Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Seven Months ❯ Ice cream ( Chapter 3 )

Disclaimer: Naruto characters belong to Kishimoto Masashi.

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The month passed by slowly and Sakura found her heart healing at a tremendous rate. Although the first week felt like hell and she wanted nothing more than to rot on her bed, but she managed to conquer her sadness with the help of Naruto and Kakashi. She avoided walking near the Yamanaka flower shop and always took the longer routes homes so as to not come into contact with either Sasuke or Ino. Sometime during the month she found out from Naruto that Sasuke had requested for a mission far away from Konoha. She wasn't surprised that he would leave after things had gotten complicated between them.

{A coward!}

She stopped thinking about Sasuke and filled her thoughts with work and Kakashi. Work and Kakashi. Somehow she figured her job and Kakashi was a way to help distract her from her troubles in life. Her job being the only thing that kept her busy and Kakashi being the only man that had been taking care of her since she broke up with Sasuke. But the more she thought about it, the more she became confused. For some reason she found herself addicted to Kakashi. And the reason was not because she was vulnerable from her breakup, so it wasn't like he was taking advantage of her and her current state of emotion, but because she felt much more comfortable around him than any other person. Kakashi, her former teacher, a die-hard fanatic of Icha Icha Paradise, a serious yet laid back man, a mystery, and a very caring person. Always late for meetings, but always showed up on time when she felt like crying.

She loved it when the two of them would spend the afternoons together. It was exciting, the anticipation of waiting to see him building up within her would drive her mad each day. She liked that nice feeling of waiting for him. It reminded her of the good old times when they were still in Team seven. But it was different this time. She was happy waiting for him, if she was twelve again she would be furious, but this time she was indeed happy.

She couldn't wait to hear his excuse for being late. It always brought tears to her eyes and painful aches to her sides due to nonstop laughter. It was different each day and she was starting to wonder where he got all the ideas for the excuses.

{Hatake Kakashi…} she liked the sound of his name, especially they way it rolled off her tongue.

"Hatake Kakashi…" she whispered. A hand slipped possessively around her waist causing her to squeak.

"That's my name, what can I do for you?"

"ah…he…hello…"she stuttered. He chuckled slightly at her response.

"So, what do you want to do today?" he asked keeping his eye locked with hers. Her brows furrowed followed a slight frown.

"Your excuse?" she demanded. He shifted a little trying to understand her question.

"My excuse?" realization hit him, "Oh, my excuse for being late?" Sakura happily nodded.

"Well, let me think," he heard Sakura giggle, "The reason I was late was because I had to help Genma and Asuma play a prank on Gai…you should have seen the look on his face…ha-ha-he-he…"

The image of a shocked teary-eyed Gai with bright green hair set the gray haired man a fit of giggles. Although Sakura had never seen Kakashi giggle, she had an easy feeling of what he had done was probably not very nice, even if she found his giggles rather cute. A gentle nudge on her shoulder brought her back to reality after daydreaming of a giggling Kakashi.

"You didn't answer my question," he bent down to take a better look at her confused expression, "What do you want to do today?"

Her smile widened a bit before she beamed at him, "Lets have ice-cream!" He raised his eyebrow at her child like outburst before chuckling heartily.

He laid both of his hand on her shoulders and pulled her closer towards him causing a dark shade of red to spread throughout her face. He brought his face to hers and muttered darkly, "I don't know about you, but…" he let go of her and patted his stomach, "I've gained quite a few pounds eating nothing but ice cream with you."

His last statement caught her off guard and caused her to laugh. She reached out and hugged him tightly, resting her head on his shoulder, slowly taking in his scent.

"Thank you so much Kakashi," she said while catching her breathe after a good laugh. He rubbed her back gently in a circular motion, while her embrace tightened.

{Sasuke never let me hold him like this… as a matter of fact he never rubbed by back!!}

"You know what Sakura?"

"Mmmm?" was her muffled reply.

"I prefer banana splits over regular ice-cream cones, how about you?" She arched her back enough to meet his eye and smiled sweetly.

"I'd love a banana split."

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Author's Notes: Ok, ok. There's no KakaSaku interaction like I was expecting for this chapter. Maybe the next chapter, I promise.