Torn between her first crush and the two people who taught her so much…

Hyuuga Neji…

Sabaku no Gaara…

Uchiha Sasuke…

"Ohayo!" both Gaara and Neji turned around to see Sakura running up to them with a picnic basket in hand.

"Morning…" Neji greeted her.

"What's that for?" Gaara asked her without showing much emotion in his voice.

"Oh this? I thought that it would be nice if I prepare a picnic for us. You know! To celebrate our third month together!" She smiled brightly at them and they looked at each other and sighed.

"Whatever…" Neji closed his eyes.

"Hn…" Gaara smirked.

"Great!" she took out the blanket and laid it out on the grass. She took off her sandals and sat in the middle and gestured for the other two to join her. Reluctantly, they followed suit taking off their sandals and sitting on either side of her.

"Ok! Here's your obento!" she took out both of their lunches and handed it to them along with a pair of chopsticks.

"There's onigiri in there too if you like!" (A/N: Onigiri means rice ball…I like mine when they're triangular shaped!) she took one out and bit into it when heard someone shout out her name.

"Sakura!" Sasuke called out her name jumping into the training grounds, expecting to see a bloody field with a bloody Sakura on the floor only to find her having a picnic. Sakura turned around with an Onigiri in her mouth. Neji and Gaara did the same thing but turned around again shortly after seeing whoever disturbed their little picnic.

"What the…" he was expecting something other than a picnic definitely, and then Naruto came shortly after.

"Mou…Sasuke-Baka…did we really have to run after our training session?" he growled at Sasuke and saw his shocked face.

"Hey…What's wrong?" Naruto asked him but all he did was point at them.

He was slightly afraid of what he might see…His Sakura-Chan bleeding to death on the floor or something else…

"Hey! We're having a picnic!" she waved at them.

"NANI!" Naruto's jaw could've hit the floor but that was humanly impossible.

"P-picnic?" Sasuke stood there with a seemingly shocked face.

"You guys wanna join us?" she continued to wave on them biting into her onigiri again.

"Sure!" Naruto ran up to them and took of his sandals sitting himself right in front of Sakura. Sasuke was still in a state of shock.

"Sasuke! Wanna join us?" she asked smiling politely at him.

"…no…" he resumed his cool, collected appearance and walked off.

"What a weird guy…sigh…" she shook her head.

"Ano sa, ano sa! What do I get Sakura-Chan?" he asked her with a grin plastered to his face.

"Oh!" she took out her obento and handed it over to Naruto.

"Here ya go!" she handed him a pair of chopsticks as well.

"Itadakimasu!" and he dug into his food. (A/N: meaning…Thank you for the food!")

"Hm! You're cooking is so good Sakura-Chan!" he said her name in a sing-song style.

"Thanks Naruto!" she smiled at him again and Neji noticed a stray grain of rice on her face.

"Sakura…" he looked at her with eyes that almost seem soft.

"What is it Neji-Kun?" she tilted her head to the side in a cute manner.

He came forward a little bit, his hand pressed onto her face and neck. She didn't flinch at his touch. He licked off the grain of rice on her face and she blushed. He acted on impulse.

"Thank you for the food Sakura. I'll see you tomorrow then." He blushed a little bit, putting on his sandals and walked off.

"Hey! Take this too!" Sakura took out an onigiri and tossed it at him which he caught with ease.

"Thanks." He turned around and walked off briskly.

"Woah…that was weird." Naruto spoke up and scratched his head.

Gaara stared at Neji's retreating figure and went back to eating.

Sakura stared at Neji's Obento and it was empty.

"Wow. He's a fast eater." She sweat-dropped. 'Kinda like Sasuke when we went on a mission to the country of Wave.' (A/N: it was in one of the episodes of Naruto…somewhere between 1 and 19…)

Naruto finished up his lunch and thanked Sakura for the food. He and Gaara walked off engaging in a very animated conversation, which was mainly one sided.

She was packing away the lunch boxes when someone approached her from behind. The chakra signature was very familiar and she instantly blushed.

"Hi Neji-Kun! What's up?" she was now folding up the blanket and putting it into the basket.

"Nothing." His cheeks were still stained with a faint pinkish color.

"Hm…" she put on her sandals and stood up holding onto the basket.

"I'll see you for training tomorrow then?" she smiled at him still blushing a little bit.

"Ah…I'll walk you home." He grabbed the basket for her and started to walk to the direction of her house.

"Ok." She began to fall into step along with Neji.

They both walked in a comfortable silence, occasionally exchanging words every now and then while Sakura hummed a tune most of the time.

"I'm sorry about before." Neji didn't look at her but continued to look straight ahead.

"Don't worry about it. It was just an accident right?" she smiled at him and tilted her head to the side.

"Yea…" both of them stopped at the footpath that led to her house.

"Well…See ya tomorrow." She waved at him and he held out the basket for her. She took it and walked down her footpath.

"Bye." Neji looked at her and walked off somewhere else other than his home.