Chapter 4

The party had ended around three in the morning, although by that time most guest were too tired to care. And in a matter of minutes since Sakura had announced the end of her party, the room was completely empty except for herself, Tezuka and of course Kakashi, who hadn't totally broke his watchful gaze with the pink haired women, even if he had the skill so that everyone else thought otherwise. Including Sakura herself.

It had been a terribly boring and dragged out party for the silver haired Jounin. Due to the fact that he hated these kind of things but most of all thanks to the fact that while on mission he had turned down two drinks which had been offered to him. And he could ready, ready go for a hard stretch drink right now.

He had caught Sakura occasionally glancing in his direction numerous times throughout the evening, even if she didn't know that he had. He had to attempt it, though. She was taking this situation a whole lot differently then he thought she would. What had he thought she would do? Well, lets just say that it wouldn't have been pretty and leave it like that. But this reaction wasn't much better in his opinion. She was almost taking this too well. And those glances which he had saw her give him. What was up with that, he didn't know. Nor did he really want to find out. Frankly he didn't care.

Tezuka, Kakashi could from the minute they had met, that the green haired man hated him. The occasional sharp glance which Kakashi had gotten whenever Sakura would turn from his for that brief second, was a dead giveaway.

"Well, I should get going. I've got a meeting with Mr. Youshi this afternoon." Tezuka yawned, drawing a hand to his mouth in the process.

"Okay, well I got the limo waiting in the back entrance. You can use that, I can call Ryo to pick me up." Sakura suggested.

"Okay then, I'll see you when I see you." Tezuka leaned in in an attempt to give her a kiss but stopped suddenly. Drawing back when a thought crossed his mind." Tre, where are you staying, I could give you a ride home." The green haired man turned to the man standing in the corner. Tre blinked and turned his gaze to face Tezuka upon being spoken too, acting as if he hadn't been listening when he had been.

"Thank you for the offer but I have my own ride. Besides, things need to be cleaned up here still." Kakashi replied .Tezuka bit the bottom of his lips, but manged to remain unmoved.

"Very well."He smiled, turning to Sakura, who had been watching the interaction. "Goodnight sweetheart."His hand drew into the hair at the back of hear head, and pulled her lips to clash against his in a more then good night jester. Sakura gasped in surprise, her eyes widened for a second. Before shutting them and allowing herself to kiss him back.

Kakashi yawned big, as his hands stuffed lazily into his pockets.

Breaking apart, Tezuka turned on his heels and moved down the staircase at out the front door.

Sakura rubbed her tired eyes with her hand, running her fingers through her hair to push the pink strands from her face.

Tezuka was acting different. That kiss wasn't how he usually acted while out in public. Even if Kakashi had been the only one present. Wait, Kakashi. Was it his sudden presence which was responsible for Tezuka's behavior?

Without really knowing it, her gaze had shifted from the floor at her feet to Kakashi as he leaned slouching against to far wall. His eyes focused at the empty bottom floor below. Other then the eyes and missing mask, he hadn't changed at all. Visually anyway. But personality wise, she knew that he defiantly wasn't anywhere near the man that used to be her sensei all those many long years ago. He was different. Narrowing her eyes, she let them leave his form and once more fall to her feet.

"Where are you staying?"She whispered, knowing that he could no doubt hear her.

"Your place."He replied. Sakura's gaze shot sharply over to him upon hearing his curt reply. Still, his eyes didn't move from the stop on the bottom floor where they were the last time she gained to courage to look at him.

Sakura's eyes narrowed once again as she turned her body so that her back now faced him, lifting a hand to her lips so that she could nibble on her nails. As she always did when her nerves got the better of her.

She didn't know why she was surprised to hear that he was staying with her. She had always been expecting him to, he was her bodyguard after all. But still, it scared her more to hear it come from his mouth.

"Lets go." Kakashi murmured just loud enough so that he could be heard over the biting of nails which Sakura engaged in. Pushing himself off the wall, he walked across the floor towards the exit door at the back of the building.

Sakura glanced towards him as he passed. Lowering her head when in the process of walking, Kakashi's scent filled her senses, she swallowed the lump that had formed in her throat. But soon after regaining her composure, she forced her feet to move as she followed behind him. Making sure to keep her distant, making sure that she couldn't smell his scent any more. She couldn't... it was too hard.

The car ride home was for lack of a better word, uncomfortable. Neither parties spoke, it was amazing that they actually managed to breath. Sakura's chest felt heavy and constricted, and Kakashi's wasn't doing so well either.

He was strict upon keeping his seemingly lazily emotionless eyes tuned out the window. Very careful to not even acknowledge the tense women that sat across from his in the furnished limo. Forcing himself to keep his complete concentration even when her bare leg would occasionally knock against his with each passing bump. Acting as if the contact had never even happened.

Sakura didn't take the contact so smoothly as he had. Her leg immediately jarring away from his in a split second upon contact, inhaling a sharp intake of breath to calm herself. Her gaze, otherwise, just stared unfocused on the shaded wall to her right. Her heart beating so fast that she feared that he would hear. She had never been claustrophobic, but she sure as hell was now. With him this close.

Hating the silence, as she always did, she decided to speak up. Clearing her throat first, to somehow get his attention. It worked as she instantly felt his body go tense immediately.

"How's...Ino...doing?" Her voice was small, and was quieted by the noises outside the car all around them.

"Fine." Kakashi gave his usual curt response, completely void of any emotion nor feeling that could giver Sakura some sort of clue as to what was running through his mind at the moment.

Nodding her head softly, she turned her gaze away from him and back to the floor, as she held the hems of her dress to keep it from riding up and showing off anything. Once again the car fell into a death silence.

"And. Naruto?"She whispered again, not looking away from the floor.

"Fine."Once again she reserved the bare minimum of what she could get as a reply. He obviously didn't want to talk. But she didn't stop.

"How about Sasu-"

"If you want to know how they're doing so badly, why don't you just call them yourself." He answered rather coldly and dismissively. Sakura's heart skipped a beat as his words hit her like a kunai which he himself had thrown. This time the silence brought a much deeper and thick sense of comfortableness, as she shut her eyes. She didn't speak again.

The limo finally pulled up to a large black gate after at least a good ten minutes of travel from the hall.

Even through the darkness, Kakashi was able to see a rather huge house in the distance through his window. The roof seeming to collide with the sky above, as well as property that stretched further then he could make out. This was where she lives?

The gates opened with the press of a button from the driver, and the car once more took off down the personal street towards the front steps of the estate. The streetlights set up all down the road lit up upon reaching them, until the car pulled up along the tall steps up to the front door.

Sakura inwardly breathed a small sense of relieve to finally be granted her desired to leave this confined car. As the driver opened the door to the car, Sakura hastedly was the fist to leave. Touching down to the cobble stones beneath her steleto shoes, she ran her hands to straighten her dress which had been slightly wrinkled.

The wind which had been felt up on the roof that night once more to to it's job in tossing her hair around madly, as she tried to pull it behind her ears.

Sakura heard the light footsteps signaling Kakashi's exit of the limo after her, and the slamming of the door after him. Inhaling a large breath she started up the staircase, really not wanting to be stuck as close to him as she had been forced to in the car.

Kakashi paused a deliberate second as to put a comforting distance between her and himself, before following her up the stairs slowly.

Sakura turned the key and opened the door to the large house, stepping into the darkness which filled the inside. Entering but leaving the door open so that her, well unwanted guest, could enter after her.

The house was, as if had always remianed,very large but lonely. Only she lived there, with the occasional maids which could be spotted once and a while around the house, and with Tezuka visiting whenever he could. But their scheduales made that difficult to say the least. In fact, tonight was the first time she had saw him in a month.

Kakashi glanced around the darkness, which was lit up when the light switch had been turned on by the pink haired women. With this, he was able to perfectly see his surroundings. The large foyer was titled with marble stones, leading to a large white staircase that curved to connect with the floor above their heads.

Sakura bent down to slip off her shoes , feeling the relaxing sensation of having her bare feet connect with the cool tiles below. Looking up, she saw that Kakashi had began to walk forward towards the staircase beginning.

"Do you have any luggage?" She asked,her voice echoing through the silent house.

"It's upstairs already."He replied.

"What?" She stuttered. He paused to glance up the stairs, before taking the first step of many.

"The bag is already in the room."

Sakura, swallowed. He was here already? So did that mean that he had already searched the house for weapons, security, things like that? Running a head threw her hair, she paused to notice that her hands were shaking. Frowning slightly, she clenched her hands into a tight fist before following after him.

Kakashi turned the knob to a room at the end of the hallway, entering and flicking on the light afterwards.

Sakura stopping at the top of the steps to watch him.

"I guess that's your room?" She whispered. His room. Maybe she didn't want him to have a room in her house.

"Mmm"Was his response. Sakura sighed.

"How long is this shit going to take?"She snapped, sudden anger taking her over. Although the emotion came out of no where, she felt her cheeks redding with frustration. She wanted him out of her house...out of her life. Just as she had planned three years ago, although it was obvious that the plan had failed.

"As long as it takes."He calmly replied. Sakura turned her gaze away.

"Whatever." She mumbled and walked away, down the hall into her own room.

Once he heard the door slam before her, he hunched over the bed with a heavily sigh. Letting his silver hair fall messy over his face. He remained there for a second before reaching and shutting the door to his room.

Twisting his body, he sank to the bed, and let his face fall into his hands.

This was going to be much, much more difficult then he hoped it would.

Sorry about the delay, well it really wasn't a delay cause lot of other authers take a hell of a lot longer to update..But anywho I'm rambling, so Please review!