Something wasn't right. I walked down the hospital corridor to go see my next patient and couldn't ignore the glares coming at me from every direction.

Every nurse looked like they wanted to bite my head off and even some of my patients were sending my less than pleasant looks.

'What's going on here?'

I had just reached the room where my patient was in when I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket.

I hit the talk button and answered with a 'hello?'

"HOLY CRAP SAKURA!"

I dropped my phone and shrieked.

"Sakura? Sakura!"

I leaning over and quickly picked my phone back up.

"What the hell Pig!" I growled.

"Don't 'hell Pig' me! Did you even watch Access Konoha last night?"

I blinked. "No Ino, I actually have a life, I don't need to stalk someone else's."

"Sakura! This is serious! You're all over the news right now!"

"WHAT?"

I thought back to the hoards of paparazzi standing outside of Kuchinashi last night and growled. Those people had no right to go pasting my face all over T.V.!

"Yeah! Apparently they not only saw you walking in and out of the restaurant but they followed you home and saw you totally shoot Itachi Uchiha down!

"THEY FOLLOWED ME HOME?"

People were starting to look at me funny but I ignored them and focused all my attention on Ino talking.

"Yup, you Sakura are the new Konoha gossip."

I groaned. That explained why every female I had seen today looked like they wanted to behead me.

"Ino, I've gotta go, I've got patients waiting. Thanks for giving me the heads up."

"Anytime Sak, anytime."

I hit the end button on my phone and took a deep breath. I turned to the clock on the wall and saw that I only had four more hours of my shift left.

'That works. I've only got four more appointments scheduled then I can go hide in my office and do paperwork.'

'Tch, wimp.'

'Shut up.'

I finished all my appointments quickly then went back to my office to start on the mountain of paperwork I had waiting for me.

'I haaaaaaate paperwork.'

'It's better than dying a slow and painful death my way of Itachi's rabid fan girls.'

Inner just started grumbling to herself and slowly walked over to the corner of my mind where she curling up in the fetal position and slowly rocking back and forth. I rolled my eyes at her.

I opened my office door and whimpered seeing the mountains of paperwork stacked on top of it. I plopped down in my desk chair and turned to my computer, still trying to prolong the time before I had to start the paperwork. Shaking my mouse slightly it didn't take long for the screen to light up. I logged onto my email and I swear my jaw hit the ground so hard in shattered when I saw how many new emails I had gotten.

'351! How is that even possible?'

I clicked on the first one and choked slightly when I read it.

Sakura Haruno-

STAY AWAY FROM MY ITA-KUN YOU SLUT! HOW DARE YOU EVEN TOUCH HIM YOU LOW LIFE HOE!

Ai Tochigi

I clicked on the next few emails and they all said basically the same things although some used a bit more colorful language to state their opinions with.

My left eye started to twitch as my grip on the mouse started to become dangerously tight.

'You have got to be kidding me.'

I shut off the monitor and turned back to the mountain of paperwork in front of me. I grabbed the first report and glared at it for a second.

'Why does this have to happen to me?'

Three hours later I stretched and looked at the clock, almost squealing when I saw my shift was over. I smiled as I signed my name on the report I had been reading and placed it in the 'done' pile. I stood and grabbed all my stuff before exiting and locking my office.

I got home a few hours later and sighed in relief as I fell back on my cushy couch. Suddenly, my conversation with Ino earlier came rushing back and I grabbed the remote, switching over to the channel that Access Konoha was on.

A blond woman in a short blue dress that left little to the imagination came onto the screen as she pointed to a picture that after a second I realized, horrified, was actually of Itachi and I walking out of the restaurant.

Last night Itachi Uchiha, leader of the world famous band Akatsuki, was spotted leading this pink-haired beauty into Kuchinashi.

Sakura Haruno, the head doctor at Konoha Hospital, is actually Itachi's little brother's, Sasuke Uchiha, best friend which is presumably how the two met. Either that or Akatsuki's lead singer got a little more than a checkup at his last doctors appointment.

But, later when that got back to Haruno's apartment she shot him down when he went in for a kiss. Looks like Konoha's biggest playboy has his work cutout for him.

I shut off the T.V. as quickly as I could and dropped my head into my hands. How was this happening? My employees had no respect for me, and the rest of the world thought I was a whore. Great, my life sucks.

I needed advise now. Ino wouldn't be any help with this, she would just tell me to forget it and jump the guy. So, that only left one option. I pulled out my phone and dialed Naruto's number, tapping my fingers on my leg as I listened to the phone ring.

"Hello?"

"Naruto! I'm coming over now, and call Sasuke and tell him to come to. I'll explain when I get there."

I hung up before he could ask any questions and jumped off the couch. I ran into my room and quickly put on a pair of faded skinny jeans and a white v-neck tee shirt. I pulled my hair into a sloppy bun on top of my head and pulled on my grey high top converses, throwing my hospital uniform on the bed to put away later.

I grabbed my coat and ran outside, only to squeak and jump back when a camera snapped in my face. Horror swept over me when I saw the small group of paparazzi standing around my front door.

I clenched my fists and pushed through them before they could let loose a barrage of questions on me, booking it to my car. As soon as I sat down, I locked the doors and threw the car into reverse, hastily clipping my seatbelt on as I flew out of the parking lot.

It took me half an hour to get to Naruto's house and when I got there, Sasuke was already sitting on the couch next to Naruto. They both stood when they saw me and I flew over to them, pulling them both into a bone crushing before they could even open their mouths.

"Tell me what to do!" I cried into Sasuke's shirt as I felt hot tears start to leak out of my eyes.

"What'd you do?" Naruto asked as we all sat down on the couch. Twenty minutes and a lot of tears later, I had explained to them everything from sort of getting forced into a date with Itachi, to watching the news and listening to everything people were calling me.

If I hadn't been as depressed as I was I would've cracked up at their expressions.

"You went out on a date with Itachi?" Sasuke asked, looking completely horrified.

I just nodded sadly.

"And now the world thinks you're a slut?" Naruto asked.

I whipped around and glared at him, "You're not making this any better you know!"

I looked at my hands fisted in my lap and sighed. A hand on my shoulder brought my attention back to the two boys sitting on either side of me.

"Sakura, I know my brother. Just go to him and tell him that you're worried about how you two are going to do this relationship and stuff like that, make yourself sound all clingy. First sigh of commitment, Itachi will be up and running before you can even blink," Sasuke said.

'Well he is a playboy, and playboys do hate commitment.'

'No no no no no no no! Do NOT give up the living sex god! I repeat- do NOT give up the living sex god!'

'Oh just shut up. I want my life back more than I want a handsome boyfriend.'

'Well you just need to get your priorities straight now don't you.'

'SHUT UP!'

I blinked, and realized that Naruto had been waving his hand in my face.

"SAKURA-CHAN!"

"WHAT?"

"I was calling your name for like three minutes."

'Oh."

"Way to zone out," Sasuke added, leaning back further in the couch.

I growled and punched him in the arm none to gently, smirking when I saw him cringe although he tried to hide it.

Heaving yet another sigh, I thought about what the two of them had said and realized my boys had actually come up with a good plan.

"Thanks guys, you're the best," I said as I smiled at my two best friends.

I sighed, I've been doing that a lot lately, as I looked out the window of the little café I was sitting in. I leaned back into the red restaurant style booth and clutched my coffee a little tighter.

Before I had left Naruto's yesterday, I got Itachi's number from Sasuke. As soon as I had gotten home, I had called him and asked him to meet me the next day at the little café I ran past every day on the weekends when I went for my morning run. Which leads me to where I am now. Sitting in a booth in front of a window in Yunomi, waiting for a celebrity.

'Do you think he'll even come?'

'He said he would, why wouldn't he?'

'Cause he's famous and probably really busy and doesn't even want to bother with us.'

'Bull! You need a major up in your self confidence girly, Itachi was all over us before!'

'Can you make anything sound not perverted?'

'I can, I just choose not to.'

'You need a boost in your class inner.'

'I do not! You would be nothing without me!'

'Dream on-'

I was so focused on arguing with inner that I didn't even hear the door chime, signaling that someone had come in. I didn't hear the collective gasp of every female in the room, or notice the shadow passing over me until a deep voice asked, "Am I interrupting?"

I yelped, shooting about a foot in the air. I whipped around and saw a very amused looking Itachi standing in front of my booth.

I put a hand on top of my racing heart before glaring at him.

"A little warning next time thank you," I said as he slid into the booth across from me.

"You looked," he paused, "preoccupied."

I felt a blush burning up the back of my neck but I pushed it back before it could reach my face.

'Remember why you're here. Remember why you're here.'

I looked up and stared straight into the deep onyx pools that seemed to call me like a beacon.

"Itachi…" I trailed off.

Instantly all hints of amusement were wiped off his face and he straightened up in the booth. Uchiha's always knew when to get serious.

I bit my bottom lip and looked down again. How was I supposed to do this? Looking back up I saw Itachi looking at me with something like worry on his face, but I shot that idea down as quickly as it had come. He wouldn't worry about me.

"This…thing, between us…" I trailed off again, raking my brain for the right words to say while still sounding high maintenance and clingy.

"It's just…I can't have my whole life changing because of a relationship. Already at work, the nurses don't respect me anymore. I mean, there were paparazzi outside my house yesterday!"

I paused, "But at the same time, I really enjoyed the date we went on but still, I just…" I sighed and looked down.

A gentle finger under my chin brought my gaze back up to the gorgeous man sitting in front of me.

"Sakura," slowly, he tucked a strand of hair behind my ear and I felt my heart jump into my throat. "I can agree with you, I enjoyed our date as well, and I have to admit you're very different from the other girls I've dated."

"Why, cause I didn't let you get in my pants?" I asked, a small smile tugging at the edges of my mouth.

"Mostly, but more than that, I enjoy talking to you. You interest me and I like being around you."

I felt like my heart was going to explode as I searched his face for any signs of dishonesty. Did he really mean that? I looked into his eyes and found only honesty in their dark depths.

The hand that had been holding my chin up was slowly starting to trace my face and when he stopped to cup my cheek, I let myself lean into him.

"I won't lie to you, you're life will change if you continue to be around me." Slowly, his hand moved from my cheek to the back of my neck as a smile started to spread across my face.

"Are you willing to let that happen?" he asked, looking me right in the eye.

My mouth changed from a smile to a smirk as I started to lean forward. Slowly, inch by inch we both leaning forward till our faces were just a centimeter apart. I let my eyes flutter shut as his lips just barely brushed against mine.

"Don't make me regret this Uchiha," I murmured.

The only reply I got was a quiet 'hn' and the feeling of his mouth twisting into a smirk as he closed the distance between us.

It felt like fireworks were going off behind my eyes as I leaned forward into the kiss. But, all good things must come to an end, this time in the form of a now familiar click from a paparazzi camera.

I felt Itachi start to pull back but I pushed forward. I shifted my weight to the side so I could raise my arm facing the window up, flipping the without a doubt large hoard of paparazzi the bird without even bothering to open my eyes.

I heard, more like felt, Itachi chuckle as I reached my arm that wasn't giving the paparazzi the bird out to rap around his neck as his other hand came forward to rap itself around my waist.

Screw being scared of change, I was going all the way this time.

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