YAAAY! I freaking updated finally! lol.

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- Koria

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Sakura opened her eyes.

She'd been here before.

Her pink hair was in a mess, she wasn't in her own bed, and her back was against the chest of someone warm. His arms were wrapped around her, holding her tightly, their fingers entwined. She felt him breathing slowly, probably still asleep.

But this time around, Sakura didn't have to dread knowing who the person beside her was. Instead, she smiled and turned around to face a sleeping Kakashi. His mask wasn't off but it didn't matter. She snuggled her head into the crook of his neck. She felt his arms tighten around her, hugging her. He was awake.

"You're gonna squish me." She whispered, looking up at him.

He moved his head back a little so he could look at her. He squint his eyes, trying to adjust to the light. "I see my messy haired Kunoichi didn't run off this time." He joked.

She chuckled softly.

"Tell me something," Sakura started as she smiled deviously and rolled him onto his back, her laying on his chest, "who would want to get out of a comfortable bed with a shirtless Kakashi beside them?" She smirked.

Kakashi furrowed his eyes at her and said, "So you ran away the first time because mybed wasn't comfortable?" he said, clearly faking a sad voice.

Sakura giggled. "Oh shut up, stupid." She said as pulled his mask down and pressed her lips into his. He slid his hands up against her back. Her skin was so soft.

Sakura pulled away. "We have to get back to Konoha or else Tsunade'll send a search party after us." She said, rolling to the side of him.

"We can take 'em." He replied. "So the search party is the enemy now? That makes perfect sense." She joked. Kakashi smiled and with a swift movement, he was over her and pinned her down.

"Oi!" she protested, his face inches from hers.

"If it's them that's making you leave my side, then yeah, they are the enemy." He smirked sliding a hand along her cheek.

She felt her heart flutter. He kissed her. She loved it. No confusion… just reality.

Or so she thought.

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By the time Kakashi and Sakura were at the outskirts of Konoha, the sun had already begun to sink into the horizon. The day started off good… happy. It was mostly Sakura trying to tackle Kakashi behind trees to de-mask him and steal kisses.

But a thought occurred to her as they drew nearer to Konoha. Would Kakashi want to tell anyone about them? She looked at Kakashi. It was so hard to read him sometimes. Had he even thought about it?

"Kakashi… are we-"

"We shouldn't tell yet." He said and smiled.

Sakura bit her lip. She knew his reasons. Too many questions, too many comments. A student and a teacher, who seduced who? It would be gossip, it would be controversy in their work. Tsunade would probably not let them on missions together since she would probably expect two lovers to treat each other's lives as priorities over the other members. They were elite ninja, they would obviously act objectively and treat every ninja as equal on their team, as ninjas of their caliber should, in the end it would be their instinct to protect each other. To never recover if they witnessed losing one another in battle

But the real question floating in Sakura's mind was if Kakashi really thought this was something worth trying for the long run or if it was just another fling. She couldn't tell what he was thinking. Maybe she was thinking too far ahead. But her feelings didn't care. He felt so right.

They reached the gate, and the sun had set. Kakashi stopped walking. Sakura looked at him. "What's wrong?" She asked. He pulled her towards him and kissed her through the mask. Sakura closed her eyes and returned it as she pressed her lips into his. She felt his fingers slide down her arm gently. "Stop worrying." He said, pulling away. Sakura blinked. "I'm not worrying." she denied. He smiled, "it's written all over your face." Sakura stuck her tongue out at him playfully and turned to walk again but was thwarted by his arms wrapping across her shoulders from behind and pulling her against him. He lowered his head to her ear and whispered, "don't let this go."

Sakura smiled. "Right back at you, sensei." She teased. He laughed and gently placed a kiss on her neck and disappeared. It was so Kakashi to be mysterious.

Sakura sighed. She was head over heels.

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Tsunade was standing in her office, tapping her foot, quite irritated. Sakura had walked into her office right when she was about to send out a search team for Sakura. Tsunade just glared at the young kunoichi standing in her office.

"I… am going to kill you. You're late. You've NEVER been late!" She started to pace. "Sakura, you haven't been yourself! What's gotten into you?" Tsunade began but stopped when she noticed Sakura's slightly dazed demeanor.

The hokage sat back down in her seat and grinned. "When I sent you off on this mission, you were dazed then too and there were marks on your neck. That wasn't just a one-night stand, was it?" She smirked. Sakura snapped back into focus. "Wha- what?! Absolutely not!" she denied vehemently. Tsunade had a smug look on her face as she walked over to Sakura and pulled her cheeks. "Ow ow ow!!!!" Sakura cried. "How cute! My little healing prodigy has finally fallen for someone!"

If Sakura knew Tsunade well enough, this was not going to end well.

"Oh my little one! Tsuande will help you get this guy! Just leave it to me! I'll give you all the advice you need!" The hokage said, eyes gleaming, clearly not understanding the real situation. "Wait! What? No! You have it all wrong!" Sakura smacked her head. She was just like a female version of Jiraiya. "There, there, Sakura. There's nothing to hide, what's his name?" She asked, still with excitement in her voice. Sakura hung her head. Tsunade definitely liked the gossip.

"There's no one. I'm just tired, I'm sorry." Sakura lied, a little more seriously this time. "Oh… I see then." Tsunade replied, letting go of Sakura. "Well, in that case, you may go now."

Sakura felt a sigh of relief and quickly left the office. Tsunade went and sat down. She knew there was something awry with Sakura. "What has she got to hide?" Tsunade thought to herself.

She grinned deviously. She was going to find out.

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ps: I hate university. It eats you up and spews you out only during breaks... like now.

I love all of you guys for being so patient with me with this story. I know I take so long the get down to writing chapters. Hopefully this chapter will help me get my inspiration back. Thanks for reviewing!!!

ALSO!! Random author's note about author!! For all those people who are interested in my love life, I just found out that my ex, the one who cheated on me like a year and a half ago is apparently still in love with me, and he told one of my friends he regrets what he did and he's always wanted me back, but I totally am going to shun him if he ever even tries. Right now I've been dating this awesome guy for over a year now, and believe it or not, he gave me the BEST PRESENT EVER. HE NAMED A STAR AFTER ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Apparently it's like $150-200 depending on where you are to get a star named after you and it goes into the official star registry office in Switzerland. I'd tell you the star name but then you'd know my real name, lol. But it's in the tropic of Cancer.

-Koria is happy-