AN: I believe this is where the fun begins. :)


Chapter 4: Drinking Game


Sakura felt heat rise up to her cheeks. So she lowered her lashes and tried her best not to stare. But the pink-haired woman suddenly found it difficult to control her urges, so instead of looking the other way, she stole a glance of the man standing before her and saw that his lone visible eye was still fixated not with any other girl in the room…but with her.

"Yo." He said.


Sasuke stood up blocking Sakura's view, and for a moment she tried hard to remember where she saw him before. He seemed really familiar but she couldn't place it.

'I'm positive I've seen him somewhere. But where?' Sakura thought.

"Kakashi." Sasuke greeted the newcomer, extending his hand to the man before him. Ayame, who now looked more like Kakashi's henchwoman, excused herself and went outside.

"Sasuke, I'm glad you could make it." He answered.

The rest of the group stood back to watch the interaction that was taking place before them. It was so astonishing to see two impressive looking men acknowledge each other. Not that Sasuke's group lacked 'bishounens' —their squad was already oozing with masculine sex appeal, bearing in mind that there were only three girls in the group with the absence of Shikamaru's girlfriend, Temari—but there was something different about Sasuke and Kakashi as they stood at one corner exchanging pleasantries.

It was probably because of the stark contrast the two men have.

Where Sasuke's hair was midnight dark and straight, Kakashi's was short, spiky and pure silver. There was also a slight height difference, Kakashi being taller at least a few inches than Sasuke. Furthermore, while Sasuke exuded an aura of dominance and authority, Kakashi's demeanor was somewhat laid back...but his presence filled the room like that of Sasuke's cold power.

All in all, the two men looked ethereal. That was why it didn't surprise Sakura when Ino and Hinata immediately got up on their feet and rushed to Kakashi's side, pushing Sasuke out of the way. Sasuke just shook his head and returned to his seat, while Kakashi eyed the two women beside him who already latched themselves onto his arms.

"Looks like somebody trumped Sasuke's good looks." Shikamaru whispered to the other boys who remained seated as they watched the scene unfold before them.

"Yeah, and to think that half of his face is covered with scarf and his head is wrapped in bandage." Choji added, gaining the nods of the other boys beside him.

"I have never seen Hinata got up so fast, I'd think there was a spider somewhere on her feet." Naruto remarked.

"Well it seems like Sakura's the only one who got her wits together." Shino observed.

"That or she got herself frozen on her seat because of him." Kiba pointed over to where Kakashi was standing.

"Kiba?!" The people who remained seated all shouted in unison. Appalled at the thought that they didn't even notice their usually arrogant friend enter the room and sit himself in between Sakura and Shino.

"Well, well, well. Looks to me like the boys are starting to get jealous of you." Ino teasingly told Kakashi who only smiled at her statement.

"I think you should come sit with us." Hinata whispered to their visitor, pushing him towards the spot where Ino sat awhile back, leaving the place beside Naruto.

"Hey, aren't you even bothered by Hinata's actions, Naruto?" Choji asked.

Naruto seemed to think for a moment but eventually shook his head and smiled, drinking his beer in the process.

"It's no big deal. She'll most likely force me to wear a scarf later when we have sex." Naruto offhandedly said.

"Naruto, really?!" Shikamaru whined.

"I can't un-see! Help!" Choji feigned choking on his food.

"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that." Sasuke said, while Sakura only slightly blushed.

But eventually the topic was dismissed as Ino started introducing the rest of the group to Kakashi.

In all honesty, the group really didn't mind the peculiar behavior of Hinata. They still get a bit shocked at times but they were pretty much used to it by now. It was already established that among the girls in the group, Hinata was like the sexual opposite of Kiba, because who would have thought that the sweet and quiet Hinata would be the kinkiest in bed?

They all knew Hinata's secret the moment she became Naruto's girlfriend. Naruto was the kind of guy who loved to kiss and tell among his friends, while Hinata was the kind of girl who gets off when she hears her boyfriend talk to the group about her and Naruto's sexcapades.

So it was no longer a surprise when Hinata started becoming googly eyed with their new visitor while Sakura watched Ino drag her hand down Kakashi's arm.

"Well someone's gonna get spanked by Sai later." Ino turned to the speaker and saw Shikamaru smirking.

"Ooh, I would love that. But since Sai chose his duty over me, I guess I'd have my way with this hottie right here first." Ino teased.

"I'd like to have my way with him too." Hinata added.

To Sakura's astonishment, Kakashi didn't show any discomfort but was actually smiling fondly over the two girls. At least that's what his visible eye showed.

'He's probably used to this kind of attention.' Sakura thought.

Kiba cleared his throat, not used to the fact that apart from Sasuke, another man was stealing all the sexual glory.

"I think it's time to play a drinking game." He said.

Kakashi waved over Ayame who immediately went to his side. The silver-haired man whispered something to their hostess but Ino and Hinata failed to hear what he said. Ayame in turn nodded and disappeared before the glass door, when she came back, servers with bottles of liquor and shot glasses came into view.

"Seems like you know your game, huh, Kakashi?" Kiba remarked.

"I know enough, considering you haven't given instructions yet." Kakashi said, his visible eye creasing into a smile. He then waived for Ayame and the servers to leave after they've set three big bottles of vodka and the shot glasses on the table.

"Okay, so here's the game guys. Listen carefully." Kiba started.

"Oh god, this is going to be dirty, I'm sure." Shikamaru commented.

"You bet it would!" Kiba exclaimed.

"So here it goes. This is quite a popular drinking game, and maybe you've heard it already. It's called 'Never have I ever.'"

The group remained silent as they waited for Kiba's instructions.

"For those who are still not familiar with the game, the mechanics goes this way: The first player says a simple statement starting with "Never have I ever". Anyone who at some point in their lives had done the action that the first player says, must drink. The game then continues around the circle, and the next person makes a statement and so on. Now do you get it?"

"So…it's like admitting that you did the thing that the player says?" Shino asked. Kiba nodded.

"And this player saying the statement has not yet done the thing he or she said?" Shikamaru also inquired to which Kiba nodded once more.

"Should it be something dirty?" It was Choji's turn to ask.

"You bet, it should!" Kiba exclaimed, beaming like a mischievous child.

"I think I need an example." Naruto admitted, scratching his head which earned a groan from the group. But Kakashi only smiled.

"Okay Naruto, listen. For example: Never have I ever French kissed someone…If you did it, you should drink." Kiba explained to which Naruto frowned.

"But that's a lie Kiba, you've French kissed a lot of girls already, and I know this for a fact because I'm an audience to most of those." Naruto retorted.

"Kiba's just stating an example, you, moron!" Ino shouted. Exasperation was evident on her face.

"But you get it right, Naruto?" Hinata asked, and her boyfriend nodded.

"Great! Now why don't we begin with Hinata." Kiba announced.

Kiba sat back on the sofa waiting for Hinata's statement. While Ino, on the other hand, started pouring drinks on everyone's shot glasses and passed it around the table.

Sasuke, who had been quiet for some time now, had his one arm resting on the back of the sofa where Sakura was leaning.

The pink-haired woman felt heat emanate from Sasuke, and she couldn't help but lean further back so she could feel his arm around her. Somehow, it still brought comfort after all those years they've spent apart, and all these did not escape Kakashi's observation…then Hinata spoke.

"Okay, I'm ready." She called. "Never have I ever...woken up to someone going down on me." She blushed but at the same time smiled at her own statement.

"Well somebody's neglecting our girl right here." Kiba said, directing his words to Naruto. Naruto, on the other hand, looked indignant at Hinata's statement and tried to save his face.

"Well that's because you always wake up first, Hinata!" Naruto exclaimed!

"Okay, drink up people! Those of you who have had such kind of experience." Ino announced. To everyone's surprise, all the boys in the group took a shot, each of them looked at one another and laughed.

"So does this mean that it's the other way around for you Hinata?" Kakashi asked the pale beauty beside him. Hinata bobbed her head up and down and was blushing furiously because of her confession.

"Of course let's not forget the silent couple over there." Ino pointed over to where Sasuke and Sakura were seated.

"Don't even think that I can't see the way you two blush in this dim light."

Sasuke just looked the other way while Sakura only bit her lip.

The group of boys snickered. Sasuke wasn't the type of guy to kiss and tell, but the slight tinge of pink on his cheeks and the blushing woman beside him gave it all away.

"Okay, your turn, Kakashi." Hinata said, as she took the turn to fill the empty shot glasses with drinks.

The group was silent for a moment as Kakashi thought of something to say.

"Okay, I have one…" he started. Both of the girls beside him waited patiently for his statement. Their eyes speaking promises that they would do whatever deed which the man missed on his life.

"Never have I ever had phone sex." Kakashi stated with a smile.

"What?!" Most of the boys in the group exclaimed.

"You're lying." Choji said with a frown.

"No I'm not." Kakashi answered, when suddenly, two pieces of napkin flew in front of his face. When he stared closely at it, they contained what seemed like phone numbers. He chuckled."You flatter me, girls. Really."

"Hinata!" Naruto called, but his girlfriend only giggled.

"Okay drink up." He said, and surprisingly, Kakashi was the only one who really had not had such experience.

"Could you explain to us how the fuck did you miss such kind of pleasure in your life?" Kiba asked.

"Well, I don't really find pleasure in staying over the phone for too long."

"How about text messages?" Sakura squeaked. Kakashi's eyes focused on the direction of the pink-haired woman as he contemplated on his answer.

"Too lazy to make a reply." He said with a smile.

"You are the first man I've met to ever refuse sexual advances over the phone."

"Glad to be one of your firsts, Kiba." Kakashi said, his tone of voice breezy and amused.

"That sounded…hot." Hinata honestly commented more to herself. However, the group heard it, so Kiba tried to stir the conversation back to the game before it went to other weird fetishes the pale-eyed beauty has. He cleared his throat.

"Okay Ino, your turn."

"Ooh! I'm so ready for this guys! Listen to this. Never have I ever had a threesome." Ino admitted, grinning at her own statement.

Kiba drank his shot so fast, nobody was surprised by such admission. But Choji also drank his, and Ino's jaws dropped.

"Oh my gods, Choji! When? How? What?! A threesome!" Ino exclaimed, indignant at the thought that her chubby friend beat her to it.

"Well, it happened when I still had my gym body…so yeah." Choji simply stated.

Naruto, Shino, and Hinata drank theirs next.

"Holy mother of –don't tell me that the threesome involved you guys?!" Shikamaru exclaimed, pointing out the fact the three of them simultaneously took the shot.

"Oh please. Never in my life would I share a woman with Naruto." Shino cynically said.

"Oi, Shino! What's wrong with sharing with me?" Naruto asked, but instead of answering, Shino only looked at the blonde with pursed lips.

Then the group heard a 'thunk' on the table. Only to find out that Kakashi had drank his shot too.

"Ooh! I would definitely ask Sai to have you as our other company!" Ino teased, pulling Kakashi's arm closer to her.

"Well that could be arranged." Kakashi joked in return.

But what shocked the group the most was when Sasuke took his shot while Sakura still had hers on the table.

Sakura stared wide-eyed at Sasuke who still had his empty shot glass on his hand but did not comment on it. Instead, she let the group do the interrogation of such a huge confession coming from their Uchiha friend. Unfortunately, nobody dared to ask. Sasuke spoke.

"What? Can't a man enjoy life once in a while?"

All the members of the group remained gawking at the raven-haired man, while Sakura contemplated on his ex-boyfriend's confession.

'Well, of course. Two years is a long time, and we broke up, and Sasuke is Sasuke. I'm sure he had a long list of girls waiting in line to get in bed with him. Who am I kidding…" When suddenly, they heard Ino gasp.

"Oh…my…gods… Don't tell me," Ino pointed her finger back and forth between Sasuke and Kakashi.

"—don't tell me you two shared a woman together!" She exclaimed.

Hinata almost fainted beside Kakashi because of Ino's insinuation, but Sasuke remained passive while Kakashi only let out a chuckle.

"You've got a very active imagination young lady, but sorry to disappoint, because what you're thinking never happened." Kakashi stated in a matter-of-fact way.

"Can we move on to the next player now?" Sasuke asked, not really wanting his group's undivided attention.

"You are so gonna tell me that story, Teme." Naruto called, but Sasuke only looked at him, the corner of his lips slowly pulled up to reveal a devilish smirk.

"Shikamaru," Sasuke called. "Your turn."

"Okay, hmm." Shikamaru seemed to gather his thoughts for a moment before he spoke. "Here it goes. Never have I ever stopped having sex with someone to ask, 'what's your name again?'"

"Oh c'mon Shikamaru! As if someone would do such a thing!" Ino bellowed, but the blonde woman saw Shino pointing at Kiba who picked up his drink and dunked it in one gulp.

"Kiba?! Why you…" Ino started grinding her teeth. "You insult us women." She spat.

"Well at least I had the decency to ask her name in the middle of it." Kiba said.

"But did you finish the deed?" Naruto asked curiously, wondering if Kiba got a slap in return.

"Of course, she even gave me her number afterwards. Wrote it in lipstick on my abs. Yeah!" both Kiba and Naruto got up for a high five which made everybody chuckle because of their childish behavior.

"But still Kiba, among the boys here you're the only one who—"

Kakashi moved to get his shot and drank it. Kiba smirked, thinking that Kakashi would get the same wrath that Ino had with him.

Ino stared incredulously at the silver-haired man beside him, but after getting over the initial shock, the blonde woman smiled seductively and pressed her body closer to his.

"Well, I wouldn't mind you asking my name in the middle of doing it." Ino purred, winking at him as Kakashi noticed her movements, while Hinata did the same.

"Agree." Hinata said.

"Okay, I'm starting to see you girls…" Kiba pointed between Ino and Hinata, "—are playing favorites here."

Sasuke cleared his throat and spoke. "It doesn't matter Kiba, you were never Ino's favorite anyway."

"Oohh, splash cold water where it burns, bitch!" Naruto and Sasuke did an imaginary high five in the air which made the others chuckle.

"That's because she hasn't tried me yet." Kiba countered. "And Naruto? who's side are you on, really?" pointing out their high-fives.

"Kiba, don't try me. I will lift Sasuke's punishment and have you accompany Sai grocery shopping—and I'm telling you, you won't like it." Ino threatened her friend.

"Ugh. Fine. But I'm telling you Ino, you'll never know unless you try." Kiba winked at her. Ino just rolled her eyes at the man.

"Okay, Choji, you're up." Kiba announced. The group watched as Choji dusted his hands before he spoke.

"I'm going to bet that all of you here are going to drink your shots." The chubby guy of the group grinned.

"Okay, let's hear it." Shikamaru challenged.

"Never have I ever done it in a bathroom." Choji dropped his statement fast and clear, and just like what he claimed, all his friends, including his new friend Kakashi, drank the shot.

"See, told you I'd get all of you to drink your shots!" He exclaimed.

"What's wrong with bathroom sex Choji? The steam's hot." Naruto said, but Choji just shook his head and when he spoke, his voice was stern.

"If there's one life principle that I could share to you guys, is that—don't eat where you shit."

"But that's an entirely different thing!" Ino said.

"Ino's right. In fact, I just did it a while back in the ladies' room." Kiba grinned.

"Of course you did." Sakura quietly murmured beside him and took a tiny spray bottle of hand sanitizer in her clutch bag.

"Here. I don't trust that you washed your hands." Thrusting the small bottle towards Kiba.

"Aw. The first few words that came out of your mouth since I came in and you hurt my pride with it, Sakura." He said teasingly as he wiped his hand on Sakura's face.

Sakura's jaw dropped at Kiba's gesture but the moment she immediately got over the shock, she delivered a hard elbow on Kiba's side which made the man clutch his mid-section and howl in pain.

Sasuke just shook his head, while Kakashi smirked behind his scarf—amused at the feisty display of the pink-haired woman before him.

"You never learn, Kiba." Sasuke commented.

"Sasuke's right. You know very well not to piss Sakura when she's already tipsy." Ino admonished.

"I am not tipsy." Sakura stressed.

"Oh, after I get you to drink two more shots, you'll start slurring your words, I'm sure." Kiba teased his friend, still gasping shallow breaths because of the blow Sakura gave him.

"Can we just get on with the game already?" Sakura asked, spraying the bottle of sanitizer towards Kiba and then to her face.

"Okay, let's hear what Shino has to say." Hinata said, continuing the game.

Shino momentarily adjusted his glasses and said, "Never have I ever slept with a friend's partner."

There was a moment of silence in the group, as each observed who among them will take his drink.

"I advise you people not to lie because I know things." He let out a small smirk.

Ino rolled her eyes, as she leaned forward and grabbed her shot, followed by Shikamaru, then Kiba and Hinata, and lastly, Naruto.

It wasn't actually a secret. The group knew that something took place once, between Ino and Shikamaru despite having partners already. While Kiba and Hinata's case was brought by a night of liquor-filled-drug-induced evening. As for Naruto, well…in his extremely drunken state, he accidentally slept with Temari during the early stage of her relationship with Shikamaru. But there were no ill-feelings among the group. Each of them vowed to suck it up and act like a mature adult about it, and that's what kept the group going.

Obviously, Kakashi didn't know anything about it, but he could deduce who slept with whom by the sequence of taking the shot. And since Sakura had not taken her drink, the silver-haired man assumed that Naruto slept with another woman.

"Now, doesn't this game bring back a lot of happy memories." Shino teased. "Kiba, your turn."

"Isn't he done already?" Naruto asked.

"Naruto, that was his example, remember?" Hinata reminded him.

"Oh yeah."

"So, may I continue, Naruto?" Kiba condescendingly asked.

"Oh please, Kiba. It's okay if you don't. We all know you've done every bit of dirty thing this world has to offer." Sakura said, rescuing Naruto from Kiba's sarcastic remark.

"Then you'll be surprised by what I have to say." Kiba answered her.

"Surprise me." Sakura sarcastically replied.

"Okay then. Never have I ever made a sex tape." Kiba confessed.

Hinata suddenly shot up from her seat. "You're lying!" she accused.

"As a matter of fact, I am not." Kiba stressed.

"If there's someone among us here who'd make a sex tape, it's you." Hinata pointed.

"C'mon Hinata. Drink up. I know you and Naruto made one." Kiba teased.

Hinata huffed her breath as she sat down and took a shot. Naruto did the same.

"Okay, who else?" Kiba tested. Seeing if someone else beat him to it. To his surprise, Shikamaru took a shot. Choji looked at his friend with questioning eyes.

"Don't tell me Temari forced you to do it." He asked.

"You know my girlfriend, alright." Shikamaru said as he brought his shot glass down. Then Kakashi took his and swiftly drank the shot. Ino's jaws dropped.

"Okay, I'll be blunt about this, but do you have a copy with you?" Ino asked, Kakashi just smiled.

"None. Wiped it out of the internet too." He said. His visible eye crinkling under the dim light.

"What?! It got to the internet too!?" Ino exclaimed, more to herself than Kakashi when Shikamaru leaned over the table to peer at their silver-haired companion.

"Did you do it, or did you pay someone to do it for you?" he asked.

"Did it myself." Kakashi answered.

"How much? I'm willing to pay you whatever sum you wish, just go and hack my girlfriend's computer and erase that damn vid." Shikamaru begged.

"Why not just log in to Temari's laptop and hit delete?" Naruto asked.

"If things were that simple, I would've done it a long time ago." Shikamaru answered, turning his attention back to Kakashi.

"So, what do you say?"

"Give me the location of where your girlfriend's laptop is and I'll see what I can do." He said, and Shikamaru nodded, asking Ino for a pen to scribble with in the napkin.

"That is some desperate move." Shino commented, but Shikamaru continued scribbling and passed the napkin to Kakashi when he was done writing. Kakashi pocketed the note and leaned back to wait for the game to continue. It was Sakura's turn already.

"I believe you're next." Kakashi said, which startled Sakura, but she nodded.

"Never have I ever taken a nude picture of myself and sent it to someone." As she said her statement, Kakashi noticed that her blush got deeper as she let the words out. He inwardly chuckled.

Surprisingly, only Sasuke and Sakura were the only ones who didn't take a shot.

"Okay, to that I'm guilty." Kiba admitted, while Ino pointed to where Sakura was seated.

"Really? You've been in a relationship with—" Ino looked at Sasuke, and then back at Sakura, the blonde woman's face was full of disappointment. "I don't know why we're friends, forehead."

"Yeah, it puzzles me too, pig." Sakura said, smiling softly at what her friend was insinuating.

"Last player?" she said, pointing her thumb towards Sasuke, he nodded.

The group fell silent as they waited for the Uchiha's confession.

So far, all of them learned a lot from each other because of Kiba's game. Some of the confessions shocked them, but the group realized that all of them were indeed humans—all prone to temptation. Well, most of them at least. That was why when Sasuke said his statement, the girls laughed while the boys looked at Sasuke with disbelieving eyes.

"Never have I ever rented a porno." Was his statement.

"Dude, why?!" Kiba asked, as he drank his shot.

"Now I don't know why we're friends either." Naruto said, mimicking what Ino told Sakura as he drank his. Followed by the rest of the group—even Sakura. Sasuke smiled, because he knew the story behind it.

"See, even Sakura beat you to it." Kiba said. "Wait…what?" he asked, staring at the pink-haired woman beside him.

"It was a mistake okay. The title was misleading. I thought it was a romcom, but obviously, that wasn't the one playing when I entered the CD on the player." She explained.

"Then how do you watch porn?!" Naruto asked. Sasuke rubbed the bridge of his nose because of Naruto's statement.

"Have you ever heard of the internet, dweeb?" he replied, and everybody laughed.

After their round of Never have I ever, the group played other drinking games until the wee hours of the night 'til the ones left sober were Sasuke, Kakashi, Ino and Shino.

Kakashi eventually had to excuse himself and leave when Ayame re-entered, interrupting their game, saying that somebody wanted to see him. Ino followed suit, saying that it was almost 2am and Sai's shift was almost over and she had to get him from the hospital.

"Sasuke, please take Sakura home. I have to go and get Sai. Bye guys!" Ino said as she waved her hand and went out the glass door.

Shino volunteered to take the rest home, agreeing that they'd just send someone in the morning to get their friends' cars. So when Sasuke was the only one left with half-asleep and heavily drunk Sakura, he tried his best to steady her on her feet when they stood up and went down the stairs to get to the parking area in the far side of the basement.

"I'm okay. I just drank too much." Sakura whispered, giggling.

"You're right. Way too much." Sasuke agreed, pressing Sakura's body closer to his to maintain her balance. But when she noticed that they were about to enter the underground parking area, Sakura stopped Sasuke by pulling his vest.

"I—I don't wanna go there." She said, slurring her words in the process. "I need air." Sasuke nodded as he stirred the other way to get to the highway.

"I'll have to leave you here then," Sasuke told Sakura as he leaned her back on a lamp post to keep her upright.

Sakura nodded, but kept clutching on the tail of his shirt. He silently thank the heavens that the night wasn't quite chilly because he had nothing to cover Sakura with, and was also a bit thankful for the alcohol as it kept her body warm.

When he looked down at her, Sasuke noticed that Sakura was flushed in all the right places as the light from the lamp post illuminated them, not caring that cars were constantly passing by behind them.

A deep rose color tinged her cheeks, as well as the tip of her nose and the exposed swell of her breasts, and Sasuke couldn't help but admire Sakura's drunken beauty as he tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear. When she looked up to him, her eyes were glazed and half-lidded and her breathing was deep.

"Wait for me, okay?" he said.

"Make it fast, Sasuke." Sakura said, and the way she whispered his name almost took him over the edge. But instead of moving away, Sasuke cupped her cheek and the pink-haired woman leaned on the small gesture.

Slowly, Sasuke rubbed his thumb over Sakura's smooth, parted lips, and before she could let out a gasp, his mouth closed over hers, swallowing the sound.

The kiss felt like it went on forever, as Sakura glided her palms over Sasuke's broad chest before locking them behind his neck to pull him closer. Sasuke did the same but his hands went lower, circling Sakura's slim waist as he pressed her body closer to his while simultaneously deepening the kiss, invading Sakura's mouth with his tongue and ending it with a soft nibble on Sakura's lower lip.

Sasuke knew he had to let go if he wanted to keep his sanity intact. So when he pulled away and rested his forehead on hers, he begged Sakura to go to the underground parking lot with him, but she refused.

"I—I really need the air more now, Sasuke." She said, breathlessly.

"Fine, then don't go anywhere." He commanded in a whisper, and Sakura nodded.

Sasuke left a soft peck on Sakura's forehead before he turned his back on her and walked his way towards the parking lot. He had to make it fast if he wanted whatever it was that was going on between them to continue. Sasuke pushed a hand inside his pocket to get his keys out and doubled his steps as he threaded his way towards his car.


Sakura felt like she had been standing forever on the sidewalk after Sasuke left her. She was quite drowsy already, and felt that the alcohol was starting to creep its way in her system. She was also in dire need of a place to lie down. So, when she saw a sleek black car park in front of her, she immediately went towards it, opened the passenger's seat, slid herself in, and murmured a thank you before she felt herself being pulled by sleep.


Kakashi's phone suddenly rang.

When he peered at the caller, it showed the name of an important business investor living across the globe where the time zone was opposite Japan, so he decided to park his car first to answer the call.

In the middle of his conversation over the phone, he was startled by the sudden opening of the passenger side as a woman helped herself in. At first, Kakashi was wide-eyed with the sudden intrusion, but when he studied the intruder, he immediately recognized the woman behind the pink hair who had her back turned to him, whispering a thank you.

Kakashi abruptly cut the conversation short, asking the person on the other line to settle the deal at a scheduled time. After putting his phone back to his pocket, he slowly turned to the sleeping woman in his passenger's seat.

Kakashi couldn't see her face because of the way she was positioned, but he could clearly see her reflection on the glass window of his car and was positive that this was the woman whom he had been playing drinking games with just a while back.

'Sakura.' He thought, and yes, he remembered her name very well.

He contemplated on what to do with her. Was he going to wake her up or not? Why did she get in his car? Why was she alone? A series of questions started popping inside Kakashi's head, but the rational part of him told him to contact the one person whom he knew could take this girl away. And yes, he knew by observation that something was going on between the two back in the glass room. So he pulled out his phone once again and searched for the Uchiha's name.

Sorry, the number you are trying to call is out of coverage area. The call ended with a beep as Kakashi stared dubiously at his phone. He tried it again, but the same answer came. He tried it one more time, but still, there was no answer.

Kakashi looked over Sakura's sleeping form and searched for the clutch bag he knew she had. There might be some I.D. there to inform him of her address but failed to locate it because of her position. Kakashi frowned at his seat, admitting that he was at a loss on what to do. What's worse was when he peered outside his window, he noticed that his lane was almost filled with cars, and if he didn't move from where he was parked, he'd surely get stuck in the middle of traffic. Hence, he decided to make an executive decision and swiftly swerved his car back on the lane and drove forward.

'I guess I'll just have to figure out what to do with this girl later.' He thought, sighing in the process as he took the route back to his place.


TBC