Chapter 4
There was a long silence before Naruto put a couple of files on her desk. "Sakura, as you know, you are a high profile here in Kohana. Don't think I haven't heard the village gossip. It's time you settle down. Or at least date. I have gathered some of the finest men in Kohana for you to choose from an-"
"No," Sakura stated without even opening up a single file. She folded her hands together on her desk and leaned forward. "I run the hospital. Do you not understand how busy I am. From going here to there and running this hospital and working in it. I don't have time. And I am not about to be forced into a relationship that won't give me happiness. Besides, you know there is only one man I want," Sakura finished off quietly. Even after being dumped by Sasuke and not seeing him ever because he was always on a mission, Sakura still ached for him. She loved him and always will. The way he would make love to her flashed in her mind and she felt heat starting to grow between her legs.
"Sakura you have no choice. I am Hokage and I can just command you to follow my orders," Naruto said sternly. Sakura tensed and her temper flared.
"You think, that I am just going to roll over and let you control my life Naruto? Do you have any idea how hard I've worked to get where I am today? I am the worlds greatest medical ninja. I run the villages largest hospital, perform the most delicate of surgeries, and most of all, I love what I do so much that I could never give it up for a man," Sakura grabbed the files and threw them at Naruto. "So don't think that you can come into MY office and boss me around Naruto," She yelled at him.
Naruto looked at the files that were on the ground and sighed, "I am not trying to boss you around Sakura. I want the best for you. I want you to find the happiness you want. But Sasuke doesn't want you. And most likely no matter how much your try and improve, he is going to want to date someone with a kekkei genkai. You know that."
Naruto leaned over in his chair and pick up the files. He ordered them by candidate that he thought she would like the best. Slowly with his bandaged hand, he gently placed them on her desk. "I have ordered them by the candidate that I thought you might like the best. Pleas just at least look at them," Naruto pleaded. He reached over and placed his hand on hers and gave her a small smile. "Please, I don't want you to be like Granny Tsunade, always cooped up in a hospital."
Sakura smirked at his comment and then slowly nodded her head. Naruto wasn't the only one putting pressure on her to date. Ino and her parents were as well. "I will look at them one condition," She stated. She saw Naruto's ears perk a little with intrigue. "I need my laundry to be done, can you have Hinata do my laundry?"
Naruto smiled and then chuckled, "had I known it was that easy, I would have made the deal with you sooner. I will tell her to go over tomorrow and do your laundry Sakura. I have to get back to my office now. I will see you on Thursday evening for team dinner right," Naruto questioned as he got up out of the chair and straightened up his shirt. Naruto knew that she was going to make an excuse so she wouldn't have to show up. She avoided team dinner at all cost. It got to the point where he would have to order her to come.
"Oh about that," Sakura started but was interrupted when the door to her office opened and Ino walked in with a medium sized vase of white violets.
" My my my Sakura, whose heart did you capture this time? I think I'll read the card, " Ino teased as she plucked the card from the arrangement.
Sakura lunged across her desk and snatched the card out of her hand. "Why do you always have to tease me about this? Can't you just be happy with Sai," Sakura questioned as she reached for the vase of flowers. White violets, if she remembered correctly they meant to take a chance on happiness. Ino handed her the vase and waited.
"Well what does the card say," Ino pressed. The woman was always looking for gossip. But what shocked her more was that when she looked at Naruto he too had the same looked of excitement. Sakura only placed the card back into the arrangement and started to shoo them out of her office. "I have work to do, you will need to leave so I can get it done. Naruto don't forget about our deal," she said sternly as she pushed them out of her office and shut the door.
She chuckled when she heard the two of them start to gossip about who sent the flowers. Sakura, looking over at the arrangement also became curious. She walked back to her desk and reached for the card again when her office door was opened. Her temper spiked and she angrily started "Ino I am not telling you who," she cut herself off when she saw who was standing in the doorway of her office. It was no other than Sasuke himself.
He shut the door behind him but not before she caught a glimpse of Naruto and Ino staring into her office. "I heard someone has sent you flowers," he stated eyeing the arrangement.
Sakura swallowed hard. Thinking of Sasuke was hard but seeing him was even harder. Her heart ached in pain and love and she averted her eyes. But she quickly looked back up when she heard the lock on her office door click. "What are you doing, I don't have," Sakura interrupted herself again when Sasuke started to walk torwards her. She backed up into her desk and cursed that her desk was in her way.
"I need you," Sasuke said in a low voice as he closed the gap between them. Sakura's breath hitched in her throat and she felt her cheeks catch flame. All the memories of making love with Sasuke flashed to the forefront of her mind. Sakura closed her head and placed a hand on his chest to keep at least some space between them.
"What can I help you with? Are your eyes bothering you," She asked as she glanced at the folders on her desk. Maybe instead of rejecting everyone, she would give these men a chance. Sasuke was a frequent patient of hers and not being able to her job to her fullest capbilites was mortifying.
"Hm," Sasuke replied and then sat in a chair. He leaned his head back and waited for her to get to work. Sakura took in a deep breath to prepare having those oxyn colored eyes staring into her soul and trying to battle all the happy memories down with a katana.
Sakura moved from her spot on her desk and moved to close the curtains in her office. Vision repairs were always a delicate procedure since you had to dilate the pupils and repair the corneas. Sasuke's visual kekkei genkai did take its toll on them. Eyes were not meant to be abused as often as he abused his own. Sakura grabbed the drapes and forcefully shut them. Her temper spiked at how pathetic she was being. Even if it was her first love, it was not going to work with Sasuke and it was time accept that move on.
"So what pathetic loser sent you flowers," Sasuke inquired as he watched her make her way behind him. Soon he was looking up at her and she was looking down at him. Sakura pulled her short hair up into a pony tail so that it wouldn't be her in way while healing Sasuke. Looking down into his eyes she caught glimpse of herself pinned down onto his bed as he kissed her neck and thrusted deeply into her. Heat ignited between her legs and tried to shake the memory from her head.
"I don't know. I haven't had a chance to read the card yet. I've been pretty busy since coming back to Suna," Sakura replied with a shrug and placed her finger tips on Sasuke's temples. Slowly she injected her own chakra into him and dilated his eyes so that she could properly see. With one hand she pulled a small flash light from her white jacket and turned it on. It was a dim blue light to help her see better.
She put the flashlight in her mouth so that she had two hands to work with. Returning her hand to his temple she got to work. Repairing the capillaries that had burst from over use and then returning his normal vision to its fullest potential. It was a procedure would take a team of at least three doctors and a nurse or two with a time of twenty minutes. But Sakura, being the greatest medical nin to ever live was able to do it by herself and in half the time.
"I've heard from Naruto that you have been burying yourself here at the hospital. Breaking your own rules of a doctor not working more than 12 hours at a time. You may be the world's best doctor, but you would be no good to the village if you worked yourself to death. Naruto is about to ban you from the hospital," Sasuke warned.
Another memory floated to the surface of her mind, this one not as gentle. The rough sex they used to have whenever they were angry with each other. The primal make-up sex. The kind where it feels your whole body is on fire and the intense feelings of the moment unleash into one giant orgasmic wave. Sakura could see herself bent over the arms of her couch as Sasuke held a firm grip to the back of neck. He was thrusting his penis into her hard and damn if it hadn't felt good at the time. He was so rough with her she was sore the following day and Ino had tried to pry as to why she had a certain glow about her.
Sakura only nodded her head in response and furrowed her brows at him. It was her way of telling him to be quit. One small mistake and she could permanently blind him. Though she could most likely reverse the blindness she wasn't about to have to preform that surgery on him.
Ten agonizing minutes of silence went by and Sakura removed her fingertips from him and reached up with one hand to grab the flashlight from her mouth. She clicked it off and returned it to her pocket. She moved away and went behind her desk. She opened the desk drawer and put a pair of dark shaded sunglasses on her desk.
"You know how this works, wear these for the next few hours as your eyes adjust to the healing. If it's been more than 8 hours and you notice blurriness come see me immediately. I will be here. You will need to check in with the nurse and wait in my office if I am busy," Sakura finished up. On a note pad on her desk she wrote out the normal eye drop prescription for him. "Take the eye drops after it has been 2 hours and then 2 drops per eye for the next 7 days. Finish the prescription this time," She sighed as she ripped the note off the pad and handed it to him with the sunglasses.
Sasuke leaned forward in the chair and grabbed them from her hand. He followed her instructions and placed the lenses on his face. Sakura felt some satisfaction that he wasn't too disobedient. Unlike Naruto who was the worst patient on the planet, followed closely by Lee, Guy sensei and Kakashi sensei.
Thinking of Kakashi sensei he would be by her office later for their…appointment. Kakashi probably knew why she was having sex with him. Trying to forget Sasuke, driving the lineless her heart felt and battling the desperation for companionship. Sakura was distracted from her thoughts as Sasuke stood and turned to leave.
"Thank you," he said and then unlocked the door and left. With a great sigh of relief Sakura flopped into her chair. Looking at the clock she was thankful to see that it was just after noon. Meaning she could make one more round and then get lunch.
Sakura rested her head back on her chair and closed her eyes. Memories kept crashing to the forefront of her mind and she started to get angry. Memories of Sasuke being sweet and buying her flowers, memories of them cuddling and talking about the future. Memories of her wearing his shirt with his clan symbol on the back. Sakura bit her lip and angry ebbed to sadness and her heart started to ache. Sakura sniffled and then furiously swiped the hot tears that seemed to appear from nowhere. "I'm such a loser," she cried softly. After crying for a few minutes Sakura grabbed a tissue from the box of them on the edge of her desk. She wiped her eyes and then noticed the bouquet of white violets.
With one last sniffle she reached for the card, gently removed it from the arrangement she smiled. Most likely it would be Lee. The man sent her flowers at least once a week. And it was usually white flowers. Sakura lifted the flap on the small envelope and removed the card. She was surprised to find that it was not Lees normal block hand writing, but very beautiful neat script handwriting like her own. One of the side she was looking at it simply said, "To Sakura," furrowing her brow she flipped it over and read the short message. "I look forward to seeing you this week, please let me know your schedule. -Neji Hyuga" A huge grin made its way on her face and she reached up and pulled her hair from her pony tail and styled it. She placed the note back into the arrangement and grabbed the pend and note pad from her desk.
Sakura tilted her head and pursed her lips and tapped the top of her pen against her lips trying to think of something to write back. Minutes clicked by from the clock on the wall and knowing that she had work to do Sakura put the pen down. She was a hard worker and a great doctor. But there were nurses in the hospital for a reason. She picked the phone up on her desk and barked, "Komi, do the second rounds and give me a report. I am going out to lunch."
Sakura rose from her chair and stretched, Neji and Lee spend a lot of time together. Most likely those two would be together. If she were Lee what would she be doing at this time? That was easy, training at his facility. Sakura moved around her desk and shimmied out of her white doctors jacket and placed it on the coat rack by her door, she also took off her stethoscope and hung it one of the rungs before heading out to meet Neji now.
"I hope he has time to see me," Sakura thought to herself as she maneuvered out of the hospital.
