Much to her liking and her dismay, the young boy she had met and knew as Sasuke returned to their studies the next day but they did not interact like before. Instead they admired the other in secret from afar and Sakura secretly ogled his intellect and skill as he demonstrated what the teacher had instructed to the entire class. But in her shy state and silent obsession, she realized she was not alone in her admiration and it has hard to miss. As Sasuke walked by the other young girls giggled and cooed to the other about how cute he was and Sakura couldn't help but feel the blood rush to her face out of jealousy. She had to talk to Sasuke before some other bubble head little girl won him over and shattered all her hopes for a chance with young nin.
She waited anxiously for the school bell to alarm their dismissal, her eyes glued to the clock as it seemed to aimlessly tick on. Finally, the bell roared through the school and the children hastily packed their bags and rushed home to their adoring and proud families, all except two. As Sakura skipped down the steps she called out to Sasuke who has already a good distance away from her. Straightening the crimson sash in her hair and smoothing out her attire she rushed for the raven haired vixen who had stricken with butterflies in her stomach as he waited patiently and respectfully for the bounding pink haired nin to approach him.
"Hi Sasuke!" Sakura said through forced breaths as she heaved to catch her wind. She smiled broadly her eyes shining with the purest intentions and Sasuke couldn't help but return such an expression as best he knew how. Though he had little to no interest in girls at his age he felt himself unable to break the thoughts of this particular female who had vexed him the day before. Most the girls at his school were nothing more than annoying fan-girls, more interested in his excellence and appearance than his personality. However, he found Sakura to be different, her presence was warm and not irritating and she actually had some interesting things to say, rather than just stare at him stupidly like all the others. They laughed and conversed on their walk home, talking about everything and nothing at the same time and when it came time to part their ways, Sakura couldn't help ask "Sasuke…" she murmured, shifting her gaze down to her sandaled feet "do you like me..?"
With her question Sasuke released a glimmer of a smile and put a comforting hand on her tiny shoulder, causing her gaze to shift upward where they're eyes locked the same way they did the day before. "You're my favorite" he said plainly as he smiled his best five year old smile he could manage before his mother beckoned him inside the house, leaving Sakura alone on the sidewalk to float in his words.
I'm his favorite… she thought to herself as her face turned as red as the sash in her hair and she smiled dreamily all the way home and she was certain this memory would stay with her forever.
Authors Note: :dies from the fluff: Okay…so it's fluffy and corny but their five so it's still in character cause Sasuke was still sorta sweet then….but now I can move on them being older and current, thank lord.