I wrote this in maybe an hour at the most, so it's not going to be some fantastic literary treasure or anything. I just had those pesky feels attack me while looking through the prompts on "imagineyourotp" on Tumblr, so I decided to write a short drabble. You can choose to see it as romance or friendship. Doesn't matter to me. Hope you guys like it~
Prompt: "Imagine your OTP slow dancing under the stars." No adult themes, just simple dancing.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, blah blah blah.
"...Seventeen, eighteen, ninete-"
"Naruto, I hope you know you're not able to count all the stars."
"I can try. Now, where was I?"
"Thirty."
"Don't lie, Sakura-chaaan! See, now you made me lose count!"
Naruto huffed and crossed his arms over his chest, seemingly mad, but she knew he wasn't really mad; he never got mad at her.
The two stayed quiet for a while, revelling in the calmness of the night. It had been too long since they laid on this hill, listening to nothing but the crickets chirping and the slight breeze in the trees.
"Sakura-chan?"
"Hm?"
"Eh... Willyoudancewithme?"
Sakura turned her head to look at his face just a foot away from her own.
"What?"
"Let's dance, Sakura-chan~!"
Naruto sat up quickly, excitement covering his face.
"Do you even know how to dance, Naruto?"
"Well, no... But who cares? Nobody's around to see! Please, Saku-"
"Fine! Fine..."
Naruto stood up before Sakura even had a chance to move and just as soon had her up on her feet.
They stood in front of each other for a few moments until Naruto spoke.
"Er... Sakura-chan?"
"Hm?"
"How do you do this?"
Sakura smacked her forehead.
"How are you going to ask me to dance when you don't even know how to?"
"I told you just now that I didn't know!"
She sighed and grabbed his forearm.
"Just put your hands on my waist."
"A-are you sure?"
Sakura gave him a pointed look.
"Now. Before I change my mind."
"Okay!"
Naruto awkwardly hovered above her waist for a few seconds until he finally placed them on her hips. Sakura pulled them up a couple of inches before she was satisfied where his hands were.
"Like this, Sakura-chan?"
"Mhm."
Sakura, in turn, brought her hands to his neck, and the two awkwardly shuffled before finding a slow rhythm to dance to.
In the silence, Naruto wondered why she had said yes. He had fully expected her to hit him upside the head and call him an idiot. Not that he was complaining or anything, he just hadn't thought she would be here, dancing with him under the stars.
Sakura wondered why she accepted his offer. She never even liked him putting his hand on her shoulder, but now both of his hands were resting on her waist while her own hands were on his shoulders.
Time flew by and Naruto was no longer sure of how long they had been dancing - was it a few minutes, half an hour? He couldn't tell, but one thing he knew was that Sakura was beginning to fall asleep in his arms.
"Sakura-chan?"
Her eyes were beginning to close.
"...Mhm?"
"Are you falling asleep?"
"Wha... No, of course not."
Sakura had no sooner finished her sentence when she leaned forward, her hands falling from his shoulders to lightly grab his jacket.
"S-Sakura?"
"So... tired."
The next thing Naruto knew, Sakura's head was resting on his chest and they had stopped their slow circling.
"Are you awake, Sakura-chan?"
She didn't need to answer because her soft breathing told him enough.
Naruto chuckled and wrapped one arm around her waist, his other arm moving towards her knees. He picked her up easily, carrying her like a small child.
"I'll take you home, Sakura-chan. Good night."
Feedback would be appreciated, but I'm not expecting it. I hope you liked it. ^o^