Water and Oil
Five
"You look like you have eyes only for me…..and yet no one is reflected."
Haruno Sakura looked out the glass window, watching the sun rising behind the mountain. The sun making the dimly lit room cast shadows. Her long, flowing sundress was white, fell lazily across her knee and swung follow the winds. Her hair was already in loose braids behind her neck. Yesterday was a rough day; many had talk to her about her days before she married with Shikamaru. She herself realized it must have been a very restless after all this few months, but she couldn't help it. Nothing can't change her mind. Not after Naruto and Sasuke death.
"I need to confirm this with Nara," Sakura said to herself before close the white curtain. She used to hate white but after her teammate's death, she loves it. She doesn't know why. Maybe it was pure or something likes that.
She took white headband and wore over her head. She putted some lip-gloss and light eyes shadow, satisfied with that she went out.
She walked past Yamanaka's flower shop and decided to buy some flower. She relived that was not Ino in the shop instead some girl. If Ino in there, she must be asked her few question that she may mistake her with one of Ibiki's people.
"May I help you?" the young girl asked her but Sakura only shook her head indicated she can take care what she was doing.
She was walking across the white lilies when her eyes catch the bluebells across the roses. She walked towards the bluebells before called the young girl at the counter. The girl moved to Sakura with a scissors.
"I need this." Sakura said and showed her the bluebells. "Make it two."
"Okay, please wait a seconds." She said and cut the flower before walked back to the counter.
"Where's Ino?" Sakura asked while the girl put the flowers into the transparent plastic.
The girl looked at her before answered, "She said that she wanted to meet some guy."
Sakura only ooh. She already knows Ino well. She was pretty. It was a date after all. That guy must be a lucky one to date with Ino.
"Here." The young girl said. Sakura snapped and took the flower from her hands. She paid the flowers and went out from the flower shop.
"Sakura-chan, here red rose for you!"
"Thanks, Naruto, but I don't like rose."
"But why you and Ino bought red roses?"
"We wanted to give it to Sasuke-kun. Ahh, Sasuke-kun!"
"Ino, hey, I come here first. Sasuke-kun, take mine first!"
"Tsk, so annoying. I remembered I already told you that I hate rose. I still can tolerate when it come to tulips or wild hyacinth."
"Why?"
"Because it's…"
Her mental image suddenly gone when she heard someone shouted her name.
"Sakura!" Sakura looked around and saw Hinata waved at her. She stopped at the middle of the street before waved her back. When Hinata stood before her, she realized that Neji was with Hinata.
"Good morning to both of you." Sakura bowed a little.
"Good morning, Sakura." Hinata replied too quickly. Sakura looked at her worriedly.
"Are you okay, Hinata? You looks… weird." She asked.
"I-I'm okay. I-I just wanted to a-ask you. I-Is that t-true that you and Shikamaru-kun a-already divorced?" Hinata looked everywhere but Sakura's eyes.
Sakura narrowed her eyes at Neji who looked guilty but she managed to calm herself. She didn't know her news about the divorced would spread this quickly.
"Yes, it's true." Hinata's eyes wide opened when Sakura confirmed it. She was on her way to ask but Sakura cut her before she can continue.
"If you didn't have any business with me, I need to go…now." She formed a seal and disappeared with the petals puff leaving the two Hyuugas at the middle of street.
"Now, Hinata-sama. Didn't I tell only the truth?" Neji asked but his eyes still fixed on the street.
water and oil
Sakura was on the main road when she saw Ino. At first she was ignoring it but when her eyes catch someone with her, she stopped walking. Even when Ino and that person spotted her, Sakura still not started walking. She can't move.
"Sakura! It's rare to see you at morning." Ino said in glee while her hands circled on Shikamaru's arm. He didn't look happy at that time neither he looked sad. He just natural. And he didn't look at her. He only glanced a little.
"Yes, I'm in my way to…" Sakura tried to find her words when Ino cut her.
"Is that bluebells?"
"Yes." Sakura replied. "I went to your shop just now."
"What are you doing here, Sakura?" Ino asked. She didn't like to see Sakura at that time. Not when she with Shikamaru.
"It's none of you business, Ino." Sakura said idly. "Nara, please undo your jutsu."
Ino's head snapped at Shikamaru before looked down only to see Shikamaru's shadow connected with Sakura's shadow.
"Today is anniversary of Naruto and Sasuke death. I don't want to waste my time with both of you." Sakura said before Ino could bombard Shikamaru with thousand questions. She really didn't want to see Shikamaru after what happened yesterday.
"Then, why bluebells?" Shikamaru asked. Sakura's heart throbbing. His voice, his eyes all on her. She didn't know what to do. She always knows how to manage things especially to conceal this kind of thing but when with Shikamaru she didn't what to say, to do.
"It's also none of your business, Nara." Sakura said and walked past them, leaving the questionnaire Ino and Shikamaru.
When Sakura disappeared between the crowds, Ino said in small voice, "Because it's everlasting bonds."
water and oil
"I hope both of you happy at there." Sakura said and putted the bluebells flower on the memorial stone. She wiped her tears with her hand.
"Next two days, I will go to the mission. Nara said that we need to investigate the last mission we had. It was suspicious one. It was good decision to kill that kid after all." Sakura said to no one. Her eyes still fixed on the bell-shaped blue flower before her.
"I wanted to talk with him. But I'm afraid. I'm afraid to…fall in love with him." She said. When she heard a ruffle behind the bush, her took out a kunai under her sundress.
"Who's there?" She shouted and walked slowly towards the bush. In the blink of her eyes, a shadow passed her and someone stood behind her.
"It's only me, Sakura." Sakura looked around and saw gray hair. "Kakashi-sensei."
"What are you doing here?" Sakura asked.
Kakashi let out a heavy sigh, "Can't I visit my teammates?"
"Of course you can, Kakashi-sensei." Sakura said coldly and started to walk away.
"Sakura, why are you turns to this way?" He asked but looked at the memorial stone. It was hard for him to believe the name of person he cared one by one engraved on the stone. He grew to hate that stone day by days.
"It's rich, coming from someone who took me almost a year mission." Sakura replied before jumped and vanished behind the tree.
Kakashi sighed, "Why it's always me to take the blame?"
water and oil
"Sakura!" She started to hate people called her. It's was annoying. At that point, she grew to have same feeling as Sasuke when people called him. The most annoying part is, she knows every single one calling her, from their face to their personality. And now, she knows the person who called her because they have been in same bed few weeks ago.
"What do you want, Nara?" Sakura groaned.
Shikamaru smirked before snatched her hands, Sakura tried to pull back but his grip to strong. He dragged her to the forest and when Sakura tried to kick him from behind, he captured her right legs and pinned her down to the ground.
"Let me ask you again, what do you want?" Sakura asked and tried to land a fist but his hand too quick and catch her before brought to her side.
"No violence and I give you an answer." Shikamaru said and slowly loosen the grip when Sakura nodded her head. He gave her a quick kiss on her forehead only to receive a glare from her, "For being a good girl."
Sakura get up and followed Shikamaru steps, their hands still interlocked together and she didn't why she don't pull back. Throughout the journey to nowhere, she only looked at Shikamaru's back. She smiled to herself, she felt so happy. So, this is a feeling to be happy back.
"We are here," Shikamaru said and drew her to his side. Her eyes turned wide as she saw the landscape in front of her. It was bluebells. Full of bluebells. It was so beautiful and no other words can expressed this place.
Shikamaru smiled and looked at her, "Do you like this?"
"Yes!" She said and lunged forward to the bluebells. "I love it."
She ran and laughed and she dances across the bluebells. Shikamaru only watched her from that point. She was like a little girl, laugh so innocently. Swung around in the middle of flowers, yet, she still looks so peaceful and she was so beautiful. Like an angel. He didn't know when or how he went to her side and he was hugging her.
And Sakura stopped moving, she stopped thinking, she stopped breathing, she stopped everything except she doesn't stop to hug him back.
She pushed him slowly and Shikamaru's heart breaking as he thought Sakura rejected him but only to receive the sweetest smile he ever see from her, "Thank you, Shikamaru."
Then, he did something he had wanted to do for a long time. Shikamaru yanked her face to him, meeting her lips tenderly.
Thus, there they were sharing their first kiss in middle of thousands of bluebells.
At first, Sakura's eyes were wide open in surprise, not knowing how to react or if she should push him away.
Instead, Sakura kissed him back, poured every heart into Shikamaru's lips as she slowly sliding closed her eyes. She wrapped her arms tightly around his broad neck while Shikamaru tilted his head slightly, nibbling and sucking on her lower lips.
Their first kiss not awkward as he's expected but it was a passionate, tender, and emotional and mind blowing kiss.
Her taste was like honey and sweets, just like he always imagined but it's also has a bittersweet hint. A hint of her painful secret. A secret she didn't want to share to anyone.
They enjoyed each other, holding each other in the centre of bluebells garden for what seemed like centuries.
Unfortunately, their lungs were running out of oxygen, and they need to pull away, no matter how enjoyable it is.
As they pulled away, Sakura's hand still held on his face, their forehead touched one another, looked at each other eyes as they took a breath.
"Shikamaru." Sakura said his name. "Did you know, Sasuke-kun used to like bluebells?"
Shikamaru looked hurt but he managed to conceal it instead he brought his hands to her face, "Do you still love him, Sakura?"
"Do you love me?" She asked back as she was still panting for breath.
Shikamaru breathe heavily, "You have no idea, Sakura."
Sakura looked deeply into his brown eyes, "You look like you have eyes only for me…..and yet no one is reflected."
Shikamaru's eyebrows made a knot, "What are you saying, Sakura?"
He still didn't understand her. Of course he loves Sakura. He loves her from the bottom of his heart; even he knows she still loves Sasuke. But he didn't care as long as it was Sakura. Even the first thing she said after their first kissed was Sasuke. It hurt him, honestly, but she was Sakura. The person he loves.
Without saying another word, Sakura standing up on tip-toes and steal a quick kiss on his lips. His taste in which were like the bluebells itself, but still had some kind of mint and masculine on it. She also could taste the mysterious feeling on his lips.
"Tell me after you know the answer, Shikamaru."
Continue
thanks for the read.
KawaiiShyGirl; hahah, it's okay. how sweet of you (;
In flower language, bluebells symbolize constancy and everlasting love/bond.