Tsunade called her around noon, demanding to know where she was.
"I'm here with the Kazekage." Sakura answered calmly. "Doing what you've instructed me to do."
"Well get over here!" Tsunade told her. "You have work to do – don't think you're getting out of it."
Sakura sighed and put down the receiver. She turned to Gaara, who had been given his other form again, since she wasn't working on him at the moment. She snickered to herself, thinking of him that way. "Would you consider it very rude if I went to the office to do some other work?" She asked.
Gaara frowned. Sakura wondered at Tsunade, forcing her to go in to work. Wasn't Gaara's recovery of utmost importance? Wasn't it rude to put it off like this, to delay Sakura's work on it any longer? It was as if Tsunade was saying she didn't care much about Gaara's health.
"I suppose you're more useful than you at first seem." Gaara said. Sakura repressed a glare. How was it that he managed to turn everything into an insult? He was quiet for another moment, thinking. "Perhaps, it would be good... to get away from the problem for some time, to rest your mind and come back with a fresh perspective."
Sakura bowed to Gaara, partly as a sign of respect for the Kazekage, and partly to cover her irritation. Did he think her mind so weak then, that she needed a rest after a morning of thinking? She told herself not to be offended; it was a stupid thing to get upset about, and it was actually good for her, and good for Konoha, if it meant that Gaara would not take offence at her leaving his problem alone for an afternoon.
"Thank you." She said. "I'd best be going then."