This chapter is a little cheesy... like romantic cheesy. Not Twilight romantic cheesy. Maybe Notebook romantic cheesy.

I said cheesy way too many times.

Okay! Enjoy this chapter guys!:)

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Chapter 9- Titles

"Kakashi! We should be going home not out to a restaurant! I'll cook at home! You need to rest." Mita was clinging onto his arm, trying to drag him home, but he wouldn't budge. The thought of using her chakra strength against him was on her mind but she was worried his wounds would reopen.

"I'm craving pork cutlet," he said bluntly, still dragging Mita down the street. She finally gave up and followed him into a restaurant.

"SURPRISEEEEE!"

Mita jumped back in shock only to see Tsunade and all the jounins she's known, standing before her. Bewildered, she looked up at Kakashi to see him grinning as he pushed her forward.

"Ane-chan, you actually pulled a surprise party without me finding out," Mita stuttered, still slightly surprised. Tsunade smiled and pulled her into a tight hug.

"I meant to throw one sooner but we were so busy. This party is for you, returning home," she gently smiled and linked her arms with Mita, pulling her around, reintroducing her to everyone Mita had known before disappearing.

"Here," Genma brought Kakashi a drink and stood next to him. "I can't believe she's back, I remember Tsunade-sama sending me and some others on the missions to look for her," Genma was pretty amazed about the whole situation. The copy-nin leaned back against the wall, watching Mita walk around the room with Tsunade, occasionally taking a shot of sake with her estranged fellow shinobis.

"How come you never talked about her to me?" Kakashi asked his friend. Genma looked at him, pulling his senbon out of his mouth, ready to talk.

"When you came back the night Mita went missing, you were unconscious for a few days. I came to visit you and I asked where Mita was…" Genma paused and took a big drink out of his beer. "You didn't remember her and I realized what she did to you. I told Tsunade-sama about it and tried to have her reverse the barrier, but Mita's chakra was too complex and strong." He looked at Kakashi apologetically and the copy-nin just patted his friend on the back.

"It's okay, she's back now and that's all that matters," Kakashi smiled at Genma, who felt relieved that the copy-nin was understanding.

"Mita-sama!" Kakashi looked back at Mita to see Sakura, hugging her. The pink-haired medic was obviously tipsy.

"Sakura, just call me Mita," she laughed nervously, seeing Sakura stumbling everywhere and it didn't make it any better when Naruto appeared, also tipsy.

"Mita-san! You are not allowed to leave the village EVER! It'd make our sensei sad!" slurred Naruto who was being held up by the drunk Sakura. It was fun to watch until Naruto tripped over Sakura's foot, falling forward towards Mita with a bottle of sake in his hand. Before the sake was spilled all over Mita, Kakashi grabbed her by the waist and pulled her back, the sake bottle crashing onto the ground. Naruto had officially passed out at this point and was dragged home by Hinata and Sakura.

"Geez… he can't hold his liquor can he," Mita slightly hiccupped.

"Neither can you, apparently," the copy-nin smiled at her.

"I don't count. I'm the guest of honor here and to be honest, it'd feel nice to get a little drunk," spat out Mita, as she was dragged to the bar by Guy and took a few more sake shots. Tsunade stood next to Kakashi and smiled at her younger sister.

"I'm so happy that she's here," Tsunade whispered, only audible to Kakashi.

"Me too," He took another drink out of his mug. His right, black eye shifted to look at the Hokage, who was talking to ANBU. Kakashi knew what this meant.

"Kakashi would you mind taking Mita back home? There seems to be an emergency," she asked with a hint of sadness in her voice. Being Hokage did have its downsides.

"It's fine, I got her. Don't worry about it," he reassured her as she left the party with ANBU trailing behind her. Kakashi's eyes searched for Mita and found her chugging a beer with Guy and Ebisu. He was slightly worried at how drunk she might be by the end of the night when Mita came running to him, nearly knocking him down.

"Kakashi, come drewink with meeee," she said as her words slurred. She giggled, still clinging onto the copy-nin's arm, trying to drag him towards the bar. Using one arm to hold her up, Kakashi brought her to the bar, where Guy was waiting with another round of drinks.

"Thank goodness, my tolerance is high…" Kakashi thought to himself as he took a sip out of the beer Guy handed him.

Eventually, Mita had a drink with almost everyone in the restaurant. Her face was tinted pink from all the booze and Kakashi had to put her down in a booth where Kurenai was sitting.

"Hi, Uncle Kashi!" A little boy no more than 3 years old giggled, waving his tiny hand towards the copy-nin. A grin took over Kakashi's face as he reached out to ruffle Asuma's and Kurenai's kid.

"Is she okay?" Kurenai smiled while handing her son some snacks to eat.

"I'm totally fine," Mita took a few big gulps out of the water Kakashi handed to her.

"It's nice to have you back. We've all missed you." Mita smiled at her old friend when Kurenai's son crawled on the booth and touched Mita's face, smiling at her. The tipsy kunoichi blinked a few times and smiled back at the boy, picking him up and placing him in her lap. Kurenai was surprised her son was so friendly with a stranger. Even Kakashi was surprised.

"He has some of Asuma's memories. He showed me how he knows me," Mita said gently, as Kurenai's son played with her gold necklace.

"He hasn't done that to a stranger before. It's so strange," the mother was in awe with her child. Mita touched the child's face and watched his face beam with happiness. Kakashi realized Mita had shown him a memory of Asuma and couldn't help but smile at Mita. She had a glow about her, not just from all the drinking, but something else.

"Mita! One more round before they close!" Genma yelled from the bar.

"Be right there!" Mita sighed, slightly sad that she had to give the child back to Kurenai.

"Go, go. Have fun. It's way past his bedtime," Kurenai smiled at the two as she held her child's hand and left the restaurant, saying bye to everyone.

"He's so adorable. I can't wait to have children," Mita gleamed and Kakashi just looked at her with wide eyes. She then took Kakashi's hand and headed to the bar for one last drink.

One last drink, of course, turned to 5 more last drinks and Kakashi found himself giving Mita a piggyback ride. He waved goodbye to everyone else that was leaving the restaurant and headed to Mita's house.

"Mita? Where are your keys?" He mumbled while walking. The copy-nin was pretty tipsy himself and tried to search the semi-conscious kunoichi for her keys, without looking like he was groping her to the general public. Mita mumbled a few words he couldn't understand and Kakashi eventually gave up, turning around to head to his apartment.

Finally arriving at his apartment, Kakashi took Mita straight to his room and placed her on his bed. She was asleep, for the most part, and he went to the kitchen to bring back a glass of water just in case she woke up. Coming back to his room, the copy-nin saw the brunette sitting up on the bed, still a little groggy.

"Kakashi?" Her eyes cracked open slowly, the moonlight hurting her extra sensitive eyes.

"Here, drink some water, you don't want a hangover in the morning," he chuckled, while Mita gulped down the glass of water. She placed the glass on his nightstand and laid back down, still grumbling.

"You should have stopped me after a few drinks," she frowned, trying to pull off the scrubs she's been wearing for the past 24 hours and laid there with just her underwear and a tank top. Her hospital clothes hit the floor and she pulled the blanket over her shoulders.

"I wanted you to have a good time," Kakashi chuckled as he changed into his pajamas. He tried not to think too much of the half-naked Mita in his bed and slipped into it, next to her.

"You're a terrible boyfriend for not stopping me," the drunk girl mumbled, cuddling closer to his warm body. Kakashi blinked and cupped her cheek with his hand. He thought he was hearing things.

"I'm your what?"

"My boyfriend," she said, again, one of her eyes opening to peek at him.

"Say it again…" he whispered, pulling her closer.

"My boyfriend. Hatake Kakashi, you are my boyfriend. You are in a relationship with me, the most complicated female in the entire shinobi world," she slurred, still tipsy. A smile grew on his unmasked face.

"And I'm completely fine with that," he said, his lips closing in on hers to have one last kiss before she fell into a deep slumber.

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A groan left Mita's lips when the sun shined through Kakashi's bedroom windows. The hangover that was pounding her head was excruciating that she couldn't even roll out of bed. She felt Kakashi's arms snake around her waist and pull her closer to him.

"Oh, yikes, don't do that," Mita felt a bit sick and jumped out of bed, heading to the bathroom. He was by her side, in a flash, holding back her hair, making sure she was aiming in the toilet and not anywhere else.

"Ugh… why did you let me drink so much?" she whined before heaving into the toilet again. Kakashi just chuckled and continued to hold her hair. After half an hour of sitting next to the toilet, Mita got up and rinsed her mouth at the sink. Her head was still pounding and placed her hand on her temples, massaging it, hoping it'd help.

"Here, drink some water," Kakashi handed her a glass cup, which she happily took and took several gulps out of. He then took a towel and a small bag of extra toiletries from the cabinet in his bathroom, setting it on the counter.

"Go ahead and shower. I'll get breakfast ready," he smiled at her, turning the knobs in the tub for her. The hung-over medic-nin nodded as Kakashi left the bathroom for her to use. Mita immediately took off the remaining clothes she had on her and was about to jump in the shower when something caught her eye. She stared at the mirror above the sink and nearly screamed. The kunoichi had several hickies on her neck and she couldn't remember when she had gotten them. Holding back a growl in her throat, she quickly showered and brushed her teeth with the toothbrush she grabbed from the bag Kakashi had left on the counter.

"That was fast," the copy-nin said as he heard Mita's stomping from the bathroom. He turned around to see her still partially wet from the shower, wrapped only in a towel, and her head steaming with anger.

"Kakashi…. What is this?" She pulled her hair to the side and jabbed her finger at her neck.

"Ah…." The copy-nin could only laugh nervously and held his hands up, before she could charge at him. "I was in a good mood," he tried to explain.

"So that means suck on my neck?!" Mita's hands glowed yellow and Kakashi backed away, almost scared for his life.

"Well first, you said you couldn't wait to have kids at the party last night. And then you called me your boyfriend. I was pretty… excited to hear that from you," he grinned, hoping that was reason enough for her not to kill him.

"I did what…?" Her hands' glow faded away and a tint of red took over her cheeks.

"I am your boyfriend and you, Uzumaki Mita, are my girlfriend," he smiled sweetly, stepping towards her and pulling her into a hug.

Mita couldn't help but hug back and say, "Yes, I am."


Okay so Chapter 10 might be updated until the next week or week and a half because my boss decided to schedule me 4 double shifts next week :'(

Thanks for being patient! Feel free to PM me or leave reviews if you have any questions :)

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