A/N: This was inspired by my slight fear of cats. This is just something real quick to get myself back into the feeling of writing and stuff. I hope you guys enjoy :)

Word count: 789

The streets of Konoha were virtually silent as the morning progressed. Though after a few quiet moments the neighborhood was greeted with a loud scream.

The source of this loud scream came from the young pink haired girl named Sakura Haruno. Considered weak by some, this girl was headstrong and motivated, but like any other 12-year-old girl has her own irrational fears. One of these fears being cats. It's not that she doesn't think they're cute, they're adorable at times. Sometimes, they move so fast and they have claws and overall are very terrifying besides their cuteness. She could enjoy the cute cat videos every now and then, but the moment a cat was right in front of her she just felt so uncomfortable and nervous.

Just like right now.

There was a small black cat, right in the middle of her living room, seemingly blocking her from getting to her front door. Sakura had no clue what to do, besides look at it. The cat seemed to keep its eyes locked on her, making her anxiety rise. She looked at the clock and started to berate herself for getting stuck in this situation. Her training started about 15 minutes ago, but even though she was sure Kakashi-sensei was late as usual, her teammates might end up thinking badly of her for being late.

She felt even worse thinking about Sasuke-kun thinking she's irresponsible.

Her eyes flickered back towards the cat, eyebrows scrunched deep with thought about what she was going to do in this situation. She's a shinobi, she shouldn't fear a cat, and as she started to pace herself forward, the cat seemed to twitch with apprehension making her jump back. Her motivation was interrupted by the sound of knocking.

"Who is it?" Sakura yelled towards the front door, trying hard to mask the tightness in her throat.

"Sakura, it's me," said a very familiar voice. Too familiar. She knew that voice anywhere.

"Sasuke-kun?"

Sakura was surprised, her immediate embarrassment ended up motivating her way more than her fear for the cat. She rushed to the door and opened it slowly, greeting Sasuke with a small calm smile.

"You weren't at the training grounds." Sasuke stated.

"Uh…I was caught up with something." She replied, but suddenly, she felt soft fur rub up against her leg. Sasuke's eyes moved down towards the source and as soon as he saw the cat next to her leg he heard the pink-haired girl scream. Sakura jumped back, hands covering her eyes, and moved as far away from the cat as she could. The cat was unfazed, and moved towards Sasuke and started purring against his leg.

Sasuke looked towards Sakura's figure, and a light smirk traced his face when he realized what was wrong,

"Are you scared of cats?" he asked. Sakura's face immediately turned red. Stuttering explanations started to flow out of her mouth. Sasuke couldn't help but let out a small chuckle, of course Sakura would be afraid of cats. He reached down and picked up the small cat and started to scratch the back of its ear.

Sakura was at a loss for words. She thought she had a good grasp on Sasuke's character, but she had no clue that he was so good with cats.

"Come here," he said.

"I think I'm fine here," Sakura stuttered out.

He called out her name once more, with a little more force. So, Sakura just couldn't stand there. Slowly, she moved forward leaving about a foot of space in between her and Sasuke. She studied the little cat in Sasuke's arm, trying to predict any sudden movements that may or may not happen. Her attention was so focused on the cat she didn't even really notice Sasuke studying her. He took notice of her tense posture and how she was fidgeting quite a bit.

Sasuke sighed, and moved the cat so it was held by just one arm, with his free hand he reached out. Sakura looked at his hand, then looked at him, then turned red.

"Just take my hand Sakura." The command left Sakura's face as red as a tomato.

"O-okay."

Tentatively, she reached out, and Sasuke gripped her hand and gently pulled it towards the cat. Her hand met the soft fur, and though Sakura was incredibly tense she wasn't terribly uncomfortable.

"They like to be pet near their ears," Sasuke said.

Sakura was started to feel a little more comfortable, her fingers traced the soft fur which started to feel more comforting. Her face was still a little red just because of the close distance between the two of them, but this was a moment Sakura knew she was going to remember for a long time.