I would've thought come summer I would've updated more.

Unfortunately, it seems I was wrong.

I've either been too lazy or way too busy to be able to update like I should

Sorry !

Anyways, the good news is ….

IS THAT I'M GETTING A NEW HOUSE !
I'm pretty excited, it's much bigger than the one we live in now.

Though packing sucks.

A lot …

Anyways, enjoy this update !
I've been sick myself with allergies recently so I thought misery loves company and I'd share the love.

Disclaimer : Dunno how many times I've gotta do this, but uh, I don't own anything …

Kakashi's PoV

" 'M not sick!"

"Yes you are. You can't walk without wobbling and I'm afraid you're going to hack your lungs out if you continue on."

" You can't force me to stay in bed! Watch, I'll get out of this bed right now and whoop your a-"

Sonya's agitated response was cut off as her face features froze, and then twisted into a grimace as she sneezed.

" Owww …" she moaned pitifully, holding her head in her hands.

I gave a snort. " You were saying?"

She sniffled and blew her nose into a wad of tissue before throwing it into the trash basket on the side of the bed that was already overflowing with disgusting snot rags.

" Ah thik Ah'll stay 'ere …" She gave another sniffle before snuggling back under the covers and pulling them over her head.

I shook my head at her antics. When I had stepped into the house this morning, I was greeted by a tearful Naruto and an ever stoic Gaara, though it seemed he was in a foul mood.

A takeout bag in one hand, I used my other hand to open the front door with the key Sonya had given me, which was a copy of the original. Gently closing the door behind me, I barely made it to the living room before I heard the stomps of Naruto running my direction from the stairs.

Naruto skidded to a stop in front of me, Gaara silently and slowly walking in his wake.

They were both still in their PJs, which was strange because Sonya usually had them bathed and dressed by this time usually, it was after all around 11 in the morning, getting close to 12, hence why I brought food.

I also then realized that Naruto looked on the verge of tears, and Gaara's glower seemed twice as deadly.

"Kakashi ! You have to help us ! Mom is dying !" He frantically pulled on my pants, trying to guide me to Sonya's room.

I raised my visible eyebrow and gently placed the takeout food on the kitchen counter before walking into her room, Naruto all the while tugging on me and Gaara simply glaring.

As I opened the bedroom door I saw a large lump under the bed covers.

As I walked closer the lump froze, and then started shaking frantically as I heard hoarse coughing, slightly muffled by the covers.

Reaching out and pulling the covers down I encountered Sonya pitifully curled into a ball, hacking and sneezing. She feebly raised her head to see where her covers went, before her glazed over eyes finally focused on me.

" Oh. Goo moring Kakashi." She greeted, sniffling a bit at the end of her sentence.

She looked like death had paid a visit. She was pale and had a light sheen of sweat on her face. Her eyes had big purple bags under them, and her nose and cheeks were a ruddy red. I frowned and took a glove off and leaned over to check her forehead. She was burning up.

"How long have you been sick Sonya? You're running a high fever." I asked, concerned with how long this had been going on. I had been away the past few days doing a quick mission.

She shrugged, and then sniffled, before burrowing her head back into her pillow.

"She only started this last night." Gaara answered quietly, glaring at Sonya's still figure on the bed, with what I could only guess was annoyance.

She raised her head again and tried to prop herself up on her elbows. As she began to rise she went into another coughing fit and flopped lifelessly back onto the bed.

" 'M fine. Really. Just need to get up an walk around a bit, I'll be righ as rain." She sniffled loudly after finishing her sentence.

Naruto tugged on my sleeve again.

"Please Kakashi, you have to save her!"

I groaned and rubbed my forehead. Playing nurse to Sonya was not what I had in mind for today. I only wanted to drop off some lunch and say hello, and then later on I was going to meet up with Iruka just hang out. I spent most of my spare time with Sonya, so I felt the need to schedule with something with some of my other friends, especially since I didn't need Gui accusing me off abandoning them all.

But, considering Sonya had no one to look after her, and it seemed she was incapable of doing it herself at the moment; she was at the top of my priorities at the moment.

I shook my head again. At least the boys were okay. After I called Iruka and told him the situation he volunteered to take the boys for the day, saying it was alright that I stayed home and took care of my indisposed girlfriend. He said that he would take them out to do something, and that later on he would swing by the Uchihas compound to talk to Itachi about something, and then at least Naruto and Gaara would be able to meet Sasuke. I scoffed at the word girlfriend, but decided not to correct him, it seemed most people in Konoha thought that Sonya and I were a couple, despite me correcting them, or Sonya's yelling. All the old grandmas in the village would smile and whisper and point at us if we had to go to the village with the boys and I accompanied them. Sonya would scowl and blush, and try and scurry past them, while I just smirked and would wave good morning to them.

I eventually planned on asking her out on a date soon. I had dated women in the past, sure. But none of them were like Sonya. She was my best friend, and on top of that, she could mostly stand toe to toe with me in a fight. She was smart and funny, and kind. She was great with kids, Naruto and Gaara stood as testaments to that. Naruto was a small ball of energy, but he was a sweet kid, even if he liked to pull pranks. Gaara had only been living with her for about 2 months, but even he had changed a bit, glaring a little less often. Though he always had one for me … Anyways, she was a wonderful woman to be around and I really wanted to be in a serious relationship with her. I mean, I already practically lived with her. I felt giddy, like I was a little kid with a crush. She would blush while I was around her sometimes, if my hand grasped hers or I helped her with something. I'm sure she would blush more often but she was spectacular at keeping a straight face. She wasn't the only one though, she would do little gestures of affection like placing a peck on my cheek, or randomly pouncing at me and getting me with, and I quote, a 'ninja hug'.

I shook my head, trying to clear my head and stop from rambling to myself.

Sonya mumbled something incoherent shifted on the bed, displacing her blankets. I smiled as I stood up from my chair and walked over to pull the covers up to her chin again.

I think I would ask after she recovered …

Riiiiiiight

Short chapter, but yay at least I finally updated and l I let you know I'm not dead yet !

I'd feel really bad if I left this as a cliffhanger right here

So I'ma write the next chapter, and THEN post this one and the next one

…

Or I could go ahead and post this chapter and upload the next chapter like later on tonight or tomorrow morning

I mean, what's a story without at least one cliffhanger ?

Though I really hate cliffhangers …

Anyways

Uhm, how was Kakashi ?
Was he like super cheesy ?

Was he ok?
I'm not really sure, I don't really write romances

Or inner romantic ramblings

I'm 16 and I think boys are icky and stupid and highschool is a dumb time to date because there's too much peer pressure and there's no reason to be in a relationship.

So I can't say I'm romance savvy …

Anyways, review, lemme know !

Oh, and THANK YOU IF YOU REVIEWED!

I know I only have like 7 reviews ?

BUT

I have a TON of you guys putting me on your favorites list and story alert

And I have like 700 – 1000 viewers

So even if I only have a few reviews, I know that this story still gets frequented quite a bit

So THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING AND FAVORITING AND ALERTING AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF !

Makes me feel good, lets me know I'm at least decent if I can get 1000 people to look at this story

Ok, I'll stop rambling, anyways, check back in like later tonight or tomorrow morning or afternoon, I'll just go ahead and post this chapter and then type up the next chapter and post it.