"Thanks again for helping out," said Ino, smiling sweetly.
Naruto grinned and scratched the back of his head out of habit.
"No problem!" Naruto said, turning around to skip out the door, waving adieu to Ino. "See ya!"
"Bye!"
Naruto locked his fingers and stretched his arms, feeling the sun warm his skin after exiting the too-air-conditioned flower shop, earning happy pops from his spine.
He relaxed as he began glancing around the street for his next interesting activity.
As though from the plan of fate itself, Kakashi popped out of a book store, apparently having returned a book, judging by the 'literature' with him.
Naruto grinned and began jogging to catch up with the older shinobi, hollering, "Yo, Kakashi-sensei!"
Kakashi blinked, stopped walking, and turned to see Naruto gaining ground on him, his left arm raised up in the air in greeting.
"Yo."
Naruto slowed down as he reached Kakashi, miffed at the half-hearted greeting.
Kakashi began walking again and Naruto was comfortable with the silence that quickly surrounded them. They were going to nowhere in particular, enjoying the sliver of peace their world of war.
Naruto glanced at the taller man and spoke up for the first time in their past half hour of roaming, pointing confusedly at where he had his hands tucked away in his pockets.
"Kakashi, what's that in your hand?"
Kakashi shot him a confused look, taking his hands out of their snug pockets.
"There's noth-"
Kakashi felt a startled shiver across his body as Naruto suddenly grabbed his hand, holding it tenderly as he smiled at the taller man, making him feel al,ost blessed at the sudden radiance that burst before him.
"Never mind. It was just my hand."
Kakashi's face heated up and he resisted the urge to hug the shorter boy, but he eventually gave in, not really being able to find a good argument against it.
Naruto happily blushed as Kakashi reached around hi, wrapping his arms around his waist and holding them close, burying his face in Naruto's hair.
Naruto smiled into Kakashi's chest, returning the affectionate gesture.
Kakashi closed his eyes contently, resting his chin in Naruto's soft hair.
He hummed in curiosity as Naruto giggled.
"Since I made the first move, does that make you the Uke?"
Kakashi walked away. A relationship would be too much work anyway.
"Kakashi– wait! You didn't even let me use the pun about cheese and crackers! Come back!"