2 In The Morning

"Sasuke are you listening to me?" Ino's voice brings me out of my thoughts. I look across the table at her. "Yes, I'm listening," She looks at me questioningly.

"Anyway, like I was saying. Could we actually trust Sakura? It's been almost two weeks since the interview and we still haven't heard from her."

"Hm, I don't know if she's reliable or not. Weren't you friends with her?"

"I was when we were teenagers. But she's changed so much since then. It feels like she's a completely different person..."

I look down at a piece of paper in my hand. Sakura Haruno, I read her file but don't find anything alarming. In fact, she seems like a good girl. Accepted into some of the countries most competitive universities always had the highest scores. All her previous jobs have been in prestigious companies despite her young age.

In fact its the perfect record. Everything right down to the small details is perfect. Is it fabricated? It sure feels like it. I look away from the paper when I feel my phone vibrate in my pocket. I pull it out and see its a text from Kakashi.

'Meet me at my club. I know something interesting about the case'

I sigh, meeting at a strip club isn't ideal but I don't have any other choice. I look toward Ino to tell her but see her caught up on her own phone. "Something wrong?" I ask and she looks up at me.

"... No..."

"You sure about that?"

She sighs, "Its Neji"

"You slept with him again?"

"No! Gosh, you make me sound like some floozy" she mumbles the last part.

"What is Neji texting you about?"

"He wants to see me... I've been avoiding him..."

"Did you tell Sai?"

"...No..." Before I have a chance to say something else Ino stands up. "I'm gonna do it. I swear... Just not yet... I can't yet..." she grabs her bag and begins to walk to the door.

"Are you going with Neji?"

"No, I'm going to have a drink," she says and leaves. I sigh and look at my watch, it's not even five yet. I stand up and also begin to walk to the door. Might as well go see what Kakashi wants.

After an hour-long drive, I make it to his club. The bright neon lights leading me straight inside. I call him and tell him here, he meets me at the entrance. It's as shady as I had imagined. Half naked girls dancing on stages. Questionable substances on tables. And it all smells terrible.

He leads me away from all the noise and takes me upstairs towards the V.I.P section. It's not only a lot quieter it feels like the air is different too. I begin to recognize familiar faces. Some celebrities and politicians. This is where the club makes most of its money.

Kakashi stops a couple of times to greet some guest, the higher class ones. But after that, we cut through and go to his own private suite.

"So you like the club?" he asks as he sits down on a black leather couch by the window. "The upstairs is nice," I say as I sit down on the other couch. He chuckles, the door opens and a girl walks in. She's not half naked like the other ones but she wears a tight black dress. "Will you fellows like anything to drink?" she asks.

"I'll have bourbon, Sasuke will you like a drink?"

"I'll have a bourbon also," I say to her.

"You got it!" she says happily and turns to leave. "Bring the whole bottle!" Kakashi yells out as she leaves. "What information do you have on the case?" I ask as soon as the door shuts.

"It's nice to see you too Sasuke, you know people usually start a conversation by greeting the other person and talking about their day. Your mother would have a fit if she saw you behave like this" he says and chuckles.

Before I have the chance to say something else the door opens again and the girl from before comes in. She sets down two glasses and a bottle of bourbon.

"That will be all. Don't let anyone disturb us" Kakashi says to the girl. She nods and leaves the room, he turns to me.

"Kiba Inuzuka," he says simply as he pours himself a drink. "He's the one who helped Naruto" I inform him. "He had never met Naruto. Not until that day," Kakashi says confidently and leans back on his chair.

"How can you be so sure?"

"A hunch"

"Why would Naruto have a complete stranger help him cover up his wife's assault? Naruto is not that stupid," I say disproving his theory.

"I didn't say Kiba was a complete stranger, did I?"

I look at him confused, he's not making any sense. He seems to have read my mind and chuckles. He takes a swig of his drink then points to a box on the table between us.

I take the box and open it. The first thing I see is a picture of a half naked girl. "Kakashi if this is some kind of joke-" I start bitterly.

"Look at her face."

I look back down at the photo focusing on her face. Then it clicks. "This is Sakura?"

I look back to him. He finishes off his drink. "She used to be my best dancer"

I watch as she dances around our bedroom in her pink underwear. I'm sitting up on the bed watching her. In one hand I hold a cold beer. She's only had one but it's enough to get her dancing.

She was in the middle of getting changed when her favorite song came on. She sings it at the top of her lungs trying to hit the high notes, I let out a laugh. Ino turns to me and smiles when she hears me laugh.

"You should come dance with me Sai," she says and reaches for me to take her hand.

Had someone told me that I would be dancing with the love of my life in our bedroom as a kid I would have not believed them. No one could have ever loved me.

I was as cold as ice. I had nothing. I hadn't felt anything in so long until she came to me. She breathed life into me. And for the first time, I felt the warmth that I never knew existed.

She laughs as I stumble to try to keep up with her. I smile back and continue to dance with her. The song ends and the next one that plays is a slow one. She leans against me and we sway together.

The smell of her intoxicates me. The feeling of having her in my arms feels so right. Having her near me is more than enough.

"Ino?"

"Yes?"

I stop swaying and put her face in my hands. "Thank you"

"For what?"

"For being the greatest thing in my life... For loving me despite my coldness... I love more than anything I ever have..." I whisper. I lean down and kiss her.

I look to my side and see Sai asleep peacefully. I smile and push some hair out of his face. He always looks so peaceful when he's asleep.

When we first started hooking up he would never sleep with me in the room. He didn't know how to trust me.

The first couple of times we had sex was casual. Nothing more than lust. I didn't even like him at first. He was always emotionally distant.

Physically he was literally inside of me yet it still felt like he was far away. The first couple of times he wouldn't even look me in the eyes. He would look away or close his eyes. I always secretly wondered who he was imagining of when he did that. Not that I cared much. Not then.

After he was finish he would always leave right away. No time for pillow talk. It was a routine. Only worked for one purpose. And I was content with it. We both were.

The first time he stayed the whole night was when he saw me crying. It was by accident. I was lonely and I didn't want him to go. So he stayed. And after that, he always stayed.

Before we both knew it our simple routine turned into something real. It was at 2 in the morning on a Thursday when he first told me he loved me. I told him I loved him back. It was at 2 in the morning on a Thursday the first time we made love.

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