She woke up with one thought: Did he eat with his mask on? She had been too busy filing her stomach. She really didn't realize it until now. Maybe he would have drunk it if she averted her eyes. Wow, she was such an idiot. And a drama queen.

She had fallen asleep on the fucking staircase and her body hurt now. It was worse than a bad hangover, damn. A blanket lied on top of her providing warmth and she realized he must have put it there. He was making fun of her.

She stood up and stretched her back and was pleased to know that there wasn't certain soreness she had expected. Nice. Kudos to him for not being a terrible person.

She went downstairs and saw him in the kitchen, he clearly had cooked breakfast for himself by the mess on the counter. He looked her in the eye and gestured her to follow. They walked to the front door and there he pointed to the front door and moved his finger. "No"

Her eyebrows could have reached the ceiling if they hadn't been stopped by her forehead's muscles. She knew that anyone could have understood the offended noise she made. He pointed to the door and did it again.

He turned to the door and she spoke for the first time, a spiteful mocking "Bye".

The first thing she did was walk around the house, checking every room. From the front door there was only one path, towards the kitchen-living room, it was a big room that surrounded by windows and transparent doors that led to the garden. There was another room on the left of the sofa, a big bedroom with a private bathroom. His room, of course.

Upstairs there was only a bathroom and a smaller bedroom. Probably hers, she checked the closet to find it filled with outfits identical to hers and looked around. She was glad he didn't seem to want to force her to sleep with him after…sleeping with him. Ok maybe not so glad.

She searched in every drawer, wardrobe and the rest of furniture in the house, it was frankly empty, nothing she could really use. She had reached the kitchen when she noticed a giant dog covered in mud was in the garden. Uhh, ok.

She opened the door and spoke to it. "Hi, do you know where you are?" When she didn't get an answer she talked again"Well, it doesn't matter, what's your name? "

She walked out of the house "Are you alright? You don't have to talk, I can make enough conversation, but it would be cool if you told me your name to know how address you…"

It didn't seem aggressive but name no move to acknowledge her. If it didn't understand her then she had officially become useless. Talking to animals was her whole thing; it was most of her identity. It didn't growl when she came closer, but she drew the line at touching.

"If you don't tell me your name I'll just have to give you one…how about Princess-Flower-Petal" She told the bulldog whose head reached her neck while still sitting. "Do you like it?" She smiled. If it stuck it would be hilarious, Princess-Flower-Petal just blinked at her paying her attention, which was the most she's gotten from him. "I think it fits you"

"Do you like to play games? I don't have a ball or a stick but I bet we can figure something up… Maybe you just like cuddles is it fine if I…" She stretched her hand slowly until it met his head and started stroking it softly." Ok then…" When she moved closer to pet it with both hands her knees got dirty with mud.

"Oh, you're covered in mud, Princess, We have to do something with that… How about a bath? Do you like them? "She took a step back and tried to rub off the dirt but she only got her hands dirty. "Wait here for a second" She petted it one last time before going back into the house. She came out with a plastic basin and without a trace of dirt. "Can you give me one paw? Ok I'm gonna wash them so you don't leave marks around the house, I'll be careful."

When she was done washing it she walked door and opened it as much as possible "Come in, Princess-Flower-Petal."

It walked slowly and hesitantly towards the house she didn't hurry it. She checked a little manically that there was no mud in the walls or on the furniture. "You are doing a very good job not getting anything dirty, thank you. Now, hop in the bath. I'm gonna get you so clean you'll get transparent" She told him with a smile. She turned the water on and checked the water temperature, it was warm. "Is it alright? It's been a long time since I've bathed anyone, you are in… well I can't say good hands, decent ones will be fitter don't you think? Hey what if I pet you while I wash you? That could…You like that spot under your ear huh. You know, Princess-flower-Petal, that-"

"His name is Bull"

"You are not gonna do that again, right? That's not good for my heart. Alright-y then Bull, you're almost clean. And what's your name buddy?"

The little pug had sneaked in while she wasn't paying attention, which was a no-no. She could be dead if that had been a predator.

"Pakkun"

"Well Pakkun are you friends with Bull? It's always nice to have someone looking for you, right Bull?" She didn't wait for an answer. " I can see that you are not dirty but I don't mind offering you a bath too. How does that sound"

"Why are you bathing him?"

"It was hard to pet 'im with my hands dirty, but now I won't get my hands dirty anymore so I can pet him freely. I can pet you too if that's what you want."

"…"

"Can I pet you, Pakkun?"

"Why? What for?"

"It's alright you don't have to. Having a conversation is nice enough. You don't have to do anything you don't want." She smiled at him still petting Bull. "But I would love to pet you too…"

"What are you trying to do?"

"I'm just saying that you could be being petted right now but you are choosing to be not-petted. No need to be shy, I really like animals. Aren't you a little jealous of Bull?" She petted that spot under his ear that he liked so much.

"Why are you so comprehensive?"

"Well I don't want you to bite off one of my fingers; also, I don't like making animals uncomfortable."

"Girlie, why are you-"

"Shh-"

She could sense someone downstairs, Mask man. And she had two fucking dogs on the bathroom. She doubted they would do anything to attack him, Oh she was sooo screwed.

She turned on the shower hoping it would tune out the sound of her voice.

"Ok listen guys, we have to be very quiet now, Bull come out of the tub I'm gonna dry you with the towel, alright. Very quiet…uh, sorry Pakkun I promise to bathe you in the future. Now, I…can't."

Alright, alright. Ok. She had to get the dogs out without him realizing it. And he was coming upstairs, well fuck. Ok why would he go there if there was only the bathroom and a bedroom? He was looking for her, but he could hear the shower if he wanted to shower he had a bathroom in his bedroom. Oh he was going to peek on her. She grabbed a little bit of toilet paper and inserted it in the key hole with her nail. He couldn't peek any other way.

Maybe he was going to try to get into the shower with her. It's hard to keep a hard on when you are disgusted. He was already at the door.

She turned the shower off and put her hands on her mouth and hoped that the sound could pass for a real fart before flushing the toilet. He remained in front of the door for a second before walking away. She turned the shower back on and signed. She rested her head on the wall and pressed her back on it before letting herself slide to the floor.

"What was that?"

"That means I get to keep my innocence for a little longer" She put her hands on Bull head and petted him for a second. "OK, alright" How do I say this. "Do you know how to play hide and seek? This version is a little different I'm going to open the door and you'll hide here, I'll call him to play with me and you'll use that moment to go downstairs and go out to the garden where I found ya, alright?." They didn't look very assured, but it had to work.

"C'mon, this is teamwork."

She turned the sink on and used the water to wet her hair. She took all of her clothes off except her underwear and put a towel around her body, the one Bull used, ugh whatever, she hid her bra straps so she appeared to be naked.

She checked that he was downstairs and opened the door. " See ya, boys" She walked towards the room and thought how she should lure him there. Oh, that's good! She purposely tripped and her body resonated against the wooden floor. He came upstairs a few seconds after to check what happened. She signed, there was no going back she was serving herself in a golden plate.

Is he not going to help me up at least? Damn, thanks.

She stood up as she watched the dogs leave the bathroom and jog downstairs without making any noise. At least they could leave unharmed. Maybe she could shrug off the situation if she acted casual 'cause he was blushing.

So she did that, she walked away to the bedroom and closed the door behind her, pressing her entire body against it so he couldn't open it. She doubted that would stop him, he was stronger than her by far, but he didn't try to open it. In fact, he didn't even move. She could sense him standing in the same place. He stayed there for a minute before going downstairs and leaving through the front door. What a freak. Whatever. She got changed and sat on her bed, unable to leave the room. She could breathe properly now that the gods had smiled upon her and everything turned out fine. Now she had to keep herself entertained some way…

…

"Ah, what a pleasant surprise, Kakashi, I didn't expect you to come here early, did something happen with the girl?"

"You could say that…" He murmured to himself. "Ah, nothing dangerous towards the village"

"Start from the beginning: the hospital"

"When we arrived she had already changed to her old clothes and was walking on her own, I believe she was attempting to escape."

"That's interesting, amusing even. Out of curiosity I asked about her this morning and she hadn't been discarded, however the room appeared to have been empty. That's until they found a hospital gown under the bed. Hmm. Did you take her to meet the Naras?

"Yes, Hokage-sama. Shikaku-san doesn't consider her a threat, but she is troublesome. I have no longer doubts about her alibi" Kakashi waited for directions of any kind but they didn't reach him so he continued. "At night, she prepared a sleeping brew and passed out in the staircase." Kakashi politely waited for the Hokage to react beyond an amused oh? but once again didn't get any pointers. "This morning I instructed her to not leave the house and left my summons to watch her, may I call them?"

The Hokage nodded and the room filled with white smoke as Pakkun appeared where his hand had been.

"Boss?"

"Pakkun, can you report about her? Since the moment I left the house"

"Sure boss. As soon as you left she walked around the house looking for something, until she saw Bull outside and immediately established contact with him. She bathed him. The girlie, she's very nice, she offered to bathe me too."

"That's what you three were doing in the bathroom?"

"Yes. Also, she seems under the impression that she's being sex trafficked."

"…Is that why she tried to seduce me?" The Hokage was very interested in his report now.

"No, I recall that she murmured to herself that it was difficult to maintain a "hard on" when you are disgusted, also she said something about peeking at her at the shower. I don't think she realized she said it out loud. And as soon as you walked away she told us that she got to keep her innocence a little longer."

"Then why did she lay nearly naked on the floor."

"She told us to leave the house while she distracted you, ah, I remember she used the term call him to play with me which was slightly disturbing. She wasn't surprised to hear me talk, it's most probable she can speak to animals on regular basis. Should she be told that she is not being sexually trafficked, boss?"

Kakashi was horrified and didn't answer, thankfully Hokage-sama wasn't as shaken as he was." Yes, please. Did you notice anything else about her? Anything would be of use"

"She was really nice, she called Bull Princess-Flower-Petal until I told her his name and she didn't seem intimidated by him the slightest, Bull hates when he scares little kids so he was really happy. Also she is good at petting. Hmm. She talked a lot too. But she never told us her name. Never stopped to hide her presence either, but she was friendly."

"Very well, then. She should be watched for a little longer. I'm afraid the ANBU squad isn't ready yet, could your summons take the duty for the evening too?"

"Yes, Hokage-sama"

"Very well then, dismissed" Sarutobi smiled to himself as he took a drag of his pipe, she was just as entertaining as a Icha-Icha book and he already wanted to know what would happen in the next chapter, but with a different kind of curiosity… It was a bad metaphor.