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Meeting the Matchmaker

Sakura was not a happy camper. Yes, she was used to it by now, but it still made her quite irritated when she was called in to work on her day off. Don't get her wrong, she loved her job. She loved helping people; which was the reason why she had become a nurse in the first place. And she was a diligent worker. But it was the first day in three weeks she would have been able to just relax at home, and later meet up with her new boyfriend. The two have been dating for one and a half month now. The way they met and the start of their relationship was interesting, and Sakura was happy to admit that the fire between them was burning just as brightly as it did on the night they met. Both she and Itachi were extremely busy people. But in spite of this little inconvenience they have always found time for each other. Having late night phone calls, going running together on the weekends, sleeping over at each other place's, meeting during their lunch break were all small things but it was these things that made their relationship work. Sakura was ashamed to admit that it was usually her raven-haired boyfriend who went out his way to make it possible they could spend more time with each other. It was not once that he had shown up at her workplace bringing lunch with him, knowing well that Sakura had probably not even thought of having lunch yet. These small things made the pinkette feel warm and fuzzy inside.

Not that Itachi was not a busy person himself. As a police officer and captain of his own squad he himself was quite sometimes overloaded with his work at the station. More and more cases seem to be assigned to him and his officers, and as their leader he was not allowed to slack off. Still…somehow he always found time for his intriguing and beautiful girlfriend.

All in all, Sakura was happy with their relationship. She had not met the parents yet, she has not even met Itachi's friends yet either. But they found it was ok. They wanted to stay in their little comfortable bubble for a little while.

Unfortunately, their plans for the night had to be cancelled. Sakura got a call from the hospital that there was an accident and as they were already understaffed because of the flu, she would have to go in and help out. The pinkette knew that she would be miserable for the whole day. She had barely slept for four hours when her phone rung. And now, five hours later she was found by her friend as she slumped into the chair in the cafeteria, having been ordered by her boss to eat something before she collapsed.

"Jeez, Forehead. You look like Death itself." Sakura looked up chewing on her food then slowly swallowing it. In front of her stood a blond haired woman grinning at her mischievously though the dark circles under her eyes indicated the she was just as exhausted as she was. The pinkette let out an unladylike snort.

"Ino-pig…You would not win a beauty contest right now either." Ino let out a tired laugh then sat down in front of her best friend. Their morning was a disaster. Two cars collided with each other, which resulted in one person losing his life and four more ended up with life threateningly wounds. Thankfully, they were able to save all of the survivors of the crash.

"Please…I would win even while looking like this." Sakura only rolled her eyes then narrowed them as the blond stole a bite from her other sandwich.

"Not if you end up fat stealing my food every damn time." Ino stuck her tongue at her.

"What got your panties in a bunch? I know you're tired but you are never this snappy and depressed. Looking at you makes me feel sad…even more than usual." Sakura glared daggers at her but as usual her friend ignored it. Ino's eyes lit up and understanding and they flashed evilly. "Let me guess…You're missing your new boy-toy and you are sad because you won't be able to see him tonight." Sakura put her glass down onto the table with a bit more force than she had originally intended.

"Itachi is not my boy-toy. He is my boyfriend. And a good boyfriend at that. And what's wrong with missing him?" Sakura said defensively. The blond rolled her eyes.

"Chill, Forehead I was only joking. I know you two are in a nice relationship. You don't have to be so defensive about it."

"Like you would know what a real relationship looks like." Sakura muttered under her breath being careful so Ino would not hear it. The woman was a man-eater. She had a new boyfriend every month. Though, Sakura knew that her friend was only trying to shield herself from more pain. Her ex-boyfriend, Sai cheated on her with one of their friends. Let's just say, ever since they broke up Ino was not the same anymore.

"What was that?" The blond inquired taking another bite from the sandwich which was now hers.

"Nothing…nothing at all." Sakura looked at her watch and frowned. "My break is almost over. What about you?" The blond smiled.

"Same here." Sakura waited as Ino swallowed her last bite then the two of them exited the cafeteria together.

As they were about to part ways a sudden loud noise startled them. The hospital's doors were pushed open and soon two figures were seen, one leaning on the other seemingly in pain, while the shorter person struggled under the other man's weight.

"I need a medic!"

Sakura –being the head-nurse- immediately took action and started barking orders to her co-workers to get a stretcher as she run to the two males in front of her. As she got closer she saw that the injured man had a piece of glass sticking out of his left side. For a second, she almost panicked when she realized how much this man resembled her boyfriend. Their hair and height were almost the same. Only when she looked into the person's eyes did she calm completely down seeing that it was indeed not Itachi standing in front of her.

She gently helped the man onto the stretcher, eying him sympathetically as he winced in pain. His eyes were unfocused and she immediately knew that he had lost a lot of blood.

"It's ok. I've got you." She whispered trying to reassure him. They rushed him into surgery and she vaguely heard Ino asking the other man whether he was injured as well, receiving a frustrated no as an answer.

The surgery lasted for a bit more than two hours. Fortunately, the glass did not damage any major organs. The main problem was the amount of blood he had lost but again fortunately, with blood-transfusion they were able to save his life. As they rolled him into a room Sakura took it upon herself to see to it that he was well taken care of. The uncanny resemblance to her boyfriend made her unable to leave him alone. Soon she realized why. As she was looking through his chart his name caught her attention. Hmm…no wonder he looked so familiar.

Soon Sakura heard the raven-haired man groan as he slowly opened his eyes. He blinked a few times, not having adjusted to the light yet then looked at the pink-haired woman in front of him.

"Am I in Heaven? 'Cause I'm pretty sure you're an angel." Sakura could have laughed at how corny he had sounded but she only let out a tiny snicker as she leaned down to adjust the man's pillow. "Though, I did not know they had pink hair." Sakura heard a snicker behind her and saw that Ino was leaning onto the wall watching them. The pinkette rolled her eyes and waved her away signalling that she got this.

"I am not an angel Mr. Uchiha. Though, I am flattered you think so. I am a nurse. You are in the hospital. Do you remember what happened to you?" She smiled at the man kindly waiting for his answer.

"Not an angel? Could have fooled me." He yawned. "Err…yes…I was chasing after this one criminal…and then..." The man blinked rapidly trying to stay awake. "then I got hurt." He finished lamely.

Sakura nodded.

"You are still very drowsy. You should sleep. There's no rash, we can talk later. Don't worry, you are in good hands." She stood up as she saw the man's eyes were already closed. Though, his late response made her stop feeling flabbergasted.

"I would gladly be in your hands any time." Sakura turned around ready to give him a piece of her mind when she heard him muttering something else.

"Thank you, dear angel." Sakura did not know whether to feel offended by his perverted remark- Itachi did tell her that this man was a sort of pervert, though one should not take him seriously- or she should laugh at seeing how cute he sounded. He was an Uchiha after all. According to her boyfriend, no Uchiha man could be ever labelled as cute. They were manly and handsome. Not cute. She begged to differ though.

When the raven-haired man next woke up he did not see his angel next to him. No, he only saw the ugly face of his cousin. Which of course was not ugly because just as Uchiha men cannot be cute, they cannot be ugly either.

"Shisui." He frowned.

"Itachi." The injured man looked around. "You are not my angel. Where is she?" Itachi raised a questioning eyebrow then shook his head.

"I have no idea what you are talking about. But there is another thing that we have to discuss." Shisui immediately stopped his search for the pinkette nurse when he sensed his cousin's foul mood. He straightened up a little bit preparing for the scolding he was surely going to receive from his squad captain. He did note happily though that he did not feel any pain as he moved.

"Ok?" Just play it cool…he won't yell at you in the hospital. Itachi's eyes flashed with anger.

"What the hell were you thinking?" He winced. So much for not yelling. "Going into a suspect's house without any backup. Seriously, what were you thinking?" Shisui looked down seemingly ashamed of his actions.

"I heard gunshots and a woman's scream." He murmured.

"You heard gunshots? And you thought it was a good idea to go in?" Itachi could not believe how stupid his cousin was. "You were without backup-"

"I had backup. Neji was with me." Shisui could not help but raise his voice as well. Itachi abruptly stood up.

"He was in the car. Waiting outside. You were only supposed to check the parameter not barging in to save the day." His cousin did not agree.

"I could not wait. Someone was shot. I had to do something." The raven-haired man argued.

Itachi let out a frustrated sigh.

"You could have gotten your partner hurt. You got hurt." He said pointing at him. "You were supposed to call it in and wait for backup. But no, you just had to go in. Even though you knew you would probably be outnumbered. The only reason you survived was because you jumped out of the window." Shisui could see that his cousin's anger was coming more from the fact that he was worried about him than him violating protocol. "And of course, you ended up with a piece of glass in your side." He snorted." At least, you did not hit your head. I would not be able to put up with you had you become more stupid." Shisui sighed in relief as he felt his cousin's anger leave him. His attempted humour spoke us much. So he decided to try and lighten the mood.

"Well, at least I got to meet my angel." Itachi frowned.

"Your angel?" Shisui nodded happily.

"Yes. She was so sexy and adorable at the same time. Long, strong legs, firm butt, angelic face…Hmm…The only odd thing about her was her pink hair, but she still looked very exquisite. I think she is my nurse" As Shisui was speaking he did not notice his cousin's fist clenched nor that his eyes narrowed dangerously. "All in all, I would not mind having a piece of that ass, if you know what I mean." He winked at the younger man trying to make him laugh but then soon he paled as he saw the look on his face.

"Err…Itachi. Why are you looking at me like that?" Itachi started walking towards him. Shisui did not know why but he felt that his cousin was having thoughts of murdering him.

"Oh…I see you are up. That is good news." Itachi stilled and forcibly relaxed his shoulders. He gave Shisui one more warning look before turning around. With confidents steps he strode towards the pinkette, grabbed her neck and kissed her passionately.

Shisui's jaw dropped.

He kissed her… His angel. His cousin was kissing his angel.

Sakura did not know what brought this on but she immediately melted into the kiss. She loved when her boyfriend was so affectionate. Though, soon she realized that there was someone else in the room with them so she tried to withdraw. Itachi though had other ideas. He did not let her go until he was completely satisfied and he knew that his cousin got the message loud and clear.

Putting his hands on her waist he turned to his cousin and glared at him.

"Sorry. You were saying?" Shiusi gulped at the threatening tone and started sweating.

"J-just that i-it seems the painkillers had clouded my mind and I cannot think clearly yet." He tried to laugh it off, but even Sakura could see that his shoulders were tensed and he looked like he was ready to jump out the window…again.

"Yes, you have been talking nonsense up until now." Sakura noted the dangerous tone her boyfriend used as he nuzzled his nose into her neck. She giggled then as she looked at Shisui she took pity on the raven-haired man. She walked up to him though she could feel that Itachi was reluctant to let her go.

She held out her hand.

"It's nice to meet you. My name is Sakura Haruno. I'm Itachi's girlfriend." Shisui tried to smile but he inwardly groaned. Only he could be so unlucky to try to hit on his cousin's girlfriend right in front of him. Or saying that he would like to. He should have known. Itachi did mention that his girlfriend had unusual hair colour.

He shook her hand and immediately let go as he saw Itachi's form looming over them. He cringed.

He's going to make my life a living hell, isn't he?