SasuSaku Month 2018 – Day 5: Height Difference
Rating: T
Context: A little non-canon compliant.
A/N: This is a continuation of Day 4. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy it!
“Dr. Haruno, they need you in rooms 3 and 8,” a nurse called out to her as she rushed by.
She waved her hand in acknowledgment and made a slight detour to her office to drop off the piles of paperwork and folders in her arm. The hospital had been unusually busy all morning and with two nurses on vacation until tomorrow, she had been forced to pick up double shifts to help balance out everyone else’s workload. Tsunade had warned her not to pick up so many extra shifts, but she felt a sense of responsibility and ended up doing it anyway. She almost expected her mentor to come swooping down from her endless meetings with the medical ambassadors from the Allied Shinobi Forces and kick her out of the hospital. Literally.
Just as she was about to open the door to her office, she heard someone call her impatiently.
“Hey, Forehead!”
She turned and saw Ino practically running to her, a similar stack of papers in her own arms. The blonde looked worn out despite the warm smile she had on her face. Sakura made herself a mental note to treat her friend to a day at the hot springs as a thank you for all the work she had been doing alongside her and mostly without complaint.
“Hi, Ino-pig,” she greeted her and unlocked her office. Her arms were getting tired.
“You’re going to totally hate me, but Sasuke’s here and he needs a physical with a set of lab work that needs to be done by this afternoon,” replied Ino smiling apologetically. “Kakashi could care less when it’s done, but Tsunade insists it be done as soon as possible.”
Sakura let out a long sigh and dropped off her files on her already untidy desk. Despite the fact that Lady Tsunade was no longer Hokage, she still liked to boss people around.
“I’m swamped with rounds for the next couple of hours,” she frowned. “Why don’t one of the interns take care of it?”
She would actually be more than happy to do it. She hadn’t gotten a chance to see any of her teammates since they trained last week and it was killing her. Especially since Naruto convinced Sasuke that he should room with him for a while, so she definitely didn’t get to see him as often. She found herself with a strange fluttering in her chest whenever she had to stay away from Sasuke for too long. Not that she would ever admit it out loud. The very thought of it made her feel embarrassed at the barrage of emotions Sasuke invoked within her.
“See, everyone is still wary of Sasuke and they refuse to do it,” Ino said and plopped down on her couch. “I’d do it, but I have rounds in the kid’s wards today.”
Sakura groaned and banged her head on her desk. “Be a medic, they said.You’ll save life’s, they said.”
“Excuse me, Miss Haruno.” There was a small knock on her open door. She looked up at found one of the nurses looking hesitant and anxious.
“What is it, Aya?”
“Sasuke Uchiha is in the waiting room and wants to know if he can leave,” Aya answered.
“He wishes,” she mumbled before standing up straight and turned to Ino. “Can you check in on rooms 3 and 8 before you start your rounds?” She then turned to Aya, “Please send him to my office and I’ll take care of him, thank you.”
Aya nodded, looking relieved and left quickly.
“You so owe me for this,” Ino sighed and stood up too. However, she let out a wide grin. “There better be details later.”
“Oh Kami, out,” she ordered. She was lucky she didn’t start blushing at the implication.
Height Difference
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