Pink Champagne

Chapter 3: Into You

Sakura smiled into her bowl of ramen. The comfort food, was exactly what she needed after the surgical room. Sasuke was eating his, slowly, not knowing if he should be speaking or not. But both seemed to be happy just sitting next to each other enjoying a meal outside of the hospital cafeteria.

"Three bowls of Ichiraku Miso Chashu Pork please!" Naruto's booming voice echoed through the small shop. Sakura looked up from her bowl, eyeing him.

"You don't have to be so loud every time Naruto." She complained, taking another bite.

"Oh! Sakura, Sasuke! I didn't know you were going to be here tonight." Naruto came to stand next to Sasuke. He wiggled his eyebrows, elbowing his friend. "Already on a date huh?"

"It's not a date." Sasuke and Sakura said in unison glaring at him. Shikamaru came into the restaurant, smacking Naruto on the back of the head.

"They've been at the hospital all day, let them eat in peace."

"Does that mean you're buying?" Naruto asked, taking a seat next to Sasuke. Shikamaru shook his head.

"Not since the last time you wiped me out." Sakura quickly finished her bowl, smiling at the boys.

"Well, not that I don't love seeing you, but watching you eat gives me indigestion, so I'm going to head out." Turning her smiling to Sasuke, he gave a weak one back. "I'll see you tomorrow, hopefully not over someone. And Naruto-"

"Yeah!" He looked up from his bowl.

"Tell Hinata I'll call her sometime this week." She waved goodbye exiting the shop quickly. Sasuke turned his glare on Naruto. Wiggling his eyebrows he continued to eat his ramen, while Shikamaru just sighed at them.

"I can't take you anywhere can I?" Shikamaru, looked at his own ramen, shaking his head.

"Not a date huh?" Naruto teases, while Sasuke steals the rest of his ramen to eat himself.

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Sakura dropped her keys off in the small dish next to the door. There was a fresh vase of flowers there, with a note from Ino, telling here there was fresh fruit in the fridge. She sighed to herself, looking at the empty living room. This has been a common thing, for her to come home to Ino missing. It will be more common once they finally decided to get married. Luckily, this was Sakura's apartment and she wouldn't have to move.

"Maybe Should I get a cat." She spoke to herself, wondering if the lonely nights were only going to get worse. Sakura went the fridge after changing into her pajamas, grabbing the tub of ice cream and switching on the latest Rom-Com to hit netflix. It wasn't until three spoonfuls in did she actually begin to wonder why Sasuke wanted to go to dinner with her in the first place.

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He had only stayed at the Ramen shop for another hour, bickering with Naruto and actually having a decent conversation with Shikamaru. When he made it back to his apartment, he found a package right next to his door. His brother's hand writing clear as day on the top of it.

For the Sleepless nights. He had written on there in big letters, the black sharpie looked like it was half dying towards the ends. After he brought it in, he opened it to find old Kung Fu movies that the two of them use to marathon over when there parents had pulled long nights at the hospital. He actually found himself smiling a little at the thought before finally resolving himself that it was simply a ploy to get to him come back home. Sasuke went to go change, get the hospital smell off if only for a little while. His phone buzzed before he could leave, it was Naruto. He had sent him a photo. One from the other night, at the bar. Sakura was really close to him, a small smile on his face, while she had a big one on. Probably the moment they were speaking of the dope. He shook his head, locking his phone.

"Idiot." he whispered to himself.