Protective

"If I knew that you'd be such an ass as the Hokage I would've been Hokage myself."

Sakura deadpanned at the blonde in front of her. She had known the stupid blonde for years now. She knew him in the academy for being a prodigy, since she herself is a prodigy of their generation. They went to missions together but they weren't a team. She just can't believe this man! He knows her capabilities! If she knew that he would be like this then she really would've taken the position for Hokage herself.

"Dammit, Minato! Give. Me. A damn mission already!"

Sakura stated as she stared down one of the strongest man in their village with her arms crossed. To hell with being one of the strongest man, she ain't letting no one take her away from missions. It's her duty as a kuniochi, dammit!

Stormy cobalt blue eyes stared back at fierce emerald green. Neither person wants to back down. Sakura was starting to get annoyed all over again at being stared at by the blonde in front of his desk. He was doing nothing but keeping his head at his interlaced hands on top of his damn table that she destroyed three times this week already.

Sakura eyes narrowed, she was not amused anymore of Minato's antics. She's tired of this bullshit. Sure, it was nice to get a vacation for a little while and being inside the village, Sakura finally improved the hospital to something she slightly approved of. She's known for a perfectionist, after all.

It was sweet at first, when Minato doesn't sends her out on missions but she was still on mission roster but she's so energized right now that even destroying four training grounds did not help satisfy the woman's needs for the missing thrill and adventure in her life.

Minato sighs. He knows what its like to be left out of the fun and exciting missions, hell he'd just been sitting on this chair since his declaration and ceremony as Kage, but there will be no way in hell will he let his blossom out of his sight while he's here. Minato knows this same routine like the back of his hands, Sakura will get mad and then she'll destroy the coffee table in his office or his desk, she preferred the lateral, and then stomp out of his office to decimate a training field without another word.

"Sakura, you know that we need you here in the village. The hospital needs you."

Sakura resisted the urge to roll her eyes at the painfully predictable words. Just as Sakura opened her mouth to say no doubt scathing words of retribution that are no doubt seen as treason when speaking with the Hokage, and Sakura is a hundred percent sure that Minato's personal anbu guards are watching and hearing every minute of their routine conversation, an idea struck her.

Minato watched with perceptive eyes as those luscious, plump lips curved slowly into a very hot and sexy but no doubt bad and evil smirk. Minato already began at thinking a hundred scenarios in what might happen. Most of the scenarios are, he would probably end up dead and/or the love of his life going rogue or moving to another village.

'I know that this is so not good but damn, I wish those lips were on mine right now.'

"Ehem."

Minato quickly snapped out of his thoughts as his eyes once again zoned in on the pinkette's lips that were still formed in that smirk.

"Can I ask you a favor, Nato-kun?"

'I hate doing this.'

'Damn it, she just sound so unbelievably sexy and I really don't want to make out with her knowing my anbu guards are here... wait, fuck that I would still make out with her if she lets me.'

Minato gulped audibly as the smirk disappeared and a cute pout replaced it as Sakura jutted her bottom lip, Minato can already tell his anbu guards are bidding him goodbye and wishing him goodluck in their minds.

"Yes?"

Minato knows that Sakura knows that he knows she noticed that his voice was strained and were lower by a few octaves.

"Can you..."

Minato started to sweat profusely.

"Make me..."

Minato's mind already started to short circuit because of the many thoughts he knows he can make Sakura do and feel.

"A vacation form."

Sakura finished while smiling innocently.

Minato's soaring heart just plummeted to the depths of the underworld.

"I'm sorry. A what?"

Minato casually tried to refrain himself from ranting to the pinkette on about how much she means to him and that he doesn't want to send her off on a mission to die.

Or let her out of the village.

Sakura raised an eyebrow, unimpressed.

"You heard me. I want you to make me a vacation form. And there is no way that you can refuse because its my right if I want a vacation or not."

'Fuck that, its my duty to go on missions.'

"And I want my vacation outside the village."

Minato's stormy cobalt blue eyes became darker as he heard the last of the pinkette's sentence. He wasn't expecting a vacation form of all things. There's no loophole here, and Minato knows that Sakura can clearly see the frustration in his usually happy eyes, judging from Sakura smirk.

Minato knows that he can't keep Sakura cooped up inside the village forever. But hell be damned, he's gonna try. He knows what his friends are asking, why can't you just tell her you love her, man? So much for being strong and brave.

Oh, Minato knows this. And he tried, really, he tried to win her over first but he can't court an already taken lady.

An already taken Uchiha lady.

Minato's near dark eyes became even darker the longer he thought about his pathetic and sad predicament. Yeah, he achieved his dream, becoming Hokage. But he didn't get the girl that he has a crush on since the academy and that is just both pathetic and sad. Mostly pathetic on his part and the woman wasn't helping him much either.

"Minato?"

Said woman that dammed his life ever since she walked in on it, spoke his name so familiarly that Minato wonders what would it be like to have her.

Minato snapped his already frustrated and dark eyes to look at the pinkette who was looking at him with the concern he needs to remind himself that she gives everyone.

"Don't you think that the hospital and its medics will need you, Haruno-san?"

Minato said gruffly, his voice deeper, trying to be intimidating but he knew, oh he knew very well that the woman would stare and flirt with death if it has a face and so she will not be intimidated so easily but it was worth a shot to Minato. Anything as long as she won't go out and leave him here.

Sakura playfully rolled her eyes at her village leader, he should know that Sakura hasn't been going to the hospital for two weeks because they were already productive without her. Only asking her for emergencies or extra help. Sakura has a feeling that Minato knew this too but doesn't care.

'Does he not believe in my abilities as a kunoichi of Konohagakure?...'

That thought stung very painfully.

"If you should know, Hokage-sama, the hospital have been working very, very, well without me for the last few days."

Minato wasn't ruffled with the harsh and disrespectful way the pinkette answered his question, he knew she wasn't one to be intimidated. Hell, Minato knew that the pinkette was on friendly terms with a certain blue man that is one of the seven swordsmen of the mist.

'She's getting too cozy with mist nin.'

Minato thought. On the other hand as the Hokage, he is very happy to have a strong alliance with Mist while on the other hand as a man, he is very displeased of the fact that he has more possible rivals in the present and future for the pinkette's hand.

'Not that she knows that.'

Minato thought dryly, he guesses that the pinkette doesn't even know that she's wanted in three different countries as a head medic and/or wife. Minato is very much annoyed about the letters he receives from the other countries and does his best to give excuses to the other countries so his blossom won't be dragged somewhere else that he can't come to.

'Not that she knows that too.'

"Minato! Are you even listening to me!?"

Sakura had had enough of this man, she's been reporting on how the hospital was doing but she noticed how Minato's cobalt eyes just kept staring at something on her lower face. His eyes took on a unfocused look in her report.

"Yes, Sakura-chan?"

Minato doesn't know why but he just slipped the name out. It's not like the pinkette noticed anyway.

Sakura sighed and uttered quietly about how men are idiots and that they never listen.

"You're unbelievable, Minato. I'll just get my form tomorrow."

Sakura said with exasperation and before Minato can even say anything the pinkette was already moving towards the door.

"Have a nice day, Minato!"

Sakura said with a wave and a small smile-like-victorious-smirk before she continued to walk to the training grounds that are far from populated places.

Minato almost wanted to smile at the pinkette's farewell if she hadn't have cornered him into letting her get out of his village and most importantly, out of his sight.

Minato growled in frustration and raked his blonde tresses in irritation since there were no audience in his office as his anbu guards were now outside the door after Sakura left.

'Dammit, Sakura. Why can't you be mine?'

To be continued~

Yay, MinaSaku!

- Torikki J. ~