Chapter 2: Settling In
Kakashi woke up as an announcement was made over the train's PA system. He struggled to crack his eyes open as he let out a yawn and full bodied stretch. Feeling the blanket that covered him. Kakashi didn't remember falling asleep with a blanket on. He figured it must have been an employee who worked on the train. After the way Sakura had treated him… there was no way that she could have done it. The thought of Ino doing it was too ridiculous to cross his mind.
Kakashi stood and glance outside, "Humph~ almost there," He grunted cracking his back, "I should wake them up."
He moved to the double bedroom to see Ino and Sakura sleeping peacefully. For only a moment he thought that this job may be tolerable, maybe even enjoyable. But as his thought played out there was a whooshing sound and a dull pain on his arm. He hadn't noticed Ino had woken up and in the process she had thrown her shoe at him.
"Um ow…" he muttered sarcastically.
"It's not my fault. You were being a perv,"
"I am a bodyguard. It's my duty to watch over you two," He pointed out.
"Next time just wake us up you creep," Ino retorted.
Sighing, Kakashi shook his head, "Hm, just get up and get ready. We will be there in about five minutes."
With that he walked out of the room feeling annoyed. He mumbled to himself about being an underappreciated man. Kakashi distracted himself from the rest of the ride.
Meanwhile, Ino had got up and was about to wake Sakura when she grinned evilly. Her hands slithered up her friend's sides tickling her gently at first but once she was awake mumbling for her to stop Ino picked up the intensity. This caused Sakura to squeal and squirm beneath Ino.
"St-stop Ino, please!," she gasped trying to catch her breath.
"But you are so cute when you squirm and beg~," the blonde smirked going for Sakura's most sensitive ticklish spot… her arm pits.
"NO!," Sakura yelped, "Pig! Ser-Seriously cut it out!,"
The train was slowing and Ino frowned, "Fine, but don't think this is over Forehead."
The two girls left the room to find Kakashi staring out the window. Sakura was trying to fix her hair. After their little wrestling match she looked disheveled without much hope of fixing her image. Kakashi looked up from the window and tried hide an eye crinkling smile.
"Sleep well?" he asked raising an eyebrow.
"Forehead was having a really good dr-," Ino started and winked at the word good but was cut off by an elbow thrown into her ribs by Sakura.
"Yea, I slept well until Pig here woke me up like an ass," she huffed looking away. Sakura really didn't want him to see her like this.
As the train came to a halt, the chatting stopped so they could disembark. Knowing their bags would be handled, Kakashi lead the girls through the station being sure to keep his eyes on the crowd. Thankfully, they made it to the car with no issues to see their bags already being loaded into the trunk of another town car. The driver bowed to them before opening the door to the car. Kakashi let the girls enter first and followed them in. Ino mentioned something about how she loved having a rich friend. The driver finished loading the car and then got in finally to depart the station.
"Sakura, you should text your mother and tell her you have arrived safely," he nodded to her, "you should do the same."
Ino and Sakura both glared but Ino was the one to speak up, "You aren't the boss of us." Of course they both knew he was right. They just didn't want to admit it.
Phones appearing they texted their families, "It was only a friendly suggestion," he sighed.
The driver spoke up, "We should be at the house in about an hour and the rest of your things will be arriving tomorrow around ten."
"Thank you," Kakashi replied pulling out his book.
The girls scowled seeing the book and chose to ignore him. While it may have looked like he was just reading Kakashi's mind was busy thinking. He was just trying to help. Honestly, he didn't want to be just some meat shield. The ride went by in relative silence as the girls played on their phones and Kakashi continued to read. The hour passed by quickly this way.
"We are here," the driver announced pulling into a driveway and pointed to the house on the right.
All three looked at the house jaws dropping. They were looking at a beautiful, traditional Japanese house. It stood two stories tall with a back view of the university's campus. The front yard wasn't all that impressive but still nice to look at nonetheless. Sakura and Ino were too excited to wait for the driver to let them out. Ino went first practically climbing over Sakura to get out.
Kakashi chuckled, "Ino! You aren't going to make it too far without these," Kakashi jangled the keys to the house as he got out of the car.
Sakura had just caught up to Ino at the front door as the blonde called out, "Well then hurry up you old fart!,"
Frowning, he made it to the door, "Sakura, your friend is rude."
"She has her moments. But if it means anything, you don't look to old," she teased giggling.
"Don't patronize me."
Opening the door the girls rushed in eager to explore. They seemed like the kids he had taught back at the dojo, so fun and full of energy. He knew that they were still going to be a hand full even at this age. Staying in the entry way, Kakashi waited for the driver to finish unloading the car and thanked him as the last bag was set down in the house. As the man left, Kakashi closed and locked the door behind him. Taking his time, he meandered through the house. It had been renovated but still had the tradition feel. Finishing his exploration of the first floor, he heard footsteps on the stairs.
"-And so I tell him, if you want some you are going to have to try much harder than that," Ino laughed.
Sakura was blushing at the comment and Kakashi had no clue what the context was so the pinkette's blush didn't help his imagination, "Do I want to know?," Kakashi asked Sakura.
She shook her head, "It isn't anything too bad, just… Ino things."
Ino grinned evilly, "Get your mind out of the gutter you masked creeper."
Kakashi growled and was about to respond when Sakura spoke, "Pig, play nice."
"But mooooooom, it's fun messing with him," Ino whined.
"That may be true but we don't need a war on our first day here," Sakura felt weird playing the referee but still managed to get teasing in on Kakashi.
"Wow… And I thought you were on my side." He sighed a little too over exaggerated. "Let's get settled in. You two will get the rooms next to each other and I will take the room across the hall."
The three grabbed their bags and made their way through the hosting room to go upstairs to their rooms. Kakashi entered what seemed to be the master bedroom. The closet was just big enough to fit what he needed. The bookshelf was empty but he knew exactly what was going there. But the best thing about his room was that it had its own bathroom. He unpacked what little he had in his duffle bag and changed into a pair of pajama pants, loose fitting shirt, and dawned his thick rimmed glasses. Sure he didn't really need them but it made it a little easier to see. He went back down stairs remembering something that was in the kitchen. The house was outfitted with all the furniture they needed but only a few actual appliances. Most importantly the house had a coffee pot. What was even better was that Sakura's mother had a basket sitting on the island in the kitchen with an assortment of fruits and a bag of ground coffee. Kakashi grabbed the bag and an apple before moving to the coffee pot and setting the timer to 0710. Taking a bite of the apple he prepped the coffee for the morning and looked up out of the window. He stopped chewing as he saw the backyard for the first time. It was amazing. Kakashi figured he would be spending a lot of time back there.
Meanwhile, it took Sakura and Ino much longer to unpack. They were both extremely excited over their large closets. When they had finished Ino came into Sakura's room.
"This house is incredible. Have you looked out back yet?" Ino exclaimed.
Sakura stood and looked outside but didn't really pay attention. She was distracted by her thoughts, "Woah, my father really went all out on this place," she mumbled.
"And these closets! Ah! This house is perfect!," she giggled.
"Yea, it's pretty nice," Sakura sighed. This was her father manipulating her again. Or perhaps her mother made him do it. But did it really matter? No. "Ino I am going to shower and head to bed, I will see you in the morning." Sakura told her grabbing a towel.
Ino was too excited to notice Sakura's mood, "Suit yourself, I am heading to bed now then. Goodnight!"
Sakura walked to the bathroom and closed the door behind her. She turned on the shower before stripping so the water could warm up. Before she entered, Sakura checked her image in the mirror. She liked the way that her body had matured… except the fact that her bust size was more towards the small side. Sighing, she got in the shower and did a quick wash and rinse. Turning off the water she got out and dried herself off. She wrapped the towel around her body and grabbed her clothes walking to her room. As she reached her door Sakura froze.
After making coffee Kakashi had gone back upstairs and stripped down to his usual sleep ware of boxers. Figuring he should have closed the door in the middle of brushing his teeth Kakashi walked to his door where he froze as well seeing Sakura in nothing but a towel.
They just stared at each other for a moment. Sakura was impressed to say the least as her mind raced. Her eyes started down low and worked their way up his body. 'Hot damn… Toned legs, well defined six pack, chiseled arms, strong jaw line, and… glasses. Is this man a god?' she thought inwardly.
Kakashi certainly had his thoughts as well. He liked the way her hair stuck to her head when it was wet. The tone of her skin was soft and light. It made her seem delicate even though he knew she wasn't. The shape of her body was perfect. Curves in all the right places. His eyes fell upon her chest, Kakashi wasn't much of a boob guy so her bust was perfect.
Finally finding her legs Sakura entered her room slamming the door behind her. Sighing she slid down her door wrapping arms around her legs and buried her head in her arms. "Why does he look so good in glasses?" she groaned leaning her head back against the door. Sakura stayed there a while but eventually got up and changed into her sleep ware and climbed into bed, 'This isn't going to make things any easier," With that she fell asleep.
Kakashi had shrugged and gone back into his room closing the door. He finished brushing his teeth trying to act like nothing had happened. But he wasn't affected by his thoughts until he laid in bed. Closing his eyes the image of Sakura was burned into his mind. "Beautiful…" he muttered, 'No… no you can't think like this. Your job is to watch over her," he berated himself. Grabbing a pillow he put it over his face and screamed into it, "Just calm down and go to sleep," He muttered rolling over. Shortly after he fell asleep.
Kakashi woke up as his phones alarm went off at 0630. Groaning he got up and put on a pair of basketball shorts and an exercise shirt that was almost skin tight. He went down stairs and headed outside after putting some running shoes on. That night he had a weird dreaming involving him and Sakura playing out a scene from one of his books. Maybe this run would help clear his mind. Putting headphones in his ears and hitting play on his phone Kakashi started his run.
Thirty minutes and three and half miles later he arrived back at the house panting and sweating profusely. He entered the house and kicked off his shoes heading to the backyard. Taking off his shirt he set it down on the patios ground before laying on the ground starting his sit ups. He kept going doing a myriad of other exercises. He heard the coffee pot beep announcing it was ready.
Sakura woke up to the beeping of the coffee pot. She wasn't much of a deep sleeper. Getting up slowly she glanced out her window to see Kakashi working out in the back yard. She walked down stairs and poured two cups of coffee before heading outside. She set the cups down on the table and sat in a chair waiting for him to see her. This gave her some time to look him over in more detail. The only difference was that he was wearing his mask. He really was a fine looking man.
"Good morning," he gasped finally finishing his routine.
"Morning, I brought you coffee," she smiled pointing at the cup. "Do you always get up this early?," she asked as he stood. Her eyes ate up his image and felt a hot blush overcome her face.
"It's part of my normal routine," he nodded sitting down in the chair and edged his mask down just far enough to sip his coffee. "Sleep well?"
"Good enough." Sakura shrugged. The thoughts of her father had plagued her mind but she wasn't going to tell him about it. Why would he care after all?
"Something wrong?" he asked.
The question came as somewhat of a shock. She hadn't expected him to notice or even ask if he did. "Nothing… serious," She glanced away.
"Don't give me that. I can tell. You can talk to me Sakura," he gave an eye crinkling smile.
She sighed, was she really about to talk to him like this, "It's just… this house, my father, you being here," She hesitated, "I feel like he is here keeping an eye on me even if he isn't. I wanted to get away. It feels like he is still manipulating somehow."
"Humph~ I see. Well I can speak on behalf of the house. Before you were told about me I was in training. I spent a decent amount of time with your mother looking for houses and I actually came across it. We had already paid for the house and everything before breaking the news to your father. He wasn't all too happy about it but we didn't care much. So I guess that makes up for two of your points," he took a sip of coffee.
Sakura felt her heart lift at the sound of it. So he was into classic architecture? That was interesting to know. "Well then what about you? Aren't you suppose to report to my father and what not? You are some sort of spy,"
"Well, I only have to report if there are any big changes. And if you request it… I will be sure to keep it to a minimum," He smiled hoping this would help her.
Sakura tried to keep her gratefulness hidden but couldn't help to crack a smile, "You would really… do that for me?"
"Sure why not," he nodded sipping at his coffee.
Sakura left her chair in a flash and hugged Kakashi, "Thank you so much. I really really appreciate it."
This was the last thing Kakashi was expecting. She was so close to him, she smelled so lovely. "Um, yea sure…"
They both heard a squeal from the door and their heads turned to see Ino bouncing on the balls of her feet, "AH! You two are so cute when did this happen? Have you been holding out on me Forehead?!"
Kakashi and Sakura blushed and glance back at each other before blurting out, "It's not what you think!"
Ino wouldn't have it. She didn't believe anything they told her. This was how things were going to start out? How strange. Kakashi thought things like this only happened in his books. Needing to get away from Ino, he abandoned Sakura to let her talk it out with Ino. He took a shower thinking about what had just transpired.
"This is going to be difficult," he sighed leaning his head against his showers wall letting the water over him.
Author's note: Hey all, sorry this took so long but I did something to help you all envision what I am for this house. If you go to concealedcaninestumblrcompost/110995690875/sneak-peak-for-my-fanfic-overwatch-this-is-the for the designs for the house that they live in. I hope this helps with the story!