#nsgenin

Note: This drabble was inspired by Chapter three and the things I’ve seen on my dash about the forehead compliment :-) Naruto and Sakura are both twelve here so expect self-centered thoughts

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Sasuke approaching her and looking straight into her eyes as if he’s looking right into her heart

Sasuke telling her how her forehead,that one part of her she didn’t like about herself, is so charming that it makes him want to kiss it.

Sasuke leaning in for a kiss because he simply couldn’t resists her charm

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All these things were impossible yet these fantasies invaded Sakura's mind like one giant tidal wave, sweeping her to the pinnacle of bliss.She couldn't help it. Daydreaming about these things brought a warm, nice feeling in her chest even if she knew for a fact that they would never happen.

Unless it was Naruto she was dreaming about

Sakura sighed heavily. With both elbows on her lap, she rested her chin on the palm of her hands and cupped both her cheeks with her fingers. Her gaze shifted to that tree from afar and gasped when she saw the Uchiha leaning against it while looking at her with those warm, searing eyes.

Uchiha Sasuke…warm eyes…Sasuke and Warmth…warmth and Sasuke…something was off…

He looked exactly like the guy in her fantasies. He was just so….so….so…Naruto.

She gasped. She didn’t just think that right? Naruto was annoying. Naruto was dead-last. Naruto failed at everything he does. The list goes on and on. There was no way this guy could be Naruto. It was Sasuke. He looked like Sasuke.

But why was he so different from how she imagined that Sasuke would act like?

The childish, selfish part of her mind dulled all these doubts in an instant. This was Sasuke, her dream guy. And he was looking at her just like how she had always envisioned it. Her heartbeat rose when she saw him approached. She was sure her cheeks were red enough to be compared to a tomato. 

The Uchiha stopped in front of her and looked straight into her eyes.

“You sure have a large, charming forehead. Makes me want to kiss it,”

Her mind reeled. Naruto, disguised as ‘Sasuke’ through henge no jutsu, sat beside her on the bench.

“Sakura, there is something I want to ask you. What do you think of Naruto?”

“Eh? Naruto?” 

Sasuke nodded.

“He’s always getting in the way when I do something important and he enjoys seeing me struggle. He doesn’t understand anything about me. He’s just annoying.”

Sakura paused and gazed at him. “All I want is for you to acknowledge me because I like you a lot Sasuke-kun. I’m absolutely serious about this. I would do anything,” Her eyes, focused solely on him, suddenly closed and she started advancing towards him for a kiss.

The drumming of Naruto’s heartbeat resounded in his own ears. The leaves, the bench, the trees and the surroundings dissipated from view and all he could see was her lips.

Sakura-chan had once again called him annoying and she had just admitted she would do anything to get acknowledgement from Sasuke. He was supposed to get angry. He was supposed to call her self-centered. He was supposed to stop liking her.

Surprisingly, the opposite happened. He couldn’t hate her especially now that he finally found out how similar she was to him.

Sakura, who had everything in life from loving parents to friends to almost everything he desired for himself, had admitted she wanted acknowledgement. Just like him

The conversation made him feel like he was finally starting to understand why he liked her.

Sakura moved closer. He was frozen into place. Her lips went nearer until she was only inches away from kissing him.

He was about to give in but the painful cramps that suddenly attacked his abdomen forced him to immediately withdraw. Clutching his stomach, he stood and ran away, leaving behind a bewildered Sakura on the bench.

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