Look A Like
Chapter 2
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& She doesn't want to be the only girl in your life,
Just the one that really matters.
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Sakura, waking up groggily, threw herself back down into her pillow, realizing it was once again Monday. Sakura groaned, and sat up-right, fighting to thrash back into her pillow. She sighed, and wasn't looking forward to another busy day at work. And, another busy week at the hospital.
More people had been coming in from missions, badly hurt. The hospital was in need for more medic's to help out. Medics that can heal minor things, to medics that are healers like Sakura. Though, no one could surpass Sakura, which all of Japan knew.
Sakura got up, making herself a little breakfast and dressing in her usual clothes.
She walked down the streets of Konoha, waving and smiling a bit, and savouring the time of the sun that she could. And as always, her thoughts led back to Sasuke. Sasuke, the man that she loved. Or, once loved? She did not know. Her stomach went crazy when she saw him paste the famous smirk that he had, and when he smiled more often, her heart jumped, wanting to reach out to him.
But it was hard. Hard because now Sasuke had someone else. And still, Sakura couldn't accept the fact that he had a girlfriend.The anti-social Sasuke, actually showing a bit of PDA? Help Sakura! The world is coming to an end.
Sakura huffed inside the hospital, the smell of the same old hospital rising back to her nose. "Sakura-chan, Tsunade-sama would like to see you." Sakura smiled as she saw sight of Shizune. "Very well." She said, making her way to the elevators.
She pressed floor 5, where they usually met in the waiting rooms. Not surprisingly, there Tsunade sat on one of the couches.
"Sakura," she greeted her.
"Ohayo, Shishou." Sakura smiled a bit as she sat herself down beside her.
"We're hiring, you know that." She started off, "we haven't had many people that handed in resumes. There are some, but they're good for a clinic, not a hospital. There is this one girl, and you may know her."
Sakura nodded. "Who?"
"Horo Yokori."
Sakura's mind went black, her heart stopping for a second. "Y-yoko?" Sakura sputtered, Tsunade knowing the condition that she was in. Tsunade, closing her eyes and nodding slowly. "Yes, her."
Sakura nodded. "Oh, is she any good?"
Tsunade shrugged. "She must be. She'll probably working in the lower floors, since those are where minor things are healed. You mostly work in floor 5, 6, and possibly 7 if it's critical. She'll be in floor 3 and 4, so you won't see much of her. Not unless it's needed, which is rare."
Sakura shrugged. "Sure, why not."
Tsunade nodded. "Good. I haven't found an office for her yet, and all the other offices are either taken, or are already doubled with your workers." She said, looking Sakrua straight in the eye.
Sakura, not wanting to hear what was next travelled her gaze through the room, locking her gaze on a plant as if it were so interesting. Tsunade spoke again. "Sakura, she'll need to share offices with you."
Sakura sighed. "I won't be greedy, so I'll accept." Sakura complied, although she knew that things wouldn't run so smoothly. Not unless she hid her feelings behind a smile, and forced a laugh.
Tsunade thanked Sakura, and walked out. "She'll be starting tomorrow." She said before slipping out of the door. Sakura let her body slide down the couch, huffing in an un-lady like manner. "Ergh! Force a laugh, fake a smile, hide the pain." She repeated to herself, over and over before she convinced herself that she wasn't going to let anything get on her nerves and let things be okay.
Once she was reassured, she walked out of the waiting room and to her office. She glanced at the clipboard that had been placed in the pocket that hung beside her door, skimming through it quickly she walked to the first room she was told.
Floor 5, Room 302 Hyuuga Neji
Sakura chuckled inwardly. This guy is never out of the hospital, is he?
She smiled as she walked to his room, quickly glancing and scanning through his profile, for things that might be bad since he was up on this floor. She pushed the door open quietly, finding Neji's back towards her as he faced the large window that sat beside his bed. "Neji-san," Sakura called out. Neji turned around, wincing as he did so. He opened his eyes slowly, and forced a weak smile as he caught Sakura's gaze. "Sakura-san," he greeted in return.
Sakura smiled the best she could. "I've been seeing you a lot lately, here in the hospital, Neji-san." Sakura smiled as she pulled a chair towards his bed side. He forced a smirk, as Sakura sat herself down beside her.
"Tsunade's been working Shikamaru and I on these missions." He said as Sakura nodded. "Plus, I need the money anyway for TenTen and I. We don't have much to pay for the apartment. We're almost there, though." He said as Sakura smiled, thinking of the happy couple.
"Why don't you just ask for some money from the main branch? I'm pretty sure that Hiashi-sama would be okay to give you money. I mean, you havelooked after Hinata all those years until you've reached chuunin."
He nodded. "I'm not sure though, Hiashi-sama is pretty crazy over his money. He'll probably make me do something before actually giving me the rest of the money to pay for the apartment."
Sakura nodded. "Well, hope things go well with you and TenTen. I'm glad you guys are starting off so nicely." She smiled, feeling a tad bit jealous that they were just beginning their happily ever after.
Neji nodded. "Yeah, TenTen's been happier."
Sakura smiled. She started off with the medical things, getting back to her job. She unwrapped bandages that wrapped around Neji's torso, revealing his well-toned, and muscular chest. She has seen his chest and other parts of his body that would've made you drool, many times. And yet, no matter how many times Sakura has, she couldn't help but stare.
This time, she looked for a second, feeling Neji's gaze on her. She looked up to Neji, as he wore a smirk on his face. Oh, how his smirk could match up to that Uchiha.
She flushed, smiling a bit. She rubbed her hands together, and brushed a few pieces of stray hair away from her face as she began to heal Neji's torso area. In 10 minutes or more, she was back to wrapping up his oh-so-heavenlyabbs, and finished with a satisfying smile.
"Cut down on the training. If you want to, you can, just becareful with it. It's still pretty delicate for you to move around much. If you want to train, make sure you see me right after. But I don't want to be seeing you here everyday, Neji-san." Sakura smiled.
Neji stood up, thanking Sakura with a slight bow. And with a jerk of his head, he walked out the room.
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"Sakura-chan!" A cheery voice yelled from somewhere behind Sakura. Sakura was leaning against a counter in the middle of floor 5, talking to the secretary of the floor. Sakura questioningly turned around, looking for the somewhat familiar voice.
"Sakura-chan! Hey!" A girl that looked similar to Sakura bounced up to Sakura. Sakura turned back a bit, letting out a dying sigh before placing on the best smile she could and turning around to Yoko.
"Hey, Yoko!" She greeted. Yoko smiled, waving her hand in her face. God, how does Sasuke stand this girl?She thought to herself, rolling her eyes inwardly. "What brings you here?" Sakura asked, trying to sound as patient as she could.
"I just wanted to get to know the hospital a bit, you know. Since well, I'll be starting here soon. Tsunade-sama said the nearest time that I should be able to be working was today. I declined, because Naruto-kun, Sasuke-kun and I have a date out to Ichiraku." Yoko smiled, then continued, "So I'll be starting tomorrow." She finished off, letting Sakura stand there, a blank expression on her face.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Yoko? Together, out at Ichiraku? But..
Sakura smiled the best she could. Her lips quivered, and her smile was weak. "Aa, I hope you guys have a good time, then." She said, slightly turning away before her wrist was tugged back facing Yoko's way. I guess she really couldn't just ditch her, anyway.
"Wouldn't you like to show me around here, Sakura-chan?" Yoko asked, the same smile on her face.
Sakura shook her head. "Sorry, I can't. I've got my shifts, and it's a long list. Plus, you'll be working downstairs, right? Why don't you ask one of the secretary's down there, they're really nice." Sakura said, trying to get away as fast as she could. Yoko didn't let go of her wrist. "Aw, but I'll be your office buddy. Won't you show me around later, then?"
Sakura sighed, but complied. "Sure, when I'm on my break, alright?" She said, trying to turn away, but awas tugged once more. Yoko smiled. "Thank you, Sakura-chan!"
Sakura smiled the best she could, and waved slightly, briskly walking to her office with a slight smile, smiling brightly to someone who stood beside her door. And as she entered, she closed the door as hard as she could, no chakra emitted, yet a slight crumble of the wall was heard on the other side. The person who had stood beside her door, afraid, dashed to the next room, standing by the door quivering slightly.
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Sakura screamed as quiet as she could, trying to let go of all her emotion. She had to punch something right now. She just had to. She sat herself down in her chair, and rubbed her temples as she took deep breaths in an increased tempo. When she was sure that she was fine once more, someone had knocked on her door.
"It's open." She called out, not bothering to look out at the door, as to who was coming in.
"Yo." A man at the door called. "Kaka-sensei?" Sakura asked, her mood brightening a bit. Kakashi smiled. "Sakura." He said quiet happily. "What brings you here?" She smiled. Kakashi replied, "what? Can't I visit one of my favourite students?" He smiled guiltily.
Sakura hit him on the side playfully. "You say that to all of your students, Kakashi-sensei." She smiled. He smiled in return. "So, get to it. What do you need to say?"
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"It's about Sasuke."
"Yeah, and?"
"Do you know about that girl he came back with?"
Sakura nodded mutely, "yeah, I do."
Kakashi ran a hand through his hair, his gaze tearing away frmo hers. Sakura raised a brow. "What, Kakashi?" She asked, Kakashi surprised that she had not used his name without the sensei.
"Are you okay with that?"
Sakura didn't answer quickly, but shrugged. She was merely perplexed about it all. "Yoko, Naruto and Sasuke are going out to Ichiraku's tonight." Sakura said. Kakashi, baffled gave Sakura a look. "Ah, are they?" He asked, not really knowing what to say.
She just gave him a sad look, as he stood up, stretching his arms. "Well, I better get going. I'll be here." He said before leaving Sakura on her chair, her head hung low, as he slipped out o fher office.
Sakura banged her head down onto her desk, confused and so utterly impotent, to say the least. She heaved a sigh, her breath hitching in her throat. She thought frequently about the couple, actually, more like every second of the day. Was it really her fault that everything about the couple seemed so wrong? She shook her head, wanting to finish her shifts quickly.
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"Sasuke-kun!" Yoko had called from somewhere in the apartment. A shirtless Sasuke, appearing beside her, grumbled. "What?" He asked, clearly not in a good mood.
"You better get ready! Put a shirt on or something." She waved him off.
Sasuke raised a brow. "For what?" He asked. "Remember? Our date with Naruto at Ichiraku's?" Sasuke, still confused turned on his heel and walked away fom her, plopping himself down on the couch in the cold, empty living room.
Yoko caught up to him, plopping herself down beside him. "Come on, Sasuke-kun." She tugged on his arm, but it was futile. He grunted. "Who said I was going to go?" He asked, not really paying attention to her. "Me, now come on. We're celebrating about my job at the hospital."
Once again, Sasuke had raised a brow. "Since when did you get a job at the hospital?"
Yoko pouted. "Nothing personal, Sasuke-kun, but how do you not know about any of these things?" She asked, Sasuke still not meeting her gaze.
"Maybe it's the fact that you never tell me anything, except your never ending nags." He said, an edge to it. Yoko, taken a back, slightly backed down, her hand that rested on his hand falling limp. "If that's the way you want it, I'll just ask Sakura-chan to come along." With that, Yoko stood up, without a look back she walked on.
"What a nag. I have no idea how I ended up with you." He muttered under his breath. Yoko, hurt, pretended not to hear it, as she walked straight into their room.
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"Thanks for coming, Sakura-chan." Yoko pasted a smile on her face as she squeezed Sakura. Sakura, annoyed, pretended to hug her back, looking straight at Naruto in the eye. Naruto shrugged, not really knowing what to do.
Sakura huffed. "I thought you were bringing Sasuke," she said, no tone to her voice at all.
Yoko's voice died down, her eyes looking down cast. "Iie, he said he.. was busy. ' Said he was planning something special for us tonight." She said, ordering her food rather quickly.
Sakura, looking at her with painful eyes, smiled a weak smile for her and Sasuke. "Ah, that's.. good." She said, unsure of really what to say. She turned to Naruto, her eyes begging for something. Naruto looked at her equally with the same sad eyes, as his hand reached under the counter to find hers. He gave it a little squeeze, trying to look the most reassuring as he can. He couldn't deny that himself, too was not content with the situation that was happening.
They ate mostly in silence, small talk amongst them. "Oh, Yoko, I forgot to tell you," Sakura began. "We're throwing a party for all the newcomers, including you. Tomorrow night, Tsunade will announce where will host the party."
Yoko smiled brightly. "Arigato."
Sakura nodded, turning back to her food.
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Sakura waved as she walked away from her, "See you at work tomorrow, Yoko." She forced the best smile she could. Naruto appeared beside her. "Want me to walk you home?" He asked. "And not because I think you're going to end up in a ditch." He chuckled. Sakura smiled.
"I'll walk you home, Sakura."
"Why, Sasuke? I'll be fine." He still thinks I'm weak..
"Because you'll end up in a ditch." Sasuke spoke, clearly honest of what he said.
Snapping out of her thoughts, she laughed a bit. "Sure."
They walked side-by-side, Nartuo walking like he usually did, his hands resting on the back of his head. "You sure Hinata's not worrying?" Sakura asked as they neared her apartment. "I'm sure." He smiled at her.
He walked her to the front doors, and giving her a light squeeze. And what Sakura did next, completely, baffled Naruto. Her lips met his cheek. She smiled. "Thank you, Naruto. For everything.."
Naruto smiled cheekily, the fox marks clear on his cheeks. "You know, if I wasn't with Hinata-chan, I'd probably going ballistic right now." He laughed sheepishly. Sakura gave him a smile. "Things change, eh?"
"Yeah, they do."
"See you, Sakura-chan."
"Thanks, Naruto."
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There's my chapter. This one is like .. weird. This was like a filler. I gotta get to the plot.. Ah damn, I gotta stall now. Sorry you guys, if the next few chatpers are sucky, I don't know if I will go to the plot right away, but I'll work it out.
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- OBJ