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Naruto looked over to Sasuke. "I think they would have handled themselves fine," he mumbled, before going over to a tree, and sitting down next to it.
Sasuke was looking in the direction the girls had gone. His eyes still seeing Sakura's pink hair even after she had left. "I can agree with you on that."
An hour later, around four in the morning
No! Stop it! Let me go! I have to save them!
Sakura's eyes immediately snapped open, just as her ears were suddenly flooded with the sound of a loud horrible noise. It took her a few seconds to realize the sound was coming from her. Forcing her mouth closed, the sound stopped immediately. Her jaw began to feel sore at the force she had to use to keep from letting the scream escape again. Her whole body trembled, and each breath she took seemed foreign.
A knock on her door was heard, making her jump slightly. "Kit? Are you okay?"
Hana, of course. Sakura thought as she moved to get up. Having to untangle the twisted sheets from around her before she was able to get up. She took several deep breaths on her way to the door. Pulling the edge of her loose nightgown down a little, she opened the door a crack. Peeking out to see it was indeed Hana on the other side. "What is it Hana-sama?"
"You know I hate the formalities," Hana corrected, before speaking again. "What's going on? I heard you screaming."
"Oh don't worry about it," Sakura started, opening the door just a little bit more.
"You're scream was loud enough to wake me up, and you know I'm a heavy sleeper," Hana said, crossing her arms over her chest. Her expression clearly showed she wanted an explanation and she wasn't leaving it alone without one.
"I hit my toes against my bed when I got up to go use the bathroom," Sakura lied, laughing a little to back it up. "It hurt pretty damn bad."
It was quiet for a moment as Hana watched Sakura. Then she slowly nodded her head. "Well goodnight then. Try not to be so loud. Next time you might wake up everyone else, and they might not be as understanding."
Nodding her head quickly, Sakura began to shut the door slowly. "You got it Hana."
"Wait," Hana said before Sakura could shut the door completely. "I thought you said you were going to the bathroom."
"Oh, right," Sakura laughed, trying to keep up the façade that everything was fine. She opened the door just enough for her to slip through. Purposely shutting her door behind her to keep light from getting into the hall. She had no idea what her face looked like, but she didn't want Hana to know anything was wrong.
Hana stayed standing right where she was. Watching as Sakura crossed the hall to the bathroom door. When Sakura opened the door Hana sighed. "Goodnight Kit," she said, before turning around to walk towards the end of the hall where her bedroom was.
To be safe, Sakura walked into the bathroom, and shut the door behind her. Not bothering to listen to see if Hana had come back to check if she was lying or not. She stood there in the dark for a moment, before flipping the switch on the wall. Squeezing her eyes closed as the light turned on. When her eyes adjusted she took a few steps to stand in front of the sink. Only to feel horrified when she looked in the mirror. It was obvious that she had been crying, although she couldn't remember letting the tears fall from her eyes. Her body still trembled.
Looking away from her reflection, she began to pace the bathroom floor. Her mind was all over the place. My parents. The thought was almost a slap in the face, as she froze. Feeling a wave a nausea sweep over her at the thought of her nightmare, she stumbled towards the toilet. Just barely making it in time when she lost the contents of her stomach. Having not ate dinner when everybody else did because she was unconscious, she didn't have much inside of her.
When it got to a point of her just gagging, not throwing up anymore, she forced her hands to her stomach. Green medical chakra emerged from her hands. Eventually she calmed her stomach to just an ache before she flushed the toilet. Standing up, she moved to the sink to wash her hands, and wash her mouth out. When she turned the water off, she turned from the sink almost immediately, not wanting to see her reflection again.
Walking towards the bathroom door she moved to grab the handle. However instead of turning the handle, she leaned forward, resting her forehead on the door. Sighing, she let go of the handle, and turned around so her back was leaning against the door. Her knees shook slightly, leading to her sliding down the door.
Instead of trying to get back up, she just wrapped her arms around her knees, and rested her head on top of her knees. Feeling defeated. Nightmare's never usually do much to me, besides wake me up in a sweat. But tonight… everything seemed so real.
Saku Inner: It's because it was real Sakura.
Blocking her inner from her mind, Sakura allowed herself to close her eyes. Only because she knew that sleep wouldn't be finding her again tonight.
Five hours later, nine in the morning
Everyone was in the living room awake and ready to go do a little bit of sparring in the dojo Hana owned. Hana was in the middle of fixing breakfast at the moment, so everyone was lounging around to wait for it.
They had been awake for nearly a good hour; Sakura had yet to make her appearance. "Where is she? She sleeps like she hasn't been a ninja the past almost six years of her life." Yamato questioned, followed by slight laughter.
"Sakura could sleep for hours if she was allowed it," Hana said, peeking her head out the archway to the kitchen. "Breakfast is ready."
Soon everyone had their breakfast, some sitting at the table, most sitting on the couches. It had been quiet for a moment, before everyone's attention moved towards the hallway the main bedrooms were on.
Sakura showed up in the entrance to the hallway a few seconds later. She was dressed in her ninja gear and had her hair pulled put into a neat pony tail. While her appearance looked organized and put together, her face showed a completely different view. She had purplish bags under eyes, her actual eyes were tinted a slight red color, and she looked like she hadn't even went to sleep last night.
"Breakfast is ready," Hinata told Sakura, she had to keep the notion of everything being normal. She knew Sakura well enough to know that something was going on, and she made a note to question her later.
"I'll pass," Sakura said, crossing her arms over her chest. The thought of food wasn't appealing to her. Every time she thought of food her stomach got that nauseous feeling it had got before she threw up in the middle of the night. Then that nauseous feeling would soon get her thinking of what had caused her to throw up in the first place.
"Morning Kit," Hana greeted, coming out of the kitchen. Raising an eyebrow at Sakura's appearance. "You look like a ray of sunshine this morning."
Instead or retorting with a comeback like she usually would, Sakura just sighed. "Did you make coffee?"
Frowning slightly, Hana turned her head so Sakura wouldn't notice it. After setting her plate down on the table she began walking back towards the kitchen to get Sakura coffee. "The usual?"
"No," Sakura answered almost immediately. "Black today."
"Alright. I'll be right back," Hana said, shaking her head as she walked into the kitchen.
"Since when do you drink black coffee?" Sai asked, finding it odd she would want black coffee considering she always loaded her's with sugar at home. The number of times he and Naruto had gone to her house for breakfast he had noted that Sakura always got sugar and cream in her coffee. "You usually have at least three spoonfuls of sugar in your coffee."
Shrugging her shoulders, Sakura's eyes went to Sai. "I just want black coffee, okay?" She snapped, her tone taking on anger. Instead of apologizing for her tone, she just looked up to the ceiling, and took a deep breath. Maybe plain black coffee will keep me awake. Hana usually makes her coffee strong.
"Kami Sakura," Tenten said, after a moment of silence passed through the room. "Have you even heard of the word sleep?"
Everyone had been surprised that Tenten had asked the question all of them had been wondering. After Sakura's snap towards Sai, the others had been holding back afraid she would do the same to them.
"Yes, of course I have heard the word 'sleep' silly Tenten. I just stay up all night because my inner vampire wants to party," Sakura replied sarcastically, accompanied with an eye roll. Please tell me I'm done with the questions, I hate when they questi-
"You look like the walking dead Sakura, not a vampire." Hana pointed out, entering the living room again, this time with a coffee mug in hands.
Sakura only lifted her fist as if to celebrate, but it looked sarcastic with the way her expression was. "Woo hoo, I've been promoted," she said, her voice proving the sarcasm in her actions.
After handing Sakura the coffee, Hana frowned at her. "Sakura, that cannot be the only thing you're having this morning. Are you feeling okay?"
"Oh no," Sakura said, accompanied with a low groan. "You actually used my name. This can't be good."
"Would you please be serious for once?" Hana asked, her expression showing she wasn't in the mood for Sakura's sarcasm anymore.
Taking a sip of the hot coffee made Sakura's insides feel warm, but made her taste buds feel betrayed that it wasn't mixed with sugar. Dismissing Hana's look, Sakura's cast her gaze up towards the ceiling again.
"I'm not hungry, Hana."
Before Hana could say anything, Hinata scowled at Sakura's stubbornness. "Sakura, you haven't ate anything since the short lunch we had yesterday. You were asleep yesterday when we had dinner."
"It's amazing what will happen when you use your brain to state the obvious out loud. I'm so happy to know your brain still works Hinata," Sakura said sarcastically, before turning away from everyone. Going straight to the stairs that led up to Hana's study.
"Saku-" Hinata started, but stopped with pink haired girl shot her a look. She only turned away then, a frown on her face. Her look was clear. She wants to be left alone, and doesn't want to talk to anyone.
Going up the stairs, Sakura left behind the looks of her team. Once upstairs she stopped at the top of the stairs. Lounging on one of the arm chairs in the room, was Neji. He had a book open, resting on his chest, his eyes scanning the words on its pages. He had looked up when she arrived.
"So you're running away to the study, huh?" Neji asked, his eyes not leaving the book.
Sakura allowed her frown to leave her face for a moment. Has he been up here this whole time? What about you?" She countered, still not moving from the top of the stairs. "They're going to go train."
"So they are," was Neji's sole response.
Narrowing her eyes at him, Sakura opened her mouth to ask him why he was being an ass, however he beat her to it.
"I'm more interested in staying inside today, it's probably going to rain, the clouds are too dark for my interest," Neji explained, turning his head back to the book, he flipped to the next page.
Having no idea why a book would catch Neji's interest, Sakura attempted to see what it was, but couldn't figure it out. Who cares? For all I know it could be some silly book he picked up before I got here. "Promise not to get on my nerves by questioning me?"
Finally looking up from his book, Neji looked to Sakura. "As long as you don't rat out where I'm hiding."
Hesitating, Sakura finally walked more into Hana's study. Going straight to a bookshelf, and plucking a book off the top shelf. It was a story that she had read while she was here for her training when she was fourteen. This will do for some reading material.
Nearly five hours later
Sakura and Neji had sat in Hana's study till nearly two in the afternoon. Neither say a word to the other. Although Sakura had felt Neji's eyes on her once or twice, he still kept to his word and didn't question her. It wasn't until Neji closed his book, finished with it, that he had found himself looking to his silent reading partner for longer than just a glance. She had a serious look that was from concentrating on the book she was reading. The look only changed once when a smile flickered for a moment on her lips, before turning back to the serious one. Finding an odd feeling of curiosity, he spoke to her. "What are you reading?"
Looking up from the book, Sakura's eyes went to Neji for the first time since she came upstairs. "It's an old book, nearly twenty years old actually," she said, noticing he was actually listening for her response. It's unlike Neji to actually want to know about someone else. "I read it for the first time when I had come to Hana's for training almost four years ago. It was my favorite one, I read it three times while I was here."
"But, you were only here for six months. How did you manage to read the book three times if you were training those six months?"
Smiling lightly, Sakura only got a bookmark from Hana's desk, placed it in the book, before closing it. "Don't tell anybody," she said, leaning back in her chair. "I was here longer than six months."
"You lied about how long you were here, why?" Neji asked, surprising himself at his own curiosity.
Nodding her head, Sakura interlaced her fingers together before resting her hands on the desk. "I had finished the original six months, and I left here fifteen years old like I was supposed to. I was on my way home when I got attacked. There was only a few of them so I was able to defend myself, but it was an eye opener. I was within a couple hundred feet of the village when it happened. After it happened I got scared they would try it again while I was in the village, so I just turned back around and went back to Hana's. On my way back, I sent a letter to Tsunade saying I wanted to stay longer for more training."
"I remember Tenten complaining that you were supposed to come straight back to the village after you finished your out of village training. She had been saying something about how you were given a mission before you could so much as walk back through the gates," Neji said, thinking about it. "That was Tsunade's cover up for you wasn't it?"
"Yeah it was," Sakura said, knowing Neji had no trouble picking up her story. "I stayed till about three months before my sixteenth birthday. My stay was only three months this time, because although Hana had started to train me for my jounin exam, it was obviously about time I went back to Tsunade for her training. So this time I went back, quick enough that no one could track me and attack me. Those extra three months I stayed don't exist in person. Not in any letter, not on a mission scroll, not on anything. They only exist in-between Hana, Tsunade, Hinata, myself, and now you. So don't tell anyone okay?"
Hearing a threat in Sakura's tone, Neji only waved it off. "You know I'm not going to say anything," he said, letting them fall into silence, before starting up again. "You look like you got run over by a stampede."
"Tell me about it," Sakura said, instead of using the sarcastic response she gave everyone else that morning. She noticed that Neji was holding his tongue to keep from questioning her. He didn't want to cross into that territory without permission. "Go ahead and ask me."
"What happened?" Neji asked almost immediately, he could see it surprised her with how fast he had asked.
Sighing, Sakura went into the story of her having a nightmare earlier that night and how she stayed up all night.
"You stayed in the bathroom all night, just sitting on the floor?" Neji asked, raising an eyebrow.
Shaking her head, Sakura thought of the earlier events. "I only stayed in there for another hour. I took a shower after I got up, and then I went to sit in my room. I knew Hana would get up sooner or later, and I didn't want to be in there when she got up."
Silence emerged again, this time Neji didn't allow himself to just sit there. He was up in seconds, and had put the book he had read back where he found it. Walking to the stairs, Neji looked to see Sakura's eyes on him. "I'm going to see if the coast is clear," he said, before reaching the top of the stairs. "You coming, or what?"
Watching him continue walking downstairs, Sakura only stood up, and put the book back on the shelf she got it from. Following after Neji with tired steps. I'm so tired. I think I'm going to die.
Saku Inner: Stop being overdramatic. It's your fault you stayed up all night.
Shaking her head, Sakura only rolled her eyes. As if I had a choice. If I went back to sleep, I would have had a nightmare again.
Saku Inner: How would you know? You didn't even attempt going back to sleep after you woke up the first time!
Sakura: Shut up inner!
Saku Inner: You only say that when you know I'm right!
Scowling Sakura just went the rest of the way down the stairs, trying to keep her inner out of her mind.
Later on that evening
Sakura growled lowly, annoyed with everyone's watchful eyes. They were just about to have dinner. Most everyone had their dinner now, except a few who were still getting it from the kitchen. Sakura was back on the couch Hana had originally sat her on when they arrived at the cabin yesterday. She wasn't really in the mood for socialization. After Neji and herself went downstairs to find no one was there, he suggested lunch. She only ate a little before the thought of her losing her lunch from yesterday had stopped her appetite.
"Sakura, do you need me to fix your plate for you like a five year old would need?" Hana asked from where she walked in from the kitchen. Now everyone besides Sakura had her food. Hana had her hands propped on her hips, and was staring at Sakura.
"If I say yes, does include the toy that you get when you order kids meals at restaurants?" Sakura asked, making the others laugh, although she kept her fake serious expression on her face. Standing up then, Sakura stretched her arms above her head, moving towards the kitchen doorway. "You can stop giving me that concerned look, it's starting to get on my nerves," she said to Hana, with fake cheeriness.
"I'm only looking out for you Kit," Hana said, not at all affected by Sakura's attitude.
Shrugging her shoulders, Sakura sighed. "I ate a little bit of lunch today, and I'm going to go eat something now. It must be make sure Sakura isn't going to try starving herself day," she referred to herself in third person, towards everyone else in the room, not just Hana. She laughed, although the laugh sounded slightly harsh. "Either that, or it's piss Sakura off enough to where she punches a hole through a wall day," she said, before walking into the kitchen.
Entering the kitchen she felt her stress go away a bit, her eyes going straight to the food that was laid out on the counters for easy access for everyone to fix their own plates. After fixing her a plate of foods that would go easy on her stomach, Sakura looked down at her plate. It was only simple rice, a little bit of baked fish, and a small bowl of the beef broth soup. It wasn't much, but everything else did not look like it'd agree with her stomach.
Grabbing a roll on the way out, Sakura added it to her plate to make it more filled up looking. Walking back into the living room, she was not surprised to find everyone's eyes back on her. Trying to ignore it, she turned to walk to her couch that was farther away from everyone else, and froze. Sitting around the couch was her teammates. Sasuke sitting on the couch, Naruto and Sai sitting on the floor in front of the couch. Eating their dinner there as if it were normal.
Not bothering herself to question it, Sakura just walked over, and sat on the side of the couch Sasuke wasn't sitting on. Knowing that their tendency of "trying to be there for her" was what was going on right then. Leaning back against the pillows, as she looked down at her food. Going straight for the soup first.
Everyone was quiet for a few minutes, everyone eating, most watching Sakura. Sakura had sipped a few spoonfuls of soup, which was good, and didn't make her want to throw soup warmed her throat, and made her remember her taste buds actually still existed.
"Is that all your going to eat Sakura?" Naruto asked after another five minutes went by. His own plate had been full of food to it's max, and was already half empty.
Hinata looked over at that, but didn't say anything. Hana on the other hand did say something. "I'm not trying to make you mad, but are you sure you're okay Kit?" Hana asked. "You've been so quiet all day. I made all of your favorites for dinner tonight, and you didn't get any of them."
Looking down at the small bowl on her plate where her soup was almost gone, Sakura sighed. "If I didn't know any better I'd mistake you for the missing interrogator for the Leaf Village," she said, her voice not showing the humor her usual sarcasm held. Her eyes didn't leave her plate either. Usually she would look to see the reaction of someone she was trying to annoy.
Frowning, Hana was about to say something, but was interrupted. "So, Naruto," Neji said all of a sudden. "I heard you lost against Kiba today."
"No! That's not what happened!" Naruto exclaimed, setting off a long loud ramble of him explaining how Kiba cheated. Getting Kiba involved just as much.
As everyone's attention went away from her, Sakura looked up, her eyes going to Neji. He stood up, and walked toward the kitchen. Sakura picked up her plate, got up off the couch, and slipped into the kitchen. Her eyes on Neji who had been filling up his glass of water. "You distracted them for m-"
"Yeah, yeah, don't get too excited," Neji said, walking towards her. He took her plate from her hands, before she could throw the food on it away. "You owe me one," he added, giving her the uneaten roll that had been on her plate, before turning away to take care of her plate for her.
Looking at the roll in her hand, Sakura turned around. Walking out of the kitchen, she was able to walk to the hallway that led to her bedroom without attention getting on her. Leaving behind the loud bickering between Naruto and Kiba.
Once in her bedroom, she began to nibble at the roll. The roll was sweet and soft, just how she liked them. I feel bad for not eating the food Hana made. She thought, taking a few more nibbles at the roll, she sat at her window, looking out into the forest. Her eyes going towards the moon.
Sitting there for nearly thirty minutes, Sakura had nibbled at her roll enough to finish it. Realizing she finished it, she turned away from the window, walking towards her bedroom door. Opening it, she walked across the hall to the bathroom, in the mood to take a shower.
After a good hour long shower, Sakura stepped out onto the cold tile bathroom floor. Wrapping a towel around her hair, before wrapping another towel around her body. She opened the bathroom door slowly, listening for voices. They were eating a really late dinner around eight thirty, so after the thirty minutes she spent in her room, and the hour shower, it was probably around ten to ten thirty.
Crossing the hallway, she slipped into her bedroom quickly, shutting the door softly behind her. She turned towards the closet in the room. It was on the wall across from Sakura's bed. Going towards it she opened it's doors to look inside. It's been a year, I don't think I've grown too much to not be able to fit the things in here.
She ran her hand down the clothes she had in the closet. Hana hadn't bothered getting rid of them after all. Looking through the pajama side of the closet, Sakura found herself picking out a mint green long sleeved silk nightgown. Taking off the towel on her head, along with the one on her body, she put on some undergarments before slipping the nightgown on over her head. Finding it was only a couple inches shorter than the last time she wore it due to her growing. It now went to a little above mid thigh, and felt a little tight around the chest area. But, it felt so familiar and comfortable she left it on.
Looking towards the bed, the idea of sleep was not on her to do list at the moment. Getting an idea she left her room again, this time returning less than a minute later, with the book she had been reading in Hana's study in her hand. She had run to go get it and come back quickly. Everyone appeared to have gone to bed, as there had been no one in the living room. Going back to her bed, she slid under the covers, but remained sitting up. Leaning against the headboard, she opened the book. Ready to finish it.
A few hours went by before Sakura finished the book, and as usual it left her in happy tears. This only made her curse and attempt to wipe them away. I can't stand that I'm that person that cries at books. She laughed lightly at it though, she hadn't failed herself. Every time she read the book, the end would always get her crying.
Putting the book on her bedside table, she felt her hair, finding it had already dried. Looking at the clock she found it was nearing one in the morning. Sighing, she slowly slipped lower into her bed, to where she was laying down. Turning so she could face the wall that had her window on it, she sighed again. Do I really have to sleep?
A few minutes went by of complete silence, Sakura had been drowning out the world so she didn't notice when her bedroom door opened. Silently swinging open, the person who opened it remained quiet. They could tell she wasn't facing the door. The person began to close the door then, the door clicked when it shut.
The click wasn't loud, but Sakura heard it clearly. Turning around quickly in her bed, her hand slid out from under her pillow, and she suddenly threw a kunai towards the door. It hit right above where the handle was. It's sharp blade was lodged into the door now.
"That could have killed me,"
Hearing the voice behind her now, Sakura only turned around again. Prepared to throw the second kunai that she had grabbed from behind the bedside table to her left. Only to freeze when she was fully turned in the direction of the person, despite it being rather dark in her room, the moon outside gave just enough light for her to see. "Sasuke?"
"Yeah, it's me," Sasuke said, reaching hid hand forward to take the kunai from her hand. "You're just prepared for someone to come sneak into your room and kill you, aren't you?"
Sakura only fell back against her pillows, her eyes looking up to the ceiling. "Believe me, the set up that I have at home is a lot more complex than the one here. At home I would probably be prepared for war."
Chuckling, Sasuke set the kunai down on the right bedside table, the one closest to him. He moved to sit on the edge of her bed, his eyes not leaving her. "What are you still doing up?"
"Well, I was about to be attacked by some crazy wild guy, I had to be awake to defend myself," Sakura replied like her usual smart assed self would, her eyes still remained focused on the ceiling. "Why are you up?"
"I just got back from my shift with Naruto. We waited till Gai and Lee showed up then we came back. He went straight to bed, I waited till he left to go to the room us guys have to share, before I came here," Sasuke explained, before he was suddenly on top of Sakura. "Now, tell me what you're not telling me."
"I have no idea what you're talking about, would you get off?" Sakura asked, turning her head stubbornly away from him. She noticed he had held himself up so his weight wouldn't bother her physically, but in a position that was close enough to annoy her.
"I'm not moving until you tell me what's wrong," Sasuke said, looking comfortable where he was. Being this close to Sakura didn't really bother him at all. He found his mind wandering to the day before when they had kissed, how close they had been. Now the distance wasn't that far off to the closeness they had yesterday. Shaking his head, he went back to thinking of her problem. "You've been acting weird all day. You showed up this morning looking like a zombie, then you barely ate anything all day."
Sakura only growled lowly. "For the last time, I'm not trying to starve myself-"
"I know that Sakura, I know you wouldn't deliberately do that. But, something is clearly causing you to not want to eat. Are you sick?" Sasuke asked, his eyes studying her for her answer. "Is something both-"
"I'm not sick," Sakura said finally, her tone showed that she wasn't annoyed, but it showed defeat. "I don't want to go to sleep."
"What exactly does that mean? How does you not wanting to sleep affect you eating?" Sasuke questioned.
Sighing, Sakura opened her mouth to explain. "Around four in the morning I woke up screaming. This stupid dream-well nightmare-I had caused it. Hana heard me screaming, and came to my door. I told her I just hit my toes on something, and she believed it. I went into the bathroom because my excuse was that I had hit my toes on my way to go to the bathroom. I got in there, I stayed for a few minutes, before the thought of my nightmare got to much and I threw up."
"Why didn't you tell anyone?"
"I didn't think it was anyone's business," Sakura said, shrugging. "Anyway, I had thrown up, but eventually just went to gagging when I couldn't throw up anymore. The thought of my nightmare sickened me. When I thought of my empty stomach, it only brought on hunger. But, as soon as I started thinking off food it only made me nauseous again."
"That's why you didn't eat that much for lunch or dinner," Sasuke said, understanding her uncomfortable looks during dinner earlier. He watched her for a moment. "What was your nightmare about?"
Not sure if she wanted to respond at first, Sakura finally sighed. "My parents," she said simply, looking away at the thought of the nightmare. "I kept feeling sick whenever I thought of my parents throughout the day. That's why I don't want to sleep. I'm afraid if I do, the nightmare will only come back," she admitted, trying not to show the shiver she got whenever she thought of her nightmare.
It was quiet for a moment, Sasuke studying Sakura, while Sakura pretended to be interested in looking at the engraved designs on her bedside table. Finally Sasuke moved to get off Sakura. Carefully maneuvering his way off her to not let his weight rest on her. He stood up from the bed after moving. He kicked off his shoes, and began to take off his weapons.
Sakura felt slightly embarrassed with her admission of her fear of sleeping, however hearing the clang of some of his weapons hit the floor made her look over to him then. Her eyes widened when she saw him taking off his shirt. "What are you doing?" She asked, alarm was obvious in her voice.
Sasuke only dropped his shirt on the chair that was at the desk in the room. He turned back towards her, in only his ninja shorts. Moving towards the bed, he pulled the covers up, and slid in the bed beside her. Dropping the covers back over the both of them, he turned his body towards her. His eyes meeting hers, only a foot of distance was in-between them. "I'm staying here, so you can sleep."
Still slightly wide eyed, Sakura's expression changed to a questioning one. "And you can't do that with your shirt on?"
Smirking, Sasuke only reached to her, and pulled her towards him. "Does it bother you?"
The closeness between them made Sakura blush slightly, glad they had enough darkness in the room so her blush wouldn't be noticed. She could feel his abs against her own flat stomach, and her hands had found their way to resting on his muscular chest. She couldn't deny that she felt almost instantly comfortable with him being this close to her.
"No, it doesn't bother me, " she managed to tell him.
"Good," Sasuke said, before reaching a hand up to tuck a loose strand of her pink hair behind her ear. Without thinking he leaned his head closer to her, and delivered a kiss to her forehead. Something his usual self would not do. She's changing me. I think it's for the good. "You need to sleep."
"I told you I'm not sleeping," Sakura said defiantly, not planning on starting to listen to Sasuke's orders just because they had admitted their feelings for one another yesterday. Although her stubbornness was partially a façade, because her eyelids already began to feel heavy.
Seeing Sakura's eyes close then snap open suddenly, Sasuke knew she was trying to stay awake. "And I told you that I'm here for you," he said, watching her eyes drift closed again, and she just opened them back up again. She's fighting sleep right now.
Forcing her eyes to stay open, Sakura looked to Sasuke. Seeing his eyes steadily on her, showing he wasn't giving up anytime soon. Sighing, Sakura just pushed her head forward, so her forehead was resting on his chest. "Ugh…" she complained tiredly against his chest.
"Just sleep Sakura," Sasuke said, chuckling slightly. He had to admit, he was surprised when she all of a sudden moved so her head was resting against his chest, but it felt right. It felt sort of relaxing, having her so close to him.
"Aye aye captain," Sakura murmured softly, her eyes closing again.
Smirking at her ability to be a smart ass even when she was so tired, Sasuke moved his arm so it was wrapped around her, holding her even closer to him. Feeling her breathing even out, he knew she was asleep. She sure puts up a fight. He thought before chuckling, taking her sleeping as sign for him to sleep as well.
A/N: I hope you all enjoyed this chappie! I enjoyed writing it (especially the last part) :)
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