A/N Well, I haven't updated as quickly as I thought I would, bet hey, I have to read smut too you know! ;D This is gonna start as pretty much lack of plot, to be quite honest. You get an adorable Kakashi, a Naruto viewpoint, and possibly a proper start to the story. As well as my amazing authors notes at the end. So yh, have another chapter to read/be put off by authors notes/ scroll halfway to see what happens. If you make it to the end, R&R peoples!

...I have just realised that my punctuation doesn't want to all stay. Crap. That is so fucking gay. Shall be rectified ASAP!

Angel897 gets an imaginary fruit cookie, and hugs! Mwah!

...

Aww, come on!

Kakashi-Sensei was late. Again.

And that left me standing alone in front of the shopping mall half an hour after the time we had agreed to meet. In the cold.

And since when had Kakashi-sensei enjoyed shopping? His clothes had never altered in all the time that I had known him; he didn't collect knick knacks and hated all unnecessary items. The only thing he ever bought was books, and I don't recall a porn festival coming to Konoha.

"Hey, Naruto!" He crinkled his eyes and raised his hands to scratch the back of his head. "You're early..."

"No, sensei, you're late! Again!"

Apparently Kakashi-sensei had been practicing his dodging, because my well aimed punch only just managed to graze his cheek.

"Actually, I was..."

"Helping an old lady cross the street? And it took you 40 minutes?"

"I also saw her to the door?"

Heh. Nothing had changed here then. Stupid late pervert! I bet it was because he was reading/ watching porn/ masturbating. Sad, sad little man. Not that he was little, still being taller than me and all, but still... slightly pathetic. He didn't spend enough time around PEOPLE in general to get a girlfriend. And when he could count me as a friend... well, that was both rather happy and rather pitiful. Why didn't the perv have any friends his own age?

"The only people you 'show to the door' are the ones you are kicking out of your home!"

I glared at Kakashi as I caught up with his already walking form, and tried to work out what we were doing in a shopping mall of all places.

"Kakashi-sensei, what the hell are we doing here?"

"Look around you. Take a guess."

"..."

".."

"Shopping?"

The absolutely impossible had happened. Kakashi actually DID want to go shopping.

"Kakashi-sensei, I feel slightly ill... maybe you should finish up on your own..." I turned around to make a swift exit... and found myself being held up by the scruff of my neck. "What!"

"I have a mission for you."

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah. Mission 'help Kakashi find a gift'. Cause we both realise that I don't know my way around here." Taking one look at him, I realised he was actually serious. But something confused me.

"Who for?"

"Sakura."

...

A couple of hours, multiple shops and a distinct lack of explanations later, and we were sitting in a warm coffee bar, waiting for the one reason this trip was bearable.

"Triple sized ramen! Yeah, I love you FOR EVER Kakashi!" Kakashi barely noted my thanks, his eyes looking rather downcast, and the mutterings under his breath not seeming ecstatic exactly.

"Yo, Sensei, wazzup?"

"This is taking too long... are there any DECENT shops around here?" He stabbed lethally at the noodles, that were quickly round the same size and shape as rice. I know he's angry... But still... waste good food why don't you?

"If you could say WHAT you were looking for, and WHY, then that'd actually be of some help y'know..." Kakashi's noodle murder paused, his expression unreadable. Shit.

I'd been asking 'why?' for the entire time we'd been shopping, something that had irritated Kakashi-sensei greatly. And his lack of response was starting to irritate me greatly. If he ignored me one more time...

"I just... wanna... show her how I feel..."

I felt my body literally spasm at those words. Kakashi? No way...

It was unlike Kakashi to show feelings for anyone, let alone dig into his wallet to do so... So there must be something seriously wrong here. There was absolutely no way that Kakashi was being genuine. At all.

"Er... Kakashi..." My voice trailed off as my recently found rational side started trying to contact my brain. If Kakashi was lying, it was for a reason. And if he was telling the truth, he would be hurt that I had questioned it. Especially since he was looking rather forlorn right now.

Well... screw you rational side.

"Oi! Kakashi, you depressed prick!"

Kakashi looked up from the ramen massacre with something akin to shock in his eyes. Much diluted of course, but when you know him as well as I do, you can read anything!

Congratulating myself on this fact, I grinned at Kakashi.

"Why in hell would you have to show her how you fe-"

"...el."

He liked Sakura. As in, liked Sakura. Holy fucking shit.

My feelings for Sakura were different to what they had been a couple of years ago, the desire to have her in that way disappearing entirely when Hinata had entered my life in that way.

What was scary was that Kakashi said Sakura's name in the same way I uttered Hinata's. With softness and care, speaking of the most valuable jewel in the world.

"... WAY TO GO SENSEI!"

I might not stalk her anymore, but I could still admit that Sakura wasn't exactly bad looking. And Kakashi was a stupid dumbass 99% of the time. How he had swung that one was beyond me. He deserved the highest praise this world had to offer. Sakura wasn't exactly easy.

"So... does she have any idea...?"

"That I'm buying her a gift, or that I'm in love with her?"

"Both, baka!"

"If she knew I was buying her something, wouldn't it ruin the whole surprise element?"

"...oh, yeah..."

"Any more shop ideas now?"

"Yes actually!" I remembered a place a small walk away where I had looked before for Hinata. I hadn't found anything, but I had to admit it was spot on with the sentiments, and Kakashi's criteria were the same as mine had been. I flashed him my biggest smile. "I know just the place!"

Dropping some notes on the table, I sped from the place, leaving a rather flabbergasted pervert to catch up with me.

It was only later that I realised I hadn't pressed on the second question.

A/N

Well, sorry for long time between updates ;) And for rather short chapter... *begs for forgiveness*

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