Jesus Christ. Summer is getting fucking ridiculous. Sakura grumbled silently, wiping away sweat from her upper lip and forehead. It was way too hot to even be conscious, let alone in the kitchen making tea for a certain silver-haired shinobi sitting in her living room.

Why did he have to come today? And in that goddamn shirt…

Kakashi was lounging on her couch, lengthy limbs outstretched and hanging over the cushioned arms. He'd opted for a more weather appropriate outfit in this heat. Instead of wearing the Konoha-issued flak jacket, thick dark pants and his trademark mask, Kakashi had decided on a black sleeveless shirt with the attached mask pulled to the base of his neck to reveal his face and thin low-riding pants. He still had on his hitai-ate, but it was pushed further up his forehead to reveal his Sharingan.

And damn, did he look good.

Sakura had to abandon the room as quickly as she could or else she would pass out from the sight of his muscled body in those tight-fitting clothes. She hated this effect he had on her.

And loved it at the same time.

She re-entered the living room, setting down two cups of steaming hot green tea and took a seat in the arm-chair next to the couch he lay on. She stretched and sighed contently, "I showed up at Shushuya at about 8.00 with Ino and hardly remember anything after 9.30."

Kakashi nodded, flexing his muscles unintentionally as he reached up to wipe sweat from the back of his neck, Sakura forced herself to look away. "I wasn't any better than you."

"So let me get this straight," Sakura blew on her tea, "From 10 till 11, Ino claims that we were uh," she reddened, "all over each other. Then, Naoka said that we were kicked out half an hour until closing time- 11.30- and we ended up at the training grounds."

Kakashi nodded thoughtfully, keeping up with Sakura's recollection of information they'd gathered over the past week. "And Naruto catches us in the bathroom in a… compromising position and leaves us there; he claims that to have happened at around 1.00." Sakura mumbled, frowning.

Kakashi's face slipped into an expression similar to her own, "That leaves an hour and a half gap between Neji and Naruto's fight and when Naruto caught us."

Sakura nodded. It was obvious they hadn't had sex in that hour and a half gap, but something must've happened then to explain why they were in the bathroom in the first place. "Right." She said, tipping her head back to fan her neck.

"According to the Hyuga girl, Lee went off to find his 'youthful cherry blossom'," Kakashi turned his head to grin at Sakura's sneer at her nickname. "About two hours after they saw us, so technically about 3.00, and according to Neji, they decided to find Lee at 4.15 and that was when Neji came into my bedroom and uh..."

Sakura cleared her throat, "Right, and we were in our underwear and it was clear that we had been… close to doing it."

"Right." Kakashi said awkwardly, watching her swipe at the sweat at the back of her elegant neck.

"Don't forget that Genma claims we played strip poker until 3.50, which explains why our clothes were on the floor." Sakura reminded him, blowing on her tea again but still not having consumed any.

Kakashi eyed his tea that Sakura had gracefully put on the coffee table in front of him and rubbed at his eyes, "Leaving at least twenty-five minutes that have gone unidentified. Do you think Lee saw anything?"

Sakura nodded, "Possibly. Lee is a lot more emotional when drunk, maybe walking in on us doing uh…" She looked at him from the corner of her eye and looked away immediately after making eye contact with him, she flushed and crossed one knee over the other, "not so chaste things, was why he left."

Kakashi completely agreed with her. Like he'd said before, Lee was an idiot and it wouldn't surprise him if he ran away crying after he saw Kakashi doing whatever with Sakura. He was the student of his self-proclaimed 'eternal rival' after all.

"Even so, that doesn't explain why we woke up naked." Kakashi mused aloud, picking his cup of tea from the table and blowing on it.

Sakura groaned, "And the worst thing is, no one would know why except us. Let's just hope that recounting the whole night with the others jogs at least one our memories." She pinched her thin singlet and pulled it away from her skin, airing it out and fanning down the neckline.

What the hell is she doing? Is she aware of the effect she has on me for showing that much skin? Kakashi grumbled darkly as he watched her singlet pull away from her body and then cling to it again, outlining her chest and stomach in the sexiest of ways. He had to bite the inside of his cheek as he ripped his eyes away from her to keep his cool, his mouth twitching as he did so.

"We should probably talk to Lee first; see his side of the story." She said.

"Tomorrow? He's at the training grounds every morning with Gai." Kakashi rolled his eyes, sometimes Gai's dedication was admirable and inspirational, other times it was just annoying and made Kakashi want to set his ninken on the green monster.

Sakura nodded, "Sure."

Kakashi tried not to wince at the still scalding hot tea that burned down his throat as he looked at Sakura. She was just as beautiful as she always had been and a pit in his stomach was forming. He gritted his teeth.

Since when did he get so worked up over a girl? And why did it have to be Sakura? He must've either done something to offend God himself or please him, with Sakura, he wasn't quite sure yet. For the first time in years, Kakashi was hesitant. He didn't know whether he saw her as a close friend or something more, but judging from his attraction and constant need to be around her, he was leaning towards the latter.

Could they ever be together? He supposed they could. He didn't think Naruto or the others would have a problem with it and he guessed he wouldn't either. But would she?

Despite being an open and empathetic person, Sakura was a little hard to read. He didn't know what she wanted from him. Was she still hurting over Sasuke or did she get over that years ago? Was she hurting over someone else and found him as a… diversion of sorts?

Maybe he was reading her all wrong and she was just… an affectionate person?

No, there was no way he'd be mistaking it. After that night on the cliff, he was sure she was attracted to him. But was that all she wanted from him? A steamy little kiss and possibly more only for her realize it to be a mistake and not talk to him again?

It'd been a while since Kakashi was unsure of himself and having Sakura bring out all his deepest fears about allowing himself to feel just got him all worked up. And intrigued. He was thirty-three years old for shit's sake, and she was legal, right? Nothing was wrong, right?

"Ah shit!" Sakura hissed, setting her cup down hurriedly, causing the contents in it to swish and pool around the base. Kakashi set his tea down on the table and glanced at Sakura with a slightly amused expression.

Cocking his eyebrow, he said, "What?"

"I burnt my fucking lip!" She hissed angrily, pressing her fingers to her bottom lip and heaving an angry sigh.

Kakashi straightened and moved closer to her, reaching over the arm of both the couch and chair she sat in to grip her delicate chin, his fingers gently running down her jaw line.

Sakura stared at him with big green eyes, her lip aching and her eyes watering as a reaction. Swallowing up her anxiety, she grinned at him. "Going to finish what you started the other night?"

Kakashi gave her a slow sexy smirk, an expression she was slowly becoming used to the longer she saw him without his mask. His thumb ran across her chin, right under her bottom lip. "It depends."

"On?" She asked, sucking her lower lip between her teeth. She inwardly grinned as Kakashi's eyes followed her movements, narrowing slightly and darkening with lust.

"On if you want me to or not." He murmured, removing his hand from her face, only to place it on her bare shoulder. Slowly, she felt the sensation of his hand sliding up the curve of her neck, no doubt wiping at the sweat that lingered.

Sakura hummed at his touch as he threaded his fingers through her shoulder length hair, twirling it around his fingers before tightening his hand into a fist at the nape of her neck, all the while staring at her with that irresistible hungry look. Without knowing, she pressed her front tighter into the arm of her chair to lean in closer to him, she wanted to drown in his scent and warmth, no matter how fucking hot it was.

She watched him through hooded eyes as he brought his other hand up to her face, brushing a sweaty strand of pink hair away from her equally sweaty brow. For a moment she envied him, she didn't realize it was possible for someone to look so flawless, even with beads of sweat dripping down their forehead and cheek, until she saw Kakashi.

Ever so slowly, his lips started to move closer to her, but he didn't kiss her. Instead, he opened his mouth and bit down on the lower lip she'd sucked into her mouth a few moments before and pulled it out. He took her bottom lip and claimed it with his teeth, biting on it roughly and running his hot warm tongue across the still tingling flesh. The hand on her hair tightened and forced her face closer to his.

She let out a breathy moan. She was so turned on and he wasn't even kissing her! Not to mention he was hardly touching her.

With another long swipe of his tongue, Kakashi slowly pulled away fully, untangling his hands from her and sitting back in the sofa with a self satisfied grin. "All better?"

Blushing and left slightly disappointed, Sakura frowned. The answer was yes, the burn she had gotten herself on her bottom lip had subsided but now all that was left was the tingle of his teeth and tongue. It wasn't enough. Mustering up her courage, Sakura stood up from her arm chair abruptly, which seemed to have shocked Kakashi as seen in the slight widening of his mismatched eyes.

She made her way to Kakashi's position and pressed a knee on the couch beside his thigh, both her hands going up to rest on the back of it next to his head. His eyes were wide open and attentive, waiting for her next move. "Yeah, kind of." She said, before lowering her lips down to his.

Kakashi made a muffled noise of surprise as her lips pressed to his; soft and warm, yet rough at the same time. He didn't even move, he couldn't move. He hadn't thought she'd be the one to kiss him first and so he was stunned, his wide eyes open and his arms limp at his eyes. He didn't even respond to her kiss.

She pulled away, her eyebrows knotted into a frown and her lips turned down at the corners. Dejected and embarrassed, she began to rise to her feet, "I-I'm sorry… I shouldn't have-"

"Shut up." He breathed, hooking his index fingers into the belt loops of her shorts, pulling her roughly towards him and pressing his lips to hers. She fell onto his lap, her thighs pressed to the sides of his in a straddle. Her breasts were pressed firmly to his upper chest and her hands returned to the back of the couch beside his head.

When he kissed her it wasn't soft or chaste and full of innocent longing. No, this longing was the dirtiest of all types and caused the two to act like starved animals, groping at each other and groaning shamelessly as their tongues fought for dominance in a searing kiss.

The temperature in the room suddenly felt like it'd just risen a few hundred degrees and caused the two to break away panting. Kakashi didn't last long though, immediately, he claimed her neck with his lips, biting, licking and sucking on any skin he can reach. His fingers dug into the muscular creamy thighs that he loved so much, eliciting from her a breathy groan.

"Kakashi…"

At the sound of her voice, Kakashi felt his pants tighten and took no shame in the fact as he slid his hands up her thighs to grip her hips and pull her to his roughly, grinding into her. Sakura threw her head back and panted. His pants were already so thin and she could feel him hard on her own covered core, causing her to groan as she rolled her hips over his, her hands fisting in his silver hair as he devoured her throat and shoulders.

"It's really…" Sakura swallowed, her eyes shut tight and her lips letting out tiny little breaths as they rocked their hips together. "It's really um…"

Sakura felt Kakashi smirk against her shoulder and he pulled away from her, letting his head fall back onto the couch. "It's really what, Sakura?" He asked, staring at her through hooded eyes and long envious lashes. Slowly, he removed his hands from her hips and let them hover at her waist. He greedily drank in her appearance. Her beautiful green eyes were dark and clouded with lust and hunger, her head was cocked to the side to reveal her neck, glistening with a mixture of what he thought was sweat and his saliva. Her chest was heaving and her singlet was in disarray, her pink hair too. "It's really what, Sakura?" He repeated, voice barely above a whisper.

"Hot." She breathed.

Kakashi groaned and dropped his head onto her shoulder, his hands resting on her slender waist. "I think I know what to do about that." He said.

Sakura raised her eyebrows in question and gasped as he slowly lifted her singlet up to reveal her thin white bra, but not exactly taking it off. He felt his pants tighten more when he saw her pink nipples clearly visible through the white lace and straining against it, she shifted her hips so that his arousal was pressed more firmly into the apex of her thighs. She let out a loud, slow moan. "Holy shit."

He pressed his tongue to one of her nipples through the bra, the other rolling and being tugged at by his finger tips. She whimpered and the sound almost threw Kakashi over the edge. He thrust his hips upwards and was met by her meeting him halfway, he groaned. "S-Sakura, oh fuck."

She gripped his shoulders tightly and forced them to press against the couch. Kakashi's head snapped back, revealing his flushed face and dark eyes. She hastily ripped her singlet over her head and then reached behind her to unclasp her bra. Meanwhile, Kakashi reached behind his head and untied his hitai-ate, tossing it to the floor, all while maintaining lustful eye contact with Sakura.

Sakura's bra dropped and she was sure that she saw Kakashi's lips twitch as he stared at her breasts. His mouth watered at the sight of her like this, straddling him, bra-less and completely overcome with her need for him. "Take it off." She demanded, referring to his black shirt.

"Yes, ma'am." He gripped the hem of his shirt and pulled it over his head, tossing it to the floor.

Hungrily, her hands roamed his muscles, her fingers running over the many scars he'd gotten over the years. He raised his hands to her stomach and traced circles with his fingertips at her navel. Feeling her shiver at his touch, Kakashi shifted on the couch so that he was lying underneath her.

He wrapped his hand around her neck and smirked at her, pulling her into a kiss that was so unlike the others but still held the certain ferocity and passion. His warm tongue slid against hers slowly, massaging until a small moan escaped from her. She sat up and rolled her hips up the length of his arousal, his hands moving to the sides of her breast, his thumb circling her nipples slowly. "Sakura…" He said.

"Hmm?" She rested both her hands on his chest and licked her lips purposefully as she stared at him.

His eyes moved from her tongue that was pressed against her bottom lip to her mesmerizing green eyes. "You taste like cherries." He said, his hands slowly moving from her breast to the top button of her shorts, popping it open with a quick flick of his fingers. Then, slowly he slid the zipper down and pulled her shorts open to reveal her white lacy underwear, just as equally see through as her bra. He slid his fingers into her shorts and pressed a long slender finger to her through her damp underwear. "I wonder what else does."

Oh my fucking God, did he just say-

"Hey Forehead, open the fuck up. Shizune sent me to come get you. She thinks you're dead!" There was a pause at the door, "Are you?"

Un-fucking-believable.

Sakura's eye twitched in frustration and anger as she glared at Kakashi, though her look of disdain wasn't meant for him. Kakashi looked just as annoyed at their interruption and jutted out his bottom lip at Sakura.

"Forehead!"

Sighing, she tried to rise from Kakashi's hips but only his hands kept her in place. She looked at him amusedly as he shook his head stubbornly, like he was a five year old child who didn't want to go to bed. "If you ignore her, she'll leave." He whispered.

Sakura muffled a laugh, "It's Ino, she's persistent. And besides, I'm late for work." She tried to rise again, but he gripped her hips even tighter and she fell back onto his hips, unintentionally rubbing against his arousal, causing him to close his eyes.

"Please." He said, cracking one eye open to stare at her.

"Forehead!" Ino drawled and banged her fist on the door.

Sakura gripped his wrists and pushed them up above his head, grinning at him wickedly before pressing a quick kiss to his lips. She used the short amount of time of when he was surprised to remove herself from Kakashi and zip up her shorts. She bent down and retrieved her singlet and slipped it on, Kakashi watching her and grinning as she did.

Ino banged her fist again and both Sakura and Kakashi could imagine how pissed of the pretty blonde was as she stood outside Sakura's apartment.

Flattening her hair, Sakura mouthed to Kakashi to stay where he was as she walked to the door. She opened it and grinned. "Sorry, I was just going over last minute things for our reports." Sakura quickly lied as she stared at her friend.

Ino stood with her hip cocked and her arms crossed in the hallway outside Sakura's apartment, nodding at Sakura's words. "Of course you were, honey. Now let's go, Shizune was about to have a litter." Ino smirked as she observed Sakura, "Ever heard of a bra? And why are your shorts unbuttoned?"

Kakashi, who was still lying on her couch, grinned at the situation Sakura had gotten herself into. "Oh-I was… I was just, there was this-"

"Mhm, whatever, let's go." Ino grabbed Sakura's wrist and toed her out of her apartment. "Bye Kakashi!" She yelled into the apartment as she slammed the door.

Sakura blushed and Ino snorted as they hear a lazy 'see ya' from Kakashi himself, who no doubt was pretty satisfied with himself at the moment.

So embarrassing. Sakura grumbled.