“Why are you out in the cold?” ( from Sakura)
Winter Ball Starters │ ACCEPTING
hues shift within their sockets to clash with those of jade. from the soft footfalls alone, tsunade knew exactly who approached from behind. all too often throughout the years had the sannin memorized those minuscule footsteps that paraded around the hokage mansion with WILLFUL ambition to become stronger. oh—how she’d grown. it would be an insult to continue to refer to sakura as a girl. she’d blossomed into a beautiful kunoichi and a fine young woman. and if tsunade ever had vast mutual respect for another—the haruno would be it.
❝ i thought i’d take a BREAK from the festivities. they can become so tiresome after awhile. ❞
an intricately decorated ivory dish dangled between nimble digits, the rice wine long vanished. eyes scanned over snow covered terrain as hefty flakes rained down in droves. this truly was when konohagakure was the most breathtaking. limbs dangled over the balcony railing as an appendage beckoned the younger to enjoy the view as well. moments like this were what TRULY defined their relationship. affection was not shown so much as in words, but a more of a mutual understanding.
❝ i’m PROUD of the woman you’ve become. ❞












