A/N: Hey!! Eva here....I hope you enjoyed "Gaara's Chapter," hehe...anyway,
keep on reading and I'll keep on writing...fair enough? And you know what?
I'm still workin on the pairings....and I can tell you that it's tough.
LoL. ^^
Disclaimer: Me no Naruto You no Sue.....fair enough?
~Tootsie Lollipop(s) ~
Naruto yawned and stretched out his long arms and blinked his sapphire blue eyes. He twitched his whiskers and smiled one of his famous and annoying smiles. The blonde fell back onto his plump bed and spread out his legs and arms and closed his eyes.
* * *
Flashback: Back at the night of his first date with Hinata.....
Just the two of them.
For the first time, the guy she had always liked ever since they were students, she had always dreamed of Naruto to ever acknowledge her, and even share a few words with her. She closed her eyes and hoped that everything wasn't a dream, but real.
Real.
Real love.
Naruto held Hinata closer as they danced slowly to the song. He smelled her hair which had the aura of fresh cherry blossoms. Naruto felt happiness inside and was grateful that he had someone who accepted him for who he was.
One who acknowledge him.
Hinata felt Naruto's warm body around her, she felt safe. After the song, they looked at each other for a while, and then they both pulled in and shared their first kiss.
* * *
Back at Naruto's room, Sasuke woke up and looked at his roommate who was drooling from his dream with hearts in his eyes. He let out a scoff and then got out of his bed with his pajamas on. When he opened the bedroom door he felt someone jump over him, and now both of them were on the floor.
"Sasuke!!" Ino squealed with delight. (Ironic eh? Pigs do squeal...hehe)
"I...n...o?" Sasuke tried to talk, but Ino's body closed off his air supply. "Oh, Sasuke....sorry," his girlfriend winked at him when Sasuke let himself up and tried to breathe some air.
Ino blinked twice at Sasuke as they stood in utter silence. Her eyes then landed on herself and tried to measure herself. She then held up two fingers and winked with hearts at her eyes.
"Sasuke....." Ino then stopped herself and then drooped down her blonde hair which had grown longer, laid limp down on her shoulders.
Sasuke's black eyes listened attentively as he was trying to massage his chest which Ino landed hard on. ^^
"Am I really that heavy?" Ino poked herself, and normally she usually pokes other people than herself.
***I KNEW IT!!!!! I SHOULD HAVE LOST WEIGHT WHEN SASUKE AND I WENT OUT!!!!! DAMN YOU CUPCAKES!!! Yummy.....chocolate.....cupcakes***
Sasuke looked at her and then shook his head without even telling her personally that she is not chubby. Ino then smiled and then pat Sasuke on the shoulder, but her hand accidentally had some extra pressure when it landed on Sasuke's shoulder that Sasuke yelled out OUCH.
Ino sweat dropped and had a guilty laugh. She then held Sasuke in her arms and apologized, who then accepted it.
~*~
Sakura was in her room combing her pink hair and then dropped her hairbrush and then looked on the floor. She knew that combing her hair was useless now that Sasuke has a girlfriend. Her green eyes then shivered with the fact that her ex-best friend finally snagged the man of her dreams away from her.
Just then a voice from the other side of the room talked to her and Sakura was startled and then smiled when she knew whose voice it belonged to.
His black hair was the same hairstyle that he had always had, and he had his arms crossed with his piercing white eyes following her every move.
Neji
"Crying doesn't do you any good," he lifted his head up and his pallid white eyes which was full of ice and hatred now was filled with kindness and warmth. "Neji, I'm sorry...seeing girls cry makes them pathetic, huh?" Sakura's pink hair covered her ashamed face, but then Neji went over to her and brought out his hand and wiped the hair away from her face and Sakura gazed at him.
"You're not pathetic," Neji managed to smile again. And Sakura was the first one to make him smile. The two of them sat on Sakura's bed and then sat with a comfortable silence, as they thought of what happened days ago at the beach party.
* * *
Flashback: At the beach party.......
Sakura and Rock Lee were splashing water at each other, and then her opponent held up his hands in defeat and then let out a big sigh.
"Ok, ok, you win!" Rock Lee answered with a wink. Sakura laughed and then looked at Sasuke with Ino. Her hands then clasped together into a fist and it shook with fury, and Rock Lee didn't pay attention to her but to Ino, too.
(I will get Sasuke back!! HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!)
As Sakura saw Sasuke and Ino together at the surface on the sandy beach, she caught a glimpse of Neji walking down the beach toward Naruto who was busy with his sunburn. Her green eyes then followed the guy who then headed straight to the beach house.
"Lee-san, I'm going back to the house for awhile," Sakura then got out of the waters and Rock Lee nodded.
Sakura then reached the steps of the house and saw Neji go up the stairs, and then followed him. She then got a towel to dry herself so she won't get the carpet wet. Sakura then went up the stairs and then went to Neji's room.
Neji was sitting on his bed in silence and then turned around and saw Sakura on the other side of the room on Hinata's bed. He was startled and let out an anime-style surprised look. Sakura giggled and then relaxed on Hinata's bed as the two of them stared at each other.
Neji looked away but Sakura broke the silence.
"Neji," Sakura leaned on her knees trying to get Neji to speak, whose icy white eyes pierced her green eyes. Then something made Neji surprised, and usually when he stare at people, they try not to look at him, but this girl...Sakura.....she is still looking at him.
"What do you want?" Neji looked away. Sakura wasn't sure what he meant and so she let out a happy laugh and then answered. "You're shy, aren't you?" Sakura smiled. Neji looked at her like a hawk waiting for his prey, but Sakura didn't do anything but smile.
"I'm not," Neji bluntly answered.
Sakura went up to him and they were face to face. "How come you don't talk much?" Sakura asked him with curiosity.
Neji could sense a defeat in Sakura as she tried to make him talk, and so he replied back, "Because talk is cheap," Neji expected Sakura to give up and walk away, but instead she was still at his bedside looking at him.
Her green eyes glittered in the sunlight as it shone of the gem emerald, and her skin was pale as porcelain, and her smile was gentle and warm. Neji turned his head away, and thought to himself, "What is up with that girl? She is still smiling at the way I'm treating her,"
Sakura then smiled at him. Neji couldn't understand what was going on, and then Sakura opened her mouth.
"You know what? Neji..........." Sakura bent closer and Neji looked at her as he listened with attentiveness. Sakura leaned closer until her lips were close to his, and Neji closed his eyes.
"What is this feeling? I hate these people!" Neji thought as he closed his eyes and leaned forward only to find himself fall on the floor. He looked up and saw Sakura down with him and they were both on the floor.
"You're unique," Sakura simply said as her green eyes smiled with kindness.
Neji's colorless eyes looked at her with curiosity and his cheeks warm after what happened. She winked at him and then Neji started to laugh.
Sakura blinked her eyes as if to wake up from a dream and saw that Neji was laughing.
Laughing
"What's wrong? Is something funny?" Sakura had a question mark on her head, and Neji shook his head and then answered.
"You. It's you that's funny," Neji looked at her now with a serious look.
Sakura nodded with him and then laughed.
* * *
Back at Sakura's bedroom, Neji and Sakura were still together on the bed. Sakura then looked at the person beside her and then whispered quietly to him.
"Neji?"
Neji opened his eyes and then asked, "Hm?"
"Um...well...I'm not sure if I should tell you this," Sakura bit her lip and then Neji bent closer to her.
Her green eyes were now full of fear and uncertainty as she looked into his white eyes.
"You can tell me anything," Neji answered.
Sakura closed her eyes and waited for a few seconds until she told him.
"I think that you are like a tootsie lollipop." Sakura closed her eyes as if expecting Neji to be offended, but only to find that he was laughing.
"Why are you laughing? Are you laughing at me?" Sakura looked at Neji who was laughing, and then he slowly stopped.
"No...I'll never laugh at you," Neji looked at her, "Why do you think that I'm this tootsie lollipop,"
Sakura smiled as she pointed out, "You are like a tootsie lollipop because to get through to you I have to work on the hard edge to get to the soft side," and when she said the last few words, Sakura poked at Neji's soft stomach, and he smiled.
The two of them then went downstairs and then went to the living room to sit down on those comfortable couches. Sakura sat down beside Neji and then they rested their own heads on each other and then closed their eyes as they tried to cherish the moment.
A few minutes later, Sasuke and Ino went into the living room. "Sasuke!!" Ino squealed with happiness as she had her arm around Sasuke. Ino then realized that Sasuke stopped dead in his tracks and then she looked ahead and saw Sakura with Neji.
Sasuke's black eyes looked at Sakura and Neji. Sakura then looked up and saw Sasuke with Ino, who was obviously trying to get his attention.
"Sasuke-kun...."Sakura whispered, and then Neji woke up. His white eyes then met Sasuke's black eyes. Ino and Sakura then watched as the two of them were staring at each other. The two girls could tell that the guys' old rivalry had awakened.
"Sasuke," Neji stood up, and Sasuke looked at him.
"Neji," Sasuke answered as he saw Neji whisper something in Sakura's ear before he departed.
When Neji was out of the room, all was left was Ino and Sasuke and Sakura. Ino then went over to Sakura and walked around her as if to see if she was worthy of anything.
"Well, well , well......what do we have here Sakura?" Ino said. Sakura ignored her and saw that Sasuke had been staring at her the whole time, "so tell me, Sakura....how long had this 'thing' been going on?" Ino looked at her deviously.
Sakura looked at her and retorted back to her, "It's only a friendly thing, Ino pig." Ino was offended at what Sakura had said and before she was about to pounce on her like a lion, Sasuke stopped Ino.
"Let's go." Sasuke looked at Sakura when he spoke to Ino. Ino was confused and looked at the both of them.
"Ok, Sasuke. I would do anything to get out of here than be in the same room with big forehead," Ino snubbed Sakura as she grabbed Sasuke and went out the door. But before they approached the exit, Sasuke stopped Ino.
"She doesn't have a big forehead," Sasuke looked at Sakura, and she blushed. Ino had a vein that popped from her temples and then walked out of the door, leaving Sasuke in the living room with Sakura.
"Sasuke-kun," Sakura saw Sasuke walking closer to her.
"Sakura," Sasuke bent closer to Sakura who then closed her eyes. Their faces were face to face and cm's away from each other. Sakura closed her eyes and puckered her lips and Sasuke bent closer closing his eyes.
Then Sasuke pulled away facing his back toward her. Sakura still had her lips waiting for a kiss, and then Sakura fell backwards in defeat.
Sasuke turned around and Sakura got up. They looked at each other for a few seconds and before Sasuke disappeared from the exit, he told Sakura something.
"Don't let Ino talk down to you like that, and if she does...she'll have to go through me."
Disclaimer: Me no Naruto You no Sue.....fair enough?
~Tootsie Lollipop(s) ~
Naruto yawned and stretched out his long arms and blinked his sapphire blue eyes. He twitched his whiskers and smiled one of his famous and annoying smiles. The blonde fell back onto his plump bed and spread out his legs and arms and closed his eyes.
* * *
Flashback: Back at the night of his first date with Hinata.....
Just the two of them.
For the first time, the guy she had always liked ever since they were students, she had always dreamed of Naruto to ever acknowledge her, and even share a few words with her. She closed her eyes and hoped that everything wasn't a dream, but real.
Real.
Real love.
Naruto held Hinata closer as they danced slowly to the song. He smelled her hair which had the aura of fresh cherry blossoms. Naruto felt happiness inside and was grateful that he had someone who accepted him for who he was.
One who acknowledge him.
Hinata felt Naruto's warm body around her, she felt safe. After the song, they looked at each other for a while, and then they both pulled in and shared their first kiss.
* * *
Back at Naruto's room, Sasuke woke up and looked at his roommate who was drooling from his dream with hearts in his eyes. He let out a scoff and then got out of his bed with his pajamas on. When he opened the bedroom door he felt someone jump over him, and now both of them were on the floor.
"Sasuke!!" Ino squealed with delight. (Ironic eh? Pigs do squeal...hehe)
"I...n...o?" Sasuke tried to talk, but Ino's body closed off his air supply. "Oh, Sasuke....sorry," his girlfriend winked at him when Sasuke let himself up and tried to breathe some air.
Ino blinked twice at Sasuke as they stood in utter silence. Her eyes then landed on herself and tried to measure herself. She then held up two fingers and winked with hearts at her eyes.
"Sasuke....." Ino then stopped herself and then drooped down her blonde hair which had grown longer, laid limp down on her shoulders.
Sasuke's black eyes listened attentively as he was trying to massage his chest which Ino landed hard on. ^^
"Am I really that heavy?" Ino poked herself, and normally she usually pokes other people than herself.
***I KNEW IT!!!!! I SHOULD HAVE LOST WEIGHT WHEN SASUKE AND I WENT OUT!!!!! DAMN YOU CUPCAKES!!! Yummy.....chocolate.....cupcakes***
Sasuke looked at her and then shook his head without even telling her personally that she is not chubby. Ino then smiled and then pat Sasuke on the shoulder, but her hand accidentally had some extra pressure when it landed on Sasuke's shoulder that Sasuke yelled out OUCH.
Ino sweat dropped and had a guilty laugh. She then held Sasuke in her arms and apologized, who then accepted it.
~*~
Sakura was in her room combing her pink hair and then dropped her hairbrush and then looked on the floor. She knew that combing her hair was useless now that Sasuke has a girlfriend. Her green eyes then shivered with the fact that her ex-best friend finally snagged the man of her dreams away from her.
Just then a voice from the other side of the room talked to her and Sakura was startled and then smiled when she knew whose voice it belonged to.
His black hair was the same hairstyle that he had always had, and he had his arms crossed with his piercing white eyes following her every move.
Neji
"Crying doesn't do you any good," he lifted his head up and his pallid white eyes which was full of ice and hatred now was filled with kindness and warmth. "Neji, I'm sorry...seeing girls cry makes them pathetic, huh?" Sakura's pink hair covered her ashamed face, but then Neji went over to her and brought out his hand and wiped the hair away from her face and Sakura gazed at him.
"You're not pathetic," Neji managed to smile again. And Sakura was the first one to make him smile. The two of them sat on Sakura's bed and then sat with a comfortable silence, as they thought of what happened days ago at the beach party.
* * *
Flashback: At the beach party.......
Sakura and Rock Lee were splashing water at each other, and then her opponent held up his hands in defeat and then let out a big sigh.
"Ok, ok, you win!" Rock Lee answered with a wink. Sakura laughed and then looked at Sasuke with Ino. Her hands then clasped together into a fist and it shook with fury, and Rock Lee didn't pay attention to her but to Ino, too.
(I will get Sasuke back!! HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!)
As Sakura saw Sasuke and Ino together at the surface on the sandy beach, she caught a glimpse of Neji walking down the beach toward Naruto who was busy with his sunburn. Her green eyes then followed the guy who then headed straight to the beach house.
"Lee-san, I'm going back to the house for awhile," Sakura then got out of the waters and Rock Lee nodded.
Sakura then reached the steps of the house and saw Neji go up the stairs, and then followed him. She then got a towel to dry herself so she won't get the carpet wet. Sakura then went up the stairs and then went to Neji's room.
Neji was sitting on his bed in silence and then turned around and saw Sakura on the other side of the room on Hinata's bed. He was startled and let out an anime-style surprised look. Sakura giggled and then relaxed on Hinata's bed as the two of them stared at each other.
Neji looked away but Sakura broke the silence.
"Neji," Sakura leaned on her knees trying to get Neji to speak, whose icy white eyes pierced her green eyes. Then something made Neji surprised, and usually when he stare at people, they try not to look at him, but this girl...Sakura.....she is still looking at him.
"What do you want?" Neji looked away. Sakura wasn't sure what he meant and so she let out a happy laugh and then answered. "You're shy, aren't you?" Sakura smiled. Neji looked at her like a hawk waiting for his prey, but Sakura didn't do anything but smile.
"I'm not," Neji bluntly answered.
Sakura went up to him and they were face to face. "How come you don't talk much?" Sakura asked him with curiosity.
Neji could sense a defeat in Sakura as she tried to make him talk, and so he replied back, "Because talk is cheap," Neji expected Sakura to give up and walk away, but instead she was still at his bedside looking at him.
Her green eyes glittered in the sunlight as it shone of the gem emerald, and her skin was pale as porcelain, and her smile was gentle and warm. Neji turned his head away, and thought to himself, "What is up with that girl? She is still smiling at the way I'm treating her,"
Sakura then smiled at him. Neji couldn't understand what was going on, and then Sakura opened her mouth.
"You know what? Neji..........." Sakura bent closer and Neji looked at her as he listened with attentiveness. Sakura leaned closer until her lips were close to his, and Neji closed his eyes.
"What is this feeling? I hate these people!" Neji thought as he closed his eyes and leaned forward only to find himself fall on the floor. He looked up and saw Sakura down with him and they were both on the floor.
"You're unique," Sakura simply said as her green eyes smiled with kindness.
Neji's colorless eyes looked at her with curiosity and his cheeks warm after what happened. She winked at him and then Neji started to laugh.
Sakura blinked her eyes as if to wake up from a dream and saw that Neji was laughing.
Laughing
"What's wrong? Is something funny?" Sakura had a question mark on her head, and Neji shook his head and then answered.
"You. It's you that's funny," Neji looked at her now with a serious look.
Sakura nodded with him and then laughed.
* * *
Back at Sakura's bedroom, Neji and Sakura were still together on the bed. Sakura then looked at the person beside her and then whispered quietly to him.
"Neji?"
Neji opened his eyes and then asked, "Hm?"
"Um...well...I'm not sure if I should tell you this," Sakura bit her lip and then Neji bent closer to her.
Her green eyes were now full of fear and uncertainty as she looked into his white eyes.
"You can tell me anything," Neji answered.
Sakura closed her eyes and waited for a few seconds until she told him.
"I think that you are like a tootsie lollipop." Sakura closed her eyes as if expecting Neji to be offended, but only to find that he was laughing.
"Why are you laughing? Are you laughing at me?" Sakura looked at Neji who was laughing, and then he slowly stopped.
"No...I'll never laugh at you," Neji looked at her, "Why do you think that I'm this tootsie lollipop,"
Sakura smiled as she pointed out, "You are like a tootsie lollipop because to get through to you I have to work on the hard edge to get to the soft side," and when she said the last few words, Sakura poked at Neji's soft stomach, and he smiled.
The two of them then went downstairs and then went to the living room to sit down on those comfortable couches. Sakura sat down beside Neji and then they rested their own heads on each other and then closed their eyes as they tried to cherish the moment.
A few minutes later, Sasuke and Ino went into the living room. "Sasuke!!" Ino squealed with happiness as she had her arm around Sasuke. Ino then realized that Sasuke stopped dead in his tracks and then she looked ahead and saw Sakura with Neji.
Sasuke's black eyes looked at Sakura and Neji. Sakura then looked up and saw Sasuke with Ino, who was obviously trying to get his attention.
"Sasuke-kun...."Sakura whispered, and then Neji woke up. His white eyes then met Sasuke's black eyes. Ino and Sakura then watched as the two of them were staring at each other. The two girls could tell that the guys' old rivalry had awakened.
"Sasuke," Neji stood up, and Sasuke looked at him.
"Neji," Sasuke answered as he saw Neji whisper something in Sakura's ear before he departed.
When Neji was out of the room, all was left was Ino and Sasuke and Sakura. Ino then went over to Sakura and walked around her as if to see if she was worthy of anything.
"Well, well , well......what do we have here Sakura?" Ino said. Sakura ignored her and saw that Sasuke had been staring at her the whole time, "so tell me, Sakura....how long had this 'thing' been going on?" Ino looked at her deviously.
Sakura looked at her and retorted back to her, "It's only a friendly thing, Ino pig." Ino was offended at what Sakura had said and before she was about to pounce on her like a lion, Sasuke stopped Ino.
"Let's go." Sasuke looked at Sakura when he spoke to Ino. Ino was confused and looked at the both of them.
"Ok, Sasuke. I would do anything to get out of here than be in the same room with big forehead," Ino snubbed Sakura as she grabbed Sasuke and went out the door. But before they approached the exit, Sasuke stopped Ino.
"She doesn't have a big forehead," Sasuke looked at Sakura, and she blushed. Ino had a vein that popped from her temples and then walked out of the door, leaving Sasuke in the living room with Sakura.
"Sasuke-kun," Sakura saw Sasuke walking closer to her.
"Sakura," Sasuke bent closer to Sakura who then closed her eyes. Their faces were face to face and cm's away from each other. Sakura closed her eyes and puckered her lips and Sasuke bent closer closing his eyes.
Then Sasuke pulled away facing his back toward her. Sakura still had her lips waiting for a kiss, and then Sakura fell backwards in defeat.
Sasuke turned around and Sakura got up. They looked at each other for a few seconds and before Sasuke disappeared from the exit, he told Sakura something.
"Don't let Ino talk down to you like that, and if she does...she'll have to go through me."