The first thing she saw as she opened her eyes was the spotless white ceiling of the room. Stuccoes in the form of leaves littered the white surface, giving the impression that she was under the canopy of trees. The mint coloured walls somehow soothed her and she was really grateful that they didn't have even a speck of gold on them. Each and every piece of furniture inside the room was painted white, their design looking minimalistic compared to the ones her temporary room had.

Sakura stretched in her bed, her fingers grazing the bed's headboard. She remembered Kakashi's act from the night before making her feel slightly embarrassed. It wasn't like she was a virgin to begin with…though this wasn't a common knowledge and she intended on keeping it that way, she always thought that this physical act should be reserved for two people who truly had feelings for each other. Of course her frequent meetings with people who had STD's during her work at the hospital had a certain role in forming her opinion as well. But this didn't change the fact that what the man did yesterday was really noble. He could've jumped her and shown that he means business, but he didn't choose to. And she really appreciated it. Yesterday was really emotional for her to begin with and being violated would've been the cherry on top.

Of course she still held resentment over Kakashi. Sure, he was nice at times and all but it didn't change the fact that he practically ran over her country and forced her to marry him. As a medic she treasured open mindedness so she tried to be objective regarding him, but it was still really hard to do so.

She still couldn't believe that she's a married woman and a queen at that. Well, these definitely weren't in her plans for the upcoming five years.

Sakura sat up, her gaze falling on the white door behind which Kakashi disappeared the night before. Curiosity getting the best of her, she stood up and walked towards it. She reached it in no time, partially thanks to the fact that this room wasn't as ridiculously big as her former one. Her digits wrapped around the doorknob, but she was suddenly too hesitant to turn it.

After all, Kakashi didn't tell her that she could follow him or to just simply open the door. What if he's still sleeping or…maybe changing into his clothes… Sakura could feel her cheeks heating at that thought.

"This is ridiculous. You've seen naked men before." She muttered, and then turned the knob, stepping over the threshold that separated the two rooms.

This room had dark green walls and brown furniture, if anything it looked even more modest than hers. Much to her surprise it had a bed as well, which meant that instead of the two of them sharing a room they had separate ones.

Kakashi was sitting on one of the armchairs situated in front of curtain covered windows. By the looks of it, his face was bare, but the all too familiar orange book covered everything beside his grey eye and forehead. The silver haired man pulled on his mask as soon as Sakura closed the door behind her.

"Good morning." She said, her voice still raspy because of sleep.

"Morning." He turned a page.

"How come we have separate rooms?" She raised a curious brow.

"Do you mind it?" Kakashi finally looked at her, a teasing glint appearing in his lone eye.

She snorted, which by the way was really unladylike, but who cares. "Absolutely not."

"We'll be having separate bedrooms and bathrooms. The door which we both share can be locked from both sides, so you don't have to worry." Kakashi closed the book with a snap, putting it down on the small coffee table in front of his seat. "I'm going to have breakfast. Would you like to come?"

"Yes."

"Then let's go." He stepped up from his seat, easily reaching the door with a few long strides.

"Did you sleep well?" She could feel his sideways glance on her.

"Yes. The bed was really comfortable. And it's actually really nice that the room isn't that fancy."

"Aah…" Kakashi started rubbing the back of his neck. "I knew that you didn't like the way your temporary room looked so I actually requested the interior designers not to make them far too flashy." She heard him mumble.

"Thank you." A ghost of a smile graced her lips.

"You are welcome."

Kakashi opened the double doors that were the entrance to the palace's dining room. It was enormous; its white walls had windows reaching from floor to ceiling, letting the morning sun cast its rays on the wooden furniture. A lacquered table stood in the middle of the space. It was ridiculously long in Sakura's opinion, since both of them sat at each of its end; one had to talk fairly loudly so that their companion could hear them. Not that they talked that much during the meals they shared, even sharing a meal together was a rare occurrence. With Kakashi being occupied with ruling a whole country, he often ate in his office.

That was partly the reason why Sakura hated to eat inside this room. Sitting all alone in this enormous space, with a servant behind her back made her uneasy. Back in Uzushiogakure she ate in the presence of Tsunade and Shizune. Even though they didn't talk much, the fact that she wasn't sitting all alone made everything more pleasant.

Breakfast consisted of vegetable salad and fish, though it didn't seem like Kakashi was all that happy about the chef's choice. He rested his chin in one palm, while picking at the small tuna bits with his fork.

"You don't like fish?" Sakura cocked her head to the side.

"I absolutely despise fish. But the royal medic is adamant on making me eat it twice a week." She could tell that his face shifted underneath his mask into a pout.

The pink haired woman snickered at his act.

"It's not funny." Kakashi mumbled.

"Yes it is. Besides, fish is really good-"

"For my heart, yeah. I know." He drawled.

Kurenai walked inside the room, only stopping when she reached Kakashi.

"Your Majesty, Jiraiya-san and Uzumaki Naruto have left the palace early in the morning. Asuma reported that Tsunade-sama has boarded the ship towards Whirlpool half an hour ago."

Sakura's heart dropped at the mention of Naruto. She saw the blonde briefly during the wedding ceremony. The calmness he showed back then surprised her. Sakura was expecting him, though dreadfully; to make a scene, probably kick some flower ornaments and chairs over. But to her relief, that didn't happen. Although those things usually took place in overly dramatic romance novels, and who was she to kid, her life was not such kind. She was glad that he left without saying goodbye; it would've been probably a really awkward situation.

She was walking back to her room half an hour later after finishing her meal. Much to her surprise someone was waiting for her inside the room. A girl, probably in her late teens was standing beside the bed. She bowed deeply upon her entrance, a few strands of her brown bun loosening. By the grey dress and white apron she was wearing it was easy to tell that she was a maid.

"Your Highness. I'm Hanamoto Keiko, your personal attendant." She spoke with the same intonation which those who lived in Konoha used, but Sakura could still hear a slight accent in her speech.

"Hello." Sakura smiled.

"I've already prepared your clothes for the day your Majesty. I've took into consideration your daily schedule and the weather. I hope that it befits your expectations." Keiko spread out a turquoise dress on the bed, careful not to wrinkle the fabric.

The pink haired woman walked closer, her fingers grazing over the garb. She could see the uneasy look in the young girl's expression, like she was expecting for Sakura to throw the cloth at her.

"It's really nice." She smiled at the teen. "I'm going to change now, so you can leave."

"But- I should be helping you with it."

"Oh, no. I can manage to put it on by myself."

"If you say so, Your Majesty." Keiko bowed and left the room.

Koharu waited for the young girl at the end of the hallway. The maid stopped in front of the older woman and bowed deeply.

"Were the sheets stained?"

"No, Koharu-sama." She stated, her head still hanging low.

Her wrinkly eyes narrowed. "I see."

I'm extremely sorry for taking practically forever to finally upload this chapter. With this being my final year at uni, it is a bit hectic...and I'm also a bit lazy.

Hopefully the next chapter will be up much more sooner than this one :)

Thanks for reading!