Ch. Title: Her Feelings

Theme: Girl literally forgets boy, boy had to prove himself to girl etc etc etc.

Genre: Angst/Romance/Comedy

Word Count: 3,173

Pairing: Sasuke and Sakura

Ch. Summary: It seems our former avenger wanted to make a smooth move with our pink-haired heroine, Uchiha-style.

A/N: I would like to say, it's really hard to make Sasuke in-character, because half of the time in the manga, his POV was always missing. Ugh! (thestruggleisrealiknow) Anyway, I wouldn't say Shi-san is a bad guy, but just stay tuned. ;)

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At Sasuke's house

Uchiha Sasuke woke up earlier as usual so he can prepare for his probation duty this morning. The dark-haired ninja had expected to see his pink-haired teammate today. Now, that he already asked the Hokage to assign his probation duty in Konoha Hospital instead outside their village. He was hopeful that he can make a progress for today.

He thought about the words that his blonde best friend has spoken to him, that if he didn't do any effort sooner, Haruno Sakura will forget him forever and he knows deep inside his heart, he can't allow that to happen.

After showering a hot bath and momentarily eating his breakfast, the Uchiha survivor made his way to the Konoha Hospital, he first went to Sakura's room, but when he got there, the room is empty. He then wondered if he got the room number right. After checking the room number and saw it was the right one.

He proceeded to the front desk to ask where Sakura had gone to and He was answered by the Head Nurse that Patient #7634 – Haruno Sakura – Room 181 was discharged this early morning.

Sasuke creased his forehead, he was confused by her sudden discharge and he didn't heard the incident from Tsunade that she'll be discharge from the hospital, today. He was then met up by Shizune and he asked if he can see Tsunade.

After meeting up with the Fifth Hokage, she explained that Sakura's doctors had allowed her to go home so she can spend her time with her family and her wounds had already healed up and it's just a matter of time for her memory loss to come back.

The dark-haired Uchiha survivor is disappointed by hearing those words. He just asked yesterday the Hokage to transfer his probation duty here in the hospital so he can visit Sakura every day, but he thought it's already too late.

While the Hokage came up with a brilliant suggestion, since Sakura is still a medic ninja and she time to time works for the Konoha Hospital, the obsidian-eyed ninja could still see and visit the medic kunoichi in the next following days.

After hearing that exciting news from the Hokage, the dark-haired ninja's eyes lit up with hope. Even though Sasuke's expression was apathetic, he still thanked the Hokage and hurriedly left her room with a stoic and ambiguous expression, but deep inside he was glad that there's still a hope for him to be close towards his amnesiac teammate.

After his hospital errand, he then went to his house and saw that his former teacher, Hatake Kakashi was waiting for him.

The former Uchiha survivor exhaled, "Kakashi."

Saluting his former student while grinning at his former student although half of his face covered in a mask, "How are you doing? Sasuke?"

Sasuke wondered why his former teacher is on his house, he knows Kakashi wouldn't visit him if it wasn't important, he then further inquired, "What brings you here?"

"Still, direct as ever. Oh well, I was just a messenger. I just want you to know that there is a sudden A-class mission for you."

"Hn, I see."

"Be ready at three in the afternoon, we'll meet at the former checkpoint."

"Hn."

Even though he was still doing his probation duty, the former avenger re-enlisted himself as a ninja in Konoha after the war, which the Fifth hokage earnestly approved with the help of the Elder advisers that had already pardon him for being a missing-nin after all these years, so it's ordinary for him to receive news that he suddenly had a mission, the former missing-nin immediately went inside his house to prepare his ninja gear and materials.

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Meanwhile at Ichiraku…

Uzumaki Naruto and his other teammate, Sai is also seen eating their ramen for lunch peacefully inside the Ichiraku. Then suddenly, they are interrupted by an annoying loud voice, it was from the Yamanaka kunoichi who is running towards the ramen shop. It seems like she was shouting Naruto's name.

The cerulean-eyed blonde kunoichi screeched,

"Naruto!"

Naruto tilted his head towards the upcoming kunoichi and probed,

"Ino, what's going on?"

The Yamanaka kunoichi is tired from her running and exhaled,

"I knew you'll be here…Listen, I need your help with something."

Upon hearing the blonde kunoichi's plead, Naruto immediately thought about her "perfect idea" about helping Sakura regaining her memory with a scandalous and embarrassing skit. The skit that made him an idiot in front of his pink-haired patient.

The former kyuubi host then grumbled, "Not again…"

Then Ino fanned her arms in front of Naruto and stated,

"I know, I know what you're thinking. But I promise this time, this will work. I even had this newest idea. Would you guys like to hear it?" She directly looked at the two bewildered ninjas who supposed to eat their ramen peacefully at lunch but they were disturbed when she appeared suddenly.

But the former kyuubi host wasn't too confident with her "Oh-so-plan",

Naruto then promptly interjected, "Oh c'mon, Ino…Can we just do this in another time?"

The Yamanaka girl's expression darkened,

"Okay, I know you don't want to help Forehead. So I'll just find another actors that can help me, I bet if my newest plan will work, I will tell Sakura, that the guys from her precious Team 7 didn't even exerted some effort to help her regain her memory."

Upon hearing those words, the blonde ninja suddenly jerked up and choke the hot ramen he was now slurping and eating. "Agggh!"

After drinking some cold water, Naruto cleared his throat and turned his head towards the Yamanaka kunoichi and exclaimed,

"Alright, alright! I will do it. Okay? Happy now?!"

"Yay! I knew you'll agree to this, Naruto. So Sai, do you want to sign up for my Operation: Help Forehead to Remember Her Lost Memories aka. Operation: HFRHLM?" Ino happily said.

The paled-anbu ninja slowly turned towards the cerulean-eyed kunoichi and croaked,

"Why not? It's kinda boring for not seeing Ugly's face nowadays." while smiled at the cerulean-eyed kunoichi.

Upon hearing that Sai seemed interested in her plan, Ino grinned sadistically at the two,

"It's settled then. You two, we'll be having a meeting at my place this afternoon."

Naruto was having a doubt whether if they'll be succeeding for the second time, thinking that their earlier skit ended up in an embarrassing disaster. He just sighed while finishing his ramen.

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Three days had passed since Sasuke's A-class mission and he had successfully arrived at Konoha Village safely. The dark-haired former avenger is informed by his former teacher, Kakashi that he needed to drop by at the Konoha Hospital to receive his bi-annual after mission check up.

Ever since Sakura's sudden discharge from the hospital, Uchiha Sasuke still didn't hear anything from his pink-haired teammate, he wanted to ask Naruto to go with him to visit their medic teammate at her own house, but he was busy these past few days because of his sudden mission.

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At the hospital

The dark-haired ninja hated waiting and it seems an eternity waiting at the busy corridor of the hospital, after waiting for half an hour for a doctor to assess his check-up, the dark-haired Uchiha survivor turned his head when his name is called.

"Paging Patient #17 Uchiha Sasuke you can go ahead now to the Examination Room. "

He stood up and dragged his feet towards the room, not that he hated these annual check-ups, but he values his personal space dearly.

Uchiha Sasuke doesn't want to touch by a random doctor or stranger, especially that he just came back from a tiresome mission outside the village. He just wanted to get over with it and lie down on his own bed and fall to sleep, he thought.

Then after opening the door, the Uchiha survivor is startled when he saw that a pink-haired woman was standing across the room. She wasn't facing him, but rather the pinkette was busy with some paper works or some sort.

He then cleared his throat so that his presence will acknowledged by this nurse or doctor. When suddenly a familiar voice was heard inside the room,

"I'm sorry, I'm just finishing some paper works. If you could sit for a while, sir that'll be great."

After hearing those generic words, the dark-haired brooding ninja scoffed at the woman. He can't still see her face, but her voice seems familiar. He just sighed and followed her instructions.

Promptly, after realizing that her patient was waiting for her, she immediately finished signing her last paper work, she then looked back and saw a familiar figure.

The woman tilted her head towards the chair and announced his name loudly,

"So, Patient#17, Uchiha Sasuke…?"

Sasuke then is startled by her voice and looked towards her direction.

He just heard a familiar voice saying, "Uchiha-san!"

Who would've known that the one who's going administer his annual check is his pink-haired teammate?

He looked at her smiling face while murmured, "Sakura."

The emerald-eyed kunoichi stared at the Uchiha survivor and as much as the dark-haired ninja's surprise, she was also astonished,

"Hello there, Uchiha-san, I think I haven't seen much of you these days?"

She sighed inwardly, 'Oh god he's here. Stay cool, Sakura. Stay cool.'

Uchiha Sasuke knew that Sakura is a medic ninja and she momentarily works for the hospital, but what are the odds that he could meet her now.

Sasuke just stated, "I've been busy."

The pink-haired kunoichi then took a bunch of files and searched for his medical papers. When she found it, she went in front of him and asked,

"You know you've been six months late for your physical examination, but other than that, you're fine."

Haruno Sakura was surprised when her supposed patient number seventeen would be the Uchiha boy. She didn't know that he will be here and after her sudden discharge three days ago, she didn't hear anything again from him, she were clouded by thoughts that he hated her. After all, she really liked the daffodils that he left on her side table and she didn't get a chance to thank him again for that.

She was nervous in front of this guy; she wondered what is with her this morning. Her heart beats erratically and she was anxious to start the physical check up.

"So…uhmm…where do you want to start?"

Looking towards her glimmering emerald orbs and ignoring her past question, the Uchiha survivor just mumbled,

"I didn't know you're here."

Then out of nowhere, Sakura stammered,

"Yes. I—I haven't got a chance to thank you for the flowers. I really appreciate that, Uchiha-san."

"Hn. I came to check on you that morning, but it seems like you've already been discharged that day."

"A-Ah. I see, I-I apologize for that, I think one of my doctors had already approved my discharge last week and it's just been finalized that night so they released me the very next morning."

The Uchiha survivor was still looking at her eyes and listening quietly to her ramblings. After hearing her explanation, he just nodded silently.

Haruno Sakura was a trained professional, but she can't help to notice that her patient was staring intently at her. It made her uncomfortable, but she was used to it with other patients, but this guy is different. She admitted, this fine young man is irresistible and good-looking. Not mentioning, that he was also her age. She wondered why she didn't saw his face before inside the village.

She then smiled at him and avoiding his glare,

"So, uhm…Uhm…yeah…When was the last time you had your physicals, Uchiha-san?"

The dark-haired brooding boy just divulged, "October last year."

After hearing his answer, Sakura immediately took her stethoscope and some thermometer to check up his vital signs and temperature, "I see. Ok then, let's start. So umm can you go take off your clothes, I mean not all of your clothing, but just your top and after that please lie down on the mattress."

She looked towards the paper and the first thing is the temperature. She mused, 'Ok, Sakura, you can get passed thru this, just don't look directly.'

Suddenly the dark-haired ninja took off his black shirt and followed her instructions to lie down at the examining bed. When Sasuke thought he will be examined by a random doctor or nurse, he immediately became anxious, but when he already saw that his teammate will administer his checkup, that anxiety went away quickly.

The pink-haired kunoichi exhaled deeply when she saw his bare torso. She then whispered to herself, 'Sakura, focus.'

After checking up his temperature and saw that he's at normal range. She hurriedly jolted the number down at his file. Then, Sakura quickly took the Blood Pressure kit from the other side of the table.

When she came back, she slowly put the device on his arm and she noticed that his torso was full of wound and scars. She immediately thought that he must be a really active and trained ninja and a foreign feeling overcame through her. She shook that feeling off and concentrated on her task.

Sakura breathed, "Alright next, we'll be going to check your blood pressure, Uchiha-san, so take a deep breath and relax."

Upon hearing her voice, Sasuke felt a sudden adrenaline rush of feelings on his chest. Especially when Sakura's finger accidentally brushed against his arms, he quickly looked away and bit his bottom lip.

When Sakura sensed the awkward tension inside the room, she hurriedly asked some question to level down the awkwardness,

"So…I didn't know you're a ninja too, Uchiha-san. You just came home from a mission?"

The dark-haired boy just nodded slowly and answered, "Hn."

Clearly Mister mysterious boy wasn't a big talker; Sakura noticed it back when she first met him, she then nodded back and smiled,

"Ah. I see. Good thing you're back now."

After finishing the blood pressure test, the medic kunoichi took her stethoscope from her neck and asked the Uchiha ninja to sit right up. She then slowly tilted her body close to her patient.

One of the things that the former avenger values was his personal space, but this sudden closeness with his pink-haired teammate made his heart beats faster than ever. He doesn't want to show it in front of her that he was nervous and anxious with her skin brushing off against his body.

Even though his expression was unreadable, he can feel the heat radiating under his skin. He then accidentally looked towards the eyes of his medic teammate and gradually avoiding the eye contact.

Sakura then placed her stethoscope under the dark-haired brooding boy's chest. She then felt that his heart beats quickly and she thought maybe he wasn't used to this physical test, knowing that the boy was always quiet and aloof.

She just stated,

"Just relax, Uchiha-san. Uhmm I can't get your heartbeat rate if you're not in a relaxed state, don't worry this will be over now."

And Sakura was just answered by a simple, "Hn."

Eventually, after getting is heartbeat rate and jotting down the number on his file. She quickly went to the next Physical test, which is the lung exam. Sensing that her patient seems uncomfortable with these set of exams, she then assured him that it'll be over soon.

She then proceeded to the Head and Neck test and slowly placed her petite hands on his neck to cop up some abnormalities on the area. They're now face-to-face literally with each other and when her hands travelled on the former avenger's head and cupping his bare face, she immediately felt a different feeling inside her chest and her cheeks reddened quickly.

Uchiha Sasuke's head was just an inch away from touching her face and it's too uncomfortable not too look at his very dark eyes.

When her emerald orb and his onyx eyes met, Sasuke thought he saw the medic's cheeks flushed, he also saw the pinkette's sultry lips, the last time he saw her, he kissed her forehead, but she was asleep, now that they're alone, he saw the pinkette's pink lips in front of him and for the first in his life, he wanted to do the unthinkable to Haruno Sakura and the heat radiating from their close proximity is not helping the situation at all. He thought.

The good thing is, Uchiha Sasuke was so good in masking his expression. When the Uchiha survivor was about to do the unthinkable and went on to kiss her pink lips, Haruno Sakura suddenly avoided his stare and immediately took off her petite hands from his face, without Sakura knowing that the dark-haired ninja was about to kiss her.

The dark-haired former avenger thought he would be succeeded on his plan, but it seems like the medic kunoichi sensed the awkward sexual tension and avoided his eyes.

After doing the entire required annual physical test, the pink-haired medic then announced, happily at the brooding boy, "Alright, that's it. We're finished! You can dress up now, Uchiha-san." Sakura announcing it while not looking directly at the dark-haired Uchiha.

Sasuke slowly took his shirt on one of the table and immediately wore it. While the pink-haired medic was jotting down something on a piece of paper, the former avenger then decided to glance over the medic kunoichi and he realized that she looks so beautiful while she's seriously working on something.

Meanwhile, Sakura continued to write the result on his file. She immediately thought, that he must've sense that she was too shaky and nervous in front of him especially that her cheeks reddened when she saw him taking off his shirt in front of her.

After that, Haruno Sakura walked over to the Uchiha survivor to shake his hand. When their hands brushed against each other, the medic ninja's cheeks flushed and the Uchiha felt her warmth hands and saw her blushed. This is too annoying, but amusing for his own cause. He was proudly satisfied with his smooth moves.

Maybe he needed to plan carefully his move towards the pink-haired medic, so that she couldn't avoid his advances next time, he mused. He just smirked mentally at her cute expressions and he knows that even though she can't remember him, he has still that magic effect on her.

He devilishly smirked at the idea at his new findings and exited the examination room with a permanent smug on his face, obviously he didn't want to make it obvious in front of the pinkette, but when he went outside her office, he knew that she will be falling for him again in no time.

Not a humble one, aren't we Uchiha?

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tbc

A/N: Thank you for the review guys, erzams, 18Quirky , Matthew Uchiha , crazymel2008, WhatChuuKnowBoutMe. I really appreciated it!