The sun was beating down brightly on Suna. Sakura stared out the window and wondered if this was normal – to go for so long without any rain at all. She supposed it must be. After all, this was a desert; what had she expected?
Misa tapped Sakura's forehead to get her attention back. "Hello? Sakura, are you in there? Have you made any progress with Setsuna?"
Sakura blinked and focused on Misa. "Setsuna? Uh, no not really. I just can't figure it out. There's no history of this sort of thing happening. I have nothing to compare it to. Unless you know anything – is Setsuna really a descendant of Suna families? Are there outside ties?"
Misa frowned. "I'm not sure. You didn't ask him?"
Sakura shrugged. "I figured they'd have his family history accurately recorded in his records, but now that I'm coming up empty I need to find something to blame."
Misa sighed. "No progress then."
Sakura shook her head. "Nope." At Misa's downcast look a thought occurred to Sakura, and she grinned wickedly at the other woman. "You're Setsuna's personal life!" She exclaimed.
Misa's eyes widened comically and she spluttered. "What?"
Sakura nodded excitedly. "Oh my god I'm right! I'm never right about these things, but I'm right this time! And you said you had no life outside of medicine!" She accused.
Misa nodded, acknowledging Sakura's charge to be true. "Well, come on. It's not like dating Setsuna is really much outside of medicine."
Sakura laughed. "I guess not." She leaned forward to ask in a conspiratorial tone. "So what is the trouble with his condition and personal life anyway?"
Misa blushed. "It's not what you're thinking. I wouldn't even know. The problem is that we can't even get to that point. We can't even kiss or touch each other for very long, because I'll get frostbite, or he'll get burns."
Sakura leaned back. "Oh." She tried to imagine being unable to touch Gaara. Being unable to kiss him for prolonged periods of time. She frowned. She loved spooning with Gaara! "That is a problem! That's it! I'm even more determined now than I was before. Misa!" Sakura declared. "For the sake of your young love, I, Haruno Sakura, will try my best to fix your boyfriend's problem!"
Misa grinned ruefully. "That's great and all..." She said, "but did you really have to announce so loudly that my boyfriend has a 'problem'?"