A gasp filled the silent night air, a sob accompanied as Sakura sat bent in a fatal curl on her bed.
"Sakura? I'm coming in." A knock on her guest room was paired with a raspy male voice.
She didn't lift her head nor move but the medic was highly aware of his concern, she felt the edge of her bed dip as he sat on it.
"Sakura, what do I need to do? How can I help you?" He did not touch her but his hand hovered over her trembling shoulder.
She recounted her medical training on coming out of a panic attacks.
Sakura took a deep breath before rolling onto her back, Gaara noticing the change moved to the edge to allow her more space.
"Five things I can see. Gaara's red hair. The tan blankets. The gray walls. The white dresser. The black sky."
Sakura did a round of breathing exercises before continuing.
"Four things I can hear. Our breathing. The crickets. Temari's mumbling. Kankuro's snoring."
Again she did the breathing exercises as her mind started to pay attention to her surroundings.
"Three things I can smell. The sand. Lavender laundry detergent. Your cologne."
Her verdant eyes finally caught his relieved jade ones as she went through the last bit.
"Two things I feel. The heavy blanket. The cold air. And one thing I can taste. Blood. I must have bit the inside of my mouth.
With a conscious mind Sakura healed the small cut and the aches all over her body.
Gaara stood up from the bed with an outstretched hand. As he nodded his head towards the window, where a cloud of sand hovered on the seal.
The medic gave a shaky smile as she took his hand. But as she tried to stand her legs gave out.
Smoothly Gaara plucked her from her falling position, taking the young woman into his arms.
Sakura squeaked as her face exploded with red coloring "Gaara, you can put me down! This is unnecessary."
The Kazekage grinned faintly as he ignored her request and walked onto his sand platform. His grin grew as she cutely squeaked again seeing as he sat on his creation with her on his lap.
"Gaara! What are you doing! Someone could see us." Sakura propped herself off of the males chest.
As the cloud began to move Gaara centered his focus on the kunoichi in his arms. "It's cold at night here and it is also three in the morning, it's highly unlikely that someone will see us."
To tired to fight against the male Sakura quit pushing and melted into his warmth. Surprising Gaara at the lack of backlash from the woman.
Sakura allowed herself to enjoy the man's company, who she admittedly has a large crush on.
After the war, her Shishou received a missive from Suna asking for assistance in medical training. Which Sakura immediately took up the offer, seeing as she needed to get her mind off of Sasuke's departure from Konoha.
Which led her to where she is now, six months into the training regime with a year and a half left to go.
And surprisingly Suna's a nice place the people are a little rough around the edges, but once they got used to her and learned the reason why she was there, the Suna people began to treat her like their own.
As Sakura's mind raced her body had different ideas, her eyes grew heavier as they gradually dropped. She nuzzled into the black undershirt of the Kazekage's.
Gaara gazed down at the person of his affections with a fond gaze, with a simple command the sand turned around heading back towards the Kazekage's mansion.
He level the sand with the window allowing for a smoother transfer, Gaara carefully picked the woman up with a closer access to the masculine smell Sakura subconsciously buried her face into, what happened to be his neck.
The male's face flushed as he swiftly but gently placed her on the bed before tucking her in.
The moon illuminated her face allowing him to see her gentle unguarded expression, he leaned down kissing the rhombus on her forehead.
Gaara tucked a piece of her soft pink hair behind her ear "Goodnight, my beautiful."
This chapter and the next are bonus chapters for when I hit 1k reads on Wattpad. Hence why the chapter has the Extra Ch. added on.