This story takes place during the Sora filler arc in the Shippuden series. I will try to follow the actual plot as much as possible. I do not own Naruto, or any ideas and characters related to Naruto. Thanks for reading.

Asuka did not want to train with her comrades today. She did not care much about becoming a jounin. She was exhausted from the latest string of missions that her team had went on and she desired to spend the day relaxing.

She had escaped out the window when her teammates came knocking on her door, but they quickly realized she had gone and they followed suit. She ran until she reached Konoha's busiest district.

"Asuka!" she heard one of her teammates cry out.

She panicked and quietly slipped into the nearest building. She ran down a long white hallway until she realized she was in the Leaf Hospital.

She found the exit stairs at the end of the hallway and climbed up them until she reached the third floor. She turned the corner onto another long hallway, except this one was lined with doors. She could hear her teammates' footsteps about twenty paces behind her. Without hesitating, she walked into the first door on her right.

She looked around the room she just entered and found that there was a man sitting up in a bed. He stared at her with an inquiring look.

"Please, don't tell them I'm here," she pleaded with the man as she eased herself under his bed.

She held her breath as she heard the door swing open.

"Oh... Sorry to bother you, but have you seen a girl walk by here?" she heard her teammates ask.

There was a long pause.

"Ok, thanks!"

She watched her teammates' feet shuffle out of the room and the door closing after them. She gave out a loud sigh.

"May I ask why you are hiding from them?" the man asked.

Asuka slid out from under the bed and jumped up on her feet swiftly. She brushed off the dust from her clothes.

"They're my teammates. They want to go on a training expedition all the way to Tea Country, and I really have no desire to go along," she replied flatly.

The man smiled at her, "training too often can have negative effects on both the mind and body. Its understandable to want a few days of rest every now and then."

"Exactly," Asuka agreed. "I'm Asuka, by the way. Thanks for helping me."

"Your welcome, I'm Sai."

She stared at the man and decided that she found him rather attractive. His hair and eyes were a dark contrast against his extremely light skin and it lent him a certain air of mystery and sex appeal.

Blushing at her own train of thoughts, she shook her head as Sai stared at her with a quizzical look.

"How did you break your arm?" Asuka asked as she just noticed that one of his arms were in a cast.

"I broke it while protecting a comrade during a mission," he replied with a smile.

"Wow, Im in the presence of a shinobi hero," Asuka said jokingly. She sat down on the bed besides Sai and picked up one of the books that littered the feet of his bed.

Asuka read the title, "why would you need to read a book about what to do in social situations?"

Asuka thought she caught a hint of a blush on Sai's face as he quickly took the book from her and he placed it into the bedside drawer.

"Im sorry, did I..." she trailed off.

"No, don't worry," Sai said with a smile. He gently placed his hand over hers in a reassuring manner. This time, Sai thought he saw a hint of a blush on Asuka's face.

"Ah, well, I think, yeah, I think I've got t-to go now," Asuka stammered nervously as she jumped up and walked towards the door.

"It was so nice to meet you," she said in a low and quiet voice.

Before Sai could say farewell, she had already flitted through the door and left.

Asuka stumbled down the hallway, barely able to walk. She could still feel his hand over hers, like a little tingle of static electric shock. She was so stuck in a daze that she hardly even noticed a boy with yellow hair pass by while tossing around an apple up in the air.