The next morning Sakura woke up not knowing if she should be happy or if she should be sad, that she is no longer available to Sasuke. "Sasuke," she thought, "I haven't seen Sasuke in three days, I should go see how he's doing, but I will have to wait until after my date," she cringed a bit, "I think this was a bad idea, I should tell him it's off, no I can't do that, it would break his heart," Sakura thought aloud. She decided just to go through with it, hey it's free soup and light conversation about Sasuke. She was then stuck with the daunting question that most girls face everyday, what is she going to wear? Sakura searched and searched for something to wear, but she didn't know what Lee would like. She ended up choosing a little yellow sundress with purple flowers all over it. This wasn't something Sakura would wear very often, but this was a very special occasion, especially to Rock Lee. It was already twelve forty-five when she looked at the clock again, "oh no, I'm suppose to be there in fifteen minutes." Sakura ran out the door, not wanting to be late. When she got to the destination of the date she saw Rock Lee already sitting there. "Oh my, I'm so sorry, I'm late," Sakura cried.

"You're not late, in fact you're, like, three minutes early," Lee explained.

"Oh, I fell much better, now."

"I do too, Sakura."

"Yes."

"You look amazing."

"Oh, thanks, I thought that you would have liked it."

"Oh yes, I love it, are you ready for lunch," Lee offered his hand to Sakura.

"I am famished," Sakura accepted the loving jester. They walked in hand in hand to see the place was nearly filled to the brim. Sakura tried to let go of Rock Lee's hand, but he wouldn't let her. You could see Ten-Ten, Kiba, Ino, Shino, Choji, and Shikamaru. There was only one sat left right between Ten-Ten and Ino. When Ten-Ten saw them together, she just got up and left without saying a word. Rock Lee automatically sat down where his teammate got up from. Forcing Sakura to sit down right beside Ino. "I am so going to hate this," Sakura whispered under her breathe to herself.

"Did you say something? Lee asked bewildered.

"No, you must of heard someone else." She sat heavily in the empty stool between her date, Rock Lee, and her ex-best friend, Ino.

"Hi Sakura, how's your date with your lover, bushy brows, going," Ino whispered into Sakura's ear.

"He is not my lover, I told you, Ino pig, it's a pity date," Sakura argues with her, silently, so Lee couldn't hear.

"I guess since you don't really like him, I can tell him that your only with him out of pity, wouldn't that be a great conversation, especially with you in the middle."

"Don't you dare."

"I will."

"Please, don't, I'll make you a deal, if you shut up, I will tell you what room Sasuke is in."

"Deal."

"Fine, he's in room three twenty-one."

"Yes, thanks fool."

"Lee, can we switch sides, pretty please," Sakura asked ever so sweetly.

"Of course, whatever you would like." She went over and sat by Shino, so that She wouldn't be tortured by her Sasuke obsessed ex-competitor. "So Sakura, how is Sasuke?" Lee asked

"Well last time I saw him he was awake and doing quite well, I think he should be out very soon."

"That's good, how are you today, Sakura."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean you seem out of it, like your not even here."

"Oh, I'm sorry, this is just so new and this place is very crowded, and I'm just so nervous, I think we should call it a night and meet up later."

"If that's what you would like to do, how about tomorrow at like seven."

"That sounds good."

"Would you like me to walk you home?"

"Sure, that would be nice, bye Ino."

"Bye Sakura," Ino glared up at her.

They left together and walked toward her house. "So, what do you want to do tomorrow?"

"Well, actually."

"You don't want to go do you."

"Um, no, I wasn't, what I was going to say, I want to go play mini-golf."

"Mini-golf?"

"Yea, I haven't gone in years, and it is a lot of fun."

"Well that sounds like fun."

"My house is right there, so, I will go by myself from her, if my mom saw us together she would freak."

"Thanks for the great time," Lee hugs Sakura.

"No, thank you, the ramen was great." They both laugh. Then came a very quiet moment. All you could hear was the sound of crickets chirping. They looked into each others eyes and their lips started to move closer toward each other.

"Sakura, is that you?" yells her mom. The moment was broken.

"Yea, mom," Sakura yells back.

"I have to go," She whispers and then she makes a decision in less than a split second and kisses him on the cheek, and runs off to her house.

That next evening came by fast for Sakura. She left home at six-thirty to go find Rock Lee for their early evening game of putt-putt at the Konaha Golfarama. She was walking along the street, past the Ichiraku Ramen Bar, past the hospital, and the apartments where Naruto lives. Then she saw Rock Lee standing there, in his normal garb, but she saw him differently then she normally does. Does she feel something for him that she normally didn't, the thing she has felt for Sasuke for years now. Could it be, Sakura is in love with Rock Lee. Yes it could. She's in love. "Are you ready for some mini-golf?" Lee asked.

"I have never been more ready for putt-putt than I am right now."

"Alright." they walked inside, again hand in hand, to see that there were hardly any people inside. Actually there were only two other people, Kakashi, Sakura's sensei, and Guy, Lee's sensei, which was weird since they are such big rivals. "Guy-sensei, sir, this is Sakura Haruno, that girl I was telling you about," Lee introduced her to Guy.

"Well, it is nice to meet you," Guy said with oblige.

"Um, you already meet me, at the Chunin exams, I'm one of Kakashi's students."

"Oh yes, I remember you."

"Sakura, you didn't tell me this is why you were looking for Lee," Kakashi commented on earlier events.

"Lee, can I talk to you over there," Guy pointed off toward the eleventh hole.

"Of course sensei." Guy and Lee walked off and left Sakura and Kakashi behind.

"Lee, you should do this, that girl is nothing but bad news," Guy commanded Lee.

"What sir?" Lee asked very bewildered by Guy's response to his students pending love.

"She's on Kakashi's squad, she can't be a good person."

"But, I love her."

"You can't be in love, you only thirteen years old."

"So, I respect you Guy-sensei, you know I do, but you are wrong about this, you are wrong about her, dead wrong, she loves me and I love her."

"Lee, go ahead and date her, when she breaks your heart, you will learn."

"Whatever you say, sensei."

Meanwhile back at Sakura and Kakashi. "So Sakura, how do you feel about Rock Lee?" Kakashi asked.

"Why are you asking me that, you're like my father?"

"Well, I just wanted to know."

"Why."

"Because it might hurt the group."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, if you like Lee, then you wouldn't care as much for Sasuke and something might go wrong."

"No, we are teammates and nothing could ever change that."

"So, you do like him."

"He is very nice and likes me a lot, that's much more then I can say for Sasuke, he doesn't care at all, I can't wait around forever for something that will never happen."

"I just hope this thing doesn't affect your performance."

"It hasn't happened and it won't happen."

Lee and Guy walked back to where Kakashi and Sakura were standing. "Sakura, we need to get some clubs and golf balls so we can start up a new game," Lee told her, with less luster in his eyes then when he left to talk to his mentor.

"What did you guys talk about?" Sakura asked.

"Oh, we talked about our hopes and goals for the future."

"Oh, okay," Sakura looked at him in a rather strange way. That instantaneous animal attraction from earlier was now so low, it was almost gone. She still wasn't quite sure of what she was feeling.