Disclaimer : I wish I owned Sasuke .. Oh yea, and naruto too lol. But unfortunately, I don't.
Author : I been reading other authors fanfics lately and im just blown away by how good they are ! I love the fluffy stories with sasunaru in it. If anyone knoes any stories with fluffy sasunaru scenes in it then please tell me !

Chapter 4

"Hey, sorry im late, I got lost" kakashi had appeared out of nowhere. That, of course, was a lie. He had gotten cought up in reading "Makeout Paradise" that he lost track of time again. Along the way to the training grounds, kakashi thought of an interesting mission for his young shin obi. "This next mission has to do with trusting your teammate. You will each spend 2 full days with a teammate, during this time your assignment is to bond with your teammate and learn to trust each other. And, you will never leave your teammates side, you should be with eachother at all times. Sakura and Naruto, you two will be the first to bond. Good luck !"

Sakura's inner self was livid. She had hoped to be paired with Sasuke. It would have been perfect, getting Sasuke to realize how perfect they were for each other, while at the same time getting in some "training." Two full days with Sasuke, never leaving his side, it would have been like heaven … 'Why does Naruto have to ruin everything ?!'

Naruto didn't really mind being paired with Sakura. He was actually kind of relieved, spending two days with Sasuke would have been … for lack of better words, awkward. Spending two days with Sakura would be alright, he could already predict what would happen … she would daydream of sasuke and ignore him, while Naruto followed her around and ate ramen. It didn't seem all that bad actually, as long as he had his ramen, the two days would go by quickly.

"We'll meet back here to trade partners in two days. Sasuke, until then you'll have the days off." Kakashi thought he had done a good job of thinking up this mission. They certainly needed to learn how to get along and trust each other more. And in the two days, he could observe them outside of "normal training." He was rather curious as to how they were getting along in their personal lives. Right before he disappeared he jokingly said to his young shin obi "Don't kill him, Sakura !" But Sakura was already too busy thinking of ways to get through these next two days without being deprived of her time with Sasuke to even hear what kakashi had said.

Sasuke decided to return home and sleep awhile more. He hadn't gotten much sleep last night. He spent the night tossing and turning in his bed and he had ended up on his roof watching the night turn to early morning. Throughout the years, he found that sitting on his roof soothed his mind. Unfortunately, it didn't help much last night. Just as he was leaving, he heard sakura say "Your welcome to stay with us Sasuke …" He ignored her offer and focused his mind on trying to get some sleep when he got home.

'Why do you have to be so cold Sasuke …?' He had turned down every offer she had ever made to him. It hurt every time but she stayed consistent. Sakura wasn't one to give up something she wanted so easily, especially if that something was Sasuke. She was sure that one day Sasuke would see her the way she saw him. He was the only person she ever pictured herself with, no one could ever take his place …

"Uhh, Sakura. We've been standing here for ten minutes already. Shouldn't we be bonding or something ?" She's probably thinking of Sasuke again. 'How can she stand being rejected over and over by him ?' Naruto felt almost sorry for her, she's been stuck on Sasuke for as long as he's known her. She could have someone else but she only wanted Sasuke. "Whats so damn good about him ?" Naruto didn't even kno why he was so drawn to Sasuke. He knew nothing could ever happen between them. And Sasuke would never even think about Naruto as more than a "stupid dobe."

Sakura watched Naruto, he seemed lost in serious thoughts and she didn't want to interrupt. She wondered what he was thinking. She had heard him say "whats so damn good about him ?" and she turned to yell at him but she couldn't when she saw his face. His face was serious with a mixture of what seemed to be sadness and anger. This is so unlike him, sakura thought, he's usually so carefree. This unusual behavior had sparked her curiosity and she found that she wanted to know more about Naruto. She decided to do something that Naruto would like, "Naruto, lets go to the ramen bar, im starving." Naruto instantly snapped out of his "serious thinking" state of mind and perked up with just the mention of ramen. 'Now that's more like naruto,' Sakura thought and she couldn't help but smile then.

All the workers at the ramen bar seemed to know Naruto, this wasn't much of a surprise to Sakura. 'He probably eats every meal here,' Sakura let out small giggles. "What are you laughing about ?" Naruto asked with his mouth full and dripping with ramen noodles. Normally this would have disgusted Sakura but today she just smiled.

"I'm laughing at you Naruto ! You must eat here everyday for all these workers to know you !" Sakura said with a smile on her face.

"Of course I eat here everyday. Ramen is the best !" and then he stuck another chopstick full ramen noodles into his mouth. 'She has such a pretty smile,' Naruto thought before saying "I always eat out cause I cant really cook and I live by myself so there's not much of a choice for me."

She wanted to say that she was sorry he didn't have anyone but she didn't want to bring down his mood. So she decided to go with an easy conversation topic, "But don't you ever get tired of ramen, eating the same thing everyday ?"

Naruto didn't even have to think to answer her question, "There's so many flavors of ramen, I could never get tired of it." To prove his statement, he stuffed a large amount of noodles into his mouth and smiled at her.

She had to laugh now, he looked so adorable. She was really surprised that she was having a good time with Naruto. Up until now, she had always seen him as a nuisance. 'Maybe he's more than just a big annoying ramen eating machine…' She surprised herself when she found that she wanted to know more about him.

"Sakura, why do you like Sasuke so much ?" Naruto had to ask her, "Doesn't he hurt you sometimes?"

The question took her by surprise but the look on his face surprised her more. There was genuine concern in his eyes, it seemed as if he really cared. "Well, to be honest im not so sure, I've always felt something for him, he's the only person I've ever had feelings for," she couldn't really explain it very well. "Sometimes it hurts because it seems like I don't matter to him at all …" The hurt in her eyes was very visible to anyone that looked at her.

"Please don't look like that Sakura… I like the happy smiling Sakura, I even like the sakura that yells at me" he said it softly, trying to bring back her smiling face. He really didn't like seeing her that way, he had always liked Sakura's smile.

Sakura didn't know what to say, she hadn't known that Naruto could be so caring. She suddenly felt bad for all the wrongs she had done to him. She felt that she needed to apologize but she knew she wasn't very good at it, "Naruto … im sorry … for everything."

This time it was Naruto's turn to be surprised. He didn't think that anyone cared enough to ever apologize to him for anything they've done. He was thinking of what to say when the manager of the shop told them the shop was closing.

It occurred to both them that they had just spent three hours in the ramen shop having a friendly conversation. "Where do you want to go Sakura ?" naruto was enjoying the time they spent and he didn't want it to end yet.

Neither of them noticed their sensei had been watching them. Kakashi was happy with the way sakura and naruto have been getting along so far. It seemed that they would get close and maybe even have a good friendship coming along. He continued to watch them walk around the village and talk for the next 4 hours. He had to admit, the mission was going much better than he had initially expected.

"Should we stay at your apartment tonight ?" sakura asked naruto. It was getting dark and she was tired from laughing with him so much.

Naruto was so surprised he began to stutter, "W-What ? I - I thought we were just becoming good friends and -and what about sas-"

"Nooo! don't you remember ? We have to be by each other's side at all times ? That's why I want to stay at your apartment. Not so we could …" She liked Naruto now but not in that way.

"Ohh ! Haha, okae, we'll stay at my place tonight." Naruto clasped his hand behind his neck as he walked to the door of his apartment. "Im sorry, its so dirty. I usually don't have company."

As soon as she stepped into the apartment , she smelled the strong smell of ramen. It looked exactly as she pictured it to be, down to the empty ramen cups on the table and clothes on the floor. She turned to scold Naruto on leaving clothes and ramen cups everywhere. But she blushed when she saw Naruto undressing. She thought to herself 'Who would have thought he looked that good …'