Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
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"Go home Sakura! You are no use to anyone if your chakra is exhausted." Shizune barked from her bent position over a patient, trying to close a chest wound.
"But Shizune-"
"If you do not leave right now to go rest, so help me I will have you tranquilized!"
Sakura could see the beads of exhaustion running down Shizune's face, mixing with the blood crusted there. It was a sad sight and made Sakura think twice before protesting more, plus she figured after a few hours of sleep she could convince Shizune to do the same.
Sakura discarded her bloody gloves and apron in a seriously overflowing and therefore hazardous medical waste bin. It wasn't surprising to find the field hospital in such disarray, since its quick erection there wasn't much time for anything besides healing the scarily increasing number of patients. But forgoing any thought to possibly clean up, she fled from the hospital.
It took her only minutes to return to the barracks supplied by Yamato. Being the head medic for Konoha had earned Sakura a private room but with the limited space and the fact that Kakashi also had a private room, she opted to bunk with him and give up the room to someone else. Besides, it wasn't like they were ever in the room together, Kakashi only came back at odd times to rest and restock before rejoining the war room or leading stealth teams into enemy territory.
Therein laid a deep want to see him, just for a moment when it wasn't a side-long glance across injured bodies when he brought in more wounded. At the very least he wasn't the one being brought in.
Shaking off these thoughts Sakura entered her room, exhaustion already fogging her mind, only thinking about sleep. Without removing any of her guards or clothes she flopped down on the bed and quickly closed her eyes.
Her body screamed for rest but her mind was anxious and hyperactive. War had broken out only a month prior and since then all semblance of normal life had been replaced with fighting tooth and nail with the enemy.
Creak.
Sakura froze at the sound of the door opening, her body thrumming with adrenaline.
Carefully controlling her breathing, she listened for movement across the room. The unknown person silently glided across the floor without a single sound, her only clue was the sudden pressure indicating he was leaning over the bed now. Sakura slid a kunai from her boot with minimal movement just as the figure tumbled onto the bed. In a split-second she flipped herself onto the person and readied her kunai.
"As much as I enjoy you playing rough, this is going a little too far." Kakashi said lazily.
Sakura smiled warmly for probably the first time in several weeks.
"I'd apologize, but then again who sneaks up on a girl while she's sleeping."
The only lamp on in the room barely illuminated her head cocked to the side in mock anger. Truthfully, with him she couldn't muster an ounce of anger; instead she peeked at his cloth covered face happily before discarding her kunai in the wall near the door with a flick of her wrist.
"We both know you weren't sleeping. Besides, Naruto kept nagging me to go home…so, I'm home." His eye crinkled and she knew he was smiling.
Sakura sighed in exacerbation and slowly shifted herself to lie next to him with her back to his side.
"It seems our friends want us far away from the field for a few hours." Sakura yawned out before once again closing her eyes. "And this is the first time in a long time we've actually been within arm's length. Too bad I'm so tired." She mumbled, already giving in to her tiredness.
"Oi Sakura! Don't fall asleep with your armour on." Kakashi shook her lightly but her own hand came up and swatted his away.
"You're still wearing a flak jacket and I'm too tired to move, so if it bothers you that much do it yourself."
Sakura felt the bed shift as Kakashi stood up and heard him fumble with his clothes. She then heard the distinctive thunk of shoes being removed followed by the lighter sound of clothes being draped over a chair. The bed dipped when he rejoined her, this time he went under the bed covers instead of lying on top like her.
Sudden warmth pooled at her stomach where Kakashi's hand moved under her top and caressed her smooth skin with his calloused palm. From below she felt the tug of her shin guards and sat up in surprise to see another Kakashi at the foot of the bed.
She groaned. "Kakashi! You know you shouldn't waste chakra on a clone for things like this."
Sakura glanced over to her bed partner but his eyes were closed. The clone finished removing the guards and set them next to the bed. Ultimately, she sighed in defeat and decided to take advantage of the situation being as sleepy as she was. Sakura looked at cloned Kakashi and beckoned him over with her hand.
Sakura grinned because Kakashi made the clone just before he came back to bed. His clone was only wearing boxers.
"Help me with these?" Sakura gestured shyly to her over shirt and pants.
She was always slightly timid around his clones, though they were exact copies it was strange to be completely herself around them. The clone gently tugged the shirt over her head, leaving Sakura in a black tank top. Then he moved to her pants, unbuckling them first before sliding them slowly down her legs, making sure to trail his fingers on the skin of her thighs as he went. She shivered at the feeling. With a final kick on her part the pants came off and fell to the floor.
"Thank yo-"
Sakura stopped mid-sentence when she was lifted off the bed by Kakashi's clone, one hand under her legs and the other supporting her back. She watched stunned as the clone pulled back the blanket and tucked her underneath the blankets. He placed a kiss to her forehead before turning to dispel but Sakura pulled him back roughly. The force of the pull brought his face mere centimeters from hers. Without hesitation she brought her lips to his in a loving kiss that was far too short when she felt that tell-tale poof.
Sakura settled back down in bed and returned to lying on her side. Two strong and warm arms moved to wrap around her waist and pull her backwards into the real Kakashi's broad chest.
"Not so tired now are you?" She said knowingly. He would have received the memories and sensations of his clone the moment it disbursed.
"I can't sleep while you are kissing other men."
"Don't tell me you're jealous of your clone?" Sakura deadpanned.
Kakashi reflexively held Sakura tighter to him but she managed to wiggle herself around to face him. This close and perfectly still she could tell he was at about his limit, both physically and mentally. His sharingan eye was squeezed shut from overuse and his other eye was staring sleepily at her with the smallest amount of tenseness lining the brow.
This was wartime and this wasn't their home. There was no promise of tomorrows or even tonights. All she and Kakashi had was being here in this room for a single moment before time got the better of them.
But despite all that, lying here so close that she could feel his body heat warming her, made it feel like home. She ran a hand through his silver hair and watched as he closed his other eye, relaxing at her touch. Sakura smoothed his creased brow with her hand before running cooling chakra into the inflamed nerves of his left eye.
His hand shot out to stop her own from delivering more chakra. "Don't. I'm fine." He said tersely.
Sakura put on her no nonsense face. "At the very least I can reduce the pain so you can sleep better tonight and don't forget you started the whole using chakra unnecessarily. So lie there and be quiet." She ordered.
Kakashi removed his hand and placed it on her hip as she finished the healing process. He was wise enough to know now not to go against a powerful kunoichi's orders or in most cases against any of Sakura's orders. If one was foolish enough to do that, well then your name is probably Naruto. It was also a great relief to not feel the strain on his sight for the first time in weeks.
"There. All done." Sakura smiled slightly before placing a light kiss on his eyelid. Kakashi squeezed her arm in thanks before she nuzzled closer to him, so close that her nose touched his cheek and his the same.
Kakashi tilted his head slightly and their lips met in an effortless kiss, effortless because any more energy would be impossible for the pair but also effortless because this was second nature to them.
"Better than my clone?" He asked humorously after pulling back to look at Sakura. She rolled her eyes before turning her body away.
"Yeah yeah, best I've ever had."
Kakashi smirked from behind her.
Sakura grabbed his arm and draped it around her body and laced their fingers tightly together. He always fit perfectly with her.
It had taken almost half an hour but finally the couple fell asleep.
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