Title: Dream
Series: Naruto
Parings/Characters: Sakura and Sasuke. Passing mention of Team Seven and Orochimaru.
Disclaimer: Characters and series belong to Kishimoto. This little drabble belongs to me.
Rating/Warnings: T or PG-13 for language and implied situations.
Dedication/Notes: Fans of Sakura and Sasuke.
Summary: Sakura wakes up from a very bad dream.

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It was the middle of the night and all seemed well within Konohagakure. Seemed, that is. In one eastern placed apartment, however, things were slightly amiss.

Newly appointed Jounin, Sakura Haruno shot up from bed with a startled gasp, sending her sweat soaked pink locks flying everywhere. Her grandmother's antique clock ticked softly in the corner and, on instinct, Sakura palmed a kunai until her eyes locked with the aged wood and brass device. Closing her eyes, too tired to adequately feel the embarrassment from thinking the clock a threat, Sakura gentle replaced the weapon in it's normal hidden spot and sighed. A dream. It was just a dream. A really, really bad dream.

A grunt sounded off from her right and Sakura quickly turned her head to the side, gazing down at her husband's restlessly slumbering form. A small smile graced her features as a feeling of safety began to flow through her tensed body. She carefully caressed his forehead, moving his messy dark locks out of his face. Sitting up straighter, Sakura took in her husband's toned body, muscled arms and the infamous Uchiha Clan symbol lining the elastic band of his sliding blue silk boxers.

Sasuke was still here, in her - their - bed. He wasn't off with that snake bastard, learning forbidden techniques and killing with reckless abandonment in some form of sick, misdirected revenge. No, they, Team Seven, had killed that decrepit pervert ages ago, shortly after all three of them had made chuunin. Sasuke wasn't there. He wasn't gone. He was here, alive and safe. And hers.

With a quiet sigh, Sakura carefully fell back into bed and cuddled up into the temptingly bare back of her Sasuke, wrapping her arms around his sleeping form. She had no intention of ever letting go. Not even in her dreams.

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I know, I know. It's about damn time I updated! Sorry for the delay. Midterms were on my mind more than my fanfics. I am now attempting to rectify that! Forgive me?

Anywho, as always, thank you for reading and please review!