that the myth his late mother told him during bedtime so long ago could be true…

But if it's true... What could it be that awaits us in the future that made this proud sea shed a tear for us?

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A/N: Woah, it turned out like that. I'm so proud of myself!

See, I updated immediately, I'm easy to deal with so please review.

Thank you for those who reviewed and to the anonymous reviewers I couldn't reply to you cause there's no email add but I'm very thankful!

Don't worry about the hardships that they would endure, it wouldn't be emphasized here in blue rose but in the next installment it would be...

Translations:

Ikimasho is let's go Ikuze a more masculine way to say let's go

Ume no namida is tear of the sea