Chapter 22
A dull ache in Sakura's right side forced her to roll over onto her back to relieve the pressure.
'I slept on my right side, damn. I'll regret this later. Ouch…'
Sakura felt the bed dip and shift to her right, instantly sending her on high alert. Cracking open a single eye, she peered over to the movement and saw a mop of silver hair and a bare back. She released the breath she didn't know she had been holding that second.
Memories of last night slowly came back to her as she lay there next to Kakashi.
'I went to bed last night with him. I'm in his bed right now, not mine. He didn't do anything like he promised…'
Moving her head to look at him more clearly, she studied the man sleeping a couple feet away from her. She felt a wave of emotions warm her up as a smile grew slowly on her.
'I love him. I really do love him. I can't believe I was so scared of being vulnerable around him. He's proven himself so much… I feel so stupid.'
A couple of scars caught her eye and she studied them closer. Realization set in when she connected the clues that those were some of the scars from his car accident judging on how fresh they looked. Sakura hadn't been around him shirtless enough to see any of his scars this up close before.
'I wonder how many other scars there are…? He hasn't really talked about his views about the accident with me yet.'
The sound of a loud snore erupting from him caused her to pull away from her thoughts and smile even bigger. She watched as Kakashi rolled back over onto his back. He raised his left hand and rubbed his bare chest as a low yawn came out.
"Morning, darling." she whisper quietly.
Kakashi visibly froze and stiffened at the sound of her voice.
"Am I dreaming? This has got to be a dream. Are you really in bed with me right now, Sakura?"
Sakura couldn't help the small giggle that escaped. She nodded even though he hadn't opened his eyes yet.
"I promise you're not dreaming." she continued speaking softly to him as she sat up and looked down at him.
Kakashi finally opened his eyes and studied her for a few seconds with a warm expression.
"How are you feeling? How'd you sleep?" he asked next, concern evident.
Sakura reached over and ran her fingers through his extra messy hair. She noted she could get used to waking up like this everyday. He let out a soft sigh at the gentle affection.
"Not gonna lie, I'm really sore. Which is to be expected, but I think I rolled over and slept on my right side for a while. But I slept good. Really good. I think I can thank you for that. It was so comforting having you next to me all night."
Kakashi reached up then and lightly grasped her hand that was running through his hair and pulled it back and gave the back of it a soft kiss.
"I can say the same for you too."
"No nightmares?" she asked, half raising a brow.
Kakashi just nodded in agreement as he gave her a small smile.
"No nightmares. Best sleep I've had in months."
"I love you." she said suddenly without thinking.
As her brain caught up with what she had just said, she watched as her boyfriends jaw slacked and his sleepy gaze evaporate into complete surprise.
"Y-you do?"
She nodded quickly, looking away as she instinctively squeezed his hand.
"Yeah, I do." she said quietly before she took a deep breath and found more confidence and met his gaze, "I love you so much. I'm so mad at myself for waiting so long to tell you. For making you wait and deal with all my insane requests. I've loved you since you told me, but I couldn't bring myself to say it…"
Kakashi sat up and shook his head at her with a slight frown.
"Don't dog on yourself over that." he lightly chided her, "You had your reasons and I respect those reasons. I obviously was okay with our arrangement, Sakura or I wouldn't have agreed to it."
Sakura didn't know what overtook her, but she shifted despite the discomfort from her side telling her to stop and leaned over and kissed Kakashi. She was rewarded with a low hum as he released her hand and cupped her face to deepen the kiss.
All rhyme or reason left her then as her body betrayed her and she shifted again as she swung a leg over him and straddled his hips.
"Sakura…" he breathed out, pulling away just enough to break the heated kiss, "What are you doing?"
"Be quiet before I chicken out." Sakura quickly told him before she captured him into another heated and more passionate kiss.
Kakashi didn't try to talk after that and Sakura could feel his hesitation leave as she trailed her hands up his toned arms. She felt two large hands slide up her thighs and slow snake under her shirt and rest on the bare skin of her hips. She felt as he drew lazy circles on the hot skin with his thumb. Sakura prepared herself for the unnerving shiver to run up her spine at the sensation, but it never came.
It felt good.
She couldn't believe she was really doing this right now.
But it was okay.
This was happening with Kakashi. The man she loved.
He wasn't pushing her or urging her to do more. He was letting her take the lead in this as she sat on his lap. Sakura felt the fire in the pit of her stomach light, catch, and roar to life in seconds and pleasurable shivers run up her spine.
Grinding her hips down against him, the hold on her hips suddenly tightened as they both gasped and moaned at the pleasurable friction she created for them. Sakura moaned a second time as she felt as the hardness of him rubbed against her core.
"Kakashi…"
Kakashi felt like he had died and gone to heaven in that moment.
Here he was with the love of his life straddling his lap, grinding and kissing him like her life depended on it. Daring to be a bit bold, he trailed his tongue along her plump bottom lip and she eagerly allowed him entrance with yet another soft moan.
Before either could push things further than they already have, the sound of Sakura's cell ringing loudly sent them crashing back down to reality.
Sakura pulled back with a start and he saw her flinch in pain from the jerking moment. She looked wide eyed at him to find him staring back at her just the same. She suddenly frowned as a frustrated groan escaped her.
"You have got to be kidding me right now!" she nearly yelled as she crawled off of his lap and over to the night stand.
A frustrated sigh left him as well as be brought his hands up and pressed them against his face as he fell back against the bed.
'We were so damn close! Would she have even let it go that far? She told me to be quiet before she chickened out… Who knows when she might feel comfortable enough to do this again. Who the hell is calling so early on a fucking Saturday anyways?!'
"Shishou?! Why are you calling so early? Is everything alright? You never call!" he heard Sakura squeak into the device, answering his internal question.
Kakashi dropped his hands as he passively listened in on the conversation taking place.
'Shishou? She never told me about being an apprentice before.'
"Yes, I'm fine. I just need to rest. No, you don't need to worry. I'm serious! I know, I know. I planned on sending the official report today. I've only just woken up, you know!"
The CEO was growing more and more curious to what was being talked about for Sakura to suddenly become so uptight in her answers.
'Report? Is this work related?'
"W-what?! No, absolutely not! Things are under control! Of course I'm taking this assignment seriously! I've told you a hundred times that our relationship doesn't affect anything. Please just let me send in the official report later today and it will fully explain everything."
Sakura peeked over at him as she spoke the last part. When their eyes met, a deep blush graced her cheeks and she jerked away.
Kakashi sat up once again and watched her closely as she sat on the edge of the bed.
'Is she talking about our relationship?'
After a few more seconds of short talking, the phone conversation had ended. Sakura tossed her phone onto the bed next to her with a huff and dropped her head into her hands with a frustrated sigh. This sent Kakashi into high alert.
"Sakura? Is everything alright? Who was that?"
A few seconds passed before she dropped her hands and moved to lay back down next to him. She pulled the covers back up over her and partially him in the motion.
"That was my boss, Tsunade."
Kakashi froze momentarily at the mention of her bosses name.
"Tsunade as in Tsunade Senju? Your boss is the CEO of Senju Securities?" he asked in disbelief, "Why is the CEO your direct boss?"
He watched as Sakura chewed her bottom lip for a moment.
"She's the one who scouted me all those years ago. Remember? At the gun range? When I told her my story, granted not all the gruesome details I've told you, she took me under her wing. Made me her apprentice and trained me herself. I report directly to her, especially so with this assignment given your hefty investments."
It took him a moment to absorb all the new information she revealed to him. He laid back down as well and rolled onto his left side as he propped his head up with an elbow and studied the sullen pinkette next to him.
"I heard you mention our relationship? Did she say something?"
Green eyes peered up to him and she nodded a couple times as she twisted her lips like she tasted something sour. He suddenly felt nervous. Did Tsunade want to remove her as his bodyguard? Did she think that this assignment was too dangerous?
"I told her about our relationship the moment it happened. She doesn't care since we agreed that my job comes first. She was actually quite happy for us. When I sent in my rough report yesterday while we were stuck at the hospital, I had mentioned you had grabbed my arm and stopped me from performing my duties. That's why she called."
Dread washed over him.
"She wants to remove you as my bodyguard, doesn't she?" he whispered, "I'm so sorry, Sakura. I don't-"
A small finger came up and pressed against his lips, effectively shutting him up.
"I'm not being removed from the assignment. I did get an earful though. I only sent in a quick rundown of what happened yesterday, not an official report. She was calling mainly because she was worried about my injuries and wanted more answers. This is the worst I've ever been hurt on the job before."
Kakashi felt his jaw slack at that piece of information. She said she's been injured on the job before, but this was the worst?!
"Jesus, Sakura… Why didn't you tell me that sooner?!" he spoke quietly as he dropped his head back down and rolled back onto his back. Rubbing his face roughly again with a low groan, "I feel terrible. I'm shitty for letting this happen."
He felt his girlfriend shift next to him as she rolled on her side and snuggled up to him. A warm hand pressed against his chest causing him to drop his hands again and peer over to her.
"Please don't beat yourself up over this."
"How am I not supposed to?" he said as he placed a large hand over her smaller one, "Because of me, you have three broken ribs! You look a damn bruised banana right now!"
A pink brow quirked up and a half smile came to her lush lips suddenly.
"Did you really just compare me to a banana?"
Kakashi shot her an unamused look.
"Don't try to change the subject." he chided her again.
"There's nothing left to talk about on the subject." Sakura shot back, "Let's not ruin this wonderful morning we've been having, okay?"
Kakashi just stared blankly at her for a moment before closing his eyes and letting out a sigh. He suddenly remembered what they were doing moments before she got that damned phone that stopped it all.
"So…," he spoke in amused tone as he looked back to her with a cocky smirk, "Care to explain what overcame you to suddenly want to do what we were doing before Tsunade called?"
Sakura's face managed to pale and turn beat red in a fraction of a second before she ripped her hand from his chest and sat up and looked the opposite direction out the window.
"I, I don't know. I was just… curious to see if I could actually bring myself to do it." she mumbled, obviously flustered, "I'm sorry I came onto you so strongly."
Kakashi couldn't help but smile warmly at the fidgeting women. She was just too cute when she got so worked up over silly things, he thought. He reached over and rubbed her lower back soothingly which caused her to stiffen briefly as she turned and peeked down at him.
"Don't be sorry, I was just surprised is all. Didn't expect it to be honest. I'm not gonna lie either and say that it wasn't a major turn on, because it was and you were." he informed her.
He watched as her eyes nearly bugged out of her skull at the honest confession. He continued to rub her lower back as he switched from his cocky expression to a more reassuring one.
"But don't worry, okay? Take your time. The fact that you're even here in bed with me right now is a huge step. Don't feel like you have to jump the gun to please me."
Sakura looked back down to her knotted hands after he finished speaking and didn't speak for a long time.
"Thank you." she said after a while as she looked back down at him with a big grin, "But, I can say one thing for sure now."
Kakashi made to sit up and looked at her with a quirked up brow.
"And what's that?"
"I'm not worried about not being able to please you anymore." she teased with a cheeky wink before leaning over and kissing him deeply.
He couldn't help the chest rumbling laugh that left him as she pulled back and scooted over to the edge of the bed. He watched with a goofy grin as she walked away and go into the bathroom.
"I love you." he called out to her.
"I love you too!" he heard a happy shout back from her from the other room.
Kakashi crossed his arms behind his head as he lay back down and reflected on the morning he has had so far.
So much had happened in the last twenty four hours between them.
The accident. Him stopping her from doing her job. Sakura's wrath after the fact. Him discovering her injuries. Then everything else.. Her trusting him to help her shower. Her agreeing and wanting to take their relationship to another level and finally sharing a bed. And her saying she loved him.
'She loves me… I'll do whatever it takes to give her the world.'
A/N: Happy Birthday, Kakashi! Enjoy this little treat for both him and you~~
A little fluffy love and taking steps further into their relationship! When I realized it was our mans birthday today, I had to jump on the bandwagon and post a little something-something for him. ;)
Update on my current WIPS:
~AIFWHI: TSC, I am slowly typing away at that. I'm still trying to figure out where I want to take the story so there has been very little progress. I will continue to post it in the OG story so the sequel just starts right after the first story ends. It's most likely not going to be that long to begin with, so it makes it easier for me.
~UWS is roughly at it's half way point. Things will be shifting into more plot related stuff as more clues and things happen for Sakura to figure out who is after Kakashi! I got some juicy things planned out, ehehehehehe.
~I have another story idea in the worksssssss! It's another AU but more chilled out than UWS (aka no millionare luxury easy life living hehe) and it's obvs kakasaku. I'm excited for it because it's one of those kind of stories I day dream a lot (like over over a year now), but I've never really taken steps to properly type out in it's entirely. I'm not sure when I'll post that. Maybe once I get the ball rolling with UWS? Hmmm...
Thank you as always to Taytay95 for being a wonderful beta and replying with vigor when I randomly texted her back at 10am "CAN YOU EDIT 22 REALLY QUICK." when she reminded me of Kakashi's birthday lmao.