I felt a vain pop on my forehead as the sound of squealing met my ears.

I was in my office at the hospital, had twenty minutes left of my shift, and I hadn't slept in two days. I was exhausted, and I really didn't feel like dealing with the noise echoing through the hospital.

'I'm going to KILL whoever is making all that sound!'

'Shut up! Less noise, more sleep.'

I dropped my head onto my desk, pillowing it on my arms as I blocked out the noise outside and slid my eyes shut. But, of course, my life just has to suck, now doesn't it?

'Knock, knock, knock!'

"Go away," I moaned, burrowing my head further in my arms. I heard the door open but I didn't have the energy to look to see who it was.

Two days ago fifty people were rushed into the hospital, all seriously injured, because some cousin at a family reunion decided to go crazy and go all machine gun on everyone. It was big news on TV. It has hell for me.

I had been working around the clock to get all the patients stable and back to the world of the living. I grimaced slightly, thinking of those few people who had already been to far gone by the time they had reached the hospital.

"You should go home."

I jumped and swung my head up to see Itachi sitting on the corner of my desk, his usual impassive expression on his face.

"I'm off in twenty more minutes," I mumbled, laying my head back down.

I felt gentle fingers lifting my head up and I blinked bleary eyes to see Itachi looking at me. His face was blank but there was an amused spark in his dark eyes.

"Sakura, you look like crap. Go home."

I twitched, violently, and glared at him.

"Thanks Itachi, cause that's what every girl wants to hear their boyfriend say. It's like a dream come true," I grumbled back sarcastically. It had been two weeks since our first date and since then we had gone out almost every night.

I'll admit, he was growing on me to the point where I actually started looking forward to our dates or even when he texted me. God, I'm starting to sound like some clingy girlfriend.

He snorted and stood up, looking down at me. His face softened slightly and quietly he said, "Sakura, I'm sure your boss would be alright with you leaving a little early."

My heart fluttered slightly and looking up at the man towering above me. I felt my resolve start to weaken and I knew I was about to cave.

"Itachi," I said, smiling slightly, "I haven't eaten or slept in two days, I think I can make it twenty minutes."

Suddenly his face darkened, and I stiffened at his suddenly dark tone.

"How long?" he hissed.

I gulped and scratched the back of my head awkwardly, a habit I had picked up from Naruto.

"Eh, yeah. If you've been watching the news, there was that whole thing with the crazy guy at the family reunion and you know since I'm the head doctor and all-"

"You're leaving," he said, reaching out and grabbing my wrist in a firm but gentle hold.

"But-"

"Now."

I bit back my reply and let him tug me out of my office. Looking back at the clock I realized I only had seven minutes left in my shift. Tsunade couldn't get that mad, could she?

Itachi wrapped his hand around the knob and was just about to pull the door open when I remembered the squeals I had heard earlier.

'So they were fan girls!'

"Wait," I said. He paused and turned, looking at me.

I could feel a sort of malicious glee bubble up in me as I pushed Itachi back away from the door slightly, making a fist as I positioned myself. Drawing my arm back, I let it connect with the door.

I was met by the sound of girlish squeals and a long line of thuds as inner laughed gleefully inside my head.

'Serves those little snooping brats right!'

'Amen.'

I opened the door and saw more than half of the female hospital staff all sitting on the floor, the ones closest to the door clutching their heads. I crossed my arms and cleared my throat loudly. They all looked up and their eyes widen when they saw me looking at them.

"What are you all doing out here? Get back to work!" I shrieked.

There was a chorus of gasps as they all scrambled to get to their feet and away from me, tripping and falling over each other in their desperate race to flee. At this point I was laughing hysterically when I heard Itachi sigh behind me. Strong arms wrapped around me from behind and I shivered as hot breath ghosted against my ear.

"You're a little sadist, aren't you?"

I couldn't stop the grin from stretching across my face and I giggled, "Oh yeah, big time."

Pulling out of his arms, I started down the hallway to the elevators with every intent of leaving the hospital and going straight to the little café on the corner before going home and promptly passing out most likely somewhere in the middle of my living room floor.

Finally getting to the street outside, I grabbed Itachi's hand and started to pull him towards the café.

"Come on, there's this place on the corner were all the nurses go when they get off shift," I chirped, momentarily forgetting my exhaustion at the thought of food. Then I felt my stomach growl and I started to walk a little faster.

I heard Itachi's quiet chuckle somewhere behind me but I ignored him in favor of weaving through the crowds, which wasn't very hard considering the way they all seemed to part like the red sea seeing Itachi behind me.

'Hell yeah! Famous boyfriend bonus!'

Pushing open the door to the small café, I was met by the familiar twinkling of the door chimes.

"Sakura," Yoko, the owner of the shop called, "It's so good to see you again!"

"Hi Yoko!" I yelled back, giggling slightly at the happy-go-lucky girl. I had been coming here since I had started working at the hospital and was pretty good friends with the Yoko by now.

"The usual I amuse?" she asked from behind the counter. I nodded and looked back at Itachi.

"I'll have what she's having," he said.

With a nod, Yoko disappeared into the back and I walked to the back of the small restaurant. Sliding into a seat in front of a small window I leaned back into the comfortable booth with a sigh.

"Oh my god, it feels so good to be sitting down!" I moaned, sliding further down into the seat. Itachi just raised an eyebrow and shook his head slightly. A comfortable silence stretched between us for a few minutes before Yoko came up with our food, placing it down daintily on the table.

"Here you go, eat up," she said with a smile, before floating back to the door to greet another customer.

Digging into my turkey sandwich, I almost moaned as I took my first bite.

'I never thought food could taste so good.'

'I know!'

Sitting back happily, I looked at the now empty plate in front of me and sighed.

"Enjoy it?" Itachi asked, clearly amused.

"You have no idea Uchiha, you have no idea." I said.

"Hey! Get out of here! Get away from my restaurant!"

I jumped and looked at the front of the café to see Yoko standing there with a broom, wielding it like a sword as she pushed back the mob of paparazzi standing outside.

"Yoko!" I squeaked.

She turned at me and smiled and nodded towards the back before turning back around and whacking one of the paparazzi on the head.

Itachi let out a little curse before grabbing my hand and pulling me up. We ran across the restaurant and when we got to the counter Itachi picked me up, bridal style I might add, and helped me over before jumping over himself and continuing into the back. We zipped through the kitchen and out through the back door into the little alley outback.

"Come on, I know a shortcut to the parking garage," I said, already starting down the alley, going the direction away from the street. Winding through the narrow backstreets, it only took a few minutes before we emerged in front of the parking garage next to the hospital.

Slipping into the building, we climbed up the stairs to the level my car was on and after a few minutes of wondering around we finally found my car and got in.

"Well, that was an adventure," I said as I started the engine.

I got a quiet grunt in return and rolled my eyes as I pulled out of my spot. I turned towards the direction my house was in and driving past Yoko's place, I saw that the paparazzi had finally left.

It didn't take that long to get to my house and by that point the sun had already set. Stepping out of my car, all the stress of the past two days came rushing back to me. My knees started to buckle but before I could fall strong arms wrapped around me and lifted me up.

Looking up I saw Itachi staring down at me, "You overdid it this time Sakura. Your boss shouldn't be letting you get like this."

I almost melted then and there. The fact that he cared whether or not I overworked myself showed that he cared more than half the other guys I've ever dated. Suddenly, I wanted to show him something.

"Come on," I said.

"Sakura-"

"No."

Before he could say anything else, I started to walk out of the parking lot. Walking around the side of the building, I stopped at a small metal ladder. Turning back, I watched Itachi slowly approach.

"You coming or what?" I called before I grabbed onto the metal bars and started to climb.

Reaching the top, I took in the familiar view of the roof.

"Sakura, what are we doing up here?" Itachi asked.

"This is my special spot." I said, smiling slightly. "Come on, I'll show you."

Walking forward, I stopped and sat down on the middle of the roof. I laid back and looked up at the stars, listening to the quiet shuffling of material as Itachi laid down next to me.

"That right there," I pointed," is Equuleus. Vulpecula is over there."

"I can name almost all the constellations," I said, slowly bringing my hand down.

I could feel Itachi looking at me as I kept looking straight up into the endless void of the sky.

"When I was nine, my parents got into an accident. A drunk driver hit them both head on while they were driving home from dinner, I was at a friend's house. They both went gone into comas."

I gulp, remembering Ino's mom pulling me aside to tell me something had happened to my parents.

"I never left the hospital for the month they were on machines. The nurses would always tell me that I didn't need to be there, but I never listened. At night I would sit on the window pane and look at the stars cause I was always worried that if I fell asleep, they would wake up and I wouldn't be there for them."

A tear ran down my cheek, more soon following.

"So one day I asked one of the nurses if she had any books on stars. I guess she pitied me because the next day she brought me a book about all the constellations. From that day on, I would spend all day learning the different stars then at night I'd try to find them."

A quiet sob left my mouth as the dark sky started to blur, "Even after they died and I left the hospital, I never forgot the names of all the constellations."

"Sakura."

I turned my head to the right, looking at Itachi's shadowed face. Slowly, hesitantly, he wrapped his arms around me, drawing me into his chest.

"Thank you," he whispered.

"For what?" I choked out.

"For trusting me. For telling me your story despite all the things I've done. That's what I'm thanking you for," he whispered, gently burying his face in the crown of my head.

Turning slightly, I wrapped my arms around him and curling up slightly beside him.

"You're welcome Itachi."

And that was when I realized I was in love with Itachi Uchiha.

Squeak! It's so fluffy I could make a coat out of it! Aw well.

Sorry for the super late update, no joke my teachers have been trying to kill me the past few weeks with the amount of work they've been assigning me. And on top of that, I just got a horse so I've been at the barn everyday riding, half the time I didn't get into bed till like midnight cause I had to do homework or study once I got home.

Thanks to everyone who reviewed last chapter, you all ROCK! Next chapter is going to be really funny, and sad, but at different parts. Review and tell me if you think you know what's going to happen, I'd love to here your ideas :-)

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