"Hungry?" Sakumo asked innocently as he walked back into the house, pretending that he hadn't seen anything. Uzu reached out and took several of the heavy bags of food from one of his hands and muttered something inaudible under her breath as she turned and walked into the kitchen as Sakumo glanced at Kakashi.

"Will you be staying for dinner too? Or do you have to go back to work?"

Kakashi gave him a curious look then glanced in Uzu's direction and shook his head. "No. I don't have to go back just yet."

"Then you plan to stay?" Sakumo prompted, earning a suspicious look from his son. Kakashi knew that the elder Hatake was fishing for something. But for the moment he couldn't quite figure out what it was his father was fishing for. But he knew one thing for certain. If his father had taken an interest in the woman then he was definitely up to something. So it might be in the woman's best interest if he stuck around and got to know her while he tried to figure out what his dad was up too.

"Yeah. I'll stay."

Sakumo gave him a doting smile. "Wonderful! Then make yourself useful and go take the food from her before she puts something I may need somewhere. And while your at it, tell her your name." Sakumo said in a cheerful tone as he slipped an hand behind Kakashi and pulled him away from the wall so that he could nudge him in the direction of the kitchen to wrest the groceries that he had bought from Miss Namikaze.

Kakashi stumbled forward a little bit before catching himself and turning his head to give his dad a funny look before straitening his spine and walking into the kitchen behind the fiery tempered woman and carefully reached out and took a heavy can of spaghetti sauce from her hand before it could slip from her grasp and bashed her pretty little head in and promptly opened the cabinet over her head and set the can on the top shelf before she elbowed him in the stomach slightly to get him to back off.

He was in her personal space and she wasn't sure that she liked having him so close. He was too warm, and she could smell his scent too. The scent of leather, soap, sweat and virile male. It was a pleasant scent, which was why she disliked him so much.

He seemed nice. Awkward. But nice.

And she didn't do well around nice people. She was too much of a sadist and a bully. If she was really of the mind too, she'd really eat this man alive.

She reached into the bag in her hand and fished out a jar of kosher pickles and wrinkled her nose a little bit and ducked down under the man's arm so that she could move over to the fridge and put the pickles away when the man asked her what her name was.

She didn't answer at first. Waiting for him to tell her his name before she gave him hers. And after a moment or so he seemed to realise what she was doing, she had expected him to get annoyed with her and say something mean. But he surprised her with a quick silver grin before saying, "My name is Kakashi. Now will you tell me yours?"

"Uzu Namikaze."

"That's a nice name." Kakashi mused as he put three more cans away.

Uzu glanced at him out of the corner of her eye and wrinkled her nose again. He was trying to make small talk with her. For what reason she had no idea, but she didn't really feel like talking to him under the circumstances. She just wanted to eat her dinner then go to bed and get some sleep.

She'd save the small talk for a time when she felt more comfortable around these people. Sakumo stood in the kitchen door way, his shoulder leaning against the frame watching the two interact and felt the need to roll his eyes at them. God what were they kindergartners? Small talk wasn't a form of art, it didn't require thought. Just honest answers. So why did the two seem to have such a problem striking up a conversation?

Kakashi tried to engage Uzu in another bought of small talk, asking what her favorite foods were this time. Again she ignored him. And after Kakashi's third try Sakumo decided to step in and save his son.

"Do you like flowers Uzu? I have some flower seeds and bulbs in my shed across the street, and the weather has been nice. If you want I'll bring over what I have and let you go through them so that you can plant yourself a garden."

Uzu stopped what she was doing for a second then nodded her head. "Sure. I'd like that."

"Good. I'll bring them by sometime tomorrow afternoon. What time do you think you'll wake up?"

Again Uzu paused in mid motion as if trying to figure out what to say to him, obviously feeling more than a little uncomfortable about answering him, yet doing so anyways. "Probably sometime between ten and eleven if I end up going to bed before two in the morning. I don't like wasting my day sleeping."

Sakumo's lips curved up in a small smile. "Understandable. It's always so pretty during the day that even I hate sleeping for long. I'd much rather be up doing something constructive."

"Chasing rabbits is constructive?" Uzu asked without thinking then gasped and dropped the jar of peanut butter and slapped her hands over her mouth and gave him a mortified look, embarrassed that she had said something so-so shrewish.

Kakashi looked down at her with a bemused expression on his face before turning his head to glance at his dad who was still standing against the wall, an amused smile curving his lips. A soft rumbling sound vibrating deep in his chest before he said. "No not really, but I do like fishing and hunting deer. Chasing rabbits is good for exercise though. Would you like for me to bring you one the next time I chase one down?"

Uzu kept her hands over her mouth and slowly shook her head no, that mortified look still on her lovely face. "Not even if I can bring one to you alive?" Sakumo asked, that amused smile still on his face.

Uzu nodded her head and Sakumo grinned at her. "Alright. I'll see if I can chase down a nice white rabbit for you."

Uzu took her hands away from her mouth a little bit and whispered."I like kitty cats too. So please don't eat any if you run into them."

"I wouldn't dream of it, dear. They're much too furry and wiry to make for good eating-" Sakumo said as he pushed away form the wall and walked over to Uzu and bent down to pick up the jar of peanut butter and set it on the counter before putting his hand on top of her head like he had earlier and ruffling her hair again before saying. "You shouldn't worry about insulting me, I'm old and have a tough skin. You won't be insulting or hurting my feelings with mere words. Now, go sit down and get comfortable while Kakashi and I fix your dinner."

Uzu looked like she wanted to argue, but Sakumo didn't give her the chance. He gently maneuvered her out of the kitchen and over to the couch and pushed her down on it then turned around and walked back into the kitchen and started going through the drawers until he found a sharp knife and said to Kakashi.

"And now you have some information on your mate. Say thank you dad-"

Kakashi sighed and hung his head a little bit. Damn, so that was what the old man was up too.

Match making. How annoying. Still, his father had picked a rather interesting female... He didn't want to say it, really he didn't. But his dad was holding a razor sharp, pointy blade that Kakashi just knew he'd stab him with if he didn't say something. "Thanks...dad."

Sakumo gave him a dazzling, predatory smile. "Oh, your welcome Kashi." He said happily, feigning ignorance. Kakashi's eye twitched a little bit.

The bastard.