Chapter 15

Endless

I took the scroll and watched his hand holding it for a moment and then letting it go.

Without thinking twice I threw away the scroll and took his hand, intertwining our fingers.

—You know, I always liked the way your hand fits in mine—He watched our hands and then me—. Did you mean what you said?

—Every word

I pulled him against me and wrapped my arms around him, resting my head on his chest.

—Don't you dare run away from me again, Kakashi

—Nevermore—He hugged me tight and rested his head on mine.

I released my wrap to face him and he smiled at me with tears in his eyes, tears I wiped away.

Without could help it more, I took his face between my hands and pulled it to mine. Even if it hadn't been that long since the last one, I really missed his lips against mine. One day felt like an eternity to me, and worse still, I was afraid it wouldn't be a next time.

We kissed until we ran out of breath and we were forced to apart to get some air.

—So... —He smiled at me—Do you have plans for tonight?

—What do you have in mind?—I smirked

—Well... —He threw a book to the door and there was a scream —. You should go, Naruto, you won't want to hear what's going to happen here.

—Eeewww—I could heard Naruto cry out and how his voice trail off into the distance—. that's gross, you old perv...

—Now? Here?

—Sure, the Hokage won't mind.—he kissed my neck —. I remember, we left unfinished business the other day when Naruto interrupted us.

—Help me remember.

I didn't have to say it twice for him to claim my mouth. I wanted to feel the caressing of his hands on my skin one more time and the warmth of his being against me.

* Knock knock

But it looked like I'll have to wait a little more

—This is starting to become a habit—He said frustrated and put his mask on again—. Come in

Someone tried to open the door, but couldn't.

—Could you unlock the door? —. Shikamaru said from the other side of the door.

We turned to see each other and said in unison.

—Naruto

—May I?—I asked pointing to the door

—Go ahead—Kakashi was almost depressed, surely thinking about dealing with the elders once they found out that the door was broken.

I took my stuff and got down of the desk.

—See you tonight, right?

—Sure—He answered and I smiled at him—. I hope at least could be with you without interruptions then...

—I hope it too—I walked to the door —. If I were you I'd step back, Shikamaru

After warned him I broke down the door with my fist.

—W-Why did you do that?—Shikamaru only watched me terrified.

—Naruto locked us up there and ran away with the keys.—I smiled at Shikamaru and walked away.

Once at the principal door I could heard the guards talking and when I got close I listened their conversation.

I usually don't listen to others conversations, but they were talking about a date and I got curious.

—Wouldn't you like to ask her for a date?

—Yeah, but what if she says no?

—Why would she say no?

—She is a medic, surely she wants something better than a door guard.

Oh my... He wants to have a date with Haruka, she'll surely get excited.

—You should take the risk—I said to him and both guards turned to see me—. No risk, no gain.

I winked at him and his face turned totally red.

—Sakura san!! But what if...

—Look, in the worst case she'll say no, but what if she says yes? You'll never know it if you don't ask her.

—You are right, Sakura san, I'll ask her for a date. Thank you.

I smiled at him and started walking away when the other guard called me

—Then, Sakura san, how about going out with me tonight?

—I already have a date, sorry—I smiled nervously and walked away

I really didn't expect that to happen, so I limited myself to walk.

I started thinking about my date with Kakashi wondering what we'd gonna do, when someone approached me passing the corner.

—So, it was true what Naruto said

—Sasuke...

—You and Kakashi?

—Yes, and if you came to make me change my mind, you are wasting your time.

—Look Sakura, I just wanted you to be happy, and I thought that you'd be happy with me, I never wanted you to suffer.—It was true that he was the detonator of what happened with Kakashi, but I was just too happy that day to ruin it thinking about it—. Now I'll go, I just wanted to say goodbye.

—Will you leave the village again?

—Yeah, well, I have nothing to stay for here, the reason I came back was to make you happy, but I see you already are... I'll come back sometime to visit.

He started walking away and I just watched him go.

—Good bye, Sasuke.—I whispered and continued my way to the hospital.

After work I waited for Haruka at the exit.

—Hey, Haruka!

—Oh, Sakura san, how are you?

—Amazing, but that's not what I want to tell you. You should come with me, Haruka —I blinked at her and she only looked at me confused.

—Why?

—It's a surprise, you'll thank me later.

I took her arm and guided her to walk with me.

—Where are we going?

—To the Hokage Mansion, of course.

—W-Wait, why are we going to the Hokage Mansion?

—I need to pick someone up there, and I thought you'd like to come and wait for me outside.

—You should mentioned it, Sakura san. I don't look...

—You look lovely, Haruka, don't worry.

—Anyway he is still working, he couldn't talk with me yet.

—Well, then we'll do this. We arrive, I tell you to wait for me outside saying that whatever I'll do won't take long, you have a little talk and then say him you are going to look for me. And I promise we could do something until 9.

—S-Sounds good.

—Fine, because it's already too late to make another plan

—Eeh?

We were already at the Hokage Mansion and Haruka had no other option that follow the plan.

When she finally entered the Mansion she hugged me.

—Did you know it, right? That he'd ask me out on a date—She asked me and I answered with a smile.

—Somehow

At 9 Haruka left for her date and I went to look for Kakashi.

When I got at the door office, or where it usually was, I could see Kakashi talking with Sayuri and Shikamaru.

—I invite you to my wedding, it's a month from today. —I saw him deliver the invitation to Kakashi —. Will you bring someone with you?

—Actually yes, I will...—He answered and then turned to see me, and then Shikamaru and Sayuri too—. Unless she have plans already.

—I don't have any plans.

—Then we'll definitely attend your wedding—Kakashi turned to see Shikamaru, who was still stunned—. Now, if you'll excuse me... I have a date.

—W-Well... I think I'll go then. See you tomorrow, Kakashi sama —Shikamaru walked away and talked to me—. Good bye, Sakura.

—See you later, Shikamaru.

Sayuri turned to see Kakashi and then started walking towards the door

Suddenly she stopped by my side

—It looks that you win, Haruno—She whispered and smiled at me—Just make him happy.

I didn't expect that from her, I thought that she hated me... She just left and didn't say anything else.

After all she was a nice person.

—Is everything alright?— Kakashi asked me

—Sure! Shall we?

The long awaited day of Shikamaru and Temari's marriage had come at last with a wonderful outdoor wedding in a great garden.

Ino had stolen my date and I was standing alone, watching Gai and waiting for him to come back from the snack bar.

—Why are you here alone, Kakashi sama? —Shikamaru neared me

—I'm waiting for Gai—I pointed him who was already coming back.

—Why are you here and not with your wife, Shikamaru? —Gai asked.

—She is kinda busy right now.

—Busy?—I asked confused

—Hey, Kakashi sensei—a blonde guy screamed while running to me—. It looks like you'll be the next..

He teased me, but I didn't understand what he was talking about

—The next what?

—Look.

I turned to see where Naruto pointed me just to find in the middle of a crowd of women, a pink haired girl blushing and laughing with flowers in her hands.

—Not to put any pressure on you, but she caught the bouquet.—Shikamaru added and followed Naruto who had ran away—.Slow down, Naruto!!

—Well, maybe it's time to you to settle down, Kakashi.—Gai told me

—I think it is.—I laughed at his comment.

Maybe after all it was the time,

A month passed and everything was great. As expected, everyone got shocked by the good new and at the beginning were some rumors about our relationship around the village, but we decided not to care about it.

We never talked about marriage since the first time she mentioned it, but I already knew she wanted to get married... And me, of course, wanted to pass the rest of my life with her.

—Here, I brought you a present— Naruto had pushed Sakura all the way to me and then pushed Gai with him—Let's go, bushier brows sensei, let's give them a moment together.

—Wait, Naruto, I wanna hear this... —I could heard Gai's complains trailing off into the distance.

Sakura didn't look at me and judging by her face's color, she wouldn't say anything.

—Nice catch, girl—I tried to break the tension and plucked a flower from the bouquet in her hands to quietly put it on her ear.

—W-We don't have to... It's just something symbolic

—Have to what?

—Get m-married

—Ah, that —I took from the bouquet the smallest stems that I found and lowered my head to watch my hands—. You can say no if you want

—Eh?! —She finally lifted her head to see me

I was quite nervous too, but tried the best I could to conceal it.

—I was told that when you propose marriage to a woman, you should offer her a ring... but I don't have one with me right now.

I put an improved ring made of weaved stems on her finger and she looked at it astonished.

—I promise I'll give you a proper one later... Now well... Sakura Haruno—She turned to see me and fixed his eyes on mine, making me freeze for a second and almost tremble—. W-Would you be my wife?

She got shocked and didn't say anything, making me fear the worst. What if she really said no?

—Of course!! —She threw herself at me and we fell —. Hahaha, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I think I got carried away.

—One of this days you are going to break me a bone, Sakura chan.

—I'll fix it myself if that happens —she gave me a peck over the mask and I took my mask down and kissed her.

—No, no, let me see! I want to see his face!!—We stopped kissing and laughed at the screams of Naruto. I put my mask on again and turned to see Gai covering Naruto's eyes with his hands—. That was unfair, surely you had seen his face already, bushier brows sensei.

Sakura sat down next to me and I just looked at her, ignoring the world.

—Sakura Hatake... I think I like it.

—You don't have to take my last name.

—No, no, it's okay. I want to do it.—she smiled at me and made a pause before start talking again—... We should start planning everything, I know we didn't even have a day for the wedding, but it's best to be prepared, right? Where will we live?... It doesn't matter, we'll discuss it later...

She kept saying and asking a lot of things that she answered herself so I limited myself to listening and enjoy the view of that beautiful pink dream.

—We should plan how many children we will have... How many kids you wanna have?... Kakashi?... Are you listening to me?

—Yeah, sorry, I just was distracted by the pleasure of seeing you—I apologized and started answering all she had asked before —.Let's see... about the wedding day, we'll have to discuss it with the elders and council, I hope they'll give me at least a weekend for our honeymoon.

—Just a weekend?

—I'm the hokage after all, I can't leave the village for so long... Come on, don't complain, I'll compensate you when I retire.

—I'll be so oooold.

—Don't worry, Naruto won't let me have the work for much so long... He is already asking me to retire... However, about kids, I'll leave it up to you. Let's get as many as you want.

—You say it as if I wanted an army

I couldn't help laugh and imagine an army of mini Sakuras. It would be for sure both, cute and terrific.

—It would be an elite army.

—You sound like Tsunade-shishou

—Tsunade-sama eh?—I was starting to think that everything was her plan since the beginning—.I just hope they look just like you. And the house... will need a bigger one for the army

—Fine, but you'll better hurry up and retire to take care of them.

—Fine, fine—she laid down next to me and rested her head on my chest—. You know... I think I haven't said it properly yet.

—Said what?—She turned and lied on her stomach, watching me closely.

—I love you Sakura.

She blushed and smiled at me. I for sure will love to wake up and see her smile first than anything else.

—I love you too, my beloved hokage.