This is a short one. I had a hard time writing a decent idea for this theme, sorry lol. My SAT is in two weeks and I'm a bit nervous. Hopefully after this is over with, I'll write better material.

Hope you enjoy this one though.

Disclaimer: Naruto isn't mine.

"Let me see your smile once more."

Theme 14:smile

Naruto loves Sakura. That much has been made obviously clear since the day she was put on the three-man squad with him all those years ago.

He loves her hair, the way it bounces when she's walking and how it strangely reminds him of cotton candy. He loves her eyes, they look endless and the lovely shade of green only adds to the beauty. He loves the way her body moves when she fights both in and out of the battlefield. The way her pouts make him melt into a puddle of loved-struck idiot, was also something he loved….in some occasions.

He loves her little quirks. Like how she always spends hours on end staring at her favorite sweets, trying to decide which one to eat first. The way she sits on the couch when she would come over and had to review some medical files for Tsunade.

He loves her qualities. How she's so strong and independent, yet never complains (unless he felt like trying to feel some leg) when it came to his abnormal habit of cuddling. He loves her wild mood swings, as painful towards him as it is, it always made everyday with her unpredictable. Just the way he likes it. Her kindness and empathy towards everyone they met and her cold and distant attitude towards those she found despicable. All of those made her lovely in his eyes.

Yes, he could honestly say he loves Sakura with every fiber of his being. He could also proudly say he knows everything about her that makes him love her.

The one thing though, the one thing that really drives him into fan boy mode is the simplest of human actions.

He loves her smile.

The smile she secretly gave him when they were younger and he would do something awesome and 'heroic' as he calls it. Or the smiles she gave him during the Chuunin exam.

The smile he received when he arrived to Konoha after his two-year training.

The countless smiles she gave him afterwards. When she was injured by his own hands, and she tried to cover it up with a weak smile. The smile of confidence that she shared with him as they traveled to save a lost friend.

Long after that was over with, she had given him a sad smile, they were going to be in their first mission....without each other.

He still loved it. Each and every smile she ever gave him, he held lovingly in his heart.

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"Ne, Naruto...would you pay attention when people are talking to you?", an angry and agitated voice broke his thoughts.

Blue eyes blinked as his focus returned to his girlfriend. He's met with green eyes and the cutest pout he's seen in awhile. He grins sheepishly and rubs the back of his head.

"Sorry Sakura-chan. I was kinda thinking." When her eyes narrow and he gulps, his spine tingling with growing nerves, "I-I was Sakura-chan! Really, I was thinking about something really important!"

Sakura scoffs and throws her magazine at his head. "You can at least not lie you idiot!" she folds her legs under her and leans back on the couch, "I asked you if you wanted some ramen so I can start it now before you start complaining like a little baby that I didn't make you some."

Naruto pouts back and fiddles with his two index fingers "Sakura-chan..." he whines, "I was really thinking about something important, I'll tell you over some ramen."

Sakura rolls her eyes and begins to get up from the couch to head towards the kitchen. "Yea yea, now let's see what kind of ramen you have."

Naruto exhales deeply and his eyes follow her back. He grows desperate and shouts out "I-I was thinking about all the things I love about you! And you know how I love everything about you! I was just listing them off in my head, because you w-were staring off into space earlier and you looked so beautiful and then they just popped into my head!" He was in front of her by this point and his blue eyes were pleading "Then I realized your smile was the thing I loved most about you because it's when you show your love for me the most! And every time I see it I feel like everything is going to be all right and t-that I'll always be important you."

He finished and gulped in much needed air. He leaned on his knees and tried to control his breathing. After what felt like minutes he let his eyes wander back up and stare at Sakura.

His own widened as she looked at him.

She laughs and flicks his cheek playfully. "You're so weird." Then she smiles. The smile he had grown to love since his childhood.

His eyes fill with a loving warmness and he smiles back. "Those are the smiles I love the best."

Short or what?
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