Chapter 2: Age Is Just a Number and Jail Is Just a Room

Kakashi was lying on his couch, looking into a turned off television. The letter he received was still bugging him. "Who sent it? Why? And what do they know that's so horrible?" he was thinking. It has now been a week since he got the mysterious piece of paper and it still couldn't leave his mind. He didn't want to show it to anyone because if it's real someone could get hurt.

Meanwhile Naruto was having his own thinking session. "Why do I keep thinking of Kakashi-sensei so much lately? I never thought this much about anyone…" he was thinking. The blond was lying in bed, covered with his sheets, turned to the side, looking outside of the window.

He later walked into the kitchen with his sheet around him, holding it tightly. He looked at the time and saw it was 9:24pm. "I wonder if Kakashi-sensei is still up…" the blond said, looking at the clock. He threw the sheet on the couch and put on his shoes. "He probably is!" he added and ran outside, locking the door before.

Naruto was jumping over the roofs of Konoha to get to Kakashi's place as soon as possible. When he came there, he gently knocked on the door, making sure not to wake him up if he was asleep by chance.

The jonin took notice of the knock and quickly sat up. "Who is it?" he asked with a serious voice.

"It's me, Naruto!" the blond responded, waiting for the older male to open the door. It was getting chilly outside so he was hoping it would happen soon.

Kakashi let out a sigh and walked over to the door, unlocking it. He only opened it a few inches, showing only his head. "What is it, Naruto?"

The blond wondered why his sensei was hiding his body and only showing his head. "Well… I haven't seen you around for an entire week… I was starting to get worried" the blond said, slightly blushing.

Naruto wasn't the only one blushing; Kakashi's cheeks also started turning red at this. "Oh…Well you don't have to worry, I'm just taking some time off to rest."

Nice try Hatake, Naruto didn't believe you one bit. "No seriously, what's wrong?" the blond asked.

"What are you talking about? I told you, I'm taking some time off." Kakashi responded in confusion.

Naruto made an annoyed look with his face said; "You can't fool me. You do that thing when you're lying!"

"What thing?" the jonin asked in a now bigger confusion.

"Like I'm going to tell you! Then you'd stop! Anyway, what's wrong?" the blond kept on asking. He was genuinely worried about sensei, he knew something was up.

Kakashi didn't want to tell Naruto about the letter, he didn't want to drag him into this. What if the person really came after him? He could hurt Naruto! So he had no other choice but to lie to him and try not to make that 'thing' which he himself had no idea what it was. "I've been injured on a mission last week and it's pretty serious. But don't worry! Tsunade-sama said she can heal it!"

Naruto didn't notice that 'thing' this time. "Hmm... Okay, if you say so. But next time, tell me these kinds of things! I don't want to worry about my favorite sensei." The blond said. He winked at his teacher and walked away.

He wasn't sure why but Kakashi found it really attractive how worried Naruto was about him. He then shook his head, trying to get the blond out of his head. "What is wrong with you, Kakashi? You're 14 years older than him!" The silver haired man closed his door and locked it again.

2 days later a town festival was happening. People were having fun on the streets; dancing, singing. There were all these stands placed through the streets, each selling something different.

"Hey dad! Can I have some cotton candy?" a young boy asked his father, holding his hand.

"Sure!" his father said, smiling. They walked over to a stand to get some cotton candy, the boy almost popping from happiness.

This scene was giving Naruto a mixed feeling of jealous and sadness. He never had a father figure like that. He wished he and his father were having fun like that but he knew that would never happen as his father, the Fourth Hokage, was dead for years. His mother being dead didn't help either. He had nobody to take care of him. He was alone his entire life, no parents, no relatives, no family. Yes, he had friends, but friends weren't the same as family.

The blond was sitting on the edge of a building, looking at the festival from afar. He eventually stood up because he couldn't look at it anymore, it was getting him all depressed. When he turned around he bumped into a, rather muscular, chest. He looked up and saw his sensei; Kakashi.

"Kakashi-sensei? What are you doing here?" the blond asked, confused why his sensei was smiling at him for no reason.

"Well I thought you might want to go to the festival with me. I had nobody to go with and I thought if maybe you want to join me!" the older man said with a warm smile under his mask.

"M-Me? What about Iruka-sensei? I thought you two were good friends." Naruto asked. But he didn't really care, he was just happy to get to spend some time with Kakashi.

"Well he's sick and couldn't come. It's okay if you don't want to come." Kakashi said, slowly turning around. Before he could turn around completely Naruto stopped him with his words; "Wait! I didn't say no! I'd be happy to go with you!"

The older man turned back to Naruto and smiled. "Good! Come on, let's go."

Later they were walking through the streets looking at all the amazing stands, games and other things. Well mostly Naruto, but okay.

"Hey Kakashi-sensei, can you buy me some cotton candy?" the blond asked his teacher. Kakashi knew Naruto had money but he liked buying him things, so he gave in. "Sure." The jonin said with a smile.

Then they went to a game booth. You had to hit 3 moving targets with a fake kunai to get a prize. Naruto tried it but only hit 2. The next time he also hit 2. He could never get to number three. But not because he didn't have the skills to, but the games were made so that it was almost impossible to hit the third one, the man at the stand only cared about getting money.

Then Kakashi tried. He threw all three kunai at once and managed to hit all three targets. "Wow!" the blond was amazed. "What?" the old man from the stand said, amazed at how Kakashi actually managed to win. "What do you want?" he asked the silver haired man. Kakashi picked a giant snow fox plush toy.

"Here, Naruto" he said, handing over the fox to him. His cheeks blushed slightly so he quickly turned his head away.

Naruto's cheeks were also blushing. "Th-Thank you, Kakashi-sensei."

The jonin completely forgot about the letter, up until now. The words from it came back, rushing through his brain. This slightly affected his mood, he went from joyful to slightly depressed.

Naruto quickly took notice of his sensei's change of mood. "Kakashi-sensei? I something wrong?" he asked his teacher in a worried tone.

"Huh? Oh, don't worry about. It's nothing…" Kakashi said with no emotions. What if everything from that letter was true? He now had less than a year time to see that and he didn't want to get emotionally attached in that time, especially Naruto for which he had these weird, deep feelings that he couldn't understand properly.

"Come on, let's go buy you some ice cream." The silver haired man proposed, putting his hand around Naruto's shoulder.

"Kakashi-sensei's arm is so strong…" the blond was thinking. He quickly hid his blush with his cotton candy, making sure Kakashi wouldn't notice.

After the festival Kakashi walked Naruto to his apartment, making sure he would arrive safely. He knew that Naruto could defend himself but he needed an excuse to look at him for a little longer.

It has now been 3 weeks since the arrival of the mysterious letter and Kakashi was still worrying about it. I mean, who wouldn't? I will show no mercy when I kill you;what kind of sick person would write that?

Naruto was having a pity party back at his apartment. "Why do I like seeing Kakashi-sensei so much lately?" he said in a quiet, sad voice. "And why do I keep thinking about him naked so much?" he added, slightly embarrassed. Good thing nobody was around to hear him. "Could it be… that I… love him?"

He just kept lying on his bed like that all day long, ignoring the world.

Meanwhile Kakashi was thinking heavily about the letter and what he could have done that was so horrible that someone is now planning on killing him. This wasn't the easiest task as he had done hundreds of missions. This remembering made him remember something funny from his past.

FLASHBACK

"Obito! Wake up already! We're moving on!" the young Hatake boy shouted at his teammate who was fast asleep.

Rin then stepped next to Obito and gave him a strong punch in the stomach to wake him up.

"Ow! Hey! Why did you do that for?" the young Uchiha was complaining, holding his abdominal area.

"We had enough rest, we're moving on." Kakashi explained to him. He picked up his katana and stood up. He and Rin then started walking.

"What? Wait for me!" Obito was shouting. He quickly packed all of his belongings and follower his two teammates. They were then joined by their sensei, Naruto's father, Minato Namikaze.

END OF FLASHBACK

After this he went to grab a few drinks with his friend Iruka Umino. They went into a bar that they liked going go, you could say it was their meeting place.

"How are you?" the younger man asked his friend. He took a sip of his drink and put it down.

"I'm not really sure... My life is just one big puzzle right now." Kakashi sighed. He was talking about the letter and Naruto but he'd only tell Iruka about the blond.

"Really? Why?" the brunette asked.

The silver haired male put right elbow on the table, supporting his head with his hand. "It's... It's about Naruto."

"Naruto?" Iruka was confused. "Is there something wrong with him?"

Kakashi could see Naruto's crystal blue eyes and blond hair in his mind, he loved having that vision in his mind. "No... That's not it"

"Then what is it? You know you can tell me anything, right?" the brunette tried to comfort his older friend.

The older man wasn't sure what to do. Should he tell Iruka about his feelings for Naruto? What if Iruka thinks he's a pervert or pedophile? There were so many bad things rushing through his head.

"I… I… Like Naruto… A lot." Kakashi managed to somehow get out of his mouth. He was getting ready for Iruka to make a scene and freak out.

"Oh… Well isn't that cute! Kakashi-boy has a crush!" the brunette started teasing Kakashi.

This statement made Kakashi blush. He wasn't sure if it was because it was true or because Iruka just called him Kakashi-boy. "It… It's not a crush!"

"Oh come on! I find it cute!" he kept on teasing the older male.

Kakashi let out a slow sigh and said; "Look, I'm not sure myself what these feelings mean, so I wanted to talk with you about them. I was hoping maybe you could help me."

"Look, I'm pretty sure you really like Naruto, maybe even love. And you shouldn't deny these feelings! You should talk to the little devil." Iruka grinned and took another sip of his drink. He was happy to help Kakashi in any way.

Later the two men were walking back home, still talking about these feelings Kakashi had. Iruka was sure that Kakashi was falling in love with Naruto and he didn't mind, at least he knew the demon-fox boy would be safe.

"Look Kakashi, I don't mind you liking Naruto. It would be good for him if you two would be together!" Iruka laughed.

"Thanks but I don't think that will happen. I'm 15 years older than him! In a weird and totally wrong way, I could be his dad." Kakashi was technically right but who's dumb enough to have a kid when they're 15?

"True but if you love him, tell him. What if he feels the same way?" the brunette said.

They soon had to part ways, each going in their own direction. The jonin thanked his friend for the advice before he left, causing Iruka to smile.

The next day Kakashi was drinking coffee on his balcony again. Someone really needs to lay off the coffee. But unlike a few days ago it was raining, a lot! Good thing he had a roof over the balcony.

While thinking about Naruto and drinking his coffee, the silver haired man remembered something. He walked into his apartment and checked his calendar; Naruto's birthday is next month! Kakashi was determined to make his 17th birthday the best birthday, ever!

Hey, thanks for reading :3 I really appreciate it! Please take some time to leave a review as they give me warm, fuzzy feelings when I read them x3 Makes me wanna hug everyone! (Okay now I'm starting to sound like a pedo...), See ya in the next chapter!

Jeffree xoxo