The night was brightened by the hundreds of burning lanterns hanging from all places on the main streets of Konoha. Streets were filled with people mostly dressed in kimono or yukata. One of those people was Sakura. As he approached her from behind he could see her pink hair standing out of the crowd. Her shoulder length hair was partly in a small bun held by two hair pins. The rest of her hair was loosely falling on her shoulders. Her three long braids were falling down her back. He always wondered why she had them. She was wearing a black kimono with small white flowers sewed on the bottom part of her kimono and small white butterflies . Her obi was the most light pink you can find. It was almost white. Once more he though about turning around and running away but then he remembered he was a man of his word. Most of the time at least. With a small inward sigh he took the few steps that were separating him from his tonight's "date".

"Yo. Sakura-chan."

Sakura turned swiftly around with a small frown.

"You're late. " She said as she crossed her arms in front of her chest.

"You know, as I was on my way here I stumbled into..."

"Save it!" She stopped him before he could elaborate more on his lie. "I told you to be here earlier so we can talk through the break-up. Now we won't have time before Ino gets here."

"I could always go home." He said as he started to turn around to leave.

"The hell you are!" Sakura swiftly grabbed him by the collar and stopped him before he could flee. "I kept my side of the deal now keep yours Hatake." She hissed at him.

"Ok. Ok I'll stay. But no sexual harassing. Someone might get the wrong idea." He said and winked at her.

That is when she noticed she had her hands on his chest. She must have moved them there unconsciously after he turned back around. She swiftly removed them.

"Don't get any ideas Kakashi-sensei." She put a distinct emphasis on the sensei part to make sure she didn't see him as anything else.

"Me? Never." He gave her and eye crinkle and took his favorite orange book out.

"Your unbelievable! You really expect this to look like a date? With that book out? Could you please put it away until we are finished here? "

He peaked up from the book and said with a mischievous glint in his eye. "If this was a real date we would be ..."

She hit him on the head before he could finish the sentence blushing furiously.

"Pervert!"

He put the book away and looked around the street. He smiled softly under his mask. This is proving to be more fun than he thought before he agreed to this date.

Six days ago (in the hospital)

"Go out?" He asked.

"It wouldn't really be a date. We just need to break up." She smiled and nodded her head.

"Break up? Am I missing something?" He was now completely confused. A date? And a break up? Does that mean they are together?

"For how long was I in a coma?"

Sakura looked depserately at Kakashi. She closed her eyes and took a long, deep breath. She sat down in the chair next to his bed.

"I told Ino that we were going out."

"Why would you do that?" Asked still very confused Kakashi.

"Well she was always buging me about being single and kept setting me up on these stupid blind dates. I just wanted her off my back for a while. "

"So you told her we were a couple?"

"Yep. We had a fight once again about a blind date she sat me up on. She kept insisting that I go out with this guy so I told here in the heat of the moment that I am dating someone. Few weeks after that we got a bit drunk on her birthday and I lost a bet so I had to tell her who it is that I'm supposedly dating. "

"And you thought about me Sakura-chan? You're too nice." Kakashi teased her a little.

She gave him a dirty look and continued with the explanation.

"You were on a long term mission so I thought it would be safe to say your name and that she will let it go by the time you're back."

"Wait a second!" Something dawned on him. "You told Ino... About us going out..." He smacked his forehead and let out a painful huff. "So the whole village knows about us being togheter?"

"Noooo no no no nooo no no." Sakura kept repeating and waving her hands. "She didn't tell a soul under the threat of me telling someone something. " She finished with a devilish smile.

He let out the a relieved sigh. I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of Tsunade's wrath. Or Naruto's for that matter.

"She didn't believe me that we are dating so I said I will prove it to her. So I said we will go for a double date on the Tanabata festival as a proof." As she was saying the last two sentences her voice kept getting softer and more silent. Looking timid she kept glancing everywhere else but at him.

"I knew I couldn't keep the promise as you weren't suppose to be back for another 2 months." She said with her mouth pouting.

"So it's my fault that your lie caught up with you?" He asked with a smile.

She pouted a little more like a little child and crossed her arms in front of her chest.

"So what's in it for me?"

She turned her head to Kakashi and that is when he realized he has fallen into a trap. She smiled and with a honey sweet tone said. "I will give you a three hour head start before I let anyone now you escaped from hospital. And as a bonus I will come check up on you only 3 times." She finished the sentence with a satisfied smile. She knew this was a great deal for the infamous you-won't-drag-me-back-to-hospital-only-with-a-kunai-under-my-neck.

Kakashi was looking all serious as if he was really thinking about it.

"Oh come on. You know it's a great deal. You won't get a better offer from anyone else here in the hospital. And if you won't agree to it, I will come and hunt you down and drag you back to the hospital myself." She finished with that little devilish smile of hers. He knew she was serious about the dragging back part. She did it on more than one occasion. She could be very persuasive if you are still injured and she was threatening you with a chakra laden fist or a kunai under your neck.

Kakashi swallowed hard.

"Ok. It's a date." He smiled and gave her an eye crinkle. She blushed a little and nodded her head.

"You should sleep a little before you go running. Ok? "

She didn't have to say it twice. He was already drifting back to sleep before she finished writing down his health status and left the room.