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Happy Birthday

Saturday rolled around without any major hitches. Kakashi and sakura trailed as usual, this time with the help of Yume and Pakkun. The atmosphere around then was easy, and friendly. However, there were times when it got a bit awkward because of the "date."

Sakura got home from her part time job at the school and went straight to her room to put the presents from her teacher/boss. It was just a coffee mug full of candy, but she still hadn't told Kakashi what the "date" was really about.

She quickly changed into a pink dress and got out her white sandal pumps. She walked out just as Kakashi was getting out of the bathroom. And immediately ran into him.

"ah! Sorry," he said, bracing her by the arms to keep her from falling. "I didn't mean to run into you…" his voice died in his throat as he got a good look at her.

Her pink dress fit perfectly to every curve. Bunching in all the right places as well as draping over the right places. He noticed the spaghetti straps of the dress and his mouth went dry. Who know someone could look so sexy with their arms and shoulders almost bare?

"Uh, its okay?" Sakura said. Why is he looking at me like that? she thought. His mismatched eyes changed slightly in color. They became darker. She could notice the tightness in his mask from his mouth hanging open. She couldn't help but blush.

Kakashi cleared his throat and finally took his hands off her arms. Those soft, perfect arms… He thought, wanting nothing more that to touch her soft skin once more. He shook his head as if it would clear his mind of such thoughts.

Turning, he said, "You, uh, look nice…"

Sakura blinked. What was that about?

She lightly touched where his hands held her. It was still warm from his grasp. She could feel her cheeks blush a bit more.

Just then, her cell phone rang from her purse. She ran to get it and picked up.

"Hi!" she asked, if was her parents.

"Hello, dear," her mom said over the phone. She had a sort of bored drawl in her voice.

"Hi, mommy!" she said. She didn't care if she sounded like a little girl. It wasn't everyday that she got a phone call from her parents. Of course, not every day was her birthday.

"Happy Birthday, dear," her mother said.

"Thanks!"

"Here is your father, dear." she said and quickly handed the phone to her dad.

"Hello, there, Pumpk'n," he said. He, too had that same drawl.

"Hi, Daddy!" she said. It was even more rare of her own father to talk to her. But, usually when he did, he was telling her that he bought her something.

"How's my birthday girl?" he asked. He sounded like he was talking to a four year old. Sakura always hated that.

"I'm great, Daddy," she said. She saw Kakashi pop his head out of the kitchen where he was hiding, He had a slightly confused look on his face.

"That's good," he said, "Now, listen punpk'n. Daddy had to tell you something. I bought you something nice for your birthday. Now, you just need to come over to the house sometime. We would like to have dinner with you."

Sakura blinked. "Dinner? Sure, uh, when?"

"Tomorrow around eight." he said. She could hear her mother telling him what to say. "You can bring a boyfriend if you have one, too."

This made her frown. Did they think she wasn't able to get a boyfriend?

"Uh, okay." she said.

"Okay, Pumpk'n, Daddy has to go. Love you sweeting." he said, then before she could reply, hung up.

Sakura looked at her phone, then at Kakashi. "That was my parents…" she said.

"I kinda figured." he said blandly, "Did they want something?"

She nodded, "They wanted my to go over to their house for dinner tomorrow. And to bring a boyfriend if I had one…" she added the last part hesitantly.

Kakashi stared at her for a while. Well, that's interesting. What were they, some asshole parents that had no faith in their offspring?

"Okay, when and where?" he said after a small pause.

This made her blink. "At eight o'clock at my parent's house." she said slowly.

He nodded and walked up to her. Placing a hand on her shoulder, he said, "Okay, we'll be there."

Sakura blinked again. Was he just saying what she thought he was saying?

"Oh, you don't have to go, I was just saying…" she said waving her hands in front of her.

"Well, I know, but what would they think if they found out we've been living together for almost that month?" he said, pointing it out as if it were something obvious.

She forgot about that. "Oh…"

He nodded, "Okay, then. That's settled. Now, lets head out to the movies. Don't want your friends to wait too long."

She nodded and got her coat and slung her purse over her shoulder and put on her sandals. Kakashi looked down at them. Does she realize its 64 degrees outside and its going to get colder?

She looked back at him expectantly. Nope, I guess not.

They arrived at the theater and walked up to her group of friends that were waiting for her.

"Ne, Sakura-chan!" Naruto said in his cat-like way. He waved frantically at her as he ran to her to give her a hug. "Ne ne, Happy birthday, Sakura-chan!"

Kakashi blinked. It was her birthday? And she didn't tell him? A tick of annoyance started in his right eyebrow. Once again, he was glad for his shades and mask. But wait, that guy looked familiar…

"Thanks, Naruto-kun," she said, returning the hug and kissing him on the cheek in a purely friendly way. Which still made him a bit jealous.

"Ne, ne, I want you to meet Hinata-chan." he said, turning around and taking a quiet woman's hand and guiding her gently over to her.

The woman he the most beautiful gray eyes she had ever seen! Hinata bowed, "Hello, I am Hyuuga Hinata. It's a pleasure to meet you finally. Naruto has told me so much about you…" Her voice was so quiet, Sakura had trouble hearing her. Where had Naruto met this one?

Kakashi recognized her right away. She was the heir to the Hyuuga family. One of few "royalty" families in Konoha. How in the hell did Naruto get with her!

She looked at Kakashi and bowed, "it's a pleasure to see you, again, Hatake-san." she said formerly.

Sakura blinked, "You've met before?"

"Oh, yes, we've met several times over the years." she said candidly. Like she was trying to hide something.

Kakashi looked at Sakura and smiled. "Yeah, I'll tell you later, okay?" She nodded.

"Hatake, Hatake…" Naruto muttered, clearly thinking. He grinned and pointed a finger at him and screamed, "Kaka-sensei!"

The gray-haired ninja blinked. Oh yeah, now he remembered, he taught him a few things back when he was still learning. He was one of the better ninjas that he knew. He wondered for a moment if Sakura knew he was a ninja as well…

Ino hugged Sakura and then smirked at Kakashi. "Well, its about time you two showed up. The movie is about to begin!"

"What movie?" Sakura asked.

"Mr. And Mrs. Smith." she said.

"Oh, I've heard of that one…"

Shikamaru walked up lazily to Kakashi, "This is so bothersome. Ino hasn't shut up about this for weeks…" he said.

"Really? I just found out about it a couple days ago…" he replied.

"Man, I wish Ino was like that sometimes…" Shikamaru grumbled, then winced as Ino glared at him. She obviously heard what he said. Kakashi chuckled.

"You brave man…" he said sympathetically. Shikamaru just grumbled and followed Ino who was dragging him, into the theater.

The movie was fine. Although rather stupid. Almost everything in it wouldn't have happened. Sakura wondered throughout the movie if their missions were going to be anything like the movie. But without trying to kill each other, and the sex, and the being married thing…

They all went to a little ramen place after the movie and sat around and talked and had fun.

Kakashi wondered periodically what he was going to get Sakura for her birthday.

Her friends intrigued him. They were so diverse. So full of life, and yet, so much like how his friends were back in the day.

The ramen place closed and they were kicked out. Sakura apologized to her friends and excused them both saying that tomorrow was "meet the parents" night. And that they had to get sleep.

So, with that, Kakashi and Sakura went home. The ride was rather quiet and relaxed. Even though Sakura was worried about what would happen when Kakashi broached the subject on her birthday.

She wanted to tell him. But she also didn't want him to fuss over anything. He was already letting her stay at his place. She didn't want to put him out.

They arrived at the apartment and removed their shoes and coats.

"I think I am going to go straight to bed. All that hanging out with them made me tired…" she said, avoiding his gaze.

Kakashi smirked some, then grabbed her arm as she walked past him. He swiftly removed his mask and leaned down and kissed her softly on the lips.

It felt like heaven. Her lips were as soft as he thought they were. They were so inviting.

Pulling back after a few brief seconds, he replaced the mask and smiled, "Happy birthday." he said then walked off to his own room.

Sakura just stood there in shock.

Author's Note: Yay for another chapter! It would have been done earlier if it weren't for the fact that my dear friend Katy turned 17 yesterday and I was invited to dinner with her and her family to celebrate. So, Katy, this one is for you!

So, yeah, how do you guys like this one?