Chapter Twenty Two: I Make Him Happy?
"Go on a date with me."
I nearly choked on my steaming green tea, "Excuse me?"
"You heard me. Go on a date with me. Tomorrow, at 7 o'clock. And I promise I'll tell you everything that happened last night."
I thought about it for a moment. I thought about Kakashi and I going out together… like a couple. After all, no one knew about our feelings for each other. The night that we confessed our love for each other was the same night of the Uchiha Massacre. And we decided after that, to never repeat what happened on our way home that night. I kept my end of the bargain, and I'm pretty sure he's done the same.
I nodded curtly, after thinking it all through. It couldn't be that bad, right?
A few hours after Kakashi left my apartment for his own, I started cleaning up. Sasuke came out of his room and tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around, "Hmm?"
"Is he gone?" Sasuke spoke in a monotone.
I grinned, "Yes Sasuke, Kakashi left a couple hours ago."
"Ugh, good. You know, I can never look at my sensei the same anymore because of you. Thanks for ruining my life Ayame," He grunted and crossed his arms over his chest.
"I leaned down and shuffled the hair on his head, "Oh Sasuke, don't worry, nothing happened between us," I lied. I didn't want Sasuke thinking that I was sleeping with his teacher… even though I wasn't too sure about it myself. "We are just two old friends that were catching up with each other," I reassured him.
Sasuke grunted again, but eventually got over it. "I'm going out for a walk, and I'll be home soon."
"Mmmmk, and be safe out there, and don't be out too late," I responded, as he walked out the door. "Ahh preteens," I sighed to myself.
The next morning, I had almost forgot about the whole 'date' thing, and realized that I had nothing to wear!
"Hmm… Nori will have something," I spoke out loud to myself. After telling Sasuke that I was leaving, I made my way over to Nori's house.
As I walked down the streets of Konoha, I noticed that summer was slowly transitioning into autumn. The leaves were starting to turn a dark auburn color, and the air had that certain chill. It wasn't cold, but it had that little chill, that little breeze.
I wasn't paying attention at all to where I was walking, since all I could focus on was the beautiful nature around me. That's why I didn't realize I bumped into someone until I fell on butt.
"Oh, I'm sorry Ayame," I heard a voice from above, "I was holding these boxes, and I couldn't see where I was going. I was just making a delivery for the Hokage. I'm so sorry for knocking you down, are you okay?"
I helped myself up, and brushed the back of my pants. I looked up to see Iruka, who was indeed holding up a stack of boxes. Sometimes I felt bad for him, on weekdays he was dealing with little annoying kids, and on weekends he was following every demand of the Hokage. At least he gets paid double…
"Iruka, I'm fine," I replied, "Do you need any help with those boxes?"
He shook his head and smiled at me anyway, "No thanks, but I do want to ask you something."
I tilted my head sideways, "Uh, sure. What is it?"
"I know it's none of my business… but Kakashi is my best friend, so I just had to ask, what did you do to him?" He asked, and my face changed completely. Did I do something wrong? Was Kakashi mad at me? We were fine yesterday…
Iruka must have noticed the look on my face because he suddenly exclaimed, "No, no, no! Ayame, I mean he's happier now. He's been acting so much happier after Anko's birthday party at the bar. And I figured that you had something to do with it."
I sigh of relief left my body. I grinned up at Iruka, "Well in that case, I have no idea what I did to him," I answered truthfully… and hopefully later on today I'll find out what exactly I did do to him!
"So, how is little Hitoshi junior?" I asked, while softly rubbing Nori's extremely large belly. She was a little more than eight months pregnant, and she looked like she was about to explode at any minute.
"Actually," she spoke, "I went to my appointment and the doctor said that there is a possibility that it might be a girl!"
My eyes lit up, "A girl? Aww a little Nori junior!" Nori laughed and smacked me playfully as I kept rubbing her belly like if she were Buddha.
"So, why do you need to borrow my clothes? Where are you going?" Nori asked, squinting her eyes in curiosity.
I recounted the whole Kakashi story to her, as we laid down on her bed.
"So, you woke up to a shirtless Kakashi sleeping next to you? And you expect nothing to happen?" Nori exclaimed sitting up, "And now you have to go on a date with him tonight to find out what exactly you guys did?"
"Pretty much."
"Oh man, I have the perfect outfit for you," Nori exclaimed once more, "And after he see's you in this, he'll want a repeat of the other night."
[A/N]: So what do you guys think is going to happen between Kakashi and Ayame? And what kind of clothes do you think Nori has in mind for Ayame? And were you expecting her to be pregnant with Hitoshi's baby? Lol, reviews pleaseee!
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