A beautiful woman stood behind the counter of the famous bakery (actually plus cakes and pastries) shop in Leaf Village

I

Meeting the Characters

A beautiful woman stood behind the counter of the famous bakery (actually plus cakes and pastries) shop in Leaf Village. Her long pink hair was tied up with a red ribbon, and she was wearing a cute little teddy bear apron over her white puffed-sleeves blouse and plaid skirt. She was busily putting a slice of chocolate mousse (yummy…this one is my favorite!) cake in a box.

"Here you go! Enjoy your cake."

"Thank you Miss Sakura. You sure are becoming pretty each day." The blonde customer told her after receiving his change.

"Thank you Naruto. Get going now, you don't want Hinata waiting too long for her cake, won't you?" Sakura gently asked, smiling mischievously at the young man.

"Uhm, yeah! Bye Sakura."

The bell tinkled as the door opened and closed, and Sakura watched as Naruto went to the shy woman sitting by the fountain, waiting for him.

"They're so in love." She sighed and went back to carrying trays of pastries in their respective baskets.

"Yep, you bet." A voice spoke from behind him, as Sakura was wiping the counter, while facing the side windows.

"Oh, hi Boss!" She poked her tongue out at him, as she continued what she was currently doing.

"Time to wrap up. It's closing time." Kakashi muttered as he went out and started pulling down the blinds of the store's windows. He stopped when he heard the screeching of a motorcycle behind him.

"Oh, it's you. You're just in time. As always." The bakery shop owner smiled as he greeted the newcomer.

"As always." The newcomer echoed back, as he positioned himself against his motorcycle, waiting for someone.

"Sasuke! Bye Kakashi!" Sakura exclaimed as she ran in front of the man beside the motorcycle.

"Okay. Take care you two lovers!" He joked as he was about to go inside the store.

"We're not lovers!" They both spat.

Kakashi just laughed and left them alone in front of the store. Sakura just glared at his retrieving back and felt someone smirking behind her.

"Stop smirking Sasuke." She blurted out, and turned to face the man who just came.

"What? Is it bad to smirk?" His onyx eyes twinkled at her, as his arm quickly snaked around her slender waist.

"Well, I'll love it more if you'll just offer me that sweet smile of yours." She murmured, as she wrapped her hands around his neck, playing with his dark raven hair.

"Fat chance." Sasuke smirked again at her, and went to ride back on his motorcycle.

"Jerk." Sakura pouted and rode behind his back on the vehicle.

The motorcycle roared alive as it sped across the streets of Leaf Village. Kakashi watched the disappearing vehicle and sighed as he closed his bakery shop.

"Well, time for me to go hunting for women! " He whistled as he trod across the street, thinking of where he should find some women to play with.

II

Sakura held onto Sasuke tightly as he swerved the motorcycle sharply around the corner. She watched as the sun set on the horizon, the wind blowing against her hair.

"We're here." Sasuke announced as he brought the motorcycle in front of a 12-storey condominium.

"Finally. I want to sleep already." Sakura yawned and hopped off the motorcycle, walking her way to the condominium stairs.

Sasuke parked his motorcycle on the garage near the building and followed Sakura on the stairs. It seemed that the elevator won't be of any use for the tenants of the condominium as Sasuke looked at the unfixed elevator by the corridor of the first floor.

Sakura was leaning against the door of the unit, fumbling with her bag, looking for her key.

"Where is it? Damn."

"Let me, dummy." Sasuke produced another key, slipping it into the slot, and casually opening the door after.

"Shut up, jerk." The pink-haired girl went inside, dumped her bag on the floor and lazily lounged on the sofa bed. "I am so tired." Rubbing her eyes in the process and stifling a yawn, she watched Sasuke picked her bag, putting it on the counter.

"Have you eaten dinner?" He asked while taking off his jacket, and sitting on the sofa, which was already occupied by Sakura.

"Nope, but I am not hungry. Eating tidbits of those biscuits a while ago made me full."

"I see. You wanna shower first?"

"No, you first."

"Okay."

Sasuke stood up and made his way to the bathroom. Half an hour later, he emerged and went to tell Sakura it's her turn now.

"Sakura, I'm done."

"Sakura?" Sasuke went to the sofa bed and looked at the pink-haired woman snuggled cozily on the bed, obviously sleeping already. So, he took her lithe form and carried her to the bedroom.

"Hmm…Sasuke, you smelled good." Sakura, who appeared to have woken up from her nap, murmured.

"I always smell good, sleepyhead. Are you still going to have a shower?"

"I think so." Stretching, she stood up and came face to face with a half-naked Sasuke, on the bed with her.

INNER SAKURA: Damn, he is really hot. He smells good and looks good. Hahaha. I am so damn lucky.

"What?" Sasuke eyed her, who seemed to be in a trance, not keeping her eyes away from him for about a minute.

"Oh, sorry. I was just admiring you." Poking her tongue at him, she ran off to the bathroom laughing.

Sasuke just watched her and began putting his boxer shorts on (yup, nothing on top...hehehe). He climbed on the bed, and waited for Sakura to finish her shower.

"Still awake?" Sakura asked the silent Sasuke who appeared to be in space or something.

"Yup, you know I can't sleep without you here." He touched his side of the bed, as he looked at her, his eyes roaming over her body.

She was standing in front of him wearing nothing except that cotton towel wrapped around her. Her hair is still wet, some strands hanging limply on her bare shoulders. Her translucent skin beaded up with droplets of water left from her shower. Her emerald eyes watched his onyx eyes scanning every detail of her appearance.

"Finish with the inspection Sir?" She coyly asked after seconds of silence between them. She went to the walk-in closet and pulled out a flimsy pink nightgown. She put it on, hanging the wet towel by the chair, near the window.

"Yup. Let's sleep." Sasuke answered back, as he lay comfortably under the covers of the queen-size bed.

"Sure. Night Sasuke-kun." Sakura whispered as she snuggled closer to the man beside her on the bed.

"Hn." He wrapped her arm around her, as they slept soundly together.