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"Are you sure you didn't forget anything, Naruto?"

A scream echoed around the frozen forest, as the pink haired girl tried her best to get her best friend's attention. He was standing at least 10 meters away from the cottage, making angel shipped imprints on the snow, clearly too busy to answer to the girl's motherish speech. His head, as always, was trapped in the clouds of imagination, and once again, Sakura was left talking to herself.

She should definitely stop spoiling him that much.

Sighing defeatedly, the pinkette returned her full attention to the raven haired boy standing in front of her, holding the door of the cottage open as she prepared herself for the following words. After an entire night, the time had come for them to say goodbye and return to their own routine. It was easy to say she was already missing him, and if not for her new-year's shift at the hospital, Haruno Sakura would have definitely stayed a little longer. And something told her he would also appreciate that decision.

She was really going to miss him until the next time they met.

" If you find something, then you know what to do, right?"

" I'll burn it, don't worry." He smirked, placing his hand on his hip.

" Really funny… Just send it back to the village." She shook her head, trying not to imagine the blonde's things turning to ashes. Not that he didn't deserve it… " I've prepared you a bento, so don't forget to eat it, okay?"

" Aah, I won't."

" And… There are also some soldier pills if you feel too exhausted during training."

" Got it. Thanks."

" And… And I've left you some clean, new clothes for winter. I'm taking that shirt with me so I can try to sew its sleeve."

" Hn, you saw it, then?"

" Well, I've also checked your wounds and I've also brought some basic medicine if you need during your journey, and…"

As she kept talking, the Uchiha couldn't help but find her worrying state rather amusing at that moment. She had already said all those things at least twice already that morning, and and it was impressive to see how her level of nervousness changed each time. At first, she was calm and centered, but now- now that the time to go had finally arrived- her entire body was giving in her stressful state.

Her fingers were moving uncontrollably, her eyes were looking around as if she was trying to remember something else and her feet just wouldn't stay glued to the ground for anything in the world. Sakura was nervous and worried, and it was all because of him.

She was clearly not comfortable with that situation, yet, all he could think of was how cute she looked at that moment.

What an annoying girl, he thought.

" Don't forget to feed well, and…"

" Sakura…"

" - Wash behind your ears too."

" Sakura-"

" Oh! And protect yourself from the cold! And-"

"Sakura!" His voice rose, finally making her stop babbling.

"… Just take care of yourself, okay?"

" Hn. Have a safe trip, okay?" He placed a hand over her head, earning a tender smile from her lips

A soft blush was spread on her cheeks, as a soft smile crossed her lips. " You too…"

For what felt like an eternity, both of them kept looking at each other, not breaking the eye contact. Without fully noticing, they were both exchanging silent goodbyes, as they prepared themselves to part ways for who knew how long. It could be weeks, months or even years until their next re-encounter, and that was why they wanted to make sure their memories could hold every possible detail from one another. Those were going to be long days for both of them, for sure. However, they would survive. In the end, it was all about the words they never said.

And the kiss that never happened.

Not until the time to say goodbye.

" So… I guess this is it, right?" She said, getting ready to walk away.

" Hn. Wait, there's still one more thing I forgot."

" Eh? What is it, Sasuke-kun?"

" This."

And so, from afar, both the Uzumaki and the artist saw as Uchiha Sasuke leaned down to plant a kiss on Haruno Sakura's lips. Their eyes just couldn't believe what was happening, and after the initial shock, the blonde couldn't simply do nothing as his best friends refused to break from that intimate contact.

" Oi! Teme! What are you doing to Sakura-chan!? You bastard! I'm gonna kill you-ttebayo!"

" Wait, Naruto." Sai said, holding the blonde back on place.

" Eh? What are you doing-ttebayo!?"

" Uhmm… Ino told me to prevent you from doing anything if something like that happened. She told me not to let you destroy Ugly's chance to get laid."

" What!? I'm not letting him do that to Sakura-chan!"

" It's inevitable. At least that was what she said before we left."

" Ahhh! Let me go!"

The struggle and the screams lasted just enough until the Haruno girl finally arrived at where they were, looking back every now and then as her cheeks grew even pinker. There was a content smile on her lips, as she chuckled in pure happiness.

That had been, certainly, an incredible Christmas.

And not even Naruto's complaints would change it.

"Sa-Sakura-chan…. What was that?"

" Eh? What are you talking about, Naruto?"

" The Kiss! I'm talking about that kiss-ttebayo!"

"Oh, that…. " A render smirk crossed her face, as her gloved fingers traced the softness left behind by his lips. " Hn, there was a mistletoe, that's all."

A/N: I hope you've enjoyed reading this one until the end! This is a little bonus I wrote, and I felt like it was the perfect way to end a SasuSaku Christmas! Happy Holidays, everyone!