When Kakashi disappeared Rose collapsed into herself, dropping her arms onto the table and her head atop them.
For the last couple of days, the thought of Kakashi had been following her around. Before she went to bed she thought of him; whenever she woke up, it would take a few minutes, but the moment she got her bearings he was there. She couldn't stop thinking about him after what had happened between them. The only escape she got from him was her work, as it took all her attention to draft receipts and new budgets.
Just when it was becoming easy to push the thought of him away, and with it all the confusing emotions, he shows up.
Of course, he shows up.
Kakashi had been coming to the Hokage's office more and more frequently, since a few months ago. At the time Rose secretly thanked whatever it was that was bringing him in, as it always brightened her day when she got to see him. Even if for a moment.
But now…
Rose groaned and kicked her legs around childishly.
A chuckle caught her attention and Rose peeked up to see Tsunade's assistant laughing behind her hand. Rose smiled sheepishly at her and sat back up.
"You guys looked so awkward." She said, looking sympathetically at Rose. "Aren't you guys close friends?"
Rose pouted and shrugged. "It wasn't awkward…"
"It really was. You guys were just… staring at each other."
"Shizune!"
Rose watched the assistant, Shizune, jump. She sighed and rolled her eyes, getting up from her seat to go tend to Tsunade. Although Shizune complained often about Konoha's leader, Rose could see that she cared very much for her. She heard that Tsunade had adopted her like a daughter- except it was very clear Shizune was the one who took care of the older lady, not the other way around.
"Where is that one-eyed asshole?!"
"Language!" Shizune chastised.
Rose watched the two and sighed, looking past them at nothing. She was going to distance herself from Kakashi. Before he uncapped her tightly shut bottle of emotions. Rose didn't even want to think about how pathetic she would look crying in front of him when he obviously only ever wanted a one-night stand. She was over it. Whatever. There were plenty of guys out there and plenty of people to befriend, she didn't need Kakashi in her life. Forget him!
…
Rose groaned. She had a one-night stand with the guy she liked! She didn't want it to be a one-night stand! Now things were awkward, and all she could think of was whether Kakashi thought of her as just another… one-night stand. How could she get their friendship back? They couldn't. She couldn't imagine things going back to the way they were after what they did. It just couldn't. Maybe Kakashi was fine with it, but it was really bothering Rose. Knowing they had sex and yet they weren't romantic or dating hurt but trying to act like it hadn't happen whenever Kakashi was around was hard. It was all she could about, making her tense, embarrassed, and confused. All at once!
"Rose!" Rose jerked in surprise, and then rushed to get up and over to Tsunade.
