She has haunted his mind ever since he first set eyes on here, so many years ago.

He first saw her walking down the market streets. He was picking up an avocado when a glimpse of pink caught his attention to his right. As he turned, he dropped the avocado back into its original basket. He ignored the angry shop keep's curses and walked quicker than normal (well his normal anyways), his hand stuffed in his pockets.

After a few minutes, he caught up to her. He stood near a pottery cart while watching the back of her head. He couldn't hear her voice over the sounds of a busy and boisterous crowd, but he could tell that she was more than a little annoyed at the owner of the place and eventually left in a huff, turning away from Kakashi's sight, her hair fluttering lightly, finally catching a small glimpse of her profile, hinting at a soft beauty. Letting out a little sigh, he decided to give up on his little journey (that's what he reasoned with himself so he didn't feel...icky stalkery).

...

The next time he saw her was at the local hospital. He had gone to the gift shop to pick up some flowers and a card for a friend who just got admitted. He saw again a flash of pink and his head jerked to find his mystery girl again.

He was anxious to go after her, so he dropped a bill that was twice the amount due to rush (again for him) to follow after her once again. She turned a corner while keeping her head down to read through a patient's file. Thoroughly engrossed in the file, she didn't notice that on the other side of the corner, a patient came around, nearly hitting and running into her. The only reason they didn't crash was a rough hand of Kakashi's pulling the light-haired female's right arm and yanked her out of the way. The patient was still looking down, trying to adjust the hospital gown, completely unaware of what almost happened.

Before the pink-haired medic could look at her rescuer, he was already gone. Instead of staying around, he kept walking on, whistling happily while looking for the right room number. His mood was lifted after he finally saw her soft face and the wispy bangs surrounding her face.

...

He caught another glimpse of his mysterious heart captor within a month. He was walking home from the hospital when he decided to go to his favorite diner (because he couldn't cook a lick), and as he was opening the door to the place, he saw her sitting at the counter, twirling one foot to the music. He kept a calm demeanor but his mind was slightly going insane. He stood still until a couple behind him made loud comments for him to move out of the way. He considered more than a few options, but his feet made the decision for him. He thought that he would sit in a booth and stare at her in wonder, but he instead went to a stool two seats to the left of the pink beauty (Kakashi's nickname for her when he thought about her). Even though he knew the full menu cover to cover, he flipped through it absentmindedly while watching her through his peripheral vision.

"Would you happen to have any suggestions?" A sweet noise chimed out. Kakashi looked over slowly to see her not talking to him (as he immediately hoped), but to the waiter behind the counter. The waiter shrugged and pointed over to Kakashi.

"He knows what's worth eating here; he's eaten everything at least twice."

Her eyes shifted over to meet Kakashi's sole open eye, and she smiled gently at him. "Well, do you think you can help? I need something to keep me going for the next six hours or so," she said, pushing some of her brightly colored strands behind her ears. (Kakashi swears that his heart both fluttered and stopped working at this)

Kakashi cleared his throat and looked down at the his right hand tapping on the now closed menu, his other hand holding his head on a tilt. "That all depends on your taste," he said quietly. The lady leaned her head towards him more.

"What? I couldn't catch that. Hold on, I'll come to you," she declared, hopping down to sit down on the seat next to him. Kakashi took a deep breath and let the air out slowly through his nose. 'She smells pink,' he thought to himself.

Kakashi offered the menu to lay down on the counter. "What do you tend to eat?" Looking up to see her face, he waited for a response, thankful for the excuse to stare at her face. She blushed, very faintly that Kakashi almost missed it.

"I'm not very picky, really. So whatever you think I need to experience, I'll try," she said softly. He smiled at her (although his eye crinkle was the only indentation that he was) and pointed at a meal on the menu.

"The patty melt then. The in-house sauce covers any problems with the meat," he said, a little hint of humor in his normally smooth and simple voice.

Once again, she smiled and nodded her head. "The patty melt it is," she said, giving her order to the waiter.

Kakashi sat up, now happy inside, made movements to move back to his original seat, when he felt a tender hand touching his own.

"You don't need to move. Stay and chat a little," she said, a hint of asking in her voice. Kakashi gave out a heavy sigh, but he hoped she picked up on his eye smile and playful mood.

They talked for a few hours, happily eating their meals, although belatedly the woman realized that she was very, very late for her shift.

...

Kakashi saw her again within a week at his own doctor visit in the hospital.

He had lost his eye when he was a child, causing him to go back often for a check-up on his skull. Once he got back to the patient room, he sat on the chair-table with the familiar crunch of the paper sheet. He played with his hands, head down and sat with his normal slouched posture. He heard the knock and the door opening, but he only picked his head up at the sound of her voice.

"Kakashi? Didn't know that I was examining you," she commented, grinning although there was an air of embarrassment in her choice of words.

Kakashi didn't pick up on the possible innuendo but instead smiled with his eye. "Pleasure to find you here," he commented in a light tone. Sakura smiled warmly at him and put his file near the sink.

The whole examination only took about ten minutes, but for Kakashi, it was a year. He couldn't stop his gaze on her, especially when she was examining under his eye patch. He twitched a little when she put a thumb under his eye patch. He still wasn't used to people looking at the absence of his left eye, but she was so calm and gentle, he closed his other eyelid with a sigh of relaxation. The pink-haired doctor smiled at the sound and leaned out, patting his hair softly before going back to the sink, hunched over his file.

"It looks like everything's just fine," she informed him, turning so her side was towards Kakashi. She looked to her right to look at him and gave a shy smile. "Do..Would you.." She stuttered. Taking another breath, she opened her mouth to try to talk again, but before she could, Kakashi spoke.

"I'd love to go on a date with you," he teased, standing up and walking over to her, towering over her. She straightened her back to be able to look him in the eyes, her cheeks slowly starting to match her hair.

"I can't believe it took us this long for this to happen," humor laced in her words. "I know you've been following me for a while, you know. I've noticed," she said, moving her eyes to the side. Kakashi smirked at her, stepping closer to her, to where their chests had very little room between them. He hesitantly moved his hands on top of her biceps.

"I was drawn to you," he whispered lowly to her. He noticed that she shivered for a second.

She blushed and placed her hands on Kakashi's chest. "I can understand that. I was looking back at you whenever I could as well," she whispered, smiling shyly at him. Kakashi laughed and lowered his mask, moving his hands briefly and softly to hold her, one hand cradling her cheek, the other moving to the nape of her neck. Sakura smiled and giggled. "Let's get started being together and bond outside of our stalking ways," she said, moving to gently touch her lips onto his.

A.N: Well here's the first chapter of my two-shot! I'm using this as a test-run for having an actual chapter story (which I have many, many ideas for, both in this fandom and others). I'm curious to see how this story is received because I have mixed feelings on it, but it is what it is, right?
Everything is un-beta'd, but I was a tutor at one point, so I'm banking on the fact that most everything makes sense. If you catch a mistake, lemme know!

Next and final chapter in this two-shot is in Sakura's POV =].