Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, all of these stories would have happened already. But obviously, they haven't. Therefore I don't own it.

Opening Thingy

Hey everyone! (dodges tomatoes)

Yeah, I know I haven't updated anything in forever, but my computer started going retarded and wouldn't start and whatever. So my fics were on hiatus til now.

This is a slightly belated birthday one-shot for our beloved Haruno Sakura!

Happy belated birthday, Sakura-chan! Now rope in Sasuke-kun with your mature woman's body! Hell yeah!

Warning: Um, this is really short. I mean, UBER-short. Sorry. I wrote it during science class. It was inspired by Livejournal's 101 kisses. I think it's theme number 96…

Kimono

It was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. Crimson red silk fused with soft pink cherry blossoms. They were falling softly, each one stitched in great detail. Looking closer, she saw that the maker had sewn in delicate strands of silver thread into the scarlet background, making the entire work of woven art glimmer in the early morning sunlight.

As she unfolded it, the delicate silk kimono hung from her arms, rippling like a red and silver waterfall. The silver sash was under it, folded neatly with care. The girl's soft lips curved upwards into a smile. Her eyes welled with tears as she remembered…

"What's this?" she asked, taking the white package hesitantly.

"It's a box." He bluntly responded, shifting his onyx eyes.

"Yes, I know it's a box, but what's inside it?"

"Well, it's…yours." He answered, frowning. He seemed to be avoiding her gaze.

She pouted at him. "You're so mysterious sometimes."

She then heard sensei calling. "You're LATE!" she yelled.

"Aha…gomen, minna!" he apologized, "I ran into—"

"Don't try to fool us with your lame excuses, sensei, it doesn't work anymore."

"It never has…" she heard the raven-haired boy grumble.

She was about to walk off when she felt a hand grasp her shoulder.

"Ah…yes?" she turned and blushed, thinking that she was overreacting because he touched her.

"I just…I wanted…I just wanted to tell you…d-don't open that box until next week."

He looked away from her and let go of her arm. Brushing past her, she could have sworn that his ears had a reddish tinge to them.

"Um..ok." she said quietly, almost to herself.

"Next week?" she thought, "Today is…March 21…that means…"

Her tear-filled eyes wandered over to the calendar on the wall. Today was circled in red marker with the word "BIRTHDAY!" scribbled over it. She looked down at the gorgeous silk kimono in her hands and smiled knowingly.

Then, she noticed a small white card inside the box. On the front of it was a golden-lettered logo that read "Custom Kimonos by Ishikawa". She clasped her hand over her mouth.

"Custom-made?" she thought, eyes widened. Then she opened the card and read it. She laughed to herself out loud. It sounded so much like him.

"Don't expect something expensive like this every year.

Happy Birthday, Sakura.

From Sasuke."

Owari

Author Notes

BAH! I told you it was amazingly short! So be considerate and don't mention the fact of how brief it was. It only took up one sheet of paper! But I didn't want it to get too lengthy either. I wanted to go for short and sweet.

So was it good? I think after that utterly boring NejiTen one-shot, I'll stick to a couple that I'm comfortable writing about.

Ok…I have nothing else to say, so…REVIEW NOW!

Tsune