Monday, August 15th, 4:23pm after far too little sleep:
Just a spur of the moment NaruSak because by now I believe its canon and I guess I should jump on the bandwagon. Set right before Naruto leaves for the manga timeskip. Hes treating her to ramen or something. Unbeta.They sat on the high stools of the Ichiraku, he ordering his third bowl while she sat with slumped shoulders in front of her half emptied first.
"Itadakimasu!" he said again with gusto, picking up his wooden chopsticks, preparing to dig into the miso that had just bee placed in front of him.
"Naruto?" She said quietly, looking with a confused expression to the orange-clad boy beside her. He paused mid-slurp, sucking up the rest of his noodles before turning to look at her.
"What is it? You want another bowl?"
He asked, determined as always to see her happy. She shook her head and
her pink locks bounced around despite the gentle motion.
"No. Just…"
He stayed quiet, his
blue eyes impossibly wide as he waited with anticipation for whatever
she could have to say.
But she didn't say
anything, and they were soon interrupted by the flap of the
low-hanging flags behind them as a large white haired man pushed his
way past.
"Ero sennin!"
Exclaimed Naruto, because now it was a habit to greet him as such.
"Yo." He replied,
casting an analyzing glance between the foxy boy and the downcast
girl. "We gotta go, brat." He said, and made a little motion with
his huge hand before stepping backwards out of view.
Finally, she spoke.
"Please don't
forget me." She murmured, not really looking at him. And despite
the simplicity of her four words, he heard the story she meant to
tell.
You better come back, I'm really sorry, don't forget your promise, I've already been forgotten once, and so please, please don't forget me.
After a moment, he smiled widely and his eyes went squinty, creating the obnoxiously happy expression he was known for."I wouldn't know how, Sakura-chan!" He said, with what she thought to be surprising charm for a whiskered boy with a noodle stuck to his chin.
She smiled.
