First
First
“How many times does this make it?” Sakura asked from the hotel bed. Kakashi paused in his unpacking to look up at her.
“What?”
“Marriage.” She waved a hand in the air in reference to their situation. He looked around the small room with only a single double bed.
“Well, it was only my third.” He calmly answered before moving his toiletries to the bathroom.
“So, third marriage to another man. How many women?” She raised her voice to make sure he could hear her.
“I have no idea.”
“Twelfth.”
“Twelfth?”
“I was married to Kotetsu three times-” Sakura began to count on her fingers.
“Are we counting times or people?” Kakashi asked as he stretched out on the double bed. Sakura moved slightly to accommodate him.
“People for you, times for me. And only from the village- no clients.”
“Oh...well...Iruka, Genma, and Tenzou, couple of women in Anbu, Anko, the short-haired code-breaker, you, TenTen-”
“Kurenai-sensei?”
“No. Asuma always took those.”
“Oh” She glanced over at Kakashi who looked lost in thought. Minutes passed in complete silence.
“So...Kotetsu?” Kakashi questioned, suddenly breaking the tension.
“Uh, oh! Izumo four times, Kiba twice, Ibiki-” She stuttered, grasping his offer to continue.
“Ibiki?” Kakashi looked over in disbelief.
“Child bride”
“Spill.”
“Nope. Classified.” Sakura looked at him from the corner of her eyes, smirking.
“You know I'll just find out from the files”
“He keeps it in his house, have fun with that.” The smirk became a full-on grin. The quiet resumed as Kakashi pondered the newest information.
“Wait, I've been married to you more than 3 times.” He sat up to look at Sakura fully.
“Wasn't counting you.” She mumbled and quickly moved off the bed to brush her teeth.
“Why is that?” He frowned as no answer was forthcoming. In fact, Sakura didn't come out of the bathroom. After 20 minutes he stood and knocked on the door.
“Sakura, are you going to answer?” The door was quickly opened. Kakashi checked her face for any signs of distress.
“What?” She asked moving from the bathroom to the bed. Kakashi followed behind.
“Why I don't count.” he frowned when she crawled into bed, pulled up the covers, and turned off the light. He slid in beside her only to have her roll over with her back to him.
Minutes drug out before she decided to answer.
“Oh, I never tore up the first contract between us.” She waited for the explosion, she wasn't disappointed.
“You what?!”