Okay so I really got into this and here is chapter two. Enjoy
Sakura had finally released Ino's mouth and thinking what to say. She had a few ideas but she wasn't sure what part of the conversation they had heard. After some time had passed into awkward silence she finally said:"One of my patients in the hospital. He comes all the time and complains about everything. It's really good to see you too Kakashi and Sasuke. "
Ino was still silent by her side and the two men were looking at her baffled by her response. She was praying that someone would break the silence and like a miracle a loud very familiar voice came to her ears.
"SAKURA-CHAAAAAN!" Everyone turned their gaze to Naruto's direction. He was sitting on the table in the small booth and while Sakura caught only glimpses of his face she could see the full length of his arm shot up in the air and waving at her. Willing to catch the moment as it was she quickly grabbed Ino's hand and went to the booth leaving Sasuke and Kakashi behind her.
"Hey Naruto and Sai?" she was surprised to see the pale faced shinobi there. The fact he and Sasuke didn't get along that much was part of the reason he wasn't hanging out with them anymore. He looked up at her and Ino managing a smile that was not too fake he greeted "Hello Sakura and Ino what a coincidence to see you here." Naruto grinned at his words and urged them to sit at the table "C'mon girls sit with us. Sakura we were by your house earlier but you were not there. What a miracle to see you here. "his happy face made Sakura smile. He was always like that. He could even make Sasuke smile. "I had a shift at the hospital and Ino came by to pick me up for drinks. We are going to sit somewhere else but I will come back don't worry."
They turned to look around for a free spot. While doing that Kakashi and Sasuke came back with a new round for their table. Eyeing the direction they took off the two shinobi took their seats and asked Naruto and Sai what did they talk about. Naruto quickly explained the situation. "Hn" Sasuke sighted after hearing out what the conversation was about. Naruto threw him a questioning look "What is it Teme." Everyone was looking at Sasuke and waiting for whatever he was going to say "I think she is hiding something. When she was coming in Ino was talking about her and her being involved in something but she shut her up before she could finish. When we asked her what they were talking about it took quite a while to produce an answer. "
Kakashi also found that a bit strange and Sakura unlike but he let it go. The fact that Sasuke had made it into something was a bit problematic because now Naruto was all years. The only companion who was left out of the conversation was Sai so he decided to indulge "So Sai what was the last book you read?"
Meanwhile at the end of the bar Sakura's eyebrow was still twitching out of embarrassment and irritation. Ino was watching her and then heavily sighted: "Come on Sakura you took care of it. I can say that they do no suspect anything. Plus big deal if they find out it's your life after all."
After hearing what the blond said she finally straightened her face and made a small smile saying a light "I guess so". When the waitress arrived with their drinks they had already engaged in a new conversation about the summer and when they were going to take vacations. While listening to Ino Sakura could not help but throw a glance around the bar. Most of the customers were shinobi. She was not surprised by that. Not only her colleagues but she herself sometimes drowned her mission after stress with alcohol. Some people did not understand the need of ninja to drink but that was because they had no idea how hard the life of a shinobi was. Every mission could be your last every sip of a drink could be your last every kiss could be your last; everything could be your last.
Just last week she had a ninja patient dying in one of the beds in the hospital because of severe wounding. Life sometimes could be short. One of her theories was that you should live life to the fullest so you have no regrets after you die. That theory pushed her to make a certain decision during the war.
Shaking her head to throw away those thoughts Sakura averted her attention back to her friend who was now asking her a question:"So when are you taking your vacation?" Sakura sighted and crossed her arm in front of her chest. She looked up at the ceiling and then spoke in a deep baritone:"I am not sure that I will be taking leave this summer. I just have so much work around the hospital and I and Tsunade-sama are doing this new research based on one of Kabuto's scrolls and notes. "
Ino looked at Sakura with a doubtful look and then smirked saying beneath her nose:"You really suck at these things don't you? Seriously doing research when you can be off somewhere just relaxing and reading a nice book and just sucking in the sunlight." Sakura took a sip from her sake and said slowly making sure that every word that came out of her mouth sounded underlined:"Ino I do know how to relax but right now my work is really important to me and..."Her words were cut off when the waitress came and placed a new bottle of sake on their table.
Sakura looked up at her telling her that they haven't ordered a refill when the waitress informed her politely: "I know but this from the gentleman sitting over there." Sakura followed to where her finger was pointing and saw Genma. He was looking at her with a wise smirk on his face, senbon dancing between his fingers. Sakura left out a small laugh while looking down at her lap. Then she looked at Ino and said"I will go check up on the boys. " After she received a positive nod of the head from the blond she grabbed the bottle of sake and started standing up from her seat when she heard Genma's voice rising from the crowd "Well will I get the answer I deserve this time?" Sakura started making her way to the table where the boys were seated while shouting so Genma can hear her:"Nope, not wet."
Naruto was telling some story of how Tsunade was teaching him how to handle the always piling paperwork and how he fell asleep after five minutes of listening to her when Sakura appeared on the corner of their booth. She had a smile on her face and a bottle of sake swaying between her fingers showing them that it was full:"May I join you?" she asked while eyeing Kakashi indicating that she was waiting for him scoop over so she can have a seat. The boys shifted and she took the offered place and put the sake in the middle with a "On the house." Following.
The boys looked at her strangely and Sasuke finally asked:"Really?"
"No"Sakura finally admitted. She took the bottle and poured a round for them all when she spoke again she explained where she got the drink. Kakashi's eyebrows shot up and he looked over to his friend. Genma could feel he was being watched so he directed his gaze only to meet Kakashi's eyes. He smirked and waved at him. Kakashi replied the same way.
After everyone said cheers Sakura emptied her glass and set it down on the table only to meet the astonished looks from all four men: "What?" she asked innocently while looking at all of them. Unlike him Sai took the word: "Sakura-san it's not a good idea for a lady to drink like that. I have read that women and alcohol do not go hand by hand". Sakura smiled at the former ANBU ROOT. She felt knowing that he was concerned about her even thought he wasn't showing it. "Don't worry Sai when you are having the Legendary Sucker as a master you tend to learn more than medical ninjutsu and raw fighting." Naruto laughed at that statement:"So Granny taught you more than just your skills of fighting and healing. Well that is comforting I guess."
Kakashi's one visible eye creased. The atmosphere was so delightful. He was enjoying himself so much. Naruto was right today. With Sakura present everything was so easy and all the conversations were flowing like a river undisturbed by anything. Until "Sakura do you have a man in your life?"
The question was coming from Sasuke who was quietly sitting in his seat saying almost nothing the whole time. Now he had drawn all the attention to himself. Naruto swallowed hardly "Oh man. Sakura is going to flip any moment now." He hoped that his thought would not become a reality since he was acquainted with Sakura's temper too well. One wrong move and she could bring down the building not caring what the consequences will be. The spiked hair blond eyed Kakashi and Sai with a penetrating gaze. They nodded slowly telling him that he should stay quiet because all of them were standing on thin ice right now.
Kakashi opened his masked mouth to say something when Sakura beat him to it and the answer was not what was expected from all four of them. "Sasuke I will not say anything about prying into my personal life when it's not any of your busyness. Gods know that I love all four of you but when it comes to me getting a boyfriend it's not concern for you. I know you are asking out of mere curiosity and that there is no way you could ever feel the feeling of jealousy because that feeling is unknown to you. When I eventually do come around to the part of having a boyfriend I will tell you when the time is right if I see fit. And now if you excuse me I will go back to Ino you can keep the sake."
And with that she was gone. Kakashi turned around to watch her go back to the Yamanaka girl and to make sure that she doesn't throw a fit. When she finally disappeared behind their booth he heard Naruto saying "Way to go Teme you always know how to spoil the mood." The only response that came from the Uchiha was "Hn. Shut up."
Notes: Does Sakura have a secret? What do you think?
I realize that this chapter is kind of boring. But I promise that it will get better (well at least it's better in my opinion :D)
