Estelle Stafford - Ha you found me out I have no plot (Evil laugh) I'm really just wingin it so to speak Eventually a plot will produce I promise.

Chapter 4

Sakura was startled awake by the sound of footsteps on hard wood. She jumped up quickly eyes darting left to right tring to concentrate on the sound. Suddenly the footsteps stopped. She clutched her stark white sheets in her hands. 'Maybe I was imagining it.'

Listening closely she edged her knees toward the end of her bed. The footsteps started down the hall toward her room. 'Shit! No kunai or anything, why the hell did I have to get them sharpened today of all days. Shit!'

Searching the room for anything she could use for a weapon. The door creaked open slowly. Sakura took a deep breath, clutching the sheets tighter and bringing them up to her chest. The door opened a touch more. Sakura held her breath in then jumped from the bed to a crouching posion behind the door ready to pounce.

The door swung open and a figure stepped through. Sakura launched herself on top of the intruder clinging to it's back. The intruder swung around to get her off and landed with a crash on the edge of the bed.

Sliding off and landing on the floor. Sakura raised her white knuckles and let it fly. She blinked, the contact she made was into the palm of a hand instead of a face like she had hoped.

Looking down she saw a mess of silver hair. "Kakashi?" She was utterly shocked. Quickly gathering herself off of him she stood mouth open eyes wide. "God, way to give a girl a heart attack!"

Suddenly she realized she was half naked wearing nothing but a long tee-shirt. She grabbed the now wrinkled sheet from the bed to cover herself but was cut short of doing so. Kakashi's hand grabbed the sheet from her pulling it away. "Kakashi stop I need that to..." She stopped Kakashi's eyes seemed different the usual, almost darker.

"Kakashi?" Standing to his feet He rolled up the sheet and throw it the other side of the small room. He never took his eyes off of her. Sakura couldn't stop the heat rising to her cheeks. Slowly he walked toward her. Sakura backed up until she hit the wall.

"Kakashi..." He was so close now she could feel the heat coming off of him. She watched as he reached his fingers up to tuck them under his mask. Sakura didn't know whether she was afraid or excited. She almost felt disappointed when he took his hand away, but found new found faith when he picked up hers.

Gently he raised her hand to the top of his mask. Sakura closed her eyes preparing herself for this. "Do you want these left overs?" she heard him whisper.

"huh?"

"I said do you want these left overs?"

"What the hell?" Sakura's eyes flew open only to see the ceiling in her living room. She flew up off the couch to see Kakashi standing at the open door to her fridge. Kakashi peered over his shoulder at her. "you okay?" Sakura was dumbfounded. Shaking his head lightly he turned back to the refrigerator. She stared at him, blush rising lightly on her cheeks while he tinkered in her near empty fridge, hearing the clinking of dishes touching as he moved them around.

"You know you should really clean your fridge out." Beginning to come to her senses she nodded slightly.

Kakashi closed the refrigerator door and walked into the living room were Sakura was having a mental battle. Plopping himself on her couch he watched her mentally argue with herself.

He couldn't help but smirk at her, her eyes were closed tightly, brows knitted together, fingers grasping her hair, and hunched over just enough to look slightly painful.

"In our own world again I see." Sakura's eyes shot open. "K- Kakashi, what are you doing here?"

"I brought you something." He pointed toward the end table beside her. Sakura quickly pulled the fingers from her hair and looked to where he was pointing. Sitting their was a medium sized white box. Sakura still felt a touch numb when she picked it up and opened it to see four sticks of Syrup coated Anko dumplings.

The corner of her moth tried to lift into a half smile but she couldn't muster it. Kakashi blinked and raised his brow. She loved those, somethings up?

'Is she still angry about this afternoon?' "Sakura?"

Sakura snapped her head toward Kakashi. "Uh, yeah.. Th-thanks." The fake smile on her face was too obvious. "Sakura, about this morning.."

"This morning? Oh yeah that!" Sakura waved her hand freely. "Don't worry about it, no big deal." Fake laugh replaced the fake smile. Kakashi looked down at his lap.

"Sakura, I talked to Naruto. He said you were pretty upset." When he didn't hear anything from her he looked up. She was gone.

"Sakura?"

"On the balcony." she called.

He took a deep breath and stood slowly to join her.

reaching the door frame he stopped short. Her back was to him. "Look the dumplings were kind of a peace offering for what happened and-"

"Is that the only reason your here?" Her voice was soft he almost couldn't hear her.

"No." Sakura shook slightly, much like her dream when she wasn't sure if she was afraid or excited, But she still kept her back to him.

"What other reason do you have." The suspense was killing her, the dream was still fresh in her mind. She wasn't sure what it meant but she did know she liked it.

Kakashi took a slow stride to stand directly behind her, hands in his pockets and bend over her neck to whisper in her ear.

"I'm leaving. I think I'll be gone awhile and I wanted to say good-bye." Sakura's eye's narrowed as she turned her whole body to face him.

"That's it! GHA!" She flew her hands in the air and stormed passed him yelling the whole way.

"You have a mission, and you came to tell me about it! Jeez Kakashi!" Slamming her bed room door shut he could hear her ranting by herself.

Kakashi was confused "Women, I'll never understand them." he mumbled as he walked toward the sounds of one very pissed off woman. A glaze of sweat started to form on Kakashi's forehead. He knew being too close to an angry woman was the definition of trouble. Like the ocean, they would draw out only to come back a riptide. Knocking gently on Sakura's bedroom door he uneasily waited for her to answer. None came.

"Sakura, Please let me explain."

The door opened a crack letting him know it was alright to come in. Sakura was leaning against the wall, arms folded in fount of her. She did not look happy.

Kakashi stood still expecting an attack. "Explain what, that you'll be gone for a few weeks. Big deal. You act as thou you might not come back at all." she was so nonchalant about it Kakashi began to relax.

"And what prey tell did you want me to say?"

She blinked, he watched as the blood rushed into her entire face. "umm..ah" It's all you could come up with.

He shook his head slightly and walked closer. The feeling in the room switched from anger to a mixture of confusion and embarrassment very quickly. "Sakura, I'm leaving in the morning for an S ranked mission that could result in war with Iwa. I'm not sure how long it will take, but I guessing it will be longer then just a 'few weeks'. I Just didn't want to leave things like they were before I left."

Sakura's eyes lowered to her feet, she watched as her toes wiggled up and down. She didn't know how to respond this kind of news. Especially after she just acted like a twelve year old. Kakashi raised his hand to cup her chin and force her to look at him.

"You've been more then a good friend to this old man Sakura." She could see the smile in his eye as he spoke. "I couldn't have us feeling uncomfortable with each other for so long."

"...I understand." Kakashi couldn't stop him self from starring into her eyes. They looked so deep, so soothing. 'This girl..this woman...'

Blinking he broke the spell she involuntarily had over him. Dropping his hands to shove them into his pockets he turned away from her to walk away. Sakura couldn't stand it, she ran up behind him to embrace him in a backwards hug. Kakashi took his hand out of his pocket and placed it on her arm that was now wrapped tightly around him.

Sighing he asked. "Will you write?"

"Any chance I get...I promise." With that being said he disappeared from her grasp. The warmth was gone, and would be gone for awhile. Dropping her head down to see her toes once again, she held in a sharp breath. It almost hurt. "Kakashi.."