A Few Inches Short
by platform-shoes12
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Uchiha Sasuke narrowed his onyx eyes to the girl panting before him.
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"Ohayo, Sasuke-kun," She greeted breathlessly, "I hope I'm not late."
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He shifted his gaze to a point somewhere above her head and settled on the clock. She's a few seconds short to be actually late for their…appointment. Not date he reminded himself dates are for couples. His inner self argued that they're only a few words short to be officially a couple anyway so maybe he could get away with calling it a date. But that is NOT the point. He inwardly shook his head. The point he realized is that she always falls a few something short for something. He watched her flash him a smile. Yes, that smile always falls a few degrees short to reach her eyes. She's giving him that kind of smile every time she's having a…temper.
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Her temper.
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He inwardly shuddered when he thought of her temper.
Her temper is a few levels short to be called abnormally short. And speaking of short…
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Sasuke dragged his eyes back to the girl. Her height is a few inches short to be claimed as average. She's always been on the petite side of things. Even with her…curves.
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Her curves are a few centimetres short to be labelled generous. Though still completely enjoyable to ogle…He shook his head. THE Uchiha Sasuke does not ogle. He repeats: he does NOT ogle even if it is completely justifiable because it's Sakura and no—he's absolutely not defending himself because he does not ogle. And so…
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The remaining Uchiha forced his eyes to focus back to her face and not to stray without his permission. Really, now that he's realizing all this things—that Sakura has a problem which she does not know—he is starting to get annoyed. I mean, just look at her hair he thought. Pink. It's a few shades short to be red—which is an accepted, normal hair color. Red is normal. Pink is not. Same's the case with her eyes. Whoever has jade eyes? Right. Even her eyes fall a few hues short to be emerald green—which is an accepted, normal eye color.
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"Uh, Sasuke-kun?" She asked worriedly, biting her lip in the process.
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Uchiha Sasuke's eyes narrowed even further when his eyes were drawn to those two pink lines. Sakura is completely clueless about her problem of falling a few something short of something. And it bugged him that it seems that he's the only one who knows about the problem. He decided that he should do something about it. If he wouldn't, who else would, right? And so he must do something like…help her. Friends help each other right?
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And her lips happened to be—again—a few inches short to be touching his.
(which is most definitely not acceptable and so he has to do something about it. He's helping her, right?)
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So he started leaning forward. He barely noticed how her eyes widened when he slanted his lips over hers. He's helping her here, so there! This is her fault he reasoned. If he hadn't been so annoyed of her small problem (of falling a few anything for something) he wouldn't be dredging out all the remaining kindness in his heart and trying his best to help her out. It's not like he's taking advantage of her.
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No, not really. (Cross my heart. Hope to die. He even swore.)
He's a kind hearted friend who is most definitely not hormonal and therefore not taking advantage. No.
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Then he felt her respond and his hands, completely without my permission!—he insists—settled themselves on her waist and pulled her closer (to which he earned a surprised eep!).
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And when she wrapped her slender arms around his neck, Uchiha Sasuke decided:
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She's NOTHINGshort of perfect.
(because he's going to fill in whatever she lacks. He's going to complete her.)
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And he won't have her any other way.
-fin-
Platform-shoes12's note: -hides behind my closet—okay, I admit that I should be doing updates on my multi-chap story but this one just won't leave my head! And I know it's sappy but I'm currently in the sappy mood which I'm still not sure to be good or not. Then there's Mr. Protagonist, who is unknown to all of you, who completely FORBIDS me to be on FFnet for TWO WHOLE DAYS! (because I've been spending waaaay too much time reading fanfiction and has become sappy which is not normal ergo I need a break) Unbelievable, true. What is more unbelievably though is that I agreed. Now how that happened I don't know.
Anyway, to those who enjoyed this…uhm…drabble, post a review! I happen to find happiness in them and so…be that kind person I know you all are. SMILE! –and then click that little link down there. Yes, that blue one. I know you'll click it because you're a kind, loving person who deserves good things in life—like, brownies. And chocolate. And…errm, a kick ass love life? And a boyfriend like ITACHI (oh my gas I'm hyperventilating right now. jk). Blessings and peace be upon you, my dearies!