Scars
Chapter 8
Author's note: I will keep on writing this story it's just that I'm a bit busy with the exams, getting a driver's license, classes and friends. So, if you want to keep on reading this, you're more than welcome, but my advice is not to wait for often updates anymore. Sorry, but that's just how it is.
I don't own any of the characters, they belong to Masashi Kishimoto
Kakashi held Sakura close for a few more minutes and then said:
"You should stay here for the night, I don't want you to be alone after everything you told me."
"Okay" answered Sakura still clinging to his vest.
"I'll take the couch and you should sleep in my bed"
Of course, every girl would have said no, how can I, and so on, but Sakura was not in the mood to argue, so she agreed.
But it was still early to go to sleep so they decided to make something to eat for themselves. It was almost funny how a red-eyed, all puffy Sakura tried making some tonjiru, while Kakashi was helping her out. Every once in a while a tear would escape her eyes, but she was no longer crying so hard. It felt good to have someone who knows everything about you stick to you and not leave you alone with your pain and your demons.
Turning and going and doing something for two people in such a small place was kind of hard and once in a while their hands, or sides touched and Sakura felt like this kind of affection was enough for her, but deep down something told her it's not all she wanted from her ex-sensei.
The next day Sakura finally left Kakashi's apartment and came back to her lonely and too spacious apartment. She already missed Kakashi's tiny kitchen or his shampoo smell or the way there were Icha Icha thrown all around the apartment. But she knew she had to start living her own life and not bother him so much. So she went to bed knowing tomorrow she will go to the hospital and keep on living no matter how hard it may seem sometimes.
But lying in her bed was no good. She kept on recalling everything that happened to her and was sinking even deeper into her depression. The only way to fall asleep was to take some sleeping pills. Even though usually Sakura hated them because you feel like you're carrying an awful weigh with yourself when you wake up, but his time she had no choice. It's either you keep on crying all night or you take the pill. Sakura decided not to cry.
And she regretted this decision very much because the next day she was late for her hospital shift and got screamed at by Tsunade and this was only the start of the most catastrophic day you can imagine.
The next thing that happened was that a whole team of Anbu were carried in with all kinds of wounds. All three: Sakura, Tsunade and Shizune took care of them, but Sakura got exhausted due to this much chakra usage in such short period. After that Sakura still had to take care of less critical patients. Then she heard two medicals talking about her, making fun of her scars and saying she was not worth to be called a ninja if she couldn't even defend herself. That was the last straw and Sakura yelled her head off at those two young girls. She might have even punched them, but Shizune stopped her so she wouldn't regret it later. And, then a lot more patients came... So, by the end of the day Sakura felt too exhausted to do anything. All she managed to do was to glare ferociously at anyone who as much as looked her way.
Sakura was on her way home when she heard someone behind her. The first thought that came to her mind was:
'Kami, I'll kill that person if he bothers me'
She heard the person speed up and before he could touch her she turned around and kicked him, but the person caught her leg and both of them fell to the ground with Sakura on top of the other person.
"Yo" she heard her friend say and froze knowing it was Kakashi she was lying on.
"Um... Sor... You, baka, why were you sneaking behind me?!"
As always, instead of apologizing Sakura screamed at him as soon as she was up on her own feet.
A few minutes later they were already at the Ichiraku's just to keep the tradition. They were eating ramen silently, but Sakura already felt better.
The next day Kakashi was on a mission so Sakura spend her evening alone and felt lonely as always. But every day after Kakashi came back he either took her to a restaurant or invited to his place and it became almost like a habit to see Kakashi waiting for her outside the hospital. Only when he was on mission did Sakura spend her evenings alone, but she was happy knowing that as soon as he comes back from mission they can spend their time together again.
About a few weeks later Sakura got her first mission after the "incident" as Tsunade called it. She was afraid she might not be able to pull it off, but everything went well and this was the start to lots of more missions that kept her away from Kakashi even when he was in the village. But the thought that she will meet him soon was enough of a trigger for her to succeed her missions in half the time it would take her in other circumstances.
So, that's how she was living now, driven only by the thought of meeting her 'friend'. But that was just until one mission was given to her that changed everything and her illusion of living like a normal person again were gone the second she saw who was the target of the anbu team she was assigned to accompany...