Soft lips smash into mine, pushing my body back against the door. I gasp, palms flying out and smacking against Kakashi’s chest-shoving him away from me.
“I’m sorry.” He growls, moving back, hands crossing behind his head. “That was uncalled for and rude and I’m sorry.”
The kiss was rude? I blink, startled, as he squeezes his eye shut and falls forward onto the bed. The pad of my index finger traces lightly over my lower lip, the feeling of Kakashi’s lips against mine fading into a warm memory.
But I don’t want it to be a memory.
The sudden realization slams into me, rocking me back on my heels. My feelings have drastically changed for the man that lies before me, and I’m not sure whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing. I gulp loudly, trying to stop my hammering heartbeat, and move forward.
Touching his shoulder awkwardly, I struggle to find my voice.
He sits up and turns over, leaning back on his hands. His mask dangles around the base of his neck, soft pink lips twisted down in a small frown. If you look close enough, you can see the small twinge of pink that rims his eyes.
I choke on the gasp that I try to stifle. “Are you…why?” I ask, words pouring out of my mouth like lemonade. “Have you been crying?”
Kakashi avoids my gaze and doesn’t answer.
I climb into the bed next to him and sigh softly. “Why would you?” I can’t fathom any kind of reason whatsoever and I refuse to flatter myself by saying it’s because he’s upset over upsetting me. Hesitantly, I take his hand and pull it into my lap, holding it palm up.
He watches me carefully as I trace the bones in his palm.
“Please tell me.” I whisper softly, the words barely audible to even my own ears.
“I can’t…” Kakashi’s fingers curl into a tight fist. He moves closer, legs curling around my small form, and rests his forehead on my shoulder, silver spikes brushing against the bandages on my neck. “I don’t know how.” He says softly.
Carefully, I peel his fingers back and stroke his palm until he relaxes. Pressing my hand to his, I gasp softly-my eyes widening. “God, you have big hands.” I say before I can stop myself-completely ruining our little moment. He lifts his head and chuckles lowly, lips close to my ears, and curls his finger tips over mine-emphasizing the size compared to mine.
I look up, cheeks flaming, and smile softly.
Kakashi watches me for a few moments before leaning in and resting his forehead against mine. He closes his eyes, warm breath washing over my face and clouding my senses, and I close mine. It’s as if there is a cord linking us together-an invisible line drawing my mouth to his. Slowly, I tilt my head up, nose brushing against his.
“Naruto! Don’t you dare go in there!” I hear Sakura hiss from outside our door.
His jaw clenches, lips still mere centimeters from my own pale pink appendages, and we pull away from each other, eyes focusing on the door. It slams against the wall loudly, a huffing and puffing Naruto running into the room.
“You didn’t get me anything?” Naruto frowns jealously.
I smile slightly. “Of course I did, get over here?”
“Huh?” Sakura blinks, sending me a confused look.
Naruto runs over and stops in front of me, blue eyes wide and excited. I laugh lightly and lean forward, pressing my lips to his cheek. “You’re so special, Naruto, that you’ve won the exciting privilege of being my favorite for the day.” I grin. “Which means you get to help me decide Kakashi’s fate.”
“Oh boy!” I love this child. He’s so easy. Naruto pumps his fist into the air and parades around happily. Sakura rolls her eyes and walks over to the bed.
“Sorry, you guys. I tried keeping him out.” She says sadly, toying with her new necklace.
“What’s that?” Kakashi asks, leaning past me to move Sakura’s hand.
She beams and holds the blossom out to him. “Alex-sensei got it for me! She took me to this really cool shop that had a whole bunch of different things and she traded some drawings for this necklace. Although, I still think you should’ve gotten the sword, Alex-sempai.” She turns to me. “She found this sword that she really liked but we couldn’t get it because we only had enough money for one thing and she got this.”
I smile and squeeze her shoulder. “It looks pretty on you.”
“And she told the shop keeper that I was her daughter!” Sakura beams, throwing her arms around my torso.
“Is that so?” Kakashi chuckles, his fingers slipping through mine.
“Hmhn.” Sakura grins. “Oh, and it’s time for dinner.”
“Yeah! Tsunami says we can have ramen tonight!” Naruto runs out of the room. I laugh, the sound of his feet clomping against the stairs echoing loudly through the quiet house. Sakura rolls her eyes and climbs off the bed to fallow him.
“He’s going to stock up on food before he goes out to train again.” She grumbles half heartedly, turning back to smile at us from the door.
I sigh softly, still forcing my smile. “Come on. Let’s go get food.”
We climb out of the bed and start towards the stairs. Kakashi blinks, shocked, and stops. I turn to see what the holdup is.
“I don’t even think Naruto noticed.” He chuckles, pulling his mask back up over his nose.
I laugh and we continue down the stairs. Tsunami smiles when we enter the kitchen and Tazuna looks up from his bowl of ramen, nodding in hello. Inari runs over and gives me a quick hug and then runs back to his seat.
“And one for you, duckbutt.” I lean down and smash my lips to Sasuke’s cheek.
Snorting, I sink down into my seat beside Sakura and watch amused as Sasuke clambers to his feet-trying to hide the pink that sprinkles along his cheeks. Kakashi laughs and breaks his chopsticks, stirring his noodles to help it cool down faster. Naruto is already almost finished with his fifth bowl-not very surprising-and Sakura stands to peer closer at a picture.
“Hey, why is the corner torn?” She asks innocently, gingerly touching the frame.
My eyes widen. Inari’s head lowers, the brim of his small hat hiding his eyes, and Tsunami and Tazuna stiffen.
“It’s my husband.” Tsunami explains carefully.
“They used to call him a hero.” Tazuna leans forward slightly, eyes glued to the tabletop through his glasses.
Inari climbs to his feet, sends me a tortured look, and then books it out of the room. I flinch back, sinking lower in my seat, as the dishes in Tsunami’s hands clatter in the sink and she whirls around. “Inari!” She calls. But the door slams shut.
She runs over to the door and looks back to glare at her father. “Father, you can’t talk about him like that in front of Inari! You know that!” She slams the door shut behind her.
Tazuna sighs softly.
“Seems to me that there’s a story to be told.” Kakashi says lowly, looking over to me from his place across the table.
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Naruto stands up; hands clenched into tight fists, and then falls forward. Blinking, jump up and run over to him. “Don’t attack the floor! It didn’t do nothing to you!” I scold lightly, offering a hand.
“You better take the day off.” Kakashi says as he looks over. “No more training. You’ve used too much chakra.”
“I’m going to prove it.” He looks up, blue eyes daring us to stop him. “I’m going to prove that in this world, there are real heroes!” Naruto clambers to his feet, knees shaking badly.
I sigh softly and smile.
Slowly Naruto walks out of the room. I fold my arms across my chest and shake my head, turning slightly to look at Kakashi from over my shoulder. He knows exactly what I’m thinking and shakes his head slightly.
“Where’s he going?” Sakura asks, staring at the door.
“To train.” Kakashi and I answer simultaneously.
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“Okay, so which one was it?” Kakashi leans forward, examining the swords on the rack. Sakura giggles and shakes her head, pointing to the small katana that Alex had picked up earlier in the afternoon. The old man, still reeling from seeing the drawings come to life, nods half heartedly and moves back behind the counter.
Kakashi hands the man a small bag of coins.
“Will you please autograph one?” The old man grins sweetly, sliding a thin sheet of paper across the counter.
“God damn it.” Kakashi growls at the picture-one of him and Iruka hugging each other.
Hope you guys like it :D this chap is dedicated to mah sis, Emerald, cuz she made me post it lol even though I thought it might be too soon for the romanticalness. So thank her if you like it XD And BluePringlez<3 thanks for finding that pic XP it made my day! I got in so much trouble lol cuz i started cracking up while my math teacher was trying to explain crap and i couldn't stop laughing XP
----Cloud<3