Chapter 17: A Valentine Coincidence

Sakura and Sasuke were now close like siblings but in a way of fighting but always in a funny way.

Everyday they were busy and exhausted because of Kakashi's hard training.

At seldom times they would end late morning.

And Sasuke would always walk Sakura home.

While they were eating at Ichirakus because of an early ending of their training, Naruto brought up the topic of Valentines Day.

"What should I give Hinata?" Naruto said after sipping all of his soup.

"Why don't you just her out?" Sasuke said eating his noodles.

"I am!" Naruto spat. "I only need to give her something now."

"How about a bracelet with her name on it?" Sakura advised happily as she put down her chopsticks.

"Yeah! Thank you Sakura-chan!" Naruto stood up and wiped his mouth with a napkin.

"Valentines day is tomorrow so I gotta' hurry! Bye!" Naruto ran towards the gift shop in the opposite direction.

Sasuke shook his head smiling as Sakura chuckled.

"Well I need to go now. I need to bring documents to Tsunade about the missions requested from other countries."

"Okay"

Sakura stood up and walked towards the entrance gates of Konoha.

Great…what should I do now?

Sasuke stood up, put his hands in his pockets and left the money on the table.

He walked from Ichirakus and sighed.

Maybe I could give something to Sakura…she's like a sister to me now anyway.

Sasuke remembered all the times they fought about small stuff and he would always win and see the annoyed look on Sakura's face as he smirked.

He chuckled at the thought and headed for the gift shop too.

"H-I-N-A-T-A. Hinata. I want her name to be put on…"

Naruto put a thinking look on his face and chose a bracelet. Sasuke crossed his arms smirking as he curved his brow.

"That one!" Naruto pointed to a white-gold chained bracelet where there was a small place to fit someone's name in.

"Okay…this one then" The attendant got the bracelet and went near a machine and sat down putting the bracelet just below some sharp thing from below the machine. "This'll take about half an hour"

"It's okay, I'll wait."

Naruto whistled as he leaned on the glass.

Sasuke chuckled.

"Sasuke!" Naruto said smiling.

"Hey dobe!" Sasuke said walking towards him.

"What are you doing here?"

"Well…I…uh…I just wanted to but a gift for Sakura…you know since were like brother and sister now"

"Hmmm…." Naruto smirked. "Is that all or do you feel something for her?"

"Nothing! It's just that okay? So…stop forcing me to answer something not true already!" Sasuke said heading for the other gifts there.

Naruto sighed as he smiled.

"Okay Sasuke! Suit yourself! But your gonna' feel something for her somehow!" Naruto said as he turned to look at the attendant work.

Sasuke shook his head and sighed as he smiled heading for the double gifts.

He searched from shelf to shelf for something he could fine suitable to give to Sakura as a friend tomorrow.

He reached the last shelf.

At the glass case he saw a white teddy bear the size of a 2 year old with its hands glued to a box in front of it.

"That's a nice gift to give to someone…especially tomorrow." An attendant said smiling at him.

"Just what is inside that box?" Sasuke asked putting his arms in his pockets.

"Well…it's a white-gold necklace with a heart pendant that has a few holes to show 3 movable diamond stones inside." The attendant said smiling. "Do you want to see it?"

Sasuke nodded his head and the attendant opened the glass case with a key and pulled the teddy bear out and opened the box.

The necklace was very beautiful. Sakura would surely love this.

"I'll take it" Sasuke said with a small smile as the attendant gave it to him.

"Do you want it wrapped in a box or put in a gift bag?"

"Box please."

Sasuke left the shop heading home.

He turned on the lights in his apartment and put the beautifully gift wrapped box on his bedside table.

Sasuke sat on the bed and sighed. He didn't think about this until now and it troubled him.

How am I gonna' give this to Sakura? We don't have training tomorrow and she's always busy transporting documents.

Sasuke sighed again.

Maybe I'll meet her somewhere when she's not busy or the following day when we train again but…

Sasuke shook his head and laid down on his bed.

After a moment of thinking he slept.

The following day eh walked the streets of Konoha carrying his gift for Sakura. It wasn't heavy but it was big since the teddy bear was like a 2 year old everybody in their group stop to ask him who's he gonna' give it to.

I should have just planned to give this to her this evening.

Sakura walked through the streets of Konoha carrying piles of boxes with its documents.

She walked with a weak smile.

She always felt left out during Valentines Day.

She walked pass Neji and Tenten.

Tenten opened her gift bag and pulled out white roses and 3 packs of chocolate.

She opened the card attached to the flowers and pulled a letter with a necklace on it.

She smiled at the gold heart locket she got and she jumped on Neji kissing him.

She continued walking.

She passed Naruto and Hinata. Hinata was already hugging Naruto and gave him a kiss on the cheek as Naruto turned scarlet red.

I guess she's seen her gift already. Sakura thought, the smile disappearing from her face.

"This is all that you could give me?" Ino said loudly looking angry tightening her grip on the flowers she held.

Shikamaru scratched his head and sighed.

Ino kept rattling on and shook the flowers in front of Shikamaru's face but stopped as a beautiful wooden dropped out of the bundle.

"What is this?" she asked still looking angry as she bent down to pick up the box.

As she stood back up she put the box in front of Shikamaru's face waiting for his answer but he just smiled and told her to open it.

She rolled her eyes, but nonetheless she opened the box.

She smiled and jumped up and down and closed the box again.

I wonder what Ino got? Sakura thought as she smiled weakly.

Ino jumped at Shikamaru but he wasn't ready so they fell down to the floor with Ino on top.

She gave him a swift kiss to the lips and ran towards Chouji showing what was inside the box.

Shikamaru shook his head and smirked.

Sakura continued walking towards the Hokage's mansion.

It was late at night. Probably about 12 in the evening. She walked towards her apartment but she remembered everyone in the village today. They were all happy as they received their gifts.

Sakura smiled sadly but it faded away.

She changed her direction and went towards the gates of Konoha.

She figured that she might spend this night at her secret place again.

She headed for the river as she got outside.

It was her only thinking place and nobody else knew about it.

Sasuke sighed.

I knew I couldn't have time to give this to her today.

He headed outside Konoha still carrying his gift looking disappointed.

He also had his secret place.

He went to the river and sat down.

Good thing no one knows about this place. He thought

He looked at the stars and sighed.

Just as he was about to close his eyes he heard someone sob.

Being used to ninja tactics he pulled a kunai from his holster and stood up heading for the tree.

He looked pass it and saw Sakura sitting there.

Hugging herself. Her tears were visible from the moonlight as it glimmered from the light coming from it.

"Sakura?..." Sasuke said softly as he put back his kunai in his pouch and headed towards her.

Sakura looked up at him.

"Oh…Hi Sasuke-kun" She said as she wiped the tears from her face and gave him a smile.

"Why are you crying?" he said ever so softly as he sat down next to her.

"Nothing…I'm just a bit tired that's all" Sakura said as she returned her gaze back to the sky.

For a moment everything was quiet.

"Sasuke…how did you find out about this place?" She asked. She thought that she was the only one who knew about that place.

"I was about to ask you the same thing. I thought I was the only one who knew about this place" He chuckled.

Sakura chuckled too and looked at him.

"Well…I actually found this place the first day I saw you." Sasuke said returning his attention to the stars and smiled.

Sakura put a puzzled expression on her face.

Flashback:

After Sasuke read a few books at the library ending at 8 in the evening he couldn't help but think about the girl he saw a while ago.

He didn't know her name.

He smiled at the thought of her. "She was pretty" he said to himself as he headed towards Konoha's gates.

He was smiling as he headed outside.

Just as he left the gates he heard the rushing of a river nearby.

He followed the sound to where it was.

He needed some private time to think. He lied down on the grass near the river and looked at the stars.

It was beautiful tonight.

He remembered the girl he saw a while ago.

Then he put a smile to his face.

He seemed hooked to her.

He closed his eyes keeping his smile as he let the memory of how he saw the girl a while ago.

End Of Flashback

Sakura looked surprised.

She smiled. "Is that even for real?" Sakura said looking at the ground. She couldn't help but feel sad that Sasuke could be lying.

"As you know very well…I never joke Sakura." Sasuke said looking at her with a smile.

Sakura's face lightened as she returned the smile.

"It's your turn to tell me now" Sasuke said replacing his smile with a smirk.

Sakura's smile faded a little as she looked back up the sky.

"It's the same as yours actually…"

Flashback:

It was about 3 in the afternoon. It was only a few minutes ago she saw Sasuke.

Sakura kept her smile as she headed towards the forest outside of Konoha.

Sakura knew Sasuke's name so she didn't have trouble of recalling him using his name.

Who wouldn't know him?

His family was the most famous one in Konoha for years.

Sakura was lost in her daydreams. She passed Ami's friends and they laughed at her.

"She looks stupider than ever!" one laughed.

"What are thinking about forehead!?" the other one said holding her stomach from pain of their laughs.

"You look stupid with your face like that!"

Sakura needed a private place to play back the time she saw Sasuke a while ago.

She was outside and headed forwards shortly before turning right.

She went pass the bushes and smiled at the sight of a beautiful small open space with a river surrounded by a few trees and many flowers.

This was a perfect spot where no one could disturb her.

She looked for a spot where she could look at the everything relaxed.

She found a spot and she sat down.

She replayed what happened a while ago when she first saw Sasuke.

End Of Flashback

"What a coincidence" Sasuke said smiling.

Sakura smiled weakly.

"Which reminds me…I bought something for you" Sasuke said as he gave her the box.

Sakura froze for a while looking at the box but took it.

Is this really Sasuke…

"I hope you like it" He said returning his gaze back to the sky.

Sakura opened the box and saw the teddy bear holding the box.

Sasuke looked at her as she looked at him too. Wide-eyed.

"Go ahead…open it" Sasuke said with a smile as he gestured towards the box the bear was holding.

Sakura reached to open the box.

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