Thank you so much for Alien who supported me throughout this whole insanity! You're the most wonderful of people! Two other wonderful people are YummyFoods who helped me up come with the name of this story, and CopyMistress who beta'd these for me! I'm so lucky to be surrounded by the best people in the fandom!

Kakashi silently crept into Sakura's room. He missed her. He missed her scent, the feel of her, her warmth—he just missed everything about her. So he put his shinobi training to good use and crawl into her bed without waking her. So, he was very pleased with himself.

It was almost two in the morning, and all of Konoha was asleep. Kakashi knew that she'd be getting up in a few hours for her hospital shift, but when he arrived home last night and tried to settle in his bed without her, he found he couldn't fall asleep. At first he thought it was because of the mock argument they had the day before, but they both knew that it was more of a silly little game between them than anything else. He had to admit that he loved pushing her buttons by teasing her to the brink of her sanity with either his words or his body. It was a familiar scheme between them ever since they started dating.

Because they had known each other for so long before they had become romantically involved, it had been surprisingly easy to trust the other, and take their relationship to the next step. He never thought that he would get this with her or anyone else for that matter. However, once he started dating her, he couldn't get enough of her.

It was probably past time that they come clean about their relationship to their friends. He didn't want Sakura thinking that he was embarrassed or ashamed by her. But for now, he would just enjoy spending some quality time with a sleeping Sakura.

Kakashi adjusted himself on her bed so that he rested on his side with one hand supporting his head, while his other hand itched to reach forward to graze her soft skin. He noticed when he had joined her in her bed that she was wrapped up in another one of the shirts she had 'borrowed' from him. It seemed that he wasn't the only one missing their significant other.

Finally giving in, he reached out and dragged a fingertip down her exposed shoulder to her hand. As if knowing he was there, she turned towards him and pushed her face closer to his chest. He almost chuckled when he noticed her breathing in his scent.

Rather than waking her up, he settled down and tried to get a little sleep for himself—now that they were both comfortable and together. He slipped his arm to above her head and let her snuggle into him and finally shut his eyes for a bit.

When he opened his eyes again, thinking that only a few minutes had passed, he noticed that the sun was now shining through the window behind her bed. Sakura had drifted closer to him, now lying half on top of him, with her head heavy on his chest. Knowing that she liked it, he started playing with her hair, enjoying the silky strands himself as they slipped through his calloused fingertips.

Sakura briefly pressed her face into his chest further as she fought waking up. It was still a few minutes earlier than her alarm clock, but she knew Kakashi was here and she was half on top of him. It was her most favourite place to be.

"Good morning," he yawned.

Pressing her face into him and inhaling his calming scent one last time, she tipped her head up to look at him. "Morning," she mumbled. "When did you get here?" she asked as she placed a hand under her chin to support her head on his chest.

"Sometime around 2 am. I couldn't seem to fall asleep without you, and I didn't think you'd mind me joining you." He reached out and ran his fingers down her hair, pushing it behind her ear.

Sakura nearly melted as he played with her hair—it was one of her weaknesses, which he seemed to love taking advantage of. And while he loved taking advantage of tender moments like this, she always enjoyed watching him when he was unguarded like this. There was something so raw and vulnerable about him when he was just waking up.

Kakashi gently shifted his hand to her hip and held her against him as he rolled over, carefully pinning her to the bed with his weight. He held his chest off of her with one hand, while the other cradled her cheek once more. Delicately, he slipped her hair again off of her face, lightly brushing his fingertips along the side of her cheek. He placed a single finger under her chin and gingerly raised her head.

With a content sigh, he leaned forward and placing his lips tenderly on the corner of her mouth, moving across them, peppering her lips with soft endearing kisses.

"This is my most favourite thing to do first thing in the morning," he whispered against her lips.

Humming in agreement, she smiled and parted her lips, slowly allowing the kiss to deepen. Waking up in his arms was certainly high on her list of most favourite morning activities.

She let out a quiet sigh, delighted with sharing a peaceful moment with Kakashi.

He finally pulled back and rolled them back with her splayed out on his chest. She nuzzled his threadbare shirt, loving the feel of him.

"I see you decided to wear one of my old shirts to bed," he teased as he ran his hands up her back under his old shirt.

"It still smelled like you when I went to bed and I love falling asleep wrapped up in you. And this was the closest thing I had."

"We'll switch before I leave, since I'm sure this one smells like me now. Then I get to wear one that smells like you."

"Perfect," she sighed happily and pressed a kiss to his chest. "I've got to get up now, but I can make us a quick breakfast before my shift at the hospital. Will you stay?"

"For a home cooked meal? Of course," he grinned, happy to spend more time with Sakura.

Sakura slipped off the bed and raised to her tippy toes as she stretched her arms overhead. His shirt raised above her hips, showing him a generous amount of her curved butt. Looking over her shoulder, she saw Kakashi staring at her. "Here, you can have this shirt now while I cook breakfast," she teased as she pulled it up and over her head, and threw it at his face. "It'll just get dirty while cooking."

"You don't want mine now then?" he asked half jokingly.

"No, I'll be okay like this," she said as she walked into the kitchen in just her underwear.

Kakashi smirked as he stripped off his shirt and threw it on the bed, joining her in the kitchen for a shirtless cooking party.

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