When my shift was over, he was waiting for me by the lobby while reading a newspaper. I walked towards him and he saw me approaching him as he stood up in the process and wrapped a scarf around my neck.
"wear it, I got this from the land of snow the other day from my mission with naruto for you." I touched the material and smiled at him.
"thank you sasuke-kun, I like it." He nodded.
He took my hand and we started walking to ichiraku with Naruto and hinata already waiting there.
"yo! Just in time! We just go here also and we got good news!"
we both sat down next to them and let Naruto continue.
"I'm being promoted to an ANBU captain as of tomorrow! Isn't that amazing?" naruto said enthusiastically.
I congratulate him and told him that the most amazing news so far he'd ever told us lately.
"I know right? I feel like I'm in teme's level now but the down side is that I have to work a lot of hours and I'll be exhausted~ temeeeee~ how do you even find time to be with sakura-chan all the time?" he whined.
"time management." He spoke.
We all looked at him while he sipped his tea.
"time management, that's it." He pointed out.
"so you guys don't see each other all the time or every minute or so?" I blushed at naruto's question and looked away from sasuke as I continued eating my food.
"well… we see each other for a few minutes sometimes in a day, sometimes we spend the whole day together. Sometimes he spends the night at my place and vice versa." I answered him.
"oh I see. I guess I just have to find ways to come visit you hinata-chan" he smiled at her.
"you don't have to, father acknowledged you to come in and out of the hyuuga compound without any troubles and any time of the day." She blushed and emphasized.
"I'm even surprised when he told you that you can spend the night also." She lightly chuckled and giving the two a blush. We continued talking and eating our ramen and just enjoyed the night we have together.
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Not a lot of people know that sasuke and I are dating except for my team and hinata. I was sitting in my office just staring at all the paper that my assistant nurse gave me for today to review and my mind cant focus on what's in front of me. I was thinking how people would react as to me and sasuke dating… would it be bad or-
I was interrupted with a knock on my door and I could tell it was sasuke.
"come in" I told him.
I fixed my desk as he came in and closed the door behind him and sat on the chair in front of my desk.
"what's up?" I asked him still fixing my desk.
"ill be gone for a few days or weeks." I stopped on what I was doing and looked at him.
"the small village that I helped out needed my help as some rogue ninjas attacked them."
"ah, I see. It would be good if you did go back and help them, sasuke-kun." I smiled at him and I went back to fixing my papers.
I could feel that he was staring at me, so I stopped what I was doing and looked at him. he really was looking at me with this serious face and analyzing me as if something is wrong with me.
"will you be ok?" I blushed and smiled at the same time because he was worried about me.
"of course I'll be ok sasu—"
"the kazekage was released today also." He interrupted me.
The smile on my face faded as panic quickly consumed me again. I looked away from him and stood up as I grabbed the papers that I need to give to my assistant nurse. He grabbed my hand as he stood up and turned my body towards him so I was looking at him.
"do you want me to stay?" I shook my head and I told him how the people on the village that he helped needed him more than I needed him.
"plus Naruto and kakashi sensei will be with me. I can ask neji-san to keep me in check, if that makes you feel better." He glared at me when I said neji's name as if I feel like he knows that neji and I used to date before the gaara incident.
He put his hands on my face and leaned in as our forehead touched. His eyes were closed and he inhaled and exhaled deeply as I just looked at him and could feel how he's stressing about this. I touched his face with my free hand which made him open his eyes and looked at me.
"I'll be ok, sasuke-kun." I reassured him.
he closed his eyes once again and pulled me into a hug. I could feel it. His worries, stress, fear, everything all in one. I gave him a hug also and let myself sink in his arms. Our time together hugging didn't last long as someone interrupted us by knocking on the door.
"yo forehead! Want to grab lunch with me or so?" I pulled back from sasuke and I was about to open the door but he pulled me back to him and kissed me. There was something different with this kiss he's giving me as I gave him and kissed him back, just ignoring ino on the other side of the door.
She didn't stop banging on my door while yelling to tell me to open up the door. I pulled away from him as she finally barged in and saw sasuke kissed my forehead. I looked at her with a blush on my face as he pulled me into another hug. The look on her face was like she has seen a ghost with her mouth wide open. The door was wide open also and I saw some nurses looking through as they walked past.
"what time do you get off tonight?" he asked.
I was still blushing and I stammered out, "six in the evening."
He pulled away from me and looked at ino with his humbleness. Before he walked out of the room, he told me that he's picking me up later and he left.
Ino and I were just looking at each other and then she finally spoke.
"TELL ME! TELL ME EVERTHING, YOU FOX! THE JUICEST, OK?"
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As I laid in bed while he was sitting on the other side with my head on his lap stroking my hair, I just realized that we never cuddled in my bed nor shared the same bed at my house before up until now. It was always him outside of my bed or his bed, with our hands intertwined while he sits on a chair and watch me fall asleep. Or we would be on the couch cuddling until we fall asleep with the tv on.
I looked up to see if he was sleeping, but they were only closed.
"sasuke-kun?" he opened his eyes and met with mine.
"can we… I mean… will you stay the night with me and cuddle? I know you're supposed to leave tonight but…" he closed his eyes once again and lifted my head as he joined me under the covers pulling me close to him. I put my head on his neck as I wrapped my arms around him as well as him. he kissed my forehead and started stroking my hair once again.
"sleep. I'll stay with you until morning." I nodded. I waited a few minutes and I could tell that he was falling asleep also as his breathing was becoming calm.
When I woke up, he was in the kitchen making breakfast and he was wearing his traveling clothes with the black cloak. He turned his head around and saw me as he looked at his food that he was cooking and turned off the stove. I sat down on the table and he placed a plate and food in front of me as the tea and water was already laid out. He sat next to me and he started eating.
"I've already asked ino-san to look after you while I'm gone. She said she's willing to stay with you here or at her apartment until I've returned."
"you didn't have to sasuke-kun."
"I didn't have to, but I wanted to." I nodded and started eating my food.
When we were done, I was washing the dishes and he was helping me out also with drying the dishes and putting them in the right places. When we were done, I walked him towards the door and he started putting his shoes on as I just watched him. he stood up straighter this time after putting his shoes on and looked at me.
"I'll be back as soon as I'm done." I shook my head and smiled at him.
"take your time sasuke-kun, I'm telling you that I'll be fine."
He didn't say anything but looked at me instead and nodded.
Before he left, he gave me a kiss that lasted a few minutes and it left me breathless once again. When he pulled away, he gave me a chaste kiss on the lips and forehead before poking my forehead
"be careful, sakura." I smiled at him and nodded at him.
"be careful also, sasuke-kun." He smirked at me and left with giving me another kiss on the lips.
when i saw him walking away from my apartment, i never felt so scared in my entire life as if something was going to happen again while he was gone.