Disclaimer: I don't own Kakashi or any part of the anime Naruto. The characters Arielle and Sarina Hakano are mine, however, and if you choose to use them later for anything please ask my permission. I have lots of other original characters that I will be including in later chapters.

The sun shone through Sarina's windows waking her up. She opened her eyes for a second, and then closed them again. "Where am I?" she thought. "In my own bed. Pinned? Arm? Arm! Guy? Guy's arm pinning me to bed."

She unpinned herself and rolled over to look at her clock. It was almost noon.

"I'm late. Arielle is going to kill me."

She got dressed quickly in whatever clothing she found scattered on her floor. She wasn't even sure the clothes matched. Hastily she wrote a note to whoever was sharing her bed.

"Lock the doors. Tea is in the second kitchen cupboard to the right. Don't touch anything else," the note read.

She ran to work, her head pounding from a hangover. She hadn't had time for a proper breakfast or even a cup of tea. The only thing she could remember from the previous night was that her sister Arielle had a party celebrating her upcoming wedding ceremony, and at that party were lots of people and lots of alcohol.

Arielle was fuming when she came in. "Sarina, you're late. You were supposed to be here three hours ago."

"Sorry Arielle, I just woke up, and I forgot to set the alarm. And don't freak out, but there's a guy in the apartment. He was still asleep, so I left him a note. I'm dreadfully hungover, could you please at least take pity on me and buy me a cup of tea?"

"Here," she said handing Sarina some money. "Go get yourself a cup of raspberry leaf tea. It's supposed to get rid of some of the toxins. And while you're at it put on some lipstick. It'll brighten up your face. You look like a corpse."

Kakashi woke up to a kitten licking his face. There was a note beside his pillow.

The previous night he had gone to a party at Arielle Hakano's apartment. Arielle lived with her sister Sarina, and together they ran the village bookshop. Sarina only worked at the bookshop part time. During the rest of the week, she was a primary level academic instructor at a village school. She also had a bit of a reputation for being a party girl.

He picked up the note and tried hard to focus on the letters despite his mental fuzziness. It was signed Sarina.

He got up and dressed. He had a hard time finding all of his clothing in the chaos that constituted Sarina's room. The cat attacked his ankles as he walked into the kitchen.

"Hey little guy, are you hungry." The cat purred as he filled its food dish.

Sarina had left a cup on the counter, so he made himself a cup of tea. He sat at the kitchen table for a while trying to recollect exactly how everything had progressed between he and Sarina.

He'd gone to Arielle's party that night to forget about his students and their shortcomings for a little while. He loved the kids, but they were really starting to grate on his nerves. Sarina sat in the corner casually chatting with one of her fellow academic instructors. He sat next to them and they compared rants about their students.

"The two boys, all they do is try to best each other at everything. 'Saske-kun can't beat me,' or 'Naruto is dead last, so there's no way he can beat me.' Meanwhile, the girl is always going 'Saske-kun is so amazing! You're so great Saske-kun!' They are each developing their abilities at a good rate, but their lack of teamwork is going to catch up to them soon, I just know it.", he sighed. By this time, Kakashi had had quite a few drinks.

A great song was playing in the background, and Sarina leaned into him. She'd had quite a few drinks herself. They got up to dance and that was the last thing that was clear in his memory. Going to her room was fuzzy, and the rest? Not a clue.

He figured he should at least go talk to her. She had left in such a rush this morning there really had been no time to sort everything out. At least he had nowhere to be this morning. He and his student team had no missions planned for today, and tomorrow he had to go to….

"Damn it," he thought. "I'm supposed to give a lecture about Shinobi loyalty to their clan and to the village tomorrow to Sarina's classes." Now he knew he needed to talk to her today.

He walked to the bookstore. He hoped to catch Sarina alone. Hopefully, Mikayo, Arielle's fiancée came to steal her away for the afternoon.

Unfortunately, Sarina was not alone when Kakashi walked into the store.

"Good afternoon, Kakashi-san, is there anything I can help you with?" Arielle asked.

"Is Sarina here?"

Sarina came from the back of the store where she'd been shelving books. She was a little surprised to see Kakashi, but she guessed it had something to do with the presentation he was giving to her class tomorrow.

"Hi, Kakashi-San."

"Serena. I locked your doors, and I fed the cat. He's really cute."

Arielle's eyes widened. She glared at Sarina.

Sarina herself was taken aback. Of all the men in the village?

"Anyway," he sensed the tension. "Can I come by later? I want to talk to you about the presentation."

"Sure," she said trying to remain collected. "I'll be home around six."

"Actually, why don't we meet for ramen. Six is good."

"See you then."

He left, and as soon as the door closed, Arielle yelled.

"What the hell was all that about!"