Chapter 3: Prince Sasuke
Disclaimer: Naruto and all its characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto. The story is based on the fairytale Cap O' Rushes by Joseph Jacobs.
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Sasuke was sitting atop a throne in the ballroom, looking as if he couldn't be more disinterested. All the girls that had approached him so far were all blushing and stammering so much that they almost made idiots out of themselves. He hated girls like that, especially those who only care about his looks or power and wealth. As his blonde boy of a best friend nagged his ear off beside him, he gave the room one last sweeping glance before preparing to get up, planning to apologise to his parents and turn in early today. But that was before he caught sight of a flash of pink from the entrance. Upon closer inspection, he confirmed with wide eyes that it was indeed a girl's hair. Intrigued, he decided to stay and observe her for a bit.
"Hey, teme, did you see that girl with the pink hair? She's pretty. Hey, teme, do you think I should ask her for a dance? Teme, answer me!"
Sasuke "tched" at Naruto's annoyingly loud and boisterous voice and continued on with his observation, effectively ignoring the blonde.
Meanwhile, the mysterious girl had wandered over to the food table, and just sat there nibbling and sipping on snacks and water. Not long after, an overly enthusiastic young man with unusually thick eyebrows approached her and asked her to dance. She gladly accepted and then took to resting after a few dances. She didn't seemed to have even noticed him.
She's different from all the other girls I've met so far.
Having made up his mind, he made his way towards her, ignoring all the squealing fangirls crowding around him.
"May I have this dance, milady?"
She turned around, clearly startled, as all around the room, gasps and whispers arouse.
"Prince Sasuke is actually approaching a girl!"
"She's so weird. Who has pink hair?"
"Look at her dress. It's so plain! Who does she think she is, coming to such an important ball like that?"
"I thought frauds weren't allowed in here."
King Fugaku, Queen Mikoto and Prince Itachi looked on with interest.
"Of course!"
"So, are you from around here? I've never seen you before."
"Uh, I just moved here, actually," Sakura did not know if that counted as a lie, "You probably wouldn't have seen me in such a short time." Since I was wearing my cape.
"Ah, that must be it. Is your hair natural?"
At this, the girl seemed to be slightly amused at the sudden change of topic, especially what the question was about, "Yes, it is completely natural. I get that a lot."
They danced the rest of the night away in what was mostly comfortable silence, with small comments here and there. When the first stroke of midnight echoed throughout the night, Sakura took it as her cue to leave before Ino finds her missing when she was supposed to be sleeping.
"Thank you for such a wonderful night, but I really must go now. Goodbye."
"Wait!" he caught her arm, "Will you be here tomorrow?"
Sakura offered him a sincere smile, "Of course."
When Ino came into the room to check on Sakura, she found her sleeping peacefully on the small bed with her cape still on.
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