AN: I want to thank everyone for favoriting and liking my story. I understand that Lincoln can be a but much but its part of his character. Lincoln is bold and kinda reckless. He has no filter and ends up saying and doing whats on his mind. And as far as his interactions with Kakashi you have to see it from his POV. He knows Kakashi because of watching the shows for years. Is he a little much sometimes? YES haha. And one of the reviews has a good point. With he not having Chakra would they think hes dead. Because even civilians have chakra. To be honest that slipped my mind. I have no answer for that lol. This story is just a fun thing for me to write and i enjoy it so far. It might be a little fast for everyone but looking at Lincoln's character thats kinda to be expected. The thing i want to do is make sure Kakashi stays true to his character but also bring in moments where we get a peek at who he could be if he let loose of all that guilt and pain.

This chapter was one of the harder ones to write. I wanted to slow it down and try to bring more humor/drama into it. Im not completely satisfied with it but oh well. Next chapter ill work harder on trying to slow down.

-Savage

Id been staying with Kakashi almost a month now, gotten into more than enough arguements and the occasional brawls here and there. But we figured the other out.

With Kakashi its the little things. Leaving a dish in the sink instead of cleaning it right away. Being loud in the mornings. And the general snide sexual comments that end in us trying to establish domanice over the other. Kakashi likes cleanliness and being tidy, something that i didnt know i wasnt any good at. He didnt like me cleaning because he said i did it wrong, how i dont know. I figured out quickly that he cant cook, like at all. I ended up puking and shitting my guts out when he did cook for me.

And likewise he learned me. I hate being talked down to, something he has a talent for. I dont like being woken in the mornings uless its with coffee. Im very weird about my pillows, i dont like for anyone to touch them, especially the ground or feet. I like my alone time, something we both enjoy actually. Im playful and hyper at weird times of the day but when i crash im ill as a hornet. I now take over as the cook in the house, banning Kakashi from the kitchen when he trys to 'help'.

We both pick and play but there are certant subjects that are off limits. With Kakashi its his past. Hes a private person and still has yet to open up to me even though i already know about all of it. And with me its my life before i came into this show. Hes tried to ask questions but i just change the subject or snap at him.

So throughout this month of living together weve become friends. Though he'll never admit it openly. And i guess you could its warm and welcom- Nah who am i kidding? Its not welcoming and friendly. This past month has been Hell. Weve been at eachothers throats nearly every waking moment. All the other stuff is true, weve figured eachother out but i can honestly say its like were an old married couple. Snide remarks here, the whole 'im leaving' thing there. Its driving me nuts.

Im standing in the kitchen cooking breakfast, i couldnt sleep last night from his snoring. I wanted to suffocate him in his sleep but then what would i do with the body?

I hear him walking out of his bedroom and standing at the island on the living room side, he knows not to enter the kitchen when im cooking. I pull a mug from the cabinets and pour his coffee and mix it the way he likes before handing it to him.

"Hm, thanks."

I wave him off as i resume cooking.

He yawns, sips his coffee then shuffles to the couch to sit down. Moving my pillow to the back of the couch. Hes taken to not wearing his mask in the house anymore, and i have to say its annoy as hell. Now i can see every expression clearly, and because of his mask he never bothered to hide them. So hes an open book without it. Which means when he give me the 'Ill kill you' look i see the rest of his face when i used to only see his eyes. Let me tell you, its fucking scary.

"Whats for breakfast?"

"Omelet."

I plate the food and bring him his, setting it on the coffee table. He sinks to the floor and thanks me for the meal before eating.

I only drink coffee in the mornings. Cooking for him three times a day makes me feel better about living here rent free. Though it makes me feel like a house wife, now i understand why women are so damn crabby. No appreciation.

"So whats the plan today?"

Kakashi swallows his mouthful before answering.

"I have errands to run today."

"Hmm. Oh we need more shampoo, you can add that to your list."

He nods with a 'Hai' before finishing his meal.

"Ill be home before you know it."

He pats my knee lightly from where im sitting on the couch behind him. I nod and lean forward to put my mug on a coaster. Another pet peeve of his; cups go on coasters.

He smiles that famous eye crinkle smile before standing and taking his dishes to the sink. He pauses and i inwardly flinch. Fuck, forgot to clean my dishes from making breakfast.

"Sorry, ill do them now. Leave the plate ill get it."

I make my way over and take the plate from his hands and start running warm water for the dishes. He wants to say something, i can tell.

"Spit it out, Kakashi."

"How hard is it to wash a few dishes?"

I turn to glare at him.

"Shut up, youd starve to death or wither away if it wasnt for me feeding you."

Without another word he goes to his room to get dressed. He comes back in a few minutes, im still stuck in the same spot from earlier. He pulls up his mask from his neck and slips on his vest.

"Kakashi,"

He looks over to me and i quickly turn my back to him to look down at the dishes.

"See...See you when you get back."

He smiles and pulls his headband down over his sharigan before making the hand sign and vanishing in a swirl of smoke.

"Hey! No smokey disappearing thing in the house!" i call out, his chuckle from the window makes me frown before returning to the dishes.

With him gone the apartment feels empty and quiet. Theres no russling of pages from his book, no chuckles when i do something stupid, no condescending remarks when i say something off hand.

Its...Heaven!

I finish the dishes, dry them and put them away, i hate dishes so much. When im done i leap up onto the island counter with my phone and start playing games for a while. Another pet peeves of Scarecrow is not to sit on the counters. Heh, fuck you and ya dumb rules.

After an hour or so i start to get nervous. What if he walks in and sees me up here? I dont feel like getting bitched at. You know what?! Im a grown ass man! Ill sit were i please damnit.

"My ass is on the counter right now! Not shit you can do about it you Pansy-boy!"

I wiggle around for good measure before laughing evily to myself.

"Dickheads probably got spidey senses tingling like,-"

I straighten up and make my voice a extremely high, girly.

"Lincoln better not being sitting on the counter again! Im Kakashi, Im a porno freak who likes to bitch at Lincoln for being more manly than me!"

I laugh and leap down only to freeze when i see something from the corner of my eye. There in the living room is Kakashi. Just sitting on the couch watching me with a vain throbbing in his neck and a fake smile plastered on his face.

"Lincoln."

"Kakashi."

I turn to run for the front door but hes already there, still smiling at me. I back up and glance around looking for an escape route.

"Pansy-boy, huh?"

"Its not what you think! Pansys a good thing!" I duck behind the Island with a yelp when a shoe flys toward my head.

"I know what pansy means, Lincoln."

"Heh...Ahhhhh!"

I leap up and run for his bedroom, diving in and kicking the door closed. I jump up with a triumphant war cry. It dies in my throat when i turn around and hes right behind me.

"You look lovely today, absolutely ravishing." I grin widely at him.

"Thank you, for that you have a 10 second head start."

"Oh thats nice, so generous today."

We smile politely at eachother before i duck out the door and to the front door. Once flinging it open i run down the catwalk to the stairs.

"Morning Lincoln."

"Morning!"

I dive passed Tenten and keep running until a hand on the collar of my borrowed shirt chokes me into a dead stop.

"You got farther today."

"Well i learn fast."

I try to slip out of the shirt but he twists it tight so my head gets caught halfway through. Shirt caught in my mouth i mummble out a:

"Be gentle." with a wink.

After the brawl we had, a normal thing nowadays, we ended up going to the training fields.

I laid in the grass with my hands behind my head watching the clouds while the Terrible Three and Kakashi sparred. Whiskers and Saucy-boy ended up having an agruement leaving Kakashi to break it up.

I glanced over when Sasuke sat beside me with a permanent scowl on his face.

"Ma, what an evil look."

He turned it on me, making me chuckle. I sat up and rested my forearms on my knees, he looked away with a scoff of annoyance.

"So, whats on your mind?"

He didnt speak for a few moments, probably deciding whether or not to confide in me.

"Sometimes i wonder what it wouldve been like if i never came back to the village."

Honestly i didnt know what to say, in Naruto shippuden Sasuke wasnt suppose to return this early so i cant really think of anything to say other than:

"People are funny creatures."

He raised an eyebrow at me, waiting for me to continue.

"Our heads say one thing but our heart says another. Makes it hard to decide which is right."

He looks out infront of him with a small nod, i lean back on my hands and stare at the sky.

"You know i bet Whiskers is very happy you came home. Infact i know he is. Its hard being away from someone for so long and trying to pick up were you left off. Expecially when you dont know where you stand with the other."

Sasuke turns to me with a slightly shocked face, i closed eye smile at him.

"Whiskers is acting the same way he always has and youre unsure what that means, right?"

"Hn."

"Just ask him. Narutos an idiot so unless youre blunt itll go right over his head."

I open my eyes to see his expression and im not dissapointed, hes blushing lightly with a scowl on his face while staring at Whiskers. I smile softly as he turns to me.

"You tell anyone about this and ill kill you."

"Youre very articulate today! Careful Sasu, your feelings are showing."

He glowers at me before getting up and walking off towards Naruto. I feel bad for Pinky, must suck being the third wheel. Wait...Kakashi and his book...

"Ah shit! Im a third wheel too!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Ahh!"

I leap to my feet and glare at Kiba. Damnit that kid scared me. Akamaru runs over to his side making me grin widely at the giant dog beast.

"Oi, can i sit on him? Just once?"

Kiba frowns at me, making me bat my eyes at him and pout.

"Dude, youre creepily good at that."

"Its a skill, i put it on my resume."

I bounce over to the giant white dog, looking to Kiba with excited eyes. Hes apprehensive, i can tell he doesnt like the idea. Its not like im gonna steal the dog, hed probably eat me anyway.

"This is so cool! I always wanted to try this!"

He blinks in shock at me for a moment before blushing and looking away with a soft growl.

"Just get on."

I swing my leg up and sit behind the K9s shoulder blades. I raise my arms up a give a loud wolfish howl. Kiba stares at me wide eyed and bright red while Dog beastie tips his head back to howl with me.

"I gotta get me one of these!"

I lean forward to snuggle into Akamaru's fur while scratching behind his ear. His back leg twitches while lolling out his tounge and panting slightly.

"Whose a big fluffy killing machine? Huh? You are!"

I slip off the dogs back and clap Kiba on the back a few times. Hes still blushing and hunched his shoulders up while wiping his hands on his pants repeatedly.

"Thanks Kiba, that was cool."

"Y-youre welcome."

I give him a two finger salute before turning and walking towards Team Kakashi, who was watching the whole thing with wide eyes.

"Whoa, Kiba let you on Akamaru?"

"Yeah, he never lets anyone do that."

"Hn."

I shrug before turning and waving at Dog boy with a smile. He freezes, face flushing bright red to the point i cant see his face marking, and stiffly waved back. Akamaru growls and grabs his jacket to pull him away. When i turn back the kids are glancing at each other with knowing looks. I raise an eyebrow.

"Hehehe!" Whiskers giggles into his hands with a smile so wide it forced his eyes to close. Pinky is blushing the same shade as her hair while Sasuke is staring at me smugly.

"Oi, whats so funny?"

"Oh nothing, Lincoln."

I grimince at them before turning to Kakashi, who had remained silence this whole time. His eye was dark and his body language was tense. I blinked at him as he glared at where Kiba had been standing.

What the hell is going on?

The rest of the day i was teased about Kiba, it didnt take a rocket scientist to realise what was happening. Though it did take me a few minutes of being harassed by Whiskers and questioned by Pinky. Sasuke was content to stare at me with a smug little smirk, i wanted to murder them all by the time we all went our separate ways.

Little shitheads.

On the walk back to the apartment Kakashi was quiet, nothing new, but he seemed pissed off. I didnt bother him, id been on the recieving end of his anger many a times and its not fun.

When we got home he went straight to his room and closed the door. It shocked me, hes never closed the door before. Did i do something wrong? Did he think i was trying to get in Kiba's pants? I wasnt flirting with the kid, hes too young for me anyway. Plus the smell of wet dog that came off him made me queasy.

I wanted to kick in the door and demand to know what his problem was but didnt. If hes that pissed off i had to have really done something bad. I try and think back and remember if id done anything but couldnt think of something that would piss him off this much.

Shrugging i walk out on the balcony and plop down on the plastic chair. The cool breeze was nice, helped me to relax.

Ill just give him some space. Were already ready to murder eachother so i dont think bugging him right now would be wise. Ive butted into his life enough.

I let out a long sigh, kicking my feet up on the railing in front of me. Intwining my fingers i look to the sky. The sun was setting and casting out its final rays of warmth for the day before the night took out the light and engulfed the sky in a blanket of stars.

"Night Konaha." I murmured as my eyes grew heavy, fluttering as they finally closed and sleep washed over me.

I woke numb, freezing and wet, rain was pouring and battering my skin. I stood up quickly and ducked into the living room. Shutting the door i turned to see the beddoor was still closed. Teeth chattering and shivering i crossed over to it, holding up my hand to knock. I needed to take a warm shower and get out of these clothes but i couldnt bring myself to disturb Kakashi. I backed away from the door. I stripped out of my wet clothes and put them in the sink. Walked to the couch naked to lay down and try and get warm. Pulling the blanket around me i finally fell asleep cold wet and shivering.

The next time i woke it was to a cold hand shaking me.

"Lincoln, what are your clothes doing in the sink?"

I tried to open my eyes but only managed to squint, i was so hot and my throat was sore.

"Lincoln?"

"Hm"

I rolled onto my back, breathing from my mouth, his hand felt so nice and cold. It pressed to my forehead before recoiling away causing me to whimper softly at the loss of it.

"You have a fever. Come on lets get you to the hospita-"

I felt the blanket being pulled off completely, i had tried to say not to but i was so tired and my throat was too scratchy. It was flung back over my body with a sigh.

"No wonder you caught a cold."

"Rained. Couldn't shower. Bothered you."

Was all i could croak out before i slipped back into sleep, closing my eyes i could make out Kakashi speaking to me and trying to shake me again. The last thing i heard was:

"I thought idiots didnt catch colds."