Chapter 17: Sakura's story (Sakura's P.O.V)
It was like any other day. I was it the hospital finishing my final shift when Ino came in and told me that I had one patient left and then I could go. I sighed in relief and strolled towards my last patient's room. Once I opened the door the first thing I heard was a very loud and hyper, but sweet voice call out "Sakura-Chan!" There he was the loveable best friend and my one I loved. I smiled at him and looked at my chart. At that time it actually felt like it was a part of my daily routine, end the day the Naruto way. Which was heal Naruto and go out to get some ramen. Every day though I waited and waited for him to ask me out like when we were twelve, knowing this time I will say yes to him. I told him to lie down and relax while I began to heal his bruises and wounds. I finished healing him in about ten minutes, but I could feel that he was stressed out so I decided to give him a message which earned the blonde shinobi a light moan. I giggled at it and continued to message him. After five minutes I stopped and Naruto then began to complain, "No Sakura-Chan, don't stop."
"Naruto, I spoil you too much. Besides my shift is now over," I huffed as I sat down to relax. Naruto then got up and looked at me with his ocean blue eyes, searching for something. He was in deep thought, like he was thinking on what he should say to me. This was a first usually, this lovable ninja just blurts out the first that comes to his mind now he is actually trying to find the right words. Finally he stepped closer towards me and grabbed my hand. This was certainly now unexpected. He then smiled at me, but this smile was different from all the other foxy grins he had given me. This one made my knees weak and my breathing to stop.
"Will you go out with me Sakura-Chan? I promise it will be the best date you will ever have, just let me in for once." He said my heart burst in glee once he finished and I smiled and kissed him on the cheek. His face was completely red and I couldn't have been happier so I stood up and replied, "Yes, I would love to go out with you." He then let out a loud yes and picked me up into a hug bear hug. I laughed at his actions and told him to put me down. He then rubbed the back of his head sheepishly and muttered out a sorry. Still cute as ever I thought as I was about to head out the door, but his hand then wrapped around my wrist.
"Meet me outside of the Kohona gates at five and wear something comfy," he said as I smiled and head out the door to take a nap then get ready for our date…Finally! The time passed quickly and I was just about ready to leave, but before I did I had to check myself in the mirror to see myself in a pair of jeaned shorts and a baby blue halter top. I then strolled out of the house and in about a minute I found my date standing there with a picnic basket in hand. Heart crawled up my cheeks at the thought of Naruto actually taking me to a romantic picnic. At that moment I knew that I had to tell him my feelings for him. I then began to jog towards him. It took about a half an hour to get to our destination, but it was completely worth it. We were at field filled with different kind of flowers and right next to the field was a cascading waterfall. This place was perfect, romantic, relaxing and isolating from the rest of the world. It was now just he and I, this is how I wanted it to be for a while and now I finally got it.
We sat down underneath a tree and began to eat what Naruto had packed, ramen. I actually loved the food now; it was a remembrance of the knuckle head. The sun soon began to set and we watching the sun slowly sliding down behind the mountains. I leaned against Naruto's shoulder and sighed in the beauty of the scenery. At that moment Naruto placed his arm around me and I then snuggled my head on to his neck and whispered, "I am really enjoying this date Naruto." He then chuckled lightly and whispered back, "Me too Sakura-Chan." I knew that this was the right moment to tell him I began to move so my face was mere inches away and I looked deep into his cerulean eyes and whispered, "I love you Naruto-kun." His eyes were now wide open in shock and he began to shake his head. He took my hand and the picnic, and then began to walk. He was muttering stuff like, "I should of known this would happen" We continued to walk until we stopped at his apartment and he gave me some water.
"You should drink more water Sakura; you sound like you are dehydrated." He stated as he gave me the glass of water and sat down across from me. I looked at the glass then at him, his eyes were in pain. This shouldn't be happening Naruto shouldn't think that I was confessing to him because I am dehydrated or worse… With that sigh he just made I knew it was the worse. I sent the glass aside and sat on the arm of the chair he was sitting on and just stared at him, until he would look at me. I raked his hair with my fingers and then softly caressed his cheek with the pad of my thumb. He then shook his head and turned further away from me. I then tried again, but this time hugged him and he pulled me away from him. Now I completely felt rejected and tears began to collect and I got off from the chair and began to head towards the door. I turned to him and said, "I am not lying to you or myself Naruto Uzumaki, but maybe it's just you who doesn't love me anymore." I wrapped my hand around the door knob and before I could even open it a hand slammed the door closed.
I then turned around and see his huge crystal blue eyes on me filled with irritation and pain.
"What makes you think that I don't love you? I have loved you ever since I laid eyes one you Sakura-Chan." He said leaning closer to me. I then placed my hand on his face and whispered, "Let me love you Naruto-kun, because I do love you. I love you with all my heart." I then leaned close towards him and crashed my lips against his. I needed to prove to him that I loved him and maybe this is the only way. He then brought me closer to him and kissed me back like he didn't want to stop. Unfortunately, for him we needed to part, we needed to talk about this. I pulled apart from the kiss and looked deep into his eyes and told him once more, "I love you Naruto-kun." He then pulled me into a hug and whispered in my ear, "I love you too Sakura-Chan." He then began to plant small sweet kisses on my neck up to my lips. We began to kiss each other with more passion than before, and walked inside his room never parting form each other. The next morning the sun shined on to my face and I awoke with a huge smile on my face. I turned to my left to see my true love, but he was gone. I thought that he had already woken up before me and had made me breakfast, but alas he wasn't there. At that moment I decided to get out of the house and look for him, until Ino came to me telling me that Sasuke was back. The only person who could have brought him back was Naruto so I sprinted to the hospital to force him into telling me where Naruto could be, but he didn't know where he went. That is what really happened between Naruto and I and I can never forget it.