title: Born to Be Three
prompt: SASUSAKU MONTH 2015
rating: K-M

summary: o12: Sasuke admires Sakura's persistence in asking him for a date. He finally surrenders his doubts about her and agrees.

dedicated to: my baes on tumblr - i love you all!

NOTE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE MONTH: I wanted to add Sarada in many of these prompts, because she's a part of this beautiful family too /sobs forever at my babies having babies/ but sometimes I either couldn't find a way to fit her in and, to be honest, I have little experience writing about her! Hopefully that will change

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White Flag

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Sasuke admires Sakura's persistence in asking him for a date. He finally surrenders his doubts about her and agrees.

Happy birthday Julisa!

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Sasuke always admired those who had a firm stubbornness in their character—they were generally fighters and warriors, refusing to stay down after a fight.

Sakura was no exception.

For weeks, drifting into months, and quite possibly even years, Sasuke was never granted a moment of silence to drown in his thoughts. She was always there at his side, somehow, with wide eyes and confident expression. Her folded hands strung themselves behind her back, and she twirled her head up to catch a glimpse of the emotions swirling behind his eyes.

"Whatcha thinking about?" she asked.

Sasuke frowned. He quickly shifted his eyes away, to avoid satisfying her never-ending curiosity. She took no offense at his embarrassment, and merely moved herself to face him head-on.

"Is today the day that you finally agree to go out with me? It doesn't even have to be a formal date. We can get tea and sit outside a public café, if that'll make you feel more comfortable."

"Hn." He ignored her request and continued walking along, as a damp red swarmed his cheeks. Besides her extroversion, he had to admire the fact that she had no filter and said whatever she damn well pleased.

"Hey!" Sakura shouted. She stopped in front of him, hands glued firmly to her waist. Her lips took on an angry pout, and tendrils of thin hairs that floated in front of her face were quickly blown away by frustrated breaths.

She pointed a finger at him. "Look, I understand if you don't show interest in me. That's fine. But at least come out and say it, okay? Grow up and take responsibility. I'm not going to chase you around forever when the effort is ultimately futile. So, tell me right now—do you want me to stop, or what?"

Sasuke said nothing. He stared Sakura, tiny yet menacing, legs spread in a strong stance. He liked the ferocity in her eyes and the tip of her nose flushed with an angry pink.

Most of all, though, he liked her fire—how it never died out, no matter how much his efforts extinguished it.

He raised the white flag.

"Fine," he consented, chuckling at her surprise. "We can go out for tea. But I pick where."

updates come regularly on tumblr for each day. I'm lazy at uploading on ff, but rest assured everything will be up by the end of this month. XD