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SasuSaku Month 2018 Day 5 - Height Difference

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SasuSaku Month 2018

Day 5: Height Difference

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Author's Note: I couldn't think of a better title my brain is fried aaaaaahhhh 😭

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Jade eyes twinkled as she and her batch mates walked towards the school clinic for their physical examination every start of the school year. Despite her young age of eight, Haruno Sakura already has set her heart on becoming a doctor and everything related to medicine fascinated her. Nurse Shizune greeted them and started out with getting their height and weight.

Just as she was about to sit down to wait for her turn for the dentist to check her set of perfect teeth, a paper landed near her. It was the profile of her friend and seatmate last year, Uchiha Sasuke. Picking it up, she couldn't help but let her eyes run over his details, and one particular fact amused her. Suddenly it was removed from her hands, and when she turned to look who did it, the grumpy face of the owner greeted her.

Before he could say anything, she blurted out, "I'm taller than you, Sasuke-kun."

The boy crossed his arms and gave her a glare. "So?"

She gave him a cheeky grin. "You should drink more milk."

Onyx orbs widened and a blush started to form on his cheeks. "I do! Lots of it."

The pinkette giggled and teased him, "You need to drinks lots and lots more then. Who knows? Maybe you can still grow taller."

He huffed and crossed his arms. "I will be taller than you, Sakura! Just you wait."

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After the summer break, their social circle decided to meet up a day to hang out before classes resume after going separate ways for vacation. Sakura was the first to arrive at the playground – their usual meeting place – and proceeded to the swings. She liked coming earlier than the others. It gives her a time to let her mind wander freely. This is their last year in high school, and she's dead set on working her ass off to get the medical scholarship. Emerald eyes widened when someone suddenly pushed her swing from behind. The culprit then appeared in front of her, and the urge to kick the smirk off his face was strong.

"Nice to meet you too, Sasuke-kun."

He sat beside her like he didn't do anything at all. "Ah."

She looked at him curiously, and when he raised a questioning brow at her, she stood up and dragged him from the swing as well. Coming closer to him, she placed a hand on top of her head and moved it horizontally towards his direction, wanting to know their height difference.

Just under his nose, she realized.

Her suspicion was true. He indeed grew taller over the summer break.

"Argh stop growing!"

Sasuke shrugged. "Tell that to my growth hormones." He gave her a deadpanned look. "I told you I will be taller than you, right? Besides, who would get the things that are out of your reach then?"

She paused, contemplating his argument. "Fine. You have a point," she huffed.

He smirked as he ruffled her hair. Sakura gave a hiss of annoyance before holding his hands on top of her head and keeping it in place.

"Stop that!"

The pinkette was shocked when he suddenly gave her a small smile, causing her grip on his limbs to loosen. His hands then slid from her head to her cheeks. For a few precious seconds, their eyes locked while Sakura's face burned. She didn't want to know why her heart was running like it was aiming for an Olympic gold medal in athletics.

Suddenly, Sasuke pinched her cheeks. Hard.

"No."

Taking advantage of her shocked state, he lifted two fingers and poked her forehead.

"Tag. You're it," he proclaimed before running. It was then that Sakura snapped out of her trance.

Screaming his name in frustration, she chased him around the playground, the blush on her face turning into a thousand shades of red, not knowing that her childhood friend looked the same.

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"Where's that stupid ladder when you need it?" Sakura grumbled as she tried to reach out the anatomy book that was so close and yet so far. "I hope the one who's hiding it will get food stuck between his teeth when he eats later."

Suddenly a hand appeared beside her, grabbing the book she needed. She turned her head sideways in annoyance to whoever took it from her and was ready to get it back only for her jade eyes to meet deep pools of ebony that held amusement in them.

"Be careful with your words, Sakura. The one using the ladder is the cranky librarian."

She lightheartedly hit his shoulder and took the book from him. He followed her to her table, where numerous anatomy books were scattered. Sasuke took a seat in front of her and silently watched her take down notes and scan page after page as he rested his cheek on his palm.

"I thought you're already done with your Cardiology report. You told me it just needs a little polishing," he asked in a hushed tone.

Sakura sighed. "I found a certain glitch. I just knew Professor Tsunade will question me about it. I have to be ready when she bombards me with her questions."

"Though you can still answer them all. You're her favourite student, and the whole university knows it," Sasuke remarked with a tone of pride for her. At that, the medical student couldn't help but blush.

"Stop flattering me."

He reached out and moved her bangs to the side. "It's the truth."

Sakura gave her a playful glare before throwing a pen at him which he easily caught. "You don't have classes anymore?"

The man gave her a 'Really now?' look but before he could respond, she beat him to it. "Ugh I'm sorry, I forgot it's Friday and your classes end at two. Yes, I know that I am aware of your schedule. And yes, I know that you texted me a while ago to know where I was since you're free," Sakura babbled, answering all his questions yet to be spoken. He smirked in amusement at her ranting, reaching over the table to pinch her cheeks.

"Why don't you take a break? All these books are frying your brain. Dinner?"

She hummed in contemplation. "I'm almost finished," she responded, then stood up and took three large books with her. "I'll just return these ones and get the last that I need, after I get the information I want I'll take up your offer."

Sasuke stood up as well to help her. The future doctor sighed in agitation after seeing the book out of her reach again. Wordlessly, he handed it over to her, though he couldn't hide the teasing glint in his soul's windows.

"Curse you and your pituitary gland," she muttered.

He couldn't help but roll his eyes. "You're taller than other girls, you know. Your height is fine, Sakura."

"Says you. I only come up to your chin, Sasuke-kun," she pouted, the sight urging the man before her to pinch her cheeks.

"Eeeh stop that –"

He cut her off. "I will if you'll stop acting cute." Sasuke needs her to, or else he's gonna give himself a heart attack. His words caused her features to turn into a shade of pink like her hair and it did nothing to stop a blush that was fast appearing on him as well.

"I actually like it," he admitted, his hands still on her face, his thumbs caressing it softly.

She gave him a questioning look. "Why?"

Tall Sakura AU

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Sasuke didn't notice it at first. When his foolish teammates barged into the Sound hideout in their misguided attempt to heroically rescue him from the old snake, he only saw them next to each other from a distance. Looking from above, the difference between Naruto and Sakura wasn't apparent, so he didn't think much about it. On the bridge in the Land of Iron his vision was almost gone, just like his mind, consumed by the burning hatred, so even if the blurry pink head was a little higher than it should be, he didn't care.

During the final battle with Kaguya, Sasuke managed to get through the dimensional portal just in time, swapping himself with a discarded vest. His arm shot out to catch Sakura as she swayed on her feet from tiredness. He was holding her up, their eyes met on an even level and Sasuke noticed it.

Sakura was tall.

He didn't pay it much mind though. In their genin age the height difference between them was almost non-existent, so he was used to it. Then he grew up and Sakura did too, it was nothing important really. He'd rather enjoy their moment of closeness for as long as it lasted.

The next time he noticed it, he was actually leaving the village for his journey. He was going to poke Sakura's forehead when he realized that he was very slightly looking up at her, his eyes on level with her nose. Was Sakura that tall before? Sasuke glanced down in consternation, expecting to see impractically high heels, but Sakura was wearing flat boots. She really was taller than him. How did this happen? When?

Sakura must have read his curiosity from his face, because she rushed with explanation. “Oh yeah, you were away for so long, so you didn't know about it. Naruto really freaked out when he returned from his training with Jiraiya. I mean, I'm now the tallest girl in Konoha! Strange, huh? I probably got the height from my dad, just like the hair. It's a little embarrassing. I'm taller than most guys I know,” Sakura babbled, twirling a pink lock around her finger. A new thought dawned on her and she gave him a slightly panicked look. “It's-it's not a problem to you, Sasuke-kun? We're almost the same height, but some guys don't like taller girls, so-”

“It's fine.” Sasuke reached up and tapped her forehead, effectively stopping the waterfall of words spilling out of her mouth. Sakura looked at him with wide eyes and he smirked. She was still so annoying. As if something as trivial as her height could ever bother him.

“See you next time.”

Sakura blushed, then a playful grin entered her expression. Before he could react, she leaned in and kissed his forehead in retaliation.

“For luck,” she told him, stifling a giggle at his momentarily dazed look. “Stay safe on your journey.”

“A-Aa,” he replied with a waver, the tale-telling heat travelling up to his cheeks, then he swiftly turned around and started walking. He didn't anticipate she'd turn tables on him so easily. The forehead poke was his very special sign of affection, but Sakura also gave him quite a memory to remember her by. He was going to dream about those impossibly soft lips brushing against his skin for many nights to come.

Sasuke touched his tingling forehead with a small smile. He'd underestimated the importance of height in a relationship. Sakura now had an obvious advantage over him and she wasn't afraid to use it. But Sasuke didn't really mind. He'd just have to find some way to get back at her when he returns.

SasuSaku Month 2018 - Day 5: Height Difference Rating: T Context: A little non-canon compliant. A/N: This is a continuation of Day 4. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy it! 

“Dr. Haruno, they need you in rooms 3 and 8,” a nurse called out to her as she rushed by.

She waved her hand in acknowledgment and made a slight detour to her office to drop off the piles of paperwork and folders in her arm. The hospital had been unusually busy all morning and with two nurses on vacation until tomorrow, she had been forced to pick up double shifts to help balance out everyone else's workload. Tsunade had warned her not to pick up so many extra shifts, but she felt a sense of responsibility and ended up doing it anyway. She almost expected her mentor to come swooping down from her endless meetings with the medical ambassadors from the Allied Shinobi Forces and kick her out of the hospital. Literally.

Just as she was about to open the door to her office, she heard someone call her impatiently.

“Hey, Forehead!”

She turned and saw Ino practically running to her, a similar stack of papers in her own arms. The blonde looked worn out despite the warm smile she had on her face. Sakura made herself a mental note to treat her friend to a day at the hot springs as a thank you for all the work she had been doing alongside her and mostly without complaint.

“Hi, Ino-pig,” she greeted her and unlocked her office. Her arms were getting tired.

“You’re going to totally hate me, but Sasuke’s here and he needs a physical with a set of lab work that needs to be done by this afternoon,” replied Ino smiling apologetically. “Kakashi could care less when it’s done, but Tsunade insists it be done as soon as possible.”

Sakura let out a long sigh and dropped off her files on her already untidy desk. Despite the fact that Lady Tsunade was no longer Hokage, she still liked to boss people around.

“I’m swamped with rounds for the next couple of hours,” she frowned. “Why don’t one of the interns take care of it?”

She would actually be more than happy to do it. She hadn’t gotten a chance to see any of her teammates since they trained last week and it was killing her. Especially since Naruto convinced Sasuke that he should room with him for a while, so she definitely didn’t get to see him as often. She found herself with a strange fluttering in her chest whenever she had to stay away from Sasuke for too long. Not that she would ever admit it out loud. The very thought of it made her feel embarrassed at the barrage of emotions Sasuke invoked within her.

“See, everyone is still wary of Sasuke and they refuse to do it,” Ino said and plopped down on her couch. “I’d do it, but I have rounds in the kid’s wards today.”

Sakura groaned and banged her head on her desk. “Be a medic, they said.You’ll save life’s, they said.”

“Excuse me, Miss Haruno.” There was a small knock on her open door. She looked up at found one of the nurses looking hesitant and anxious.

“What is it, Aya?”

“Sasuke Uchiha is in the waiting room and wants to know if he can leave,” Aya answered.

“He wishes,” she mumbled before standing up straight and turned to Ino. “Can you check in on rooms 3 and 8 before you start your rounds?” She then turned to Aya, “Please send him to my office and I’ll take care of him, thank you.”

Aya nodded, looking relieved and left quickly.

“You so owe me for this,” Ino sighed and stood up too. However, she let out a wide grin. “There better be details later.”

“Oh Kami, out,” she ordered. She was lucky she didn't start blushing at the implication.

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