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010: Bliss
Requested by: thegurlwhowrites7865
至福
It was out in the playground during lunch hour that it happened. Children laughed and screamed as bundles ran across the pavement, others throwing each other down the slide. Some attempted to do a back flip whilst on the swings and others such as Sakura simply walked past these students with a bento box in hand.
She stepped past her rowdy classmates, in search of her usual spot on the field, right where the breeze blew best. When she finally took a seat and smoothened out her sundress with her bento laid neatly over her thighs, wrapping folded beneath it, her eyes traced over its continents. She wasn't expecting a ridged voice to speak out to her, nor was she expecting the sunlight over her to suddenly disappear.
"Always having such a nice lunch, aren't you?" spoke the voice, to which Sakura glanced up to with a flinch. "Where's your little friend, hm?" There came a flick to her forehead and a sudden tug at the ribbon around her head. "All alone, aren't you? How sad."
Sakura's eyes widened when there came a clatter of chopsticks and bento box. Immediately, she looked at her food, which was now scattered over the grass, and more importantly, over her. Her brows furrowed and her attention turned back up at the three girls sniggering above her—specifically the middle one with long, choppy hair.
"Don't go around flaunting yourself now that Ino's accepted you. You're still just the nobody with that large forehead of yours." Laughter roared, and Sakura simply looked down, biting her lip; unsure of what to say. Instead, tears stung through her eyes, and her hands flexed into fists. "Disgusting. C'mon, girls!"
With that, Sakura listened as their voices distanced and blended back into the playground where nobody bothered to look over at the scene. Her hands rose to her head, feeling at the loose bow she attempted to fix. As she forced back her welled tears, she couldn't help but notice the light block out once again. Her attention rose, reluctantly, and she found herself face to face with an extended palm.
There stood the blond boy from her homeroom; the class clown, Naruto, who always smiled and played pranks. He grinned down at her, cocking his head to the side.
"Are you okay?" he said, and this made her eyes widen.
Nobody ever bothered to ask if she was okay.
Her cheeks grew tinged in a sweet pink, and she gave a nod before returning her attention to her ribbon. Thus, Naruto plopped beside her, clumsily ruffling with something in his other hand. As Sakura brushed away the grains of rice remaining on her dress, as well as the varieties of vegetables and condiments, his hand swung out in front of her, this time gripping a torn sandwich.
She turned to him, eyes wider than before, cheeks darker than before, and she observed that bright grin he directed at her as he held the other half of the sandwich in his free hand. Sakura broke out a small grin as she shuffled her bento box back in order, wrapping it back into the cloth brought along with it. Her small hands then accepted the sandwich, and she turned back at him.
"Thank you . . ." she managed to say, and Naruto reacted at once with a thick swallow from the bite he had already taken.
"No problem!" He looked at her with a sheepish look and even a blush. "Sa—Sakura-chan. . . is it?"
Sakura ignored the suffix and nodded lightly as she savored what she now distinguished as peanut butter accompanied by banana. The sweets complimented her thoughts; thus, Sakura smiled brightly at Naruto, and this caused him to glance away with a crooked smile as well as a pair of burning cheeks.
It was out in the playground during lunch hour that it happened; the first time anybody had ever truly acknowledged Sakura.
至福
Author's Note:
At first, I had looked at this with the thought: "What in the hell will I write out with this theme?" since I honestly found it a bit challenging. Strangely enough, I had my window open today and I was just staring out of it. There's a daycare about a block or two from my house and there suddenly came the sound of screaming children. I let my mind wander and I ended up thinking this up for Bliss. However you end up interpreting it ( for it to fit with its theme, that is ) is entirely up to you ; )
I hope you guys liked this one because for some reason, I wound up very attached to it. I really, really liked it. Heh. Thank you for the request, thegurlwhowrites7865!
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