Chapter 2: the date the dinner and the realization
Nate: kishimoto owns Naruto and I own an annoying little brother.
Kishimoto: I own him now thanks to my secret weapon.
Nate: noooooooooo! Big, bag, candy, must, resist. Sakura help!
Sakura: shannaro start the damn story.
'Omg he's here okay sakura you can do this it's just a date.' Sakura thought furiously. Ding dong "come in" sakura called.
There he was all 6 foot 3 of Uchiha Sasuke in a dark blue form fitting polo, khaki slacks, dress loafers and a look that said "I would rather be anywhere else but here"
"Hey Sasuke you look great" she complimented "hn pretty" the stoic Uchiha replied back. 'hn this is gonna be a long night if he's gonna act like a stiff ass.'
"So where are we going?" "Stillanos lets go" the Uchiha replied
Overall all sakura didn't have a terrible date but it wasn't good at all. Sasuke just stared at her the whole night the waitress "accidentally" spilled soup on sakuras pink dress. Sasuke just kept eating with a smirk.
And sakura accidentally punched the waitress through the roof. And threw her salad on Sasuke.
"Stupid jerk I can't believe he laughed at me" sakura fumed as she went into her house. "But I showed him and that bitch. Too bad I can't ever go back to the restaurant it was the best in the village." She thought dejectedly. Sakura quickly undressed and hopped in the shower. Once she finished she wrapped up in a pink towel and sat on her bed.
"Hm I'm hungry but the only place that's open is ichirakus. But maybe I'll see Naruto." Sakura brightened. She quickly dressed in shorts and a pink shirt, and grabbed her house keys. On her way to the diner she received cat calls and wolf whistles as usual but harming the drunkard civilians was out of the question.
She finally reached the booth and sure enough the blond knucklehead was there. She stopped once she heard him speaking. "There's nothing wrong tuechi I'm just not that hungry." "Only one bowl of ramen for you Naruto is like me wearing a suit. It's not normal" the old ramen stand. Owner reasoned.
"I'm ok just a little down is all?" Naruto stated "hey Naruto" sakura finally walked in determined to get to the bottom of her friends sadness. "Ohayo sakura chan. What brings you here." The hyperactive blonde asked. "Oh just grabbing a bite to eat." "One bowl of miso ramen extra fishcake please." Naruto ordered
"How do you know which ramen I like?" Sakura questioned "since I first convinced you to come here the only way you ate was if it was Naruto style." Naruto reasoned "well I guess you do know me best." Sakura admitted. "I'm surprised you're here didn't you and the teme eat at that expensive restaurant across town." "Yeah but my food ended up on Sasuke thanks to the stupid waitress." Sakura explained
"How can someone be that clumsy to spill a whole plate on Sasuke?" Naruto asked "well she had a little help. In all honesty she spilled a plate on me I punched her through the roof Sasuke laughed I threw my food on him and left." She admitted
"Hahahahahahahahaha I wish I could've seen that I bet the teme was pissed. Sorry you didn't have fun sakura but that was hilarious." Naruto laughed "well it was pretty funny" she said "so what have you been up to?" sakura asked "just training and paperwork being future hokage is a demanding task in itself
Sakura realized how much that goofy kid who boasted about someday becoming hokage. Turned into, the mature man that was gonna be hokage. From village prankster to village hero from baby fat and whiskers to tall muscular with whiskers. He had a physique most guys could only hope for.
"Sakura stop staring at me." Naruto complained "I was not" oh my God was I just checking out Naruto. She thought. "You were too you were staring at my necklace on my chest." Sakura turned away with a blush on her cheek that rivaled Hinata. Ayame smirked knowingly as she handed sakura her ramen.
The two ate in silence and eventually Naruto regained his appetite being in the presence of the kunoichi who plagued his thoughts for the past few weeks. "Wow I'm stuffed Naruto exclaimed." Me too. Sakura concurred. Naruto ended up walking sakura home.
On the way the two ran into the old guys who usually bothered sakura on her way home. "Come here pinky and I'll show you what it's like to be with a real man. One drunken oldie said. "Hey if you ditch Blondie we can have fun all night long." Another said "just ignore them they will leave us alone." Sakura told a tense Naruto.
It was gonna be fine until one of the men grabbed sakuras arm. "Let me go!" the pink haired kunoichi seethed. "What are you gonna do pinky, we just wanna have some fun with you." Kage buushin no jutsu one Naruto punched the guy who was holding Naruto when another shoved a rasengan in the man holding sakuras chest. Naruto summoned a katana and pointed it at the man's throat. "If you ever touch her again I'll kill you." He said eyes turning red flashing in the moonlight. "Come on sak"
"Thanks Naruto you're always defending me." Sakura appreciated "well those guys were jerks who needed to be taught a lesson." Naruto said "village hero and my hero." Sakura leaned in and planted a kiss on is cheek. She pulled away and both had apparent blushes.
"Well thanks for walking me home Naruto." sakura said with a smile "no problem it was fun." Said Naruto returning the gesture. "Who knows maybe next time we can go on a real date." Sakura said "I would like that." Naruto admitted "well goodnight Naruto kun." He smiled at the new suffix she added to his name. "Goodnight sakura chan." With that he walked back to his apartment with a new spring in his step.
'Do I like him? Yes? No? Maybe?' sakura tortured herself for the rest of the night dwelling on what happened. And when nothing else could put her to sleep but thoughts of her hero she came to the realization that it was a definite maybe.
