Valentine's Day
by mse123
The gentle snowflakes fall lightly on the ground, covering the dirt with its purity. It's 14 February and everybody knows that is…
"VALENINE'S DAY, FOREHEAD! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT SAI-KUN BOUGHT ME!" screams excitedly Ino, a blonde haired whose long hair is let loose on her purple blouse. "Maybe it's a teddy bear or a ring or, or! I'm so curious!"
"Yeah, yeah, I get it, Ino! You don't have to destroy my eardrum!" says grumpily Sakura, the possessor of a pair of green vibrant eyes that compliments her shoulder length pink hair.
"Oh, come on, Sakura! You don't have to be that surly! I bet that Cupidon located your big forehead and will bring your…SAI-KUUUN!" Sakura watches her best friend leaving the poor pale boy breathless with her tight hug. As soon as the atmosphere becomes too…hot, she leaves the couple in their La-la land. Sakura sighs. In the halls of the decorated high school, couples are giving gifts, glances, soft kisses and virginities?
"Oh, freaking hormonal stupid couples that don't even care of those who are not that lucky in love!" Her face is reddened from the embarrassement of spotting two lovers doing something not that wise. She runs in the bathroom, closing herself from the painful reality of being lonely. It's not that she never found her true love, she did, but, she's too afraid to tell him her deep feelings. She is afraid of breaking the beautiful bond between him and her. What if he doesn't like her? What if he will leave her forever? Tears start to flow, caressing her cheeks. She sobs, a mocking smile on her sad face.
"You are a fucking coward." she says to her reflection. "Coward, coward."
Suddenly, the door is opened with a slow swung, revealing a beautiful young lady with lavender eyes and black hair with hints of purple.
"Oh, my! Sakura-chan! Are you alright?" The petite girl runs to Sakura, gently touching her shoulder.
"Hinata, don't worry. Everything's OK." A smile adorns her face, but said girl knows that it's not a real one.
"Is it about Sasuke-kun?" Hinata asks bluntly, being sure of the source of her friend's sadness.
Pink hair moves affirming, not daring to make eye-contact.
"Sakura-chan, it's so painful to see you like this in this kind of state." She notices the shake of the bended body in front of her. "It's good to cry." A pair of trembling arms encircles her, transparent tears wetting her white blouse. The bathroom is filled with the silent sobs of the broken green-eyed. Perhaps the class already started or the professor added a new absence for each one of them. She doesn't care. By each second that passes, her sobs start to decrease in intensity.
"I'm sorry, Hinata! Look what I've done with your blouse!" Sakura adds, wiping the last remains of some tears.
"Please, you don't have to worry." Motherly-like, Hinata takes Sakura's hands in her own. "Now, let's talk about this. Tell me, please, so that I can help you, even a little bit."
"I-it's just that…" The pink haired rips the eye-contact once again "I'm really afraid that…that" She just can't say that damned word, her voice hitting higher notes than usual.
"I knew it." Hinata whispers "Sakura-chan, please, listen to me! I may not be that confident or so knowing in the complicated chapter of love, but, I can tell one thing: that if you don't try, you will never know." The strong words make the pinkete's head to lift up like a lightning making its way trough the black armour of clouds.
"I think that you should give it a try! Don't lose such a chance!"
"Hinata…Thank you!" The two girls hug each other.
The bell rings, announcing the start of the lunch break.
"I think that this is the perfect moment." Sakura states, her confidence making its way back. The pale eyed nods. "I must go! And thank you again!" She passes the short girl, pulling the red tall door.
"Good luck!" After the door is closed energetically, Hinata adds with her lips curved in a shy smile. "He has loved you since forever."
Sakura fastens her pace, passing by different students, but her surroundings are blurry. She bites her lower lip nervously, hands sweating until she sees him. His tall, muscular figure watches the swaying tress.
"Sakura." She gasps, feeling her heart beating even faster, if it's even possible. On her way to him, she prepared what to say, but now, in front of his sharp eyes, her mouth is closed, stiffened in a straight line.
"Ah, such an awkward silence. I have to…!" she thinks in an attempt of encouraging herself.
"I…" But she can't say anything else, just to respond to the tender touch of his lips on hers.
A/N: I'm terribly sorry for such a long wait, but school and other events made my life a living hell, no kidding! I hope that you liked this chapter!