Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ 11 Ways ❯ Surprised ( Chapter 2 )

Two: Casual

 

The first time Kakashi ever saw Sakura in civilian clothes he was surprised.

 

She looked so different walking down the street that he probably would have walked right past her without noticing had it not been for the shock of pink hair that all but screamed out at him.

 

It wasn't what she wore that caught him so off guard; she was still in her traditional colors - black pants and a red tank top that he couldn't even blame for catching his attention by being too tight or low as it was cut quite conservatively. No, it was the fact that she appeared so…so…not the shinobi he knew her as. Hell, she even had grocery bags hanging from both hands!

 

He knew she wouldn't be in her gear all the time, same as most other shinobi - with the exception of himself it seemed. Still, he'd never thought of her as anything otherwise and hadn't given any consideration to what she might do off duty, most certainly nothing so mundane as shopping.

 

Goodness but she almost looked approachable, like any other woman in Konoha on her way home from the market, the kind of person he might've stopped to talk with…well if he were the sort to do that kind of thing.

 

Instead he gave her the small eye crinkle that in Kakashi speak translated to “Hello, goodbye, and everything in between,” then scanned back to his spot in his ever-present book before continuing to wander his way home, a slightly more rounded view of Sakura developing in his mind.