After more than a year, I'm updating this story, and deciding to come back to this site. This fic looked like it could very easily be continued, so….. For anyone who read Endless Tears, don't worry, no more annoying comments from me that ruin the reading experience. If anyone wants to find out about that story, look at my profile. This is slightly inspired by Kiss of Despair by TheAprilFool. I stole the bridge scene from him, but I'm giving him kudos.

October 7th

Sakura looked around the bridge and sighed. As usual Kakashi was very, very late. She checked the time, and the sun was directly overhead. The sun beat down on them relentlessly, baking the two genins. Naruto made a crack about how it was so hot that he could fry an egg on the road.

Sakura, too tired to even tell him how much of an idiot he was, just waved an arm at him, much like one would as if they were just woken up and still wanted to sleep.

Naruto, being himself, continued on with the joke, including scrambled eggs, the inability to egg someone's house, and a ramble about how he just remembered he was out of eggs himself.

Seeing as Kakashi still wasn't there, the two decided to take the day off and spend it doing anything but train.

As they got up, Naruto smirked devilishly her. Seeing this, Sakura's face twisted into a frown. Just as she was asking exactly what he was planning to do, she felt somebody grab her from behind and push her over. The water felt great. It, surprisingly, was mildly cold, and was a welcome reprieve from the day's heat.

"Naruto! You ass!"

"What? I thought it'd be nice to take a swim."

His shadow clone grinned and disappeared in a poof of white. Taking his jacket off, he jumped in with his pants and his white undershirt. Sakura, still annoyed, but not pissed, decided to let it go for now, since he did cool her off. She splashed water at him, while he did the same to her. After about five minutes, they both swam to the riverside, and lay in the sun, letting it dry them out.

Sakura glanced over at him. He just lay in the sun, soaking in all the warmth. He had a very content look on his face, as if doing this was all he cared for in the world.

Naruto thought about how beautiful Sakura looked when she walked out of the water, her bubblegum hair sticking to her glowing face as she walked out of the water.

They both just lay there for a while. Naruto had fallen asleep in a few minutes. Sakura decided that she should pay him back for pushing her into the river. She got some mud from the river-bed and put it in his hand. She got a leaf from the nearest tree and tickled his cheek. The effects were immediate and very satisfying to her. He raised his hand to scratch his face, and in doing so, smeared the entire left side of his face with mud.

He awoke immediately, and it took him a few seconds to find out why Sakura was laughing so hard.

"That wasn't very nice!! Even though I probably deserved it," he mumbled with a sheepish grin.

After washing his face in the stream, he pleaded with her for both of them to go to Ichikaru's, his treat.

"Fine, as long you don't go running around telling everyone it was a date."

"Small price to pay," he replied.

As they were walking, Sakura tripped over a stone, and they both toppled over since they were walking so close together. Sakura was about to thank Naruto for being her landing pillow, when she realized that their faces were inches apart.

No angst, a lot of fluff. Not my best work, but at least I updated and I'm back. The rest of the story will be October 7th, 8th, 9th, the day of the first chapter, and of course, the 11th as the finale! The angst will some soon. Don't worry.