Haruka is red-faced, utterly refusing to speak to Rin who's making grand expositions on why of course Haruka's in love with Makoto; and he really should just confess before someone else asks Makoto out ... again [COMPLETE]

She tries her best to smile, but deep down, every time she looks at his face, she's nothing but terrified. Terror freezes her in place, steals her words away, and prevents either of them from moving forward. It's suffocating. It's painful. It needs to stop. Now.

"Sweep her off of her feet, darlin'". Telma told him as she cleaned the countertop. "You're a hero and this is your specialty." Link doubted that Zelda would believe him a year after their marriage, but he was willing to try. Post TP Zelink

The mind is his battlefield, but it's her playground. — ShikamaruIno. AUish.

They were in her Throne Room, a place as familiar to him as Ordon was, where he wondered why he was so afraid of telling her; he was the bearer of the Triforce of Courage, for Farore's sake. – Zelink post TP

SasuSaku. One-shot. She says she'll marry him, when he asks her. "I won't bother you like I did when we were genin," she jokes, smiling. "Unless you wish otherwise, it'll be like I'm not even there." And when she tells him not to worry, it's the very thing he does.

When Sakura said he'd need to make a few changes in his life for health reasons, Sasuke was less than enthusiastic. But with Sakura lending a hand, change might not be so bad. Post-canon SasuSaku. One-shot.

SasuSaku. An ancient law in Konoha permits people from prominent clans to buy people who aren't from clans at all. Unfortunately, Sakura just refused to believe it until her mentor confirmed that, yes, she was now owned by Uchiha Sasuke.

Temari decides to teach Hinata how to woo Naruto- unfortunately for Shikamaru, using him as her model. ShikaTema NaruHina Fluff R&R?

Naruto's life had always been spontaneous, always going and doing something. It's good, then, that Hinata's able to give him some stability in the little notes she leaves for him. But one day, there is no note. Suddenly, Naruto's life doesn't make sense.

And if Nature has withheld from you the sensation of pleasure, then teach your lips to lie and say you feel it all." Shikatema fluff.

SasuSaku. Finally, after years of waiting, their reunion, and how every preconceived notion they had about each other flies out the window.

Sometimes plans get skewed. Sometimes thing just don't go the way the should. It's a shame, really, the way these things seem to work out.

[ShikaTema] Nothing was worth the trouble for him unless he could turn it into a game.

It only took fifty nine moves for checkmate.