*SAKURA'S POV*
Oh, God. Oh god. Why did I agree to this again?
'Cause you're lonely and you have no life, so why not take any chance you can get to be in a relationship?' Thank you, super supportive voice in my head.
But why the movies. I mean, of all places. The movies are super romantic.
'Don't you want it to be romantic? It's a date for goodness sake.'
No. I really hope it isn't a romantic movie. I will kill Ino. Oh, but scary movies are even worse. Then it'll be like a whole vendetta against myself when it gets scary to hold his hand super tight. Or worse, put my head in his chest. Good old comedy will work just fine. But knowing Ino, it's atleast a drama.
What do I even wear? I don't want to look like I'm trying too hard. Then again, first impressions are always important. I settle on a cute sweater with some tights and put my petal pink hair up in a messy bun. I check my phone and walk out to my car, making my way to Ino's house.
Once I've arrived a take a deep breath and walk out of the car to see Ino standing with a guy.
My heart drops because it's him.
We've been called a "cute couple" by random people for as long as I can remember. We're best friends. He's already my other half non romantically. How can I go on a date with him? I cross my arms as I near Ino. I glare at her with a look that says "you-are-so-dead-when-this-is-over-I'm-killing-you" She smiles back her toothy grin and pulls out her phone.
"Foreheaddddd. You're one minute late! You guys'll miss the movie if you don't start walking now."
"Walking?" Sasuke asks. Ino laughs and snatches the keys from my hand, running off towards my car.
"What the-You know, this doesn't count as a blind date cause we know each other!" I yell after her, but she's already driving away. The cold air blows past us and I shiver, pulling my arms around myself. Well, this is awkward.
"We better, um, start walking," Sasuke says, his dark eyes not even close to contact with mine. I nod and we start shuffling our feet, making sure not to graze elbows. This is super weird. Why? We're hugging friends. I think he carried me on his shoulders once. And now, here we are acting as we might as well be strangers.
He elbows me. "Stop"
I elbow him back."Stop what?" This is good. This is great. I can feel the awkward-o-meter slowly falling. Who cares if this is a so-called "date"? We can do things like we always do, like the best friends we-
"Stop playing with your bracelet. You don't have to be nervous." I let my hands that were indeed playing with my bracelet fall to my sides. This is why you're not supposed to know the person you're with on a blind date. They're not supposed to know your nervous habits!
We finally reach the theater after a little more, slightly less awkward silence. Our tickets were bought electronically, so we just go to the desk to say our names.
"First Name-Sakura, Last Name-Haruno" I say. It was under my name.
"Ah, yes, right here, Sakura and Sasuke, correct? Great, you'll be in theater number 5."
We walk towards the place they're selling snacks first. We buy a large tub of buttered popcorn and go to the soda section. I'm holding the popcorn off to the side and watching Sasuke fail miserably at operating the machine. I can't help but laugh.
"What? This is-this is practically impossible," he sputters. I laugh again and shove the popcorn at him, easily pouring out our two cups of soda. He mutters something under his breath as we walk towards our theater number 5. Next to the door, I see a big poster for what looks like a horror movie. Great. Wonderful. Ino's so dead. We sit in the middle and settle ourselves into our chairs. We're sort of early, so the lights in the theater are still on. I awkwardly eat some popcorn.
So. This is going to be amazing. It's a horror movie. There's only one arm thing on the chair. INO YAMANAKA IS SOOOO DEAD.
"Sooooo, this is awkward…"
"Yeah. I amsokilling Ino after this."
"Why? You always said I'd be a great boyfriend." Sasuke says with a smug smirk on his face. 'Omg did he just flirt with me?'
"Wha-"
"Look Sak, I didn't have anything to do with this and I didn't know you'd be here today. But I do know that if I have to sit awkwardly though a movie date with someone, I'm glad it's you." I feel heat rise to my cheeks as the theater lights turn off. Thank God.
We're about halfway through the movie. Nosuperscary partsyet.I look over to Sasuke. He's been pretty quiet-He's sleeping. He's been staying up pretty late, so it's not a surprise.
I gotta admit, he looks pretty peaceful. He's not even drooling or anything. How does he look so perfect?!
I look back to the screen to see...clowns. About three of em. I knew a scary part would come on eventually. I'm terrified of clowns. Don't ask. I shut my eyes tight and grip the arm of the chair. Shoot, I forgot there's only one. I had to put my hand at the exact same place that Sasuke's hand is. I grip his hand instead of the chair. At least he's sleeping.
I peek and see that the clowns aren't on the screen anymore. I fully open my eyes and look down at my hand, intertwined with Sasuke's. I then look up at his sleeping face.
Do we really look like that cute of a couple?
I think I'll just keep my hand where it is. Wouldn't want to wake him, after all.
The movie's over. The lights turn on. I feel a squeeze at my hand still holding Sasuke.
I look up at his face to see him smile a smile which is reserved only for me. I feel myself blush, but I don't let go of his hand. We stand up, brushing popcorn off ourselves, still not letting go. Hand in hand, we walk out of the theater.
"Oh, oh my gosh, you guys aresucha cute couple." a girl we pass by says. I look into Sasuke's face.
"W-"
"Thanks." he cut him off. We walk by the park and sit on the swings. Here, our hands drop. I pull my arms around myself. I'm not self-conscious though, it's getting cold. I look up at the moving trees.
Seconds later, a big jacket is draped across my shoulders. Sasuke looked at me and said, You looked cold."
I smile and stand up, pulling it tighter around myself."We should walk home now." He nods. I get up from the swing and we start walking.
"I thought you hated it when people call us a cute couple."
"Shut up Sas and hold my hand." He does, and we stay like that, forever and always.
*END OF SAKURA'S POV*