"Kakashi, come here. I need to see you." Naru said gently holding her hand out to him. Kakashi sucked in a breath and stepped back farther into the shadows, his back hit the wall as he stared at her.

He was tempted to reach out. To take her hand, but he was'nt such a fool as to believe that she would forgive him so easily. "Go to sleep Naru. I'll be outside for the next few days, so don't worry okay." He said as he moved along the wall to the door and stepped out, leaving her alone in the cabin wondering what she could do to help him.

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Kakashi came back into the cabin later that evening to check on her and frowned when he found her laying on the floor just a few feet from the couch, looking like she had tried to go after him before her body had given out. Dropping down to a crouching position beside her he hesitantly felt for a pulse, half afraid that her heart had stopped again and that she had died trying to reach him, and had been ignored.

He sighed softly when he felt her heart thudding under his finger tips, a bit stronger than it had been before. Shifting his fingers through the soft curtain of hair hiding her face, he brushed the soft strands back and froze when he saw the wet marks on her face, running down the curve of her cheek from the corner of visible her eye. "Oh Naru..." He breathed as he shifted and slipped an arm under her naked shoulders and another under her legs and lifted her up off of the floor.

He cradled her small body in his arms, against his chest and sat down on the floor, settling her in his lap and held her as he rocked back and forth like he used to as a child when he had gotten frightened of the thunder from the summer storms. He needed this much, the contact, the comfort, even if she was'nt aware, he needed it so damn much.

Her head rested against the hollow of his shoulder, her breath warm and moist against his neck. He shuddered and curled his tail around her when she shivered, hoping that the little bit of fur on his tail would help keep her warm until he felt the need to move and take her to the bedroom and dress her.

Naru twitched as she felt something soft brush up against her side and curled her body a bit, drawing her knees up close and shivered a soft moan working it's way from her throat as she buried her face against something warm and frowned in her sleep. She could hear a heart beating under her ear. Could smell the scent that she had dubbed 'Kakashi's hot' scent. The smell of wind, river water, musk and male.

"...ashi..." She muttered his name and stirred slightly. His heart jumped up into his throat and for a second he was afraid that she would wake up, but she seemed to settle back down. He let out the breath that he had'nt known that he was holding and decided that he had had enough comfort for one night and stood, holding her in his arms and walked down the hall to the bedroom.

He deposited her on the bed and went over to the dresser and pulled out a clean shirt and a pair of panties and then walked into the bathroom and grabbed the first aid kit and a clean wash rag and wet it and walked back into the bedroom and sat down on the edge of the bed and used the wet rag to clean the little bit of blood that had slipped out of her body from the torn tissues inside of her and. Being careful not to apply pressure, or to let his claws catch her skin and then tossed the rag across the room and picked up her panties.

It took a second or so, but he finally managed to slip them on her the right way, then grabbed the shirt and quickly dressed her, making sure to leave the sleeves just off of her shoulders for a second so that he could change the bandages around her neck. Checking the bite wound over as he finished unwrapping the bandages, it was still red, raw, he could see the faintest traces of a mark etched into her skin under the bite wound and felt his heart squeeze painfully in his chest.

He had finally marked her. He brushed his fingers carefully over the wound and felt the urge to cry, again. What should have been the happiest moment of his life, the happiest day of his life, had been ruined by his damned lack of control over his animal instincts.

He took a shuttering breath and re wrapped her neck and then set the first aid kit aside and left the room.

He would'nt return to her side for a while. He was still suffering from his heat, and was'nt sure if he would be able to resist coupling with her again if he stayed close.