A/N: I'm starting to post a series of totally and completely unrelated stories that have been festering on my computer for a while. I'll continue, regardless of review number, but I do love reviews!

Sakura PoV

I was sitting at the fire I had just made, just staring into the flames, leaning on my hands and thinking. Sasuke came up on one side of me and Tenten and Neji on the other. Sasuke wrapped an arm around my waist and kissed my cheek when no one was looking. I gave him a little smile.

"What's wrong, Sakura?" Tenten asked.

"Hm? Oh, nothing," I replied, giving her the same smile. She looked unconvinced, but dropped it.

Sasuke leaned down to my ear and whispered, "Do you want to talk?"

I kissed his jawbone and shook my head. "I'm fine, Sasuke-kun. Really. Don't worry about me."

"Hn." He didn't believe me, either, but he didn't press it. That was good. Although, I was sure I was going to get an earful tonight. Well, a Sasuke-like earful, anyways.

"Tenten? How long's it been since we left?" I asked. She thought for a second. "33 days."

I nodded. "That's what I thought."

"Why?"

"Oh, no reason. Just thinking about something."

"Okay. Sakura, are you sure you're okay? You used a hell of a lot of chakra today, way more than the rest of us. It's not healthy."

"Tenten, we're ANBU. Health isn't exactly the priority here."

"When you're the only medic on the team it is. You need to rest, we've still got a month left on this mission, at least. Go to bed," Sasuke said, cutting in.

"Is that an order?" I asked, annoyed.

"Hn."

I hated it when he tried to tell me what to do just because he was captain of the cell. I shot him a glare and quietly said, "Don't give me that. I'm an ANBU captain, too. And I am your wife, so don't push it, or so help me God, you won't be allowed to touch me for a week."

He sighed. "Can we talk?"

I hesitantly nodded and he took my hand. I excused us from Neji and Tenten and followed him to a tree nearby.

"I'm sorry, I'm just really worried about you."

I nodded and kissed him, sighing. "It's okay. You're forgiven. You're just trying to be a good husband."

"Tell me what's going on."

"Later. I need some time to think through some things. I'll be okay. And I will tell you, I'm just not ready yet."

"Okay…that's fine…"

I nodded and bit my lip, my eyes welling with tears.

"Baby…" he took me in his arms and held me to his chest, stroking my hair.

"Oh, S-Sasuke-kun…I'm so sorry…I'm a horrible wife…I shouldn't have snapped at you earlier…I'm just stressed right now…and I don't have any chakra…"

"None?"

I shook my head, confirming it. "Not even enough to summon the smallest slug."

He picked me up and I protested for a minute, then snuggled into his chest. He took me to our tent and laid me down, kissing me. "Don't worry about taking watch tonight. Neji and Tenten and Lee and I will take care of it. You need as much chakra as you can get, we can't lose our most valuable team member, can we?" he said, smirking.

I smiled and said, "Thank you, Sasuke-kun."

"And Sakura?"

"Yeah?"

"Earlier, when you said you were a horrible wife…you're not. You're the best wife a guy could ask for. I'm so glad I married you. You deserve to snap at me when you need to vent. That's what I'm here for, ne?"

"I can think of a few other things…"

He chuckled and kissed me again. "Sasuke-kun?"

"Hm?"

"Can you ask Tenten to come in here? I need to talk to her alone…girl stuff."

"Sure, baby."

"I love you."

"I love you, too."