Sakura was still holding the make-out tactics novel in her hand, disgruntled that Kakashi had brought along his favorite dirty book on their romantic getaway. Kakashi hung up the phone on the side table and looked at Sakura apologetically, "Sorry Sakura, I always bring that with me out of habit. Besides, don't you think it would be fun to someday act out some of the sex scenes in the book? It would be fun role play."
Sakura's cheeks tinted pink at his comment, and then a devious smile formed on her lips, "Oh, I see why you brought it along. Do you think of me when you read this smut?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
Kakashi turned red in the face but didn't deny her assumption. Sakura laughed and hopped back in bed with him, giving him a kiss on his cheek. "You are so dirty Kakashi," she hummed. He rolled his eyes, growing a deeper shade of crimson.
He got off the bed and started searching the floor for something. "I can't find my mask, where did it go?"
"Why do you need it? I don't always get to see your handsome face, can't you keep it off for the rest of the night?" Sakura pleaded.
"Room service will be here soon with our dessert and I don't plan on showing them my face," Kakashi retorted. Sakura sighed and bent down to help him find his mask. She found it under the bed, somehow it had ended up there during the heat of their intimate encounter earlier.
As Sakura handed it to a grateful Kakashi, she whispered, "What are we going to do about them?" she pointed her thumb in the direction of Naruto and Sasuke's room. They had gotten awfully quiet after they finished their raucous activities. Sakura was starting to wonder if they had heard her yelling about the make-out tactics book.
"Like I said before, we'll just pretend that we never heard them. If they never find out that we're here, then we can avoid the whole thing," Kakashi said as he slid the black mask back on his face. Sakura pouted audibly as his gorgeous features were hid from view again.
"What if they know we're here though?" Sakura asked, still in a low voice.
"They don't." Kakashi stated simply.
"How would you know that?" Sakura asked him. Sure he was the hokage, but he wasn't an all knowing powerful deity.
"If Naruto knew it was us, don't you think he would have come bursting in here already pointing his finger at us and yelling?" Kakashi asked.
Sakura nodded, that sounded like something Naruto would do. But she still wasn't convinced. "But-" her voice was cut off as she heard a loud knock on their door.
"Ah there's our dessert now," Kakashi said in a delightful tune.
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"We should just go over there and get this out of the way," Naruto said again. He was pacing across the room, he felt on edge.
"No dobe. We're not going to spoil their evening with a pointless conversation. If they wanted a confrontation, they would've already come over here. They obviously want to pretend like none of this ever happened." Sasuke said.
"But what if Sakura goes around telling people about us?" Naruto asked, "I mean, she did have a crush on you for ages…she might be really mad right now."
"She didn't sound too upset while she was being pounded by Kakashi," Sasuke muttered.
Naruto laughed, "Are you jealous Sasuke?"
"Usuratonkachi," Sasuke spat back, "of course not. I never liked her like that, obviously. I always liked you." His face turned beet red as he admitted this, and he turned his body away, trying to hide his embarrassment. But Naruto noticed.
"Aw Sasuke!" he threw his arms around his humiliated lover. Sasuke grunted indifferently, still bothered by the fact that Kakashi and Sakura no doubt knew about their relationship now. This was not the way he intended to have anyone find out.
Still not letting go of Sasuke, Naruto added, "I think it would be easier to just talk about this now, get it off our chests dattebayo. I mean, aren't you curious about how they got together?"
"No," Sasuke said curtly.
"Oh c'mon! The tension is killing me! They are probably thinking the same thing right now!" Naruto cried.
"Be quiet, they'll hear you. I'd rather us all just ignore this entire event. I knew coming here was a bad idea." Sasuke grumbled.
-Knock knock-
Someone was wrapping at their door, or at least that's what it sounded like to Naruto. He rushed to answer it, wondering if it was Sakura and Kakashi. Sasuke tried to stop Naruto from answering the door, but it was too late.
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Kakashi swung the door open a crack, but realized he needed to open it all the way to let the server with his large tray into their room. The server nodded respectfully to Kakashi before entering their room with the trays of desserts. Kakashi was about to step back inside when he heard a distinct cry.
"Kakashi sensei!"
Kakashi whipped around and faced Naruto, feeling his stomach drop. Why oh why did Naruto have to open his door at that moment?!
"Naruto shh!" Kakashi said, placing a finger in front of his lips, feeling his face heat up. He had been trying so hard to avoid this.
Naruto was leaning against the doorframe, with an odd look on his face. It was a mixture of smugness, slight embarrassment and confusion. Kakashi had never seen anything like it before. It made his cheeks warmer as he realized that Naruto did indeed recognize his voice across the thin walls…
"Well are we just going to pretend like we all didn't overhear…anything? Or are we going to acknowledge each other?" Naruto asked, loudly enough for all four of them to hear. Sakura flinched from within the room. She had just finished tipping the server, who was leaving now with a perplexed look written on his face.
"Naruto…why?" Kakashi asked, feeling totally abashed. He realized that this was a team 7 reunion, and they had not had a reunion since…well, since the end of the 4th shinobi war. This was certainly the most awkward way to reunite with his former students…why had he gotten himself mixed up in all this?
Sakura placed a hand on his shoulder, signifying to him that she was there behind him. She seemed so small at that moment, trying to hide herself behind his towering figure. She slowly stepped out and locked eyes with Naruto, seeing him in a new light. How long had he known he was gay? When had he given up his desire for her?
"Because," Naruto said, answering Kakashi's unformulated yet clear question. He was completely red in the face, "We were all a team…and we should be able to talk about these things and not ignore them…team members are supposed to have open communication dattebayo." He looked into his room then and yelled, "Sasuke get over here!" An indiscriminate grumbling was barely heard from within Naruto's inn room.
Sakura wanted to hide herself behind Kakashi again, her heart was in her throat. She felt so uncomfortable at that moment. Kakashi felt like running away too. He would've preferred to do paperwork all night than have this awkward conversation that Naruto apparently didn't want to disregard. That damn knuckleheaded ninja…he could never just let things be.
But, being the oldest one there and the former teacher, Kakashi decided he should make some sort of executive decision about all of this. "Naruto and Sasuke, you can come in our room and have some dessert. We can talk about…all of this in there," he said while making ludicrous gestures with his arms. He felt totally graceless at that moment, as though his limbs were failing him due to an overload of embarrassment.
Sakura looked at him as though he had sprouted three extra heads. "You want to invite them in for cake?!" she half-whispered in a high pitched voice that was very unlike her normal tone.
"I don't like sweets," Sasuke responded with slight malice, finally appearing in the doorway.
"I'd like some chocolate," Naruto said. Kakashi snorted an awkward chuckle. Their responses were so typical of them, and it brought back memories of when they were younger during their missions as genin. The nostalgia of those past moments was quite ironic given their current situation.
"Well, if anyone has a better suggestion, let me know. I don't really fancy the idea of talking about this in the open hallway," Kakashi said.
"Ugh whatever, get in here you two. You just had to confront us, didn't you Naruto?" Sakura said, exasperated. She led them all into their room, pulling out the chairs by the small desk for Naruto and Sasuke to sit on.
"Hey, don't blame me for all this!" Naruto said defensively as they entered the room. "It's not my fault we all decided to come here on the same night."
Sasuke didn't say anything as he walked inside Kakashi and Sakura's inn room. His eyes swept the floor until he sat down, then he gave furtive, irritated glances towards Naruto. Naruto sat next to Sasuke, seemingly oblivious to his glowering. Kakashi and Sakura sat across from them on the edge of the bed as there were no other chairs in the room. Kakashi grabbed a slice of the cake they ordered, offering it up uncomfortably to his guests. Sasuke refused with a grunt and Naruto took the slice, but did not take a bite. The four of them waited in uncomfortable silence for someone to break the ice.
"So…" It was Naruto who spoke up first, naturally. "You're pretty loud in bed Sakura." He wasn't sure what made him want to say that; he regretted it immediately.
Sakura sat up with both fists ready to pummel him, "That's it! End of discussion!" she said. Kakashi was one step ahead of her though, he grabbed her under her arms, restraining her.
"Relax Sakura. Naruto is an idiot," Sasuke said in a matter-of-fact tone.
Sakura took a deep breath and sat herself down next to Kakashi, who kept a protective arm wrapped around her shoulders. Naruto looked incredulously at Sasuke, "Hey!" he said.
"Well, you are dobe," Sasuke replied. He was still angry at Naruto for opening the door when it was obvious that the knocking was intended for the next room.
"Can I just ask you two…were you ever going to tell us?" Sakura asked, feeling her temple pulse. She then looked straight into Sasuke's eyes, "Especially you. I waited a year for you to return my letters…to do something! Why didn't you tell me then?!"
Sasuke looked upon her sheepishly. He hadn't even told Naruto about that. He was still in a rather dark place after the 4th shinobi world war. He had travelled for many months trying to reprieve himself of his sins. He went to various villages to make amends with people he hurt. It was not an easy journey, and he couldn't handle answering Sakura's messages at that point in his life. He shirked them all off, promising to himself that he would write to her later. Unfortunately, later never came.
"What does she mean by that?" Naruto asked, rounding on his boyfriend.
"I'm sorry Sakura, that wasn't right of me, I know," he looked at Naruto, "she sent me some letters while I was away for the first year, before I had contact with anyone. I used that time for myself to make amends with some of the people I had hurt over the years…I couldn't bring myself to answer your letters, a decision which I regret now. But I wasn't dating Naruto at that time. I wasn't even in contact with him."
"So then, when did," Sakura gestured at the two of them, "all this happen?"
"We started dating about eight months ago," Naruto said. "And what about you guys?"
"Oh, uh, Sakura and I have been seeing each other for over a year now," Kakashi admitted, still feeling very uncomfortable with this whole ordeal.
"That long!?" Naruto asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, I was 19 when we started going on dates…I started helping Kakashi out more when he became hokage. I got over Sasuke by that time too, realizing that he would never be returning my letters or coming back anytime soon…" Sakura said, glowering at Sasuke.
"I'm sorry Sakura, really. I should've told you in person, I meant to, I didn't mean for you to find out like this," he said with downcast eyes.
"I'm not mad that you never returned my affections, I'm just mad that you couldn't write me back at least once and tell me how you felt…and I'm mad I'm finding out about you two dating 8 months later!" she said, her inflection rising an octave.
"Well, you're not really one to talk Sakura. You've been dating Kakashi longer than that and we had no clue," Sasuke said bitterly.
"Kakashi is the hokage, we can't just go around telling people we're dating," Sakura said with a somewhat haughty tone.
"Well it would be worse if someone found out accidentally and started spreading rumors, didn't that thought ever occur to you? Besides, who really cares about the hokage's love life?" Sasuke asked. While Sasuke and Sakura went back and forth, Kakashi had bent down over the bed to rummage for something in his pack. He licked his lips when he found what he was searching for.
Sakura stopped her slightly heated row with Sasuke to look questioningly over at Kakashi. He pulled out a bottle of fine sake from his bag. He got up and grabbed four plastic complimentary cups from the side table. "I think we could all use some," he said as he opened the sake.
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Author's Note: Haha, perhaps Kakashi inherited Tsunade's drinking habits? Or maybe he just knows the right time to offer up alcoholic beverages to ease the tension. I'd like to think a bit of both, he is the hokage after all. Anyways, I hope you all like the first part of this little confrontation/meet up! Reviews are welcome, but no flames please! Thanks for reading!