AN: Sorry for such a long wait T.T. I don't have an exuse; I just didn't feel like doing any more for a while. Then my first year in college started, and right now I should be writing like two papers... oh well! I've gone from procrastinating in finishing these drabbles, to using them to procrastinate in doing school papers... if that made any sense .

Ages:

Sakura:15

Kakashi:28 (HAPPY LATE B-DAY KAKASHI)

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters depicted in these drabbles. They belong to Masashi Kishimoto.

Week 7: Confessions

Word count- 344

Sakura turned determined eyes to him, his own eye staring impassively back. She inhaled deeply and fell into her stance, waiting for the signal. He then nodded his head, barely getting half way through the gesture before she took action; the battle was on.

"Kakashi-sensei! Get off of me!" "Now is that any way to speak to your sensei? You should at least be polite when you want something."

Sakura huffed in exasperation, which was no easy feat with the full weight of a certain jounin on her poor backside. How could it end like this? Kakashi didn't even use his hands this time!

"Fine, would you please get off of me Kakashi-sensei?" "I don't know; I'm actually quite comfortable right now…" "Kakashi-sensei!" she had reverted to whining.

He chuckled and slowly lifted himself off of his much smaller student. Sakura gulped a large breath of air gratefully and got up herself. She sat next to Kakashi with trepidation. He pulled out his faithful book and began to read, not saying a thing.

"Well?" He glimpsed over his book for a second. "Well, what?"

Sakura growled in annoyance. "Remember our bet? Whoever wins gets to ask a question, and the loser has to answer truthfully?" "Oh, that."

Kakashi placed his book down and turned an intense gaze to Sakura. She nervously swallowed and braced herself. He continued his stare without speaking, and finally asked…

"What is your favorite food?"

Sakura almost fell over. "That's it?" "Ah." Sakura stared, aghast. "Um, I really like umeboshi, and I like anko dumplings with syrup..?"

He smiled and helped her up. She numbly followed.

"Why did you ask that? I mean, you could have asked anything…" "What would you have asked me?" "Why you wear your mask." she replied immediately.

His eye crinkled and he affectionately pat her head. "That's easy," He stated. "It keeps my nose warm." Sakura opened her mouth to give the customary rebuttal, but caught herself. "Kakashi-sensei, getting any kind of confession out of you is as easy as ripping my own arm off."

The long awaited 'Confessions' chapter! This dumb thing has been revised about 10 times in three months. Really, I would practically have one version finished and another idea would come up, then I'd start revising. I finally stuck with this one; it sounded the best to me. I also made this one UBER long (compared to my other ones). Don't worry, the next chapter won't take near as long! Oh, and the math:

Team 7 formed in Feb., when everyone is 12 and Kakashi is 25.

The chunin exams began in August., and ended in the beginning of Oct., making Sakura and Sasuke 13 and Naruto 12/13, and Kakashi 26.

Sasuke leaves, Naruto joins Jaraiya, and Sakura goes to Tsunade in Dec. -ages are same as above. (Naruto's 13)

Now we need to add 30 months to that (we'll end up in May), and we get the ages of Sakura 16, Sasuke and Naruto 15, and Kakashi 29.

There you have it! I feel so accomplished . This drabble takes place in the June before Naruto returns, so Sakura's 15 and Kakashi's 28. Get it? Got it? Good!