The three walked along the full streets of the village as Sakura and Sarada chatted animatedly about her day. Kakashi mostly kept to himself as he felt that it wasn't his right to intrude on their mother daughter time. However he did keep his manners in check as his book stayed in his pocket.

"Kakashi-sama, you'd be proud of what I did today in school." Sarada piped up trying to bring him in on the conversation.

"Hm? I don't know I'm pretty hard to impress." He teased, "What did you do?"

"I got perfect marks on my substitution jutsu!" The girl beamed happily.

Kakashi raised his eyebrows actually impressed. Not many people actually achieved that feat, "Humph… Okay, I am impressed and proud." he gave her his crinkly eyed smile.

"Hey… you never said you were proud of me." Sakura pouted mostly as a joke but also a little hurt.

"Can you blame me? With how full my hands were with your two idiot teammates." His little joke didn't stop her pouting look and he didn't like that, "Would it help if I said it now?"

"Maybe" Sakura muttered.

"Fine, I am proud who you grew up to be." He nodded matter of factly.

Despite being the one who asked for it Sakura still blushed only to have it be made worse by her daughter who nudged her, "What is it Sarada-chan?"

"Momma your face is a little pink… are you coming down with a cold?

Kakashi had to stifle a chuckle as Sakura sputtered to tell Sarada that she was fine while elbowing Kakashi in the side for being the butt he was.

Sarada eyed the two adults suspiciously but said nothing. She was a smart girl and could tell they were closer than before. But she was happy for her mom. She hadn't seen Sakura this happy in a long time. It made her smile to herself as she looked at her surroundings only to notice they weren't heading towards Kakashi's apartment.

"Where are we going?" Sarada asked interrupting Kakashi's and Sakura's play fighting.

"Huh? Oh we are ummm, Kakashi?" Sakura stumbled over her words and looked to him for help.

Kakashi shrugged, "Surprise."

"Are we going to the training grounds?" It was a safe guess for Sarada to make as the path was similar. She almost secretly hoped for it. Sarada had always wanted to watch Kakashi and her mom spar. It had to be quite the match.

"Nope." Kakashi quipped, "Nothing you do will get me to divulge my secrets."

Sarada gave him the best pouty eyed face she could, "Please, Kakashi-sama."

"Okay that's not fair." Kakashi groaned looking at her adorable face while Sakura almost doubled over in laughter. But the timing was good as they had reached the house, "Just look to your left."

Sarada turned and saw the pathway up to the house her mouth opening slightly. Since Sakura and Kakashi had turned in the paperwork someone had already come and taken away the for sale sign and put their clan emblems on the mailbox. Sarada's eyes darted to her mother and Kakashi but all they did was nod.

"What do you think?" Sakura asked tentatively, "Kakashi invited us to live with him here."

"I really like it." Sarada smiled eager to get in and explore.

Kakashi could see the eagerness in her eyes, "Go on. We are right behind you."

With that Sarada dashed off to search the house. "I think that was a success." Sakura smiled as her and Kakashi made their way up the path.

"Mhm. She will like it here. Sometimes the best thing about moving is leaving behind memories to make new ones." Kakashi commented.

Sakura smirked, "You and your wisdom."

Entering the house they went to the kitchen and waited for Sarada to finish her little tour. They talked about work and what they needed to buy for the house. A lot could be brought over from Kakashi's apartment but they still needed groceries and more furniture than he had. But that was for another day as they still needed to move over all the things that were in his apartment.

Sarada finally finished her adventure after looking at the backyard. Coming back inside she looked at the two adults talking in the kitchen and cleared her throat to get their attention, "This place is really nice. Thank you Kakashi-sama for letting us live here."

Kakashi kneeled down and ruffled Sarada's hair playfully, "I wouldn't want it any other way Sarada-chan."

Sakura couldn't help but smile. The two of them seemed to have quite the bond already. But she was pulled from her thoughts as Sarada spoke again.

"Does this mean you and momma are together?" To her it was usually families that lived together.

Luckily for Kakashi his blush was hidden by his mask but Sakura was less lucky. Her face was almost the same shade as her hair, "What?! No no… it's like we are roommates. Definitely not together." Sakura explained.

"Why don't we start moving things over hmm? There should already be a wagon at my apartment waiting for us." Kakashi suggested trying to steer away from the topic. The two girls nodded and left.


The rest of the day went by quickly as the process of moving was never easy. But by the time it was dark everything had been transfer to the new house. Most things still had to be unpacked but at least the beds were set up. Kakashi was currently unpacking the box of cookware when his stomach rumbled.

"Hey… who is hungry?" he called out as Sarada was upstairs and Sakura was in the living room organizing furniture.

"Me!" Sarada replied already starting to head downstairs.

Sakura simply walked in wiping some sweat off her forehead, "I could eat."

"I don't have much but we can have some instant ramen, fruit, and I have a ham steak that was in my fridge."

"That works for me." Sarada giggled as her mom lifted her up and sitting her down on a stool at the counter. Sakura nodded in agreement.

Kakashi set to work as Sarada and Sakura talked about their plans for their rooms. The meal didn't take long to make and soon Kakashi had bowls and utensils laid out in front of them their contents filling the room with a nice aroma. A plate of fresh cut fruit was in the middle for them to share.

Once again Kakashi felt the sense of home that he had not experienced in a very long time. Just sitting around a table, talking, and enjoying the company of people who care. These thoughts made him smile absent mindedly only to be brought back to the present by Sakura poking him in the side with a questioning look. They had been talking and he had just drifted off in thought.

"What're you thinking about?" Sakura asked swallowing the bite she had just taken.

Not wanting to show he was too sappy Kakashi shrugged, "How much I am going to enjoy not doing dishes." He chuckled at Sakura's facial expression as if he must have been out of his mind, "What? If you cook I'll do them."

Sakura eyed him suspiciously, "Yea… sure. Anyways, my next day off is in three days. We can get the rest of the furniture then if that works for you."

"Humph~ I guess that works." Kakashi nodded drinking the broth of his ramen finishing off his food. Looking at the time made him yawn. It was getting close to 2200 and it was time for bed.

Sakura noticed him glance at the clock and in turn looked as well, "It that's time sweetie. Why don't you wash up and head to bed." She patted her daughter on the head.

"Yes mama." Sarada replied being the good girl she had been raised to be.

As she made her way up the stairs Sakura turned to Kakashi, "Alright out with it. What were you really thinking about?"

He simply shrugged, "Just taking all the changes in. That's all."

"Hmm, well I'm off to bed too. I might be gone before you are up so don't worry about fixing me breakfast or anything."

With that Sakura walked off. Kakashi chuckled to himself thinking it was a fat chance she would be gone before he woke. After all the years he was quite the early riser. Getting up and stretching Kakashi made his way up to bed.


Author's Note

WOW! I am updating in a timely fashion?! This is craziness! Hope you guys enjoy. It was a little bit of a drier chapter but I have some strong feels coming up in the next one I promise. If you enjoyed please follow/favorite/review. See you all next chapter! *throws chocolate at all of you.*