This took forever to write and then edit, over and over again, till I thought it was perfect. Read author note at the end when your done!
It was after dinner, Tobi and her were getting ready for bed. Well actually it was more like Sakura was trying to get ready for bed and Tobi was whining for her to hurry up because he wanted to snuggle his Sakura-chan now. She had blushed furiously when he had said his, and now that blush was still there as she laid down next to him. Tobi glomped her immediately after she laid down.
"Tobi thinks Sakura-chan pjs look cute on her." He said looking at her matching shorts and tank top, it had a little bunny picture on it. She blushed, embarrassed at how childish it was.
"It's something old, ya know?" She said trying to explain it. "Anyways, we need to sleep we got to get up early enough so we have time to swim." Tobi mumbled an agreement and snuggled up to her once he noticed she was comfortable. After a few moments Tobi was asleep and snoring quietly in Sakura's ear. She smiled and hesitantly turned and put an arm across him. Soon enough even she was fast asleep.
Sakura's eyes snapped open; she looked to where Tobi should have been and saw an empty space. She then looked out the window and saw it was still dark outside. She slowly got up and grabbed a kunai from her pouch, for a just incase thing. She got up and crept into the living room; she turned and saw a light coming from the bathroom. She peaked in and saw Tobi's back to her; he was bent over the sink. His akatsuki cloak left in the room and what she noticed next was his mask on the side of the sink. He threw some water on his face, and then grabbed a towel and patted his face and looked into the mirror. His eye focused on the girl behind him. She gasped and turned away quickly.
"I- I'm s- so sorry." She stuttered feeling ashamed for spying. His face was burned into her memory now. He had a normal forehead, nose, mouth, and a defined jaw. The only thing different was that his left eye was closed like he couldn't open it. His right eye though, was as dark as Sasuke's, but his right side of his face was partially covered with dark black metal plates. It started from his forehead, curving around his eye, and along his cheek to his jaw and with only a black tank on that showed his arms, she could see metal running down the right side of his neck and arm. The metal on his right arm had bolts on it and seemed to consume his arm more then his face. He was handsome though and he looked young, younger then Kakashi but definitely older then her. She blushed from embarrassment, being caught, and because of the thoughts running in her head about how cute he was. There was a still silence behind her, anyone would think no one was there but she could feel his presence. "I-." She stopped. Where to begin? She was in a stunned silence and she didn't know what to say to him. She moved to go back to the room but a hand on her shoulder stopped her. Her heart felt like it stopped and there was a lump in her throat. He slowly turned her around to face a masked Tobi again. She still felt like she should explain, like she had done something completely wrong.
"I- I didn't mean to spy." She whispered looking away, ashamed at her self. "I woke up and noticed you w-weren't there so I went looking for you… I should have turned around immediately after I saw your m-mask by the sink." Tears spilt down her face, she never felt this way before, like she had betrayed him in a sense and her chest hurt from the thought he might not forgive her. She hiccupped lightly from her crying. She looked up at him with her round green eyes, tears falling out of them, trailing down her cheek. Her eyes were sending a silent apology. His hand ran through her soft, pink hair in an almost excepting way. She threw herself into his arms and hugged him tightly her crying becoming a bit louder, racking her body.
"I'm sorry Tobi." She hadn't meant to cross this boundary.
"Shh Sakura-chan, Tobi forgives you." His voice sounded confused and of course he was. He didn't know how to handle this situation. He couldn't figure out whether to be mad, happy, sad, or scarred, but the look on her face when she had tried explaining, tugged at his heart, and now with her crying so hard he was slightly scared she might collapse from not breathing properly. He tried to think if any of his Sempai's ever told him what to do with crying girls…. Nope, he would have to wing this one.
"Sakura-chan," He pulled her back and ran his gloveless left hand, which didn't have metal on it, across her cheek wiping any tears away. "Tobi isn't mad at Sakura-chan. Tobi believes his Flower-chan wouldn't lie to him, so Tobi forgives Sakura-chan. Forgiven and forgotten, just like Sakura-chan said." Tobi nodded in reassurance. A smile bloomed across Sakura's face and even though she hadn't stopped completely crying, she had settled down. She nodded happily.
"Thank you Tobi." She whispered. She hugged him again and they stood that way for quite a long time till he figured out she had accidentally fallen asleep. He picked her up carefully and took her back to 'their' bed. He laid her down carefully and settled down next to her getting into his normal snuggling position and snuggling up to her.
"Tobi," She whispered tiredly.
"Yeah Sakura-chan?" He asked squeezing her a little to let her know he was right there.
"You looked… handsome." She shifted her head and moments later she was asleep. Tobi stiffened but then slowly relaxed.
"Thanks Flower-chan."
He leaned up and slipped his mask a little up and placed a delicate kiss on her cheek, then quickly slipped his mask on and was lying back down and also asleep.
Tobi moved slightly in his sleep and turned and looked up at his window to see the sun was up in the sky and it was almost noon. Uh-oh Sakura and Tobi had slept in. He quickly turned to Sakura and shook her awake- a little more violently then she would prefer.
"Sakura-chan! Sakura-chan!! Wake up, Wake up, Tobi and Sakura-chan slept in and now we re going to be late to go swimming." He said shaking her. Her eyes snapped open.
"What?" She asked groggily. He kept shaking her even though she was already awake.
"Tobi said Sakura-chan! Sakura-chan! Wake up, Wake up, Tobi and Sa-."
"I know what you said I don't need you to repeat it word for word." She said bonking him on the head lightly. She got up and looked out the window and ran a hand through her hair.
"Well lets go get ready so we can swim like I promised you, I will just have to put off the laundry till tomorrow."
"YAY!" Tobi yelled and got up to go find something to swim in. She rolled her eyes at his silliness.
After 5 minutes she had everything ready and she was dressed in a white night shirt and one of her training shorts. Tobi was wearing normal black ninja pants and a long sleeve shirt and his mask.
"You look like you just took your cloak off and that's it." She said deadpan looking at him. Tobi scratched his head.
"Uh, that's what Tobi did…" He said seriously. She smirked at him.
"Oh never mind, let's go." She said and Tobi went by her and grabbed her free hand which didn't hold two towels and dragged her towards the stream. Once there Sakura looked at it thinking of how it reminded her of the one back home where Jiraiya would peak at girls.
She stepped in cautiously and realized how cold it was, she took another step in when a big splash of water hit her. She turned to her right, where the blast of water hit her and glared at Tobi who was slightly bent over it. She could just imagine his grin under that mask now. She bent down and splashed him back, in which he dodged.
"Hahah, Sakura-chan mis-." A splash of water hit him getting him wet. "Hey that's not fair, Tobi wasn't prepared!" he whined, his only response was another splash of water and a giggle from Sakura. "This means war Flower-chan!" He swore and splashed her back but she dodged it just in time. "Do your worse." She challenged back with a coy smile on her face.
Sakura laid on her towel soaking wet and tired. Tobi had been the winner of there water fight even though he was lying down besides her trying to catch his own breath."Tobi had fun Sakura-chan." He said happily.
"Me too." She breathed out. She looked at the sun, if she had to guess it was around 3 and they needed to head back to get ready for the festival.
Tobi sat out in the living room waiting impatiently. He knew girls were known to take long when getting ready but Tobi didn't have a lot of patients and it was almost 4. She opened the door to the room and Tobi looked over and if she could see his face, he would be gaping. She was dressed in a white kimono with pink Sakura blossoms on it, with a matching obi and her hair was pulled up into a bun with two pink chopsticks that had ornaments on the end, keeping the bun up. She had a light trace of make-up and he didn't think she needed much. Tobi on the other hand was wearing a pure black kimono with orange trim that ironically matched his mask. He shifted uncomfortably under her gaze and she smiled at his cuteness. It was quiet and Tobi said the first thing that came to mind
"Tobi feels like he is wearing a really girly dress." He said pulling lightly at his collar; her smile grew at his actions. She went up to him and fixed it again.
"You do look quite girly, are you sure it isn't a girl's kimono?" She joked lightly. Tobi looked down at his kimono and groaned.
"Tobi hopes not, Tobi tried to find a nice looking one too." She giggled.
"Tobi, I was kidding." He seemed to cheer up a little at that. She held out her hand.
"Let's go before it gets too late." She said and Tobi grabbed her hand and pulled her to the festival.
Once they got there they ate there dinner and went around playing games. Tobi decided he had to be as 'manly' as he could and show how amazing he was by winning her a little animal from one of the vends. It was a small bunny who ironically reminded her of her pjs at the cabin. They walked down the street in content.
"Tobi is having fun; Tobi doesn't get to do festivals at really." He said seriously. Sakura looked at him in shock, momentarily forgetting he was in akatsuki and they most likely didn't have time for festivals.
"Your kidding, Tsunade is always looking for a reason to drink as much sake as she can so she takes up as many festivals as she can." She made a face at a memory. "Last year in a two month period we had 3 and half festivals, the council had to step in and say that we had to slow them down and we were restricted to only one festival once a month and that we were only supposed to celebrate real festivals and not ones Tsunade made up or from other countries." She laughed at the thought. "Tsunade was furious that she had to be taken away from her sake again." Tobi grinned at her as she made al sorts of facial expressions while telling her story. "Naruto got so drunk too; it was not fun having to carry a drunken Naruto home proclaiming his love for you and everything he saw every 5 seconds." Tobi chuckled at the look on her face.
"Fur ball is stupid to think he could have Sakura-chan especially competing to someone like Tobi" He said cockily, she blushed and giggled at him being silly again. It was 8 and it was getting darker, a firework went off above them and they watched it.
"Tobi wants to do that!" He said pointing at the sky looking at Sakura. He dragged Sakura over to a stand selling sparklers. He held it in his hand and tilted his head slightly confused.
"Sakura-chan how do you do this? Is there some sort of jutsu I have to do to light it?" He asked obviously confused with it. She shook her head and lit hers and then his. He seemed to be awed by it. He pointed his at her and she shrieked and took a step back.
"Tobi be careful, you don't point them at people." She scolded. She played with her till it burnt out. She watched Tobi who was also having fun with his. She went over to another stand and got a couple more different fireworks and brought them back.
"Come on lets go some were we can light these.
They were outside of town in a dirt clearing. Sakura sat on a rock watching Tobi as he set off another type of firework, smiling as he pointed to it and turn to tell her how cool each and every one was. She giggled, they were all alone and fireworks lit the sky above them. He sat down next to her.
"Tobi is having so much with Sakura-chan!" He said happily. She blushed prettily at his remark. His hand slipped into hers. He took a deep breathe.
"Sakura-chan…" He stopped getting her complete attention.
"Yeah?" She asked.
"Tobi…. Tobi loves you Sakura-chan." He said, his hand running across her face. She blushed a pretty red.
"Really?" She asked, secretly wanting to hear it again. There was a really long pause and it was getting really awkward.
"Yep!" he said happily, clearing the air of awkwardness.
"What was with that really long pause?" She asked looking at him confused.
"Oh, Tobi just wanted to make it really dramatic." He said. Sakura resisted hitting him but her eye twitched. She took a deep breath and calmed down.
"Tobi, I…." She stopped and stared at him with no emotion on her face. "I love you." She finished with a smile. He smirked under his mask.
"Sakura-chan do a dramatic pause like Tobi?" She smirked at him.
'Nope, just making sure I did." He almost fell over.
"Sakura-chan had to make sure?" He asked, she giggled at him.
"No, I was just messing with you." She said smiling. "I do love you."
"Good." Tobi muttered grabbing her shoulders; he slipped his mask off and kissed her. She gasped at the shock but soon closed her eyes and kissed him back. Her arms went around his neck and her hands played with his hair. He pulled back and looked at her face. Her eyes were still closed, her face was flushed and a small smile spread across her face. Tobi sighed and Sakura looked at his sad face.
"I guess this means Tobi can't snuggle with Sakura-chan when they go to bed any more." He said sadly. She looked at him completely confused.
"What? Why?" She asked. Tobi pouted and crossed his arms and Sakura stared at him completely compelled to jump him, he was even cuter without his mask.
"Tobi is a gentleman and since Tobi knows how Flower-chan feels…. Tobi would be …. Err... tempted to try something and Tobi don't want to do anything Sakura-chan isn't ready for." He said still pouting. "No more snuggle traps of doom anymore." He seemed to pout more, if that was even possible. Sakura couldn't take it anymore, she laughed hard to the point tears were falling.
"Tobi, is snuggling all you can think about?" She asked in between gasps. Tobi shrugged.
"Tobi likes snuggling with Sakura, not Tobi's fault that he does." He turned a little away as if embarrassed, she giggled. She got up and held out her hand.
"Don't worry, I'm a big girl if you try anything I will stop it, so you can still unleash your 'snuggle trap of doom' on me." She said smiling a brilliant smile at him. He grabbed her arm and pulled her to him and kissed her. He let her go and saw the same flushed look on her face but since her eyes were open this time she had a slight daze look in it. He smirked.
"Tobi must be a good kisser, huh?" He said playfully. She nodded her head still slightly dazed. They walked back to the cabin together, their hands intertwined.
It was the next day and Tobi peaked open his lone eye and looked out the window and sighed he looked at the girl in his arms and smiled at how cute she looked snuggled up to him. He got up and grabbed his mask and cloak. He decided to sleep with it off; it was his own way to show he trusted her and loved her. He went to go take a nice cold shower, again. Sakura woke up seconds later and decided to fix him a nice lunch considering that it was about noon. She swore she was getting lazy because of him. He came out with his mask in place and cloak on. She smirked at him and went over and kissed him on the side of it.
"I'm going to take a shower, then do the laundry, you need to eat."
"Yes, flower-chan!" He saluted and she laughed. He went to the table and hurriedly scuffed it down then went for seconds, when she came out he had eaten it all and he was leaning in the chair completely full.
"Tobi so full, Tobi could take a nap, Sakura-Chan's cooking is good." He said happily.
"Come on outside with me and you can take a nap while I do laundry." She suggested. Tobi nodded happily.
That's exactly what he did while she did the rest of the laundry. She had hung everything to dry now and she was cleaning up everything and took the dryer stuff inside and came back out for the rest. After putting everything up she decided she was completely worn out and that after dinner she was going straight to bed. She came out side and looked where Tobi was supposed to be. She grabbed a kunai from her pouch, the always cautious one she was, and something just didn't feel right.
"Tobi?" She called out but no answer came back. "Don't mess with me Tobi or no dinner!!" Still no answer from the masked akatsuki. The grip on the kunai tightened.
"Sakura…" A voice called out from behind her. Her eyes widened and she froze,. She turned around slowly to look at the man behind her. 'Oh god.' She thought.
"Kakashi…" She breathed, the grip on her kunai slipped and it fell on the floor with a clink.
I hope you guys like :D yeah for cliffy's! I made this EXTRA long, and I'm sorry it took so freaking long to update, I didn't know how to handle this chapter really well and really this whole chapter I have looked forward to writing since chapter 5, where I came up with this idea. :P
Reviews would highly be appreciated.
Special note: no update tomorrow, I will be till busy but if I have time I will TRY.