You never really fond of waking up late in the morning. You actually weren't fond of waking up PERIOD, but these days, it had got a little better. And the best part WAS, you hadn't had an other one of those weird dreams. That little number had really made you think Friday(aka yesterday), and you'd been homesick half the day..! You only seemed to get over your being away from home when you were around Kakashi. But, then again, who WOULDN'T6 the guy was just so nice when you got to know him... SURE, he didn't open up that much... But, then again, did you? In fact, you weren't really sure you'd ever told him anything about you... Aside the fact t hat, obviously, you were from an other world, and that YOU knew more about HIM that he knew. That was pretty much all you thought Kakashi knew. Maybe he knew more because he went to go see Tsunade... But, egh. You figured he'd be too lazy for THAT.

You groaned after a while, the unfiltered beams of light hitting you square in the face. That's something else you'd have to buy for your room(because you HAD claimed it as YOURS): CURTAINS. There was no freakin' way in hell you were going to wake up to mister Sun every day and be in the mood to kill everyone afterwards.

After a while of cursing the sun in various languages(french, english, japanese, spanish.. you name it!), you pushed yourself off from the futon you had slept in that night, and ran a hand through your hair. You'd be surprised how many weird shapes it can take overnight... You always brushed it the second you woke up. And then you got up and got dressed.

Speaking of getting dressed, you'd have to try and find your clothes in this stupid room... You would've cursed it saying 'stupid little room', but, frankly, ANYTHING would've been bigger than the hole you once called a room, back home. The thing SERIOUSLY WAS small. Like...three meters by four meters. Sure, when you had first moved in, it was nice and all, but as you grew up, it somehow became SMALLER and SMALLER. You couldn't even remember how many times you told your mom you wanted to migrate into an other room. But she always said 'next year, sweetie' or even 'when your brother moves out, maybe'. But NO! Even when your brother HAD moved out, you were still condemned to that stupid small room of yours.

"...Pakkun?" You grumbled, rubbing the sleep out of your eyes lazily, staring down at the small chocolate brown dog. What the HELL was he doing here? An then, in a flash, so many gruesome scenarios passed through your heads, it wasn't even funny.

"So, you're Yuuko, right?" He asked in light conversation, though you had to admit, talking to a dog was of the utmost oddities. Even if you WERE in Konoha, talking to a dog would just get a helluva lot of getting used to.

"Uhhh, yeah...? I have a hard time imagining myself being anyone else." You replied cautiously, eyeing the brown dog with some weird mix of distrust and weirded-out...ed...ness. "But, uh, without intending to be RUDE, but what are you doing here?" You asked after a while, propping yourself up to sit against the wall.

"Kakashi told me to tell you that he was going to go by the shop you work at and go see Himishimo or something for your bed. He said he shouldn't bother doing something he can do alone." Pakkun replied, baking himself comfortable on your borrowed futon.

"...Uh, whaaaatever." You muttered, getting up in an other flutter of indigo silk. You seriously LOVE your night-gown and bathrobe. You had a hard time imagining going to bed without them anymore! Because, yes, you even slept with the bath robe. It sort of reminded you of that Obi your ex had got from his grandmother... Deceased grandmother. Funny thing was that you two were still REALLY good friends. As opposed to ex #2 who had been a jackass when you broke up. And he told you he didn't even MEAN to act pissed off!

As you stumbled into the kitchen, you found that a cup of coffee and breakfast already waiting for you on the table. So, Kakashi had left moments prior..? You smiled lightly at the table, though. It was nice of him to make breakfast for you like this once in a while. Though, when you sat down, you noticed a note under the plate.

'Ohayou, Yuuko-chan!

I left you Pakkun; I thought you might like a little company today since I'm spending most for the day out with Naruto, Sakura and picking up that infamous bed of yours. As for breakfast... You might want to be a little careful. I tried keeping it warm with chakra; I left a six this morning...

Hope you slept well!

Kakashi'

You smirked lightly at the note, before something clicked in your head. You read over the part with the breakfast and the chakra... And the time he left... Six in the morning? Your eyes snapped down to your watch. 8:27AM. Well damn. He'd gone through making breakfast, keeping it warm(as well as the coffee, you supposed), AND left early? You almost died when you realised THAT. KAKASHI. Leaving EARLY? There must have been something important he had to do, like go see Tsunade or something... Or maybe it was Obito, Yondaime or Rin's anniversary? Death or birthday, whatever...

After shrugging everything off and deciding that you better eat before a certain dog would do it for you, you slumped into the chair that had already been pulled away when you saw the note, and hungrily dug into the food that had been prepared for you. It wasn't too hot; in fact, it seemed that it was JUST the right temperature for you. Again, you shrugged it off, and ate your heart out, taking in the delicious scent of the cup of coffee afterwards.

Since it was Saturday, you didn't have much of anything to do. You would've gone to visit Hitaru as the hospital.. Though you would rather keep note of the warning that said you should wait a few days before visiting and decided to stop by Tuesday after work. Which reminded you your kendo classes would be suspended for a while; perfect! You were starting to loose your sanity and tolerance to pain, anyways. Maybe this break was a good thing. You berated yourself; that did NOT mean you would allow yourself to sit around and get fat! No way! You'd worked DAMN hard to lose those god knows how many pounds during the last two weeks and a half, damn you if you ever took them back!

Instead of staring out the window in nostalgia(like you did most mornings when you had time to spare), you decided to snatch one of the various books Kakashi had read in the past and crashed on the couch in the living room with your cup of coffee. Hell, if you had nothing else to do today, the LEAST you could do is remind yourself of your younger days, right? After all, those books MIGHT be rated M(or NC-17), but that didn't mean you never talked about sex when you were at school(elementary AND high school)! Hell, your only subject of discussion at lunch(well, most of the time) at high school WAS sex! And you talked about pretty much anything with your best friends from all over the world, whom you knew from Gaia Online.

You made yourself comfortable, flipped open the book.. Cursed yourself after a few seconds when you realised it was a MANGA book, and should thus be read in the classic Japanese way(like pretty much any of the books in Konoha, come to think of it), flipped it around and started reading, absent-mindedly petting the top of Pakkun's head, who'd just randomly decided to hop up on the couch beside you.

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It was around two in the afternoon when you decided to do something of your day. Though you were reluctant to get up and off the couch, and Pakkun only made things WORSE. You missed your dog... That big lump of fur you so affectionately called Bud. A nice border collie and lab mix. You LOVED that dog. Even though he... Sorta had the habit of wanting to tear your arm off. Though, it wasn't MEAN! It was just rough play. Because, seriously, that dog wouldn't even hurt a fly. Not... Intentionally. He might accidentally kill it by playing with it(pretty much like your cat and birds), but he'd never WANT to hurt anyone just to inflict pain.

After having slipped into a pair of what always had appeared to you to be some kind of jeans, a forest green tank-top and a loose jacket(something like three sizes too big for you), you sighed and decided to head out and go find a few things you told yourself you'd need. Like curtains, for example. Or an umbrella that you'll leave hanging on your doorknob instead of wherever the freak Kakashi keeps the damn thing.

After having slipped into a pair of what always had appeared to you to be some kind of jeans, a forest green tank-top and a loose jacket(something like three sizes too big for you), you sighed and decided to head out and go find a few things you told yourself you'd need. Like curtains, for example. Or an umbrella that you'll leave hanging on your doorknob instead of wherever the freak Kakashi keeps the damn thing. Oh. and stuff for when your period would roll around. Which was bound to be anytime, now, since you had got out of the damned week of hell the day before you climbed onto the roof and disappeared the day after...

You sighed one last time, finding Pakkun was following you out of the apartment, and locked the door behind you. Normally, you wouldn't so much as THINK about locking the door. In Canada, people don't lock their doors. Especially since you're brother's there all day. You never HAD to lock it. Though ever since you came home to a grumbling Kakashi and a messy kitchen, well, let's say you remembered to lock the door now.

You were happily bounding down the streets of Konoha, a few people casting you weird glances. After all, Pakkun WAS following you. And normally, that either meant you were someone VERY important that Kakashi was too busy to watch himself, that you were some super awesome Kunoichi(you wish!), or that you were somehow emotionally linked to the elder jounin... You wish. But you knew that nothing was possible. I mean, you were miss Average. You even though you were a little fat until you picked up those kendo lessons with Hitaru. You weren't particularly good in anything but writing and drawing, not to mention that you weren't really one to have a lot of friends at school. You had your bunch of seven, and you stuck together all the time. You didn't want any other friends, nor NEED any others. After all, they all seemed a little shallow, anyways.

Your feet never really lead you in the sanest places. You always wound up in crazy(in the beautiful way) places back home. You never even really knew where you were going to wind up when you went on those long walks of yours. And this time, in Konoha, was no different. You had wound up in a rather isolated park, in the middle of what seemed some kind of ghostly calm residential area. It really was a beautiful place, though! With a pond, benches, a few big leafy trees, and even duck IN the pond! You really DID fall in love with the place. You made an other mental note to remember your way back home, to be able to come here on weekends when you have nothing else to do.

"Having fun getting lost in nice places?" Kakashi spoke behind you, as you were sitting by the pond, just staring at the ducks. Cute blokes, they are. Really! With their white feathers... You always wondered what it would be like to have wings. Alas, that dream had vanished when you were three and learned that no, humans CAN NOT grow wings, or fly for that matter. Stupid Peter Pan.

"Something like that." You whispered, still staring intently at the two bird on the water. Come to think of it, Kakashi was sorta right. You WERE having fun getting lost in nice places. Because, indeed, you WERE lost. You figured you'd just find your way home. Eventually. Even though you were already starting to make up an excuse as to why you 'mysteriously' wound up on Naruto's doorstep...

You sighed and reluctantly stood up, knowing that Kakashi was probably going to tell you that he needed you back at the apartment to decide where your utterly simplistic self wanted that bed to be. Not that you actually CARED where the hell he'd put it. Heck, a bed's a freakin' BED! You sighed again, your simplistic self wanting to lounge around the pond a while longer. You cast a last loving glance at the duck, before turning around...

And conveniently ramming into that pervy jounin of yours. What the heck? Wasn't he sitting on the bench a few seconds ago..? Oh. Right. He's a NINJA. Shinobi do that weird flash appearance thing. You had almost forgotten.

"You know, it's rude to stand in someone's way and not apologise." You said flatly, stepping around him, though finding that Kakashi had gripped your right arm. "WHAT?" you shrugged, finding yourself nose to nose with him, a little closer than what you were comfortable with.

"...why can you do that...?" He asked, his voice sending shivers down your spine(as though the proximity hadn't), his breath tingling on your lips and chin.

"Am I interrupting something I rather not?" came a voice behind Kakashi, and you inwardly sighed in relief when you saw it was Okawa. And when you REALISED it was him, you jumped away from Kakashi and scratching the back of my head.

"N-not at all! I was just, uh.. Showing him the scar on my lip! See? Uh, maybe not.. Most people can't see it from a distance, so I showed him!" you laughed nervously, stepping aside as Okawa walked forwards to talk to Kakashi. You figured it wasn't really your place or right to listen to what they had to say to each other; after all, Okawa WAS Tsunade's messenger. So he, without a doubt, had information on Kakashi's next mission. Which made your heart sink a little. Having Pakkun around today wasn't that bad, but being completely alone AGAIN...?

And then came Kakashi's question. Why can you do WHAT? Hell, you can't even mould CHAKRA! Like heck you'd be able to do something worth of Kakashi's distraught attention. You sighed again, turning around and bent on trying to find your way back home alone. Meanwhile, it'd leave you with MORE than enough time to figure out what Kakashi said. And... Did. Which sent an other shiver up your spine; why the hell did he HAVE to be so close you? Shrugging the thing off, you told yourself it might be better if you didn't guess anything. You might just wound up deceived, Again...

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"...Okaeri!" You called from your room, comfortably installed on YOUR bed, reading the volume of Icha Icha Paradise you'd started that morning. Which you'd never finished because you had to go take a walk... On which you HADN'T even bought an umbrella, or curtains. Darn. Tomorrow.

"So, when are you leaving?" you asked in fake curiosity, not really wanting the hear the answer. It was probably going to be something like 'tonight' or 'tomorrow at dawn'. Neither of which sounding to good to you at the moment...

"Leaving? And why should I leave?" Kakashi asked back, leaning against your doorway.

"But.. I thought you had a mission." You said in some dim form of disbelief as you tore your eyes away from the (VERY)graphic novel you were reading. "Okawa came for that... Didn't he?"

"...No." Kakashi answered with one(visibly)raised brow, and, once again, you could tell he was smirking. Damn him. First, he asks a random question and THEN he makes fun of your perfectly logical assumptions! That should be considered a legal offence or something. It's downright RUDE.

"Then what DID he come see you for?" You asked again, slightly irritated, closing the book and sitting upright on your oh-so-comfortable bed. You seriously fell in love with the thing the minute you saw it in your room when you came home. After... About two hours of finding your way back. And even there, you got home because you'd run into Genma(much to your demise), and HE had led you back home. Or, something like that.

"To tell me Hitaru's state was stable and that you would be able to go see her in two days' time. He would've told you himself, but you walked away before he could." Kakashi said blandly, flipping open a book identical to yours.

"...Oh." you answered weakly, flipping back onto your stomach, and continuing your reading of that ubber graphic novel you loved so much. "Sorry for assuming and not making dinner." You added in an undertone, not tearing your eyes away from your book. In fact, you burring your face into it even MORE.

"...You didn't make dinner" Kakashi echoed, raising his brow yet AGAIN!

"No. I thought you'd be gone or busy packing. My bad." You answered plainly, still not looking up from your book.

"Care to go out instead?" he muttered, still buried in his own book.

"Thought you'd never ask!" You replied playfully, and in the blink of an eye, you were already at the door. "Well? What are you waiting for?"

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"Thanks for paying." You thanked Kakashi, while latching onto his arm. Like hell you cared what it looked like to someone else; you were just thanking the guy for paying for you, too. After you discovered you forgot your wallet AND that Kakashi told you he was planning on paying anyways.

And as we continued walking, as we rounded a corner, there were both Naruto and Sasuke, feverishly kissing the night away like two lovers who hadn't so much as seen each other in ages. SasuNaru fangirls everywhere would be squealing and remembering this moment forever...

TCHYEAH! You wish. Sasuke wasn't even around. Though, two people still WERE making out like there was no tomorrow. Though, sorry yaoi fans, but it was NOT Sasuke and Naruto. More like a very flustered Sakura pinned to a wall by a lovesick Naruto.

"...This calls for a detour." I said after a split second of seeing the two at it, dragging Kakashi away. SERIOUSLY! In the middle of the street! Kids these days have no self-respect... Making out in front of everyone like that. Tch.

"I was wondering when that would happen." Kakashi snickered, obviously referring to Naruto and Sakura. In fact, you thought that EWVERYONE was wondering when SOMETHING interesting between the two would happen. It was only a matter of time before Sakura clicked, and a little more time for Naruto to realise it and kick into MATURE drive.

Er, in the brain. Not in the bed, mind you.

"I know a LOT of people back home who'll be disappointed if they ever hear THIS..." you sighed, hanging your head. Oh, and if you'd ever tell them, it's YOUR head they'd have, not Sakura's. Damn those stupid yaoi-crazed fans you were a part of.

"And why's that?" Kakashi asked, snapping you out of your little world in which you died in many creative ways, at the hands of thousands of billions of rabid yaoi fangirls.

"People I know prefer seeing Naruto with Sasuke than with Sakura... It's a general consensus; people hate her like hell." You sighed, hanging your head back to look at the starry and partly cloudy night sky.

"...Sasuke and Naruto. Together. As in...?"

"Yes, as in emotionally involved. Both mouth and bed. Stories are actually pretty cute..." You mused, remembering all the yaoi fanfictions about the two you'd read. But of course, the yaoi fanfics about Fullmetal Alchemist were a LOT more numerous. Elricest had always been your weak spot...

"Sorry I asked..." Kakashi sighed, staring down at me. He might've thought I couldn't see him since I was staring up at the sky, but I DID. And I could vaguely notice him smiling. Or maybe grinning. Though I didn't say anything about it. It was pretty enjoyable being looked at by an older and MUCH sexier jounin.

"We should go out like this more. It's pretty fun." I giggled(for the first time since I arrived in Konoha) and coughed to cover it a little. "I mean, this way, I wouldn't have to slave over the stove every other day, and you wouldn't have all that money burning a hole in your pockets anymore!"

"...Maybe. Sounds like a good idea to me." Kakashi encouraged, and you had to admit, you nearly fainted at his approval. You were expecting him to brush you off and say he didn't have time to go out for dinner more than once every two weeks... But then again, YOU were living with him, so you'd be able to beat the shit out of him because you KNOW he has time to lose.

"Oh, and by the way, I'm going to be-"

"At the pond tomorrow. I know."

"...I'm that easy to read?"

"No, I just guessed."

"...Baka."