Sakura blew on the hot tea cupped in her hands as she read the medical text in her lap.
It was 10:00 am and she didn't have rounds at the hospital until 12:00 so she was taking full advantage of the opportunity.
She had been planning on sleeping in well past 10 but at 9:15 her mother burst into her room screaming about how lazy she was and then promptly stormed out of the house, slamming every door in the process.
Sakura couldn't blame her mother for all of her frustration: their relationship had been increasingly strained ever since her father, a prominent merchant of Konoha, had gone for that weekend business trip... seven months ago.
When Konoha sent for him it was found that he had been having an affair for the past year and had just settled down in a small town in Eastern Fire Country.
Her mother was humiliated and had been the center of stinging town gossip ever since.
Her father occasionally sent Sakura letters asking her how she was, telling her that it had nothing to do with her, and that he loved her: he would often send her packages of things he had acquired during his latest travels or envelopes filled with cash.
Guilt money she supposed.
She would only halfheartedly write back a portion of the time, throwing away gifts, and spending his money on something nice for her mother. She still loved her father but his betrayal could not be forgiven.
After waking so abruptly Sakura simply laid in bed, staring at the ceiling, mulling over her mother's misfortune and misdirected anger, unable to go back to sleep.
"Just another man who's walked out of my life. Nothing you can do but keep trekking on."
At this thought Sakura lazily rolled out of bed and stepped into her slippers.
And thus she found herself on her couch and took another sip of the warm tea.
Although it doesn't sound very exciting, it was Sakura's guilty pleasure: to enjoy the silence of an empty house, laze about in her comfy plaid pajama shorts and white tank top, burrow into her soft couch. drink tea, and forget all her troubles.
These small moments of peace and serenity were little gems in comparison to her normally action packed, hectic, ninja lifestyle.
And it might sound like boring work, but studying up on a new medical text was just as fun to Sakura as a novel or a magazine could be. It was uncovering some new mystery of the human condition, exploring the inner workings of the body, discovering a weakness that could determine the outcome of a battle, learning things that could one day save a life or even just rid someone of some pain: it was her passion.
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It was nearly 11 now and Sakura was fully emerged in indulging herself in her slow morning when a loud banging was heard at the door.
She stared at it for a moment and hoped the person had gotten the wrong door.
The banging continued.
She sighed, closed her book, and walked to the door.
"This better not be Naruto or I swear I'll hit him so hard he'll have to eat his ramen through a straw!"
She grumpily yanked the door open.
"Wh-"
She was suddenly tackled by a hysterically weeping someone.
"Oh Sakura! Its so horrible!" She cried heavily onto her shoulder.
"S-sorami??? What's going on?! What happened?! What's wrong?!" Sakura's surprise was instantly replaced by concern.
Sorami lifted herself off of Sakura's shoulder abruptly and stomped into her house.
"SHE'S A HUSSY!" Sorami flung herself onto Sakura's couch and buried her face in a pillow making loud howling noises.
"Wait... what?" Sakura replied confusedly as she shut the door and walked over to her living room.
"SHE'S A FLOOZY! A JEZIBELL!" Sorami sniffled into the pillow.
"Who is??" Sakura was positively confused: both by the statement and Sorami's strange, outdated terminology.
"Who could she be talking about? Is Kakashi seeing someone?!"
"That Hyuga girl!" Sorami spat dramatically.
".............Hinata." Sakura sweat dropped hugely.
Sorami began wailing louder.
"Yes! That horrid little siren-woman! She's corrupted my poor innocent little Narutoooo!!! She's tainted him with her poisonous lips and bewitched his naive heart with her wiles."
"...........Hinata." Sakura monotoned again.
"Yes!"
"First of all Sorami: absolutely nothing you just said describes sweet innocent Hinata Hyuga in ANY way, shape, or form! The words "hussy" and "Hinata" don't even fit together in the same sentence! Secondly: "she corrupted your poor innocent little Naruto?" HA! I'll believe that as soon as Ton-ton sprouts wings and flies! And Third: weren't you the one who set them up?! You love Hinata!"
Sorami pulled her face from the pillow, glared at Sakura, and pouted: no traces of her ever being truly upset evident on her face.
"Geez Sakura! What kind of friend are you? Aren't you supposed to take my side here!? When a friend comes into your home weeping dramatically you're supposed to agree with whatever crazy nonsense they spout, and then proceed to talk trash about whoever upset them!" Sorami sat up, closed her eyes, and rested her head on the back of the couch.
"Riiight. Well I guess I haven't brushed up on the "Good Friend Handbook" recently."
Sorami nodded and sighed.
"So what does bring you here?" Sakura asked as she settled down next to the teal haired woman on the couch.
"I told you: Hinata."
"..." Sakura stared at her like she was crazy.
Sorami sighed exaggeratedly.
"Naruto's always too busy with Hinata to spend any time with meee!" She pouted and her eyes glistened with fake unshed tears.
Sakura rolled her eyes.
"You know thats not true! And anyway they just got together, of course their spending all their time with one another!"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. But what about me! What am I supposed to do while they go make googly eyes at each other?"
"So let me get this straight: you basically came here and caused all that ruckus just to complain to me about how bored you are." Sakura ground out.
Sorami smiled sheepishly.
"Well hey! You can't blame me I mean, I have nothing to do! I'm new here and I have no one to hang out with while Naruto and Hinata are off in lover-land!"
"You've got me!"
"Oh yeah? You're free today?" Sorami shot accusingly.
Sakura sweat dropped and thought about how she needed to get ready to go to work in about ten minutes.
"Well..."
"Exactly." Sorami flopped her upper body onto the armrest.
Sakura snapped her fingers.
"What about Kakashi-sensei! You never even told me how yesterday went!" She exclaimed excitedly.
Sorami groaned.
"Please never speak that name ever again." She mumbled into the armrest
"What?! What happened???"
"Let's just say he is most definitely NOT interested in me."
"No way! I'm positive he likes you!"
"Nope. I thought so too for a little while but I made it painfully obvious that I liked him and he responded with: "Er... um... I'm pretty busy right now." ...aaaand that's about when I ran away... literally. So I guess that ship has sailed... and then caught on fire.... and then sunken."
Sakura pondered the situation.
"You're wrong. I think he does like you. He just doesn't want to admit it... even to himself."
It was Sorami's turn to stare at her like she was crazy.
"Kakashi-sensei is a complicated person... he doesn't let people in very easily. He puts up his guard at all times... I guess you could say he treats life like he treats missions: he's always cautious and sometimes he over-thinks things. Over the years our team has been able to get under all that and he's let us in by just being there and opening up to him. So what I'm telling you now is not to give up on him so easily: he may not seem to have feelings for you now...but it might just be a diversion tactic and a defense so he doesn't end up worse for wear. Does that make sense?"
"I don't know Sakura... I don't think its very fair that he gets to put up all these defenses and yet the second he comes around all of mine just seem to vanish into thin air and I'm left completely exposed."
Sakura gave her an ironic smile.
"I know exactly what you mean, but you know what they say: all is fair in love and war. Trust me: just give him another chance, he may surprise you."
"I guess... you're a smart girl you know that Sakura?"
Sakura blushed bashfully.
"I mean look at this! Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences Volumes I-IV! Please tell me this is just for making sure your papers don't fly away!" Sorami joked as she lifted the heavy medical book.
Sakura snatched the book back.
"Hey! This book is very helpful I'll have you know! I was studying genjutsu with Kurenai-sensei yesterday and I wanted to take a deeper look into the processes, how it affects the mind, and where."
"Ahh I see: you'd apply the knowledge to your jutsu to make it stronger or be able to break other genjutsu more easily."
"Exactly. Plus knowledge of the human brain is very important to the medical field."
Sorami whistled.
"Brain surgeon, top medic ninja, super strong, genjutsu master! Sakura my dear, you just might give Naruto a run for his money for that Hokage slot!"
"W-what? No! I-I'm no where near the level Naruto is! I can't even keep up..."
"Hey. Don't ever sell yourself short sweetie! If there's one thing I figured you would have learned from Naruto it's that:
you should always shoot for the moon: even if you miss, you still land among the stars."
"Wow that's beautiful" The kuniochi said reverently.
"Yeah... I think I read that on the inside of a bottlecap once."
Sakura sweat dropped.
"Anywho Sakura, all I'm saying is you should always work hard to improve yourself wherever you can. You can do anything: I firmly believe that. Sitting here in your free time reading that crazy stuff! My goodness!"
"Well sorry I can't help you resolve your boredom issues today Sorami, I have to start getting ready for work soon. But Ino and I are going shopping on Wednesday, you should come along!"
"Sounds like a plan! I have work a little later tonight anyway too but you've kept me quite entertained for the meantime Sakura dear. Thank you!" Sorami made her way to the door.
Sakura laughed.
"You're welcome "Sorami dear," I'll see you tomorrow."
"Ciao daaaaahling!"
Sakura chuckled as she shut the door.
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It was once again Kakashi's turn to do surveillance on Sorami: it was nearing closing time, the dinner rush had just trickled out the door and the Kato Cafe was nearly empty except for one table that Mina was covering.
Sorami stood at the counter, bored out of her mind.
She yawned, bent over, and leaned on the counter, staring off into space.
WHAP!
"Yipes!"
Mrs. Kato whacked Sorami's backside with a rolled up magazine as she walked by.
Sorami shot up and cradled her wounded behind.
"Get back to work! I don't pay you to stand around!" Mrs. Kato continued walking away.
Sorami stuck her tongue out behind her back, Mrs. Kato whipped around and shot her a reproachful eye.
She quickly focused her attention on the nearest item on the counter.
"Yessss hmm ...cups." She nodded like she had been contemplating the items and working very hard.
She glanced to the side nervously to meet Mrs. Kato's intimidating glare.
The older woman huffed and kept walking, Sorami let out a relieved breath.
After a few moments she resumed her position of boredom:leaning on one hand staring at nothing as Mina said goodbye to her customers.
Kakashi too felt boredom creeping up on him: if Sorami had nothing to do, he had nothing to watch.
"I still haven't apologized for what happened the other day..." Kakashi mused.
"I should do that soon... its not like I'm doing much now... other than surveillance... well Tsunade never literally said that this was covert surveillance... And I could go for a bite to eat... a cup of coffee sounds really good actually... I can't exactly leave, so it makes perfect sense to just walk on down there."
At that conclusion Kakashi jumped down from his hiding place a started towards the cafe.
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Sorami had just collected some dishes off of tables and brought them behind the counter when she spotted a splash of silver hair making it's way across the front window.
"Ack!"
Sorami tripped on the rug and she and her tray of dishes found themselves face to face with the floor.
She heard the faint tinkling of the door and her heart started pounding.
"Are you alright?" Mina asked worriedly.
"Shh! Shh! Shh!" Sorami waved her off, crouched down, and flattened herself, trying her hardest to blend in with the back of the counter.
"Why?! Why is he here?! I can't face him yet! Not after I completely embarrassed myself! Okay, its okay: Mina will tend to him and I just have to hide here until he leaves! Piece of cake!"
Mina looked up and saw a white haired ninja walking towards the counter with his face in a book.
"Oooh I gotcha." Mina whispered to Sorami and winked.
Sorami smiled in relief.
"WHAT WAS THAT MA?! YOU NEED ME IN THE BACK?! OKAY!" Mina shouted obviously and started to walk away, laughing to herself.
"No Mina! Mina!" Sorami hissed from her hiding spot.
All she could do now was hope that when no one came out to get his order, Kakashi would simply give up and leave.
She heard footsteps walk up to the register and she silently attempted to become one with the back of the counter.
Moments passed as Kakashi stood with his face in his book and Sorami willed herself invisible: she was almost positive he would be leaving in another moment or so.
"So watcha doing down there Sorami?" Kakashi asked as he flipped to the next page in his book.
All of the color drained out of her face before being replaced by a bright shade of red.
"Oh! There's that... spoon... I've been looking for..." Sorami attempted as she stood up and grabbed the nearest object off of her fallen tray.
Kakashi looked up at her dubiously.
"So what brings you here?" Sorami asked lightly, setting her "elusive spoon" down.
"I told you I'd visit you sometime, and I'm a little peckish" Kakashi smiled.
"Right... uh what can I get for you?" Sorami blushed.
"I'll just get a cup of coffee and a Danish, for here."
"For here? Um well we close in about a half an hour..."
"I don't mind." Kakashi shrugged.
"Oh okay. You can have a seat wherever you like."
Kakashi nodded and took his seat.
"Oh great you would choose the table closest to the counter, as if I'm not as nervous as it is!" Sorami thought exasperatedly. "Just do what he's doing, act like nothing even happened, play it cool."
Sorami started to prepare his coffee she glanced over to his table, trying to think of something to say to break the awkward silence; he seemed very involved with whatever literature he was currently reading.
"You know: I always see you with that book, is it really all that great? What's it about?"
"People." Kakashi responded simply.
"Ahh yes, that's a very popular topic for a great many books." Sorami quipped.
"So it is." Kakashi replied airily as he flipped a page.
Sorami's eyebrow twitched as she placed his Danish on a plate.
"And what is it these people do in these books that has you so interested in them?"
"Lot's of things." Kakashi truly didn't understand why he had the urge to dance around the topic of his books with Sorami. Usually he didn't give a damn about people's opinions of his peculiar reading habits but with Sorami he was, dare he say it, concerned about what she would think. And plus, he found it amusing to needle her.
Sorami placed his food and beverage before him.
"Oh well, I like lots of things!"
Kakashi's eyes bugged out and he blinked repeatedly at his empty hands.
"Hmm...Icha, Icha Tactics..." Sorami hummed as she browsed over the cover.
"...it sounds so familiar..."
Kakashi raised himself from his chair and approached her.
"Hand it over."
Sorami gave him a questioning look at his serious demand.
"Why?"
"Because its mine and you've taken it from me."
"I just want a look."
"No."
"No?"
"No."
A mischievous smile spread across her face.
"Oh waaaait a second I remember where I've heard that name before..."
Sorami backed away from him and cracked open the book.
Kakashi advanced on her and she retreated.
"Sorami...." He said in warning as he followed her across the store.
"Well this actually is very interesting! Who would have guessed you were reading this, this whole time?" Sorami laughed.
"Alright, you've seen the book now give it back." Kakashi replied as he reached for the book but she quickly hid it behind her back.
"Is that a blush I see Kakashi?"
"Never!" Kakashi thought indignantly.
They continued their game of keep-away as they ran across the store: they were separated by a table, edging back and forth to stay on opposite sides as Sorami continued to skim through the pages.
"Oh look! There's even illustrations! ... Oh my... oh my... o-oh my...." Sorami peeked through her fingers to shield her "virgin eyes" from "impure" images, placed her hand on her cheek to calm her imaginary blush, and placed her hand over her mouth in false surprise.
"Oh my.... oh, well this one actually looks pretty interesti-oh my!" Sorami exclaimed as she tilted her head at an angle.
Kakashi continued to attempt to reach for the book, he paused only momentarily as his brain took a second to register the fact that she had actually approved of one of the books racy positions.
This time he actually did blush as images flashed through his mind but Sorami was much too preoccupied with teasing him mercilessly to see it.
She darted to the side and Kakashi followed at her heels. This game, although slightly amusing, was starting to get a little too personal for his liking.
He caught up with her at the register and she lifted the book above her head and leaned back on the counter hoping he couldn't reach it.
Unfortunately for her, he was at least a head taller and easily leaned over her, plucking the book from her hand.
That left them leaning face to face with their bodies pressed together against the counter.
There they stayed, eyes locked: they both knew how intimate their position had become yet did nothing to reverse it.
Sorami closed her eyes, tilted her head to the side and leaned her face forward.
Kakashi watched as she leaned in and suddenly his heart picked up pace, he panicked and quickly backed away.
"What am I doing? This isn't right." Kakashi collected himself and went back to his table as if nothing had happened.
As Sorami felt him lift away she also felt her heart plummet into her stomach.
"What the HECK was that! Okay I know Kakashi is a special boy but I know flirting and we were obviously flirting! It was a little "tease-me, tease-me!" Then some "chase-me chase-me!" Which results in "take-me take-me!" He reads those books, he should know! I mean this was no accident! He could have taken that book from me at ANY point and ended it if he really wanted to, he's a friggin ninja!
Fool me once, shame on me but fool me twice, shame on you!"
"You know... you really are something else Kakashi." Sorami said as she leaned on the counter away from him and shook her head.
"Excuse me?" Kakashi set his coffee cup down.
"You heard me. Call me old fashioned but I'm not the kind of girl that actually goes after a guy. It's going out on a huge limb for me, but this time I wanted to try because I honestly thought you were worth it! So here I am dropping all these hints and not-so-much-hinting as flat out asking you out and you reject me. And that's fine! I'm a big girl, I can handle rejection! But then you come back and return all the hints and start acting like there's something more before dropping me flat on my ass again! You're just playing with my emotions and I am NOT one to be played. I really like you: we have a good time together and I feel that there could be something here and I think you think it too or you wouldn't have shown up here tonight." Sorami stated plainly and crossed her arms.
Kakashi didn't know how to respond to that.
"Sorami... I'm sorry if I led you on, thats actually why I came here tonight, to tell you that. I like you too but I really was just trying to get my book back."
She felt like she had just been slapped: that was the biggest load of bull she had ever heard. She was pissed.
"Do you even believe that yourself?! "Just trying to get my book back!" That book! You know what I think? I think you are so preoccupied trying to protect yourself that you can't let anybody in, so you delude yourself into thinking that you don't want to let them in. And really that's okay, that works, but then you go reading that book! You try to tell yourself you don't want anybody but that book is a constant reminder that you do! It's like you won't let yourself live so you go live through that book! You don't have the guts to go find real love so you look to that fake shit for it!"
Now Kakashi felt like he had been slapped.
He was shaken to the core.
No one had ever spoken to him like that.
Ever.
In his life.
They stood staring at each other in complete shock.
Kakashi couldn't believe she just said that.
Sorami couldn't believe she just said that.
He sat down at his table and stared at the book laying on the tabletop with furrowed brows.
There were a few tense and silent moments.
Sorami rubbed her arm nervously.
"Listen.... Kakashi... I'm really sorry... That was totally out of line... I-I was frustrated, I just blurted out whatever stupid thing I could think of. I didn't really mean it."
"No you did." He confirmed lightly, nodding, but not tearing his eyes away from the green cover.
"Yeah I did..." She thought guiltily.
Sorami tried to think of anything she could say to reverse what she had said, berating herself for saying something so idiotic: if she had any chance in hell with him before, it sure was gone now.
"I'm sorry."
Sorami jumped, surprised to hear him speak.
Kakashi stopped staring at his book and looked up at her.
"You're right."
"Hold the phone!"
Those were the last words she was expecting to hear.
"I knew I was leading you on and I did it anyway. I... can't explain why I did it but I did. I guess I don't really do relationships as you so... creatively, pointed out, but I guess that's my issue. So... I'm sorry." Kakashi shrugged.
"Wow. Weird."
"Uhh--"
"Hey Sorami, we're closing shop so we gotta start cleaning up" Mina said quietly as she came out from the back room. She nodded towards the dishes at Kakashi's table.
"Right, right." Sorami waved absently at her but never broke eye contact with the man before her, still trying to think of something to say, still trying to figure him out.
Every time she thought she had him pegged he went and flipped everything back around again until she was right back where she started.
Kakashi smiled sheepishly.
"I can catch a hint, I'll just pay for my food and be out of you're way then." Kakashi remarked.
"Uh no, don't worry about it, you barely even touched your food. It's on the house."
"Excuse me?!" Mrs. Kato bellowed from the back room.
"I mean- ITS ON ME!" Sorami yelled.
"Damn straight!"
"The woman has ears like a bat!" Sorami whispered to Kakashi and he chuckled.
"Here, let me pack that up for you." she grabbed his Danish and coffee.
As she smiled and handed him the paper bag and cup, there was an unspoken understanding that everything was forgiven.
Kakashi exited the shop and Sorami sunk down into a chair, mentally exhausted.
Mrs. Kato and Mina came out and sat down at her table.
"You guys heard the whole thing didn't you." Sorami groaned to the table.
"We didn't--" Mina started.
"Yep! Its my shop I'll listen to whatever I damn well please! That was even better than my soaps!" Mrs. Kato stated, surprisingly chipper.
"If I didn't know any better I'd swear she takes pleasure from other people's pain."'Sorami thought and gave a small laugh.
"Tell ya what: that entertainment was well worth what I'm paying ya! Why don't you just sweep the floor a little, head on home for the night, and then enjoy your day off tomorrow." Mrs. Kato said calmly.
Sorami smiled gratefully at her new friend and employer as she walked back to her office.
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(S/L: Chairlift- Bruises [Sorami and Kakashi's relationship])
Sorami said her goodnights and placed her coat over her shoulders before venturing into the cool night.
She had only made it five steps and just exited the shop-front's ring of light when a hand grasped her shoulder.
She gasped and spun around quickly.
"Hey."
"Shit! Kakashi! You surprised me!" Sorami put her hand over her heart.
"What are you still doing here?"
Kakashi himself had wondered the same exact thing:
As he left the shop he couldn't help but keep thinking about everything she had said about him.
If one thing could be said for Kakashi it's that he was a pretty level-headed guy: he looked at things logically and very rarely lost his cool.
If someone told him something contradictory to what he believed then supported their claim with evidence he would consider their idea objectively.
And he hated to admit it, but she brought up some pretty valid points concerning his actions.
These brought up even more concerns:
Why was he leading her on?
Why did his heart race when she leaned in to kiss him?
Why did he look forward to his surveillance missions instead of dreading them like usual?
Why didn't he just brush her off easily like he always did to the women who took an interest in him?
Why was this even affecting him the way it was?
Why had he insisted on coming to see her?
The reasons he had given himself earlier this evening now seemed half baked at best.
Truth was: he really did enjoy her company, there was something about her that just drew him in without even realizing it.
She had thrown him for a loop, this woman he had met only a short while ago: she had somehow found her way under his skin and into his head... and she was right... that scared him.
He was afraid and she knew it... that's what scared him the most.
But as a ninja, Kakashi always thought it best to face your fears head on.
And so he found himself outside leaning on the brick wall waiting for her to come out.
"Well when I got outside of the cafe I noticed just how late it was and I decided that I should walk you home."
"You really don't have to, I walk this way every night." Sorami stated as she started to walk.
"Here he goes again sending these mixed signals."
"Well if you have the option of walking with someone it's much safer, you know these streets can get pretty dangerous at night." Kakashi replied as he caught up with her.
Just then a little old lady smiled and waved at them from across the road.
"Oh yeah, I see what you mean. She is obviously up to no good." Sorami joked.
"There's just no resisting him, is there? Why fight it any longer, I'm just going to go with the flow. Que sera sera."
"Oh don't let her looks fool you, I know that woman: vicious. Just be glad I'm here or you would have been a goner."
She laughed and bumped Kakashi's side.
"Oh you can be honest with me Kakashi: I know you only waited for me because you were afraid of walking alone. You knew ba-chan over there likes to haunt this part of town and you didn't want to risk it on your own."
Kakashi laughed.
"You caught me." He conceded.
"Well don't you worry there little darlin' I'll protect you." Sorami said, puffing out her chest.
"My hero." He fluttered his eyes at her.
They both laughed as they continued down the street.
"You know something I like about this village? Even though this is one of the largest shinobi villages, and during the day it's buzzing with life: it's always so quiet at night. It's like all the world is at peace just for the night..... It's because it's a ninja village I suppose, everyone here must be stealthy in shadow and whatnot." She laughed.
Kakashi studied her and contemplated his response:
"I've decided that's one of the things I've come to like about you."
Sorami's eyes widened and her heart picked up pace.
"What? That I'm silent like the village? Ha, yeah right." She joked to play off her nervousness.
"No. That you always seem to appreciate all of the little things: things other people--things that I, tend to ignore or take for granted. You see them and you make them interesting, humorous... beautiful." Kakashi turned and smiled at her
Sorami blushed.
"T-thanks... for noticing... me noticing."
They both laughed.
"Well, this is my stop." Sorami pointed out as they reached the apartment building.
"Thanks for walking me."
"It was my pleasure."
Sorami paused a moment in contemplation before hastily giving Kakashi a quick hug.
Kakashi was taken a bit off guard but somehow his hand still unconsciously found the small of her back before she released him.
"Well goodnight!" Sorami said before disappearing into the apartment building.
It didn't go unnoticed by Kakashi how his stomach seemed to flip when their bodies had connected.
"I'm in trouble."
Kakashi started to walk away, slightly worried yet still satisfied when he realized where he needed to be at that moment:
he was still on surveillance duty.
Just then a chunin jumped down in front of him.
"The Hokage needs to see you in her office immediately Hatake-san."
The ninja immediately dispersed to his other duties.
Kakashi wiped his hand over his face.
"Yep, I'm definately in trouble."
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A/N: Hope you guys like the KakaSora relationship roller coaster! Sakura doesn't get enough credit in the series, so I'm giving her some in mine cha! (lol) OH! If you guys didn't know: I really like reviews. Mmmm reviews.