Chapter 4
The rest of the week brought on the same routine for Sakura.
She'd wake up at six in the morning and go run a mile or two on the treadmill before taking a shower and getting ready for the day. By the time she made it to the kitchen, it would be eight and she always found Kakashi making himself breakfast. The last couple of days, he started making her a portion as well when he noticed all she would eat was a bowl of cereal or a bagel and cream cheese.
They would spend the next forty five minutes talking about the upcoming day and would leave and arrive down to his office by nine o'clock sharp.
Their evenings were usually spent relaxing and doing their own thing. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Kakashi had a personal trainer come in and they would train in his in home gym. The other nights, he cooked them dinner and they would chat before he would go off to his office or to the living room to watch TV.
Sakura usually spent her nights going over the files Shikamaru gave her and reviewing other safety debriefings for his upcoming meetings and appointments throughout the week. Daily reports of their activities had to be reported to her company as well. It was tedious work, but she enjoyed the feeling of stability it gave her. She usually would longue on the couch with some show on for background noise and if she needed to focus, she would go to her room and work at her desk.
"I'm so glad it's Friday." he groaned as the elevator slid shut as they started their descent down to his office.
Sakura looked up to study him for a quick second before replying. She noticed he was looking extra tired these days and it worried her. The two times she brought it up, he brushed it off as nothing and that it's just how he always looks. His poor excuses didn't work on her though and she figured that in time, he might open up and actually explain why he was looking so haggard.
"Any fun plans this weekend?" she asked to keep the mood light. It was a good excuse to get any information and plan ahead if he did plan on going out.
"Not really," he revealed, "I was thinking of maybe going to my favorite book store tomorrow to see if anything catches my eye. Besides that, I was going to enjoy a nice weekend in. You?"
Sakura remembered then that she needed to go shopping for a few new outfits for this "new" job.
"I gotta pick up some new clothes. I realized my usual wardrobe and style is a bit lacking with this new position."
"If you'd like, we can stop and do that while we're out for me tomorrow? Two birds. I can even recommend a nice shop that I get my suits from."
Turning to look at him, she gave him a warm smile and got one back.
"Thank you. Sounds like a plan. I'll start preparing for it when we get in."
They rode the last few seconds down in a comfortable silence.
Once they arrived in to his office, they discovered that his first appointment of the day had been cancelled last minute. Sakura took this opportunity to start working on their arrangements to go out tomorrow.
The rest of the day was spent in the usual flow of meetings and appointments. At one point, Shikamaru had visited them and checked in on how things were going and was glad when both said that everything was perfectly fine.
Once the evening rolled around and they made their way upstairs, Sakura was thankful of the idea of getting to sleep in tomorrow morning. She started to head to her room to change into something more comfortable when they entered the house, but the sound of Kakashi's voice stopped her before she entered the hallway.
"I don't feel like cooking tonight. I was going to order some take out, want anything?"
She turned to face him and smiled.
"I'm good, you don't have to get me anything. I can find something here."
She watched as he shifted his weight to one hip and shot her an unamused look. He had removed his jacket and rolled up his sleeve and was now undoing his tie as he replied.
"Come on, don't worry. I'm getting Chinese food. It's my treat."
Sakura felt herself become speechless momentarily at the sight of him. She knew he was a good looking man, even with the large facial scar and mismatched eyes. For a CEO of a multimillion dollar investment company, he had a disheveled look when he wasn't in business mode and it made him look quite handsome.
'Oh, my…'
"If you insist. Surprise me." she replied with a smug smile and a slight blush.
"Okay. It'll only take about thirty minutes for it to get here."
She turned and walked away into the hall towards her room, raising a hand and waving lazily back to him.
"No problem. Make sure you let the front desk know so they don't give the delivery person trouble and have a member of security bring it up and to knock. I'm going to change, but I'll be the one to answer the door when it arrives."
"Whatever you say, bossypants." she heard him reply as she reached her door.
She couldn't help but laugh at the nickname he gave her.
"Make sure to get dumplings!" she suddenly called back.
Rolling out of bed, Kakashi let out a low groan as he stood up and rubbed his bare chest. It had been another restless night. Looking at the alarm clock on his nightstand he noted that it was a little after eight in the morning.
'Can't even sleep in on my days off anymore… Not that I ever even slept much to begin with.'
He made his way over and into the walk in closet and pulled out a pair of basketball shorts and a white t-shirt. Taking off the sweat pants he was wearing, he pulled the shorts on and then the shirt before exiting out of the closet and his room.
As he walked to the rec room to he glanced at the door that held Sakura's room.
'I wonder if she's up yet? She said last night she as excited to sleep in today.'
Opening the door to the little home gym, he answered his own question. He found Sakura facing away from him, sitting on the floor next to the treadmills and stretching out.
"I see you're up early."
She didn't react to his words and he stopped walking and studied her closely. He quickly noted the pair of earbuds in her ears and smirked as an idea popped into his head. Tiptoeing his way over to her, she still didn't noticed him as he leaned over and reached out.
"Good morning, sunshine." he said as he tapped her shoulder a few times.
"Oh!" she yelped.
Jumping back as she sprang up, he couldn't help but laugh as she whirl around to face him with her arm cocked back and ready to fight.
"Why'd you scare me like that!?" she yelled.
At this point, he was leaning back as he continued to laugh. He didn't care that she was glaring at him.
"You didn't hear me when I came in or when I first spoke to you, so I decided to have a little fun!"
Kakashi finally caught his breath and stood up to fully face the wrath of the tiny bodyguard.
"I could've hurt you, you know!" she scolded.
"Okay, okay. I'm sorry. I just couldn't help myself." he raised his hands in front of him in defeat, before smirking again.
He watched as she huffed before turning away and walked onto one of the treadmills.
"What are you even doing up so early?" she questioned as she turned on the machine and began walking.
"I always run on the weekends when I wake up." he told her as he did a quick stretch before getting on the neighboring treadmill, "I could say the same to you, didn't you want to sleep in?"
A small groan left her as he started up his own treadmill into a brisk walk.
"I tried to and couldn't. I maybe slept in an hour before I laid there for another hour before finally crawling out and coming here."
They silently continued their own workouts. Sakura eventually worked her way up to a steady jog and Kakashi wasn't far behind. Glancing over to her treadmill, he noticed she had set a higher pace than he did. Reaching up to his own controls, he hit the button a couple times and eventually was jogging slightly faster than her.
"Are you really trying to outrun me right now?" he heard her speak up from from his right.
Looking at her, he smirked again.
"What? No… I always run at this pace!"
"Alright then, let's both hold this pace for, let's say… four miles? That's a good workout!" she said confidently.
He studied her face to see if she was joking or not. When he saw nothing hinting at a bluff, he silently regretted his decision to impress her. But he wasn't going to let her know that this was in fact not his usual pace or that he only ever ran a single mile at a time.
'What have I gotten myself into…?'
"Okay, let's do this." he replied.
Over the course of the next twenty five minutes they chatted about their upcoming day and trip into the city to the bookstore and the boutique to get Sakura a few new outfits. Looking down to his treadmill, he saw that they had ran close to two and half miles and he was feeling himself get winded. He refused to give up though, not when they were barely half way through the run.
"Getting tired?" she asked as if she read his mind.
"Nope. Not one bit. You?"
"Just getting started." she grinned.
Kakashi groaned internally at her answer. He couldn't tell if she was being serious or being stubborn. He felt his legs start to cramp up as they slowly approached the three mile mark.
'Jesus, I don't know how much I can take. She doesn't look like she's breaking a sweat!'
Glancing back down to the treadmill, he watched as the mile marker hit three and he quickly reached over and hit the emergency stop button.
"Okay, you win!" he groaned loudly as he all but fell off the treadmill.
"I knew it!" she laughed loudly as she hit her own emergency stop and turned to look at him.
Kakashi walked a couple feet away and laid out onto the floor with another groan.
"I feel like I'm gonna die." he whined as he stared up a the ceiling as he tried to get his breath back.
At this point Sakura was bent over in her own fit of laughter as she clutched her sides.
"I knew it! I knew you were bluffing when you started this!"
Kakashi draped and arm over his head as continued to lay there on the floor panting. His entire body was sore from overworking himself.
'This is what I get for trying to impress her. She's a damn bodyguard!'
"How are you not tired!?" he whined again as he peeked out from under his arm, "I started dying after a mile and half!"
He watched as she smirked and got off the treadmill and stood next to him. She placed her hands on her hips and cock her head down to look at him more clearly.
"My job requires it. I can run to up three miles easy peasy. I'm glad you stopped then, I was starting to get winded because I don't usually run at that pace. Thanks for the challenge though!"
Kakashi just closed his eyes and groaned again. Suddenly he felt a small hand pull on the arm draped over his face. Opening his eyes, he found that Sakura had kneeled down next to him and was smiling down to him. He couldn't help but stare in awe. Even when sweaty from working out, she was glowing.
'Holy shit, she's really beautiful.'
His eye flickered down to her lips then. He noted how lush and kissable they were.
"Come on, we need to stretch out. Especially you or you're going to regret it in the morning."
Screwing his eyes shut to push the sudden thought out of his head, he let out a small huff.
"I already regret it now."
Her laugh caused him to open his eyes again and he couldn't help but smile at the sight of her laughing. He watched her eyes crease at the corners and he nose scrunch up. Sitting up finally, Sakura made to sit next to him and together they did set of stretches before standing back up and walking out to the hallway.
"I'm gonna go shower and get ready. You should take a couple aspirin just in case you get sore while we're out. Make sure to be ready by eleven."
Looking down to her, he just nodded a couple times before turning and walking down the hall to his room.
"If you don't hear from me before then, I may have passed out in the shower."
When he heard her laugh again, he smiled to himself as he opened the door and made his way over to the connected bathroom.
A/N: HEY GUYS I AM SO SO SORRY FOR POSTING THIS TWO DAYS LATER THAN PROMISED! If you live in the US, you know that the Midwest (where I happen to live) got hit with a powerful polar vortex and we experienced horrible snow storms and temperatures that rivaled the south pole! Well, sadly at my house we lost our internet and phone... :( We're going on day four now without it and we might not get it back until sometime this coming week says the phone company... I felt so bad that I missed my Friday update and might miss today's update of AIFWHI too that I've literally snuck my laptop into work with me so I can post this while on break. THAT'S HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU GUYS!
AS AN APOLOGY FOR MOTHER NATURE BEING DUMB AS HECK, THIS FRIDAY I'M GOING TO POST CHAPTER 5 EARLY! Then next week Friday will be Chapter 6. :) I'm glad I've written a little bit ahead!
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