"So did he give an answer yet?" Ino asked Sakura after taking a sip from her coffee. Sakura just smiled at her friend's question. He could never keep a secret from Ino so as soon as she had finished with her paperwork from the hospital she took the liberty to invite Ino over for coffee so she can share her experience:"Ino I made him the offer today and he said he will give me an answer in two days." Sakura reminded the blond almost with a laugh. Ino shrugged her shoulders but then asked:"Do you feel better now?" Sakura looked out through the window and nodded with a smile on her face.

It was hard to focus on the training Naruto and Sasuke were doing from the branch he was sitting on. Kakashi's thoughts were occupied with the events from last night and this morning. He was amused by the fact that a man like him had no idea what do right now because he himself wasn't sure what he wanted. At first he thought he should distance himself and take her offer to forget what had happened. But a small part of him wanted more than this one night. He was finally taken out of his daze when Naruto screamed at him:"Kakashi are you up for some lunch?"

He flinched by the sound of the blonds' voice at first but then closed his book on which he couldn't focus ever since he had opened it and agreed in a light tone. The three of them made their way back to Main Street of Konoha. The boys were engaging in loud conversations and whenever they asked him for an opinion he just answered in simple and short answers. At one point he stopped which made the boys turn around and see what was holding him:"What is wrong Kakashi?" asked Sasuke in an irritated voice. Sasuke was craving the shade that Ichiraku was providing and was in a hurry to get there. Kakashi raised his gaze and his eye cringed indicating he was smiling under his mask:"I just forgot I have something to take care of. See you guys later." And with that he disappeared in a puff of smoke. Sasuke and Naruto looked each other with puzzled faces but then just ignored Kakashi and continued on their way.

Sakura got too bored to stay at home so she got dressed in white skirt and a red tank top with a heart shaped neck and made her way towards the Hokage tower. She wanted to pay a visit to her shishou and also inform her that she was back and was ready to go back to the hospital first thing tomorrow. As she was walking she found it relaxing to walk once more on the familiar streets of her home village. She was greeting other shinobi she knew and stopped to chit chat with some of them. When she was passing by Ichiraku she saw a familiar orange jump suit and spiky black hair. She tip toed behind them and with a loud "Boo." She made Sasuke flinch and almost drop his glass of ice tea and Naruto choke on noodles.

After recollecting themselves Sasuke took the liberty to scold her:"Gods Sakura when will you stop acting like a child? Honestly I have a problems every day with this one I don't need another one on my hands." He finished after dropping his finger that pointed to Naruto. Sakura passed that comment and after making sure that her blond friend was alright she sat on one of the chairs and ordered an ice tea for herself:"So Sakura-chan how was your vacation?" asked Naruto in a fun tone indicating he didn't have any hard feelings for being interrupted while eating his favorite meal for the day.

Sakura smoothed her skirt and answered in a long prolonged tone:"It was great. I am really glad I decided to take my vacation somewhere and not just stay here. How about you guys what have you been up to while I was gone?". Sasuke shrugged his shoulders:"Usual stuff a few missions with genins, training nothing new. The annoying heat is still killing everyone.". Naruto took the time to examine his female friend and after a while he raised his eyebrows and noted:"Judging by the way you are dressed I guess you are not out on shinobi or hospital busyness.".Sakura looked down at her outfit and smiled:"Yeah I thought I would go and visit Tsunade-sama. I want to tell her that I am back and ready for the hospital tomorrow. Hey I notice just now where are Sai and Kakashi?"

"Sai is at some ANBU mission and Kakashi was going to come with us but half way here he forgot he forgot to take care of something and just disappeared like that.". Sakura raised her eyebrows it wasn't usual for Kakashi to bail on Naruto and Sasuke like that but the moment she thought about him the scenes from last night became vivid in her memory once more. She shook her head to push them away and went back to listening the guys.

It took Kakashi some time but he finally found the person he was looking for. Genma was just walking out of the Hokage tower. Hands in his pockets and senbon between his lips he was walking slowly as if he was tired. When Kakashi was near enough he called out to him and greeted him. Genma smiled:"Hey Kakashi what are you up to?". Kakashi smiled at his friend and told him he needed some advice and offered to treat him tonight at the tea house. Genma raised an eyebrow and whistled:"Wow for you to treat me this must be really important. Let me guess it's a girl.". Kakashi wasn't surprised that Genma found out the whole plot that is why he decided to turn to him in the first place. Genma had a certain expertise when it came to women:"Well all women except one." He thought.

Tsunade was really happy to see her student well rested and vibrant. That was the whole reason she had instructed her to take her vacation. Sakura was sitting in a chair in front of the desk and was sharing details from her trip:"It was really good for me but now I am ready to go back to work." Tsunade smiled at the bold request Sakura had made. She knew very well that this was one of the reasons Sakura had taken the liberty to come all the way here. It made her feel proud and happy that her student was like her in her early years. Tsunade remembered how when she was developing her medical techniques she would work so hard that she would fall asleep from chakra deprivation on the desk and one of her teammates, mostly Jiraya had to come and wake her up and help her get home.

Sakura was patiently waiting for an answer. She was judging the looks on her masters' face and understood that she was remembering something nice since she had a smile on her face. After a while Tsunade leaned back in her chair and swung a pen between her fingers:"Alright you can go back. I know that you have ordered all of the medical files that need to work to be taken to your house. Take them back tomorrow.". Sakura flushed a bit. The fact that her master knew her so well showed Sakura that Tsunade really cared about her. She stayed there for a really long time just talking with her and when the sun was starting to go down she finally decided to go the tea house where she had agreed to meet Ino, Hinata and Ten Ten to catch up.

Kakashi and Genma were sitting in booth catching up on news and missions while waiting for the waitress to bring them their order. At one point Kakashi was trying to figure out how to ask Genma openly about his problem but to his relief his friend made the first step:"So what kind of trouble are you in this lady? And may I ask who is she?". The waitress came around and placed to sake bottles on the table. The silver haired jounin waited until she was far away so she can't hear their conversation. While he was pouring them the sake in small cups he started explaining:"I am not going to tell you who is she because I feel that it would be unfair towards her. But let's say that something happened between us. The point is that she gave two choices either forget what had happened and just be friendly or engage in pure sexual relationship. And I can't make up my mind. So I need an friendly advice.". Genma raised an eyebrow. He had known Kakashi long enough to know that this wasn't like him. The man always knew what to do and he knew exactly what he wanted. Seeing his best friend like this made him a bit concerned. But he appreciated the fact that Kakashi was asking him for his opinion. He took a sip from his sake and then stared at his friend while saying:"Well I can honestly say that the only advice I can give you is to make your choice based on what you want. If you want more of her than have the benefit relationship if you think that you had enough if her just be friends."

Kakashi thought for a minute. He wasn't sure himself what he wanted, but Genma was right. At that moment he heard a familiar laugh and diverted his towards the entrance. Ino, Hinata and Ten Ten had just entered the tea house and entering behind them with a smile on her face was Sakura. Kakashi froze for a moment. She was wearing a white short skirt and a red tank top with a heart shaped neck. Her cleavage was exposed and sensual and he wished he were kissing it right now. Her long slender legs looked even better in that skirt and her exposed neck was screaming at him:"Kiss me.". In that moment Kakashi had made his choice.