Section 6: Bad Timing, Lee...
Sakura walked down the side of a river, kicking the pebbles around dejected manner. She had no shred of happiness in her expression what-so-ever, as she continued to drag on. She sat down on the small rock side, and stared into the rippling water and the distorted reflection it returned to her. "Why does Sasuke not like me...? What is it about him that I don't understand?" She then saw a hallucination of his face in the water, and her eyes became glassy with tears.
"Sakura-chan?" She turned around quickly to see who it was, and saw Rock Lee standing there with a worried look on his face. "Is something wrong?"
He walked up next to her and looked down at her, sitting on the rock. She continued to look ahead towards the river. Lee sat down next to her, and looked down to the water, thinking of something to say to her. "If you... need to talk... " He looked up, and met eyes with her noticing the tears in her eyes. He reacted in the only way he knew how to. He smiled confidently, and gave her a big, nerdy, thumbs-up. "...I'm always here to talk to!" Then his smile gave off that signature glisten passed down from Gai-sensei. Sakura saw his face, and could help but to giggle.
"Thank you, Lee-san." Looking down to the ground, "I appreciate it a lot." Lee just looked at her long and hard, thinking of what he could do for or say to her to cheer her up.
"I wish I could make her tears go away... I wish I could make her happy." He looked away, and slyly manuevered himself closer to her. He scratched his head, and tried to conceal his nervousness. He wanted to try to cheer her up, so he did all he could think of again. "Sakura-chan...?"
She looked to him sadly, "Yes, Lee-san...?"
"Uh... Do it Lee. Do it! Ask! ASK!" Closing his eyes in fear, "Sakura-chan... Will... NOW! Will you please go on a date with me!!?"
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A long pause ensued, and Lee kept his eyes shut. When he gathered himself, he opened them, and looked at Sakura's expression. She had tears running down her face.
"Sasuke-kun..." She got up quickly and started running away, with her tears falling in her path.
Hesitating, "Ah... Sakura-chan! ... oh." He stopped, and watched her run away, holding her face as she cried. He hung his head low, closing his eyes. "You Idiot... why'd you have to ask..." He remained on his knees by the riverbank, mourning what he had just done. He had hurt the person most special to him, and he didn't know how to amend it anymore.