I walked quietly into Kakashi's room, not wanting to wake him up. I still didn't feel guilty for what I did, but I did feel guilty that I had hurt him so much. I tip-toed over to his bed and looked down at him, watching him sleep. I was tired, but couldn't sleep. When I was a younger child, and couldn't sleep, I would come into Kakashi's room and curl up under his covers, waking him up and asking him to read me a story to get me to sleep. I was too old for that now, but I still wanted to crawl into his bed and ask for comfort. I sighed softly and walked over to the other side of the bed. I lifted up the covers and crawled under.
Kakashi stirred in his sleep. I tried not to wake him, and succeeded. After very careful movement, I managed to cuddle up against Kakashi. He was warm..He was my dad. It reminded me of times when he used to tell me about my mom, always making me wonder. He never really told Mizuki and I what had happened to her, but I guess we would learn one day. I tucked my head against Kakashi's side, and closed my eyes. I felt a sudden movement from him, and opened my eyes again. He was looking down at me. His eyes were tired, but he lips were formed into a soft smile. I rested my chin against his arm and looked up at him.
"You okay?" He asked, moving some hair away from my eyes. "You haven't done this in a long time."
I sighed softly, burrying my head against him. "I couldn't sleep. I wanted to apologize."
"Kei, you don't have to apologize. It's okay." He was trying to hide the pain in his voice, but it wasn't working.
"No..I shouldn't of left like that.."
"Keiko.." He sighed, and shook his head. "Why don't you get some sleep?"
I nodded and Kakashi pulled the covers up so that I was warm. I watched him close his eyes and drift back to sleep, breathing softly again. It wasn't until he had started to snore softly that I fell asleep with my head against his chest. Mizuki was sleeping peacefully in her room, unaware of anything that had happened.
The next morning I woke up in my own bed, facing the wall. I looked around my room, expecting to see Kakashi just leaving, but he wasn't there. There was a light tap on the door and then Mizuki entered, holding a bowl of ramen and a glass of water. I sat up and rubbed the sleep out of my eyes. It had been a long night, but I must've slept right through it. She set the tray down and then left. I could tell that someone was not going to forgive me for a while.
I looked at the food and made a face. If I ate ramen for breakfast, well then I wouldn't be in the mood for it when I go out with Naruto for ramen at lunch. If there's anyone that could eat ramen for three meals a day it would be him. I picked up the glass of water and chugged it, then got up and went over to my closet.
Since I was going out with Naruto, I wasn't going to wear a dress. Mizuki and I hated wearing dresses. I pulled out a plain shirt and a plain pair of pants and then slipped on my sandles. Downstairs I could hear Kakashi and Mizuki having a very loud conversation. Uh. Or were they arguing? Again, I guess someone didn't want me to go out for lunch today. It's just Naruto..Not like it was Sasuke or something.
I grabbed the tray and ran down the steps, putting the tray on the kitchen counter. Mizuki glanced over at me and raised her eyebrows, as if not eating breakfast was a crime. I stuck my tongue out at her and then skipped out of the house, heading for school. It was lame that I hadn't graduated yet, but it wasn't my fault that I didn't care. I walked to school.
"IRUKA!" I shouted, jumping on him, nearly knocking him over.
"Ah! Keiko!" Iruka laughed, trying to get me off of him.
"NO! NO!" I tried to cling to him, but he picked me up and put me down in a seat.
School...How boring.