To help pay her way through school, med student Sakura takes on a third job as a dog walker. She doesn't quite have enough room in her schedule for eight dogs—or their highly eccentric owner, for that matter—but she'll make it work. [modern AU]

Their encounters had always been a cross between disaster and euphoria. After eight years, one divorce, and roughly 50,000 cigarettes, Gaara and Sakura find themselves struggling to move forward when the same feelings constantly hold them back. [GaaraxSakura] [AU]