Fic: The Way you are
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chuunin_archiveIt's funny, but I don't write many love stories. Anyway, I had a go at one.
Title: The Way you Are
Rating: PG
Character/Pairing: NaruSaku
Genre: Romance
Word Count: 465
Summary: This was how he saw her, a symbol; this is how she saw him, a reflection.
The Way you Are
“Back… when you were away.”
“Huh?”
“When you were away… I, uh, I…”
Naruto tilted his head, looking at the girl sitting next to him. She was a pretty thing, with emerald green eyes and cherry blossom pink hair.
Cherry Blossom, that’s what her name was. Her name was a symbol of many meanings – of femineity, beauty and… although it caused him to gulp thinking about it, sexuality. But there was another side to just those external ones.
Cherry Blossoms, revered because of how fleeting they are – here one day, then gone another. The falling petals represented those brave warriors fallen in battle, having fought until their last breath, and then… gone. The petals scattered to the wind, like souls drifting away to heaven.
Sakura’s soul hadn’t left though. Not yet. She was still fighting, still blooming… still here. And here she was, sitting right next to him, a blush slowly creeping across the soft skin of her cheeks.
“I… wasn’t…” she started to say. She felt so awkward, though she’d known him for so many years. She looked him in the eyes. He gazed back curiously.
Those eyes. Why did they enrapture her so? They were so bright it was almost frightening. They reflected the sky, the ocean, forget-me-nots on a warm summer’s day. So innocent, but so full of pain. How could she have said so many of those hurtful things to him when they were children?
And his smile. Whenever she had said those things, it would vanish, but not for long. She knew the smile was a mask, but the mask looked so full of truth. She’d seen many masks in her lifetime. For a long time she followed another, albeit a different one that was ultimately an inverted version from the smile on Naruto’s face. The other one showed pain, rarely smiling at all. The eyes had been different too. They weren’t bright. They didn’t reflect bright things. But they were enrapturing all the same. It was the mystery that had reeled her in.
But sometimes, it was the mystery that was more interesting than the truth. And when the answer finally surfaced, the mystery fell apart, shattered, and it no longer existed. Only the truth remained.
“What is it, Sakura-chan?” Naruto leaned in, raising an eyebrow at her. “You look constipated.”
“Idiot!” Sakura clonked Naruto on the head. The boy rubbed the newly formed lump, pouting at her. She sighed and leaned over, placing a kiss on his cheek. “When you were away, I thought about you, more than him. I missed you.”
Naruto blinked, more shocked than anything. “What?”
“Just smile for me, idiot,” Sakura told him, smiling as once again she saw reflected in his face those bright things she loved so much. “That’s better,” she said.
^_^; Um, well, I hope I did okay.
Title: The Way you Are
Rating: PG
Character/Pairing: NaruSaku
Genre: Romance
Word Count: 465
Summary: This was how he saw her, a symbol; this is how she saw him, a reflection.
The Way you Are
“Back… when you were away.”
“Huh?”
“When you were away… I, uh, I…”
Naruto tilted his head, looking at the girl sitting next to him. She was a pretty thing, with emerald green eyes and cherry blossom pink hair.
Cherry Blossom, that’s what her name was. Her name was a symbol of many meanings – of femineity, beauty and… although it caused him to gulp thinking about it, sexuality. But there was another side to just those external ones.
Cherry Blossoms, revered because of how fleeting they are – here one day, then gone another. The falling petals represented those brave warriors fallen in battle, having fought until their last breath, and then… gone. The petals scattered to the wind, like souls drifting away to heaven.
Sakura’s soul hadn’t left though. Not yet. She was still fighting, still blooming… still here. And here she was, sitting right next to him, a blush slowly creeping across the soft skin of her cheeks.
“I… wasn’t…” she started to say. She felt so awkward, though she’d known him for so many years. She looked him in the eyes. He gazed back curiously.
Those eyes. Why did they enrapture her so? They were so bright it was almost frightening. They reflected the sky, the ocean, forget-me-nots on a warm summer’s day. So innocent, but so full of pain. How could she have said so many of those hurtful things to him when they were children?
And his smile. Whenever she had said those things, it would vanish, but not for long. She knew the smile was a mask, but the mask looked so full of truth. She’d seen many masks in her lifetime. For a long time she followed another, albeit a different one that was ultimately an inverted version from the smile on Naruto’s face. The other one showed pain, rarely smiling at all. The eyes had been different too. They weren’t bright. They didn’t reflect bright things. But they were enrapturing all the same. It was the mystery that had reeled her in.
But sometimes, it was the mystery that was more interesting than the truth. And when the answer finally surfaced, the mystery fell apart, shattered, and it no longer existed. Only the truth remained.
“What is it, Sakura-chan?” Naruto leaned in, raising an eyebrow at her. “You look constipated.”
“Idiot!” Sakura clonked Naruto on the head. The boy rubbed the newly formed lump, pouting at her. She sighed and leaned over, placing a kiss on his cheek. “When you were away, I thought about you, more than him. I missed you.”
Naruto blinked, more shocked than anything. “What?”
“Just smile for me, idiot,” Sakura told him, smiling as once again she saw reflected in his face those bright things she loved so much. “That’s better,” she said.
^_^; Um, well, I hope I did okay.
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Date: 2007-06-21 06:25 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-06-21 06:44 pm (UTC)So you're the author my favourite reviewer (evergrnterrace ♥) flails over. Nice to meet you, I can see why she likes you so much!
They didn’t reflect bright things in regards to Sasuke's eyes was probably my favourite line. Well put.
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Date: 2007-06-22 02:31 am (UTC)