A/N - Thank you to Little-bad-Angel and MySoulIsYoursTakeIt for reviewing! You might be slightly disappointed at the start of this one, Fozzie, but we won't say never :P

Chapter 20

"You what?"

He just grinned and offered her a shrug. "Well, if we're apparently eager to get married then we ought to show some signs of a wedding in the near future."

"Can't get one now then."

Kakashi frowned in confusion. "Why's that?"

"Because you're here. It's bad luck."

Kakashi nodded lightly in amusement. "that's something you'll have to do on your own then."

"Or if the reinforcements come here first, we can introduce them as friends and it'll give me a reason to wander off with Ino and Hinata."

"Good thinking," he admitted and his eye crinkled up out of habit. "Well then," He paused them in the middle of the street and gestured around. "What would you like to do?"

"Anything! Literally anything, seriously. I'm just happy to be out of there."

A happy eye crease was sent her way, and Sakura immediately wondered if it was cause for concern. "Anything?"

"Well, I-" She spluttered for a second before her thoughts kicked in, telling her that anything Kakashi suggested wouldn't be that bad, slightly embarrassing at worst.

"Anything." She murmured in defeat. Kakashi smiled, a true genuine smile and tightened his hand around hers. "Come on then."

He led her swiftly along through various turns and streets until they came up in front of a large grey building with a narrow door and raised up by the small winding stone staircase that led up to it. Once they entered, they were met with mainly silence, their footsteps echoing in the tall hall.

"Wow, they really have a thing fir gothic architecture around here."

"Yeah, so impractical."

"Of course you think that."

Kakashi tugged on her hand again, pulling her to a desk where a bored looking receptionist sat reading a civilian magazine. Her voice was mostly a mumble, and Cosmo had most of her attention, so it was without small talk that Kakashi paid and received directions and a welcome booklet each, containing the 'curriculum'.

Unfortunately, Kakashi hadn't told her what for.

Pulling her along the hall again, Kakashi stopped and opened a heavy door that gave a large squeak of protest, to reveal 15 or 16 faces glaring at him in annoyance. He scratched the back of his head sheepishly and his eyes scrunched shut as he apologised.

"Very sorry for the interruption. We're here for Master Rebecca's art class."

"Very well." A slender brunette woman with a stern face spoke up from the front.

"You are late, hurry up and take a seat."

Sakura flushed and ducked her head as she and Kakashi hurried to the back ignoring all of the glaring faces that slowly turned back to face the front as Rebecca carried on talking.

"As I was saying before we were interrupted, there are a few newcomers today, and I will come round to hand out starter packs and answer any questions once I've got everyone started." She turned to the board behind her and pushed it down until they could see and image of a nude man and woman drawn in great detail using board pen, and then she stuck up a similar image next to it using blue tack. This new one was in charcoal, so no one was surprised when they were told that charcoal would be their medium for the day.

Sakura was surprised however, when they were told to draw each other. Kakashi wasn't and thoroughly enjoyed her reaction.

The red curtains that they were given to section off their area just wasn't good enough in Sakura's opinion, but it was better than some of the other groups, who weren't using them, and were shamelessly flaunting their bodies in front of each other without the slightest bit of shyness.

"This is a nude drawing lesson, but I suppose you could stay dressed if you wish."

Kakashi's deep voice rumbled from behind her, breaking into her thoughts and Sakura stopped peaking through the curtains in favour of turning to face him. Unfortunately, that wasn't much more decent. He had already removed his shirt, jacket and socks, and was in the process of yanking his nicely fitting jeans down over his ankles. Sakura found herself unable to turn away and so instead stayed exactly where she was, her wide eyes trailing over his body appreciatively.

Her gaze lingered on his downstairs area involuntarily, and yes, curiously, as she watched him remove his boxers with the true grace of a ninja. She didn't associate a flaccid penis with fear in any way, but she was fixated, having never seen one other than Torao's outside of medical necessity.

And of course, this was Kakashi, who affected her in ways that no one else could. And the very small fact that she would be drawing it and so examining it in greater detail. Sakura flushed at the thought.

Kakashi grinned, spreading his arms wide as he invited her to look. "Enjoying yourself?"

Sakura's blush deepened. "I-uh-y-yes…" Kakashi winked at her and her fingers trembled as they pulled her buttons slowly through their button holes. In the space of time it took for her to blink, Kakashi was stood behind her, his steady fingers replacing her own.

"Want some help with that?"

"Thanks." She replied hoarsely and awkwardly, lowering her hands and picking at her nails as she fidgeted at his proximity. He slowly made his way down her shirt, and when he grazed her nipple and stroked the flesh of her stomach she damn well knew it was on purpose. She also knew that it made her feel similar to the books that she read, only more intense.

"This is an art class, not an orgy."

Sakura jumped at the sound of Rebecca's voice cutting into her rather happy thoughts, and could hear a slight growl from Kakashi, as well as feel his smirk shift into a scowl against her neck.

"Very sorry, miss." Kakashi interjected smoothly before Sakura could incriminate them any more. This woman clearly didn't like them anyway, there was absolutely no sense in letting Sakura's mouth run wild.

She turned to look at Sakura disapprovingly again. "Clothes off, without assistance." And with that she yanked the curtain out of the way and stormed off again.

Kakashi nodded solemnly at Sakura. "She's probably frustrated from seeing naked men all day and not getting any."

That brought a slight smile to her lips. "Maybe she'd been hoping to get your number."

"The only females with my number are you, Kurenai and Tsunade."

"Really?"

"Yup. That's all I need; Boss, friend, something more."

That brought colour to the cheeks of the pink haired kunoichi and she kept eye contact shyly. "Oh? And how long have you been seeing Kurenai?"

"Well," He pretended to think for a second. "She's been seeing this Tony guy for four weeks, so… I guess four weeks."

"I didn't know you pretended to be called Tony in your spare time."

"Ugh, if I did, it wouldn't be Tony. Honestly, what kind of a name is Tony?" He smiled at her again, and lifted one gloveless hand to her cheek, tracing along it softly. "And I-"

"Get to work! Now!"

Kakashi got the feeling that he never would be able to finish that conversation unless they were alone, and so had to endure the next hour and a half actually drawing.

It was nowhere near as easy as Jiraiya made it look, or Sakura for that matter. While she finished the session with a highly accurate charcoal of him that made Rebecca slightly more fond of them, his looked more like a horse, not exactly the best foundation for telling a girl just how much you love her.

A/N - Another chapter! I'm not sure how I managed to spit that one out, but it was like knowing I probably wouldn't be able to made me more determined to get it done, although it is short. Lengthwise doesn't matter *wink wink* be happy that there is an update!

Also…. I HAVE 20 CHAPTERS!

I never saw that coming, a) because I don't finish anything, ever and b) because I had only planned it to be about twelve. Yay!

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Well, this is me, letting my author's notes run wild. I foresee some mature content of a pleasant nature in the near future…hmmm. Say, around valentines…. Let's hope I get to the point where I need to be first!

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