Chapter 3: Dinner with a Friend

AN: Ok so this chapter will hint the first thing she's going to be doing on her long list. If you guess it, great, and if you don't wait for the next couple of chapters.

"I don't get a lunch since I only work for four hours," Anko says turning back to the paper and continues to read.

"Or are you just saying that because you don't want to get some lunch with me?" Kakashi asks.

"It's kind of both," Anko says grabbing a highlighter, "I need to work, please leave."

Kakashi needs to think of a way to get her to get lunch with him and he needs to think fast. He fixes his cloths again and walks to Tsunade's room. Anko lifts her head over the cubical to see her co-worker, finding Iruka staring at her. She gives him the thumbs up and Iruka gets up from his seat.

He walks over to her, "What did he want?"

Anko sighs, "I have no idea."

"How's your bucket list?"

"Doing one this long weekend," Anko smiles at the list attached to her computer. "Hopefully we can. We're still short a hundred."

"If you need anything I can pitch in," Iruka smiles.

"I don't know, but I need to edit this paper then the tape. So go back to work," Anko says continuing reading the paper in front of her.

Iruka nods and leaves. Anko continues to read and make corrections as she listens to the recording at the same time. She finishes the page extremely quickly since there weren't that many mistakes and now she can focus on the tape. So far the interview is going very well on tape at least.

Kakashi is in line at the same café where they met. He's almost to the cashier after picking out two meals, one for himself and one for Anko. He smiles at the thought that he may finally find someone to like him for himself. Finally it's his turn since he's extremely impatient.

"That would be nine dollars," She says smiling.

Kakashi drops a ten dollar bill onto the counter and is gone from the café in seconds. He jumps into his white Audi r8 and he's off to Anko's work trying to make it there before her day ends.

Back at the office Anko's already preparing to leave since she has just gotten fired for lending property of the company to someone. She's actually happy since she still gets paid and she doesn't have to work for the next day, also since she does kind of hate the job. After grabbing all her property she's on her way out of the building, saying good bye to Iruka and Shizune, making sure that they will stay in touch.

She exits the glass doors and into the busy sidewalks of New York City. She stands by the curb, hailing for a cab but everyone is rejecting her with the passengers in the back since it is lunch time. She sighs giving up and starts walking in the general direction of her flat.

Kakashi quickly rushes through the streets of New York and surely it doesn't work since it is lunch time. Every time he actually starts moving he always seems to meet a red light. Red light after red light, minute after minute he gets more anxious. He's almost at the building when he sees Anko walking slowly with a mob of people on the other side of the street.

He looks at the time and noticed it's only one and she should still be at work. She's carrying another bag that he didn't see when she walked in. He quickly and dangerously does a U-turn in the middle of a traffic jam to drive to her.

He parks on the curb a couple of blocks ahead of her. He quickly climbs out of the car and runs to the sidewalk to meet her. He maneuvers through the crowd and bumps into her again, knocking her over onto the sidewalk but Kakashi quickly catches her into his arms.

"Let go of me," Anko yells.

Kakashi continues to hold her, "Calm down."

Anko fumbles out his arms. She stands and stares at him, "What do you want?"

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going home."

"Let me drive you," Kakashi insists.

Anko fixes her bag, "I don't get into cars of strangers."

"I'm not letting you walk so I'll hail a cab."

"Just leave me alone Kakashi," Anko says pushing him off.

Kakashi stands there on the street looking at her leave. She turns her head to look at him. She meets his gaze and stops. He smiles shyly and starts walking towards her. She walks towards him, "I kind of fired because of you."

Kakashi looks to his car, "I got a ticket because of you."

"I'll pay it off for you. Can I get a ride?" Anko asks.

"Come hop into the car and no you're not paying it," Kakashi says a bit more excited than he should be. He walks in front of her and she follows closely.

Anko opens the door, "This is cool as fuck." And she sits in, looking around the car.

Kakashi walks around the car and slips in too, "Yeah having this out in the city is horrible." He checks the ticket and he now has to pay two hundred dollars for parking without the parking card. He puts on his seatbelt and looks to Anko whose still in awe of the car. "Buckle up Anko."

Anko nods and buckles her seatbelt feeling fairly lucky to be in the car of her dreams. Kakashi turns on the engine, "So where are we going?"

"Go straight," Anko says.

Kakashi nods and pulls out from the curb and into the road surprisingly not cutting anyone off. He passes Anko the bagel he bought her, "I got you this."

"Thank you," She smiles but doesn't touch open it.

They drive down the street in complete awkward silence. Anko's eyes are directly on the road while Kakashi would take glances at her once in a while. She points to the left, "In there."

Kakashi nods and slows for the turn. He completes the turn and halts to a stop, jerking both of them. Kakashi's arm is holding Anko back from actually getting hurt. They're both breaking heavily as the beeping of the car sensors. Kakashi looks ahead and sees the car who just nearly hit them being on the wrong side of the road.

Kakashi looks at Anko whose face is full of horror. "Are you okay?" He asks in a safe voice.

Anko nods taking in a deep breath of air. Kakashi looks to the rear view mirror and the road is free. He puts the car into reverse and backs up turning away from the car. He drives past the car and parks at the side. He looks behind again and the car is gone. He hits his steering wheel, "Fucking asshole."

"Yeah this is the place," Anko says looking at the closest flat. Anko unbuckles her seatbelt and opens the door.

Kakashi taps the steering wheel with his finger not knowing what to do. He sees her look back once and she disappears into her flat. Kakashi sits there motionless trying to take in what just happened.

Anko sits on her couch still in shock. She takes out the money from her pocket and places it in the box underneath the couch. She stands up regaining herself and walks to the bathroom to take a warm steamy bath.

Kakashi reverses his car to get back to work. Really right now he doesn't even want to be at work. He wants to be at home. Kakashi turns into the main road and takes note of where Anko lives. He drives down the less busy street. He pulls up to his building in a record time of five minutes. He grabs his lunch and heads into the building.

Anko cambers into her warm bath feeling relief surround her as she sits. She smiles knowing that she can finally start her bucket list, but still she needs money. Better start now than never. Kurenai and she are going to drive south to spend the long weekend just to take in the city's beauty.

Minutes later she's out of the bath and in her bed thinking over what just happened with Kakashi. She looks at her hand and finds his number written on it. When he 'checked' the tape, somehow he was able to edit his number in. She picks up the phone and dials the number. Two rings after he answers, "Hello?"

"Hi," she mutters. "Are you still up for some lunch?"

The line goes silent only the sound of his breathing then he asks, "I'm kind of busy right now. Is dinner okay?"

"Oh if you're-"

"Dinner it is. I'll pick you up at five," He says interrupting her.

Anko smiles but that's too easy. "I barely know you and you want to take me to dinner?"

"Consider it as a friendly request," Kakashi says softly.

"Ok, I'll see you in some hours," Anko says barely over a whisper.

"Bye," Kakashi says.

"Bye Kakashi," Anko replies.

Xxxxxx

Anko walks out of the door and meets Kakashi at the door. He has a smile spread across his face. She's wearing a pair of black skinny jeans, a long sleeve grey shirt and some grey vans. Kakashi's wearing his tie and white dress shirt. "We're going somewhere you'll love," Kakashi says and starts walking.

Anko locks the door behind her, "How would you know I'll love it?"

"Because… I'm just guessing," Kakashi smiles playfully opening the door for Anko.

Anko steps into his almost damaged Audi. Before she sits she looks at him in the eyes, "Just friends."

Kakashi nods, "Just friends."

Xxxxxx

Kakashi's sitting in front of Anko staring at her intently. Anko's sitting there trying not to make eye contact with Kakashi. She stares at her hands then up at him but still not making eye contact. "So about today," Kakashi says. "Don't go calling any-"

"Don't worry about it," Anko says bringing her eyes to his.

"Want to get some lunch or something tomorrow?" Kakashi asks.

"I have something that I am doing this weekend," Anko says.

Kakashi nods, "Going to family for thanksgiving?"

Anko shakes her head, "I don't have family." Anko looks down at her hands again.

Kakashi lifts his hand from the table and grips her chin, lifting her eyes to his. "You're not alone."

They stare at each other feeling a bit awkward by now. Kakashi lets go of her chin and looks around hoping the waiter is on his way, but sadly no one is in his sight. He looks back to Anko. Anko blushes slightly, "What does that mean?"

He coughs at the awkwardness, "I don't have family either. It really sucks."

"Is that why you act like a complete dick?" Anko asks before she could stop herself.

Kakashi raises his brow at her but he knows it's true. "I need to have the control in order for me to feel successful. Whether you like that or not, it is not your choice but mine."

Anko probably could never be his real friend. Hell, she doesn't even know if he has a friend. She glares at him, "How is that working out for you?"

"Perfectly fine," Kakashi says and notices Anko's disgusted look. "It's in my nature. I've got to admit sometimes I hate it."

Anko still doesn't shake the fact that he thinks being the world will get people to like him. Though she can't help but feel bad for him because he went through the exact pain she went through. "I guess."

Kakashi sighs and quickly changes the topic, "Have you ever met your parents?"

"No. The woman who adopted me told me they died in a shooting or something. The truth probably was that they didn't want me," Anko says.

Kakashi can't help but feel pity for her. "I could say the same. I thought if I'd become something they would at least try to meet me."

The waiter comes out of nowhere with the plates and drops them in front of them. Kakashi smiles but doesn't say any thanks. Anko smiles too but she thanks him. The waiter walks away acting like he wants nothing to do with them.

Anko looks at the food suddenly losing her appetite. Though she stills picks up the fork and starts poking at the most expensive meal she'll ever have. She looks up at Kakashi and he's already staring at her. This dinner has just gotten more awkward. "This isn't working out," Anko says and stands.

AN: Haha… yeah. This is a shit chapter but it needed to get out so I can start the next one. Don't leave this story quite yet. You can wait till the next chapter if you want to leave or not. For now, it's a good bye and thank you for reading!