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  Sakura sat at her desk in her room reading over a huge pile of old medical scrolls  later that evening, mulling over the events from earlier.  Staring into the light of her desk lamp, she still couldn’t help but kick herself mentally for what happened earlier. She had made an idiot of herself, and of all places to do it publically was at the restaurant they went to for lunch that day.
    Smacking herself in the forehead, she mentally kept rewinding and replaying what had happened that day in her head. She knew that what had happened that day would probably haunt her for a long time, if not her life.  “Now you need to calm down Sakura” she commented to herself, “beating yourself up wont help”. “But good God” she sighed, “I sure as hell hope Ino doesn’t find out about this”.
  Earlier that day…….
   “I will have the 16 oz sirloin steak… medium rare, with a baked potato and a salad” ordered the rough looking blond to the waitress next to him. The blonde waitress looked at him further waiting for more of his order, “anything to drink sir” she asked with a bit of a spring in her voice? “Yes” he replied, “I’ll take an ice tea, light on the ice and absolutely no sugar or lemon”. Sakura couldn’t help but notice as the waitress wrote down his order, the waitress giggled with glee whenever he spoke. Almost as if he was a pop idol or an actor. “Nah, it’s just my imagination” she thought; “someone interested in Naruto, that’s a laugh”. Though it almost reminded her of how she reacted to Sasuke when she was younger, like a 12 year old girl with a crush on a teenage heartthrob.
      Though seeing that Naruto had finished his order, she saw that it was time for her to place her own. Almost as if on cue Naruto changed his gaze from his menu and moved to towards her direction; “Don’t be afraid to order whatever you want Sakura chan, as I said earlier everything is on me”. I sure as hell hope it is” she thought, that twit Naruto had taken her to one of the most expensive restaurant’s in the village. Someone wasn’t walking out of there without paying the fee of a d rank mission. But she knew that she couldn’t refuse, because she knew that it would break his heart if she rejected his gift.
    “Well ok then” replied Sakura with a sly grin, “I will have the Cesar salad with the dressing on the side and the grilled chicken breast please”. The waitress, still warningly looking at Naruto replied with a slightly lackluster “ok, anything to drink Mam”?   “Mam” screamed Sakura inwardly, “I am sure as hell not a mam; my mother was a mam and pay attention to me when Im giving you my order”. Sakura glared at the waitress with an evil look and then shifted her gaze to her teammate.  “Well” she replied outwardly; “since I don’t have any other work today and since you’re treating me to this meal, I’ll take a bottle of sake please”.
     “Sakura chan, are you sure” replied a slightly confused blonde? “Oh don’t worry” she replied, “you know damm well that you and I are both legal age to drink and I will have to admit that it’s a bad habit recently that I’ve picked up from the 5th”. She glared straight over towards the waitress and barked “and two glasses’s because he’s drinking also”. “One bottle of sake and two glass’s coming right up, you’re food will be a bit longer” replied the waitress as she bounded off for the kitchen.
As the waitress left, Naruto looked back towards his pink haired teammate with a slight look of confusion. “Sakura, are you sure that sake in midday is such a good Idea”?
     She really didn’t expect his reply, but her mouth shot before she could think. “Well excuse me for enjoying the finer things in life, but I also know that a certain blonde across from me doesn’t mind a midday drink and picked up a similar habit from their sensei”. This quieted Naruto and caused his usual smile to relax a bit to a small frown. “How did you find out Sakura Chan” he asked quietly, “I’ve never shown anyone that I drink”. “I have my ways” she replied, “I am a ninja after all and can kind of sneak around without being seen, you know the thing that’s our job”. Her quick tone slowed a bit though as she paused and continued with what she was saying. “Besides, I’ve felt a need to check up on you a few times”. “Is that so” replied Naruto as he adjusted his napkin onto his lap, “and why might that be”?
     “Well ever since your teacher died, you’ve been sulky at times and even down right emotional at the drop of a hat”. “The first few months were the worse and even Iruka said that he invited you for ramen on him and you just walked right by, almost as if he wasn’t there”. “Now I had met Jiraiya on multiple occasions while working with the Fifth and I will say that to me at least I understand fully that he was indeed a Sannin, one of the greatest ninjas of our history”.  “I also saw that he treated you like you were his own child, his true heir and even his future replacement”. “But” Sakura continued with almost a calm tone, “I know that he wouldn’t want you to drink away your sorrow with boos”. “I can’t honestly sit here and preach at you like Im better that you, and yes I know that I can no way come close to what you have gone through”. “Though I would like you to do one thing for me; if not as a team mate, instead as a friend of all these years”. “Let me help you with whatever it is you are going through”.
     Sakura figured that this would be a good time to pause and see his reaction to her slight chew out, “way to go Sakura, he going to get pissed at you now for this little lecture” scolded her inner self. Sakura looked across the table at the look of thought going across the blond’s face, hopefully with her comment not ruining the mood for this meal. But actually quite the opposite happened. “You’re right Sakura chan, I have been loathing it up a little” commented Naruto. “Actually there has been some things that have been on my mind for some time now that I have been seriously been thinking through”. “Well” replied Sakura, “I have all the rest of today to listen, so talk away”.
……………
The meal was better than she expected and the chicken tasted excellent with the sauce that the cook had served with it. Their conversation was also better than what she figured it to be, don’t get me wrong on being a helping hand but she had figured that it might turn out to be a sob fest. Instead Naruto basically poured his hopes and dreams out on the table before her and had explained in great detail his goal in life. In just a matter of a few hours and a few bottles of sake, she had finally felt like she was truly getting to know her teammate.  She was finally, truly relaxing around the blond dimwit she had known since childhood.
    “The several bottles of sake couldn’t be helping this at all could it” jibbed her inner self as she gazed at the small collection of bottles gathering on the table.
Sakura wasn’t too concerned and besides the fact she was enjoying her afternoon off. It had been forever since she had time off and let alone to drink with a friend was a plus on top. Sakura was enjoying the nice buzz she had at that point and could see that Naruto was probably enjoying one as well.
“Sakura chan, earth to Sakura chan” commented Naruto, “you’re not getting drunk on me, are you”? The comment kind of pissed her off a little, slightly killing her buzz. “I will most definitely not give you the pleasure of knowing weather I am or not so nah” as she playfully made a face towards his direction. “Very mature young lady, but I was commenting more towards the fact that you’re face is pretty red right about now”.
“I’ll have you know that im still several months older than you and with that comment I feel that is my cue to head home now baka”.  Sakura had noticed that her face did feel a bit warm, but was she really as red as Naruto had said. “Oh well” she thought, “I guess I’ll find out when I get home though I really don’t want to have to cut this short”.
     As she got out of her chair she began to mentally scold herself for getting too drunk in public, causing her face to get red. “I was actually enjoying spending some time with the dink”.
   “I would like to thank you for lunch Naruto and say that I enjoyed spending the afternoon with you, but I must be heading home now”. As Sakura began to get up out of her chair, Naruto did the same with his. “I’ll walk you home Sakura, its the least I can do for getting you drunk like this”. “First of all” replied Sakura, “im not drunk, im just mildly buzzed and second of all I will be completely… woah”. Because as Sakura arose from her chair; her boot caught the bottom of it, causing her to fall forwards in a direct path towards the ground. But in an instant; Naruto held her tightly in his arms, stopping her fall. “Oh my god; im so sorry Naruto, I can’t believe I just fell” commented Sakura
as it became clear to her what had just happened.
Naruto’s face was right next to hers, she could feel the heat of his body all over her and his catch put him inches away from her lips. This caused the blood to rush even faster to her face, not helping the current situation and making her look even more flustered. His eyes stared into her as if he were peering into her soul and it penetrated deep within, his lips closer to hers. The thought of him being this close would usually cause her to pound him into the ground, but now all she could think of was how incredibly hot he looked right now. His lips grew even closer as she longed for his warm lips to hers, when suddenly she noticed that his left hand was on her right breast. Instantly snapping out of her daze, she was no longer concerned with the warmth but rather with his momentary demise. “Naruto you baka” she growled, “do you realize where you’re hand is right now”? She could see it in his face when it dawned on him and he knew he was dead. “Sakura chan I didn’t mean too, it was an accident” pleaded the blonde as Sakura got up and began to crack her knuckles. “You are so going to die you bastard and I can’t believe I almost let you kiss me” hissed Sakura with a tone of fury. “Kiss you Sakura chan, I uh well wait…what…” yelled Naruto. But it was too late because her punch connected with his face, causing him to fly right through the wall. With that being that, she brushed her hands off and went home.

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  Sakura sat at her desk in her room reading over a huge pile of old medical scrolls  later that evening, mulling over the events from earlier.  Staring into the light of her desk lamp, she still couldn’t help but kick herself mentally for what happened earlier. She had made an idiot of herself, and of all places to do it publically was at the restaurant they went to for lunch that day.
    Smacking herself in the forehead, she mentally kept rewinding and replaying what had happened that day in her head. She knew that what had happened that day would probably haunt her for a long time, if not her life.  “Now you need to calm down Sakura” she commented to herself, “beating yourself up wont help”. “But good God” she sighed, “I sure as hell hope Ino doesn’t find out about this”.
  Earlier that day…….
   “I will have the 16 oz sirloin steak… medium rare, with a baked potato and a salad” ordered the rough looking blond to the waitress next to him. The blonde waitress looked at him further waiting for more of his order, “anything to drink sir” she asked with a bit of a spring in her voice? “Yes” he replied, “I’ll take an ice tea, light on the ice and absolutely no sugar or lemon”. Sakura couldn’t help but notice as the waitress wrote down his order, the waitress giggled with glee whenever he spoke. Almost as if he was a pop idol or an actor. “Nah, it’s just my imagination” she thought; “someone interested in Naruto, that’s a laugh”. Though it almost reminded her of how she reacted to Sasuke when she was younger, like a 12 year old girl with a crush on a teenage heartthrob.
      Though seeing that Naruto had finished his order, she saw that it was time for her to place her own. Almost as if on cue Naruto changed his gaze from his menu and moved to towards her direction; “Don’t be afraid to order whatever you want Sakura chan, as I said earlier everything is on me”. I sure as hell hope it is” she thought, that twit Naruto had taken her to one of the most expensive restaurant’s in the village. Someone wasn’t walking out of there without paying the fee of a d rank mission. But she knew that she couldn’t refuse, because she knew that it would break his heart if she rejected his gift.
    “Well ok then” replied Sakura with a sly grin, “I will have the Cesar salad with the dressing on the side and the grilled chicken breast please”. The waitress, still warningly looking at Naruto replied with a slightly lackluster “ok, anything to drink Mam”?   “Mam” screamed Sakura inwardly, “I am sure as hell not a mam; my mother was a mam and pay attention to me when Im giving you my order”. Sakura glared at the waitress with an evil look and then shifted her gaze to her teammate.  “Well” she replied outwardly; “since I don’t have any other work today and since you’re treating me to this meal, I’ll take a bottle of sake please”.
     “Sakura chan, are you sure” replied a slightly confused blonde? “Oh don’t worry” she replied, “you know damm well that you and I are both legal age to drink and I will have to admit that it’s a bad habit recently that I’ve picked up from the 5th”. She glared straight over towards the waitress and barked “and two glasses’s because he’s drinking also”. “One bottle of sake and two glass’s coming right up, you’re food will be a bit longer” replied the waitress as she bounded off for the kitchen.
As the waitress left, Naruto looked back towards his pink haired teammate with a slight look of confusion. “Sakura, are you sure that sake in midday is such a good Idea”?
     She really didn’t expect his reply, but her mouth shot before she could think. “Well excuse me for enjoying the finer things in life, but I also know that a certain blonde across from me doesn’t mind a midday drink and picked up a similar habit from their sensei”. This quieted Naruto and caused his usual smile to relax a bit to a small frown. “How did you find out Sakura Chan” he asked quietly, “I’ve never shown anyone that I drink”. “I have my ways” she replied, “I am a ninja after all and can kind of sneak around without being seen, you know the thing that’s our job”. Her quick tone slowed a bit though as she paused and continued with what she was saying. “Besides, I’ve felt a need to check up on you a few times”. “Is that so” replied Naruto as he adjusted his napkin onto his lap, “and why might that be”?
     “Well ever since your teacher died, you’ve been sulky at times and even down right emotional at the drop of a hat”. “The first few months were the worse and even Iruka said that he invited you for ramen on him and you just walked right by, almost as if he wasn’t there”. “Now I had met Jiraiya on multiple occasions while working with the Fifth and I will say that to me at least I understand fully that he was indeed a Sannin, one of the greatest ninjas of our history”.  “I also saw that he treated you like you were his own child, his true heir and even his future replacement”. “But” Sakura continued with almost a calm tone, “I know that he wouldn’t want you to drink away your sorrow with boos”. “I can’t honestly sit here and preach at you like Im better that you, and yes I know that I can no way come close to what you have gone through”. “Though I would like you to do one thing for me; if not as a team mate, instead as a friend of all these years”. “Let me help you with whatever it is you are going through”.
     Sakura figured that this would be a good time to pause and see his reaction to her slight chew out, “way to go Sakura, he going to get pissed at you now for this little lecture” scolded her inner self. Sakura looked across the table at the look of thought going across the blond’s face, hopefully with her comment not ruining the mood for this meal. But actually quite the opposite happened. “You’re right Sakura chan, I have been loathing it up a little” commented Naruto. “Actually there has been some things that have been on my mind for some time now that I have been seriously been thinking through”. “Well” replied Sakura, “I have all the rest of today to listen, so talk away”.
……………
The meal was better than she expected and the chicken tasted excellent with the sauce that the cook had served with it. Their conversation was also better than what she figured it to be, don’t get me wrong on being a helping hand but she had figured that it might turn out to be a sob fest. Instead Naruto basically poured his hopes and dreams out on the table before her and had explained in great detail his goal in life. In just a matter of a few hours and a few bottles of sake, she had finally felt like she was truly getting to know her teammate.  She was finally, truly relaxing around the blond dimwit she had known since childhood.
    “The several bottles of sake couldn’t be helping this at all could it” jibbed her inner self as she gazed at the small collection of bottles gathering on the table.
Sakura wasn’t too concerned and besides the fact she was enjoying her afternoon off. It had been forever since she had time off and let alone to drink with a friend was a plus on top. Sakura was enjoying the nice buzz she had at that point and could see that Naruto was probably enjoying one as well.
“Sakura chan, earth to Sakura chan” commented Naruto, “you’re not getting drunk on me, are you”? The comment kind of pissed her off a little, slightly killing her buzz. “I will most definitely not give you the pleasure of knowing weather I am or not so nah” as she playfully made a face towards his direction. “Very mature young lady, but I was commenting more towards the fact that you’re face is pretty red right about now”.
“I’ll have you know that im still several months older than you and with that comment I feel that is my cue to head home now baka”.  Sakura had noticed that her face did feel a bit warm, but was she really as red as Naruto had said. “Oh well” she thought, “I guess I’ll find out when I get home though I really don’t want to have to cut this short”.
     As she got out of her chair she began to mentally scold herself for getting too drunk in public, causing her face to get red. “I was actually enjoying spending some time with the dink”.
   “I would like to thank you for lunch Naruto and say that I enjoyed spending the afternoon with you, but I must be heading home now”. As Sakura began to get up out of her chair, Naruto did the same with his. “I’ll walk you home Sakura, its the least I can do for getting you drunk like this”. “First of all” replied Sakura, “im not drunk, im just mildly buzzed and second of all I will be completely… woah”. Because as Sakura arose from her chair; her boot caught the bottom of it, causing her to fall forwards in a direct path towards the ground. But in an instant; Naruto held her tightly in his arms, stopping her fall. “Oh my god; im so sorry Naruto, I can’t believe I just fell” commented Sakura
as it became clear to her what had just happened.
Naruto’s face was right next to hers, she could feel the heat of his body all over her and his catch put him inches away from her lips. This caused the blood to rush even faster to her face, not helping the current situation and making her look even more flustered. His eyes stared into her as if he were peering into her soul and it penetrated deep within, his lips closer to hers. The thought of him being this close would usually cause her to pound him into the ground, but now all she could think of was how incredibly hot he looked right now. His lips grew even closer as she longed for his warm lips to hers, when suddenly she noticed that his left hand was on her right breast. Instantly snapping out of her daze, she was no longer concerned with the warmth but rather with his momentary demise. “Naruto you baka” she growled, “do you realize where you’re hand is right now”? She could see it in his face when it dawned on him and he knew he was dead. “Sakura chan I didn’t mean too, it was an accident” pleaded the blonde as Sakura got up and began to crack her knuckles. “You are so going to die you bastard and I can’t believe I almost let you kiss me” hissed Sakura with a tone of fury. “Kiss you Sakura chan, I uh well wait…what…” yelled Naruto. But it was too late because her punch connected with his face, causing him to fly right through the wall. With that being that, she brushed her hands off and went home.