"Are you sure there's nothing wrong with the baby Naru?" Kakashi asked for the umpteenth time as they walked through the market. Naru looked up at him wide eyed, a large bite of caramel apple in her mouth as she mulled over the question. She felt fine aside from the little moment earlier before they had left the house. But she would be lying if she said that it hadn't raised some questions for her.

Questions about why she had seen the room with the chains hanging from the ceiling and the crazed laughter. Questions that she already knew only Shikamaru, Neji and Iruka could help her with.

Not that she needed to tell Kakashi this, he'd probably try and stop her.

So she just smiled at him- that angelic little smile of hers, and held the apple out to him so that he could take a bite. He stared at her, confused for a moment then quickly looked around and then opened his mouth- showing her two nice shiney rows of white teeth, some of which had extra sharp tips. Almost like an animal would have.

"Fascinating." Naru blurted out before she realized what she had done. Kakashi straightened his spine as the caramel apple in his mouth gave an audible crunch, and looked at her with a slight frown as he continued to chew the bite he'd taken. Wondering what she found so fascinating that she would almost stare at him like awe- like a child would.

Sure staring in awe was sort of Naru's thing but not normally when she had known you for years.

Swallowing his bite of food he then licked his lips, he thanked her as he slipped his hand around hers and began to pull her down the rows of stalls where the local merchants sold their fares.

The first stall that they came across caught Kakashi's fancy due to the fact that it sold colorful bolts of patterned silk for kimono's. The bolts were laid out so that the customers could simply pick them up and examine the weave work, color, and pattern.

One such bolt was a lovely white with two large peonies at the bottom with flower petals scattered about. Another was a deep sapphire blue that gradually faded to sky blue then white. But the last one that he found was a gorgeous piece with no pattern at all aside from the pale yellow, pink, orange, light green and sky blue patches of color.

Smiling he showed the bolts of silk to Naru who seemed enthralled by them. Probably because she had never had a kimono or a chance to wear one. Thinking about how he'd like the chance to fix that, he pulled out his wallet and bought the blue one and multicolored one and then tucked the bolts under his arm. Once that was done he grasped Naru's hand again in his free one and tugged her along beside him to another stall.

This one selling fine jewelry where he found a nice engagement ring for Naru- a pretty white gold ring with a fiery heart shaped opal surrounded by small diamonds- and a ring for himself. A nice simple white gold band to serve as a wedding band. Turning to Naru, Kakashi grasped her hand again and slipped the opal ring onto her ring finger.

Naru looked down at the ring then at his face, a puzzled expression on her face as he asked the merchant to hold his earlier purchases so that he could get down on one knee. Figuring that now was as good as any to ask Naru to marry him. Once he was down on one knee, Kakashi kissed Naru's ring- following how generations of Hatake's pledged themselves to their mates, then looked up at Naru's face and tried to think of something romantic to say.

But in all honesty being totally romantic had never been his thing. Pretty words had always seemed like a smoke screen to him. He didn't understand the significance. He prefered simplicity and honesty over all other things. And being romantic was just so- so complex...

Which was probably why he embarrassed himself the first few times he tried to speak.

"Naru I have something important to say- You're- I-" Flushing he fell silent for a moment and wracked his brain for something, anything to help him get this over with and get his point across before he drove himself mad. What he came up with was, "When a man loves a woman... He can't keep his mind on anything else. And I- I adore you. Truly I do. And once I realized that I started hoping that maybe you...uh...maybe felt the same way. Just a little bit..." His face got redder as he continued to ramble. "And I was thinking- I mean, if you don't mind maybe we could take the next step?"

God could he sound any more pathetic? He wondered as his gaze flickered back and forth between Naru's wide eyed stare and her ring.

His stomach lurched dangerously and his hands started to shake slightly. Oh god he felt like he was going to start hyperventilating any moment now. "Kashi, are you asking me to marry you?" Naru asked finally. He couldn't answer, just nod his head mutely and hope for the best.

If she said yes then he'd kiss her into a swoon for saving his pathetic ass. "I didn't know that you felt that way about me." Naru said after a moment or so causing him to narrow his eyes at her. She had such an odd expression on her face. Like someone who wasn't being proposed too but someone who was about to be executed.

"N-Naru?" He finally managed to rasp out after a moment or so. His tone slightly alarmed when she didn't answer him.

She locked eyes with him and blushed a little bit as she asked awkwardly, "Do you...really feel like you like me?"

"Naru, sweetheart, if I liked you any more I would spontaneously combust where I stand."

She frowned and chewed her lower lip for a moment before saying pointedly, "But you aren't standing."

"Yes. And the rocks aren't easy on my knee either. C-Can we get back to business please?"

"Oh. Sorry." Naru mumbled looking embarrassed.

"S'okay. Anyways, I would spontaneously combust where I stand if I liked you any more. You're beautiful, funny, sweet, kind. You're a hell of a shinobi and have on more than one occasion been called everyone's 'sunshine'. You have no idea how much I want to catch that sunshine and call it my own. How much I need you."

"But- the baby Kakashi..."

"What about it?"

"I just can't say yes and let you shoulder all of the responsibility. It wouldn't be fair."

"Yes you can. I want this. I want to have a family with you. So to me the baby is just an added bonus." Kakashi said as he felt his chest ache. That was a lie. Or at least a partial one. As much as he didn't blame the child for how things went down on that mission, he wasn't exactly sure if he could truthfully call it a bonus. It was more of an unlucky, but at the same time happy accident.

God how fucked up was that? He may need theropy in his kid's place.

Naru was silent for a moment before pulling him up. Her smile gentle as she said, "Well, if you insist." Kakashi grinned and hooked a hand around her nape and tugged her in close and settled his lips over her in a searing kiss that when they parted left them both feeling winded and weak as he wrapped his arms around her and held her while whispering, "My girl. My sweet Naru-"