Chapter 7

Kakashi stared at Sakura and then looked at the food in front of him. He picked up his chopsticks and started to stir the food together, he wasn't in the eating mood. He sighed as he watched Sakura eat her food.

"What's wrong?" Kakashi put and elbow on the table, resting his chin on his hand. One lazy eye looking at Sakura.

Sakura's eyes didn't look at him, but she did pause eating. Slowly, she put her chopsticks down and still continued staring in her food, "Nothing, why?" She looked back at Kakashi and gave the most convincing smile she could muster.

The man across the table leaned back into his chair and crossed his arms, sighing again. "Sakura, I may not have seen you in awhile, but I've known you long enough to know something is wrong." He gave Sakura another look and continued, "First you get really angry, and nearly immediately change your mind."

Sakura finally sat back in her own chair, her hands now resting in her lap. Her jade-eyes stared blankly at the floor. She couldn't look at him. Every time she even looked at him, her mind immediately thought of his bare chest, and she couldn't help blush.

She felt her hand ball into a fist and she punched her chair lightly, "This can't be happening." She thought out loud, not realizing she was actually talking.

Kakashi blinked and looked at her, rather strangely. "Did I miss something?" He leaned closer over the table.

The pink-haired kunouchi quickly looked at Kakashi, trying hard not to blush, but now she was so embarrassed it was nearly possible. "Oh… uh…" She looked down again and sighed, "It's nothing. I just…" She quickly thought of something, anything that would give Kakashi a reason for her blushing. She finally looked back at him, "I just miss Sasuke."

Sakura immediately regretted that statement. The moment the words slipped out of her mouth, she realized how strange it sounded to her. It was true, she still had subtle feelings for him, that could raise up any time, but at the moment… she was so concentrated on becoming an ANBU, that she had nearly forgotten why.

The jounin across from her shook his head, "Look. Sakura, if you don't want to tell me, you don't have to. But there's no reason to lie." He stood up and set a few coins on the table, "I'll see ya later. I need a drink."

Sakura sighed and watched as her ex-sensei left without another word. "Sakura… you are such an idiot." She put her elbows on the table, and rested her forehead on her hands. "I can't believe I've fallen for him…" She sat up again and looked at the exit Kakashi had left from. "How did this happen?"

She looked back down at her food and clenched her fist again, "No. There's just no way. It's just because I nearly killed him. I'm just nervous… that's all." She stood up, "I won't accept the fact that I could ever fall in love with a perverted old man like him."

She threw money on the table and left in a storm, "I just won't believe it."

Kakashi walked out of the restaurant, somehow feeling a bit odd. Sakura had been acting so strange since their training. He had to admit, he was a bit worried about her behavior.

Sighing, he made his way to the pub and walked in, taking his usual spot. Ordering his drink, he looked around, and didn't really spot anyone he knew, or really wanted to talk to. He took a sip of his drink, and holding it in one hand; he examined the cup while thinking.

She just misses Sasuke is all. He thought, knowing fully well that it was an utter load. He set the cup down, and put his hands together, trying to figure out what had happened in the past 24 hours.

Trained with Sakura, Got injured and blacked out. He closed his eyes, what had happened in the few hours he was knocked out? Had she really dragged him all the way to her house by herself? She really was strong. Maybe she really was ready to be an ANBU. He had instinctively put his hand over his tattoo.

He had definitely missed some of the thrilling missions he used to go on by himself. He still went on missions every now and then, but since Tsunade had become Hokage, he hadn't really been sent out on any life threatening missions. Mostly scouting and other dangerous group missions, but no one man missions.

Training with Sakura had got him to reminisce about the old days when he was still an ANBU, and went out on important missions. Though, he didn't think for too long because one of the waitresses decided to try and hold a conversation with him.

"Are you all right there?" Said the young woman. She walked over to him and set her tray on the bar. "You've been looking at that glass for nearly an hour now."

Kakashi set the glass down and gave her a look that said 'do I look like I want company right now'?

The waitress sighed, picked up her tray and bowed, "Gomen. You just looked lonely, I thought you might have had some sort of girl trouble or something. Men who have girl trouble usually look like that. I should know. I hardly leave this place." She stuck the tray underneath her arm and went to a table to go get some more orders.

Kakashi was left, still staring at the half empty glass. He sighed, "Girl trouble." He shook his head, "How the hell could it be girl trouble. The only girls I've talked to since getting back are Sakura and Tsunade." He yelled at the bartender to put his order on his tab, and he got up and left.

As he walked towards his own house, he happened to past the restaurant that Sakura and he had ate at only hours ago. His gaze wandered to its doors and he suddenly felt guilty for leaving Sakura alone. He began to wonder if he should go check up on her. After all, it was only a few hours into the morning.

He started to walk towards Sakura's house, when he felt a few drops of rain on his silver haired head. Sticking his hands in his pockets he walked to the point where he could turn left and go home, or right and go to Sakura's house.

Finally he made his decision and started to walk towards his destination.

Author's Note:End of Chapter 7. Sorry it took so long. I literally started to right this right after I sent Chapter 6 in. But I got stuck half way through it, and lost any and all inspiration. It's funny, because I worked on this during an anime convention where I cosplayed Kakashi, it was really fun. But, it still gave me no inspiration to the story. Anyway, I'm hoping that when I go on vacation next week, I can write a few more chapters, since I'll have a lot of free time. Anyway, I need to start writing longer chapters, but I just wanted to get another chapter up. XD