She felt his presence before she turned her head to glance at him from under her bangs.
He was tall, young, despite the shockingly silver hair on his head, maybe about twenty or twenty two. Amazingly old for a shinobi since the normal life expectancy for a ninja is anywhere from one year to three. He dropped down to the ground just a bit behind her and sighed as he spread out his legs and stretched. She said nothing and simply started tugging on the grass again. Deeming him less than a threat and deciding to see what he would do in the coming hours.
Kakashi's heart nearly punched through his chest when Naru glanced at him, it was a shy, almost nervous glance from under her long bangs. A courtesy look. A brief acknowledgement of his presence before she ignored him all together.
He sat there watching her. She was a quiet kid, something that he had'nt expected considering who her father had been. But that was'nt what bothered him about sitting this close to her. It was the fact that she had'nt met his eyes when she had looked at him. Maybe because she had been knocked around so much that she had decided that looking someone in the eyes was simply too much trouble, or maybe it was something else entirely. Whatever the reason, it bothered Kakashi greatly to sit next to his former sensei's young daughter and not even be able to look her in the eyes.
He sat with her, listening to the sounds of the leaves rustling in the trees when the wind blew. Simply listening to the world around them as it quieted as the sky grew dark, it was'nt until almost nine at night when she finally stopped tugging at the grass and stood up. Having had enough sitting around for one day, and started home leaving Kakashi sitting on the ground watching her back as she walked away.
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Sorry this is such a short chapter. The next few should be longer. Thank you for reading.