Category: Romantic Fluff
Characters: Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno
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Sasuke's eyes fluttered and cracked open slightly, and when he was met with blinding sunlight, he groaned and quickly shut them again, trying to resist slowly rising into consciousness. He flopped onto his side and drew the comforter over his head to block out the morning sun, an arm reaching out to curl around his girlfriend's waist. When it flopped down against empty bedsheets, then he opened his eyes. As he suspected, he was only greeted with the dilute light underneath the thick comforter rather than the sleeping form of Sakura that he had been expecting. Fully awake now, he staved off the desire to fall back asleep and threw the covers off, sitting up while he rubbed an eye sleepily.
His girlfriend was nowhere in sight.
"Sakura?" he called, and his attempt to summon her broke off into a loud yawn. He ran a hand through his mussed-up hair before sliding to the edge of the bed and hopped off, his bare feet meeting carpet. Scratching his bare chest as he smacked his lips, he looked around the room. Sakura's bath robe hung untouched on the bathroom door, indicating that she had not taken a shower in the morning, as was her custom. Her pink slippers were by the bedroom door, also; she always shuffled around the house in them as she headed off to the kitchen to make her coffee.
Sasuke rifled through one of the drawers in the bureau to procure a tee-shirt and pulled it over his head as he walked out of the bedroom in search for his girlfriend. As he passed the kitchen, he noted that their coffee machine, which automatically brewed a pot at the same time every morning, had a pot full of the brown liquid, long since cold. Frowning deeply, his feet carried him to the other end of the house, where a door on the end was slightly ajar. He quietly pushed it open and peered inside.
Sitting at the work desk, Sakura was scribbling away at a piece of paper, three medical textbooks open in front of her with more highlighter than actual black print. Scattered across the floor were countless pages of notes and diagrams and charts, and a half-eaten sandwich teetered on the corner of the desk. Unaware of his presence, Sakura grabbed her can of energy drink and downed the remaining contents before tossing the empty can into the garbage bin, which was overflowing with more empty cans and crumpled pieces of paper. The desk lamp was burning with light, and Sasuke imagined that if he touched it his fingers would come away scalded. "Another sleepless night?" he tutted as he pushed the door open all the way and stepped into the room.
"Shit! Sasuke!" Sakura cried and jumped violently, startled out of her concentration. Frowning deeply, she grabbed the tabletop alarm clock and pulled it close to squint at the numbers portrayed in neon green. "9:30 a.m.? Sweet Lord…" she muttered before flopping back in the rolling chair with a long, exhausted groan. As she tipped her head back, the dark circles under her eyes and the unkempt state of her normally luscious pink hair was glaringly obvious to him. He walked over to her as she was trying to rub the exhaustion out of her face.
"Sakura. This is excessive," he scolded her and motioned to the deplorable state of her work space. Sakura was a tidy person, but you couldn't tell by the mess that was presented. It looked like a tornado had come through the room, with the amount of strewn papers and pencils and trash. She pursed her lips at him, growing defensive.
"It's not excessive. This test determines whether I become a doctor, you know," she huffed at him and sat up, but nonetheless began gathering the papers into orderly piles and straightening out the contents of her desk. Sasuke slammed a hand down on her textbook as she went to pull it close and begin reading the chapter.
"Sakura," he pressed, the bite in his voice obvious. "You haven't slept in three days." Sakura puffed out her cheeks defiantly and looked away, tugging the book out of his grip to pull it to the end of the desk.
"I have slept. I had a nice ten-minute cat nap last night," she refuted matter-of-factly, as if such a minute period of time justified her crazed studying binge. Still, despite her resistance, Sasuke noticed the slump in her shoulders and the tinge of sadness in her expression. His frown deepening, he grabbed the arms of the rolling chair to forcibly drag her away from the desk and spin her around to face him. "Hey!" she protested loudly, but he grabbed her by the face and made her look into his eyes as she made to glance over her shoulder.
"Sakura. You're smart. You know that, don't you?" he asked her firmly. She stared up at him with a disinterested expression before rolling her eyes.
"Yes, yes, you tell me that all the time. I know I'm smart, but this test will determine my future, Sasuke! I have to pass, otherwise-" she started to complain, but he clamped a hand over her mouth, cutting off her chain of excuses.
"There. You recognize that you're smart. Now think about it. What happens if you walk into that test, sleep-deprived and delirious? How do you think you'll do then? You are trying to get into medical school, for crying out loud. You should know that this isn't good for you," he sighed in exasperation. He lowered his hand, expecting her to give him a quick rebuke, but she just looked down at her lip, her expression turning into a dismal pout.
"You have a point," she mumbled, playing with the frayed end of her blouse. Wow. That was easier than I thought. She must be too exhausted to even argue with me, he thought with a small sniff and smirked slightly. He couldn't complain. He was getting somewhere.
"Sakura, damn it, don't do this to yourself. Do you know how hard it is for me to watch?" he pleaded further, crouching down so that he was eye level with her. Her green eyes rose to meet his hesitantly. "You'll pass. I know you will. So for God's sake will you just come to bed?" he chuckled softly and raised a hand to sweep a tangled strand of bubblegum pink hair out of her face. Sakura chewed on her lip, sulking, and looked back at the piles of notes and textbooks. Sasuke feared for a moment that he had not gotten through to the girl after all until she turned back to him and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Okay," she consented quietly, and Sasuke breathed a small sigh of relief. This girl is almost too much to handle, he thought wryly as he wrapped her legs around his middle and picked her up. Sakura yawned loudly as she rested her head on his shoulder, snuggling into him. "You're warm," she mumbled sleepily as he turned to carry her out of the office.
"Yeah. Maybe you would notice if you slept in bed instead of at your desk," Sasuke snorted in amusement as he glanced down at her with a smirk. She didn't reply, just buried her face deep into his neck with a small, sleepy sigh. Has she gotten lighter? Considering she had barely eaten or slept for almost half a week, it definitely was plausible. She's going to be the death of me. I have to look after her like a child, he sniffed in disdain, but the look her gave her was full of nothing but love. He carried her into the bedroom and held her in one arm as he pulled the comforter and sheets back, and then he gently laid her down on her back on the bed. When he straightened up, he smirked when he realized that she was already asleep, breathing deeply and softly. "You're such a wreck, Sakura," he chuckled gently as he pulled the blankets up to her chin and brushed a few pieces of hair out of her face. He then smiled warmly and poked her in the forehead, his personal sign of affections. "Sleep tight, Sakura," he murmured, pulling his hand back. As he turned to leave the bedroom, he glanced down when he felt her hand catch his by the wrist, and he looked at her to find she had cracked one eye open.
"I thought you wanted me to come to bed?" she mumbled, and her speech was so slurred with sleep that he wasn't sure she was even fully conscious. "Stay," she begged him before her eyes drifted closed and her hand released its grip and flopped against the mattress. Sasuke stared at her for a minute, then sighed with a smile. He wasn't going to refuse an excuse to climb back into bed, after all. He walked around to the other side of the bed to crawl underneath the covers with her, and in response to his body movement she rolled onto her side and curled up against him. Sasuke smirked as he wound his arms around her and pulled her close, enjoying the feeling over her head resting against his chest.
"You really are a wreck, you know. But I love you all the same," he whispered into her hair, dropping a kiss on the top of her head before closing his eyes and settling into bed beside her. Soon, he fell into slumber, his deep breathing falling into rhythm with hers.