[Fic] Naruto: Naruto/Sakura: Popular Mechanics Cont'd

[llivla]

More NarutoxSakura stuff. :D I don't care how unpopular it is compared to the other ships--it's darned good for the soul...and I wrote a fic where I killed Naruto and now I'm angsting/emo about it. (HOW, HOW?! IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN! NEVARR! ...who could kill Naruto? That handsome goofy face?!) ....


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Worth It



When Naruto was fifteen he realized loving Sakura-chan was like trying to spell pieces of Shikamaru’s vocabulary: it takes a damn long time, but you feel really, really, really damned good at the end, and after that it’s with you forever.




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Safe


Sakura hears from Ino that when someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. Naruto says her name different, like it’s as holy as his ramen—the moron.

And she smiles because she knows her name is safe in his mouth.




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Enduring



When Sakura got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So Naruto did it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too.


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*The last one was from an e-mail I got recently. I read it and though, "oh my gosh, that's...that's Naruto and Sakura!"

Comments

[heronite.livejournal.com]

Those are just so. Damn. CUTE!!!

I just love how you took such little things in life and managed to show the extent of the characters' affection for one another. It sure beats the usual cliches of... bah, let's not think about the usual cliches. XD And because these are such little everyday life aspects, you just Know how integral a part of the character lives they are.

Spelling. Ramen. Such original expressions of love. So cute! <3

[acaciabrown.livejournal.com]

I just completely gushed...all over that and all over my room.

SO

Damn

TRUE

(and Cute, and special and just...just...dear God <33333 )

A, it's so simple and just so unique and ... and WHY ISN'T NARUSAKU MORE POPULAR? The thing is people throw themselves at SasuSaku and I just cannot for the life of me figure out why. It's like...wife abuse or something, Sakura is someone else (was) completely around Sasuke and it just wasn't nice because he completely ignored her DDDDD':

Besides Naruto has loved her forever weeps .

I am going to mem this, it is precious.

[imarobotica.livejournal.com]

I love NaruSaku. it's like my second fave hentai pairing in Naruto.

KakaSaku is first. :p

[transient-words.livejournal.com]

God, why is that you always manage to write so little and yet make it so very powerful? I don't know; this really impresses me because it's hard to write, contrary to popular belief, to write short fics.

Reading this put a smile on my face because those drabbles were a slice of life: cute, heart-warming and believable. The arthritis was kind of touching -- it is just like Naruto to do anything for Sakura. The first part was adorable and the second beautiful (I love how used you the word ramen here... both ramen and Sakura are important to Naruto). I'll admit it, that in spite of my angsty writing, I'm do love fluff provided it's well done. And this was very well done with the fluff being realistic and so very "down-to-earth".

A little nitpick, though -- in both the first and second part you started off with the past tense, only to use the present later on. I'd suggest you to remain consistent.

However, this was really lovely and you reminded me once again why I'm so attracted to NaruSaku in the first place.

[shingo-the-pest.livejournal.com]

Safe has this sweetness to it that makes me smile.

Enduring makes me let out a quiet breath.

[snapthestars.livejournal.com]

naruto/sakura is SO MAED OF LUVZ♥♥
bah, they are my true "Naruto" OTP.
THEY HAVE SO MUCH POTENTIAL 8D 8D 8D

i can't believe it's so unpopular, too!
it's so... adorable.

"safe" makes me really happy inside
it feels like goo! 8D

[starfreckled.livejournal.com]

NaruSaku is really cute. ♥

And your drabbles were adorable as well! :D

[jyusan.livejournal.com]

You won't make me into a NaruSaku fan. No, you won't.

*resists*

*resists*

Even though I don't... support the pairing, I like it the most when it comes to the "three holy pairings". I'm just... too much of a SasuNaru fan for that. But if Naruto gets together with any girl, let it be Sakura.

The first one is my favourite. ♥

*still resists, though*