GENTLEMAN

A/N: - ignore mistakes as always. Please post your views. Never owned naruto.

"For god's sake kakashi, I will see it at one point or another." Sakura says to kakashi. It is their third meal together sitting across to each other; she still can't take a good look of his face. It frustrated her to no end as it is one the biggest of her childhood. (A/N: - so does mine.) He would eat so fast and with perfect timing that she can just watch food disappearing, not where and when.

"I don't think so." Kakashi say with his famous eye crinkling smile. It amused him to no end to play and getting her riled up. She looks really cute like this. Again as she closed her eyes frustrated, mumbling curses, kakashi finished his dinner. Sakura opens her eyes as she hears clinking sounds of dishes.

"You are going to have serious digestive problems; with the speed you eat I can guarantee you." Sakura said feeling defeated. She and naruto are trying now for eight years and still, they could not see it.

"Well, I can manage that." Kakashi replied unfazed by her tantrum. Sakura pouted and gave him a dirty look. It is nice to see old innocent sakura back. Bubbly and cute sakura, not all grown up and matured one she acts to be.

Defeated, it seemed a good choice for her to drop the topic and talk about the other one she wanted to ask him about.

"Kakashi tomorrow is tsunade's birthday." Sakura said finally changing the topic.

"Really, I thought she just descended to earth, covered in black clothes." Kakashi acted surprised, pushing her buttons again. He knows how much she care about her tsunade and what she meant to her.

"Kakashi, why do you always say things like that for her? She is a great woman who always thinks about others happiness." As soon as she completed her sentence, she heard kakashi laughing really loudly.

"What is meaning of this laughing? You are always talking about her like this." Sakura said as she was now really angry with him. This is no way to talk about a respected ninja and their hokage. She may be having some flaws but still, she deserves some respect.

"She deserves all the respect as a shinobi but ever since last war she has nothing to do so she started playing with others, manipulating them for her amusement." Kakashi said explaining to sakura, so that she down a little bit.

"That is also what you do, don't you?" sakura argued back. What happened with genma was a recent example.

"What I do are little jokes but she plays with others life."

Sakura could not believe what he said. He is just making it up and messing it up.

"And how do you know that?" sakura asked

"Sometimes, we sit together and talk about old times, while drinking sake. Rest is confidential between me and Tsunade." Kakashi replied.

"I don't care; just behave when we go her home to wish her." Sakura informed or commanded him. She is actually playing wife card on him which she never thought she would. She is quite enjoying her authority over the copy ninja.

"But why I have to go? She can manage just fine without me." Kakashi said as he does not want to near her in sober state outside her office. "You don't go knocking on satan's door in night, it will just bring bad." Kakashi further attempted to make his point. Maybe she will let him off the hook if she thinks he will not be nice there. He do not like to go and socializing with people.

"You will have to; now sign this card I have made for her while I am getting ready." Sakura said while walking towards her room.

"Hey, you are not serious about this. Are you?" kakashi spoke loudly.

"Pretty serious and please do this for me." Sakura said giving a cute innocent look, he could not say no to. 'This sucks' kakashi said to himself. His life has taken a u-turn, from a non caring, non socializing person to living with a girl and actually going to a birthday party man. 'At least there would be good quality sake' kakashi tried to sooth himself.

Sakura came out of bathroom in her pink towel, drying her hair with another one. She was in such a hurry to reach the party before Ino and Shizune. She looked at door and realized it was open. Quickly she walk to door to close it and see kakashi coming out of kitchen, maybe was doing dishes. He saw her closing the door, dressed only in her pink towel. This image is going to haunt him for a very long time. She was going to close the door but as she realized he is watching, she stopped. Too stunned to move and too embarrassed, turning red. It is first time she is this much exposed to kakashi or any other male. She never had time for dating, being busy in catching up to her teammates, fighting war, then managing hospital, missions and sometime babysitting drunk tsunade. Watching her just standing there with gate opened and dressed only in towel, kakashi started to walk towards her with a serious look on his face. (Not that you can tell just imagine. It's all same.) Sakura sweat dropped watching him coming towards her. Her heart is beating at such speed that she could feel it, hear her heartbeat. Kakashi continued his walk towards a stunned sakura. As he is getting close to door, sakura's nervousness is reaching new heights. Her heart is now beating like a drum.

'What is he going to do?' sakura asked inner sakura.

'What do expect from a pervert like him?' inner sakura asked.

As she become aware of situation, she saw kakashi right in front of her extending a hand towards her.

'He is actually going to do it.' Sakura panicked but could not move.

Much to sakura's surprise, Kakashi just hold the doorknob and closes the door, turns around to walk the couch. On the other side of the door a confused sakura stands.

'Huh' she said as she rethink of all the things happened.

'Huh' even inner is surprised of what he just done.

'Maybe he is being a gentleman' sakura told herself.

'Maybe he is just not interested in you.' Inner sakura said

'Nah, I will stick to him being gentleman.'

It wasn't like she was attracted to him or liked him nor did she hope that he would do something with her but it still stung that he just closed the door without even looking at her.

As she think of things happened recently, she now knows him more than she ever knew. Image she had of him, his character seemed to be complete opposite. He cares about her so much to marry her in second's notice to save her from a horrible life, he is not a dirty old pervert but a gentleman who just happens to read porn in public and he do have friendly relations with tsunade and he do respect her, in his own way. It seems like all she thought about him, know about him are not true. It urged her to know who he really is. He is literally a huge part of her life and an influential one yet she knows nothing about him. Maybe, she can find reasons why he wears mask or the truth behind his careless façade or his lazy laid back always late characters.

'Maybe I can get some information about him in tsunade's party' she thought and her excitement for party doubled.

A/N: - 1. Please do review; I love to hear all feedback. It makes my day when I know someone has enjoyed my writing, or has read it and has constructive criticism. Thank you for reading.

2. I know this chapter is short but I will update next chapter soon.