I have to pint out that in this chapter there are some sexual themes :)
After an hour Izumo was supposed to come by and pick her up. She was already dressed and instead of fussing with her hair too much she just tied it into a high ponytail. She was wearing light, white pants and a red tank top. She finished off her look with a pair of white platform sandals. These days it wasn't so hot and when the sun was already down you could feel a light breeze on your skin. All of the people in Konoha were relieved that the heat was already passing on. She was listening to some relaxing tunes while drinking her cup of coffee and was going down the list of names for the physicals. When she reached Kakashi's name she couldn't help but feel embarrassed about today. How she just gave him a one liner and ran away.
"Gods and I was the one who wanted to act mature about this situation."She thought to herself while playing with the pen in her hand. But truth of the matter he had surprised her with his presence. This time instead of spying he came out openly and spoke to her but she could feel the tension between them. She decided that the day of the physicals she was going to examine him and then talk about what had happened. There was a light knock on the door. She glanced up to the clock there were forty minutes until Izumo had to come.
"Who can it be?" She swiftly went to the front door only to find Ino behind it. The blond was wearing her usual purple kunoichi attire. She looked tired and Sakura confirmed that when she heard her almost emotionless voice:"I thought you might be back. How are you? " Sakura moved aside so her friend can enter. Ino directed herself to the kitchen table where all the paperwork was lying. Ino stared back at her with a dumb look in her eyes:"The one night you have off and you brought home your work. Are you okay?"
Sakura puffed and rose her nose up and said proudly:"At least I am dedicated to what I do. ". Then she stopped only to catch Ino eyeing her from head to toe. She made questioning look. Ino caught up quickly and almost screamed:"Sakura you have a date!" Sakura twitched at the sound her friend made. Then Ino started asking all sorts of questions like why did she not know about this, who is it and when did he ask her out. The pink haired girls answered everything Ino threw at her then Ino made a proud face:
"Finally you are letting someone get closer to you after all this time. You know, me and the girls were worried about that and we were planning to do something about it but it looks like you took matter into your own hands. I am so proud."Sakura took a deep breath if not Kakashi let Ino, Hinata and Ten Ten stick their noses in her personal life. Yes of course the girls knew everything about her as she knew them also but truth of the matter was that there was no need for them to try and save her from a faith that they imagined would be like alone for the rest of her life with only cats surrounding her.
"Ino don't get your hopes up. It will probably be only once. Izumo is a nice guy and I don't want to give him high hopes. And also I have something here for Kiba."Sakura went to the table and found the piece of paper that was for Ino's boyfriend. She handed it to the blond and pleaded: "Make him come please. Everything must be in order on this day so I can do my paperwork correctly."By the time they were finished talking and Ino had left Sakura just had the time to take a deep breath when a knock indicating that Izumo was here came to her ears.
Kakashi was enjoying the evening breeze on the open terrace of a tea house alongside Genma, Gai, Naruto and Sasuke. All of them were having light conversations and drinking sake. The atmosphere was so delightful that he almost forgot what had happened this afternoon with Sakura. He couldn't find a good word for that situation so he just called it awkward. In the end it looked like he had to play the adult even tomorrow when the physicals were assigned. He knew she would be swamped with work with all the shinobi being there but he was going to find a way to talk to her even if he had to push her inside a broom closet and lock the door behind him. "No!" he thought suddenly. Having Sakura with him in such limited spaces wasn't a good idea at all. He didn't know if he could control himself or not.
Suddenly Genma broke the train of his thoughts by saying:"There he is the lucky bastard Izumo. Everyone hates him now." he laughed after his own words and everyone on the table looked over him and Kakashi so they can get a view of the street where Izumo and Sakura were walking. Kakashi himself slightly turned his head so he can see them and suddenly it was like he was stabbed with a kunai. Sakura looked so sexy in those thigh white pants and red top that he could almost felt something in his pants moving. Her hair was swaying behind her back in a heavy ponytail and her exposed neck could arouse anyone.
Her legs that were long by nature looked even longer now in those pants and platforms. Her hips were swaying in unison with her whole body and it made Kakashi want to touch them. He could see her middle size cleavage from here. Her chest had a slight tan from the summer sun as her arms and face and she looked like the summer girl in a dream. And he imagined running his hands over those breasts. He suddenly shook his head to get those thought away. Naruto whistled after them:"Sakura- chan looks really nice don't you think." Gai also complemented her but the rest of them stayed silent lost in their own thoughts about the pink haired kunoichi who lightly could captivate any heart.
Izumo took her to one of her favorite tea houses and they engaged in light and interesting conversations through the whole night. Sakura found that she was enjoying herself but that was it. There was no heartbeat no spark between them no chemistry. Unlike when they walked in front of one tea house where she felt the Copy Nin's chakra and suddenly she felt uneasy and thought's like "Is he watching me? I wonder how I look. Do I look good?" swamped her head. She felt her heartbeat fasten a bit and her mouth went dry. She decided to think about those things when she got home. Suddenly Izumo caught her attention:
"You said you have something for me Sakura-san." She then remembered and reached into the small hand purse that she had taken with herself and took out the physical appointment. She could see the disappointment on his face and felt a little bad. Taking a sip of sake she braced herself for a situation. "I was expecting something else. I would have never imagined that you would hand me the physicals call." He made a small chuckle noise after his sentence and folded the paper and put it in his hip pouch. Unlike her he was wearing his shinobi attire but he still looked manly just not the manly type Sakura wanted.
"Were you expecting a love letter?" She said with a laugh and lightly slapped him on the arm so the situation wouldn't be that awkward. He then blushed a bit and said while scratching his head:"Well to be honest yes. But I know that you agreed to go out with me so you don't have to hurt my feelings." After that statement she felt silent. She had no idea what to say to the guy. She saw a waitress coming their way and almost grabbed the sleeve of her kimono and ordered another bottle of sake to calm her nerves.
"Sakura-san you don't have to worry I knew this from the beginning. I know what kind of men have asked you out and the fact that you said yes to a proposal from a guy like me was amazing. I thank you that you took my feelings into consideration". She just stood silent for a while. This guy was amazing. He knew part of the reason she had gone out with him and still was okay with it. The waitress came and placed the bottle of sake on the table and then went away. Sakura waited for her to go away far enough so she won't hear anything: "Izumo-san you are an amazing man and any other woman would be lucky to go out with you.". He blushed again and smiled back at her. "This isn't as bad as I thought it would be." She thought to herself while she poured him a cup of sake.
Meanwhile Kakashi finally got home after trying to get drunk and failed. He was lying in his bed and as hard as he tried he couldn't fall asleep. Judging by the time Sakura and Izumo's date should be over. But questions like "Did he walk her home? Did she invite him in her house?" where keeping him away from sleep. Sakura wasn't the type of girl to sleep with a man after one date. At least that was what he thought and the fact that she stayed away from men when it came to romance and dating was a pointer that she just went home.
But sex was another thing. Everybody liked and enjoyed sex. As a young girl and a woman Sakura was no exception and he couldn't help but think that she had engaged in a one night stand. He threw that thought away. Was she really like that. She looked innocent and cute but under that exterior might be a woman who wanted sex and bathed in the pleasure of it. For a moment he imagined her all flushed up and sweaty. Naked between bed sheets and moaning and that thought made his manhood respond. He felt tensed so the only thing to do was get up and go under the shower where he could relieve that stress hopefully without her in his thoughts.
