Chapter 6 What happens when he tests her?

Shikamaru and Sakura sat on a tree stump, his arm wrapped around her waist and her head leaning on his strong shoulder. He cheeks still tear stained with tears and mascara and a stuffy nose. For the last half an hour they just sat there looking at the clouds and not saying anything, but now it was time, time to discuss whatever was going on. Shikamaru placed his hand on the small of her back and started to speak. "Sakura-chan, what's going on?" He asked in a gentile and quiet voice.

Sakura lifted her head off his shoulder and looked up at him, her emerald eyes seemed to clash with the pink of her puffy eyes. With a light sigh she responded. "I'm not quite sure what's going on. I don't know how anything between me and Sasuke earlier happened."

Shikamaru moved his hand from her back and placed it on her cheeks. He didn't believe that she was exactly willing to let Sasuke kiss her; it could have just shocked her just as it shocked him. He kissed her cheek softly and then held her gaze. "I understand, but I think it would be best of you got someone else to take care of Sasuke, just so this doesn't happen again." Shikamaru said very sure of himself.

She thought for a moment. She could tell that her Shika was surely jealous of Sasuke and wanted him out of her life. She hated the feeling that she had something to do with her boyfriend feeling jealous, no threatened but a much more stronger nin who could take her heart and whisk her away. She thought about that for a minute and what that would feel like, to be in Sasuke's arms again. A pang of guilt hit her like a steady train for she loved Shikamaru now…or did she. Suddenly she felt a little angry with Shikamaru for telling her whom she can and cannot work with.

She bundled her hand into a fist with anger. "Shikamaru, I'm a big girl and I can decide for myself who I will work with and who I won't. I love you to death but you cannot tell me who I can and cannot work with, just because you're insanely jealous and feel threatened that I might hook up with my ex." And with that Sakura stood up and walked away from him. She walked out of their special place and down the road and arrived at the hospital five minutes later. She walked into the bathroom and washed her face, removing the streaks of mascara from her cheeks.

She left the bathroom and walked to Tsunade's office. She knocked at the door gently and waited for a reply. There was a soft "C'mon in" from behind the door and she opened it. She found Tsunade with a group of books surrounding her on her desk. Tsunade looked up at her with a slight smile. "What are you doing here? I gave you the rest of the day off." Tsunade asked.

Sakura shrugged. "I just want to work. Keep my mind of things." Sakura turned her around and started for the door.

"Wait a minute. What happened?" Tsunade asked before Sakura could leave the room. "There's something going on. What's going on?" Sakura stopped in her tracks and turned around blushing lightly.

"Shika-mun and I got into a fight, and I'd just like to keep working to keep my mind off it." Sakura replied as she watched the features on Tsunade's face soften a bit.

Tsunade nodded and then smiled at her. "Okay. Well Sasuke has been dismissed from the hospital and needs his stuff delivered to his house. Would you mind doing that?" Tsunade asked.

Sakura shook her head and smiled back. She was happy that Sasuke was better, but she was a little nervous. Going to her ex's house after her boyfriend didn't want her to see him again. She felt dangerous. Like a criminal in the night, stealing from the local corner shop, not like someone who would intentionally kill someone unless needed. She turned and left the room leaving to go to the room where Sasuke's belongings were left. She walked into the room and surveyed the scene. She saw silk black boxers laying the floor almost under the bed, a bag with the red and white fan that represented Sasuke's family and that washcloth that she gave him earlier. She picked up the washcloth with the tips of her fingers and chucked it into the laundry basket that lay on the other side of the room.

She picked up the boxers off the floor and placed them on the bed, and then pulled his bag on top of the bed. As the bag clumped on the bed, a jingling sound rose in the room, like coins left in the bed. She softly picked up the sheets and found a familiar looking necklace. The one she gave to him on Valentines day when they were really young. She smiled down at it before picking it up and examining it. She let her fingers trace the outlining of it before placing it in a small pouch in Sasuke's bag. She unzipped the main pouch and placed the silky black boxers gently in the bag.

As she slung his bag over her shoulder she could feel the guilt hitting her again. This is for the better right now. She thought as she walked over to the laundry basket and picked it up. She walked out the door of the room and closed it behind her; the maids would fix up the bed for the next patient. She carried the basket to the laundry room and placed it on the floor. After that she left the hospital she walked down the long dirt road, taking necessary turns to get to Sasuke's apartment.

She arrived at his apartment and knocked at the door waiting for an answer. After the second knock he opened the door to see her standing in the hall of the apartment building. His face brightened up to see her and then he noticed she had his bag. "You brought my stuff?" He smiled watching her as she nodded her head. "Come on in. You can help me with stuff." Sasuke said in a seductive kind of way. She walked past him silently and looked around his apartment. It looked like it hadn't been lived in for a while. She could defiantly fix this place up a bit.

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Yeah um…now that you've read the sixth chapter I thought I should explain the name of the chapter because I don't know if anyone's going to get it. What happens when he tests her? Kind of means to me, what happens when he says she can't work with Sasuke. Kind of testing her I guess. Anyway enough of me being lame, I hope you enjoyed it so far, because I don't have a clue what else to write. Any suggestions are loved because I kind of just go and don't stop until I'm happy. I don't usually have any idea how it's going to start or end each chapter; I just start writing; so suggestions are love.