Kakashi woke with a start, his hand going for his weapon's pouch before he was wide enough awake to realize that he'd almost just attacked Naru who was leaning over him a little bit, lightly shaking his shoulder. He blinked several times and groaned, "What the fuck Naru?"

She drew back away from him a little bit and he realized that the room was pitch black, the earlier sun light filtering through the broken window across the window was no longer there. Jesus, just how long had he slept?

"You okay sensei?" Naru asked in a concerned tone as he reached out and switched on the small lamp next to his end of the couch and then blinked again as his eyes adjusted to the faint light it provided.

"I'm fine... What time is it?" He gritted out as he rubbed his eyes with his hands, trying to wake himself up.

"It's close to eight." Naru said, that concerned look still on her face.

"At night?"

"Yeah."

"Fuck. I meant to make you dinner and stuff at six-" He said tiredly as he dropped his hands away from his eyes and sighed before looking at Naru and demanding. "What are you doing on your feet?" She gave him a peculiar look but said nothing as she turned and was about to walk away when he reached out and caught her around the waist and dragged her back so that she wound up in his lap before saying softly against her cheek.

"You're supposed to be resting."

Naru shivered and flushed at the almost feel of his lips against her cheek and managed to say in a calm and even tone. "I napped. I'm rested."

"Don't get smart with me Naru-" Kakashi growled softly, ignoring the shiver that ran down her spine as his arms tightened around her middle causing her to squirm a little bit in discomfort before he loosened his hold and rested his chin on her shoulder for a moment before saying, "Getting smart with me doesn't do anything but piss me off. Besides, I want you to rest a little more."

"But I'm not tired."

"I don't care-" Kakashi said roughly as he lifted her up and set her down on the couch next to him so that he could stand up before continuing. "You're going to rest for the next three days and if I catch you doing anything that I think could cause you to relapse into fever exct. Then so help me god, I'll tie you to your bed and leave you there. Do I make myself clear?"

Naru blinked at him in the dim light and slowly nodded her head as he stretched and popped his back before heading into the kitchen to make them a late dinner. He was about midway through defrosting the chicken he'd decided to cook when Naru finally asked. "I know that you said that you were here to take care of me earlier, sensei. But isn't staying so late and threatening to tie me to my bed a little bit excessive? Ya know, sort of like buying me new furniture and groceries and such?"

Ah, finally she asks. Kakashi thought absently as he pulled a large steel knife from one of her kitchen drawers and tested the blade with his thumb and grunted. God did Naru even have the barest of necessities in this place? The knife in his hand was about as sharp as his fingernails. Useless... this won't cut anything.

He set the blade aside and made a mental note to sharpen everything he could find later on and pulled a kunai from his weapon's pouch and decided to just use it since it was sharp enough to serve his purpose.

Naru shifted on the couch and started to get up, drawing his attention away from his task and back to Naru. And bit out the words, "Don't try me Naru." She flopped back against the couch and glared at him.

"Then you should answer someone when they ask you something." She snapped sulkily.

"I've already forgotten your question." Kakashi lied, wanting to avoid a fight with her if he could as he pulled the chicken out of the sink and pulled the plug to drain the water and set the defrosted chicken on the counter and then turned and reached behind him where the stove was and turned one of the eyes on while he fixed the pan he'd be using to cook the chicken in.

"Don't lie sensei. I know you well enough by now to know that you never forget anything."

"Then what if I told you I simply didn't feel like answering you?" Kakashi asked as he used his thumb to tear open the pack of chicken and then grabbed a cutting board and dumped the raw meat out on it.

Naru's lips quirked a little bit as if she found something he'd just said funny. "Humor me." Kakashi sighed and let his head drop back on his neck. Christ this girl was going to drive him utterly mad with her questions. He'd have to limit them to like three every few hours if he wanted to stay sane.

"Alright. Alright. If it will keep you from asking anything else, then yes it is a little bit excessive. But as I said before I wanted you to be comfortable. And I was worried that you might not get much rest on your old stuff."

"So you over stepped your bounds and decided to get me some new stuff." Kakashi cringed a little bit at her words and almost cut his thumb. It hadn't really occurred to him at the time that he might be overstepping his bounds when he'd bought the new furniture for Naru's apartment earlier. He'd been a mite more concerned about what she would need than gaining her approval.

So natrually being told that he'd over stepped his bounds, stung him a little bit.

He set the kunai down and wiped his hands on a dish towel lying on the counter next to the sink and walked over to the couch and knelt down and said soberly, "I'm sorry if you don't like the new stuff Naru. But as I said before, I'm here to take care of you. The new stuff was merely a small part of the package. I'm afraid that you'll have to just deal with it and I'll be sure to ask your permission next time."

Naru didn't say anything despite the fact that she sort of wanted too. Kakashi sounded so mad and tired and hurt all at once that she simply didn't know what to say to him. So she just nodded her head and watched him slowly get up and walk away.