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~Come on Closer~

So who knew that actually being around the person you liked and knowing they liked you back could be so awkward. It wasn't anything like this with Sakura. Currently, Naruto was in bed and had just woken up. It was incredibly comfortable and warm, and it was only a second after thinking this that Naruto noticed there was another body in the bed. Kakashi's body to be precise. While it actually was immensely pleasant to wake up with someone and not all alone, Naruto was acutely aware of his current position. Kakashi had an arm wrapped around his waist, their bodies pressed together rather intimately.

And they were completely entangled with each other.

And their faces were incredibly close.

Shit! Kakashi just moved a little bit and tightened his grip. From the very tips of his toes Naruto felt the heat rising all the way to his face. Now it was suddenly too warm. He needed to get out of there now, or he was going to pass out from embarrassment. That, or from how erratically his heart was fluttering in his chest. Whichever one came first, it was going to happen!

Just as he was about to wiggle his way out, Kakashi shifted a little and groaned. Naruto's eyes immediately snapped up to his face as the jounin breathed out a sigh, his breath practically caressing his cheeks.

Even with his face still quite flushed and the need to put a little distance between them, Naruto was stuck staring at Kakashi's face. His mask was still bunched up around his neck. Once again, Naruto was struck with awe at just being able to see the jounin's face. And he drank it in, eyes darting all around memorizing Kakashi's face, from his smooth skin, soft looking cheeks, slender nose, down to his lips.

The sudden desire to kiss him bubbled up inside, so he leaned forward and gently placed his lips on Kakashi's.

From just one tiny kiss sent a surge of immense happiness through him. He wanted, no needed more, but didn't pursue further. As much as he wanted to do more, Kakashi was still asleep, and he'd rather wait till he was awake. So with great reluctance, Naruto pulled away and sighed. He could wait, it wouldn't take that long. Until then he could do something like...make Kakashi breakfast! A grin spread across his lips, barely able to contain his sudden giddiness.

With some effort, Naruto wiggled his way out of Kakashi's clutches. He sat up and swung his feet off the bed when he was grabbed and yanked backwards.

"GAH!" Naruto flopped back onto the bed, staring up in shock at the face looming over his.

"Where are you going?"

"K-K-Kakashi! Did I wake you?"

"No, actually," he smirked, instantly drawing Naruto's eyes to his mouth, "I've been awake for the past ten minutes or so."

It took a couple seconds for that to sink in since Naruto was still stuck at staring at Kakashi's mouth but when it did, "What?!" His eyes widened to saucers, his face burning red. "So you were awake when I-" Naruto snapped his mouth shut and threw an arm over his eyes, unable to bare looking at the jounin.

Kakashi chuckled and pried the arm off of the genin's face. "Some shinobi you are. You couldn't tell that I was really awake?"

"Shut up!" Naruto glared up at the jounin. "I couldn't help it! I was too focused on-" He snapped his mouth shut again with a growl and averted his eyes.

"Focused on what?" Kakashi lifted an eyebrow when all he heard was grumbling from the genin. "Naruto..."

A glare was thrown up at him. "Your face alright! I'm still not used to seeing your whole face, it's weird!"

Kakashi snorted, "It's weird? Then I'll just put my mask back on-"

"No don't!" Naruto grabbed Kakashi's wrist as he was mid way to pulling up his mask. "I didn't mean weird as if it were bad, it's just that...um... "

While Naruto was getting more flustered, he missed the grin that flashed for a moment on the jounin's face. "It's just what?" Kakashi could barely mask the amusement from his voice.

Naruto scrunched his face up, finding the task to produce words difficult. "Just...never mind! Just don't put your mask back on!" Before Kakashi had the chance to say anything, Naruto shot to his feet and was already at the door.

"Come on let's get some breakfast then go train!"

With a little sigh, Kakashi waved the blonde off and told him he'd meet him in the kitchen in a few minutes. He flopped back down on the bed and played with the edge of his mask bundled up around his neck. It didn't take a genius to figure out what Naruto had meant. Kakashi just wanted to hear him say it.

Though pushing the genin into a corner may of been a little sadistic of him since this was all still very new to the blonde. Instead of advancing on him or pushing for answers, Kakashi should probably try to let Naruto go at his own pace. It would just be hard to be patient when Naruto could be so dense...

Ah well. That was one of his frustrating charms that Kakashi found to be a little endearing. More frustrating than endearing actually, but that's beside the point.

A loud clang from downstairs had Kakashi sighing in mild annoyance. Really he should of just known better than to leave the blonde to his own devices. In his kitchen no less. After a few moments of enjoying his comfortable bed, Kakashi got up and went to inspect whatever damage Naruto caused.

Training had been quite an experience today. It still involved a hefty amount of competitiveness Naruto always possessed against his opponent (mainly against Kakashi), but today it held a considerable amount of teasing. Naruto didn't think he's ever seen Kakashi actually be playful before.

At least...as playful as someone like Kakashi could get. From a third perspective, their spar would be seen as normal, no funny business. However, between just the two of them in their own little world, there was so much more. Naruto couldn't exactly put his finger on it, but it felt like something was building.

This was nothing like before when he sparred with the jounin. A miss here or a taunt there didn't frustrate or annoy him like it would have before. Instead it spurred something deep in his gut. There was always a bit of an adrenalin rush when sparring, but today the thrill of it was starting to become a bit much that he didn't think he could handle it for much longer.

It only took a small lapse in Naruto's concentration for him to suddenly see the world flipped and then spitting out dirt and grass. Before he could even regain his wits, a weight settled roughly on his back, effectively pinning him down and a pair of hands restrained his.

"I win."

The smug tone in that voice both irked him and stirred something else deep inside. "Dammit Kakashi, get off!"

Naruto started to squirm and wiggle, trying to loosen the jounin's hold on him so he could throw the smug bastard off. But Kakashi only tightened his grip and chuckled. "Why? It actually took a lot of effort to finally pin you down. Besides," Kakashi leaned down a little, "as the victor, I deserve some sort of prize."

His body went completely rigid at feeling something wet licking at the shell of his ear, and hot puffs of air against it. The stirring he had felt before suddenly seemed to burst, heating his entire body and traveling straight down to his-his

Naruto swallowed hard and let out a harsher breathe of air than he had intended. Only a couple times before has he experienced this feeling of himself hardening. He wasn't that naive to know why and how, but he still never felt like this.

"K-Kakashi..." The weight and heat from the jounin practically melted right into him and it shocked him at how his body was responding to it.

Just as this warm haze started to make him feel light headed, Kakashi got off of him and sat down on his right side. Naruto looked up at him with half lidded eyes, his head still trying to gather it's wits from before.

"Kakashi?"

The jounin didn't answer, in fact he was looking away from him. Naruto tilted his head to get a better look at his face, wondering why Kakashi was suddenly so quiet. One thing he noticed even though the mask was pulled up again, was that the jounin's face was beet red.

"You alright?"

"Yeah...I'm fine. How 'bout another round before lunch?"

As the haze that hung over his senses started to fade, Naruto nodded with a grin and jumped to his feet. "Yosh! This time around I'll beat you! And then," Naruto's eyes glinted wickedly, "you'll be the one on your knees for me."

Kakashi had only just started to regain his composure until the object of his desire had to say something to send his heart into a frenzy. Sometimes he wondered if Naruto knew exactly what he was doing or really was just a naive idiot.

After another round Naruto was a little frustrated he couldn't make due on his promise. But even though he hadn't been able to, something became quite apparent to him that had him fallen into a sullen state. Their spar was exhilarating, and afterwards Naruto was laying flat on his back from exhaustion. Kakashi was in a similar state, but Naruto just couldn't help but notice...

Kakashi was just a tiny bit slower than he was before he lost his eye. His reaction time wasn't like what it was before.

This could just be because the jounin was still recovering from being out of the hospital, after all, he had over done it not that long ago and collapsed. So this was no different. However, it just reminded him of the fact that Kakashi didn't have the sharingan this time around. And Naruto couldn't help but wonder how he'll become. It was always the same problem over and over again that popped back into his mind, one that he thought he had resolved on his own.

These pesky thoughts refused to bury themselves and leave him at peace. And even with the comforting thought of Obito still alive, it didn't lessen the amount of guilt that would occasionally rear its ugly head every time Naruto thought about Kakashi losing his sharingan.

"Naruto?"

Slowly, blue eyes opened up and looked at the jounin staring down at him.

"You feeling alright? You suddenly went quiet."

With a soft grunt, Naruto propped himself up on his elbows and smiled at Kakashi reassuringly. "I'm fine just a little tired and hungry now ehehehe."

The long observing stare he received told him the jounin didn't believe him. Naruto sighed and sat up completely, sitting Indian style. "Ne Kakashi...have you asked Minato yet about teaching you the Hiraishin?"

That was the only thing Naruto could think of that could ever come close to making up for the loss of Kakashi's sharingan, and he could only hope that it would work. He himself had wanted to learn the Hiraishin, but Naruto would rather Minato focus all his attention on Kakashi in training him.

Kakashi regarded him carefully as he nodded. "I did. He wasn't all too sure about your idea working though, but he agreed to start training me once his honey moon was over. Even if it ends up not helping me with the Chidori, it'd still be a deadly skill to have."

That lifted a little bit of the guilt off of his shoulders. At least Minato was going to teach him. And Kakashi was right, just having the Hiraishin in his arsenal of jutsu would be good to have. Naruto smiled, "That's great! I bet you can't wait to start training right?"

"I guess."

"You guess?" Naruto squinted his eyes at the jounin and frowned. "You should be overwhelmed! You'll be the first for Minato to pass down the Hiraishin to! It's such an honor!"

"I know that but," Kakashi's eyebrows furrowed with what seemed to be agitation, and narrowed his eyes at him almost in an accusing sort of way, "you had asked Minato to teach you fuuinjutsu first. He would of taught you Hiraishin too, you'd be the better choice to have it passed down to as well. Why won't you even let Minato-sensei teach you too?"

"It's not that I don't want to learn it, it's just," Naruto's eyes trailed off to the side, "I just want Minato to focus on you instead. You need it more so you can fully master your Chidori."

"We don't even know if that'll work. Minato can train us both so-"

"No!" Naruto hadn't meant for that to sound so forceful, but he really wished Kakashi would drop it for now. He had already interfered so much already, this was the only way he thought that could fix at least this for Kakashi. He didn't want to be in the way, or hinder his training.

"I don't understand why you're so hung up on me being able to master the chidori. One day I might find a way, but you shouldn't worry about that at all."

No that wouldn't be enough, at least not to him. Without fully realizing what he was doing, Naruto had leaned forward and cupped the left side of Kakashi's face, staring into the eye that looked as normal as his right eye. It wasn't all that noticeable unless you looked hard, or if light shined on it the right way, but Kakashi's left eye was actually just a tiny bit lighter than the other one.

Seeing that the jounin's eyes were still mismatched put him at a little bit of ease, but not by much. A sad smile spread on his face. "Just do it alright? After you've mastered the Hiraishin, then I might ask Minato to teach me, but lately I've been thinking that I should find my own style. Or even better, create my own jutsu instead. So just put your all into this ok?"

Giving up his chance to learn any kind of fuuinjutsu and even the Hiraishin from Minato actually sent a stab of pain through his chest. He had no idea why, but it still depressed him a little, but Naruto just knew that this was for the best. He had to give this up for Kakashi.

"Naruto..." Unconsciously Kakashi leaned into Naruto's hand. He grabbed the genin's wrist, gently pulling him closer. There was something so off with the blonde, but Kakashi couldn't figure out what. Something was bothering him, so much so that Kakashi could literally see the guilt in those blue eyes. Whatever it was, it wouldn't fade away unless Kakashi did this for Naruto. Though it still puzzled him as to why it was this that seemed to trouble him.

All he knew was that it had to do with his Chidori and learning the Hiraishin. If it would erase all that guilt and shame in the genin's eyes, then he'd do it. For now though, all he wanted was Naruto to be closer, within his grasp-

"Oh ho ho! I knew you two had a thing for each other, but who knew you'd already be getting it on out in the open! Didn't take you kids to be exhibitionists!"

Like a rock shattering glass, the mood was destroyed. Naruto had flung himself so far away from him in less than a second when that pervert popped in. The hand he had been holding Naruto's wrist with clenched. With a glare that he wished could kill, Kakashi hissed, "Why are you here?"

"Don't get all pissed now that you've gotten coc-" A kunai whizzed by Jiraiya's head. He guffawed at the threat. "I only dropped in to let the brat know that in a couple days Minato and Kushina will be off of their honeymoon. But maybe now you don't want to return home so soon riiight?" Jiraiya waggled his eyebrows at Naruto whose face was a close resemblance to a tomato now.

"They are? It hasn't been a week yet..."

"Well don't forget they're shinobi squirt, very powerful assets to our village. We can't afford for them to be off duty for too long you know."

"Yeah I know..." Still though, Naruto kinda wanted to stick around with Kakashi for a bit longer.

"Well I'm off. Only stopped by to let you know brat. Enjoy the rest of your time with the Hatake here." Jiraiya waggled his eyebrows then poofed.

With the King of perverts gone, Kakashi sighed. The moment was lost between the two of them though. He glared at the stop the sannin was in just a few seconds ago and stood up.

"Let's get back to training."

"I can't believe in a couple more days we'll have to be back on duty. I kind of want this to last just a little bit longer." Kushina sighed then buried her head into her pillow. She peeked up at her husband laying next to her. "Don't you want it to last a bit longer too?"

"Hm? Oh, yeah it would be nice."

Kushina's eyebrow twitched. "That didn't sound very convincing."

"Hm?" Minato looked over at his wife only to have a pillow shoved in his face.

"Minato! What the hell is on your mind that you can't even give me a proper response!"

"Ahaha, sorry," Minato removed the pillow from his face and grinned apologetically, "it would be nice to stay a bit longer yes, I was just thinking about Naruto and how he's doing."

Instantly Kushina's bad mood brightened, "I miss my little Naru-chan. I'm sure he's doing alright though. He's staying with Kakashi and those two seem to have gotten much closer since that last mission."

"They have..." Minato stared across the room with a thoughtful expression before looking towards his wife. "Did you know Kakashi...has feelings for Naruto?"

"What?" Kushina's eyes widened, but then tried to recall if she had ever noticed this or not. "When did you find that out?"

Minato sighed but grinned nonetheless as he remembered Jiraiya's prediction. "Well, perhaps for quite some time now even though back then I didn't really believe it despite seeing the signs. Jiraiya noticed it first, and he was spot on right from the get go."

"Jiraiya? That old pervert saw it coming first?" Kushina suddenly overcame her surprise at these news and became angry. "Did Jiraiya interfere with those two at all? He better not have-" She gasped and sat up in bed, uncaring that her chest was now exposed.

"He did! That no good pervert! He was the one that told Naruto he should give us time alone! Oh I knew we shouldn't have, I didn't want that sweet boy to listen to whatever that bastard had to say! I'm gonna pummel his face in!"

Minato barely listened to his wife's rant, being too occupied with other enticing things, but snapped out of it when Kushina made to move out of the bed to make true on her threat. "Calm down Kushina, don't go rushing off in a frenzy." The last thing he needed was his wife running through the village completely naked...

He pulled her back under the covers and wrapped his arms around her waist and chuckled against her struggles. "You can beat him up after our honeymoon is over."

Kushina huffed indignantly but settled into Minato's arms with a sigh. She glared off at the wall, quietly thinking for a few moments. "Well...how come you didn't tell me this till now?"

With a sigh, Minato rested his chin on the top of his wife's head. "I was only completely certain of Kakashi's feelings right after our wedding. I didn't know how you'd react or if you'd even let Naruto go stay with him if you knew."

"What, did you think I'd oppose the relationship or something?"

Minato shrugged. "I don't know. You're always unpredictable. Sometimes I think I know what move you're going to make, only for you to throw me for a loop and do something I would of never expected."

It was hard for Kushina not to giggle at that, despite being a little irritated for not being informed about this from the start. Minato smiled as she giggled and kissed the top of her head. Sighing through her nose, Kushina turned around in his arms so she was facing Minato.

"I'm not against those two being together. I'm shocked though...I knew how much Kakashi despised Naruto. But I saw a change in him when you all came back safely. I just...I'm still amazed at how it progressed into Kakashi having feelings for Naruto. Does Naruto even know?" Kushina sat up a little, "Do you think Naruto likes him back?"

"You're taking it better than I did. I don't know if Naruto knows or even where he stands in all of it. I'm just certain on Kakashi's feelings since I did have a talk with him before we left."

"I'm taking it better?" Kushina smirked. "How did you take it? Don't tell me you were being overprotective and frightened poor Kakashi with death threats if he hurt Naruto in anyway."

A small tint of red dusted Minato's cheeks as he looked off to the side defensively. "I didn't threaten him. Even if I kinda did think about it..." he muttered.

"Aha!"

Minato glared at his wife before rolling his eyes. "I just told Kakashi to take it seriously. I think this is good for the both of them really. Do you remember what Naruto had said before? How he thought no one could ever love him?"

Solemnly Kushina nodded. She remembered that all too well, and how it tugged harshly at her heart. "Yes. And I see what you mean with it being good for the both of them. Despite being such polar opposites, they really are good for each other. Naruto just has this way of making such an impact on people's lives. Even ours." She smiled fondly at the thought of her little sweetheart.

"Mhm." Minato smiled too, but it slowly faded as something else that has been on the back of his mind for awhile. "There was something that I came to realize back then when I had that discussion with Naruto. We know next to nothing of his past, and I haven't put in any effort to pry, but it keeps nagging at me all the same."

Kushina looked up at Minato curiously. "What is it?"

"Kushina..." Minato looked her in the eyes carefully, "Judging from what we know, wouldn't you say Naruto seems a little bit...eerily similar to you maybe?"

"...What are you saying exactly?"

Minato sighed heavily and looked away with a forlorn expression. "It made me wonder if...if Naruto might possibly be a jinchuuriki too. There's no concrete or reliable evidence for this, I have nothing to really go by except for a very strong hunch."

Kushina remained quiet, but then started shaking her head. "No. No."

"Kushina-" Minato started to say, but was pushed back as his wife moved out of his arms.

"I don't even want to think about it." She turned over to face away from him. "Why would you even think that?"

Minato sighed, and looked up at the ceiling. "Well because. It's obvious he's been abused, very badly too. It seems he has no parents, or never even knew his real ones. Kushina, he thought no one could ever love him. In the Grass village he said they called him a monster-"

"The Grass village doesn't even have a jinchuuriki."

"I know that, but-"

"Stop! Just stop."

At the sudden hysteric tone, Minato looked down only to see Kushina wiping around her eyes. He couldn't clearly see her face, but he knew she was crying...

"I'm sorry..." Bringing up something like this was always a sensitive topic. He knew how much it bothered her, yet he had still continued on anyway.

Kushina started shaking her head again, and pulled the sheets closer to her, curling in on herself. "It's okay. I'm just...I," she sniffed and breathed in shakily, "I've come to terms with my status as a jinchuuriki. There's nothing I can do about it except to smile and cope with it. It's my burden I happily carry to ensure the safety of Konoha, but-" Kushina's shoulders trembled in the effort to keep herself somewhat composed.

"But the thought of Naruto being one too...I don't know, my heart suddenly just stopped, and I felt this overwhelming feeling of grief. You know what it was like for me. My childhood was rough, I barely even knew my parents. Right from a young age I was given this responsibility that I couldn't refuse. It was so hard back then, and I was so alone. I wasn't treated like a human being, or even a shinobi. Just a container. No one thought to look past that fact."

Kushina breathed in slowly a few times, then turned around to look at Minato, tears welled up in her eyes. "Except you. You looked past it easy. If it weren't for you-" her voice cracked.

Minato cupped her face and wiped the tears away with his thumb. "I know Kushina. I know..."

"I hope you're wrong." Kushina buried her face into the crook of Minato's neck. "Cause if you're right, then I can only imagine how horrible it was for Naruto in that village. How lonely he must of felt. Oh god Minato, no wonder he had no problem leaving that village so easily, in the middle of a war no less! I always thought it was suspicious that he could just cut all ties to his birth village, especially at his age. It just didn't make sense, but I ignored it, because from the moment I saw him I just fell in love with him. So hard and so fast, as if he was truly my own!"

Kushina choked up, and bit back a sob. "I could see it in his eyes too. He's gone through so much. Every day I just wanted to shower him with love, make him feel wanted and less lonely. I wanted to give him what I needed the most back then. What you gave to me!"

Now Kushina was crying, completely distraught at the very thought of her sweet boy carrying the same burden as her. Minato held her tightly, his eyes downcast and misty as he listened. He knew all too well how hard the burden of a jinchuuriki is. From the moment he laid eyes on the boy when he found him, his heart skipped a beat and immediately he became attached.

He broke one of the most important and most basic rules of a shinobi. Never get attached too quickly, if at all. It caused problems and could lead to death in the long run. But with Naruto it was inevitable. Minato couldn't fathom why that was the case, it just was. And it seemed it was the exact same with Kushina. In the back of his mind, Minato wondered if this was what a parents love for their child felt like.

Slowly, Kushina started to calm down and eventually stopped crying, but her thoughts were still in turmoil. "Do you think...that's why Naruto never talks about his past or the Grass village? Because he doesn't want us to know in fear that we'll stop loving him? That we'll stop caring if we knew?"

"I don't know...I hope I'm wrong."

"But if you're right and he is, we have to let him know. That no matter what we love him."

Minato nodded. "We'd probably have to tell him about you too though."

"Of course. I wouldn't leave him in the dark, he deserves to know."

They both drifted into a silence, lost in their own thoughts until Kushina whispered, "What do you think his real parents were like? Do you think they'd love him just as much as us or..."

Minato stared blankly into space. "I don't know. I get the feeling Naruto never even knew his parents to begin with."

"Do you think we're good enough for him?"

"I hope so."

"Minato?"

He looked down at Kushina curiously, "Yeah?"

"Before...I had always thought how wonderful it would be to have a baby. I always wanted my own family, my own child. But now, I think I don't want to have one. Naruto is enough."

Minato's eyes widened in shock. "K-Kushina! Are you sure about this? Don't you think it's too soon to decide right now? What if Naruto wants a sibling?"

"No, I've decided. I don't want to have child, not unless Naruto really wants a sibling. I'd gladly give it to him. Other than that, then no. Besides, it's better this way. Naruto coming into our lives was perfect. You know a female jinchuuriki getting pregnant is risky and dangerous. That was always my biggest concern since the day I knew I wanted a child one day in my life. He's given us exactly what we want, why try for another? I want all our love to focus on just him and only him."

For a bit, Minato was stunned not knowing what to say, but quickly found that he agreed. Naruto was enough for them. He just hoped they were good enough for Naruto.

Ever since Jiraiya had left the two of them after delivering the message that their time was almost up, Kakashi had become quiet and seemed to be brooding. Naruto couldn't really blame him though if Kakashi was thinking along the same line he was thinking.

He liked living with the jounin. It felt nice being around the person you liked so much. When would they ever get to spend this kind of time together again? Once Kushina and Minato came back, they'd most certainly pick up missions again and be busy all the time.

That thought really brought his mood down and made him feel a bit depressed. He and Kakashi just got together, Naruto didn't want to part with him in the next couple of days. He watched as Kakashi went into the living room and sat on the couch. Naruto followed him and took a seat next to him.

Silence hung in the air between them as they both stared at the black TV screen. Naruto's eyes slowly drifted around the room feeling a little bored. He glanced to his side to where Kakashi was sitting, who was now actually reading the book he had got him. The very one he refused to let Naruto read.

It suddenly irked him just then. Kakashi wouldn't let him read the book and also wasn't paying him any attention. They didn't have much time left together and here the jounin was practically ignoring him! Naruto wasn't going to have that.

He turned towards the jounin and grabbed the book to pull it away. Immediately he was met with resistance as Kakashi looked over the rim of the book to stare at him questioningly.

"What is it Naruto?"

The sudden need to be kissed and touched by the jounin burned his insides. Naruto wanted all his attention on him, but had no idea on how to voice this. He opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out, instead his cheeks started to become flushed in embarrassment.

Kakashi's eyes widened upon seeing a look filled with such innocent need in those cerulean orbs. At first he had thought Naruto was trying to take the book from him so he could read it. He wouldn't have allowed it because it was still much to embarrassing for him to show to Naruto. Especially since he's shamefully become hooked to it now.

Instead though, the look on Naruto's face had his heart beat quicken. He swallowed as e leaned closer to the genin. Again he asked, "What is it Naruto?"

"Kakashi...c-can you-um..." the blonde's cheeks darkened in color, "could you, just again maybe um...kiss...me?"

It was hard to decipher what the blonde was saying, because he trailed off on the last part, but Kakashi quickly processed it. So Naruto wanted him to kiss him? Basically, he just wanted all his attention right now. A smirk tried to tug at the corner of his lips, but he managed to keep a straight face.

"No."

Naruto blinked then felt his heart practically deflate. "No?"

"No." Kakashi repeated. "I want you to kiss me."

Right away his heart swelled again even though a flush crept all the way up to his ears. "Alright, fine!" Gaining some of his confidence back even though his gut was in a bundle of knots, Naruto stared at the jounin in front of him as he reached out to pull his mask down.

Seeing his face again sent a surge of giddiness through him. How many people have ever laid eyes on the Hatake's face before? Naruto was more than just pleased and smug to know he was one of the few if not only one. And seeing challenging smirk plastered on his face drove Naruto to lean forward and kiss him.

It was by all means an innocent peck, Naruto didn't know what else to do. All he had to go by was from what he remembered Kakashi would do. With a tiny smirk of his own when he felt the jounin return the kiss, Naruto bit his bottom lip.

The little nip was unexpected and made Kakashi groan. He deepened the kiss himself and gently led the way. It was obvious the genin wasn't all that experienced. Kakashi wasn't exactly any better off, but that book certainly opened doors for him he never thought existed. With his mind wandering into such places and suddenly taking notice that Naruto had at some point crawled onto his lap, Kakashi felt a stirring in his lower regions. With a grunt he pulled away.

"Why'd you stop?" Naruto whined.

Kakashi shifted uncomfortably, not wanting Naruto to see or feel his little problem. "Nothing. But we should go to bed alright? It's getting late."

Naruto stared at him suspiciously, but reluctantly got off. "You're right, it is getting late."

With a relieved sigh, Kakashi straightened himself and carefully got up. "I'm going to take a shower, you can take your turn after 'kay?"

Naruto nodded and watched as Kakashi walked into the hall to the bathroom.

Once he was out of sight, Naruto flopped backwards onto the couch and stared up at the ceiling. His body was still thrumming with heat and an indescribable feeling. He just knew that he was on floating on the edge of something, like if he and Kakashi had just continued what they were doing it would build and build into something even better. And now that the jounin went to shower, Naruto felt as if he was left strung up and didn't know what to do about it.

He huffed and tried to find something to distract himself with. Watching TV didn't sound all that appealing, he never could find anything interesting. His bored gaze slowly looked around the room, thinking of what to do to pass the time till it was his turn to take a shower, when his eyes landed on Kakashi's book.

For a good minute, Naruto stared at the book till a wide mischievous grin spread across his whiskered face.

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TBC...

A/N: Well it most certainly has been almost an entire year since I last updated. Forgive me haha...As I said to some people in PMs, I won't abandon this fic, or any of my other ongoing ones either. It just takes time to write cause I have less free time to do so nowadays. But thank you all so much for the support, you've all been so wonderful.

And a huge thanks to my friend Dana-Eliza who has encouraged, supported, and pushed me the whole time to write write write! She was always there when I needed her, even when I'm sure I was a little bit of a pain in the ass lol Some of you may know of her too, especially from her most popular fic Crossing the Distance. If you haven't heard of her, check out her fics ;D She's a fantastic writer :) (And updates way more frequently than I do, seriously, you'd adore that gal)

Anyway, hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving, and until next time!