2
Kimiko woke up in a cold sweat, with tears in her eyes, breathing heavily. Putting her left arm over her eyes, she sighed. That was the tenth time she had been dreaming that same awful nightmare. Of her and her teammates going on a mission and her beloved Kakashi-kun not being there for her and dying, and her not being able to tell him how she truly felt about him.
She turned her head to look up at the window, groaned and squeezed her eyes shut, trying to block out the bright light of the morning. Rolling off the bed, a dark black blur ran past her feet. "Gaah, Kona you little…ugh, okay I'm up I'm up. I'll feed you in a minute." The black cat jumped up on her bed purring, and plopped down, preventing her from crawling back under the warm covers.
Smiling, she rubs Kona's head and goes into the kitchen to make some breakfast for herself and her companion, who runs after Kimiko. She goes into the refrigerator and gets out a small can of cat food. Putting a golf-ball sized amount in Kona's dish, she places it down in front of him. The cat rubs against her leg, purring and then starts eating. "You're a pain in the butt you crazy cat, but I can't live without you." Smiling, she gets down and pets Kona from the top of his head down his back, all the way to the tip of his tail.
Getting up, she then starts her coffee, and her breakfast, two eggs and some toast. Sitting down, at the table and sipping her coffee slowly, she tries to wake up. Looking at the pictures on the wall in front of her, she smiles. "Those were such good times, I miss you Kakashi-kun," she told the picture of her and Kakashi as children with arms around eachothers shoulders. Both of them had big grins and Kakashi was holding up a peace sign, while Kimiko had her fist in the air, cheering. This picture was taken at their genin final exam. They had both passed.
Kona, already finished with his food, jumped up on the table and looks at her, and meows. Kimiko smiles at the black cat who seemed to smile back at her, purring. "Let's go get ready for Kakashi-kun, shall we Kona?" Kona meows and follows her out of the kitchen and into the bathroom to go take a shower.
Walking into the bathroom, Kimiko slowly strips herself of her pajamas, a short pink top and green shorts. Dropping them into the hamper, she turns on the shower. Looking at herself in the mirror, her hair a complete mess, still looking tired, she squeezes her eyes shut. "uugghh…I'm a mess. Hopefully this will help me feel a bit better." Stepping into the shower, the hot water has already started to wake her up. Sighing, she reaches up and undoes her hair that was in a bun for the night, and her mid-length silky black hair tumbles down.
Turning around to get her hair wet and closing her eyes as the water runs over her body, she starts thinking of the last time she saw her beloved Kakashi-kun. "Hmmm….Kakashi-kun I miss you so much." Taking the shampoo off the shelf, she pours a generous amount of the creamy white liquid into her hand. Massaging it through her hair, rubbing with her fingers, she envisions Kakashi holding her, caressing her, running his hands through her hair. "I love you, Kimiko-san. Please be with me forever." She thinks to herself as she imagines Kakashi in a tuxedo, without his mask, holding a ring and on his right knee. Smiling, Kimiko now has a large collection of shampoo bubbles on her head.
She rinses her hair, and grabs the mesh sponge off the hook and the herbal body soap off the shelf. Pouring two rather large dollops of the soap onto the sponge, she squishes it in her hands a few times until it foams into lather. Rubbing the mesh sponge all over her wet body, she dreams of how handsome Kakashi must look underneath his mask. Kakashi must shave everyday, because his mask doesn't look at all like there's any bristles or a beard growing underneath. And what would the point of a beard be for him if he keeps it covered anyway? Kimiko smiled at the thought. She preferred clean-shaven to beards anyway. Rinsing off the soapy lather on her body, Kimiko squeezes the excess water from her hair. Turning off the shower, she steps out, grabbing a green towel hanging from the rack, she wraps it around her body, and a pink one around her head. She walks into her room, sitting on her bed.
Taking the towel off of her head, she rubs it through her hair, still a bit damp. Putting it next to her on the bed, still wrapped in her body towel, she stands up and walks over to her closet and opens it. Inside are about four of her ninja outfits, which are black shirts with mesh sleeves, tight-fitting black pants, navy blue sandals, and a puffy olive green vest. She also had a couple of her own accessories to offset the black and tacky shade of green, some pink ribbons which she always wore when she was a young girl in the academy. When she grew up, she used them as accents to her outfit.
Taking out one of her black shirts and a pair of pants, she puts them on her bed. Going to her dresser, she takes out a pair of black and pink underwear and a matching bra. Her favorite colors were black, pink and green.
After putting on the undergarments of choice, she slips on her pants, and her shirt, then takes the green vest and puts that on as well. Her final accessory was her Konoha headband. She always hated wearing it on her head, because it always looked too big on her. Putting it around her waist, the headband didn't look as ridiculous. Looking at it, she smiles, tying it around her waist. Kona walks into her room and jumps on her bed and meows.
Looking over, she asks her companion. "Well Kona, do you think this is acceptable for Kakashi-kun?" Turning around, her hair fanning out slightly, Kona meowed in a questioning sort of way. "Huh, my hair? No, I don't think I'll put it up today Kona. Besides, it tends to give me a headache after awhile." Usually she had her black hair that went down to the middle of her back tied up in a long ponytail with one of her favorite ribbons. But not today, she wanted to show Kakashi her true beauty.
Looking at herself in the mirror, she smirks. Kona meowed, agreeing with her. Looking over at the black cat, she laughs softly as she walks over to her companion and rubs the cats head. "Today I am really going to do it, Kona. I am going to tell Kakashi how I truly feel about him. I just hope I don't get nervous and choke. That would be horrible, wouldn't it?" Just thinking about that was making her nervous and scared. Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath, letting it out slowly, mentally calming herself, she opens her eyes. "I can do this. I just have to think positively for a change." Kimiko takes both towels back to the bathroom and hangs them over the rack.
Standing up, Kimiko walks barefooted out to the front door of her small apartment. Slipping on her navy blue sandals, she taps the tips of them on the floor before she leaves her house, taking her keys with her.
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