A/N: Ok... I couldn't resist. I just had to make them go one step further now that they have more time together. It also explains some things from the previous chapters, with a big thank you to for pointing out that huge plot hole, hahaha!

Hope you like it! ^^

When Kakashi woke up again on the fourth day since he was brought here, the first thing he saw was what seemed like a golden waterfall. The first thing he felt was a body's warmth leaning lightly on his chest. The first thing he heard were soft moans from a very familiar voice.

He tilted his head towards above him. And indeed, Kaede was hovering over him, busy doing…

"What are you doing?" he asked softly. He hated how weak he still sounded.

Kaede jumped up, backing away from the bed.

"Don't scare me like that!" she said.

Kakashi chuckled. "Never wake a sleeping ninja," he retorted casually. "If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were trying to seduce me."

"I'll pretend you're still so weak that you don't know what you're saying," said Kaede seriously. "Because you do know better."

They stared at each other without blinking, until they both started to chuckle.

Kaede sat down on the chair next to Kakashi's bed, resting her hand on top of his, and smiled. "How are you feeling?"

"Better, but I'm still kind of sore all over," replied Kakashi. "It's weird, though."

"What?" asked Kaede.

"My left hand isn't sore at all," said Kakashi.

Kaede looked at his left hand, where her hand rested on. A blush appeared on her cheeks: a clear sign that she got the hint. Kakashi smiled in spite of himself. He loved the way she reacted to everything he said.

Yet he couldn't resist taking advantage of the situation. Why did he like teasing her so much?

"Do you think the rest of my will react the same to your touch?" he asked cheekily.

Even with every muscle in his body protesting, he scooted over, slowly to the other side of the bed.

Kaede looked somewhat nervous at first, but then she smiled.

"You're… really delirious, aren't you?" she joked.

Kakashi merely nodded his head toward the empty space next to him.

Kaede let out a nervous giggle. "We can't just…"

Kakashi moaned overdramatically in pain. "What I would give to not feel this pain for just a moment," he said.

"Alright, alright!"

She took Kakashi by surprise when she gave in so easily and climbed onto the bed, against him. He knew he was good with words, but he also knew she was stubborn, and still anxious to have any physical contact with him. Maybe she had finally gotten used to it.

He'd startled her when she was trying to slide an extra pillow underneath his pillow. He was a shinobi; she should have known she couldn't do this without waking him up.

And now he'd invited her to lie next to him. In his bed. The strangest thing was: she agreed to it. She didn't know why. Maybe it was because she knew nothing was going to happen. He wouldn't do anything she didn't want him to do. Another thing she really loved about Kakashi.

He looked surprised, but his look softened once she was settled against him. She could see right through the mask that he was smiling. This always gave her a mixed feeling of happiness and awkwardness. He was looking at her. He didn't take his eyes off her. She felt a blush rise in her cheeks. Kakashi's smile only widened.

She had to admit she missed this. She missed embracing him. She missed him. The thought of being separated from him in a few day for who knows how long only made her miss him more, even though he was right here.

She lifted her head, tilting it upright. "Better?" she asked with an awkward smile.

The look in Kakashi's open eye softened even more. He rested his head on the pillow, leaning in closer until his masked face reached the side Kaede's neck.

"Much better," he whispered. The mask didn't block his warm breath in her neck. Kaede shivered at the feeling. Doing so seemed to trigger Kakashi to do more. He gave her a masked kiss on the side of her neck. Kaede couldn't help a soft gasp. She tried not to make too much noise or the guard outside the door could hear them.

For a split second, she thought about how surreal it was that the Tsuchikage had actually agreed to let her stay with Kakashi. She had heard a long time ago that the Tsuchikage wasn't at all an easy man to negotiate with. But apparently, the ANBU who had saved Kakashi and carried Kaede to this village had managed to convince him that she and Kakashi could be trusted. As a result, Kakashi now had full responsibility over her. They were warned that if anything were to go wrong, anything, the Earth Country would declare war on the Fire Country. This seemed drastic at first, but given the history between the two countries, it wasn't much of a surprise.

Again, Kakashi distracted her from her thoughts. He slowly turned his entire body more towards her, more against her, and wrapped his arm around her, his hand resting on Kaede's hip.

Part of her wanted him to stop, but another part wanted him to go further. Her body moved as if automatically to lie on her side against him as he continued to nuzzle the side of her neck. Kakashi's hand moved from her hip to the small of her back, pressing her more firmly against him. Kaede was already starting to breathe more heavily.

"W-wait," she whispered. Kakashi's face left her neck. He leaned his head back to look at her. She felt her face flush even more. "What if someone comes in?" she whispered.

"It's 14:36," replied Kakashi. "There won't be anyone entering this room for another hour and 28 minutes."

Kaede pulled back a little as well to give him a weird look. "How do you know that?" she asked.

"I've noticed they come in in patterns," explained Kakashi. "Next time will be at 16:04. And Naruto said he wouldn't be back 'till after dinnertime."

"Are you sure about all that?" asked Kaede.

Kakashi smiled at her. He reached for the edge of his mask with his free hand, slowly pulling it down to under his chin.

He was so handsome. Everything about his face was calm and gentle. The paleness of his skin was in contrast with his onyx black eye like yin and yang; force and calm. That was how she would describe his face.

He drew her closer against him. His free hand found the back of her head, gently drawing her face closer and closer to his. His smile faded as gradually as their faces almost met. His lips hovered tentatively over hers before he planted a soft kiss on them. It was soon followed by another kiss. This time, his lips were on her bottom lip, giving it a gentle squeeze. Kaede opened her mouth a little. Gratefully, Kakashi started to deepen the kiss. He didn't force his tongue in; he patiently waited for her permission. Kaede opened her mouth a little further, enjoying the feeling of Kakashi's tongue entering her mouth. Her tongue moved automatically along with his.

She couldn't hold back a muffled moan when she felt his other hand reach inside her top, sliding up and down her back. She didn't feel the need to stop him until his hand went more and more and more to her side, his thumb sticking out towards her stomach, reaching up and up, until he reached the edge of her bra. She broke the kiss and froze, trembling.

"What's wrong?" whispered Kakashi. "You want me to stop?"

Yes. No. I don't know! Her thoughts were driving her crazy. She couldn't make up her mind. It felt good, but she was also anxious. Was she ready for this? She thought she was a few days ago, but now she wasn't sure anymore. This was something she had feared and dreaded all her life. But this time, it felt different. He paused as soon as he noticed she was uncomfortable. He was in perfect control of himself, and did not force her anything.

And in another three days, they were going to have to say goodbye for a long time. They weren't likely to have another chance to do this before being separated for an unknown period.

She made up her mind.

"No," she said, giving him a firm look. She pressed her lips against his, maybe a little too hastily, but he didn't return it.

"Kaede…" he said in a lecturing tone. "I told you, you shouldn't force yourself to do anything."

"I want this, Kakashi," said Kaede.

Kakashi stared into her eyes, searching. Her newfound confidence mustn't falter now.

He looked very serious. She tried not to be distracted from his thumb suddenly moving against the edge of her bra, tickling her skin. He moved his hand down to her waist, to the edge of her top, and started to pull her top off. Kaede was a little nervous, but didn't want him to stop. Kakashi paused when he'd pulled her top up to just under her bosom.

Just then, in a flash, he was suddenly hovering half over her, leaning on one arm, and holding her top, which was now above her head, with the other. She found herself on her back, her arms lying above her head, her wrists tangled in the top. She stared at him, taking her time to get over the confusion. She watched how his eye took a slow glance from her face down to her almost completely exposed upper body.

He pinned her wrists down with his one hand on the pillow above her head, making Kaede unable to move.

"You do realise what you're about to get yourself into," he checked with her.

Kaede slowly nodded.

"Are you sure?" asked Kakashi.

She shot him an annoyed look. "Will you stop being so overly protective of—"

She got interrupted by his kiss. His tongue entered her mouth again, as if nothing happened in between. His body was gradually resting more and more on top of half her body.

Kaede was astonished that he could pull a move like that in his condition. Wasn't he supposed to be still weak? Or was he actually recovering more quickly than he was showing?

His other hand, that he used to lean on before, reached for the hook at the back of her bra. He managed to unhook it with one quick movement without breaking the kiss.

Now I know he has much experience with this, thought Kaede, partially to her own dismay.

His hand slid away from her back. Now he used it to support his body to hover completely above her. He was leaning on his knees and the arm he was still using to pin her wrists down. He pulled back to catch his breath, allowing her to do the same.

Kaede found herself once more remembering the nightmare she had had about them in this position. The last time she remembered it, she'd panicked and taken it all out on Kakashi.

The memory of this nightmare still frightened her, but this was different. They were nothing more than friends back then.

Kakashi carefully reached with his free hand towards her chest. The tips of his fingers were tickling her skin as they slowly went underneath the bottom of her bra, reaching up to her breast. His movements were hesitant. As though he was expecting her to tell him to stop any moment now. Kaede arched her back a little, giving him permission to continue his actions.

Kakashi responded to it by caressing her breast with his fingertips, still underneath her bra. Kaede gasped softly at the feeling, arching her back more. Kakashi released her wrists to take off her bra and slide it slowly up her arms to her wrists. He then removed the bra as well as the top that was still tangled around her wrists, and silently dropped them on the floor next to the bed.

Now her upper body was fully exposed. Kaede watched as Kakashi stared at her breasts as if mesmerized. The fingertips of his hand were still on one of her breasts, pausing their movements for a moment.

She felt heat rise in her cheeks. It was kind of embarrassing, being stared at like this. The look in his eye was lustful, yet he seemed to have perfect control over himself.

Kakashi finally resumed his actions. He buried his face in the side of her neck, his tongue brushing over the sensitive skin. Kaede gasped again. She started to rock her hips against his, pressing herself more against him.

She felt his fingertips play with her nipple before his palm finally touched her breast. He gave it a few soft squeezes. Kaede was biting her lip to suppress a moan.

Kakashi's lips moved from the side of her neck to the front, down to her collarbone in a neat line, until his face was between her breasts. His tongue brushed her skin, working its way up to her other breast, which had been neglected until now. The tip of his tongue circled around her nipple, making her gasp. She whimpered when his lips closed around her nipple and he started sucking it.

This felt so good. So good… How could something she had dreaded all her life feel so good with Kakashi? His actions were gentle and careful.

After a while, Kakashi's lips left her nipple, his eye looking into hers.

"Are you okay?" he whispered.

Kaede gave a slow nod, panting heavily. Kakashi smiled at her before he kissed her on the lips again. After that, his lips went over her cheek to her ear, brushing over it.

"You want me to continue?" he breathed in her ear, sending a shiver down her spine.

Kaede swallowed. "Y-Yes," she whispered.

Kakashi responded immediately by nibbling her earlobe. His hand continued to rub her breast, suddenly giving it a firm squeeze. Kaede couldn't hold back a sharp gasp.

Kakashi pulled back and smiled down at her. "Shh, they'll hear you," he said playfully.

Kaede shot him a look. "It's your fault for— ah!" Kakashi gave her breast another squeeze, causing her to moan again.

He covered her mouth with his other hand, smirking cheekily. Somehow it annoyed her.

She moved her hand on top of his, trying to remove it, but instead, he took it with his other hand and pinned it down above her head again, on top of her other wrist. With one hand holding both of her hands down and the other covering her mouth, he had her completely trapped in his grip. He was still smirking.

Kaede shot him a glare. She squirmed in his grip in rebellion. She was not going to let him win whatever game he was playing with her right now. But she only found him staring at her body as she moved. She then felt a bulge in his trousers press against her most sensitive spot.

Just when Kaede thought he was going to go further than his, she noticed that Kakashi was trembling. His smirk vanished and made room for a painful expression. His teeth were gritted and he squeezed his eyes closed.

"Kakashi?" asked Kaede as soon as his hand slid from her face.

Kakashi slowly collapsed, laying half on top of her.

"Kakashi, what's wrong?" asked Kaede. She panicked but tried to keep her voice down. If they got caught, they were both dead.

Kakashi grunted, but turned around, allowing her to scoot away from underneath him. She stood beside the bed, helping him lay down on his back. Kakashi watched her briefly, but soon looked another way.

"Kaede, put your clothes back on," he moaned softly.

"W-what?" asked Kaede in confusion.

"Just do it," insisted Kakashi.

She did as she was told, though she didn't understand what was going on. Was he going to be ok?

After a minute, Kakashi asked: "Are you decent?"

"Yeah…" replied Kaede, tugging at her top.

Kakashi looked back at her, giving her a painful and awkward smile. "Guess this was a little too soon," he said.

"Are you ok?" asked Kaede, worry taking over.

"Yeah… it looks like I can't handle too much excitement yet," replied Kakashi. "I'm sorry."

"Don't apologize," said Kaede. "I shouldn't have insisted…"

"We just weren't ready for it yet," said Kakashi. "Maybe it's for the better. We couldn't have sex in here; those Iwa shinobi would smell it right away."

"Oh… right," whispered Kaede, sitting down on the chair next to the bed.

Kakashi let out an exhausted sigh. He pulled his mask back up before he took her hand and smiled at her. "But I enjoyed it for as long as it went on," he said.

Kaede was kind of relieved to hear that. She felt heat rise to her cheeks again as the fresh memories played endlessly in her mind, over and over again.

"M-me too," she muttered shyly.

His hand gave hers a squeeze before he let out another deep sigh.

"Are you tired?" asked Kaede.

"Yeah," breathed Kakashi.

"You should get some more sleep then," she whispered with a smile.

"Hm," hummed Kakashi softly. His breathing became steady.

He's already fallen asleep, thought Kaede.

But his hand was still holding hers on the edge of the bed. Kaede leaned forward, resting her cheek on top of his hand, and a sudden tiredness took over her. Before she knew, she was sleeping just as soundly.

A/N: Awww. :) Let me know what you think!

Next chapter should be up soon, but it won't be the last. I think it'll be two more chapters before this book ends. Finally. xD