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For the story The Person I Admire by Gadalla Rune. From chapter 24: Rising Sun. [link] I didn't actually re-read the chapter before I drew the picture... and when I did, I realized I had forgotten the treeline, the mountains, etcetera, etcetera that the Gadalla Rune had depicted! It was kind embarrassing when I realized that... ^^'

Sakura hid her smile against that muscled chest, even now, as they shared this moment together, a moment of broken and healing hearts, he was worried about her. She came to the conclusion then that Lee’s embrace was the best place in the world, and the safest on top of that. She looked up at Lee so she could see his face, and was startled at how close their faces were. She had never been this close to Lee’s face, not like this.

She noticed now, the things she had never noticed before. His eyes were no longer the perfect round orbs that he had during his youth, but more mature, more adult, though he still had those goofy thick eyelashes of his. His eyebrows had stayed the same, and she hoped they would never change, they defined Lee as Lee more than anything else physically about him. His hair was still in that goofy bowl cut that Gai-sensei was so fond of, but eight months without a barber of any sort and traveling through the wilderness had given it a sort of wild look. It was beginning to curl from lack of being brushed, and she couldn’t help but wonder what his hair would look like naturally if he didn’t straighten it all the time.

She realized that she had been staring at him and smiling at the same time. She expected a confused comment of what she was doing exactly, but Lee said nothing, he merely looked at her and mirrored her smile. She had to wonder what about her was making him smile. “Why… why are you smiling, Lee-kun?”

Lee gave a surprised look, then blushed and averted his eyes, “S-sorry, Sakura-san.” He apparently thought she was upset with his staring.

She reached up and cupped his cheek, turning him so that he could face her, “No, I really want to know. Why are you smiling?” She smiled sheepishly, she knew it was selfish of her to ask such a question, but she just couldn’t control her curiosity all of a sudden.

Lee stared at her, surprised that she wasn’t upset with him staring at her in the first place. “I…” He thought about lying to save himself, but he felt that this was a moment to tell the truth for some reason. “I was just thinking how beautiful you look Sakura-san. How beautiful your eyes are, and how they remind me of Spring.”

Sakura felt her heartbeat jump up in speed. This wasn’t the same as nearly four years ago, when Lee would brazenly declare his love for her the same way he declared his love for squirrels and other cute furry things. This was much, much different. She couldn’t help it, her heart was racing, her breathing had deepened, how could such a tone of voice make her feel this way? How…?

She realized suddenly what had happened. When they were younger, Lee’s love for her was the same as his love for most other things, such as his being a ninja, his sensei and of course squirrels. He would say she was beautiful and that he loved her, and he would mean it, but it was childish and light-hearted, just as he was about everything around him. But Lee’s love had never gone away, instead it had changed, it had evolved into something deeper. Something more real. She already had known that if she ever needed someone, she could depend on him, because that’s just the way he was. But now, she knew that if she really needed someone for more than just comfort and protection, he would be there waiting for her. Just as he had always been waiting.

She didn’t think as she moved, she couldn’t think, not with her heart pounding and her brain trying to make sense of what was happening to her, but she didn’t resist it either. She kept her hand on the side of Lee’s face and she had to stand on tip-toe to reach him, but her lips found his nonetheless.

She felt him sigh, and his entire body relaxed from a tension she hadn’t noticed before. He wrapped his arm around her waist and drew her up to him, she could feel such amazing strength in that arm. Strength that, if he wanted to, could snap her in half in a blink of an eye, or, if he wanted to… protect her from everything and anyone. She had always wanted to be stronger, strong enough to protect her friends who always seemed to be protecting her. But in this moment, as the heat between them passed back and forth through their lips, she didn’t think she’d mind being the one protected… just this once.

She couldn’t stop it, she felt that they should’ve broken off then, but she was lost in the swirling sensations he was giving her. She was so aware all of a sudden. She could feel her heart beat against his, two opposite rhythms, together making their own unique music. She could feel his breath and taste it at the same time, and she could feel his hand on the small of her back as he held her to him. His skin was soft, with a faint amount of bristles, Lee had to begin shaving his face about three months after they arrived at the tree-house; luckily Neji shaved and was able to teach Lee and lend him his razors. She smiled into their kiss making him smile. She knew then that she loved that smile, even if it did do that goofy sparkle.

She pressed her body fully against his, wrapping her arms around his neck as the kiss deepened and became something more.

So much more.

Yes- a very long caption. But I feel it is necessary to capture the full extent of the moment, and what the moment represented for Sakura.

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For the story The Person I Admire by Gadalla Rune. From chapter 24: Rising Sun. [link] I didn't actually re-read the chapter before I drew the picture... and when I did, I realized I had forgotten the treeline, the mountains, etcetera, etcetera that the Gadalla Rune had depicted! It was kind embarrassing when I realized that... ^^'

Sakura hid her smile against that muscled chest, even now, as they shared this moment together, a moment of broken and healing hearts, he was worried about her. She came to the conclusion then that Lee’s embrace was the best place in the world, and the safest on top of that. She looked up at Lee so she could see his face, and was startled at how close their faces were. She had never been this close to Lee’s face, not like this.

She noticed now, the things she had never noticed before. His eyes were no longer the perfect round orbs that he had during his youth, but more mature, more adult, though he still had those goofy thick eyelashes of his. His eyebrows had stayed the same, and she hoped they would never change, they defined Lee as Lee more than anything else physically about him. His hair was still in that goofy bowl cut that Gai-sensei was so fond of, but eight months without a barber of any sort and traveling through the wilderness had given it a sort of wild look. It was beginning to curl from lack of being brushed, and she couldn’t help but wonder what his hair would look like naturally if he didn’t straighten it all the time.

She realized that she had been staring at him and smiling at the same time. She expected a confused comment of what she was doing exactly, but Lee said nothing, he merely looked at her and mirrored her smile. She had to wonder what about her was making him smile. “Why… why are you smiling, Lee-kun?”

Lee gave a surprised look, then blushed and averted his eyes, “S-sorry, Sakura-san.” He apparently thought she was upset with his staring.

She reached up and cupped his cheek, turning him so that he could face her, “No, I really want to know. Why are you smiling?” She smiled sheepishly, she knew it was selfish of her to ask such a question, but she just couldn’t control her curiosity all of a sudden.

Lee stared at her, surprised that she wasn’t upset with him staring at her in the first place. “I…” He thought about lying to save himself, but he felt that this was a moment to tell the truth for some reason. “I was just thinking how beautiful you look Sakura-san. How beautiful your eyes are, and how they remind me of Spring.”

Sakura felt her heartbeat jump up in speed. This wasn’t the same as nearly four years ago, when Lee would brazenly declare his love for her the same way he declared his love for squirrels and other cute furry things. This was much, much different. She couldn’t help it, her heart was racing, her breathing had deepened, how could such a tone of voice make her feel this way? How…?

She realized suddenly what had happened. When they were younger, Lee’s love for her was the same as his love for most other things, such as his being a ninja, his sensei and of course squirrels. He would say she was beautiful and that he loved her, and he would mean it, but it was childish and light-hearted, just as he was about everything around him. But Lee’s love had never gone away, instead it had changed, it had evolved into something deeper. Something more real. She already had known that if she ever needed someone, she could depend on him, because that’s just the way he was. But now, she knew that if she really needed someone for more than just comfort and protection, he would be there waiting for her. Just as he had always been waiting.

She didn’t think as she moved, she couldn’t think, not with her heart pounding and her brain trying to make sense of what was happening to her, but she didn’t resist it either. She kept her hand on the side of Lee’s face and she had to stand on tip-toe to reach him, but her lips found his nonetheless.

She felt him sigh, and his entire body relaxed from a tension she hadn’t noticed before. He wrapped his arm around her waist and drew her up to him, she could feel such amazing strength in that arm. Strength that, if he wanted to, could snap her in half in a blink of an eye, or, if he wanted to… protect her from everything and anyone. She had always wanted to be stronger, strong enough to protect her friends who always seemed to be protecting her. But in this moment, as the heat between them passed back and forth through their lips, she didn’t think she’d mind being the one protected… just this once.

She couldn’t stop it, she felt that they should’ve broken off then, but she was lost in the swirling sensations he was giving her. She was so aware all of a sudden. She could feel her heart beat against his, two opposite rhythms, together making their own unique music. She could feel his breath and taste it at the same time, and she could feel his hand on the small of her back as he held her to him. His skin was soft, with a faint amount of bristles, Lee had to begin shaving his face about three months after they arrived at the tree-house; luckily Neji shaved and was able to teach Lee and lend him his razors. She smiled into their kiss making him smile. She knew then that she loved that smile, even if it did do that goofy sparkle.

She pressed her body fully against his, wrapping her arms around his neck as the kiss deepened and became something more.

So much more.

Yes- a very long caption. But I feel it is necessary to capture the full extent of the moment, and what the moment represented for Sakura.