Laying the Groundwork

wolf08:

A/N: SURPRISE: I wrote a new
thing! So my brain was in dire need of producing something with a little more
humour and a lot more romance than the other things I’ve been writing as of
late. Alas, this steamy, fun little story happened. This is Part I of II or
III. Hope you like it! 😊

A/N 2: I began to write this
for the ss month prompt “Connected Feelings” but evidently I really missed the
deadline.

Summary: Sasuke
and Sakura are both ready for physical intimacy, but neither is willing to make
a move until the other expresses where their feelings stand. The catch is that
neither knows how to express where
their feelings stand. SasuSaku. Blank period.

Genre: Romance / Humour

Rated: T (Teen) for sexual
themes

Disclaimer: All
characters belong to the great Masashi Kishimoto

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PART I

It was the first night Sasuke
and Sakura agreed to share a bed.

And I know what you’re
thinking: our vagabond heroes are winding up for a steamy, passionate night,
aren’t they? I mean, finally, after
months of mutual dependency and roaming foreign lands, prowling the wild like
predators and becoming attuned to each others’ basic, primal needs, Sasuke and
Sakura must be ready to put a
physical seal on their ever-growing, soul-connecting emotional bond… right?

Well, not exactly.

It was a choice borne of
logic, not passion, because the only single-person rooms available at the only
inn in town were enormous and, frankly, irritatingly
expensive (to borrow a word from Sasuke himself). “What’s there to see in
this town that made them hike up the prices?” Sasuke mumbled into his
travelling companion’s ear, while ignoring the clerk’s glare. She could hear
everything he was saying.

He’s got a point, Sakura
thought, because this little town, somewhere on the Northern boarders of Fire
country, wasn’t even a spec on the maps. “We could just share,” she proposed
while trying to keep her voice as nonchalant as one possibly could when
suggesting something so obviously… suggestive.

Sasuke stared at her for a
moment while a million thoughts crossed his mind. Could she… She doesn’t want to…?

He stopped himself
mid-thought.

No, that wasn’t what this was about. Sakura was practical and
resourceful and that was why she
wanted to share a room (and that was why he liked her).

“One room,” he said to the
clerk.

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