Spending Time With Somebody Like Sakura

"Giggle! I can not believe that Sasuke has a date with me today!" giggled Sakura, sheepishly. She had just got up for her date with Sasuke and it was just yesterday that he fought for her with someone who bullied her. Pulling out her hitai-ate from her drawers, she tied it horizontally under her hair. Then she took a shower and put on her best kimono. She was ready!

" Bye Mom! Bye Dad! I am out for a date!" called Sakura as she hurried down the hallways and out the door.

Meanwhile, Sasuke was getting ready as well and had just put on his favorite kimono. He tied his hitai-ate vertically of his head and looked at himself at the mirror. He felt really nervous.

"What am I supposed to do on a date? I have never been on one…ever!" asked Sasuke, timidly tense and nervous. "What if I screw up? I hope she will like the date I picked out for her: I want to show her the temple gardens. It is lovely there, but nothing and no one is as beautiful as she is," he said to himself, turning red. Then, he sat on the couch waiting for Sakura to come and told himself "Here goes nothing. What is the worst that can happen?"

Just then, there was a knock on the door. She must be here thought Sasuke as he answered the door. "Hi Sasuke! Are you ready for our date?" replied Sakura cheerfully. "I hope so, this is my first time," said Sasuke, unsure of what to do.

"Well, let's go, wherever we are going," she said. "We're going to the temple gardens; it is the most beautiful place I know," answered Sasuke. He paused and whispered in Sakura's ear "Although nothing is more beautiful than you,"

"Thank you, it was sweet of you to say so," smiled Sakura as the both of them headed to the temple gardens. As they went in through the gate, Sakura could hardly believe her eyes. It was the most gorgeous place ever! There were lovely cherry blossom trees sprouting throughout the garden and a beautiful crystal lake with cranes dipping their feet in.

"When I left my hometown after my family's massacre, I went to Konoha but I felt lonely, so when I made visits to the shrine next to the garden, I noticed the place and it was peaceful enough to comfort my loneliness," explained Sasuke as they sat down on a bench. "Ever since then, I always make visits to the shrine and the garden. But, it still feels awful knowing that my family is not her to enjoy this beautiful place," he continued lowering his eyes slightly.

I wanna Love Somebody Like you(sung by Keith Urban)

There's a new wind blowing like I've never known
I'm breathing deeper than I've ever done
And it sure feels good to finally feel the way I do
I wanna love somebody, love somebody like you.

And I'm letting go of all my lonely yesterdays
I've forgiven myself for the mistakes I've made
Now theres just one thing, the only thing I wanna do
I wanna love somebody, love somebody like you

Yeah I wanna feel the sunshine shining down on me and you
When you put your arms around me
You let me know theres nothing in this world I can't do

I used to run in circles going no where fast
I'd take one step forward and look two steps back
I couldn't walk a straight line even if I wanted to
I wanna love somebody, love somebody like you

Whoa here we go now
Yeah, Hey i wanna love you baby

Yeah I wanna feel the sunshine shining down on me and you
When you put your arms around me
Well baby there ain't nothing in this world I can't do

Sometimes it's hard for me to understand
But you're teaching me to be a better man
I don't want to take this life for granted like I used to do
I wanna love somebody, love somebody like you
I'm ready to love somebody, love somebody like you
And I wanna love somebody, love somebody like you (yeah)

Hey I wanna love you baby

"I understand why you don't like to talk about them so often. It hurts to lose someone and you may not know, but I lost my cousin who was very close to me. She was like my big sister and her name was Kakaya Haruno. She was murdered mysteriously when she sleeping. I went into her room to wake her up, except, she didn't do so. I pulled back the covers and saw a shuriken stabbed in her stomach and there was a bit of blood on her. I ran to tell my family and they buried her near her parents' place. I can experience your pain just as badly because of how those deaths affect us," clarified Sakura. Tears ran down her face as she covered her face with her hands.

I know now why Sakura comforts me with her hugs. She understands me the way I am and that's how I began to trust her. Now I really see a reason to love her thought Sasuke as he reddened madly. I listened to her story and we are now capable at this moment to empathize what we can experience of the events that happened in our lives which of they affected us the most and how we can relate to them by listening. He looked at her face lovingly and clasped his hands into hers while she cried, though she noticed so.

"Don't cry Sakura. As long as I am here, that's all that matters," beamed Sasuke, gently. "Pain may hurt, but the only way to cure it is comfort. And I promise that as soon as I avenge my clan's death, we will be together. I will love you with all my heart and go through the good times and the bad times," he continued softly.

He gave her a hug whilst she hugged him back. They got up from the bench and walked around the garden, admiring the view and all.

To Be Continued