Get Back Here, Dobe! Part Two: Fluff!

Her eyes fluttered open slowly as she yawned, the morning's bright sunlight managing to seep through her closed blinds. She stretched momentarily before curling back up into a warm ball, hugging her bed sheets around her to keep in the sweet-smelling warmth.

Sleepily, she realized her face was pressed against something firmer than her usual pillow. Something that wafted a heavenly scent around her, lulling her back to a state of hazy consciousness, barely awake at all.

Something silky-soft tickled her cheek as small, warm spurts of air drifted over her forehead in a slow, rhythmic pattern. Almost like breathing…

Her emerald eyes, dulled by sleep, opened slowly as she glanced upwards, not really paying attention to anything at all.

She smiled hazily, realizing she was still asleep, and having the most wonderful dream. In it, her beloved Sasuke had returned to her in the night. He had told her he loved her, that he never meant to leave her and had been forced to go to save her life, and they had fallen asleep in each other's comforting arms. And now here he was. It was morning, and he was still sound asleep next to her.

Her hand gently brushed a few strands of raven-colored hair out of his eyes as he slept peacefully. His porcelain face held no sign of his usual scowl at all. Instead, he almost seemed to be smiling as he breathed deeply in his sleep, a tinge of pink visible on his pale cheeks.

She snuggled closer against his bare chest, discerning his white shirt was wrapped around the two along with her blankets. His powerful arms, still clad in their black guards, were curled tightly around her tiny frame, holding her against himself in somewhat of a possessive embrace. She loved this new side of him, even if he was only asleep.

Sasuke-kun… she thought, not wanting to spoil this perfect moment with spoken words. I love you…so much…thank you for coming back to me…

Something inaudible came from him as he shifted, she realized he was waking up. When his ink-colored eyes opened slowly and focused on her face, she could've cried in sheer bliss when he spoke to her.

"S…Sakura…?" he murmured, examining her with drowsy confusion.

"Good morning, sleepyhead."

"Where…am I…?" she heard him mumble as his tight hug loosened a little.

The way his dark eyes widened in shock when he realized she was wrapped in his shirt nearly made her fall over in a fit of giggles, only spurred on when he bolted upright and threw back the blankets, exhaling in relief to find neither of them had slept unclothed.

"Don't scare me like that," he half-ordered, though she could see he couldn't possibly stay mad at her giggling smile.

He said nothing when she crawled over the discarded sheets and hugged him, her face pressed against his neck.

"Sasuke-kun…" she pleaded softly, "don't go just yet. If…only for a little while, just wait a little longer…please."

She blushed in surprise when he pulled her onto his lap, his lips just brushing against the top of her forehead.

"I'm here to stay."

He smiled at her gasp of delight as she threw her arms around his neck and kissed his nose. "Thank you…thank you so much, Sasuke-kun!"

"I meant what I said…" he murmured, holding her in that possessive fashion again. "…Last night. I promised I wouldn't leave you…and I meant it."

She blushed a little more, remembering some of the other things he had said as well the previous night.

"Now what?" he asked, looking at her with the trust she would know what to do.

"Oh, that's right," she exclaimed, wriggling off of his lap and stretching, her hands reaching for the ceiling for just a second before glancing back at her "charge," whose eyes immediately averted from staring at her figure though his blush completely gave him away.

"Well, I'm going to have to file a report for Tsunade about your coming back…and then there's going to be the hearing…" she continued, trotting over to her unorganized bookshelf and grabbing papers off of the shelves seemingly at random. "…And then you'll most likely be on probation for a while…you can live here with me if you want, but we're probably going to have to convince everyone we're not dating first…"

"Oh," he interjected, smirking. "You mean we're not?"

He chuckled at her bright crimson blush before she pushed him to his feet in the direction of the door.

"Out of here, you," she grunted, succeeding in steering him out into the hallway. "Unless you're a perv who looks at girls while they're changing."

"Wouldn't dream of it."

Slam.

"Love you too!"

He smirked, knowing she was probably bright red in the face from that remark. Sometimes she was just too easy to play with.

Now… he thought to himself. To raid the fridge for tomatoes.

Brrrringggg…brrringgggg…

Crackle-crackle…

"Unhhh…'Ello? (hic)"

"Tsunade-shishou? Are you drunk again?"

"Mrrf…get to the point, Sakura…"

"Well, uh…you see…"

"Spit it out, I'm not in the mood for anxiety."

"I have S-ranked criminal missing-nin Uchiha Sasuke asleep on my couch. What should I do?"

"Sakura, this is no time for your jokes!"

"I'm not joking, shishou. You want to listen to him?"

"No, I don't-"

"Say hello, Sasuke-kun…"

"Nhh…g'way…hnshh…"

Tsunade immediately woke up, her eyes widening in surprise as she scooted her chair up to her desk.

"Oh my god…it…it's really him…I'd recognize that voice anywhere…Sakura, I need you to remain calm-"

"Shishou, I'm a big girl, I can take care of a kitten like him. He's been remarkably well-behaved in the few minutes he was awake…but I think he'd be mad if he knew I called you, so I waited 'till he fell asleep."

"Oh. Uh, well, good call, Sakura. We'll have an ANBU squad over there in-"

"Shishou! I can handle him, you know I can!"

"As your Hokage, I can't take risks like that, Sakura, you know-"

"Shi-shou…"

Tsunade groaned.

"If anything at all happens to you, you're not getting any missions above C level for three months, do you understand me, young lady?"

"Yes, mom. Oh shoot, he's waking up. See ya!"

Tsunade's face turned a faint shade of red to hear her pupil shout something in the background about "Put a shirt on, you're not going out half-naked," before hanging up.

"Sakura…I hope you know what you're getting into…"

Ok...fluff outta the way. Now for lolz!