Sakura was nervous.
She was on the new train towards Kumogakure, going almost as fast as ninjas were while running. She was alone in her cabin, since it was still early morning. There were mirrors inside and she checked how her clothes fit her, she was wearing an A-line jean skirt, which, her mom always said was short, reaching just above the knees, and a pastel green T-shirt. Ino said it was a little everyday but a little exciting. 'wink-wink'
She felt her face flushing up again, and sat down, taking deep breaths.
She only told Ino about...
Everything that happened in the war and after
She told her how there was a new medic from Kumo at her unit, during the war, put there just for a short time, and how he disliked Konoha nins, which she understood to a certain extent, but he still healed her, after she was attacked by Sasuke in the battlefield. The Uchiha said he didn't saw her when that happened, and he left her there to bleed out, on the brink of death until Shī appeared.
He used up nearly all of his chakra and talked to her the whole time, to keep her from fainting, even daring to reveal embarrassing childhood secrets that he had, which he made her swore to never tell anyone. Like the time he forgot about an onigiri in his bag, then got attacked by wild raccoons, tearing up his bag and academy notes as well, and the teachers not believing him.
Sakura was laughing so hard, that he had to ask to stop, or else her wounds would open up.
After healing, she smiled at him, and thanked for her life, but he just kept starring at the big red and purple scars, saying one day he will heal those up as well. Sakura herself didn't mind them that much, but he his eyes reflected so much eagerness.
After the war they met at one of the Kage submits, where Sakura accompanied Tsunade, it was actually one year after the war, and Tsunade last submit, since Kakashi was already chosen as the sixth hokage. They had some activities there, including the bodyguards having night off and drinking. Shī was there too, and Sakura was happy to see him again, and he wanted to see her scars again. At first she wasn't sure, but later in the comfort of her hotel room she showed it, wearing only a sports bra, and at first Sakura felt embarrassed, but Shī' eyes only watched her as a medic, seeing the details of the red and purple lines that covered her chest. He then went to held her hand, and asked her promise to come to Kumo, because he's gonna prepare to get rid of it. He even mentioned how he knows she is not gonna care about it, to heal herself, with the determination in his eyes, Sakura found herself unable to refuse it.
She told Ino that his outer apparance reminded her of Sasuke, even having as dark eyes as him, yet Shī's missed the coldness that Sasuke's had.
The Uchiha tried to ask her out on a date, when he returned, but sometime during the war, she developed a fear from Sasuke, if she was alone with him. Her no to his advances was shocking not just to Sasuke but to the entire village, and he took her rejection a bit harder than expected, but Ino reassured her, that it's the right choice, and that she should be given the opportunity to move on, preferably with a handsome Kumo nin.
Sakura tried to convince tha Yamanaka girl, and maybe to an extend herself, that she probably misinterpreted him, that he was only nice and just did his job. Ino, of course, just snarked at that, and made her recount how Shī acted with everyone else around him, much more cold and calculated, and how he smiled and laughed and just felt more relaxed around her, in contrary.
She was still dealing with these emotions, when a letter came from him, saying he is prepared, and she can come to Kumo anytime. That letter did something to her...it made her impulsive, to the point of taking Ino out from her job at the flower store, to shop for clothes, and booking a ticket for the first train to Kumo the same night. Ino was just enabling her, and even helping to steal Kakashi's phone from the Hokage office, to make a call to Kumo, for the Raikage's bodyguard, saying that Haruno Sakura will go there to help out at the hospital. It, of course worked, Sakura being almost as well known amongst the medics now as Tsuande.
So here she was, in the train towards Kumogakure.
She slept on the seats, and could even do a somewhat morning routine, brushing, taking shower and putting on a hint of makeup, rosy colored lipstick and black eyeliner, that normally she was too busy to bother about it. Ino also recommended her things to buy or bring, and Sakura was proud of herself, for being able to say no to half of them, condoms being amongst them, but sadly, the blonde persuaded her into busing lacy underwear. She was wearing it, and felt truly embarrassed, what will Shi think, when he sees her in that? And he will want to check out her scars, so of course he will see it.
Sakura wanted the ground to eat her alive.
She couldn't even change to different ones, since Ino sneakily helped her pack, and only packed the new lacy ones. Sakura swore to kill her friend one day. Of course, she would need to survive the embarrassment first.
When the train arrived it was around 10 am, and she got off with her small bag on her back, following the people around her towards the exit gates. Sakura was a bit shocked by the different scenery around her, the clouds were covering the round high buildings, yet, being summer, she still felt warm, maybe just not as warm as in Konoha.
She was looking at the scenery so much, that she didn't see the blonde man standing just a couple of feet from her.
"Sakura" he said, and she turned to him, with visible shock. She knew they would meet, sometime after she arrived, and she still felt like needing some time to mentally prepare for him. He was sporting a small smirk, with hands in the pocket, and she almost shivered. He wasn't wearing ninja attire or hitai-ate, just a black T-shirt, and black pants. She KNEW he was handsome, but seeing him again made her body almost tremble in...?
"Shī. Hi" said Sakura, taking a step closer, smiling, and trying to mask her attraction towards him.
"I'm glad you came" he said, and his smile looked warmer now, making her heart beat faster
She was at a loss of words, while looking at him.
The smile even reached his eyes too, so unlike Sasuke, and she was so grateful.
"Come, let's eat" he said, and grabbed her wrist, pulling her after him. She felt his hand was so big, encircling her wrist, yet not hurting her.
On the way, she tried to talk normally, but felt too weird, and embarrassed, not knowing if talking about her friends would bore Shī or not.
The restaurant was nice, a small family owned business, and Shī made her try some Kumo specialties, like hamburger and fries.
As medics, they had a fun agreement, saying that it's not great for ninjas, to eat this, yet it tasted so good, she would let it slide once in a while. He agreed, mentioning how that the last time he ate this, was just after the war, almost 2 years ago.
Not wanting to talk about the war, Shī said
"It's weird, turning 27 just last month" he said, and Sakura's mouth hang open
"Wait, are you 27?" she asked, in higher pitched tone than usual
"Yeah, didn't you know?" he asked, and she almost wanted to slap herself in the face. "I know that you, too, turned 19 recently" he said, with a reassuring smile, but it only made her feel worse, being reminded of their age difference. How could she even think, a man 8 years older, would even be interested in her? Stupid
Shī saw that this was not a good topic for her, so he shifted his words towards the new research he did for non sensory nins, to be able to detects others around them. Sakura was really interested in that, being a non sensory kunoichi, so Shī invited her to his apartment to show the findings, and also to tell her in detail which jutsus he thought to use to get rid of her scars.
On the way to his apartment, Sakura fell into a weird silence, overthinking of going to a man's private home, and being alone with him, but shaking her head, to remember, that she is probably not even a woman to him.
His apartment was small, with light grey colors dominating it, and she felt a bit relaxed, seeing him just taking off his shoes. She did the same, and accepted his offered slippers. He said he was sharing this flat with Darui, who was away for the day, and pointed towards a room for her. Sakura went in there, expecting a home office and seeing instead a small bedroom, with a two person bed , a desk and chair on the side. She started babbling until he pointed to the chair and she sat, showing her the documents, while standing behind her, really close, the she almost couldn't pay attention to it.
A few minutes were needed for Sakura to calm down, and take the papers in her hand, to start reading it thoughtfully, and seeing his hand pull back. After 10 minutes of silent reading, Sakura heard Shī yawn, and before she could say anything, he went to his bed, murmuring that last night he didn't sleep much, falling on the blanket, fully clothed, slippers still on.
Sakura felt utterly shocked.
Did Shī really bring her to his own room, and then went to take a nap? Just what was he playing at? Why didn't he make her go out to the kitchen to read if he wanted to sleep? Why were they looking at the paper in his room in the first place?
In a moment of dare, she got up, and took off the slippers, then lay next to him, on top of the blanket, in line with his face, saying to his open curious eyes, that she also needs sleep.
Sakura felt, that this is a hint for him, but still not as outrageous as kissing, and if he was not interested, he could just do nothing.
Satisfied with her idea, she almost forgot to notice the small movements he made, how he itched closer with every minute.
She tried to ignore it, thinking it's probably her imagination, when she felt his breath on her cheeks. Curiously, Sakura opened her eyes to face his black ones, looking at her intensely, and placing his forehead on her's, while closing his eyes, breathing deeply. She closed as well, forgetting to breath, and almost looking up, when she felt his lips on her own.
His lips were tender at first, but as she started to reciprocate, it turned deeper and more sensual. He was nibbling at her lower lip, while letting out small grows, which made her agitated as well, putting her arms around his neck, bringing him closer.
He slowly lay her on the bed, not stopping the kisses, until he was on top of her and she felt his chest and heartbeat, only the damned clothes were on the way. His hands were in her hair, at the base of her neck, pulling her closer, and when his tongue entered her mouth, she felt herself becoming more wet.
His tongue was exploring inside, making her fingers curl and run through his blonde locks.
When his hand traveled down, resting on her thigh, she felt suddenly overwhelmed, and in need to pull away and take some deep breaths. Shī was still on her, looking concerned at her reaction.
"Is everything okay?" he asked, removing his hand, and she already missed his warmness on her tigh.
"No, no, no! Everything is...more than okay" she said, looking up with an unsure smile, and seeing him letting out a deep breath "I just...didn't know you even like me." she said, rubbing her head.
He pulled up a bit, making him sit on her lap, while she was resting on her elbows, looking at him
"Of course" he said, and she could detect a small amount of shyness in his tone
"I just thought...that you wouldn't want anything from me. I'm just 19 compared to you" she said, and saw his eyes twitch, then laying down on top of her, being just a few inches, their breaths mixing
"So am I a grandpa to you?" he asked, and she almost let out a giggle
"No! I thought you are much younger." she said, and he smirked before laying even closer, his lips brushing her's while whispering
"So what do you see now? An old man?" he asked, teasingly, and she hitched
"All I see is a man, who is too sexy for his own good" she whispered back, before even thinking about her answer, he just smirked at that
"Good answer, you hot little kami" he said, before crushing her lips again, this time leaving any tenderness behind.
After some time he hooked his fingers around the pantie to take it off, Sakura felt the need to tell him something, before going further
"Wait" she said, pulling his wrists "I..." she didn't know how to say it "I've never been..." murmured, and felt his fingers let go of the underwear, to touch her waist.
"Do you want to...?" he started but she interrupted him with a kiss
"I want it" whispered Sakura
"But don't you want to make it more...?" she kissed him again
He was still breathing deeply into her neck, when he laid next to her.
"How was it?" Shī asked, turning his face to her
"It was..." she sighted "So much better than I ever imagined" she said, putting her hand on his right cheek, her words making him smile
"But..." he started and tailed off "You didn't..." he said, and she, all of a sudden felt bad, sitting up, evading his gaze
"Yeah" she said, rubbing her head "I've actually never tried anything" she said, watching the wall instead of him
"What? Anything?" he asked, sitting up too, and she just nodded, still not looking at him "In Konoha do they not teach you how to do it for yourself?" he asked, and in shock, she turned back to him, looking into the dark eyes, that never seemed further from Sasuke's.
"Do they teach you that?" she asked
"Yeah, every chunnin needs to take sexual education class" he said
"Really? In Konoha normally people don't even talk about it" she said, pulling her legs to her chin "I only know somethings thanks to my friend and being a medic" she said, and he almost couldn't believe her words. She was so god damn sexy during...
Itching closer he licking her earlobe
"I can teach you" he said, and picked her up
After the second time, they were cuddling under the blanket, naked, talking about the differences in Konoha and Kumo academies, when a question pupped into Sakura's head
"Wait, are we now dating?" she asked, pointing between the two
"Of course" he said while touching the nape of her neck, to pull down for another kiss
"So..." sat back Sakura "How many girlfriends did you have before?" she asked, and could see in his eyes that the thought was making him uncomfortable "That many?" she asked, with a higher tone
"No, just compared to 0 everything is a lot" he said sitting up and looking down in his lap
"Come on, it's okay, you are older than me, it's expected" she replied, and he just rolled his eyes
"Okay, two" he said
"That's not even high" she giggled "For how long did you date them?"
"To be honest, one of them was a really light relationship, we were 15, and didn't do anything like" he pointed at his bed and them "And the other girl for half year" he said
"Ohh, was it recent?" she asked, dreading the feeling of being just a rebound
"No, when I was 22"
"Oh" she said, and with new found confidence, went to sit on his lap, facing him fully and running her hands on his hair "So I'm your first in a while, huh?" she asked with a smirk
"You are my first in a lot of ways" he replied and pecked her lips with his
"How so?"
"First not Kumo nin, first younger, first virgin, first pink haired, first medic, do you want more?" he asked, and she just chuckled
"Well, you are my first in many too" she replied and kissed him tenderly
"Why" he asked, and to her raised brow Shī continued "Why did you wait?"
Sakura knew that this conversation will come up sooner or later, so she better just get over it
"I was in love with my teammate, Uchiha Sasuke" she said, and saw his eyes widen "But he hurt me a couple of years ago, when he was rouge nin, and..." she looked away, and Shī understood what Sakura meant.
Shī opted to play with her soft locks, feeling them curl around his fingers
"Well, I'm going to fix those scars" he said, and Sakura almost trembled at his words.