I really think that Sakura will be shocked...She will really think that it is a joke(of course it is REAL!)...Haha...but then I think she will be able to bear with it especially when Naruto is being a very good man....Ne??
I really don't think that Kishimoto is avoiding romantic interaction...It's just that I think that he is just focusing on finishing the action and the story about some problems of Naruto before he focuses on romance...hehe...that's just what I think...