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Sakura spent the rest of the afternoon bawling her eyes out alone at her house. "Why? Why? WHY? Why can't you love me?" she sobbed into her pillow, beating the bed furiously with her fists. "I gave all my love to you and you blow it in my face!" Inner Sakura was swearing so madly, that I can't quite put it down in a PG-13 story. "Damn it, damn it, damn it!" she shrieked as she flung the pillow across the room. It landed with a resounding 'TWAP' against her dresser, losing a few of its remaining feathers. Sakura flopped back down, and looked wearily at her clock. "Shit! I have that date with Naruto in an hour and a half!" she scrambled up and towards the bathroom, where she began running the bath water. She quickly stripped herself and stepped hurriedly into the steamy water. With a sigh, she leaned against the edge of the tub and let her muscles relax. "Well, Sasuke-kun doesn't want me. That doesn't mean that I should mourn him forever. I won't die a virgin!" She punctuated her last sentence by pumping a fist, before leaning back again. "Maybe Naruto won't be so bad. I mean, he hasn't exactly ignored me, and he does seem to care."
She quickly scrubbed her hair and drained the tub. As she opened the bathroom door, a knock came at the door. Sakura hastily wrapped her hair in a towel, and wrapped another towel around her body. She scrambled to the door.
"Naruto!" she cried as she opened the door with her free hand (the other was holding her towel up). The blonde stood there, grinning in his usual foxy way. He had left his orange jacket at home it seemed, and was in his black tee shirt and orange pants.
'Hey Sakura-chan!" he said happily as he looked into her shocked expression. His eyes wandered to what she was wearing, and he blushed madly. It wouldn't be hard to blush, considering that the towel hardly went to mid-thigh.
"Come in, come in," she said irritably, pulling him into the house. "Go sit in the living room, I'll be out in a minute." She hurriedly shoved him into another room before dashing towards her bedroom. Naruto looked around before grinning again.
'Maybe I can use my ninja skills and peek in on Sakura', he thought mischievously. He began tiptoeing towards her room.
"Naruto, if you peek at me I swear I'll kill you!" she screamed from behind her closed door. Naruto sweat-dropped and sighed, flopping back onto her couch.
An hour later...
"Okay, I am ready!" Sakura cried happily as she waltzed out her room. Naruto's snot bubble popped as he woke up groggily, fixating his gaze on the girl in front of him. "Sakura-chan, you look great!" he exclaimer, feasting his eyes on her. She was wearing her usual hairstyle, but she was wearing a black sleeveless turtleneck and a white mini-skirt (with golden flower petals!). She twirled in front of him. He stood up promptly and offered her am arm hopefully. He nearly burst into tears when she took it and smiled at him.
When the two neared the Ichiraku, Sakura squirmed uncomfortably as she felt people's gaze fall upon her and Naruto. However, she merely held her head high and walked with the smiling boy. When she sat down at the Ichiraku, the man behind the counter gave her a strange, 'haven't you been here before?' kind of look. She sighed and ordered her Pork Ramen, and Naruto ordered his usual miso.
"So, Sakura-chan, how was your date with Sasuke?" asked Naruto sweetly, as he sat next to her.
"Don't ask," she said in a sad tone, and Naruto patted her hand lightly. When she didn't recoil from him, he let his hand stay there on hers.
"Oh, come on! You loved him and everything, but he never did seem to care about you! He never really appreciated you," he said, chidingly. "Like I do." The two locked eyes, Naruto's expression concerned, and Sakura's grateful. Suddenly, as they sat there staring at each other lovingly, their Ramen came, and Naruto was promptly distracted.
The boy slurped his noodles loudly, and a piece caught in his mouth slapped up to his forehead and stuck there. Sakura giggled as he sucked it into his mouth messily. Naruto watched as she daintily ate her own food. As they both finished, Naruto slapped the money down onto the counter and patted his stomach happily. He took Sakura's hand and walked her back towards her house, stopping at the doorstep.
"Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow or something," he said sheepishly.
"Naruto..." Sakura said quietly, looking away and blushing.
"Neh?" he asked, taking both of her hands.
"You don't have to leave right away," she said softly. "I mean, my date with Kakashi-sensei isn't for another two hours." Naruto smiled brightly, and pulled the girl into her house.
"That's a great idea! And we can watch television, and make popcorn, and cuddle on the couch, and read poetry together and other corny stuff like that!" he said brightly. Sakura only blushed more when he plopped her down on her couch and sat next to her, flipping through TV stations with the remote. He finally stopped on a movie channel, right at the beginning. It was a recent film, and entitled 'All I Have'. Naruto smiled and looked at Sakura.
"I remember seeing ads for it! It's a romance/ humor flick, and is about an hour and a half long. So you won't be late for your DATE with Kakashi-sensei!" He smirked when he said 'date', making Sakura blush before turning to the film.
The movie basically went like so: A girl is a loner in society, despite her nice looks and bright smile. She is unpopular because she is so shy, until she meets a certain boy. She changes her lifestyle to please him, until he just confesses that he had been using her. In her drama, she falls back in love with a boy from her middle school, and they love each other.
"Seem familiar?" Naruto asked as the movie ended. He wrapped his arm around Sakura, who was leaving against him. She smiled and looked up at him, noticing for the first time how amazingly blue and deep his eyes were.
Before she could speak, he leaned down and kissed her on the lips, and then disappeared out the door.
Don't comment about the formatting! I know it sucks!
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Sakura spent the rest of the afternoon bawling her eyes out alone at her house. "Why? Why? WHY? Why can't you love me?" she sobbed into her pillow, beating the bed furiously with her fists. "I gave all my love to you and you blow it in my face!" Inner Sakura was swearing so madly, that I can't quite put it down in a PG-13 story. "Damn it, damn it, damn it!" she shrieked as she flung the pillow across the room. It landed with a resounding 'TWAP' against her dresser, losing a few of its remaining feathers. Sakura flopped back down, and looked wearily at her clock. "Shit! I have that date with Naruto in an hour and a half!" she scrambled up and towards the bathroom, where she began running the bath water. She quickly stripped herself and stepped hurriedly into the steamy water. With a sigh, she leaned against the edge of the tub and let her muscles relax. "Well, Sasuke-kun doesn't want me. That doesn't mean that I should mourn him forever. I won't die a virgin!" She punctuated her last sentence by pumping a fist, before leaning back again. "Maybe Naruto won't be so bad. I mean, he hasn't exactly ignored me, and he does seem to care."
She quickly scrubbed her hair and drained the tub. As she opened the bathroom door, a knock came at the door. Sakura hastily wrapped her hair in a towel, and wrapped another towel around her body. She scrambled to the door.
"Naruto!" she cried as she opened the door with her free hand (the other was holding her towel up). The blonde stood there, grinning in his usual foxy way. He had left his orange jacket at home it seemed, and was in his black tee shirt and orange pants.
'Hey Sakura-chan!" he said happily as he looked into her shocked expression. His eyes wandered to what she was wearing, and he blushed madly. It wouldn't be hard to blush, considering that the towel hardly went to mid-thigh.
"Come in, come in," she said irritably, pulling him into the house. "Go sit in the living room, I'll be out in a minute." She hurriedly shoved him into another room before dashing towards her bedroom. Naruto looked around before grinning again.
'Maybe I can use my ninja skills and peek in on Sakura', he thought mischievously. He began tiptoeing towards her room.
"Naruto, if you peek at me I swear I'll kill you!" she screamed from behind her closed door. Naruto sweat-dropped and sighed, flopping back onto her couch.
An hour later...
"Okay, I am ready!" Sakura cried happily as she waltzed out her room. Naruto's snot bubble popped as he woke up groggily, fixating his gaze on the girl in front of him. "Sakura-chan, you look great!" he exclaimer, feasting his eyes on her. She was wearing her usual hairstyle, but she was wearing a black sleeveless turtleneck and a white mini-skirt (with golden flower petals!). She twirled in front of him. He stood up promptly and offered her am arm hopefully. He nearly burst into tears when she took it and smiled at him.
When the two neared the Ichiraku, Sakura squirmed uncomfortably as she felt people's gaze fall upon her and Naruto. However, she merely held her head high and walked with the smiling boy. When she sat down at the Ichiraku, the man behind the counter gave her a strange, 'haven't you been here before?' kind of look. She sighed and ordered her Pork Ramen, and Naruto ordered his usual miso.
"So, Sakura-chan, how was your date with Sasuke?" asked Naruto sweetly, as he sat next to her.
"Don't ask," she said in a sad tone, and Naruto patted her hand lightly. When she didn't recoil from him, he let his hand stay there on hers.
"Oh, come on! You loved him and everything, but he never did seem to care about you! He never really appreciated you," he said, chidingly. "Like I do." The two locked eyes, Naruto's expression concerned, and Sakura's grateful. Suddenly, as they sat there staring at each other lovingly, their Ramen came, and Naruto was promptly distracted.
The boy slurped his noodles loudly, and a piece caught in his mouth slapped up to his forehead and stuck there. Sakura giggled as he sucked it into his mouth messily. Naruto watched as she daintily ate her own food. As they both finished, Naruto slapped the money down onto the counter and patted his stomach happily. He took Sakura's hand and walked her back towards her house, stopping at the doorstep.
"Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow or something," he said sheepishly.
"Naruto..." Sakura said quietly, looking away and blushing.
"Neh?" he asked, taking both of her hands.
"You don't have to leave right away," she said softly. "I mean, my date with Kakashi-sensei isn't for another two hours." Naruto smiled brightly, and pulled the girl into her house.
"That's a great idea! And we can watch television, and make popcorn, and cuddle on the couch, and read poetry together and other corny stuff like that!" he said brightly. Sakura only blushed more when he plopped her down on her couch and sat next to her, flipping through TV stations with the remote. He finally stopped on a movie channel, right at the beginning. It was a recent film, and entitled 'All I Have'. Naruto smiled and looked at Sakura.
"I remember seeing ads for it! It's a romance/ humor flick, and is about an hour and a half long. So you won't be late for your DATE with Kakashi-sensei!" He smirked when he said 'date', making Sakura blush before turning to the film.
The movie basically went like so: A girl is a loner in society, despite her nice looks and bright smile. She is unpopular because she is so shy, until she meets a certain boy. She changes her lifestyle to please him, until he just confesses that he had been using her. In her drama, she falls back in love with a boy from her middle school, and they love each other.
"Seem familiar?" Naruto asked as the movie ended. He wrapped his arm around Sakura, who was leaving against him. She smiled and looked up at him, noticing for the first time how amazingly blue and deep his eyes were.
Before she could speak, he leaned down and kissed her on the lips, and then disappeared out the door.