It was about three thirty in the morning when Kakashi found himself standing outside Shay's bedroom window, he could see her laying half on and half off of the bed in her soft royal blue satin shirt that was much too big for her slender frame.

Her head hung off of the end of the bed and there were head phones over her ears, she must have fallen asleep listening to music. Looking down at himself he saw the dried blood on his gloved hands and wondered if this was the wisest thing to do. But for some unknown reason he couldn't seem to stop himself from picking the lock on her window and slipping inside of her room to look around.

She had books scattered around the floor in the corner of her room next to a light red bean bag chair. Bending down he picked one up and studied the picture on the front. Oh. It looked like Shay enjoyed reading erotic novels as much as he did. How interesting.

He pocketed the book so that he could read it later and walked across the room to stand over Shay as she slept. Reaching down he started to slip one of his hands under her head so that he could move her down a bit so that her head would be resting on the mattress and stopped when he realised that he hadn't washed the blood off of his hands.

He stared at them for a second before deciding to leave when Shay stirred slightly and opened her eyes, acting on instinct he quickly placed his hand over her mouth to silence her when she screamed, the frightened sound muffled behind his hand as she tried to get his hand off of her. Shit. He thought in irritation as he quickly pinned her thrashing body to the mattress and leaned over to whisper to her, to tell her that he wasn't going to hurt her as she stilled.

"Shhh, I'm not here to hurt you." He whispered gently as she breathed in and out, the automatic action drawing his attention to her chest as she swallowed convulsively.

He could see the frantic beating of her heart in her neck as it pushed blood through her veins. He licked his lips as she mouthed his name against his palm. He stiffened slightly, his body tensing even more and he slowly, cautously removed his hand from her mouth just in case she decided to scream again.

"Kakashi, is that you?" She asked curiously as he leaned down to hear her voice, she was speaking so softly.

He nodded his head making some of his silver hair fall over his shoulders. He shifted his weight so that he wasn't sitting right on top of her any more and let her sit up while remaining in reaching distance.

The first thing that he noticed when she sat up was that her shirt had ridden up to her thighs giving him a small glimpse of the deep blue panties that she wore before she yanked her shirt down to cover herself more modestly. He smiled in the darkness. For some ridiculous reason it pleased him to know that she was on some level aware of him as a virile male.

"What are you doing here?" Shay asked as she turned to look at him.

He tilted his head to the left a bit and studied her in the dim moonlight. "I came to check on you." He said gently. She frowned at him. Check on her? It looked more like he was sneaking into her room and scaring the hell out of her.

"Why would you check on me?" And why so late? She wondered as he moved back a bit, his eyes never leaving him.

"I was worried." It wasn't a lie, he had been worried but for reasons that he didn't dare name. He knew that he was becoming attached to her, and that he should have simply kept on walking past the house a few minutes ago but...

He was lonely. Oh god he was lonely.

So much so that he couldn't bear the thought of walking past her house without breaking in to see her after his latest kill.

"Kakashi, why were you worried?" He shrugged, the expression on his face almost comical in the dark. He wasn't about to admit that he had stopped by to check on her because of his own weaknesses. He wasn't about to give her something that she could use against him, to try and control him.

He was crazy not stupid.

Shay sighed tiredly. "Does my presence here bother you?" Kakashi asked all of a sudden, he still wanted to know what kind of person Shay was.

She looked at him and frowned. Did his precense here bother her? That was sort of a stupid question considering that she had only fallen asleep an hour ago and was completely exhausted. Thank god tomorrow was a weekend and there was no school.

"No, your presence doesn't bother me. I'm just tired." She said with a small smile, he nodded his head and shifted closer to her and reached out.

One quick test.

One quick test of her character and he would know if he should stay away from her for good or if he could keep her.

He wanted to keep her so badly his chest ached. He wrapped his fingers around her throat as he topppled her over onto her back on the bed and straddled her hips again, keeping his grip on her neck as tight as he dared so that she would feel enough fear to be honest when he asked her his questions.

He watched as her eyes widened and she tried to gasp for air, but he was subtly and slowly crushing her wind pipe. He waited until her struggles became weakened before he let up on the amount of pressure he was placing on her neck. She took several deep breathes and coughed as she stared up at him with worried eyes.

"Are you afraid of me?" Kakashi asked gently, his eyes burning from the glow of his inner beast as he stared down at her, waiting for her reply as she felt a chill go down her spine. He was acting like he hadn't just almost strangled her with his bare hands.

It's a test. She realised as she felt his fingers digging into her neck again. She let her hands fall away from his wrist and shoulder and just lay there for a second before she smiled. Yes, she was afraid but of dying. Not of him.

He was far too kind natured to kill her in cold blood without a reason.

She looked him right in the eye and lifted one hand and put it against the side of his face and smiled. "Not one little bit." She said softly, expecting him to start squeezing again, instead he swore and grasped the front of her night shirt and yanked her upright and pressed his mouth against hers in what could only be described as an achingly tender kiss and then vanished across the room and out her window and into the night.

Shay sat on her bed with her fingertips against her lips, feeling as if she were suddenly drowning. What the hell had that been about? She wondered as she went over everything in her mind.

She had recognized the test Kakashi had put her through because she could tell that he had never really meant her harm to begin with. What she didn't understand was the reason behind the kiss. And just what kind of fellow broke into a girl's room at three something in the morning anyways?