A/N: Okay, so first off sorry for the delay. I have been going over it in my head and I decided that this story needed an epilogue so I have decided that there will be one more chapter after this one! I hope that doesn't piss anyone off but I think that there needs to be more wrap up before can call this story complete. Hopefully everyone who was waiting for smut will be satisfied. Enjoy!
Sakura awoke slowly, she knew that she had fallen asleep in the same bed as Sai but she hadn't expected him to cuddle her! Sakura turned toward the man draping his body over hers in a attempt to wake him but what she saw nearly stopped her heart. Kakashi was in bed with her, and he was holding onto her like his life depended on it while sleeping soundly. Sakura made a sound that was suspiciously like an "Eep!" before she fell backwards out of the bed.
When he heard a sudden thump Kakashi sat upright on the bed. Looking over the side of the bed where the sound had come from he saw one of the most endearing things he had ever seen. Sakura had a wide eyed expression glued to her face staring up at him. She was tangled in the blanket and her hair looked like she had been standing in front of a fan for the whole night. He thought that she had never looked more adorable. "Well good-morning to you too"
Sakura sat in stunned silence for a moment. "Uhh, how did you get in my bed and why were you cuddling me?" She caught herself gaping at him and forced her mouth to shut.
"You looked like you could use the company and I was more than happy to sleep in the same bed as a beautiful woman" Then he winked at her and offered her his arm so she could foist herself out of her heap of blankets.
"Kakashi, I thought after last night that you hated me." She couldn't even bring herself to look at him as she spoke the words.
He gently placed a hand under her chin and slowly lifted her face so that she was looking at him. "I could never hate you Sakura. I'm sorry if I ever made you doubt that. If anything you should hate me. I let him hurt you and I didn't notice how far it had gotten until it was too late. Can you forgive me?"
"Kakashi it wasn't your job to protect me from him, you aren't my teacher anymore." She felt a single tear slide down her face at the unwanted memory of last night but she refused to acknowledge it.
Kakashi's hand went to her cheek where he gently wiped the tear from her face, then replaced his hand with his lips. He backed off just enough to whisper in her ear. "I will always protect you, not because I was once your teacher you know. Sakura you should know that we are on equal grounds now. I will always protect you because I care for you deeply." he backed up so that he could gauge her reaction. Confusion was written plainly on her face.
"Kakashi what do you mean by that?" Sakura felt like her erratic heart beat could probably be heard across the room.
"Sakura I have never been good at telling people how I feel, part of the reason I wear this mask is because while I have a hard time explaining how I feel my face does not." Kakashi slowly put his hand up to his mask and started to draw it down. "Since I can't tell you how I feel how about I show you?"
Sakura actually gasped when he pulled his mask down, sure she had seen it before, but that had been an accident and this was deliberate. She barely caught her breath before Kakashi put his bare lips to hers and she lost her wind again. She stiffened for a minute thinking about the events of the night before, but this was different, he was different, and this felt right.
Kakashi didn't miss the way she stiffened in defense when he kissed her and it broke his heart a little bit but then she relaxed into his kiss and he felt his bruised heart warming. He sucked in a short breath when she threaded her slim fingers through the hair at the back of his neck.
Neither one of them noticed the pale artist wake up and take his leave through he window, which is good because a certain pink haired woman would have been so embarrassed she might not have continued what she was doing.
Sakura had had her virginity taken from her the evening before but she could still count the number of times she had been kiss on one hand. She couldn't tell you what was on Kakashi's mind in that moment, but as their lips met she could tell you exactly what was in his heart. He loved her. Sakura was sure that the man who she had recently realized that she loved, loved her in return and her first thought was that she was still dreaming. Well if this was a dream then she was going to live it up!
Kakashi could see the gears turning as he kissed the woman, only breaking when they needed to breathe. He decided to test the waters and pushed his tongue into her mouth she didn't resist which gave him courage and he slicked his tongue across hers slowly. The response was a slow moan which he wasn't entirely convinced wasn't his own.
Sakura was certain that this was a dream so she decided to completely indulge herself. In the dreams of this nature she had had about Kakashi (she would be a liar if she denied that she had had them) had always ended before she got to the "good part" so she intended to ride this out to the fullest. *pun intended.
Sakura was tired of taking this slowly since the horrors of last night were already pushed in the back of her mind. She pushed him down onto the bed and straddled his hips, never breaking the bond their lips now shared. She kissed him deeply and then sat up and lifted her shirt over hear head while never breaking eye contact.
Kakashi practically hissed at the sight of her getting undressed. He knew she was beautiful and he had expected her to be sexy, but the amount of raw sex appeal of the woman who sat on top of his was practically dripping off of her in copious amounts. As much as he wanted to rip their remaining clothes off and drive himself into to claim her for himself he held off. He knew after the things she had gone through she would need to take things slow, but she apparently didn't get that memo. "Sakura, we don't have to move this fast. We only have to do what you want.
"Oh shut up Kakashi" She giggled as she pushed him roughly back onto the bed. She started to kiss him again, but it wasn't his lips she was kissing. She had started pressing soft kissed to his neck and chin. "Shirt, now" she demanded. He complied and she laid herself on top of him just relishing the skin to skin contact for a moment. Then she was back to kissing him.
Kakashi had never seen this forceful side of Sakura but he would be damned if he said it didn't turn him on. He was rapidly loosing control and the reminder to let her lead was the only thing that preventing him from rolling her over and showing her just how much he liked her little display. When she started kissing lower, leaving a trail down around his belly button he just about lost his mind. She kept kissing him, driving him mad since that was where she had stopped. After a full minute he was confused. "Is something wrong Sakura?"
"No, it's just that I have read about what you are suppose to do, but I have never actually done it. Ino explained the kissing to me in detail, but after that I'm not sure what I am suppose to do..." She looked down again in shame.
"Would you be okay with me taking control? I promise I will bring you pleasure and if you decide you want to stop I will I swear." Kakashi knew that it would probably kill him, or at least give him a serious case of the blue balls if they stopped now, but this was for her and he knew that she might not be ready for this.
Sakura thought for a moment. "What if he hurts me like Sauske? I know this is just a dream but what if it turns into a nightmare?" "I think that would be okay, but you will stop if I want right?"
"Of course Sakura." "Please don't ask me to stop". Slowly he turned her over so that her back was on the bed and he was sitting in between her legs. He reached his hand up to her waist and carefully inched her shorts and underwear down her legs, when they got to ankle he pulled them off and tossed them somewhere on the other side of the room. Kakashi stared at her now in her full nakedness and felt like growling. He had never seen something more beautiful and he wanted her now. He smiled slowly when his nose picked up a scent that he recognized. She was wet alright, practically dripping. His gaze shifted down toward the apex of her thighs and he saw a small tuff of pink hair that was slightly darker then the hair on her head. "God she is so beautiful" He pressed a quick kiss on her mouth before sliding down her body and resting his head right below her womanhood.
"Uh Kakashi, what are you doing? Is this a good idea? You don't have to do thi-ahhh." She was stopped suddenly when he blew air onto the lips surrounding her core.
"Do you trust me?" Kakashi asked with a little trepidation since he wasn't sure he could handle it if she told him she didn't.
"Of course I trust you!"
That was all the answer that the Copy-nin needed as his tongue circled her wet flesh. He heard her cry out and decided to continue. He started out slowly, running his tongue around the outside and savoring the moans and shivers leaving her body.
Sakura couldn't form a coherent thought if you had asked her too so she was thankful, at least, that Kakashi's mouth seemed to be occupied with things other than talking. She could feel something knotting in the bottom of her stomach but she had no idea what the feeling was or where it came from. As it slowly started becoming more and more noticeable she felt like she was drifting out into deep water with no life vest so she grabbed onto the only thing she could which happened to be Kakashi's hair. She held him there as the pressure started growing larger and larger.
Kakashi could feel that her release was close, she was holding onto his hair like it was a lifeline, but he didn't mind. He kept lapping away at the folds of her most intimate parts. When he knew that she had reached her peak and suddenly thrust his tongue inside her and heard her breathless scream as she reached her orgasm.
When Sakura opened her mouth to scream in pleasure no words came out. That was the first time she had ever had an actual orgasm, and it was also the moment that something snapped in her mind and she realized that she wasn't dreaming.
"Oh my GOD!" Sakura didn't know if she should be ashamed at what they had just done, but one thing was certain. She enjoyed it immensely.
"Don't worry, you can call me Kakashi" he said as he smiled to himself. He had taken lovers before, but Kakashi had never been in love before and he had also never performed that act on any other woman. It was just too intimate for a simple one night stand and so he had never indulged, but he could see why so many people enjoyed it. He didn't know if it was that way with other woman, and he didn't care to find out because the only woman he ever wanted to have again was lying in the bed beneath him sporting a blush that put her pink hair to shame.
"So Kakashi, when you kissed me early you said that you would show me how you feel. I think I know what you were trying to show me, but I'm not sure and I don't want to get my hopes up. Could you tell me what exactly you were feeling?" She hoped the desperation in her voice wasn't as obvious as it sounded to her but she was afraid that it was.
"Sakura, I have never loved a woman before. I am a happy bachelor and I don't want to settle down." The disappointment on her face was almost palpable and he noticed she started staring down.
"I get it Kakashi. I know I am damaged goods." She felt like such an idiot, after what Kakashi had seen and heard last night of course he wouldn't want to be with her. She was suppose to be a strong kunoichi but she folded under pressure the minute Sauske showed back up in her life.
"Sakura you didn't let me finish." I have never loved a woman before I met you, I am a happy bachelor who didn't realize how unhappy I really was until you showed me what it meant like to be with you. And I didn't want to settle down. I was content with how my life was before I fell in love with you. It's been a long time coming. You were only my student for a year and it was plain to everyone that you never needed me anyway. I don't when I stopped seeing you as a little girl, but it wasn't long after that that I started truly enjoying, no, craving your company. Since the war ended you occupy all of my thoughts. I didn't realize how far I had fallen until I saw you with Sauske. That nearly killed me to think that I would never get to tell you how I felt. I love you Sakura and I know that it's to much to ask for you to love me back, but if you give me a shot I will spend everyday proving to you that I can be worthy."
She was silent for a moment. She was more startled by his revelation than she would have ever imagined. "He loves me?" She didn't know how to react. She knew she loved him, but was that enough? At sometime she had loved Sauske too and look at what he had done to her...
"Sakura please say something." Kakashi looked at her, his one dark eye pleading her to validate his feelings.
"Kakashi, I love you too. I think I always have." She sat for a second before continuing. "The only reason that I agreed to have a relationship with Sauske is because I had feeling for you and I thought that there was no way you could ever return them..."
"Kakashi... I have a question.. do you think we could finish what we started? I am afraid that if I allow myself to wait to long I might never be able to try again and I can't think of a better time than right now after we both shared our feelings. I love you and I want to feel loved. Please make love to me?"
Kakashi didn't have to be told twice and as he sank back on top of her he decided that he would never get tired of hearing her tell him that she loved him.
A/N: Final chapter coming soon. (more like an epilogue)