She was sitting in the middle of the bed. Her long, beautiful, curly red hair shone in the light and it looked to have a bronze tone in the light. She was running her fingers through it and was carefully braiding it. He took off his mask and locked the door behind him. The faint click of the door made her eyes dart towards Kakashi and she smiled. He felt his heartbeat louder at the look of her beautiful smile that had always made him fall.
"Kashi!" she whispered in her smooth voice. It had always felt like a rich chocolate to his ears. Like he could lie down and listen to her voice all day.
"Suki," he whispered. He was standing two feet away from her. He didn't trust himself with her just yet. She could be a dream. This could be a cruel joke.
"Come here," she insisted.
"I…" Kakashi sighed.
"I'm real," she laughed
"Are you sure?" he whispered.
"Yes," she insisted. "Now come here and kiss me."
He laughed and ran towards her. He pushed her down on the bed and joined their hands together. They both gasped and kissed each other passionately. They needed each other desperately. This was meant to be. It was all that mattered. They needed each other. They were still in love.
"I thought…I thought…" Kakashi whispered.
"I could never leave you," Tsuki whispered.
"Don't ever leave me please," Kakashi begged.
"Never," Tsuki promised.
"Good," Kakashi sighed. He hugged her and rested his head on her shoulder.
"No. No. You're doing it wrong," she sighed. "Tighter. Hold me tighter."
Kakashi laughed and hugged her tighter. He laid down next to her and he sighed. She was real. She was talking to him. He was touching her. They were together. This couldn't be real. It was too sweet. Kakashi knew that with everything sweet in life…horrible things soon followed.
"Do you still wear that mask Kashi?" she whispered.
"Yes," he sighed.
"Why? Kashi you have such a handsome face," Tsuki gushed.
"It's only for you to see," he sighed.
"Still stubborn," she muttered.
He held her and closed his eyes. She was always nagging at him. He missed her voice in his ear for the past eight years. He missed her fixing his hair relentlessly with no change from his hair. He missed kissing her. He missed her moans and her whispered 'I love you' in the middle of the night.
He touched his hand to hers and he felt their chakra swirling together. He felt their passions stirring and knew that this was where he belonged. He loved her. This was the one person who didn't think of him as ANBU or a ninja but she thought of him as a person. She put his needs as a person before his needs as a ninja.
"This is great!" Kakashi laughed.
"I know," she sighed and hugged him a little tighter.
They were happy.
They had found each other.
This was great.
This was a happy moment.
At least it was supposed to be a happy moment.
Kakashi wanted it to be a happy moment.
Tsuki wanted it to be a happy moment as well.
But somehow…there was pending doom above them.
The bonding ritual they had performed was sacred and taken very seriously by everyone in their village. In fact, no one was allowed to perform it without getting permission from the Hokage first. They hadn't done that. They had broken a sacred rule. They had also broken the law.
Because they didn't want to talk about it but it was there.
Tsuki was engaged to someone else while they performed to ritual.
Someone she was supposed to perform the ritual with.
Someone who had been blessed by the Hokage.
"What are we going to do?" she whispered.
"About?" Kakashi sighed.
"When they find out what we did…oh Kashi…" she cried.
He held onto her and prayed that they could get through this. They were soulmates. He needed her more than anything but this problem wouldn't go away. Bad things would happen to them because of what they had done. He didn't want anything bad to happen to her because it was his fault. He would accept blame and protect her no matter what.
"Nothing bad is going to happen," Kakashi promised.
"How do you know?" she whispered.
"Tsuki…"
"No! We did something not only wrong by ninja rules but by the law of the village Kakashi! They won't let us get away with it!"
Kakashi looked at her and sighed.
"We most certainly will not allow you both to get away with this insult to the Leaf village," a voice boomed.
Kakashi gasped and so did Tsuki. Their time was up and it had been so short. They would be put through hell because of what they had done. Tsuki didn't regret it because she was tied to Kakashi in the best way possible. Kakashi didn't regret it because it had let Tsuki live and that was all that mattered. They had to face their trial.
They had to face what they had done and judging by the pissed of face of the Hokage, it wasn't going to be pretty.