Friends & Family von dragonfighter (The Clumsy & The Lonely) ================================================================================ Kapitel 4: Step 4 - Wedding Dress --------------------------------- When it comes to wedding preparations, the most important thing may be the location or the announcement cards, possibly also the decoration, but for a woman it is definitely the wedding dress. A dress that should give the bride the feeling of being a princess and that the world is only about her and everything else is of no interest. Everyone should only see the bride and be jealous. The dress should highlight the woman's chocolate sides and perhaps accentuate or conceal some of the curves. As the bride likes.   A gentle wind blows over Tokyo on this May day. It's the month before the wedding, so trying on the dress is on the schedule. Whether the dress, as it has been adjusted so far, also fits. A smile on his lips, Naruto opens the door for the pink haired woman and also lets her two friends and her future mother-in-law enter the bridal shop. Finally he also enters the shop and looks around. The sales counter is directly opposite of the door, on the right there are display dummies with wedding dresses and on the left there are the suits. On the right and left, aisles lead up to the stairs to the first floor, where there are more clothes and suits, but above all the fitting rooms in the front area. From the first floor you can look down on the ground floor because the railing of the stairs forms a circle where there is a hole in the floor. If you follow the railing to the rear, you can hide behind two slightly drawn-in walls in the fitting room, which is divided by a curtain into sections for men and women.   "And Sasuke and I really shouldn't take dance lessons before the wedding? After all, I don't know how well we harmonize together.”, Sakura begins a topic that she had touched on some time ago. Actually, she's just curious about her fiance, but who wouldn't be? After all, they both got engaged so suddenly. Of course, they had spent some time together, but that was almost an year ago, and the pink haired girl just can't remember the man's face. "No Sakura. You really don't need dance lessons. I saw you two dancing at the Tokiwa Towers opening, you harmonize perfectly.“ Mikoto smiles and puts her hand on her shoulder.   "Ah Mrs. Uchiha! Mrs. Haruno! Welcome. We were already waiting for you!“ One of the employees from the cash desk approaches them. "Good afternoon.", the group smiles and bows to the saleswoman, who is doing the same. "Do we want to try on the clothes right away?", The employee asks and looks around. Smiling, Mikoto steps forward and nods, "Yes, please." The black haired woman takes a quick look at her watch before smiling at Naruto, "You can, meanwhile, try on your own suit or take care of other important things." The blonde nods at her words, bows goodbye and leaves the shop. "Well, then please follow me to the first floor.", With a wave of her hand, the saleswoman points to the aisles through the women's department and the group starts to move. Walking through the amount of wedding dresses and bridesmaid dresses, up the stairs and go to the changing area.   The employee turns to the group, which make themselves comfortable on the couch. "Which dresses do you want to try on first?", The employee looks questioningly at the women. Sakura looks at Hinata and Ino, who in turn look at her. "I would say the bridesmaid dresses. As it’s well known, the best always comes last.”, A small grin lies on the lips of the Uchiha. Hinata and Ino look up in surprise. "But our clothes have already fit perfectly lately," says the blonde. This time there is a grin on Sakura's lips. "Yes, yes. But I had a few small things changed.“, She shrugs and crosses one leg over the other. Hinata and Ino look a little puzzled at the pink haired woman, while the employee is already pushing a pole with two dress bags out of the rear area. The blue haired and the blonde each get a bag with their dresses in and then disappear into the cabins. After a few minutes, one of the curtains opens again. "Sakura! I said you didn't have to have the clothes changed!” The blonde scolds, while Hinata shyly steps out of the dressing room. "Well, I'm the bride, and if I want red and gold, it happens. Don't you like it?” Pouting a bit, the Haruno ends her question and pushes her lower lip a little forward. "Yes, it is beautiful anyway, but the effort! And what about Hinata? She can't even wear red-…! “, The fashion fanatic bursts out and finally turns to the Hyuuga. She looks at her speechlessly. "I thought so!", Sakura says with a grin and rises to approach her shy friend. "With the gold tone and the red sash you can also wear the two colors and it looks great on you! Maybe even too much!“ She taps her chin thoughtfully and looks at her friend with a stern look. The Hyuuga looks at her in panic. A hearty laugh comes over Sakura's lips. "I'm just kidding Hinata. Nobody beats me in my wedding dress! You already saw that.“ The pink haired woman waves off with a giggle. "The clothes look great on you!", Mikoto also compliments with a smile and looks at the two young women in their knee-length dresses. Strapless, it fits tight around the chest and upper abdomen, while hanging loosely at the bottom. Three layers of gold coloured taffeta are sewn over the opaque organza fabric and underneath the chest there is a burgundy sash, with a golden embroidery on it’s left side, which resembles a brooch, to the back.   Ino and Hinata smile thankfully. "So and now finally i want to see you in your dress!" The blonde takes the skirt of her dress in one hand to let it flutter when she turns around. "Then I'll put on my underskirt," the pinkette decides and smiles towards Mikoto, who immediately has the dress fetched. The young Haruno quickly slips out of her clothes and pulls the white, tight-fitting dress, over her underwear. Actually, she doesn't need the underskirt at all, but to be on the safe side, she'd rather have the dress on. "Wow, you don't need a wedding dress, you can also get married in your petticoat!" The blonde giggles as the young woman comes out of the dressing room, in a strapless and thin dress. The green eyed woman cheekily sticks out her tongue and watches the wedding dress being pushed towards her by the department store employee. It had taken some time until she had finally found the perfect dress. She definitely tried on 100 dresses and they were in more than just this bridal shop. It was only after two long weeks of searching that they found this dress. Sakura thought the dress was gorgeous and her three companions, on that day as well as months before, found her gorgeous in the dress.   But the black haired woman managed to convince the young Haruno and now the pinkette is looking forward to the dress with the changes that were made in addition to the adjustment. A little excited, the bride watches the employee open the zipper of the dress and hold the fabric on the floor before laying the upper body of the dress on the floor. Her eyes settle on Sakura, while Mikoto walks around the dress with a smile and stands in front of the Haruno, stretching her arms towards her. A thankful smile on her lips, the young woman takes the offered, helping hands to climb over the fabric of the dress in the middle. Footsteps can be heard outside the curtain and then Naruto's voice. "Ah, Naruto seems to be back!" The beautiful Uchiha smiles and turns away, releasing one of the pinkette’s hands and turns sideways backwards. At the same moment, the pink haired woman feels how she steps with her foot on the fabric of the dress, slips on the smooth satin fabric and stumbles forward. Instead of landing in Mikoto's arms, she stumbles through the curtain and is caught by two strong arms.   The arms close around her torso as she leans with her cheek against a male chest. She looks up in surprise, loosens her fingers that have automatically clawed into the fabric of the jacket. Her eyes meet a cool, impenetrable look. Immediately, pictures shoot through her head from a time, when everything was different and she sees the man in a younger edition who has blood trailing along his temple.   She swallows gently and then slowly straightens up again. Even if she no longer holds him, his arms are still around her. She looks at him in amazement and sees how his eyes are on the floor behind her. Then he turns his gaze back to her and drops his arms. "Sorry!", She quickly takes a step back and bows politely. Again, the black haired man takes a quick look on the floor behind her, looks back at her and briefly examines her in her underdress. "Lucky me. After all the groom shouldn’t see the bride in her wedding dress before the wedding.” A small smile pulls at the corner of the man's lips at his remark. She looks at him in confusion before smiling slightly. "Come on Sakura, this time I'll be the one catching you!", smiling, the black haired woman holds out her hand to the Haruno and holds the curtain with the other. An amused smile lies on the Haruno's lips as she turns away from Mikoto and towards the man in front of her, apologetically she looks at him again before returning to her friends. The black haired woman smiles briefly at her son and waves her hand in the direction of the men's fitting area before turning and disappearing behind the curtain.   "Come on Teme!" Naruto calls for his best friend, who holds the curtain and grins slightly at him. "You have to try your suit again," the blonde continues. With an unnoticed sigh, the black haired man turns and follows his best friend into the men’s side. His gaze wanders around. There is a couch, changing rooms and a pair of mirrors. A man comes out of a corridor between the cabins with two suit bags, which he passes on to the two gentlemen. Sasuke takes the clothes hangers in silence and goes into one of the cabins, the blonde into the other.   With a sigh, he strips his suit jacket from his arms and loosens the tie, his shirt follows and hangs it neatly over the armchair. Sasuke briefly examines his upper body in the mirror, which shows a few muscles. Even if he spends a lot of time at work, he also does enough sport, since he has a gym two streets away in which he does work outs every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, unless he only gets out of work at 10 pm. His eyes wander towards his suit bag, which he opens and starts examining the content. He grabs the hanger with the shirt and vest to put on the white shirt.   So far, it has been very useful and good to let Naruto participate in the wedding preparations. So he could basically stay out of the wedding preparations and still his ideas and wishes, or rather criteria, are observed. Sasuke was very surprised when Naruto came to him on the first day, explaining where the location was searched and displayed the pictures of the location on his tablet with the sentence, "No matter what you say you will get married in the last of the locations." He had looked at the wine cellar in surprise, which is well lit with some light sources along the wall and from the ceiling. When he asked his friend who suggested this location, Naruto answered with a simple "Your fiancée!" Even when Naruto showed him the announcement card design, the uchiha was not averse and could immediately see the colors in which the wedding will be arranged. So far, the Uchiha has not been able to complain, even if the blonde did not want to tell him what his fiancée looks like so that he can remember her.   A small smile plays on his lips as he closes the pants of his wedding suit and puts the red tie around his neck to tie them. The pink haired woman, now he remembers, and his memories finally have the right pictures. She was shopping with him on the weekend before they were together at the Tokiwa Towers opening ceremony, where she was wearing a dress that amazed everyone and turned all other dresses into a joke. She is the girl who tried to knock him out with a golf club during an armature golf tournament. He smiles, amused, actually it is surprising how he could forget someone like that. The hair is a clear reminder. "Sasuke? Aren't you done yet? What are you doing in there?” An irritated males voice sounds from outside, apparently the blonde is already done changing. The black haired man sighs and shakes his head, takes off his jacket and leaves the wardrobe. The employee immediately stands close to him and takes off his jacket. The Uchiha closes the last buttons of the golden suit vest and finally looks around at the employee who already has the jacket ready and all he has to do is slip into it. When the jacket's fabric rests on his shoulders, the employee strokes over his shoulders once before pulling back. With an examining look at Naruto, he closes the buttons on the suit jacket. In contrast to his, the blonde has more red in his suit combination, the suit vest is in red and the tie in gold.   He looks in the mirror in silence. He examines himself in this and then turns back to his best friend. "Neji has already tried his on?" He asks his best man. "Hyuga is coming to try his on next week. He doesn't have time earlier." Naruto explains to him before the curtain to the women’s side is pushed aside. Immediately the black haired man tries to take a look at his future bride in her wedding dress, but the curtain obscures his view, while he can speak of luck that no one noticed his lensing attempt. His mother comes to the two young men with a smile. Her smile shows how happy she is to see her son in a wedding suit and to know that he will soon have a woman by his side. "The dress is a dream, your bride is a dream, your bride in the dress is simply indescribable.“, she begins and puts a hand on her heart. "You'll be happy with her, I know that." she continues. Sasuke smiles too, he is happy to see his mother like that.   "But now to both of you! Naruto. The suit suits you, does it fit well too, or does it pinch somewhere?”, She circles around the blue eyed young man questioningly. "No, I feel good and can move freely.", The Uzumaki grins in a good mood. Mikoto smiles and nods before turning to face her son. She also circles him, examines him in detail, touches him in some places and stops in front of him again. "You look so good in this suit.", She smiles meekly and puts her hand on his cheek, which she strokes gently. He looks at her somewhat confused. "I almost always wear a suit," he says. His mother laughs amused. "Yes, but a wedding suit is very different from a work suit. The red and the gold tone do not make you look so strict and cold.“ her thumb strokes his cheek again and finally to his hair, through which she lets her fingers run through and then drops her hand. "Does anything bother you about the suit?", She explores and looks at him again. "No, nothing." He smiles at her and she nods. "Fine, then I'll go back to your bride. See you in a bit, Naruto.” With a smile on her lips, she turns away and returns to the women's side. "Say Naruto," the Uchiha draws his best friend's attention. Sasuke turns slowly. "Do you know what Sakura's dress looks like?" He asks his best friend questioningly while the employee first helps the black haired and then the blonde out of the jacket and hangs it up. "Um, ... white, floor length with tail?", It is more a question of the Uzumaki than a statement. "Do you know?", The dark eyed repeated his question and slipped out of the golden vest and undid the tie. “No, I never went into the shops with them to buy a dress. It also brings bad luck if you see the dress before the wedding.", the blonde man reasons and goes back to the cabin. The uchiha does the same and puts his work suit back on. He leaves the cabin and hands the rest of the clothes to the employee when Naruto joins him again. "Well, then I go, women are known not to be kept waiting.", His best friend says and grins at him as he walks towards the curtain. Shortly before that, he turns around again. "Sasuke, you really hit the jackpot with your bride. She always asked me about your ideas and followed them and still designed her dream wedding, besides she is a kind hearted woman and absolutely adorable.“, the blonde counts with a cheeky grin before he leaves the men’s area.   The youngest Uchiha blinks in surprise before smiling a little amused. "A woman who creates her dream wedding with my ideas?" He whispers flatly before saying goodbye to the employee. The suit will arrive at Naruto’s the following week. Sasuke steps through the curtain and looks to the left, into the women's changing area. With a sigh, he makes his way to the stairs and goes down the hall for men’s clothing, past the cash register and leaves the shop. Bright sunshine bedazzles him for a moment as he steps outside before he can make out the voice of his mother and best friend on his left. He turns his eyes from the park opposite of him, to the left to the small group standing there. Each with a bag of ice cream in hand. His gaze falls on the pink haired woman who dips the tip of her nose into the ice and licks the white ice cream. She immediately wipes the ice cream off from the tip of her nose before looking towards him. A small, barely visible smile adorns his lips before he turns his head and takes out the car key from his pocket while he takes his smartphone out of the inside pocket of his suit jacket and checks whether he has been contacted in any way. With the remote control he opens the windows of his car to which he approaches. When he climbs into his car, he takes one last look at the group and he can see his mother with brimming happiness up to this point. Hosted by Animexx e.V. (http://www.animexx.de)