After the audience finally stopped clapping for us, I was able to get off the stage to meet up with Sasuke. I almost couldn't find him, until I felt someone wrap their arms around me and pull me into a hug from behind. If it wasn't for the fact that I sensed the familiar chakra signature, I would've attacked this guy.

"I didn't know you could sing," Sasuke whispered softly in my ear. I smiled and turned to face him, "Well I always could. I just don't like singing in front of people."

"How come you did it now?"

Before I could answer him, Tenten tackled me from the side while the rest of the girls were normal and walked towards us. "We forced her to!"

Sasuke gave a weird look but I shrugged, "It's true. And Tenten, get the hell off me."

She quickly scrambled off me with a sweatdrop and Sasuke helped me to my feet. Dusting my kimono off, I moved to the side just to miss Naruto about to tackle me too.

What is this? Tackle Kurayami day?

"You were great Kura!" he said yelling in my face. He then turned to Hinata and hugged her. "So were you Hinata! You killed it on the drums!"

She was blushing so bad she resembled a tomato. "Well, me and Naruto are gonna go now."

I raised an eyebrow, "You two are going out?"

"WE SURE ARE!"

I shook my head at his loudness as he walked away and Sasuke patted my head playfully. The rest of the girls left with their apparent boyfriends (aka I'm surprised Neji can handle Tenten and how Temari can deal with Shikamaru I don't understand) and I turned to Sasuke to see that his eyes were full of mischief. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"I have a surprise for you, but you have to close your eyes." I did as I was told and felt him grab my hand to lead me away.

Honestly, I was very surprised Sasuke actually wanted to do this for me. Why would he take an interest in any girl, or me of all people? I never thought I was that special, just a simple kunoichi who was assigned to protect an old friend.

But it's turning into more than that.

"Sasuke, are we there yet?" I said whining.

He chuckled at my immaturity, "Almost Yami. Be patient."

"This is where you kill me off isn't it?"

"I'm pretty sure you'd be able to kill me with your eyes closed so no. I'm definitely not killing you off."

I giggled at his playfulness and continued walking to wherever he was taking me. I felt a cool breeze blow my pulled back hair around and smelled the scent of flowers. This definitely must be a nice place.

He suddenly stopped and I accidently ran into his back. Before I could lose balance, he steadied me by my shoulders. "Okay, you can open your eyes."

Wow.

Honestly, that's the only thing I could think of. He led me into a field full of roses and lilies, my favorite flowers. Nice big trees were surrounding us and there was a small pond in the middle. How could a boy find a place like this?

"I come here when I want to think sometimes," he said noticing my expression. "I'd like to share this place with you. If you ever need to be alone or want me around with you, this is the perfect place."

I smiled up at him and jumped to hug him, "It's beautiful Sasuke."

He wrapped his arms tightly around me and hugged me back, "Not as beautiful as you."

Thankfully we were too busy hugging for him to notice my blush. How he has this effect on me I'll never understand.

He let go of me and stared into my ice blue eyes, searching for something. "I want to give and ask you something."

"Okay…" I said a little nervously. He sighed and reached into his pocket for something or other. What he pulled out was a gorgeous choker with a purple flower pendant on it and red diamond in the middle.

I stared at him in shock, "Is this for me?"

He laughed a little, "Well I know it's nice but just not my type." He reached over and I turned around so he could put it on my neck. It fit nicely around it and I felt the cool texture of the flower. "It's made out of a certain stone. I thought you'd like it."

"I love it," I whispered. I then looked up into his eyes with question, "Now what did you want to ask me?"

He was silent for a moment. Looking at him I noticed he was slightly moving side to side, kept twitching his fingers, and avoided my gaze. He was nervous. The Sasuke Uchiha was nervous.

"I've never done this before," he finally said. "I'm not exactly sure what I'm feeling either. We've been best friends since practically forever Yami. Even when you left things never really changed. I guess what I'm trying to say is…well…I don't know how I feel but I do want to find out in the long run. Yami, will you be my girlfriend?"

…he's serious.

No one has ever asked me out before. I mean sure, I had fanboys but I let them down before they could have the chance of asking me out. Plus, they didn't really know me. Sasuke on the other hand…we understand each other.

"Sure."

He smiled. Sasuke smiled a true smile towards me, one that is very rare and special to see. He then lifted my chin up a bit and kissed me softly on the lips. My stomach was full of fluttering butterflies at the feeling.

My mission just became my boyfriend.