New chapter 3/29/13

You're Beautiful

7

"OMG!"

"Ino, be quiet."

"OMFG!"

"Ino, please, it's early!" The pinkette pleaded with all her might as bleach blond screamed on the other line.

"Oh my fucking gosh!"

The pink fairy felt that this wasn't going to stop. With a hopeless sigh, the pinkette put the phone on speaker and laid head first into her fluffy pillows. Slowly she turned her head to the glowing red numbers on the clock. It was 7:30 a.m. There was light outside, but with her curtains closed Sakura felt as if it were three in the morning.

"Yes…I understand. Please use the rest of the English language." She mumbled into the pillows.

The blond on the other line had a giant smile on her face as the pinkette told her why she was so tired. It seems like her friend really like this Naruto character. With an eager voice the blond stared at the mirror continuing to do her daily make-up and hair ritual."Spill it, sister."

At that command, the green eyes glared at the phone in spite. "Ino, why can't we talk about this in the morning?"

"Honey, it is morning."

"Well…why can't you wait till normal people are up?" With that Sakura reluctantly sat up from her bed glaring at the blaring noise her phone was producing.

Ino turned down the blow dryer to hear her friend. "Honey, you are up."

The pinkette took her pillow and slammed her face into the soft cushion. She let out a loud muffled sigh and got up from bed. She'll find a way to get Ino back. "Fine…we kissed...twice."

There was a shriek on the other end followed by a fit of giggles. Sakura felt herself going red from such a reaction from the blond. You would have thought that this was her first kiss! Thinking back to that day, the pinkette blushed some more. She guessed it was unusual that she took the initiative and was so…perverse! How could she do something so…slutty? Was that the right word?

"Oh my, forehead! It seems you found yourself other man." The lighter blond said through the phone. "So tell me the juice details?" Ino leaned closer to the phone. "What did you do before that or how about after that?"

"All we did was kiss, Ino! You don't have to be such a perv!" The pinkette said now holding her cellular phone. She was thankful that the blond couldn't see her. Her face felt hot. She was probably pinker than her hair and her fingers were shaking slightly.

The pink fairy was never the outgoing type. She excelled in academics, but in her social life…not so well. Her past relationship with the Uchiha was a little shaky as she was not the one to approach him. They were lab partners in high school. She thought he was cute, but didn't take the open opportunity to engage him. He only asked her simple questions back then like 'is class over yet' or 'can you finish this for me?' It was all lazy bullshit and it saddens the pinkette that she didn't see it earlier. A year later they met again at a party. He asked her out and she didn't refuse. It was Sasuke Uchiha! How could she say no?

'Now I would' she thought.

In their relationship she, amazingly, kept her virginity. The Uchiha's youngest heir was very sexual. He tried very hard to convince the pinkette that she should just lose it, but something didn't feel right. The fairy knew that her innocence would not be appreciated by him. They shared a few kisses and slight touches, but nothing on the extremes of penetration.

…So for her to be so dominating towards that blond was simply amazing.

Sakura stood up and went to the bathroom. She was debating on whether to turn the lights on or not. After a second she flicked the switch. "I gave the ring back." She stated. She was no longer drained as the bright lights had a sobering quality.

"You what?!" Another yell from the hyper friend and the pinkette was sure she would break the phone.

"It wasn't mine to begin with Ino. It was very expensive and I thought that I would be a good person and return it to him."

"Forehead, I think you have lost your mind." A tsk tsk could be heard from the other end. "I really think he meant for you to have it."

"You think so?"

"Well, yeah!" The blond yelled into the phone. How could her friend be so dense? It was obvious that the boy liked her. If what the pinkette said was true and he really did use the ring to get her attention then she should have kept it.

The pinkette once again put the phone one speaker as she turned on the water. Cold water always woke her up, but that didn't mean that she liked the method.

"Well, we're going to see each other later today." She said. Her reflection looked like hell. Her hair was everywhere. She didn't get to take out the extension. She thought it seemed like too much work. The pinkette thought she looked like a ferocious fluffy cotton candy lion. Her pale hands greeted her face with more cold water.

"Really!" There was some movement on the phone. "Don't you think you're moving too quick?" No, Sakura didn't think she was rushing things. Sasuke was an ass when they were together and she caught him cheating. She didn't feel any regret or sadness that night. Naruto? He was on her mind a lot recently. Her light eyes glanced down at the oversize black shirt she wore to bed. She allowed her face to be tinted with pink as she hugged her self. It, amazingly, still smelt like him.

"Geez, Ino, I said we were going out. I said nothing about anything major." The blush on her cheeks deepened at the thought of doing anything like that with blond. She could see his blue eyes.

"Out where?"

"Well, mom, we were planning to visit Deidara to see the pictures." Sakura said walking back to her room with the phone in her hand. She should pick out something to wear.

"That's great, sweetie!" Sakura skillfully tuned out the light blond as she assessed her wardrobe.

"Gaara, I think I'm in love." Naruto confessed. He looked over to his companion. The insomniac glass maker only watched him with bored eyes as the blond paced back and forth.

Gaara wasn't as cold as people thought. Naruto knew that he was raised a little differently than everyone else, which resulted in him being a little socially awkward, but that didn't stop the hyper blond from spilling his thoughts and concerns to the stoic redhead. Gaara was surprisingly a good listener.

"How long have you known the girl?" He was always so rational. Naruto wanted to the redhead that rationality did not exist when it came to love.

"Less than five months." The blond answered truthfully. "But time is no matter! Romeo and Juliet fell in love in such a short amount of time.

"And they both died…" The insomniac said. His hand was supporting his head as he relaxed in the kitchen's chair. His shaggy red hair tilted to one side making his tattoo more noticeable.

Naruto looked behind his shoulder and made a face. "So…"

It then occurred to the goofy blond what the redhead was getting at. Gaara was very quiet and subtle about his emotions. Most of the time, Naruto admits, he doesn't catch it. He was sure the glass maker was still pissed about the accident that happened a couple months earlier. Now Naruto was sure that the redhead was actually concerned about him. This wouldn't be the first time he received the redhead's concern, but it made Naruto happy. They really were friends.

"Don't rush into something you're not ready for…especially if you don't want to get hurt." He said the last part so quietly, that the blond thought he was imagining things.

Blue eyes looked at the pale jade. "You are such an awesome friend." Naruto exclaimed. It was also funny to put the glass maker in certain situations. Those pale jade eyes looked confused. His face was still hard though.

"Hn."

Naruto smiled at his friend's support. "She's really the cutest thing I've ever seen."

"You said that about the Hyuuga." Gaara had his eyes closed at the moment. Naruto was glad for that. He had a way with seeing into your soul. The blond swore by it.

"Well…um…" Naruto didn't know want to say. It was true! The pink fairy was nothing like his past love. He told Gaara this.

"You need to really think about this." He opened his eyes. The icy green eyes regarded him for a moment. "What about this girl makes you feel so?"

Naruto blinked. "She is very sweet. She speaks her mind. She's funny." He felt like he could go one and on. "She didn't think I was some freak or stalker when I had to tell her the truth. I don't believe she's after my parents' money; I don't even have that yet. I seem to make her happy and she makes me happy."

The blond waited for what the socially awkward redhead would say.

"If you seem so sure," He paused for a minute "I believe you should not rush into this one. That is what you did with the Hyuuga girl." Naruto nodded. Did Gaara think that he was going to propose to Sakura! He just met her! They didn't even have each other's cell phone numbers yet.

He gave his best friend a grin. "Chill, Gaara, you're always so serious! I think we should just get to know each other more." He said the last part a little quieter.

The glass maker nodded his head. His maroon shirt had little sand particles on it. Naruto felt a little guilty for robbing the insomniac of his rest. "Hey, you have to work tonight?" Naruto asked.

"No. I have the day off." The blond felt even worse.

"We were both going to some studio to see her modeling pictures." There was silence. "I think she said it was in the Akatsuki building on Sunagakure Blvd."

Naruto wasn't sure if he should continue. He remembered that Gaara didn't like his cousin very much and it didn't take much to put two and two together. Gaara lived around that area and his cousin worked in that area…in that building.

"You're going on a date." It wasn't a question, but a statement.

Naruto nodded. "Later today." Truthfully, the blond had no idea when they were supposed to leave. She just said tomorrow. Today was that tomorrow and he was still clueless.

Gaara pushed himself up from the kitchen table with gloved hands. His red hair hid his kanji tattoo. "Then I will take my leave." He stepped out the kitchen to the living room. The insomniac grabbed the black jack lying on the couch. Naruto made no move to stop him. "Behave." The glass maker said before walking out the door.

Naruto blushed. Why would he have to behave? He couldn't treat Sakura like at! He liked her too much to 'misbehave'. Before he could dwell some more on the redhead's words his phone started to vibrate. His tan hands fished in his pocket. He came across some gum, his keys, and a wrist band before he could find his orange cell phone. Naruto could only hope that the person wasn't calling him.

He flipped the phone up. In glowing green letters it announced that he had one message. The little mail symbol was dancing. He smiled a little bit as a cartoon frog hopped around with mail in its mouth. He clicked 'ok' to receive his message. It was from an unknown number.

Hi :)

The blond was confused. Should he call the number or respond to this message? He didn't want to have a text conversation with the person only to find out that he didn't know them. He swallowed his fear and dialed the number presented.

After a couple of rings, someone picked up.

"Hello?" Naruto asked. He sat down on his couch.

"Hello, Mr. Uzumaki." That heavenly voice called out to him. The blond could feel his heart beating faster. He felt like a damn school boy talking to the pretty head cheerleader.

"Sakura? How did you get my number?"

"If Deidara could get me your address, you should have figured he could do more." He could hear the smile in her voice.

"If that so?" Hell, Naruto thought his face was going to split in two with his hardcore smiling fest.

"Yes, but since you so rudely ignored my text I guess I have to tell you over the phone. I hope you can remember." He loved the fact that she wasn't afraid to take the initiative. The blond thought it was incredibly attractive. Hinata never did that. Naruto felt that sometimes, Hinata didn't want to do all the stuff he did. He remembered the time he made her go on the roller coaster ride with him. She looked sad for a split second, but said she wanted to ride it too. Back then, he admitted to being a little insensitive and very dense when it came to reading people. Now after learning his lesson, Naruto knew he loved it when a person spoke their mind. Sakura seem to have that trait down.

"I'll try." He laughed.

"I'll be over there at six. That way if we wanted to go somewhere after we could, but if were too tired we could just hang out." Her voice sounded so confident.

"Sounds good to me." Blue eyes glanced at the clock on top of the TV. It was four o'clock now! Geez…

"Good! See you soon, Mr. Uzumaki." She hung up after that.

Naruto stared at his phone as he laid out on the couch. He probably had a stupid grin on his face. He held up his phone. His blue eyes read the phone number again and again. It was her number. Naruto knew for a fact that Sakura was different. Hinata had made him happy, but Sakura made him feel like he was on cloud nine. He could explain it. The pink fairy was such a breath of fresh hair. She could be very cute and seem shy, but then she could be so fierce. He remembered yesterday when she wore that make-up to his house. Granted she only been to his house twice it was still unexpected and sexy.

Naruto was male. He wasn't a boy; he was a man. He was twenty-five years old. Yet thinking back to her little payback made him…

He couldn't stop grinning.

Sakura could not stop blushing. She had told Ino what she did to get the tan blond back for his kissing stunt. Her bleach blond friend seemed to rejoice that she came to the 'dark side'. She asked her what the male's reaction was to her teasing. The pinkette didn't want to talk about it, but she said he seemed to have some difficult standing. Before the other could squeal on the phone, she added, that he still got up to meet her to the door. There wasn't such a noticeable lag on his part.

She could have seen the pout from the phone, it was so obvious.

It was Ino that came up with the idea that Naruto liked the image of a strong woman. Of course the pinkette was far from shy, but her blond friend told her that liking someone could leave you acting like a child. Sakura had nodded in agreement, but what she just did left her more in shock than her little pay back. She was never that pushy with Sasuke.

A small smile was painted on her lips. It felt nice though and Naruto didn't seem upset about it.

Apple green eyes looked at the clock on her stove. The red letter said 4:50. It was getting late she should get going. She didn't feel like wearing any major make-up, but Deidara seemed to increase her love for eye-liner.

Without much thought, the pinkette grabbed her favorite red beanie with the panda ears on top. Ino suggested that she, surprisingly, should wear relaxed clothing. The pink fairy was relieved. She didn't think she could handle dressing like Ino on the first date. The short mini dressed and the too high heels made her feel nauseous. Instead she chose to wear her white and pink tank top with her red vest. She had on her black shorts and matching sandal boots. She finally took out those extensions with the help of Ino over the phone. Her pink stained lips smiled at the thought of her friend. She was such a big help.

With making sure she had everything she needed. The pink fairy locked her door and stepped outside. It was beautiful out. Not too cold and not too warm. The sky was different colors as the sun was setting earlier and earlier. She got in her car and drove to the familiar street of 67th in Rasengan.

It wasn't such a drive as she thought it to be. There seemed to be no traffic on the street. It was probably a little too early for activity it was only 5:20.

Sakura didn't think much about it as she skillfully parked her small car in a tiny parking space on the street. She wondered if Naruto was ready.

She thought about the topic as she was once again put on autopilot. She body moved on it's on to walk up the steps of his apartment. She rang the doorbell.

She heard the heavy footsteps of the tall blond from where she stood outside. Her damp shoulder length hair was lightly blowing in the wind when he answered the door.

Sakura wasn't one to openly gape. She found it rude and disrespectful, but looking the sight that greeted her was much unexpected.

The blond had answered the door in nothing but his nicely fitting black jeans and a towel around his shoulders. Sakura could feel her face heating up. It would be an understatement to say she wasn't attracted to the blond. She always thought herself to be calm and composed in most situations, but she guessed her jaw (figuratively) hit the floor when those dark blue eyes looked at her through wet blond strands.

"I hope I didn't interrupt your shower." She gave an awkward smile.

I'm so deeply sorry guys. I do love you all and I feel shitty that I didn't make this update sooner, if anyone is still following this story that is. I haven't forgotten about this story. I would tell you what happened for this long absence, but it seems like another excuse.

I'm not sure if I should end it at chapter 10 or continue on. I mean it depends on the feedback. How far are you guys willing to follow this couple? I won't do anything too dramatic, though.

I ran through this story again. I changed some things, omitted some stuff, and corrected (hopefully) those damn spelling errors. No one is perfect, though. So I'm not sure if these changes will affect your view of the story before, but reread it just in case.

Thank you all that reviewed before, your responses kept me writing. Your guys kept me from giving up.

I hope this chapter gave some more development with our two stars.

Please send me your thoughts on this. Thoughts, concerns, and suggestions (I'm not afraid of criticism).

Songs that helped me write this (you may see where some parts were influenced)

Closer – nine inch Niles

Clarity – zed ft. foxes

Sweet Nothings – calvin harris ft. florence welch

Alive - Krewella

Michi to you all – aluto

Lollipop – bigbang & 2ne1

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