Title: Waiting For A Tomorrow

Author: Yun Akuma

Summary: Cold and homeless discharged marine Hatake Kakashi finds himself losing endless battle in the streets during a snow storm. He finds himself getting picked up by a blonde who might give him the second chance at life.

Disclaimer : I don't own the Naruto characters or lyrics.

Chapter Ten) According To You

According to you
I'm stupid,
I'm useless,
I can't do anything right.
According to you
I'm difficult,
hard to please,
forever changing my mind.
I'm a mess in a dress,
can't show up on time,
even if it would save my life.
According to you. According to you.

Natsumi didn't dare raise her head when she felt a familiar pair of eyes staring at her while she was closing up. There was something she couldn't understand to why her body reacted to the older man or why she was enjoying her time with him either unlike the other men she had tried to date weeks prior of Kakashi's stumble in her life. Flinched when a long arms caged her to the door, and hot breath made her skin crawl as tiny butterfly wings fluttered in her lower abdomen. "Are you done, Little Blue? Or do I have to be a big bad wolf and steal you away?" held back a whimper when his breath nearly sizzled her sensitive ears.

"Ko-inu you're not..."stopped when fingers slithered under her sweater, stroking the little bit of skin before tugging the loop of her pants. "Kaka...Kakashi?" hating how her voice cracked by the temptation those wicked fingers of his were promising something more than Sasuke could ever make her feel.

"Does a cat got your tongue, Natsumi?" other hand tilted her head to where she could see smirking lips.

"Let go pervert!" trying to pull away yet a strong arm pushed her back to the hard chest made her almost want to give into the man behind her. Moaned when he spun her around, pushed her against the door, before she could protest a pair of lips found...

XOXOXO

"I would if you'd let go of me, Natsumi." blinked in confusion as everything started to fade away, and with a groan the blushing blonde woke to find herself hugging Kakashi around the waist as he gave her an eye-smile. In a flash, Natsumi was on the other side of the comfy couch where she didn't remember ever coming to. "Before you ask, Tsunade asked me to bring you back upstairs because you fell asleep at your desk."

She nodded at the explanation till she saw those same fingers from her dream slide up to bring down his mask where his now showcased, tempting lips seem to tease her. Squeaked when Kakashi's face suddenly appeared in front of her and the back of his hand pushed back her bangs, to touched her forehead. "You don't look like you have a fever. Are you feeling alright Uzumaki?"

Azure eyes widen slightly, as her dirty thoughts shut down from embarrassment and pulled away from the cold hand. "I'm fine! Besides you promised to make dinner so..." before she could reply, the same lips she was eyeing seconds ago kissed the corner of her mouth in quick attack before they smirked down at the stuttering blonde.

"You know, if you want a kiss all you have to do is ask." Kakashi winked, dodging a fist aiming for his stomach and hurried to the kitchen where their sandwiches awaited to be made.

"Shut up pervert! I can't believe you actually did that!" Natsumi bite her lower lip trying to dim down her cherry red cheeks. 'Why the hell did you have to be so damn tempting of all days?' she thought to the ceiling waiting for her color tone to go back to normal.

OXOXOXO

Kakashi hummed silently to himself as he fixed up the smiley face on the plate that were made of the sweet fruit he found in the fridge and around the shop. He couldn't help but feel chippy when his lips were tingling from the quick kiss he gave to his now important person. 'Aren't you going a little too fast on her?' his conscious remarked and Kakashi could only roll his eyes at the annoying voice.

'I'm not going too fast. I'm just hinting is all.' shrugging inwardly at his inner voice trying to ignore the way the heated stare didn't waive away. 'Okay I am. But I'm not going to let some stupid boy play with her head when I can!' pushed his conscious back when he saw a flash of blonde hair coming behind him. Welcomed the young woman besides him to the fruit craft, seeing her raise an eyebrow at him before taking the grape eyeball to her lips. "Thought you needed a a healthy smile to lift your spirits." slapped the greedy fruit hand before she could steal the other eyeball of his masterpiece and bumped her away.

"Wait till I'm done fixing it up, and go take a shower or I'm not taking you out young lady!" turned back to finish his meal when he noticed Natsumi look at him in confusion. "Little Blue?"

Mismatched eyes took in the image in front of him, as bright azure eyes dulled and a frown replaced the smile he was becoming addicted to. "Are you sure you want to be seen with me? I'm not that fun. I'm loud, obnoxious, stupid, and probably look like trash next to you..." flinched when a knife flew past her cheek into the sink with a loud clank in the now very silent kitchen.

"Is that what you keep telling yourself every time someone asks you out?" Kakashi whispered venomously at the young blonde, seeing arms cross protectively around her chest. She bowed her head as he stepped towards her keep an arms length away noticing her tremble in fear of what she thought he'd yell at her like the ex-husband. "Or was Sasuke yelling that to you when you suggested to go out?" frowned darkly when he saw her fingers tighten their grip.

Natsumi watched under her bangs as Kakashi walked out of the kitchen and heard the bedroom door slam closed behind him. Her body instinctively curled up by the sound, took a deep breath in to try and get her nerves controlled. Leaning back on the kitchen sink, as her body trembled when words of the past seemed to come back from her once peaceful weeks.

"I'm surprised you didn't fall into his arms like any of the other men from before." whispered the laughing voice darkly in her ear.

Shook her blonde hair to pull away from the dark thoughts, "You're wrong! I never did that!" she whispered to herself and the voice only laughed at the weak defense.

"Liar, you always hanged out with those idiots instead of being with your son. The son you say you love but aren't there for him because you want to have fun while I go to work just to support us.

"No! I worked as hard as you did! I raised Sora! I did everything for him!" falling to her knees, blurry eyes stared in front of her where phantom image of Sasuke glaring down at her satisfaction.

"What kind of wife are you Natsumi? You believe you're honest but in truthfully you act just like those fake bitches. Luring men in their den just to steal fame, money.

Natsumi bite down on her bottom lip, shook her head in denial. Yet every time she looked up the image of Sasuke stood there facing her down like the damn god he thought he was. "You're wrong! I'm not like those bitches! I'm Natsumi Uzumaki not some worthless trash!"

"You're nothing but a stupid girl. A failure. Having a useless body, good for only sex." as the Sasuke voice whispered in disgust, and the blonde couldn't hold back the tears. The last words of Sasuke echoed in her ear, before she could pull away from the tight hold on her upper arms, she found herself in the arms of the one man who slowly was becoming someone important in her life.

"You're not boring. You're not useless. You're not stupid. You're not any of those horrible things that stupid brat told you, no matter if I have to ram that message in that pretty head of yours everyday. Now cmon, were going get you cleaned up and I'm going to take you out so I can prove to you, I'm not like that Uchiha." helping Natsumi up, leading her to her room where clothes were laid out on the bed.

"Ko-inu?" felt a butterfly kiss on her forehead, watching him leave the room and glance around his shoulder with sneaky grin on his face.

"Just get ready Natsumi. I promise to explain everything after I take you out." the door closed behind him with soft thud, let herself fall to the bed seeing the clothes he picked.

"What are you up to Hatake..." fingering the cloth she never imaged wearing again.

XOXOXOXO

Kakashi buttoned up his deep gray long sleeve shirt, pushing back the sleeves to his forearms as he normally like his shirts' sleeves to be at. Looking at the tall mirror in the room of his he couldn't help but see the changes he hadn't noticed when being on the street. Pushing back the anti-gravity hair from his scarred eye, he could see why people were intimidating. But the image of Natsumi curling herself away from him only made him happy to least scare away the annoying boys.

Grumbling to himself taking note the time wasn't on his side, he pushed his feet inside the new black boots he bought earlier and scrambled out of the room in time to see Natsumi's door open. Mismatched eyes met shy azure ones, taking note how she fidgeted with the hem of her low peach tint dress where the white lace seemed to tickle behind her knees with each step she took in the open toe brown heels.

"Stupid Ko-inu! I haven't worn this dress in four years, I probably look like a walrus trying to slim in this damn dress." he heard her grumble impatiently before turning around to meet his face.

"Well if you say you haven't worn the dress in years, than I might have to stay if you look stunning back than, you look quite beautiful right now Little Blue." taking her fidgeting hands in his own before she could rip off the lace. Smirked when he looked down that her breasts didn't pop out like the other dresses he found way back in a corner of the closet, noticing she looked more comfortable in a simple dress. "Ready to go?" pushing back a lose curl behind her shoulder and smiled inwardly when unconsciously she leaned to his touch. Flicked playfully the flowery earring, azure eyes narrowed at him before turning away.

"You better not ditch me for a big boobed girl," Natsumi teased and letting the other put on her faux fur coat and quickly put his own as she waited in the hallway with a small grin.

"Now why would I leave for some big boob girl when I have a girl with the perfect breasts standing besides me?" bite his inner cheek when she stomped on his foot.

Natsumi grinned up at him with an innocent smile, "Well aren't you a charmer Hatake." heading towards the stairs and Kakashi limped towards her.

"Jeez, you compliment a lady and look where it gets you." grinning inwardly on getting the girl out of her earlier funk and followed quietly behind her. Mismatched eyes saw employees sitting around the counter laughing among themselves like good friends. Soon the five pair of eyes looked up at them in surprise and Kakashi escaped Tsunade's pointed look when she saw what Natsumi was wearing.

"I can't believe you're actually wearing a dress gaki!" spinning the girl in circles, mumbling to herself about how her granddaughter had grown up to be such a lovely lady. Kakashi got pulled from his own thoughts when Jiraiya pulled him back towards the other three pairs of eyes of men.

Kakashi could easily recognize Zabuza with his pointy teeth smiling at him and the delicate looking boy nod at him in acknowledgment, return to drinking his herbal tea comfortably. Yet the pale man was someone he didn't know till he turned his bored onyx eyes to his own mismatches ones and saw he was another Uchiha. Seeing that no one was bullying this Uchiha, he nodded back to the man and leaned on the counter where he could see Tsunami embarrassing Natsumi.

"I'm surprised you got Natsumi in a dress, Kakashi. Its been a few years since I saw her wear one." Jiraiya commented and stole few cookies from Haku's plate.

The onyx eyes twinkled with amusement, "It's good she's finally getting confidence back. You can see her eyes shining more brightly after my idiot brother left her alone." Kakashi could only stare at the beauty in front of him, and glanced towards the older Uchiha.

"I'm guessing you aren't mad I punched your brother's face?" Kakashi received a smirk before Haku tapped his shoulder.

"You better take special care of her, Ko-inu." the girly boy started and Zabuza jumped right in to finish it with a fear-filled smile, "Or were going beat the fucking hell out of you. I'm sure Natsumi would understand why we beat you up."

The ex-marine gave an eye smile at the men giving him a pointed look that almost rivaled the older blonde's evil glare. Turned around to meet pouting, light flushed cheek blonde who quickly yanked him away from the counter towards the door. "Don't you dare get into my sake cabinet after I leave!" Natsumi warned the group before closing the door behind her. "So where are we going Ko-inu?" smile rose on her face when an arm extended and she wrapped her own in Kakashi's, letting him lead the way.

"You'll enjoy it. Or I'll be to under your wishes to do away tomorrow morning and forever more." azure eyes widen at the thought and sly grin rose on her lips, nodded her consent to the challenge.

"What do you get if I do enjoy myself?" looked away when onyx eye stared down at her in predatory observation.

Shivers ran down her spine by the feel of that lone eye studying her, "I'll be fine with a kiss. Cmon, I'm going to introduce you to a good friend of mine." ignoring the curious eyes of the woman on his arm, he lead her to where he can show her the good part of his past. 'Hopefully they're still working there.' he thought amused and sighed comfortably when nimble fingers squeezed his forearm.

End of Chapter Ten

Author Note:Sorry for the short chapter but thought I'll introduce Kakashi's past friend in the next chapter. The next chapter will probably come after I update the other two stories I'm working on, if my muse is willing to help me. Well hopefully the chapter gave you little enjoyment, so you know the rules. Feed the author some alerts and comments to make her day happy. Till next time! - Yun