The clicking of the bottom of her shoes seemed to get louder and louder as she approached her office., This hallway that was only earlier today filled with life, energy, and chaotic bustling staff stood completely silent. The only sound there was now was the increasing pace of the bottom of her shoes on the vinyl floors that lead to her office. Once she made it down to the third door on the left her weary vision followed up from the floor to the white letters encrested on the door that read Haruno. She felt the jingle of the rest of her keys as she slipped her hand into to her lab coat pocket. She quickly turned the key in the lock and pushed into her office
Upon entering she saw the neat stack of files on her desk that she had come for. "I'll finish up these reports at home." She announced softly to herself. She hung up her lab coat and pulled on her civilian coat. She reached out for her bag placed on the chair behind her desk. Once she was able to stuff all the materials she required to take home with her, she took one last look around her office to see if she was missing anything. Nothing in her immediate view was out of place, nor caught her attention. Inhaling a deep breath she sighed.
Her body ached and her head was pounding. For a passing moment she stopped to think about the last time she had a day off. Its been a while. Sheesh. Tomorrow is the first day in 3 months to have a whole day all to myself. To think that it was already going to be half spoiled, she wasn't going to be able to sleep in. She would have to meet Naruto in the morning for breakfast and to see him off on his mission.
On one side she needed the sleep, on the other she hardly minded. She enjoyed his company and would have probably ended up sharing a meal with him later in the day had he not been leaving early in the morning. She was happy to be one of the people that he insisted see him off, but was less thrilled about the other member of the farewell committee. Sasuke Uchiha. It wasn't that she hated him, or even disliked him. On the contrary she still held him as a close friend too. But the comfort level she felt between him and between Naruto were miles apart. It was still a bit tense between them. He was still hard for her to read, and in some cases gave her a feeling of unease.
He had only returned about 6 months ago after all. She had made the effort to see him when he came back, to try to rekindle the dream of getting the original team 7 back together. And she was able to spend time with him through a few meetings of mutual friends (Naruto), But when her work ate up most of her time 6 months didn't translate to much time. He was still a mystery to her. While she was nowhere near the same young school girl that was head over heels for him, nor the teenage young woman that was still openly affectionate towards him, the feeling her stomach gave her when she would see his blank slate of emotion face, it still caused a tightened feeling in her stomach that made her nervous. This paired along with her being unable to read where she stood with him, led to some awkward conversations/interactions. Ah tomorrow will be fun. She mused with an ironic groan, as she steped out of her office for the night, locked it. Once she reached the exit of the hospital she finally began the short journey to her apartment, to the much needed sleep that she desired so badly, at 2 am in the morning.