Kakashi watched in amusement and confusion as a light shade of red tickled Naruto's cheeks while he stumbled through some uncharacteristicly awkward invitation for ramen.

"I... well I was thinking Kakashi-sensei... I-I mean if you aren't busy we could go get some ramen... Its my treat... It's kinda like-"

"A date?" Kakashi finished expecting a loud obnoxious rejection. The soft red glow that was dusting Naruto's cheeks instantly deepened and spread making him look the equivalent of a plump red tomato, his eye's shifted focus on some interesting part of the fence. An unsettling silence filled the air around them. Naruto was too honest for his own good.

"Naruto-"

"It's okay Kakashi-sensei. It was just a thought. This thing I got is pretty dangerous, but it is a promise to a friend... I just don't like loose ends, ya know?"

"Naruto-" The list of million reasons of why 'they' would be a bad idea that Kakashi was going to say was lost by two strong arms wrapped around his waist and a barely audible 'I love you, Kakashi-sensei'.

"Hmm...Naruto I was thinking after you come back from your thing. I'll treat you to sake at my house." Naruto smiled, the red slowly disappearing and nodded.

Kakashi realized the one and only reason that mattered.