meme #004 | slow-dancing ( think outside the boxstep )

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slow dancing ┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ a meme → COMMENT WITH YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME, FANDOM, AND PREFERENCE. → PICK A CHARACTER YOU WANT TO TAG AND GO FOR IT. → PLAY NICE; NO WANK, FLAMES, OR GENERAL HUMBUGGERY. ┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ the deal FORMAL OR INFORMAL, WITH MUSIC OR WITHOUT, YOU COULD BE AT A GLAMOUROUS GALA WHILE A SINGER CROONS SOFTLY OR IN THE SILENCE OF YOUR OWN LIVING ROOM. WHEREVER YOU ARE, YOU HAVE THE URGE TO DANCE. DID YOU ASK YOUR PARTNER OR DID THEY ASK YOU? HAVE YOU GOT TWO LEFT FEET OR IS THE VIENNESE WALTZ YOUR JAM? IT COULD BE AWKWARD, IT COULD BE ROMANTIC. EITHER WAY IT'S CUTE AS HELL.

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[sthenic]

Really now?

[orangehokage]

Yeah! But I can't slack off too much either, right? I gotta' at least keep up with everybody.

[sthenic]

Well....



Honestly, Naruto..



((She sort of looks away and down, not really sure if she actually wants to say it...))

Ah, no forget it..

[orangehokage]

... ehhh?

What is it, Sakura-chan?

[sthenic]

No no, it's stupid.

[orangehokage]

Well... if you say so.

[ Man, now he's really curious... ]

[sthenic]

Hmm...


((looks around. Ah.... at least nobody was staring. Gosh this is hideously awkward.))

You know, I was sort of surprised to see you come here...

[orangehokage]

Surprised? [ He pauses a moment before suddenly grinning. ] Well, I'm not the number one unpredictable ninja for nothing, you know. But I wouldn't have missed everyone getting together like this.

... oi oi, Sakura-chan. What were you going to say earlier?

[sthenic]

((A sigh.... She flushes.)) Naruto, really, it's silly...

[orangehokage]

Awww, come on!

[sthenic]

Well...


I man, as far as you keeping up with everyone, I just think that...

Well, you're probably already one of the strongest ninja in the village, so...

1/2!

[orangehokage]

[ That causes the silly grin to fade for a moment, replaced by an all too serious expression that luckily didn't involve a blush... yet. ]

Sakura-chan...

[orangehokage]

[ Naruto tries to snap himself out of it, laughing once. ] Come on... Kakashi-sensei is still way, way stronger! And Tsunade no baa-chan, or... [ Sasuke, maybe. ]

[sthenic]

I don't know, Naruto.. besides, it's not gonna be like that forever. Even you should know that. ((And working with Tsunade directly? She definitely knows all about it..)

[orangehokage]

[ His hands shift at her waist, less shy than before as he pulls her imperceptibly closer. ]

... Ah, maybe. But who cares about that, right? I'll get stronger than all those guys, and then it'll be my turn to protect everybody.

[sthenic]

Yeah....


Just make sure you have someone protecting you, all right? Just in case... Not really sure what I'd do without you...

[orangehokage]

... haha, don't tell me that you're worried about me, Sakura-chan!

[ Oh if he weren't less mature he'd be wiggling his eyebrows right about now. But no. He is so mature. The most mature, even. ]

[sthenic]

((She just sort of makes a pensive expression, bowing her head a little further to hid it.

Okay no, she knew he could see it, and she didn't much want that. A light step forward and she pulls herself into his arms. That'll keep him quite, right?

..Besides, she'd wanted this. She nestles her head down and waits until Naruto moves his feet again.))

[orangehokage]

[ ... no. No no, not moving for a few minutes. Safe to say that this stuns him into a rare silence, his hands slowly moving to rest just over her shoulder blades. ]

Sakura-ch...

... Nothing's gonna' happen, alright?

[sthenic]

I know, Naruto. ((The last person she loved ran away from her; Naruto leaving too... against his own will just seemed all too possible.))

[orangehokage]

[ Oh, it is so good that he doesn't know what she's thinking. Even if there's always that nagging thought, in the back of his mind... ]

We've got each other, right?

[sthenic]

Right.

[orangehokage]

And nobody's gonna' change that, I promise.

That's... the promise of a lifetime, you know?

[sthenic]

I don't think you've ever broken a promise. ((she sort of laughs.))

[orangehokage]

Ahhh... I have one or two that are a little overdue, but I'll never go back on my word!