Hi! Yeah, so, I'm sorry about updating after God knows how many months of not updating this story. The thing is I was busy with school; I came up with that story when I was having my practical exams, so, yeah.

Italics- Inner Sasuke.

Chapter 2

Sakura stepped out of the shower fully dressed in a black halter neck top and a black denim mini skirt. She headed to the vanity mirror that was by her bed and began to do her make-up and hair. After she was done, she headed down to the kitchen to begin cooking hers and Sasuke's dinner.

She packed Sasuke's dinner into a Tupperware box and sat down to have her own. Halfway through eating, someone knocked on her door. Now, there are only so many people knocking on her door in one day (Ino, Naruto, Shikamaru, Naruto, her fan boys, Naruto, etc.), and since she just got home from a mission, I highly doubt that she's in the mood to entertain people right now. So, she just kept eating and ignored whoever was knocking on her door, hoping he/she would think that no one was home and go away.

When she was done with washing the dishes, whoever was knocking on her door was STILL knocking on it (man, the dude or the woman is a persistent one, aren't they?). Sakura was getting pretty annoyed by then, so she flung opened the door when she got to it and said, in an annoyed tone, "What?"

"Whoa, it's just me, Sakura-chan. No need to get upset." The knuckle-headed ninja, aka, Naruto, said. He'd grown up a bit in these five years as well. Well, a lot would be more appropriate. Standing at 5'11, Naruto was now taller than Sakura by a good half foot, and Sakura was only 5'6. He was also more lean and muscular, but he wasn't as buffed as a body builder. His blonde hair was still in the spiky manner, but it was shorter now. He was also in ANBU and was working under Sakura. Oh, and he'd got over the crush he had on sakura when they were twelve and was dating Hinata for the past two years now.

"Yeah, try coming home after a month-long mission and then getting another one right away WITHOUT any breaks in between. Anyway, why are you here? Shouldn't you be out on a date with Hinata or something right now?" Sakura said as she headed to the kitchen.

"Yeah, I'll be in a while. I heard the teme is back in Konoha, and I was wondering if you knew. And I just wanted to pay you a visit before I meet up with Hinata, you know." Naruto said as Sakura came out from the kitchen with the tea and snacks.

"Yeah, I know he's back. I was the one who found him, after all. I'm going to visit him later, so you can come with me if you like." Sakura said as she took a sip from her cup and popped a piece of chocolate chip cookie into her mouth (bite-sized pieces, of course).

"Ah, I see. Well, I'll go visit Sasuke later with Hinata. So how was the mission?" Naruto asked.

(A/N: I'll skip this part and right to where Sakura is visiting Sasuke.)

Sakura stopped right in front of Sasuke's ward, debating on whether to go in or not. She decided to go in there in the end.

Sasuke was already awake, sitting on the bed, looking out of the window (wow, he's 18 already and he's still pretty emo) before turning to face Sakura. He was about to turn back to the window when did a double take.

"Damn, looks prettier now compared to when we were 12." Inner Sasuke thought.

"Shut up." Sasuke thought to his inner self.

"Hi. Well, Hokage-sama has assigned me to take care of you until further notice. So whether you like it or not, you are going to have to put up with me for the time being." Sakura said, sounding as emotionless as Sasuke's expression when he was 12. But unbeknownst to her, Sasuke was checking her out while she stood at the foot of his bed fishing a Tupperware and utensils out of the bag.

"Yeah, whatever." Sasuke said while willing himself to stop staring at the breadth taking young woman in front of him. He managed to stop doing that by the time Sakura was done fishing whatever she was fishing out of the bag. She walked to Sasuke and handed him the food she'd prepared for him and Sasuke got a good look at her legs: those were the legs of a model; long and never-ending. He snapped out of his reverie when he heard Sakura calling his name repeatedly.

"Sasuke, are you there?" Sakura asked.

"Was it me, or was Sasuke just checking me out when I walked to him?" Sakura thought.

"It wasn't you. He WAS checking you out, babe. I saw it too" Inner Sakura said.

"Well, I beg to differ. It's Uchiha Sasuke we're talking about here. He never took much interest in me in the past, so I don't think he would now."

"Whatever helps you sleep at night, dear." Inner Sakura said and retreated to the recesses of Sakura's mind.

"H-how have you been these five years?" Sasuke suddenly said, stopping Sakura in the midst of cutting an apple.

"I've been good, thanks for asking. Naruto and the others are well, too. Here you go." Sakura said and handed him a pared apple. He took the apple from her, bit into it, and nodded his head in understanding.

"Well, I'll come back again tomorrow. It's getting late and I have to head home. I'll see you tomorrow." Sakura said as soon as she saw that Sasuke had finished the apple.

Sakura packed up the things and left the ward as fast as she could, not really wanting to stay in the room alone with the sole Uchiha survivor any longer.

"Glad that's over." Sakura thought the moment she was out of the ward. One day down, and God knows how many more days to go.

Well, that was chapter 2. Hope you like it. =)