Kakashi woke the next morning to Ayame banging on his apartment door. "Come in Ayame. He called reaching for the mask that until now had lain forgotten on the bedside table by his ever present orange book. He slipped the blue face mask on over his head and pulled the top up to his nose.
"Kakashi." Ayame said in a motherly tone waling into the Jonin's room. "Get your lazy a—"
"Good morning Ayame." Kakashi said with a smile.
"Good morning, now get up and dressed, and get out of this house for the rest of the day." Ayame demanded. Kakashi watched as she set her cleaning things down on the hard wood floor. "But before you leave, I want your suit from last night laid out, so I can get it dry cleaned."
Kakashi only smiled as Ayame left him to change. Ayame had been coming to clean his apartment every Sunday for nearly three years. Kakashi hauled himself from his bed and walked into the closet to see what he had to wear. "Thank goodness Ayame is here." He said to himself, pulling out the only pair of clothes he had; a black fitted tank top from his ANBU days, and a pair of dark blue jeans with a wallet chain. He was either going to look very gothic, or very sexy, and for some reason he thought it would be both to all of the women in the village.
After Kakashi was dressed, he began to gather his suit together, which lay completely thrown about the whole room. His pants were in a wrinkled mess by the closet because he had fallen asleep reading in them, his white dress shirt and tie rested on the brass door knob, but where was his jacket?
"Sakura." Kakashi had given his jacket to Sakura last night because she had been shivering from the cold. "Ayame, I'll get my tux cleaned I have to go that way anyways." Kakashi said before grabbing the remainder of his suit and bolted out the window.
Thoughts of last night came flooding back, he remembered the way she looked, how he wanted to kill Genma for just looking at her, the way he felt when she kissed him on the dance floor. Kakashi raced to Sakura' house and knocked on the door three times.
"Who is it?" Sakura asked standing on the other side of the door.
"You know damn well who it is, now open up." Kakashi said in a mock stern tone. None the less he heard Sakura give a small giggle before opening the door.
"Morning." She said leaning against the door frame. Kakashi noticed that she was still wearing his jacket from last night. "I suppose you want this back." She said with a sheepish smile, looking at her shoulder at the jacket.
"That and I think that because you made me come all the way out here to get it, you owe me breakfast." Kakashi said an obvious smile behind his mask. Sakura gave a smile and a quick nod, before opening the door fully, allowing Kakashi in. Kakashi realized that he had never really seen the inside of Sakura's house, despite how many times he had brought her home, and taken care of her while she was drunk. The only thing he could ever remember was her bedroom, the bathroom connected to it, her window, and the front door. The hall was painted a light blue, with white makings all over it. It reminded him of a sky. "Sakura you really have been spending too much time with Shikamaru." Kakashi commented when they walked into the kitchen.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Sakura asked, looking around the fridge for ingredients for whatever she was going to cook. Kakashi noticed that her back side looked very good in the morning, and considering that she was wearing his jacket and a short night shirt, he could tell she wasn't wearing any undergarments. Shaking his head Kakashi pushed the thoughts away. i She's a friend, nothing more. /i
"One you were too lazy to bring me my jacket, and two, your hall looks like a clouded sky, who other than Shikamaru would have that?" Kakashi asked.
Sakura looked up at Kakashi, her arms filled with eggs, milk, oil, some veggies, and a few spices. "Oh that." She said with a smile before placing the items she held on the counter and began to work. "Well I asked Sai to help me paint, and he asked what I wanted, well I told him to just do what ever he was inspired by. Apparently he had spent some buddy, buddy time with deer boy, and well yeah, I got a sky in my hall." Sakura heard Kakashi give a small laugh as she began to mix the ingredients together in a large bowl.
Sakura watched Kakashi out of the corner of her eye as she worked. Her heart skipped a beat at how perfect he looked at her kitchen table, the fact that he seemed to complete the small house and the kitchen as she cooked for him. Sakura shook her head as she pulled the omelet out of the pan and slid it on to a plate. She flipped the burner off and handed the plate to Kakashi along with a glass of orange juice. She smiled as he pulled down his mask, and removed the head band completely. Kakashi truly was a vision of beauty, a figment of every woman's fantasy crafted out of marble by the great artist.
b i You know you're falling in love again right? /i /b
i This is b SO /b not the time. /i Sakura said to her inner self, mad that she had to ruin this moment.
b i But it's true, you e falling in love with Kakashi, what are you gong to do? /b /i
"Sakura, are you okay?" Sakura's head snapped up to see Kakashi looking at her, his eyes gleaming with worry. "You look out of it."
Sakura shook her head lightly. "I'm fine Kakashi. She said taking his empty plate. "So what are your plans for the day?" she asked
"Tsunade wanted to see me for a mission, care to join me?" Kakashi asked, making it actually sound romantic, so much so that Sakura couldn't help but to resist, and they were soon going to Tsunade's after dropping his tux off at the cleaner.
"Kakashi, I remember asking you to choose a partner for the mission, but Sakura?" Tsunade asked. Apparently this was a mission; she didn't feel Sakura was ready for.
"She'll be fine Tsunade, I'll be with her." Kakashi said. Tsunade eyed him carefully before nodding.
"I suppose it would be a good idea to have a medical ninja with you." She said. "Well the mission isn't hard, Sakura you will accompany Kakashi as he travels to the Mist village, apparently they have been having problems with a rough ninja who is very high up in Bingo Book." Kakashi and Sakura nodded before leaving.
Sakura was at Kakashi's side, sneaking glances every now and then. She really wanted to tell him how she felt, but she didn't want to risk the friendship they shared, because if he didn't feel that way she didn't want to make it uncomfortable, so as the jumped from tree to tree she kept her thoughts to herself.
Kakashi and sakura reached the Hidden Mist Village in record time, and they knew where they were going to stay, at the same place they did last time. "Kakashi! Sakura!" Inari said happily when he answered the door.
"Hey Inari, you got so big." Sakura said, Inari was almost as tall she was, even though he was a few years younger.
"Yeah, mamma, says it a growth spurt." Inari said with a smile.
"Inari who's at the door?" Sakura and Kakashi smiled when Tazuna came to the door. "Well Kakashi and Sakura. Good to see you again."
"You to Tazuna." Sakura said giving him a hug. "Hey do you think we could stay here for a while?" she asked, knowing full well Kakashi wouldn't.
"Well sure, it'll be nice to have some company again." Tazuna said opening the door for them.
"Yay! Sakura-chan you can share a room with mamma!" Inari said pulling Sakura in by the hand.
(A/N: Did you know that they never told you Inari mom name? Since they didn't I had to come up with a new name and I chose Nami.)
Nami came out to see what all the commotion was about and saw Sakura and Kakashi. "Oh my word!" she gasped. "Sakura is that really you?"
"Nami! It's so good to see you again." Sakura said hugging the older woman.
"So you're still taking care of your old Sensei huh?" Nami asked hugging Kakashi.
"Yeah but he's still as reckless as ever." Sakura said with a smile looking over at Kakashi. She couldn't help but see the way he leaned against the wall. His long legs stretched out. Sakura knew what they looked like bare. Long, strong, bulging with mussels, nearly flawless, but then again scars turned her on. He had one across his upper right thigh from a mission in Sound territory. She wasn't with him when it happened but when he got back he came to her house in the middle of the night woke her from a very erotic dream(who she wasn't willing to say to anyone, just that he was wearing a mask) and made her heal him.
"Sakura are you okay? Nami touched her shoulder and brought Sakura out of her state.
"Yeah sorry just a little tired." Sakura said with a sigh. She glanced back over at Kakashi. He was still leaning against the wall but his attention was on her fully. He knew Sakura didn't just get a little tired after a short distance like the one from Konoha to Mist anymore.
"Well come on, you can lay down for a bit before dinner." Nami said pulling her away towards the hall. "Dad will you show Kakashi to the spare room?" she called over her shoulder. Sakura watched as Tazuna nodded, and then Kakashi was out of sight behind a wall.
Nami let Sakura into her room, and showed her the door that led to another room. There was a small cot in there, and Nami said Sakura had the room to her self. She left not long after that and Sakura laid down to try and get some sleep.