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Glazed Emeralds: A Hallmark Story

Chapter 12: A Wonderful Fling

Naruto's hand slid down the railing as he descended the stairs, intent on getting to breakfast on time. He paused to smile though, remembering this morning's wake up call. 'Damn, I've never woken up next to a woman before.'

Not that she'd been next to him in the morning. More like strip teasing him as she put clothes on. 'She was amazing. I should tell her that.' Naruto's mind thought as he continued on. He was told that sex for the first time was mediocre and filled with mistakes. He could tell that Sakura had had sex before, but maybe not in a while? Then again, the way they moved together, the way they...finished...she said she enjoyed it, right?

Naruto airily laughed at his situation. He'd woken up in a bed not his own, then gone to his room and changed there. There was something shameful in the way it sounded; like he should just bring clothes to keep at her place or something. Naruto chuckled; that would just make him desperate for another fuck, although...

He opened the sliding door to the dining area and was greeted with an empty room. The morning sun was warming the place up, making the silverware shine on the tables, but Naruto stopped just inside the room, watching Sakura who was just now starting to cook. She was so beautiful, and again, Naruto watched her glide around the kitchen, expertly completing tasks one by one in rapid succession. He shivered, remembering her limbs all over him. He still wondered how she'd gotten his clothes off.

Meanwhile, Sakura sighed as she watched the ingredients begin to warm up in her pot. Sakura suddenly gasped as a pair of hands touched either side of her waist, before sliding around and across her stomach, pulling her into a radiating heat of warmth. 'Naruto.' Sakura relaxed immediately, basking in the feeling of his fingers craftily gripping at her sides, in a way protecting and comforting her at the same time.

"Hey there." She heard Naruto utter into her ear, and Sakura leaned back into him as she brought her own arms to caress his. The couple slowly swayed back and forth, neither wanting to break the embrace, and simply enjoying themselves.

'He shouldn't even be in here.' Sakura giggled quietly to herself. 'I could get a fine for this.' As a customer, Naruto wasn't allowed by state law to be in a working kitchen while she was working. She was in a way breaking the law. 'Why is the thought of that so enticing to me?' Sakura wondered, her throat deliciously shuttering. She envisioned the two of them in a city, graffiti on a wall or sex on a beach, and the cops chasing them down for disturbing the peace. Sakura smiled happily. She wondered if Naruto was a prankster; she liked to think he was.

"Oh Naru~" Sakura opened her eyes as her entire body shook, awakening with a desire to race back to her bedroom. She groaned happily as Naruto nipped at the back of her neck, leaving soft kisses in his wake. Her first kiss from him, after sunscreen yesterday. That had started all this touchy feely stuff. 'But also,' Sakura grinned lewdly as she tilted her neck further to give him more access to skin. 'It feels so good.'

She was referring to the fact that Naruto's fingers had moved up and now his palms were situated atop her breasts, pressing against the front of them, his palms twisting her nipples this way and that as he molested her fondly. She loved this kind of molestation. It was extremely welcome after the last week she had, her hormones driving higher and higher into the culmination of last night. "Oh~!" Sakura struggled to hold in a moan as her eyes rolled back. No way that last night was this man's first. She couldn't believe that, not with the way he touched her so. Right?

Sakura struggled to control herself as she felt her blouse wrinkle slightly. She'd walked into the main hall topless before she'd realized it with a rouge breeze, and was glad that she only had one customer. Of course she had slept with said customer and he had fried her brain last night. Had he fucked her brain out? Were all her thoughts scrambled still?

Sakura shook her head with a chuckle. Either way, she'd still forgotten her bra back upstairs. Sakura looked down as his hands retreated, her blouse wrinkled, yes, but...it was covered enough, as long as her nipples could calm the heck down and not perk up for him to touch.

"I enjoyed last night." Naruto left a final kiss to the back of her neck, as Sakura twirled around in their embrace, letting his hands rest on her ass.

She smiled back, her eyes burning with a smoldering gaze. "Me too. I'll have your order out soon. Okay?"

"Alright." Naruto nodded as they parted, and just in time as the front bell sounded and six or so people stepped inside. Naruto blushed as he exited the kitchen and saw two guys give him a suggestive eye or two. He moved to what he was calling his seat by the window and sat down, before resting his head against the palm of his hand and sighing happily. 'What a great day.'

No sooner had he sighed than the bell chimed again and Ino casually strolled inside the wooden diner. Naruto smiled back as she looked around and spotted him, waving her over. He'd come to enjoy talking with Ino in the mornings. They spoke on varying topics that he realized she was dying to talk about with someone not from town. She had opinions that she defended well, but she was a calming, happy presence in the morning. She was a delight to be around.

"Heya, Naruto." Ino spoke as she approached the table, as the bells chimed and even more regular customers moved inside behind them, taking up their usual spots.

"Hey Ino." Naruto sighed happily. "Wonderful day, isn't it?"

Ino paused in her motions, her hand on the back of the chair as she looked over towards him. 'He looks extra cheery today. I wonder why.' Ino thought as she watched Naruto's eyes shine brighter than when he first got here in town. Ino shrugged as she resumed moving, sitting down across from him.

"I actually have a council meeting this morning with some of the older members, so no. I suppose I'm off to a rather dull day...though I get to be with you now, so that's a plus." Ino grinned widely, as Naruto's eyes continued to stay lit. 'Maybe he's happy to see me.'

"...You look...better."

"Do I? I'm sure I always looked like this."

"Maybe it's my imagination." Ino shrugged, sipping her glass of water as her eyes skimmed over his face. It was irritating. She couldn't place her finger on what was so different. He looked...wilder almost, more cocky with his small content smile, as if he had finally achieved something he'd long wanted to do.

Ino's loins stirred from the look he gave her. She did like a cocky guy. Ino licked her lips at the thought that perhaps his lit eyes and pleasant morning was due to her presence. She could easily imagine rolling into bed with this guy. Maybe after her meeting, they could go somewhere more private, and she might-

'Oh quick! Tone it down!' Ino hastily schooled her face, as Sakura made her way over to them with their orders. Ino smiled happily as Sakura too seemed to be in a good mood, set with a smile on her face, though her hair was a mess, a major bed head compared to her normal pristine well kept visage.

"Here you are, you two." Sakura announced as she set Ino's plate down first and then surprised Ino as she leaned over the table, her hand resting against Naruto's bicep for support, and Ino smiled in surprise as she thought that her friend must still be sleepy, for her blouse buttons had not been fully done up. Even from here, Ino could see some serious skin between the top mounds of her breasts. 'She even forgot to put her bra on.' She noted the lack of material. Ino knew that no doubt, Naruto had an amazing view of her friend's chest.

"Oh Naru," Sakura leaned further towards him, before whispering something into his ear. Ino leaned forward, intrigued as her hand stroked his bicep as she spoke low, herself unable to hear what was said. Whatever it was, she watched as Naruto's eyes somehow shined brighter and his smile became a shock of amazement.

Sakura leaned back up, and Ino gaped her mouth like a fish as she smiled flirtatiously at Naruto! "Here's your meal, Naru. I hope you enjoy every inch of it."

Ino followed her friend with her eyes as she turned away, widening them as she sashayed away, her body sliding side to side as she did so. 'What the hell? Sakura only does that when she's in-.'

Ino froze mid thought, as realization set in. Ino smiled wide. 'No way. Seriously? Oh! I have to do this!'

"So Ino, is that meeting-"

"Be right back." Ino cut Naruto off as she scooted her chair back and made a straight line past the other customers, and to the kitchen. She slowed down at the edge of the open doorway and peered around the corner.

"Hmm...hmmm… humm humm hmm…"

Ino's body sagged against the corner of the wooden door, as she tearily smiled at her friend making breakfast. It was an absolute joy to hear her humming again. Ino held back a sniffle. She used to hum a lot growing up when she was happy, but ever since she returned to them, Ino hadn't heard one peep of it. Ino grinned darkly. This was too good to pass up.

"SO!" Ino called out aloud, startling her best friend as she dropped the stirring spoon in the pot and turned around. "...How good was he in bed?"

The complete gapping, blushing face of her friend was priceless. Sakura always had a word to say, but was suddenly devoid of them.

"W-where did that come from?" Sakura stuttered out. "I-Ino, he's a guest here. I-I would n-n-never- I mean...I-I don't know what you're- "

"You called him 'Naru', didn't you?" Ino snickered behind her hand, absolutely loving the stuttering mess before her. "Classic pet names already?"

"H-Hey!" Sakura tried vainly to refute. "I-I said it once and he liked it so I call him that, okay?"

"Oh? And when did you say it? And where?"

If it was possible, Sakura's skin blushed to match her hair. Ino knew that she didn't have a remark on that, and Ino could guess where and when it happened. Ino smiled brighter as her friend sighed in defeat.

"I-Ino, seriously can this wait? I have to get breakfast ready and-"

Ino stepped closer, grabbing the wooden spoon from her hands and softly splayed her fingers along her cheek as she set it down, speaking in a softer voice. "It's Soup Day; you can afford to wait a few minutes." Ino saw Sakura's eyes soften, her desire to spill her night out to someone outweighing an argument, and nudged her arm, leaning in. "Come on. You can tell me. I'm your best friend. We tell each other everything."

Ino finished by batting her baby blue eyes at her, layering it on thick. The town never had much gossip, but even less with Sakura. Finally Sakura sighed, hanging her head in defeat. Ino smiled in victory as Sakura grinned defeated over at her and leaned back on the counter, biting her lip as her fingers idly played with her skirt. "So?"

"Okay, so...I-I...I seduced him." Sakura confessed. At the strong term, Ino shivered in delight, getting over eager as she leaned in closer.

"Well, spill!"

Sakura balked at her friend's insistence, and wondered if she was this way when Ino had the juicy gossip and Sakura got it out of her. But after a few seconds, she smiled small and sighed wistfully. "Well...Last night after dinner, I was feeling...aroused."

"Uh-Huh…"

Sakura licked her lips to wet them, her legs clenching a bit. "And I...I mean I'm not usually aroused, you know how long it takes me to work it up to that... but I've been so all week for some reason."

Ino smirked as Sakura rubbed her legs together, giving her the small details over the week as Ino silently grinned at her. Did she really not know how she was feeling about Naruto? How could she not? Ino herself had seen the two become close this week. Some of the townspeople already assumed they'd fucked halfway through with the way they looked at the other. But Ino's curiosity about last night won out and she pushed ahead. "Then what?"

Sakura bit her lip harder, shyly looking back. "I just...wanted some touching...maybe some petting…"

"You are pretty touchy when you get that way…"

Sakura nodded in agreement. "He and I...we had this great hike yesterday...he was such a terrible flirt, Ino, staring at my ass, calling me beautiful, making me feel weird…" Sakura visibly shivered as her lips curled into a smile, the blush dotting her cheeks cutely "…I enjoyed it immensely...and I...he looked so…"

Ino fanned her face, herself blushing at the thought of a week-long romance of flirtations. She would never have lasted as long as Sakura. Naruto may have gotten into her bed by day two. "I get it. So? Enough backstory. How did you seduce him?"

Sakura gulped. "I uh...I used the towel scene from Icha Icha Tactics-"

"You did not!" Ino shouted out as Sakura giggled, both of them knowing the scene quite well from reading that book often.

Sakura bit her lip, and nodded. "I did."

Ino giggled as she rolled her eyes to the ceiling. "Oh god! So Naruto thought you went to take a bath and come back to the locked room?"

"Yeah!" Sakura laughed, before licking her lips again nervously. "And then we uh...yeah."

Ino knew that she didn't have many more words to say. After all, it had happened just last night, so she needed time to remember all the good parts. Ino was not done however; she'd had her own fantasies about the man herself, and she wanted some specifics.

"How good was the sex?" Ino whispered, as Sakura started to grin wide. Ino's own grin widened, knowing the answer without her saying anything. "...How big is he?"

Sakura blushed brightly and turned away to grab at the spices in the rack, her fingers quaking as reached for them. "He was...oh god Ino!" Sakura turned back, breathing heavily and her entire body shivering. "I've never felt so...at peace during or after before." Sakura spoke meekly, her mind entirely on last night as she turned back to the rack. "I've never felt such happiness before."

Ino smiled at her backside. "That's great, Sakura. I'm so happy that you two found each other. You're finally finding love again and-"

"What?" Sakura shifted her head back, the confusion evident on her face as she shook her head. "No I'm not. Who said anything about love? It was just a nice night is all."

"Come on, Sakura." Ino jibed and rolled her eyes, not believing her at all. "Is Naruto really such a bad catch?"

Sakura bit the inside of her cheek, her frown petering out. "Well, no...but…" The mood dampened in the kitchen, her eyes darkening. "I won't ever find love again...not after him."

"Sakura. Don't let Sasuke-"

'Oops!' Ino cursed to herself as Sakura immediately clammed up at the name, her face ashen as if hit by hot smoke and molten fire. Gone was her post coital bliss, and Ino wanted to beat herself with a stick for ruining what was the first time in a long while that her friend was truly happy. The mood broken, Ino sighed, and decided to try to push through. Sakura deserved to be happy.

"Sorry, I can't say his name, I forgot." Ino apologized, croaking out her sincere emotions.

"I-it's okay. I-I'm fine." Sakura's voice shuddered as she looked down at her feet, the boiling pot of water the only sound in the room.

After grimacing for a good minute, Ino breathed out. "Sakura, look at me. Seriously. Maybe you just have sex, it's great stress relief, maybe you don't find love in this." Ino stressed as she reached forward and hugged her tightly around the neck, feeling Sakura nod into her shoulder, before crushing her arms around her torso to prolong the embrace. Ino knew how shaken up her friend was at this moment, and would always support her. "But whatever you decide Sakura, do something that makes you feel comfortable. Okay?"

Ino leaned back to look and was glad to see the happy mood returning to her eyes. Ino backed up to the door but still looked at her, as she tried to hold her smile down. "Just so you know, Sakura, I've seen the two of you together. You pair extremely well."

Sakura nodded along with her words. "I know...he really gets me. It's creepy...and amazing."

Ino shrugged at the beaming smile. "Just, don't be surprised if after a while, you start to experience another kind of feeling. Whatever it may be. Let it in."

Ino stepped back out to the dining room and quickly sat down before Naruto once more. "Sorry. I had to discuss something important with Sakura."

"Is it about that council meeting?" Naruto asked.

"No. Just...girl talk." Ino smiled as Naruto blushed and gulped slower. She grinned; she knew that he knew that she knew that her friend and he had fucked. With a Cheshire grin upon her face, Ino once again reached for her daily cup of coffee. "So...Naruto...tell me, are you a lady killer, or is that just here in Konoha?"

Sakura plunged her hands into the hot water, the soap suds wrapping around her arms as she scrubbed at the plate with her sponge, the water sloshing around the sink as some of it splashed onto her apron. Sakura smiled as this was the last one, and then she'd have cleared everything from breakfast. Now her wonderful day could-

A pair of arms snaked around her waist, sliding along bare flesh as her shirt pushed up, and clasped upon the underside of her apron, splaying fingers along what was her bare stomach. A chin came to rest softly into the croak of her neck, the lips pressing a gentle kiss along it as Sakura silently gasped, and her contentment shot up immediately, as her body sagged into the embrace of her lover.

'Lover...lover…' Sakura's mind loved repeating that word. Never to describe to herself that way, right? Sakura shivered as Naruto kissed her neck again.

"Hey... You were amazing last night, Sakura. I just felt the need to tell you that again."

Sakura's muscles clenched at the memory of his chest heaving against hers, his hot member thrusting into her over and over again, as she spasmed beautifully around him. Sakura grit her teeth, holding in a painful whimper as her body reeved into overdrive, blushing at the fond memory while her libido urgently insisted on taking this man to her room and-

"Sorry!" Sakura's body froze as Naruto shot backwards, her body turning to him as he nervously scratched at the back of his neck. 'Huh? Why did he step back?' Sakura thought. Had he heard her strangled moan and thought something bad? She was just trying to hold back was all.

"I uh...I'm kind of touchy with girls I like and well I-"

"No!" Sakura rushed out herself, smiling cutely at his embarrassed reaction. He was as nervous about showing his sexual side as she was. "I enjoyed it!" She accidentally raised her voice, as Sakura's cheeks tinged with red at the admission.

"Really?"

"Yeah!" Sakura responded, smiling brighter as she watched him puff out his chest from her admission that yes, he had rocked her world last night and that yes...she craved for a second round.

"You're smiling."

Sakura widened her eyes in shock. 'Oh my God! I've been smiling all morning!' Sakura realized now why Ino had insisted that it was love. She hadn't smiled this much in a long time and never in the morning. Even now, Sakura found it hard to lower the edges of her lips. Why couldn't she lower them? It was as easy 1...2...uh...4? Sakura's eyes fluttered open as Naruto reached over to brush a stray piece of hair behind her ear, his soothing fingers making her shutter all over. 'God, I want him to touch me more.' Sakura's inner self purred.

"I like seeing you smile." Naruto grinned softly.

Sakura knew her eyes were positively glowing now; he had to see the passion she was showing him by that sentence. "...Well, you'll just have to fuck me all the time." Sakura muttered.

Both pairs of eyes shot wide as her words reached their ears. Naruto smiled embarrassingly back as Sakura herself found herself choked on why her mouth spoke her thoughts right then. There was nothing she could do about it though. He'd heard her say it. She could only… do damage control.

"Um...Naruto," Sakura gulped. He knew her character, right? "Listen I-I don't want you to think that I do this with just anyone who comes to the Inn. I swear I've never-"

"It was my first…" Naruto uttered.

"It really was?" Sakura preened herself, her smile stuck wide as her eyes swam with confidence, and her shoulders pushed back, her chest enticingly pushing out for him. H-he had really been a virgin last night? Sakura recalled him telling her last night, but she hadn't truly believed it; he had been so cocky towards her.

"Could've fooled me." Sakura giggled, rolling her eyes as Naruto grabbed her hand, shutting her up as he rubbed along her knuckles.

"Look, Sakura. I uh...I understand that this is all temporary. I leave in three weeks. So um...uh...what was I saying?"

Sakura smiled at his cuteness. He wanted her again, just as she wanted him. That's what he was saying, but he was a traveler, and would leave soon enough. Sakura nodded in agreement. "Soo...keep it...casual?"

Naruto smiled happily, nodding his head. "Yeah. No pressure that way, right?"

"Naruto," Sakura spoke up, her body already shivering with want. "Well, I'm not really a...I don't normally get this way um...I'm not a sexually active girl, but...if I...am-"

Naruto cut her off again, holding her cheek with the palm of his hand. Again, Sakura's inner mind raced to the forefront, demanding he touch her just like last night all over again. Why did this feel so good...and why did she crave this?

"Just ask me over. If I can get a shot at the feelings last night, then I'm game to try."

Sakura knew her eyes were shimmering then, floored as she was at his pure declaration of fucking her again and seeing her blush made Naruto blush. "I-I mean I...I'd love to experience….um...yeah...I-If you feel that way, I'll also um...yeah…" he stuttered out, feeling foolish to end it there.

Naruto backed up away from her, though maybe four inches wasn't really moving away, but neither wanted to be further apart right now. Naruto guiltily smiled. "Ino tried to pry into my love life over breakfast."

Sakura giggled, nodding along. "Same with me."

"How did she know?" Naruto asked aloud.

Sakura grinned sourly. "I called you Naru, didn't I?"

"You did." Naruto nodded. "But how could she know from just that? I mean at the table, she easily deduced that from last night when we…"

"Naruto. As you might guess, I'm not exactly subtle with how happy I am right now." Sakura grinned over at him and he could agree as he saw her exuding contentment and radiance all around herself.

Naruto grinned guiltily. "I guess that makes two of us. Anything we should worry about?"

"From Ino?" Sakura bit her inner lip, biting it lightly as she shook her head. "No...she just likes to see emotions and stories of such. She's such a gossip, but nothing bad about that."

The words between them died off for a minute, neither phased by it as Naruto's fingers idly traced over Sakura's knuckles, herself smiling lightly into his eyes. It was a peaceful quietness to an otherwise empty building, as their minds struggled to think of what to say.

"Hey Sakura?"

"Yeah Naru?"

Naruto paused for another second, his ears ringing at the inflection of affection in her playful use of his name. He liked hearing that. "I know that we went hiking just yesterday to the east side of Konoha and all, but um...could I hire my guide for the west?"

Sakura made no effort to hide the way her face brightened at his request. She felt like he already knew her answer. It was painfully obvious that neither of them wanted to be apart today, but a crafty inner self rose up to take over, as she grinned jokingly back at her lover.

"I'm not sure, Naruto." Sakura spoke as she draped her arms around his neck, pressing her body into him as she hovered her lips just an inch under his neck. "She may be rather busy today. She is such a popular guide after all, known for the most amazing experience of life."

"That sounds...like the perfect guide for me. How much?"

"Oh! Naru, yesterday was a huge discount." Sakura cooed as she reached up with her lips to match his in height, standing on her toes to reach them. "She's rather expensive."

"Well," Naruto responded huskily, as Sakura's eyes bulged when his arms reached around her and his hands grabbed possessively at her ass. "I can pay in other ways if she so desires."

"N-Naru~," Sakura breathily moaned into his ear, his hands pulling her up onto him as her eyes shimmered with a lustful haze. If he had his way, they'd never leave the inn. "Naru~," she breathed out, "you are such...a pervert."

Naruto ogled her openly as she leaned back and stared into his eyes. He smirked as she struggled to maintain a straight face, and grinned snidely. "Guilty...though I like one woman in particular."

"No~!" Sakura mewled as his hands slipped under her skirt, the back of it raised completely for anyone in the kitchen to see as his palms squeezed at the bare flesh of her ass. Sakura quickly looked around the corner of the kitchen and nodded into his shoulder as he quit playing around and just held her. 'Good...everyone's gone...we're...alone…'

"Naruto?" Sakura spoke up and struggled to back up, but his hands slid back out, resting along her bare hips as her blouse pooled around her instead of tucked into her skirt. "Listen. I love working this inn, it brings me such happiness and I love taking care of this place...but I do like leaving during the days of summer."

"I understand Sakura." Naruto nodded, his fingers beginning to loosen, but Sakura leaned forward, kissing his cheek as she grazed her own cheek against his for a second, though she didn't know why. It was just...being affectionate. It felt right to assure him of things.

"I'd love to go on another excursion, but...maybe we can get back early...and um...enjoy the rooms here. T-there are many things we've not tried- I mean seen!" Sakura gasped out, her mind struggling to think of pure thoughts.

Naruto smiled and his grip tightened, as he dipped down to share a slow kiss along the edge of her lips. "As long as I'm with you, I'm sure I will enjoy it."

(SIGH) Wow. That whole scene was in my mind for days! Hope you all enjoyed that.