Look at that! Did you see that? I took a break! I got some sleep!
... Actually, I was writing this chapter and I edited the first twenty or so chapters of this so... Yeah, I suck.
This is for my little salemboy94 who asked me to write out all of the weddings, so this is part one of your request (part two, technically, since I've already written out the NejiTen wedding)
Tada!
Sakura fell face-down onto the bed with a sigh, gleefully ignoring all the cardboard boxes that lay scattered about the room. She had thought both she and Kakashi led such simple and frugal lives, but that was obviously untrue since the sheer amount of crap they had was unbelievable and overwhelming. Hearing the soft footfalls of her lover Sakura grumbled and groaned, wondering how in the world she could have ever even remotely believed it would be a simple enough thing to move in with the man.
Two days of unpacking and the number of boxes still hadn't dwindled. She was starting to believe that they were spawning or something.
"Two boxes of candles." She sighed, rolling over to allow Kakashi room on the bed when he nudged her. "What in the hell do you need two boxes of candles for?"
Kakashi roughly chuckled and rolled over on his elbow so that he looked down on Sakura, his open eye shining in sleepy amusement. "Do you want me to show you?" He asked her, a smirk twisting his lips. Sakura snorted and closed her eyes as Kakashi leaned over her to pull the switch on the lamp, throwing the room into moonlit darkness. Crap, she had forgotten to put the curtains up.
"Sorry Honey," She yawned, curling an arm underneath her pillow, "Not tonight. I'm too tired right now." Kakashi chuckled again and watched her in the darkness for a few silent moments before he reached out to play with a piece of her cotton candy colored hair. She had been growing it out for a little while so that now it hung down past her shoulders when she let it loose. It didn't make her face look as childish as it had in her younger years when they had first met, and she had styled it in this flippy sort of way that managed to make her look cute, but in a mature way.
"When are you going to accept my proposal?" He idly asked her, and Sakura didn't even bother asking what he was talking about. It had been just over a month since he had first asked her to marry him when he had heard about the baby, and she had thought that when she had said 'no' that it would be the end of the subject. Apparently not though.
"You know," She said, turning over onto her side as she opened her eyes so that they were face to face, "I get that there is this whole ideal of the big happy family with a married mommy and daddy and then a baby, but I never thought that you'd be one to go for all of that, Kakashi."
Kakashi rolled his eye at her, lifting it to the ceiling as if to ask for guidance. "I hate to sound redundant, but I really have to wonder at how many times I have to tell you that I'm not marrying you for the kid."
"I'm sorry, but it's hard to believe you when the timing is just oh-so convenient."
"And that I love you doesn't factor in at all?"
"Nope."
"So you want proof?"
"You betcha."
With a sigh Kakashi turned over to lay back on his back, crossing his arms beneath his head as he closed his eye. Only Sakura would want tangible proof of his honorable intentions and completely ignore the fact that he was offering her everything he had and was basically laying his heart out there for her to stomp on as she pleased.
"Go look in my top drawer in the dresser." He told her, and he could just picture her perplexed and slightly angered expression in her face as she stared at him.
"Kakashi, what-"
"Hush," He interrupted her with a sigh, "And just go check the drawer." He knew that all of the puzzlement in her expression would be overshadowed by raw fury now, and he could practically feel the poison tipped kunai she was now throwing at him with her eyes. God, sometimes he wondered how he had fallen for an overly emotional roller-coaster of a woman like Sakura.
He had to admit it was fun though and it certainly kept him on his toes.
With a huff Sakura rolled out of bed, stomping over to the dresser to yank the top drawer almost completely out, glaring down at the dozens of pairs of socks that filled it and the single tiny ring box that sat nestled right in the middle of the drawer. Sakura slowly turned, wide eyed, to stare at the man who had sat up in the bed, and Kakashi simply stared back at her with a slight smirk playing around his features.
"Kakashi," She practically wheezed, "What the hell?" This couldn't be real. It couldn't. When he was merely asking her she could just push it off because there was just no way that he was serious, but what was she supposed to do when he had actually bought a ring? What was she supposed to think?
"Look underneath it." He told her, his lips twitching at the befuddled and bug-eyed expression on her face. This was turning out to be way more fun than he had first expected.
"Underneath?" Sakura asked dumbly, waiting until he nodded in confirmation before she turned back to the sock drawer. She had expected him to tell her to look inside of the box, not under it. Wasn't the whole point of this to get her to look at the ring and say yes when she melted into a mushy puddle at his feet because of just how shiny and sparkly it was?
Lifting up the small velvet box and holding the weight of it in her hand Sakura looked down at the small slip of slick paper that had hid under it, lifting it up and staring at the little block print that covered it.
"This is-"
"A receipt. Dating back three months ago to when I bought the ring, which is two months before you told me about the baby." Sakura stared down at the paper in her hand and then down at the jeweler's box, blinking again at the sudden fluttering of her heart. This was... This was bad. She could feel her resolve crumbling beneath the light weight of that stupid little velvet box and the teasing warmth and seriousness that filled Kakashi's gaze.
God damn it.
Kakashi caught the box when it was thrown at him, watching as Sakura stomped over to him with a fierce look on her face, and as she lifted her hand and he waited for her to hit him unflinchingly. But when she thrust her hand out towards him it wasn't in a slap but instead she left it stop just a little bit in front of him, her fingers spread slightly.
"Well go on." She snapped, looking away as a blush overtook her cheeks, her left hand staying still between them. "I'm not putting the ring on myself."
Kakashi watched her for a minute before he smiled the smile that always made her stomach turn in little flips. Grabbing ahold of her wrist in one hand he flipped open the ring box with his other, slipping the small diamond ring onto her finger. He brought her newly adorned hand up to his lips to brush a light kiss over her knuckles, smiling into her eyes when they jerked back to his.
"There now," He said, smirking, "Was that so hard?"
Sakura huffed as the white haired man pulled her to him, laying back on the bed and dragging her down with him. Sakura grumbled as she wriggled around on top of him, sitting up so that she was straddling his hips, blowing her hair out of her eyes as she sent a glare to the man beneath her. Her right hand rested on his abs as she lifted the other one up to watch the new ring sparkle in the low light.
It was a simple oval cut diamond set in a thin plain yellow gold band, but Sakura found the simplicity of it charming. It wasn't so big that it would get in the way of regular every day things like when she did her rounds in the hospital, but it wasn't so small that she could accuse Kakashi of being his usual cheapskate self about it.
And it was pretty.
"Who knew you had good taste in jewelry?" Sakura mused as she wriggled her fingers the tiniest bit to watch it shimmer.
"Well, Tenzo helped." Sakura looked back at him questioningly, lowering her uplifted hand so that it rested beside her other one.
"Yamato?" She asked, remembering that Kakashi occasionally called the man by the other name. "Why did he help?"
"Well, I've heard that a second opinion would be worthwhile and he's the only person I know who could have kept quiet about it. Could you imagine if I had asked Gai to come? I never would have heard the end of it and half the village would have heard about it as well." Sakura nodded and then narrowed her eyes at the man, a sudden thought occurring to her as she remembered past interactions between Kakashi and Yamato.
"Kakashi, did you make that poor man go with you so that he could pay for the ring?" Kakashi raised his hands defensively at the girl's fierce glare, grinning at her charmingly.
"Now, would I really do that?" He asked her and Sakura let her silence speak for itself. Kakashi sighed and rolled his eyes at the pink haired girl's complete lack of faith in him, crossing his arms back underneath his head.
"Really now Sakura, of course I bought your engagement ring myself. I picked it out and chose the size myself too." Sakura leaned forward and placed her elbows on Kakashi's chest, propping her chin on her fists as she stared down at him.
"How'd you know my ring size?"
"The sharigan." Sakura's eyebrows raised and her lips pursed together as she stared at Kakashi's closed and scarred eye, surprised and intrigued.
"Really? So the all powerful sharigan memorizes ninjutsus, can carry out powerful genjutsus, and can size jewelry? How nifty." Kakashi snorted and shifted slightly beneath her.
"Well, I've never heard it called that, but yeah. I just memorized the size of your hand and fingers and picked the best fit." Sakura smiled down at him, shifting and moving up his body the slightest bit, putting her hands on either side of his head and looming over him.
"So, I suppose you want me to reward you for this grand scheme of yours, huh?" Kakashi shrugged and smiled back up at her, his eye crinkling familiarly.
"It was a pretty good plan. I used the sharigan and everything." Sakura nodded and pursed her lips, making a comically sympathetic face down at the man.
"Not that you're bragging, of course."
"Of course."
Sakura snorted and grinned down at him, leaning down to lightly brush her lips over his. "Good boy." She murmured, leaning back to smirk down at the amused man beneath her before rolling off of him and onto her side of the bed, bringing the sheets up over her body as she curled away from Kakashi and closed her eyes, her smirking grin growing wider as the seconds passed.
"Really?" The dry voiced question nearly made Sakura lose her hold on the snort she was holding in, and when she spoke again Sakura couldn't hide the amusement that filled her words.
"Really what? I've already told you that I was tired and that nothing was going to happen." There were a few moments of silence before Kakashi sighed and Sakura's amusement hit its peak.
"Tease." Kakashi grumbled as Sakura nearly shook from her silent laughter, and with a grin on her face she waited. And waited.
And waited.
With a huff Sakura rolled onto her back and propped herself up on her elbows, glaring down at the man beside her, her amusement gone. He was just laying back with his eyes closed as if he was actually going to go to sleep.
"What? That's it?" Kakashi sighed and didn't even bother opening his eye, acting as if she were a nuisance who was keeping him from his precious sleep.
"Sorry Honey," He said, mimicking her earlier words, "But I'm too tired tonight."
With another huff and a growl Sakura sat up and grabbed her pillow, giving Kakashi a hearty hit with it in his face. The two began to laughingly wrestle over the pillow before it was tossed out of the bed by a victorious Kakashi.
Sakura sent an amused look up at the man who was currently pinning her down, one of her eyebrows arching as she felt a familiar appendage of Kakashi's nudging her thigh.
"Oh? What happened to being too tired?"
"Well, I just don't want to let you down." Sakura rolled her eyes at him as he lowered down to kiss her, turning her head to the side to deny him.
"Oh? Funny that you would worry about that now." There was a moment of still silence before Kakashi pulled back from where his lips had just barely brushed her throat, his eye brows raising in something akin to disbelief.
"Really Sakura? Is that a challenge?" Sakura pursed her lips and looked at him out of the corner of her eye, trying to control the smirk that wanted to twist her features.
"Maybe." She sing-songed, having to control her shiver as she watched Kakashi's expression change, his hands sliding down to grip her thighs in a bruising hold.
"Well then," He murmured dangerously, "You'd better hold onto something."
"So, we're here and we're waiting. When are you going to tell us what your big news is?" Ino asked as she, Tenten, Hinata, Sakura and Temari all crowded into a booth in the little club that they usually met at. Sakura had called them all -except for Temari, who had tagged along with Ino- and was currently sitting on top of her hand as she tried to figure out the best way to tell them all about the ring.
"Well, come on, tell us already. It can't be that big since you've already told us that you're pregnant, and I don't really think that news on your front can get too much bigger." Sakura bit her lip and shrugged, struggling to find the right words when Tenten leaned forward.
"Well, since you're all here and since Sakura seems to be struggling with what to say, I guess I'll go ahead and tell you my news." She paused for a beat and glanced around at the faces that were now riveted onto her, and smirked.
"I'm pregnant."
Another moment of silence passed before the women exploded. There were confirmations and congratulations, and as Sakura watched all she could see on the other woman's face was happiness, which she knew was a complete 180 from how she had been when she had learned about her own pregnancy. And seeing the other woman's apparent joy at her impending motherhood Sakura reached out her hand to her.
"Hey," She said to catch the other woman's attention, "Congratu-"
"OH MY GOD, ARE YOU WEARING AN ENGAGEMENT RING?" Sakura blinked and was nearly jerked across the table as Ino snatched her hand and pulled it toward her, staring wide eyed at the sparkly new addition on her best friend's hand. The other girls immediately crowded around to get a good look at the jewelry, shifting their wide eyes over to the slightly embarrassed pink haired owner.
"Surprise." Sakura sighed, tugging her hand back only to have it jerked again as each of the women passed it around.
"When did this happen? I mean, oh my God... How much did it cost?" Sakura rolled her eyes at the questioning blonde as she began to twist her hand a bit to watch it sparkle -much like Sakura had done the night she had gotten it- and sighed.
"Technically he asked me the night I told him that I was pregnant, but he got the ring two months before that and I only accepted it two nights ago. And really Ino, the cost? What was I supposed to do, ask him before I accepted it? How tacky would that be?" Of course, there was no reason to tell the blonde that she had in fact seen the receipt.
"Well... Who knew that the great copy ninja knew jewelry? I mean, this is a pretty nice ring, even if it does lean to the plain side."
"Hey now," Sakura said, finally able to snatch her hand back, "Don't call my ring 'plain'. I don't go around calling your ring- oh wait, that's right, you don't have a ring." Ino narrowed her eyes at the girl an leaned forward.
"Oh, I didn't mean anything by it, just that I figured that he'd get you something a bit bigger to take the attention away from your big billboard forehead!"
"Oh yeah, you stupid Ino-pig?" Sakura started, both of them rising from their seats slightly as their emotions rose. The other three women at the table watched, somewhat amazed that the two of them were actually best friends.
"Um, Sakura-chan," Hinata interrupted, wanting to stop the girls since the entire room was currently and embarrassingly focused on them, "It is a very nice ring."
Sakura sat back down and smiled at the other woman and then down at her ring, smirking a little bit as she watched it glitter. She didn't think that she was going to get tired of that anytime soon. "Yeah, and I guess that the guy that comes with it isn't too bad either." The other women's eyebrows raised since they weren't used to Sakura mentioning anything about Kakashi, especially with such a fond tone or look, but with one sharp and protective look from Ino they stayed silent.
"So, what's the plan?" Ino asked, stirring her cocktail with the tiny little straw it came with.
"Well, I don't want anything big since I saw what a hassle that was with Naruto and Hinata's wedding -no offense, Hinata- and I also want it to be before I get too big to fit into any decent dresses. I'm figuring that we can do it sometime within the next two to three months, which Kakashi has no problem with since his idea of our romantic day was to just elope. The idiot."
Ino nodded, already deciding that she would be the maid of honor and as such she would be there to help with the planning and details. "Well, I can help with the flowers, obviously. What do you want? Roses are a bit over done, so I'd say to stay away from those... but you could do cherry blossoms." She teased, grinning at the face her friend made at the suggestion. "What? No sakura for Sakura's big day?"
"Oh, and we can do pink, lots and lots of pink in all different shades so we can see just how many we can match with you hair."
"Shut up." Sakura said, rolling her eyes as the other women giggled.
"Oh no, we need to seriously discuss your options." Ino said, smirking. "Like what the groom is going to wear. Do you think we can find a tux with the mask already in it or do you think we'll have to special order it?" The girls snorted, trying to hold in their laughter so that they didn't disturb the other patrons at the club, but Ino was ruthless.
"And the dogs, we need to do something with the dogs. Do you think that one of them will be the ring bearer? Or maybe the flower girl? We'll need to get them little tuxes, though the flower girl will need a little dress." The images of Kakashi's ninken in little dresses and tuxedos did the women in, sending them into tearful peals of laughter, gasping as they tried to calm down, though they found themselves unable to do so since images of just how ridiculous the day could be continued to dance through their heads.
Sakura flicked her tears away as she snorted, almost able to see Kakashi's and the ninkin's faces if she even dared to suggest such an outrageous thing.
And as she sat there laughing with her friends, Sakura just couldn't see how anything could ruin this little happiness.
Looking into her reflection in the mirror, Sakura came to the decision that there was no way in hell she was ever leaving the little tiled bathroom she had locked herself into. She'd live in here if she had to, because the reality that was ready to slap her across her face outside of that door was not one that she wanted to be a part of. Nope. No way.
God, she was going to be sick.
Sinking down to the tiled floor and sticking her head over the toilet Sakura ignored the knocking on the door, growling as it became increasingly and annoyingly insistent.
Couldn't they just leave her alone so that she could die alone and miserable in her new little home?
"Sakura, open the door before I unlock it and come in there myself." Sakura rolled her eyes at the threat. Yeah, like she hadn't thought of that? What kind of a ninja did they think she was? Of course she reenforced the lock and the door, she wasn't stupid.
"No, Ino. Leave me alone." Sakura grumbled lowly, though she was sure that the blonde heard her. The door knob wriggled for a moment and there was a beat of silence before Ino cursed colorfully.
"She's basically made a barricade." She told whoever was on the other side with her before banging on the door again. "Sakura, come on. Stop this and get your bony ass out here."
"No! And my ass isn't bony!"
"Really? Why don't you get out here and show me then? Huh?" There was a beat of silence which obviously spoke for itself before Ino pounded on the door again, though a bit harder this time. "Damn it, Sakura, get out here before I get an exploding tag and burn this thing down, and then you'll have to pay for the damages!" Sakura rolled her eyes and tilted her head back against the wall.
"Go right ahead. But you'll probably get arrested for vandalism." There was a pause as Ino and whoever was out there with her had a murmuring conversation that Sakura was unable to hear before her blonde best-friend took a deep and audible breath.
"Sakura," She said in a low and serious voice, "If you don't get out of this bathroom right this minute I'll go get Tsunade and she'll get you out." Sakura lifted her head and narrowed her eyes at the door, judging just how serious the other girl was about the threat.
"No you wouldn't." She said, though the statement came out sounding far to much like an question for her tastes.
"Yes, I would. Now come out here."
With a weary moan Sakura pushed herself off of the floor and to the door, disengaging all of her precautions and opening the door, looking into the face of her aggravated best-friend with a sigh.
"Well, here I am." She said sarcastically. Ino latched onto her arm and pulled her to across the room, grumbling under her breath about how she was an ungrateful little brat who actually deserved to stay locked up in a dinky and dirty little bathroom for the rest of her life.
Ino shoved her down onto the stool in front of the vanity, turning her away from the mirror and starting on her makeup while Hinata -who apparently had a knack for hair- started styling her hair.
"Seriously though, what is wrong with you? Hiding in the bathroom? Really?" Sakura shrugged but otherwise kept still, not wanting to ruin the other women's hard work.
"I don't know."
"Well, you're taking pre-wedding jitters to a whole new level here, and you only have, what? Thirty people out there at most?" Sakura merely shrugged again and waited patiently for the two of them to be done.
Hinata left as soon as she was done so that she could go out and join Naruto and Kori to keep an eye on her husband until the ceremony started, hoping that he hadn't taken their daughter and showed her off to too many of the people. He was proud and it was cute, but it was also kind of overwhelming to some people.
Ino finished Sakura's makeup with a flourish, making sure that she couldn't see herself in the mirror as she helped her up and ushered her to where they had her dress hanging. Taking it out of the bag Ino checked the clock and held back a curse when she saw that Sakura's little stunt with the bathroom had set them back and made them a little late. It wasn't that bad though, especially since it wasn't like they could start without her.
Helping Sakura step into the dress Ino pulled it up and zipped up the discreet little zipper, stepping back and nodding her head before she ushered Sakura right back to the mirror, stepping back and allowing the pink haired girl to see herself as a bride.
Her pink hair had been braided and twisted and twirled off to the side with the little yellow flowers Sakura had finally decided on placed artfully in. Her make up was -of course- tastefully done and didn't take away from the hairstyle or the dress. The dress itself was knee length and strapless, the skirt flaring out charmingly, the ivory white of the dress giving her skin a warm glow as the delicate beading sparkled.
Ino grinned at her, excited to see how she reacted.
"Well? What do you feel?" Ino asked her, almost ready to burst as she waited for her to say all the cliché happy little things that all brides almost seemed required to say. But she was sorely disappointed because Sakura watched her reflection silently for a moment before turning to look at the blonde, her eyes void of any emotions.
"Despair."
Ino pursed her lips and nodded as if this were a completely normal response. "Yes, well, not really what we're going for here." Ino stepped forward and took Sakura by the shoulders, giving her a rough shake as if that would get some sense into her.
"Seriously, Sakura, what's going on? This is your wedding day and you're acting like somebody just slapped your mother and shot your dog."
Sakura shoved away from Ino's hold and began pacing, rubbing her arms up and down as if she had a chill, her dress swishing with her movements.
"What if... What if this is some mistake? I mean... What if he is marrying me for the baby? What if all of this," She said, throwing out her arm in a grand gesture, "Is just for some mistake? He is Hatake Kakashi, the great copy ninja. He literally has fanclubs and girls that would cut off their left foot to even be given a chance with him, and he's settling for me."
As Sakura had panicked and paced Ino had slowly walked forward until she was in the other girl's path, making her stop or else she would have run into her. Quicker than a normal eye could catch Ino raised her hand and slapped Sakura across her cheek, making her head to turn to the side from the force and making her eyes water from the sting.
"Don't you ever," Ino said lowly, "Let me hear you call your child a mistake again. Kakashi has gone all these years without ever visiting that little fanclub of his, so I don't think you have to worry about them unless he suddenly develops very bad taste, and not only that but he has been faithful to you these past few years, so he deserves better that you spewing these little panic lines about him back here."
Seeing that Sakura was going to open her mouth Ino raised her hand and held her off.
"Now, I don't care if he's the great and all powerful Hatake Kakashi or the organic fertilizer salesman, the only reason you are here right now is because you love him so stop bringing that up because the stupidity hurts my ears. And he's not settling, you nitwit, he's apparently -for some unknown reason- in love with you too, so get your head out of your ass and realize that this little panic session of yours is a waste of our time."
Sakura blinked at her and then blinked again, taking a deep and shuddering breath as she realized that Ino was right. This wasn't about the baby or the fanclubs or any of that other stuff she had brought up, this was only about her and Kakashi, nothing and nobody else.
"He could have forged the receipt, you know." Sakura mused as she sat down so slip her low sparkly and strappy heels on.
"Nope." Ino said as she walked over to the mirror to make sure her own reflection was perfect. Sure, the bride was the one who got all the attention, but that was no reason for her not to look damn hot. After all, she expected to be propositioned for a coatroom quickie by a certain Inuzuka before the night was up. "I checked that out because I thought that it could have been the case. Apparently he bought it when he said he did and paid ticket price, though he didn't tell anyone who it was for. The sales lady and that Yamato guy were very curious."
Sakura's lips twitched, knowing that all of that -especially swallowing his penny pinching habits to pay at ticket price- was one of the biggest declarations of love she was ever going to get from the man.
Taking another breath Sakura looked down at the sparkling engagement ring and held back a laugh. "Holy Shit, Ino. I'm about to get married to Kakashi."
Ino nodded and grabbed Sakura's arm, helping her up. "Yep. Now look that way so I can hit your other cheek. The one's getting a bit red and we need to even you out." Sakura laughed and the two girls looked at each other before they both reached out, pulling each other into a hard hug.
"Geeze, first Hinata and Tenten and now you. Next thing I know Shikamaru will finally get the guts to ask Temari and then I'll be surrounded by a bunch of old married women who want to trade recipes." They both let out a watery chuckle and Ino leaned back, looking up as she wiped away her tears to try and keep her makeup presentable.
"I know that people are supposed to cry at weddings but you need to stop before you mess up your make up. The bride can't go down the aisle looking like a train wreck." Sakura chuckled and looked up at the ceiling, blinking her tears away.
"I could say the same to you, you know."
They both stood there for a few moments sniffling before they quickly refreshed their makeup, shaking off the weepy and nostalgic mood as best they could. Sakura took a breath as she stood by the door, gripping the small bouquet Ino handed her with a strangling grip.
"Are you okay?" Ino asked quietly, noticing her tense fingers. Sakura took another breath and nodded, trying to relax, but it was kind of impossible to do when all she could think about was that she was about to get married.
Her plans had been to wait a few years before all of this so that she could keep on with the missions and training and become a better medic-nin than even Tsunade. She hadn't wanted the whole family thing for years, if ever. She had given up the childish little dreams of a happy marriage and babies years ago, and she had been perfectly happy with how her's and Kakashi's relationship had been, though she could see now how extremely foolish she had been for thinking that it could have worked forever with them keeping it a secret.
This wedding, this baby, none of it had been in her plans.
But plans had a way of changing.
Taking another breath she nodded to Ino to show that she was ready and they both made their way out of the room and to the archway where Sakura paused for Ino to walk through first, listening as the sound of the voices in the room quieted as Ino gracefully made her way to the front of the room as a low murmur of music played. And then, setting her shoulders back, she stepped out.
She didn't notice the eyes that stared at her or see the friends that they had invited, she only saw Kakashi standing back next to Naruto in a dark blue dress shirt and black pants, smirking beneath that damnable mask of his. He wasn't wearing his forehead protector, so his scarred eye was visible, and his hair was in its usual messy disarray, his ninken sitting off to the side a bit.
God, she loved him.
When she stepped up beside him Kakashi leaned in a bit to murmur to her as Naruto started reading from the little book that was for such occasions.
"You're late." She smirked up at him, leaning a bit closer.
"Sorry, it seems that I got lost on the path of life."
He crinkled his eye at her and chuckled lowly, both of them leaning back in time for Sakura to hear Naruto summing up some of the words he was supposed to say in his usual way, making everyone listening chuckle.
"Idiot." Sakura said, hitting Naruto on his head with her fist, making the blonde Hokage wince and rub the spot as the room to roared with laughter. "Say it right."
"I didn't think brides were supposed to be violent." Naruto muttered, holding his hands up defensively when Sakura made to hit him again. "Fine! Alright! I'll read it like it is in the book! Geeze!"
The room laughed once more and Sakura grinned at the poor man as he grumbled a little bit before starting again, trying to stay to the book this time though he added his own little comments in every now and then.
Plans had a way of changing, and Sakura was pleasantly surprised to find that she actually wasn't all that upset about the way her life was turning out. In fact, as she wrapped her arms around Kakashi's neck for the kiss and ignored Naruto's sound of disgust, Sakura found that she was actually amazingly happy with how things were turning out.
Sorry about how the title came out, but I finally get a title that I'm happy with (Hard to do after 62 chapters) and the stupid website looks at me and goes, "Hahaha, you? Happy? Like we want that."
I'm going to go cry in a corner now since I'm such a failure at life.
To Hektols- Thank you, my dearest, for your understanding and support when it comes to the evil that is my muse. I did as you so kindly suggested and took a break with a bowl of ice cream and a brownie, and started editing all of my earlier chapters (I re-posted the first twenty or so), and I tried as hard as I could to get rid of all of the real world references I could find because I know how they annoy you so.
Oh, and I'm about to have another little fangirl moment-
NARUHINA! There's some serious NARUHINA in the latest chapter! AHHHHHH!
It made me so happy that I almost cried tears of joy. I never knew how deeply I felt about this couple until I saw this chapter and grinned from ear to ear, almost giggling from how happy it made me.
I'm in too deep now to ever stop, and if Kishimoto decides to put Naruto with Sakura after toying with my emotions the way he has, I'm going to fly over to Japan and bite him.
I'll be back, my darlings! But until then I must bid you adieu!
Adieu.