Helpless

I had been on my way home after my monthly briefing with Tsunade when I felt a familiar chakra signature from my apartment. 'They're back! Thank Kami, I need to talk with Kamiko.' I smiled happily and proceeded to skip the way back home.
"Kamiko!" I sang as I opened the door and skipped in. "I missed you!"
"Sure you did." Kamiko snorted and looked at me with a knowing look. "Which is why I assume you had Kakashi move in while I was gone?"
"What? Wait, how did you know that?" I asked her, before remembering that she could probably sense the remains of his chakra and might have spotted some of the clothes he left in the bathroom the last time he was here. "You know what, never mind."
"Wait seriously? Stayed as in stayed the nights and all that shit?" Kamiko raised her eyebrows and looked at me in disbelief. "That's unlike the sober you. How did he convince you of that?"
"He's a slick talker…" I muttered and dragged Kamiko over to the couch. "He also somehow got us to become a couple. But I'm really not sure how that happened. One second I was yelling at him for being stupid and the next he told me that he liked me and that we should date."
"Well it's about time. He's the first guy, well that's not related to you, that you have allowed to be so close with you. The two of you are great for each other." Kamiko told me with certainty. "But even if you got a boyfriend, you'll still come with Anko and I to get wasted, right?"
"Of course I will! Now that I have a boyfriend, it's time to get you one!" I exclaimed brightly, ignoring Kamiko's groan. "Besides, Kakashi's still stuck in the Hospital. How about the your last one-night stand? Genma? He's cute, right?"
"And great in bed." Kamiko added, smirking as I blushed at her comment. "Kami how do you still blush so easily when you're dating a pervert like Hatake Kakashi?"
"Shut up, grandma!"

Three bars in, and way too much alcohol to count consumed, Kamiko, Anko and I had ended up at the most popular bar for Shinobis. We had gotten a private booth and was currently sipping on our different drinks.
"So, he just told you to say yes to be his girlfriend?" Anko laughed loudly as I told her how Kakashi had asked me out. "What a weirdo!"
"He's hot though." Kamiko added, as a defence of Kakashi.
"Oi! Don't brag about how hot my boyfriend is!" I giggled at the girls. "You need to get your own hot boyfriend! Like Genma!"
"Genma?" Anko questioned Kamiko with a playful smirk. "The one who always has a senbon in his mouth?"
"Oh Kami what he can do with his mouth." Kamiko responded just as playfully. I quickly covered my ears in embarrassment.
"La-la-la-la-la! We're all totally innocent murders!" I sang loudly making both Anko and Kamiko cackle. "But seriously though! You think he's good in bed, you're obviously amazing, that means boyfriend material!"
"I think I've had way too much to drink, because that just made sense." Anko snorted and took a chug at her drink. "But he's hot, just jump his bones until he asks you out."
"That's a great plan!" Kamiko agreed seriously. "And then I'll make him help me kill that bastard."
"How romantic!" I laughed loudly. "That makes Kakashi sound like a super cute little fluff ball!"
"A super cute little fluff ball? Kira-chan, that's the nicest thing you've ever said to me." The girls and I turned our heads in the direction of the voice and saw the familiar silver hair of one Hatake Kakashi, the man surrounded by some of his male colleagues. I smiled and happily launched myself onto his arm, pressing myself as tightly up against him as I could.
"Kaka-baka! You're out of the hospital!" I cheered and dragged him over to our booth so he could sit next to me. Kamiko and Anko moved closer to us as well, so that the other males could sit down. I recognized Asuma, Gai, Genma and Hayate and spotted the two chunins that usually guarded the gates. "This is Kamiko my awesome friend and Anko my crazy friend. Girls! This is my cute little fluffball of a boyfriend."
I broke into yet another fit of giggles at the new nickname.
"Oi! Hatake! What's your intentions with my baby snake?" Anko asked Kakashi and wiggled her finger at him in what looked to be a drunk attempt at being threatening. "You better be nice to her or I'll feed you to my snakes!"
"I thought I was your snake?" I wondered in complete confusion.
"Not to worry, you're my baby snakes!" Anko patted my head, though she missed and ended up hitting Kakashi half of the time. "Now, Hataka! Spill!"
"Well, my Kira-chan is strong enough to protect herself, so I suppose I'll just be a wall she can lean on." Kakashi said in complete seriousness, making me giggle again. 'He's so cute and fluffy!'
"Do you promise to love and protect her through hardships and goodships?" Kamiko asked him and wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.
"Goodships? That's not even a word!" I accused her with a shaky pointed finger. "You're just making that up!"
"Shush now little infant, the grown-ups are talking." Kamiko said and tried to reach my head, though with Anko sitting between us she only managed to reach my shoulder which she patted affectionately.
"Sure, Kamiko." Kakashi responded and pulled me into his lap. "Though I doubt she'll need much protection."
"Of course not!" Anko stood up and raised her glass, the vodka spilling onto the table. "My baby snake is a fucking beast!"
"Yeah!" I agreed and tried to stand up as well, only to remember that I was sitting in Kakashi's lap and being held tightly by him. "Crazy Anko is correct!"
"That's because we're fucking awesome!" Kamiko chimed in and raised her own glass.
"Yeah!" Anko and I cheered in unison.

Somehow Kakashi had managed to convince me that we should get going, though not until after I saw Kamiko in a heavy make-out session with Genma and Anko grinding fiercely against one of the two chunins on the dance floor.
"Kakashi?" I poked the chest of my boyfriend. 'Heh he's my boyfriend. I've got a boyfriend.' That idea made me giggle again. "Kakashi?"
"Yeah, Kira-chan?" he asked and kept me from falling as I stumbled again.
"Kakashi!" I repeated his name and poked his stomach this time and felt the muscles underneath his shirt. "Wow! You got abs! You got grey hair and abs!"
"It's silver, Kira-chan…" he complained, and I giggled happily again and decided that I didn't want to walk anymore. 'Hey, I've got a boyfriend with abs! He can carry me!' I realized and with a happy smile, I stopped and jumped onto his back. 'Wow he got muscles here too!'
"You have muscles here too!" I said in awe. "Carry me, please?"
"Sure, Kira-chan." He chuckled in amusement. "Let's get you to bed, okay? We'll go to mine place in case your roommate brings home someone."
"Yey! I like your place. It smells like you." I muttered tiredly into his neck. "And then I feel all happy and tingly inside!"

We reached his apartment quickly, and he had helped me off with my shoes and given me one of his shirts to change into. With our height difference, it reached my mid-thigh. 'It smells like him! I'll never give it back!' I laughed maniacally and somehow managed to stumble out of the bathroom. The second I was out the door, he was right by my side and lifted me up.
"I'm flying!" I smiled happily and held onto him tightly. He didn't respond and merely carried me and laid me down in his bed, taking the spot next to me. "I'm glad you're out of the hospital, I sleep better when you're with me."
"I sleep better when you're with me as well."

I woke up in Kakashi's bed, alone and with a massive hangover. The memories of last night blurry at best. The spot besides me was still warm, so I assumed Kakashi had just gotten up. Thankfully, he had kept the curtains shut and therefore kept the room dark. 'Kami why did Kakashi have to show up? What if I said something stupid again?' I mentally moaned, but pushed myself out of bed regardless. Slowly but surely, I tripped over to the door and prayed that I hadn't done anything too stupid.
"Morning, Kira-chan!" Kakashi's voice was annoyingly chipper in the morning. "Drink this for your hangover."
"Thanks." I muttered and chugged down the small vial of horrible-tasting liquid. I looked at the table, and saw that breakfast was already ready. I quickly sat down, still feeling slightly dizzy. "You're a life-saviour, Kakashi. Sorry, if I did anything stupid last night… You were seriously not meant to see or hear anything."
"I find the drunk Akira adorable." Kakashi said with a teasing look.
"Oh Kami I did something stupid, didn't I…" I moaned and buried my head in my hands, all of my hair covering me from the world.
"I've never been called a super cute little fluff ball before." Kakashi said with a raised eyebrow. "It was very amusing. Not to mention that you get very clingy when you drink."
"Fucking hell…" I groaned and shock my head slowly back and forth, my hair waving at the movement.
"Don't look so embarrassed, Kira-chan!" Kakashi encouraged and I heard him get up from his chair and walk over to me. I saw his feet stop right in front of the chair I was sitting in and lowered my head even more. His hand weaved its way through my hair and tilted my chin upwards to I was forced to look at him. 'And there's the blush again…'
"I'm just going to go now and bury myself in shame over that particular nickname." I decided and stood up, ignoring the slight headache still remaining. Unfortunately, I underestimated just how well the hangover cure worked and how close Kakashi was, and in trying to walk past him, I only ended up stumbling. Had he not caught me, I probably would have fallen down rather disgracefully. My hands supported me against his chest, his hands surrounding my waist and keeping my balance. I took a quick breath in shock at the sudden proximity and started into his eye with my wide-open ones.
"Maybe it'll be safer for you to just stay here." he commented, his voice deepening slightly.
"Maybe…" I mumbled, my heart thundering at the closeness. Somehow when I looked at him, it was like time stopped and the world stopped turning. It was just the two of us, standing so close and looking straight at each other. In front of him, I was completely helpless. Feeling and breathing only for him. My heart punching my chest at the proximity, my face heating up and my breath rushing. He leaned down slightly, our faces only a few centimetres apart, making my face burn ever hotter. Slowly, he let one of the arms around my waist move up to his face and pulled down his mask.
"Oh… That's why you're wearing it." I realized once I saw how incredible handsome he looked now that I could see almost his entire face. "You're beautiful."
"You're angelic." He responded and closed the distance between us.