Bring her back

Chapter 5

Kakashi's POV

A damn tear slid down her face once again. She turned around and went to her drying clothes. She thinks that I haven't noticed. But now, what made her cry? Have I said something? It's killing me that I don't know what's wrong exactly. I decided to ask her about it again. I walk up to her. She's still showing me her back.

"Sakura" I call her name quietly.

"Yes?" she asks in a cheerful tone.

"You don't have to play yourself. What's wrong?" I ask her while touching her shoulders from the back. I can feel as I rest my hand on her body, that she's not inhaling or exhaling. She's holding her breath. That means one thing. She's holding her tears back. At least, she tries to. I turn her around carefully. She's looking at the ground. I lift her chin up with my hands gently. Her eyes still looking down.

"Look at me." I ask her while wiping off her tears with my other hand.

She finally looks me in the eye. Her eyes were filled with tears, and they were sliding down her face like 2 little rivers, that never wants to stop. It broke my heart seeing her like that.

"Come here" I said as I pulled her into a hug.

I hugged her tightly, placed my chin on her head, and caressed her back and the back of her head. She hugged me back really tight and started sobbing into my chest. I could feel the wetness on my bare skin. I let her let it all out, and haven't said a word, nor did I ask any questions. I was trying to comfort her and provide her with safety. That's all I can do until she decides to tell me about her problem.

A few minutes passed, and the crying started to stop. She loosened the hug but hasn't let go of me. She pulled her head away so I pulled my chin back from her head and looked down at her curiously. She looked up at me with cried out eyes, opening her mouth to say something.

"Don't you dare tell me thank you again." I laughed.

She laughed too and hide her face in my chest. I placed a little kiss on the top of her head.

"Come, let's eat something" I told her.

She nodded and let go of me.

I got some food on the way, here. A few fish and some fruits. Although I started to get tired of fish, we can't go hunting or to a restaurant right now.

I prepared and cooked the food. We haven't spoken a word since she cried. I handed her a roasted fish, and she took it and took a bite. I looked at her. She looked funny in my shirt. It was really big on her. But looked really sexy actually. I liked her wearing my clothes. I don't know why. Of course, she's beautiful. But she was my student. Was. I feel my heart pounding faster as I look at her beautiful figure.

"What are you looking at?" she asked me with a blushing face.

"I'm happy that you like the food" I said quickly "Also, you look funny in my top." I smirked.

There it goes. Her beautiful laugh again. Like a rainbow after a storm.

She ended up eating two fish and even an apple. I'm happy to see her eating. She looks like she's enjoying the food.

"I'm a little bit sleepy" I told her after I yawned.

"Me too" Sakura said.

"What are you talking about?! You just slept through the whole afternoon!" I smirked

"Very funny" she sticks her tongue out.

"Don't worry we can sleep. There's no need for guarding as we don't have anything worth attacking for."

She nodded with sleepy eyes, walked to her sleeping bag and laid down. I grabbed mine and my book, walked next to her, placed the sleeping bag on the ground, sat on it with my back to the cave's wall and started reading.

"You still read it? Haven't you read it enough already, to know every word that's in it?" She looked up at me.

I looked down at her. The cover was pulled up until her chin, showing only her angelic face and her pink hair. She looked like a cute little pink sushi roll.

"Aren't you supposed to be sleeping already?" I asked her teasingly " Or do you want me to read a bedtime story?" I asked as I pointed at my book.

"In your dreams!" She shouted and made a fake grumpy face.

I laughed and then continued reading. But now I couldn't concentrate. All I wanted to do is stare at this gorgeous girl. Woman. Yes, a woman. Who was laying right next to my legs. I glanced at her. She was sleeping so peacefully, still facing me. I put down my book and laid down on my side, watching her. I got lost in her face and in my thoughts. I could feel my eyelids getting heavier and heavier.

Quiet whimpering got my eyes cracked open. I looked at her. The expression on her face was scarred and her cheeks were covered in tears once again. She's having a bad dream again. I caressed her cheeks to wake her up while calling her name. But she hasn't woken up. She was shaking. I pulled myself closer and cuddled her. One of my arms was under her neck hugging her, and with the other, I was rubbing her back. All of a sudden the sobbing stopped. She was awake. What now? Should I let go of her? That's maybe weird for her. Her old sensei cuddling her. I started to pull back slowly. Suddenly I felt a small arm around my waist hugging me. I stopped. She got closer, hide her face in my chest and hugged me tightly. I hugged her back and caressed her. None of us said anything. We fell asleep cuddling, without her having a bad dream again.

Sakura' POV

I opened my eyes. The first thing I saw was perfectly shaped chest muscles. It was morning. I heard the birds singing and the sun was lighting the cave. Strong muscular arms were around my body hugging me tightly. I hugged him too. Cuddling him felt so good, and I felt so safe. I've never felt like that with anyone before. I want to stay here in his arms forever. I never want it to end.

I felt him moving around. Cuddling may be uncomfortable for him. I pulled back and sit up. I glanced at him. He looked so attractive, laying there with messy hair, half-naked. How did I not notice this before? It's wrong that I feel like that, I know. But I can't help it. He makes me feel safe and cared for.

I decided to get up and get some breakfast for us. I'm sure that he's done with eating fish all the time. I stood up and wanted to step over him when suddenly he moved his legs and got mine kicked under from me. I lost my balance and fell right on top of him. He grabbed my waist. Our faces were just centimetres from each other. His eyes were wide open as he was just woken up and had no clue what happened. I could feel my face turning red. I lifted up my upper body, but couldn't move my lower parts as he was holding my waist so strongly. He realised what was happening and let go of me.

"Oh...sorry" he said in a weird dying voice.

I climbed down from him and stood up. I was so embarrassed, that I must have looked like a tomato with a pink wig at this point.

"You surely know how to wake a man up, don't you?" He laughed as he was sitting up with the cover on his legs.

"It was an accident! You kicked my legs, that's why I fell on you!" I explained.

"Sure thing" he smirked, while he sat there and was covering his lower body weirdly. That's when it hit me. The weird dying tone of his voice and now covering his lower parts?! I woke up his little one too! OMG, that just can't get any more embarrassing.

I turned around and went to my clothes to check them. They were dry. Great. Now, how am I supposed to get them off the string without showing my butt? I can't even ask him as he surely won't stand up for a few minutes now.

"I'll go out to have some fresh air." I said as I went out because I haven't got any idea of what to do with myself right now.