31_days // like ramen // Naruto
Title: like ramen
Theme: a light called you
Series: Naruto
Rating: PG for an iffy insinuation
Type: Drabble
Genre: general
Characters: Naruto, Sakura [implied SasuSaku]
Word Count: 307
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
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It came to Naruto’s attention one morning that Sakura was the type of girl who brightened things. Well, he’d always known it, dimly, like the urge to take a leak when he was excited, or the need to, uh, y’know, do that in the morning. He just hadn’t been conscious of it, like how he was fully conscious of the energizing power of ramen.
But today, the clouds were out and the sun was hiding, and Naruto felt quite miserable. He was never one for overcast weather, and he grumbled mutinously to himself about the persnickety behavior of old women in leadership positions who desired scrolls to be delivered at their beck and call. He consoled himself with the knowledge that at least there would be Sakura to accompany him.
His tetchy mood vanished when Sakura arrived, pink hair bright under her hood. She was frowning, but that didn’t matter, because it hit him, as her eyes sparked and mouth opened and his heart lifted, that Sakura was like . . . was like ramen. She did things to people. Like the way she made Sasuke’s dark eyes seem to reflect some kind of shiny tint when he looked at her, or the way she made Kakashi-sensei laugh and seem young again when he evaded her pointed questions.
Naruto pondered on this revelation. Sakura wasn’t like Ino. Sure, Sakura was pretty, but then, Ino was pretty, too, and she didn’t do things to people. At least, not the way Sakura did. He decided that Ino was like a star, like gold; she outshone people, made them lesser. But what exactly did Sakura do?
His mind refocused on Sakura’s sweet voice.
“Honestly, Naruto,” she was saying, a faint look of disapproval on her face. “Why didn’t you wear a coat?”
“I’ll do that next time, Sakura-chan!” said Naruto. “I promise it’s stuck in my head now, see?”
Ah yes. Sakura made people brighter.
Theme: a light called you
Series: Naruto
Rating: PG for an iffy insinuation
Type: Drabble
Genre: general
Characters: Naruto, Sakura [implied SasuSaku]
Word Count: 307
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
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It came to Naruto’s attention one morning that Sakura was the type of girl who brightened things. Well, he’d always known it, dimly, like the urge to take a leak when he was excited, or the need to, uh, y’know, do that in the morning. He just hadn’t been conscious of it, like how he was fully conscious of the energizing power of ramen.
But today, the clouds were out and the sun was hiding, and Naruto felt quite miserable. He was never one for overcast weather, and he grumbled mutinously to himself about the persnickety behavior of old women in leadership positions who desired scrolls to be delivered at their beck and call. He consoled himself with the knowledge that at least there would be Sakura to accompany him.
His tetchy mood vanished when Sakura arrived, pink hair bright under her hood. She was frowning, but that didn’t matter, because it hit him, as her eyes sparked and mouth opened and his heart lifted, that Sakura was like . . . was like ramen. She did things to people. Like the way she made Sasuke’s dark eyes seem to reflect some kind of shiny tint when he looked at her, or the way she made Kakashi-sensei laugh and seem young again when he evaded her pointed questions.
Naruto pondered on this revelation. Sakura wasn’t like Ino. Sure, Sakura was pretty, but then, Ino was pretty, too, and she didn’t do things to people. At least, not the way Sakura did. He decided that Ino was like a star, like gold; she outshone people, made them lesser. But what exactly did Sakura do?
His mind refocused on Sakura’s sweet voice.
“Honestly, Naruto,” she was saying, a faint look of disapproval on her face. “Why didn’t you wear a coat?”
“I’ll do that next time, Sakura-chan!” said Naruto. “I promise it’s stuck in my head now, see?”
Ah yes. Sakura made people brighter.