Bijoux- thanks for pointing that out in Chp 6, one of those silly little things I miss when I proofread. I went back and edited it (the version on ffnet)
This is the edited version of Chp7. Unedited can be found on affnet.
Warning! There are still Lime scenes in this version!
Sakura woke to the sound of Kakashi opening the curtains in her hotel room. Looking over at the clock she noted that it was an oddly early time for the lazy Jounin to be up. And why was he opening the curtains?
Noticing her rousing from the corner of his eye, Kakashi looked over at her and voiced, "It's snowing…we should get an early start before the city is shut down."
Today they had planned on checking the new shifts at the inns and heading to the inn in the more run down area of the town. His claim to get an early start made sense. At times he was so responsible and other times it was like he just forgot.
Sakura boosted herself up to sitting and brought her hands to rub the sleep from her eyes brought on by the night of deep slumber. She had been sleeping better since Kakashi had given her such beautiful dreams two nights ago. Looking at him, she smiled in memory.
"Snow, huh?" She hopped up on her knees to see if she could glance the dusting out of the window. To her surprise the snow had already fallen an inch deep and she realized how right Kakashi actually was about getting an early start. The snowflakes were huge and they stuck to everything they hit; within hours a white velvet blanket would cover the city.
She had always liked the snow, what a wonderful gift on this day. "Just in time for my birthday, you know?"
"Birthday?" Kakashi looked over at the girl, he hadn't realized it was her birthday already. Time seemed to fly when you were a lazy ninja.
"I'm 20 today, sensei! No longer your little girl." She laughed and threw herself up from the bed and bounced over to the window to get a better look at the weather. "I always loved the snow, what a coincidence."
"You should have told me, Sakura-chan." He emphasized the ending of her name and she playfully scowled at him in response.
She lifted the crystal snowflake necklace that fell underneath the t-shirt she slept in…she even wore it in her sleep. It was one of the most beautiful things anyone had gotten her and she never wanted to take it off, "Besides, you bought me this. It's more than enough."
"I'll take you out tonight, on me. You can drink legally now, after all." He laughed in a jokingly evil way. Drinking; one of his favourite pastimes.
"I don't know if I want to drink, Kakashi!" She spoke truthfully…the taste of alcohol from that one bar in Otafuku still haunted her. That and the feeling of dizziness it gave her wasn't the most desiring state of consciousness in the world.
"You just need a better environment. The bar next to the hotel isn't bad and it's not in a bad location with the snow and all…" He looked at her, daring her to come with him.
"Ok…" she gave in, "but just one drink. Ok?"
"Fair enough."
"…and I'm not paying!"
"Yah yah, no problem. On me, for your birthday." Kakashi began to walk to the door to his room before pausing and looking back at her over his shoulder, "Get dressed, will you? And put on something warm, I don't want to take care of you if you get sick."
Sakura sighed and playfully slammed the door after he walked through it. She may be 20 today but Kakashi still treated her like she was his responsibility at times!
"Hmph, don't want you to get sick…" Sakura mocked under her breath. Really, she was smart enough now to know what kind of clothes to put on. Wait…I was smart enough when I was 12 too. Oh well, some habits never died, she figured.
After dressing up warmly the two went out on the town to visit the inns together. Sakura dressed casually for the snow in a red knitted sweater and thick white pants. On her hands were white knitted mittens and Kakashi teased her about buying her matching earmuffs. She looked adorable, especially when she had to run back to the hotel room when she forgot her white scarf, which was knitted in the same fashion. Kakashi laughed and thought to himself what an innocent and home-style girl she was.
"Did your mom make all that for you?" He was half teasing her.
"Yes. Doesn't she do wonderfully?" Sakura skipped a few steps ahead and twirled around, walking backwards to look at him.
Kakashi laughed, "I was teasing…but hey, it's cute." He smiled at her as she looked at him, and his smile got wider as he noticed a rather large rock jutting out of the snow that she would undoubtedly trip over if she continued her task of walking backwards.
Sakura yelped as she lost her balance, thanks to the rock, and fell backwards into the snow with a soft thud.
"You sure are clumsy for a ninja." Kakashi stood there chuckling uncontrollably. It only made him laugh as her cheeks grew red in embarrassment.
Throwing a snowball and hitting him in the dead center of his face was an effective way of stopping the laughter, so Sakura went through with it. "I sure do have good aim, for a ninja." She stood back up and stuck her tongue out at the now rather snow covered man.
Kakashi looked at the girl through his lazy half shut eye and sighed as the cold snow melted to water on his warm skin. He should have dodged, but he wasn't expecting it. He could look forward to a nice wet mask for the rest of the day.
"You deserved it." Sakura pointed out to him.
"Eh, I know, I know." With a shrug Kakashi continued down the street, mentally trying to escape the fact that his nose was now really cold thanks to the wet mask.
Sakura could not help but to let out a small giggle. He may have acted passive, but she knew she had gotten him. Ah, but he deserved it, anyways! "You know you could just take that mask off if it's too cold now…"
"Hmph." He ignored her comment.
They continued walking down the snow-covered streets of the modest city. Each inn they came to they would stop and check for the change of shifts and see if anyone noticed the dark haired boy in their photograph. No one said anything significant, like usual.
It was starting to get cold…really cold. The snow was still showing no signs of ceasing in the slightest and the two Jounin's were starting to get chilled to the bone. It was almost over, for they had one inn left to check. Unfortunately, it was the inn on the other side of town.
The two carried on a conversation as they walked the distance to the final inn. A little talking seemed to keep them warmer and they talked about anything that happened to come to mind, including what it was like for Sakura to no longer be a teenager.
She had concluded that being an adult today was no different than being a teenager yesterday. She still felt the same, still had the same ideas, looked the same…there was nothing different.
Kakashi had nodded in agreement and mentioned to her that he never felt like a teenager in the first place. Major responsibilities for him had started much younger than Sakura's had. He admitted to his teenage years being a very tough time for him, and that they most likely were what shaped who he was today. He didn't go into any detail, much to Sakura's disappointment.
There weren't many others they passed walking down the snowy streets. People had chosen the right thing to do and that was stay inside with their families with the fires burning bright. Occasionally there would be a laughing child and his father, or brother…Sakura could not help but smile when she saw them for it brought back memories of her and her father when she was young.
When they arrived at the inn they noticed that it wasn't the best place, but it was nowhere near as bad as some of the areas in Otafuku. Sasuke could definitely afford the nicer hotels but as evident from his choice of bars he didn't want to be seen in the main crowd. As soon as they passed through the front doors a shady looking man sitting behind the clerk's desk welcomed them rather passively. He looked like he would rather be anywhere but there and didn't even bother raising his head when he spoke the greating.
"Excuse me," Sakura nodded to the man behind the desk, "We're trying to find someone, could you see if you could identify a photo for us?"
The old man humphed in annoyance and shrugged his shoulders, finally looking up and gesturing them over to the desk with a wrinkled and bony hand. Kakashi stood behind Sakura, standing guard. There may not have been a single thing to worry about but ninja always liked to cover all their bases.
Sakura held out the photograph to the man and he wearily took a look at it. The corners were starting to bend and there was a slight crease in it from being jammed into her pouch so many times, but still there was no denying it was the same old Uchiha Sasuke.
"Yah, I saw him a few days ago." The man replied and brushed them off, not offering any more information.
"Do you have any clue where he was headed?" Kakashi stepped forward when Sakura was too shocked to speak at the man's admission. Needless to say, they hadn't had the greatest hopes of finding anything in this town.
"Think he said he was headed for Konoha, where he was from, he said. I didn't talk to 'em much. He stayed here two nights, though, and he tipped me well."
"How long ago was it?"
"Two, three days maybe. Time passes so damn slowly in this season I don't even keep up with things"
"Did he sign a guest log?"
"Nah, he paid me extra to keep his damn name off of it." The old man paused, "Look I don't want to be in no trouble here, so don't report that I did that. Ok?"
"That won't be a problem. Did he say anything else?" Kakashi continued prying for information.
"No, he wasn't exactly the chatty type."
The two nodded and thanked the man for his information. What a coincidence, it was time to head back to Konoha anyway. There was a chance that he was already back and had checked in with Tsunade. It was decided they would head back in the direction of Konoha the second the snow let up. There was no traveling in this right now, not safely at least. They had found him, and they were pretty sure they knew where he was going, so it didn't rush them. He was going home, where they had to take him after all.
They walked back to the inn in mostly silence. Sakura's mood hadn't dropped at the realization that he was found but she was contemplating things, such as facing him again. She was unsure what on earth she would actually end up doing or saying when he stepped into her line of sight once more.
It would take someone as clueless as Naruto to not notice Sakura's inner turmoil written all over her face. Kakashi reached out his arm and rested his hand on her shoulder, leaving her a reassuring squeeze. "Don't worry about it, I'll be there with you when you see him again."
Sakura looked in his direction and smiled. The comfort and support her former sensei was offering her was just what she needed, "It's ok, I'm not really depressed about it anymore…it's just I'm a little confused."
That was a blatant lie. She wasn't a little bit confused, she was a whole lot confused…and not just about Sasuke. What was she to do when they went back to Konoha? Everyone would be expecting her to be exuberant with Sasuke's return and in all truth she was happier just spending time with Kakashi.
Kakashi was confusing her as well. They had been close companions for years but never before had it been as rough to control her emotions as it had been on this trip. She sensed the same thing from him, as well. She was positive it was nothing but the physiological act of hormones but if it was so hard on this mission then wouldn't spending more time with him when they were home make it even harder? Sakura could only hope it just faded with time. She needed his support when they returned…but maybe after things were settled again she should start spending more time with Naruto. And start dating someone, she added in her mind.
The snow was still falling and the gray skies showed no sign of letting up. It was only around noon and the snow covering the grounds already amounted to six inches. The walk back to the inn was freezing both of them for the wind began to pick up and the snow was making its way inside of their boots.
Kakashi let her think on her own and didn't speak up anymore. When they finally returned to the hotel they decided to perch up in front of the fireplace in the main lobby to thaw their frigid skin out and dry their damp clothes. There was small heat supplied in the room but not near as intense as the flames dancing before them. Sakura sat there thinking, staring into the flames. Kakashi watched her, admiring every small move she made.
"Hey boss."
The man didn't look up but instead stopped sharpening his kunais to show his attention.
"Atsuo was right. That one pretty in pink is a beaut'." The old man snorted in his satirical appreciation. "Such a virgin, tho'."
"What did you tell them?"
"You were headin' to Konoha, left three days ago."
"Beautiful."
Sakura was stirred from her nap with a light knocking on the adjoining door. The first thing she noticed was that the room was dark…and absolutely freezing.
"Ready for that drink?" A soft and deep voice followed the knock and Sakura realized that Kakashi had let himself into her room.
"Oh my god… what time is it?" Sakura sat up from bed and rubbed her hands into her eyes. She was still wearing the same sweater she had on earlier that morning. Running her hand across her face she realized she had the imprint of the blanket she had been laying on across her cheek. Silently she thanked coincidence that it was dark now.
"Eight o'clock. You slept six hours, lazy. It's a good thing you turned 20 today because you will sure need that drink to go back to sleep." He teased her.
"What have you been doing all day?"
"Reading."
"You mean looking at perverted pictures…"
"That too." His voice held hints of a smirk crawling across his face.
"Well get out of here and let me get dressed, pervert."
"I'm not that bad am I?" He said as backing out of her room and grabbing the door to pull it shut.
"Yes, you are!" Sakura laughed and threw her feet over the corner of her bed. Leaning over to flip on the light she felt her muscles stretch after being so still for the past six hours. She had slept hard once again.
Sakura hadn't brought anything to really wear for a night on the town…not that this could be considered a night on the town. A hand knitted sweater and a loose pair of white pants wasn't exactly the proper outfit to wear to a bar, so she decided on something a little less warm. She had planned ahead and taken Ino's advice to bring at least a small skirt incase they decided to celebrate her birthday. She decided on a black button up dress shirt with long sleeves to wear for the top. Actually this outfit and the sweater were the only things she had brought that weren't considered a uniform. They dress shirt hugged her breasts rather suggestively and made her feel quite provocative. The top two buttons were left undone for an added effect. She wore her boots with the short skirt and in the end it looked rather cute. Her legs would be bare but it was assumed that most of their time would be spent in doors.
Extra attention was spent on tying her hair up with her leaf headband and for the first time in months she decided to apply a little makeup. She wasn't really trying to impress the man who was taking her out for her drink, but nevertheless she felt well rested and in quite a good mood.
Kakashi looked up from his novel when Sakura opened the door to walk into his room. She was absolutely baffled at how he could read those things for such an amount of time. Didn't they ever get boring?
"Ready!" She piped and hopped over to the man's resting place. Playfully she grabbed the sleeve of his shirt and pulled him up to standing.
"Eager?" He smirked at her energy.
"I've been sleeping for six hours, apparently. I have some energy to burn." She showed herself to the door leading outside.
"Ok, ok." Kakashi followed her. He admired how she had dressed and was unsure if he should mention anything or not. A faint hit of makeup was apparent and he couldn't help but wonder if she had applied it for him.
Once outside, Sakura shivered slightly when the cold air hit her bare legs and she could feel the goose bumps responding in an attempt to heat her up her body. The snow had begun to dust the floor outside of their rooms as it flew in under the ledge when the wind picked up. Sakura strained to see the top of the building across from them and estimated it to be about one foot deep.
The bar wasn't far and they didn't even have to go to the street to get there. The lobby of the inn was connected via a small glass door printed with the name of the bar. Sakura was pleased to find that it was just as sufficiently heated as the lobby, with a fireplace over in one of the back corners. There weren't that many others in there, just a few guests from the inn that had been snowed in. The atmosphere was merry and a player piano lent music to the warm air.
The bartender was female and she looked up in a warm smile as she saw the two walk in. She waved them over to the bar and introduced them to a pair of stools right near the fire.
"Why hello, Kakashi." She already knew what he wanted, the usual whiskey sour, "Who is this?"
Before Sakura had the chance to introduce herself, Kakashi spoke, "This is Sakura, we go way back. She turned the oh so lucky two-oh today so I brought her down for a drink."
"Beautiful. Do you know what you'd like, hun?" The bartender turned her head to Sakura.
Sakura shook her head affirming a no answer. "Something…not so bitter as scotch." She spoke with a nervous laugh.
"I'll get you something girly." The bartender flashed another smile and walked down to the opposite side of the bar to play with various bottles. A scowl crossed Sakura's face at the mention of a girly drink.
"Alright, little miss pink. Scowling at a girly drink just makes you a hypocrite." Kakashi leaned over and spoke into Sakura's ear.
Sakura glared at him and reached over to grab his glass, bringing it back and taking a big gulp of it. She nearly choked at the taste, "That is disgusting."
"You're not supposed to chug it…"
"Oh yes so I'll let it sit and rot my tongue off."
Kakashi sighed and playfully bapped the girl on the back of the head. He leaned over his glass to keep from looking at her in admiration. He had already noticed how the lights of the fire danced over her soft and pale skin. And that shirt was unbuttoned one too many buttons for his sake.
In need of conversation Kakashi brought up the one subject that probably should have been avoided, but it was bugging him to know, "How did you get over Sasuke?"
Sakura had just been handed her drink and decided to try a sip of it before responding. It was a cape cod and wasn't that bad, she could taste the cranberry juice very stoutly. "Well he left for Orochimaru, you know. I guess then I fell back on Naruto and he gave me what he needed."
Kakashi and Sakura had been close for many years now but she rarely ever mentioned Sasuke to him in that time. He usually thought nothing of it but lately he was beginning to remember how head of heals the girl used to be for him.
"—Not that Naruto and I had anything there, mind you. All I needed was a friend to be there for me." She smiled.
"Naruto told me he kissed you once." It was the truth and he decided to tease her about it.
"Ohhh that little brat."
"It's true." Kakashi looked at her with a small laugh.
"It wasn't like that! We were bored."
Kakashi bit his lip to keep from spitting out the one comment she was asking for, Well are you bored now? He couldn't help but think it.
Time passed and Sakura decided she liked her drink so much that she ordered another one, unlike what she had said she would do earlier. Kakashi followed suit and helped himself to more of his drink as well. After the second cape code was down, Sakura began to feel that same warm feeling she had felt back when she was required to drink the scotch. One thing was different this time though; the feeling left her feeling good. She supposed it was the change in atmosphere. The urge to talk more was growing within her as well.
"Don't give me a hard time about kissing Naruto, you pervert." She poked Kakashi rather hard in the arm, "You've had so many girls you probably can't even name them all."
Kakashi was with her on the feeling warm part. The alcohol began its familiar effects on his body as soon as Sakura's had on hers. His drink was stouter, of course. "Can you blame me? And besides, you don't know that as a fact."
"I've observed it. You know every woman in Konoha."
"Ah." He smiled inside thinking of all the women who still did ask him for another date. It was flattering. He got around, but not as much lately. He just hadn't felt like it.
"I can't believe Tsunade assigned me on a duo mission with you." She was more talking to herself now, "I mean surely she knows your reputation and two weeks without your women you are bound to—"
"Flattering yourself, aren't you?"
"You are so frustrating!" Sakura waved at the bartender, "Another one please."
Sakura kept drinking for somewhere she hoped that the more she drank then the more she could forget about how handsome and smooth the man next to her actually was. It wasn't working…in fact it was having the opposite effect. The more tipsy she became the more sensitive she was to his every motion and she cursed herself for not stopping after the first drink.
"Quit doing that." She spoke to him.
"Doing what?"
"That thing with your hair." Kakashi had been tucking his silver strands away from his eye all night and the more he did it the more Sakura noticed how he softly shut his eye as his fingers brushed across his brow.
"What, this?" He tucked his hair behind his headband loosely again, just to spite her.
Without thinking, Sakura reached up and pulled the strand back down, "Just leave it there!"
It looks sexier that way.
Inner Sakura spoke up, obviously feeling the alcohol as well.
"I'll be right back." Kakashi stood and made his way down to where the bartender was standing and leaned over the bar to whisper in her ear. Sakura could feel herself becoming a little jealous and she turned her head so she didn't have to see the two interact. Even over the sound of the piano she could hear the bartender's laughter as Kakashi spoke to her.
The tune on the piano ceased longer than usual and the next melody that began surprised Sakura. It was a song that she had claimed as her favourite years ago when she and Naruto had been on an undercover mission. She supposed Kakashi had heard her humming it several times before. Looking over in the bartender's direction she noticed that the woman was nowhere to be seen and Kakashi was heading back to their seats. In lack of proper inhibitions she jumped to her feet and walked over in front of the fire, farther from Kakashi and nearer to the piano.
With a puzzled look on his face Kakashi looked at her until he noticed what she was doing. As the melody of the piano picked up with a stronger beat Sakura's body begin to twist and turn like the dancing flames of the fire. Even though she did not sing it aloud, her lips were mouthing the words to the song that filled the air.
If I could die today, I'd be a happy phantom…And I'll go wearing my naughties like a jewel.
She laughed as she mouthed this line and began to sway her hips in beat with the music. Naruto and she had many nights of staying up dancing with the lady as she played this song on her old out of tune piano. They had stayed in her guest room for an undercover mission. The flood of memories left a nice feeling within her and she felt loose as if she didn't care if others watched her dance.
"Quit doing that." She felt a presence behind her and with the voice she knew it was Kakashi. Was she embarrassing him in front of his bartender? She really couldn't care less at this point. The feeling she had from the beverages made it easy to just change the subject in her mind. In reply, she completely ignored his request.
Oh, the time is getting closer – Oh, the time to be a ghost.
Oh, everyday it's getting closer.
The sun is getting dim, will we pay, for who we've been?"Quit doing that…" The voice repeated and she felt a rough hand slide onto her lightly covered hip and squeeze her in what she assumed was an attempt to get her to stop the movements. Kakashi's purpose, however, was just to feel her moving under his palm.
He could hardly take it. The alcohol had clouded his reasoning and increased his senses… her temptations were doing more to him than they usually would. Her body was moving in ways that if he thought hard enough about he could taste them…and feel them. That white skirt hugged her tightly, perhaps more than it should have and as she danced it began riding farther up her legs.
"You're tempting me Sakura…" His words were drowned out to her by her concentration on movements. No attempt was made to remove his hand from her; she actually found she liked it there. Her head was thrown back now with her hair flying around as she danced.
And if I see you will I wish I could come back…?You've found a girl that you could truly love again.
Will you still call for me when she falls asleep…or do we soon forget the things we cannot see?
With the last verse over, Sakura stopped her dancing and laughed out of exhilaration. She had begun to miss Naruto as the two weeks passed and the memories of him brought on by the music had made her feel at home. She barely noticed Kakashi as he pulled her closer to him and whispered in her ear, "I think we should go."
She nodded and followed him as he walked, talking about where she had learned that song. He wasn't responding and she didn't even notice, she was so swept away with the story that he wouldn't have had time to talk even if he wanted to. He lead her up the stairs in the lobby and back out into the cold of the ledge where their rooms were located.
Sakura giggled at a joke she had made when Kakashi brought them to a stop in front of her door. He had felt himself lose the angel on his shoulder that had given him points of reason before as he watched her dance. There was no longer that voice telling him that she was too innocent. There was no voice telling him about their age difference. In fact it was replaced with no voice at all and just pure instinct. He should have known it would come to this. Alcohol always lowered anyone's logic and caused lust to increase in any way shape or form possible. The drink was nothing but a tool to be able to act out what you really felt deep inside and have an excuse for it in the morning.
Sakura's laughter stopped as she saw Kakashi turn around and look at her in complete seriousness. His eye seemed to be on fire, and at first she thought he was furious with her. She couldn't figure out why, though. Sakura followed with her eyes as his hand slipped under the edge of the fabric that covered his face, capturing her eyes with his, and with one fluid motion he ripped it off the familiar area of skin.
There was no time to even comprehend the sight of the soft skin he had revealed, for his lips crashed into hers with such force she was almost taken off balance. At first she started to resist but Kakashi's hands wrapped around her in a way that said he wouldn't so easily let go. He pulled her in closer and squeezed her tightly to him, feeling her breasts press into his chest. All former thoughts of protest were wiped away as his tongue broke into her mouth.
He felt so warm…the innocent girl who usually blushed or ran away from such touch now could not find herself doing anything but returning the kiss he had so forced upon her. Their tongues intertwined, caressing each other's mouths and a small moan escaped Sakura, even though she had been trying to suppress it.
Sakura didn't know what to do and had it not been for the alcohol running through her veins she may have panicked and pushed away at the speed things were going. Instead, the lack of inhibitions caused by the drink helped guide her hands up to his shoulders and in a futile attempt tried to pull him even closer to her, even though it was not physically possible. It was the mental effect that had driven her to do it.
Kakashi responded by holding her tighter, his arms each wrapping around her so much that his hands were on her sides and he lifted her body up, her feet no longer touching the ground, as he twisted her around. Sakura felt her back hit the wall rather hard and a small breath escaped her throat involuntarily. In response to the extra support she brought her legs up and wrapped them around the man's waist. Her skirt was forced up above her hips and she could feel the cool air brush her upper thighs.
They had been waiting on this the whole mission. Since that night at the fire, Sakura supposed. The most enormous amount of tension was released with just this one kiss. The dreamy girl had expected to be satisfied after the kiss happened but she found that it only made her long for more and this time with every inch of her body.
The need to breathe caused Kakashi to regretfully pull back from the kiss. It had been so intense his head seemed to be even dizzier than it was before. It was what he wanted and she was accepting…in the end that was all that mattered.
His name escaped her lips and she brought her hands up to his head to pull him back to her lips. The wetness and warmth of each of their mouths collided once more in the flavor of vodka and fruits. This time Sakura was the one to take initiative and her tongue caressed the lower lip of the Jounin that held her captive, slowly breaking in to mix with his.
Their skin didn't take any notice to the cold winter air that surrounded them. They were putting out so much heat with their contact that the snow falling around them didn't even matter.
Sakura was pressed up against the door of her own hotel room and she felt Kakashi's arm travel down her back to the pouch that rested around her waist, fumbling for the key. His other arm held her tightly still pressed up against the door. He broke away from her kiss and used the slight moment of concentration he had to find the key and with great difficulty fit it into the lock of the door.
As soon as he twisted the handle of the door they both fell through into the heated room, their skin responding in thanks to the sudden warmth even though they consciously did not notice it. It was funny how warm the room seemed now and how cool it was earlier this day. Had alcohol not been consumed, Sakura would probably have had the reflexes to find her footing with the sudden lack of the door to prop her up, yet her reaction time was dampened. With a thud, she fell onto the floor, legs still wrapped around the strong man, pulling him with her.
It was dark in the room, and Sakura suddenly remembered that she had the opportunity to see the face she had been trying to catch a glimpse of for so many years. In a rather jerky motion Sakura pushed the heavy man off of her and scrambled to her feet. Kakashi looked at her in mild amusement as she ran to the nightstand to flip the light on.
"It's about damn time!" She proclaimed, turning back around to look at the man propping himself up on the floor with his arms.
He was beautiful. He ripped it off for me…
The site of his face gave Sakura one of those shivers that you can only get with the aid of alcohol and she felt every hair on her body raise up. She felt as if she would burst almost at the beauty in front of her. His skin was so soft, softer than hers maybe. There was not a single scar aside from the one on his eye. His half lidded eyes took on a new meaning with the whole of his face showing…instead of depicting laziness all of a sudden they showed strength, for his lips were slightly curved down in the same way and they complimented each other. His nose was perfectly shaped and turned up ever so slightly on the tip, making him look so young.
"It's not nice to stare." The gorgeous lips turned upwards in a smile and for the first time Sakura could see his true emotion written out like a story on his face.
"You look younger than me!" Sakura teased him, in shock at his youthful appearance.
Kakashi's lips turned farther up on the right side of his face, flexing the cheek muscle and closing the eye somewhat in a smirk. "Like what you see?"
The alcohol, honestly, was making Sakura a little more straightforward than she normally would have been and the words just seemed to fall out of her with no hesitation, "You're so damn hot."
The half lidded eyes suddenly widened in surprise at her words and Sakura realized what she had just said. In embarrassment she quickly brought her hands up to her now open mouth as she watched Kakashi laugh at her.
Kakashi boosted himself up from the floor rather quickly and with ease. With just a few steps he made his way over to the blushing girl and wrapped one arm around her waist, pulling her to him. With his other hand he played with the tie on her headband that held her hair back.
"So are you, Sakura-chan." With one quick movement his fingers pulled the knot of her headband loose, causing it to fall to the floor and her thick lustrous pink hair to fall into her face.
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For those of you who skipped that scene, just know they didn't end up sleeping together…just other…stuff. However, they did fall asleep in each others arms!