Setting The Wolf Free - Sequel to The Wolf Inside

Setting The Wolf Free - Ch 41

"Yes" Kyoku replies, hooding her eyes and smiling charmingly at my Sensei. I glance up, grinning wickedly at Kakashi, who seems to be thinking about something.

"Sorry Sensei, but it's not mixed bathing" I announce loudly, some other hotel goers turning to look at me with annoyance, "So you can't perve on Kyoku....Or any of the other ladies."

I then grab Kyoku by the arm and begin dragging her away from Kakashi Sensei, who is blushing with embarrassment, as my blue haired teammate chuckles softly.

"That was cruel Ashley" she says in her cool, soft voice. "Poor Kakashi..."

"He's fine" I mutter dryly, shaking my head. "That's what he gets for being a perve. You and I both know he'd have wanted to at least get a good gawk at you......Not that he hasn't seen what you're packing before."

Kyoku's eyes widen, blinking a few times, before she glances down at me awkwardly. I've never seen Kyoku lose her cool demeanour before, so it's a weird expression on her face to be honest.

"You don't really think he still finds me attractive......Do you?" she eventually asks, sounding doubtful and making me stop dead in my tracks. That's all she has to say? I drop Kyoku's wrist and turn around, dead panning.

"Kyoku, Kakashi's attraction to you is so obvious, even blind people on the other side of the planet can see it" I inform her dryly, making her blink, eyes now back to their usual hooded position. Her brows furrow slightly as she stares down at the ground, causing me to sigh. I wonder how often thoughts like that cross her mind. I can clearly see that Kyoku and Kakashi still have feelings for each other, but neither of them are really the types to just come clean and fess up about their feelings.....Not that I'm one to talk. It took me ages to actually tell Kiba how I felt.

"Do you remember when we had to escort that stupid jerk Komara back home?" I eventually ask Kyoku, grabbing her wrist again and tugging her towards the bath change rooms, following the signs attached to the walls. "We were attacked by Liana and had to be brought back home, while Kakashi Sensei completed the mission alone."

"Yes, I remember" Kyoku replies quietly, no doubt wondering where I'm going with this. Turning through a doorway with a pink circle on it, I motion for Kyoku to sit down on a white bench, which she does, watching me blankly as I pace back and forth in front of her.

"I remember not liking you very much when I first met you" I admit bluntly, shrugging one shoulder, "And so, though it may not have seemed like it, I was watching you carefully. I don't think you realised you were doing it, but your eyes kept flicking over to Kakashi Sensei."

"They did?" Kyoku questions, before sighing. "I really didn't mean for them to..."

"I get it" I shrug again, giving Kyoku a dry half smile, "He's really handsome. But anyway, I eventually began watching Kakashi Sensei, because I'd noticed that he kept looking at you as well. From the very beginning I was suspicious that something had happened between you two, because when we first met, Lady Tsunade said that you were both from the ANBU Black Ops. Whenever I asked any questions about you two knowing each other, Sensei was way too casual about it. Like, he's pretty vague anyway, but he was acting weird, even for him."

"He's always been very vague about things" Kyoku says softly, a fond smile on her face.

"Yeah, I bet it's just great when a man's vague about his feelings" I scoff sarcastically, crossing my arms and watching as the smile falls from Kyoku's face. "Oh, sorry Kyoku. Sarcasm comes naturally to me, and sometimes I forget that it's not always appropriate......"