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Chiharu stood in front of the mirror at the girl's toilet in school, admiring herself in the small summer dress she was wearing. She never whore dresses, and for once she felt comfortable in one. Ino was at the toilet, so Chiharu had a little time to have ego-moment. The weather changed from day to day, but for once the weather was warm and summer-like, and she felt… well, attractive in the dress. It had only been a week since she'd been kicked out by Emi and ever since then things between her and Kakashi in school had somewhat changed. She started to fix her hair up in a ponytail as her thoughts wandered on; it was like they had some kind internal bickering going on, all the time. It had actually come to a point where people would sigh loudly if they began to talk to each other. The weird thing was that outside of school there was no bickering. She'd only visited him once this week, to do homework, but had also met him a couple of times. Things were very relaxed and casual outside of school. Everyone was burning up in classes today. The sun was shining so fiercely in through the windows that the schools air conditioning couldn't follow up. Their last class this day was math with Kakashi.

"Who're you flirting with?" Ino asked, cocking an eyebrow as she opened the door to the toilet.

Chiharu stopped her girlish act in front of the mirror, looking dumb-founded.

"No one?" she answered obliviously and shrugged. Ino smiled and went to the sink to wash her hands.

"I know that behavior in front of the mirror! You're into someone. Who is it?!" Ino said swaying her long blonde hair.

"What? I'm not into anyone… I just feel pretty today."She enthusted, nodding in agreement with herself

"Besides, Emi is forcing me to go to this fundraiser with her in Tokyo this weekend. She's trying make up for throwing me out this weekend. So I have to decide what to wear—" Chiharu was cut off by Ino's loud gosh.

"Emi threw you out?!" she gasped wide-eyed.

Chiharu closed her mouth and thought about the words that had just come out of her mouth. She hadn't told anyone that she'd been thrown out, cause she didn't want to lie about where she'd been sleeping over.

"Um, yeah." She sighed, giving up on the secrecy that was starting to build up.

"So she threw you, out, out?" Ino raised an eyebrow in disbelief.

"No, only for the night." Chiharu replied, hoping for the love of god she wouldn't be asked a certain question. She wasn't even sure if she wanted to speak to Ino about this.

"Why didn't you call me immediately? You could've slept over at my place." She asked crossing her arms and looking the slightest disappointed.

"I slept over by someone who lived a bit closer than you." Chiharu answered starting to get a little irritated and claustrophobic, hoping that Ino would let it go.

"Who? Is it someone I don't know? You can tell me, I won't get mad you choose someone else over me." She grinned at Chiharu with an undertone of seriousness.

"Well, umm…" Chiharu rubbed her forehead frustrated.

She was so afraid of Ino's reaction and assumptions, that she could barely form the words.

"Don't tell me you slept in the street?" Ino unfolded her arms and put them stubbornly on her hips.

Chiharu really wished she would let it go.

"No I didn't—" Chiharu said, her eyes flickering away from Ino's—" I… I slept over at Kakashi sensei's place, okay?" Chiharu let her hands hang frustrated down by her sides as she looked at Ino to await her reaction.

Her mouth dropped quickly before she smirked and crossed her arms.

"Oh my god, you have a crush on Kakashi-sensei!" and there it were, the assumptions –" Chiharu I would never have thought that about you, sleeping with a teacher. Oh my god you're so—" Chiharu cut Ino off before the talkative blonde spun out of control.

"Wow! Wait! I never said anything about that. Listen closely Ino—" Chiharu looked at her friend in all her seriousness—" I do not have a crush on Kakashi and I have not slept with him… Jeez! He simply helped me on a bad day. Is that so weird?" Ino looked a bit embarrassed as she had listened to her, but just like a girl in her period , her apparent embarrassed emotion at the moment changed faster than lightning, and she smirked fishy again.

"Yes, that is weird Chiharu… Sleeping over by the teacher." Ino spun on her heels and began to walk out the girls room.

"I can't change your mind can I?—" Chiharu asked with a sigh—"Just don't go spread any rumors! I don't want that pack of fan girls on my back."

"Believe me, you already have them on your back." Ino said, waving a hand nonchalantly in the air—"I spoke to one of them a while ago, her name is Mura; she thinks we're friends. She was totally bitching about you taking advantage of being one of—" Ino opened the door and stepped into the busy hallway while blabbing on. "one of Kakashi-sensei's contact students. Of course I told her that she should mind her own business." She popped a smile backwards to Chiharu who was looking dumb-founded back at Ino.

"So you knew they've hated me for while? And you didn't tell me?" Chiharu said trying to catch up to Ino.

"Yeah, cause I didn't think they were serious. But now I understand why…" she flicked her long platinum blonde hair behind her shoulder and spotted Sakura.

"We'll ask Sakura what she thinks." She chirped. "No, Ino… No!" Chiharu didn't want everyone to know, unfortunately Ino was already spreading the rumor.

"Sakura!" Ino waved at the pink haired girl who was currently organizing her locker.

She turned around a bit dumb-founded by the tone of Ino's voice and turned around with raised eyebrows.

"I just wanted your opinion on something." She chirped as Chiharu was catching up.

She put a hand to her forehead and shook her head at what was about to come.

"Did you know that Chiharu slept over at Kakashi's place?!" She bursted out.

Sakura blinked a couple of times looking from Ino to Chiharu all the while Chiharu fought a not anticipated blush. Sakura cleared her throat confused;

"Um, okay? No I didn't know that."

Ino seemed startled by Sakura's reaction and cheered her on.

"Isn't that totally weird?" She pressed on.

"I guess it depends on the situation?" Sakura said, and looked to Chiharu with a confused expression.

"First off; thank you Ino for talking so loud in the hallway!" Chiharu shot Ino a glare and continued.

"Second, even though I didn't want to drag you into this - I was kicked out from home and since Kakashi lives nearby where I live he was so kind as to offer me some shelter for the night." She said.

Sakura raised an eyebrow and looked at Ino, turning to her locker once again.

"Seriously Ino. Is that what got you so worked up? There's nothing unusual about that. Kakashi-sensei will always try to help us the best he can if one us is in trouble." She said while putting some books into her locker.

Ino looked disappointed and crossed her arms with a sigh.

"Well, to me it seems a little weird. No offense Chiharu." She said.

"It was weird for me too. But I was surprised he let me in, you know, considering I've been such a brat towards him." Chiharu said, feeling slightly relieved by the outcome of telling what had happened.

"Girls, it's not weird. It's normal. I think Naruto have slept over at Kakashi's place too!" Sakura said and closed her locker.

The three girls started walking down the hallway while discussing the event.

"But Naruto's a boy. It's different with a girl." Ino protested.

"No it's not! He doesn't treat girls differently from boys! Besides, Kakashi would never hit it off with one of his students, and I definitely don't think Chiharu is interested in a man that is so much older than herself. I mean seriously, who would be interested in Kakashi-sensei? He's so uninteresting." Sakura said and snorted.

Chiharu didn't agree at all. The fact that he was older than her, made him much more desirable in her eyes. He was definitely an interesting character and she confirmed with herself that his private persona kept his students at bay, even though he had a lot of respect.

"Um, have you seen the fan girls? Some girls think his interesting, so why shouldn't Chiharu? I mean it's not like you seem to be very interest in the guys from class." Ino said.

"I'm not a fan girl Ino, but I do appreciate that he helps me." Chiharu said, starting to find Ino irritating.

She didn't want any rumors to spread, and she certainly didn't want to boost Kakashi's ego if he heard the rumor and believed it.

"Drop it already, can't you find something true to gossip about?" Sakura snapped at Ino, who pouted at her two friends.

"Alright alright!" She said and waved a hand evasively in the air.

"I take it that you remembered your book today Ino?"

The three girls stopped dumb-founded, almost walking into Kakashi when he had stopped in front of them. They had all been so busy with talking that they hadn't noticed what was going on around them. Sakura smiled sheepishly, Ino just stared dumbly at him and Chiharu didn't know what to with herself, as her stomach turned by the thought of him having heard their conversation.

"Hi Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura chirped, breaking the awkward silence Ino created by not answering his question.

Chiharu elbowed Ino hard in the ribs which seemed to snatch her out of the rude staring she was doing.

"Umm, yeah you course!" She said, her eyes flickering at him as if she'd been thinking too much.

"Good. I'll see you in class." He smiled with his eyes, and met Chiharu's eyes too.

She fought a blush, feeling overly self-aware about her small summer dress.
He strode past them smoothly and left the girls in silence of the many people roaming the hallway.

"Why're you being so awkward?!" Chiharu snapped at Ino who was still looking for Kakashi.

"Sorry! I was just afraid he'd heard our conversation!" She hissed.

They started down the hallway again small talking, when Hinata joined them together with her cousin Neji. Both Hinata and Neji had stunning eyes, and Chiharu had grown intrigued over the weeks by Neji's handsome and serious look. She had been paired up with him during science class and he was surprisingly intelligent. They worked well together, and she wasn't quite sure if her grades had been so great in science class if it wasn't for him. But he was a hard shell to get through. He barely told anything about himself and wasn't a small talker. He was calm and balanced and wasn't the kind of guy to take any bullshit. He had a decent sense of humor and was social with a few selected students who seemed to know him well. That included Tenten, Lee and Naruto, even though the relationship with Naruto was like ice and fire.

"Are you ready for presentation on Monday?" Neji asked Chiharu.

She looked at him, appreciating his effort at trying to talk with her.

"Almost ready, what about you? Have you memorized everything?" She asked him gazing up at his violet eyes. He looked away with a stern look;

"Yes I have." He answered simply as they approached the class room. Sakura stopped everyone, turning around fiercely.

"Guys we really need to go out soon. Ino gossips too much!" She said and sighed frustrated.

Chiharu cold only guess that Ino had already started talking about Chiharu and Neji.

With that they went to class. Kakashi started out by delivering their assignments back and Chiharu saw the disappointing D written in red on her paper. She smacked herself in the forehead with the heel of her hand and looked to Kakashi who was still handing out assignments. He sensed her gaze and looked at her seriously before continuing. She stared back at the D, wanting to rip the paper apart and storm out of the classroom. She seriously felt like she'd done good on this one, by her own, but apparently she was falling backwards when Kakashi didn't help her. Se peeped over at Naruto's paper with a B on it and felt even more despairing. She fought the disappointment and looked out the window, clenching her jaw in anger.

"If you want to see your assignment through with me I'll tell you what you did wrong while the others work."

She turned towards Kakashi who stood by Naruto. She could hardly look at Kakashi even though he was just doing his job. Her eyes flickered away disappointed even though she was trying to hide it.

"No it's fine." She managed to say, her voice thick with disappointment.

She sensed that Kakashi felt bad for her, but couldn't hide her feelings. It wasn't his fault that she sucked so badly at math. He nodded and walked back to his desk. Naruto was clearly sensing her bad mood and kept silent. She hated how Naruto was so easily influenced by her feelings. It made her feel bad, that he felt bad because of her.

"It's fine Naruto." She said, forcing a smile at him.

"I don't know what you're talking about." He laughed nervously.

She shrugged him off, took her book out to start doing assignments. The two hours went quietly by. Chiharu tried to stay focused, but couldn't but peep up at Kakashi who was sitting behind his desk while reading his 'Come come paradise'. Her bad mood was reflected right off of him, and it annoyed her an pacified her at the same time. The fact that she actually cared about what he thought and what he felt, irritated her and removed her focus.

Chiharu caught Kakashi's eyes before she rushed out of class. She didn't want him to feel her bad mood, so she decided to avoid him as much as she could. Walking down the hallway, Sakura caught up to her along with Naruto.

"What's wrong Chiharu?" Sakura asked.

Chiharu sighed and stopped by her locker, feeling that it was inevitable to avoid her observant friends.

"I'm just a bit upset that I got a bad grade." She said, shrugging to show that there was nothing to do about it.

They both looked genuinely sad about it, knowing that they couldn't change it either.

"Do you wanna come and practice parkour after school?" Sakura suggested with a smile.

The thought was appealing, but for some reason, Kakashi wasn't the one she wanted to see at the moment.

"No I think I'll skip." She answered and turned around to open her locker and stuff her books into it.

"What about we go get some ice cream then?" Sakura asked as Chiharu turned around once more.

"Guys, you don't have to worry about me. I'm fine! I just need to relax at home today." She said and started down the hallway followed by her two friends.

She'd noticed Naruto's interest in Sakura a long time ago. He always acted a bit differently when he was around her, and it was almost cute. Sakura on the other hand didn't show any particular interest in Naruto, more than as a friend. Kind of sad she thought. Maybe she should ask Sakura about a crush some day, when the opportunity showed itself. Well, she could always ask Ino if she wanted to know the easy way.

On the way out of the school yard she saw Kakashi talking to Mura, one of the fan girls. It struck her how easily and casually he talked to everyone and reminded herself that his behavior towards herself wasn't anything unusual as Sakura had said earlier.

Being home was quiet. She made her homework and watched a movie, and before she knew of it, Saturday came and the afternoon was upcoming. Emi was preparing a few papers for the fundraiser (who knows what it was about) while Chiharu had found a dress and put on a decent amount of make-up. She whore a long black dress witch covered the chest and showed her back. She'd straightened her blonde hair, which hang elegantly loose, and had tried as much as she could to preserve a natural make-up which wasn't overdone. When she looked herself in the mirror she was surprised at how much mature she looked. Her green eyes was much more green with the black dress. She'd been at a fundraiser before so the dress code she knew.

"Are you ready?" Emi called from downstairs.

Chiharu turned in the mirror one time before she headed downstairs.

"Yup, I'm ready." She called.

Emi was dressed elegantly too, though her dress was shorter and a dark blue. She looked professional and ready to do business, in contrast to Chiharu who just looked like she was there to look pretty. Mostly she just liked to come to fundraisers because of the food and the champagne, and didn't really care what role she played there with Emi.

It was a two hours drive to Tokyo and Chiharu almost fell asleep on the way. Emi was talking a lot about the purpose of the fundraiser, but Chiharu didn't really listen, but just nodded once in a while, already knowing the customs of being at a fine fundraiser.

The event was private but big. Chiharu quickly scanned the place seeing that it mostly was older people apart from a few one who was Emi's age. She'd never been at such a big fundraiser before, and was a bit overwhelmed by the amount of people and the fine hall. The hall was buzzing with people and a band playing at the opposite end of the room. She greeted the people she met with a smile and was polite enough to answer any questions she was asked. Emi's business associates meant a lot to her work, so therefore Chiharu had a slightly different facade up. People complimented her and a few men smiled flirtatiously from across the room. Even though she wanted to roll her eyes she remained polite and mostly silent.

She stood beside Emi, scanning the room for the food table while drinking a glass of champagne when a particular grey color hair popped out from amongst the crowd. Flabbergasted she stared at the hair almost hidden in between people, her heart rate picking up at the thought of Kakashi being here and seeing her like this. She took a big sip of her champagne, starting to feel light headed. It was beyond embarrassing to see Kakashi here, not to mention the fact that he'd felt her obvious disappointment the last time they'd met. Would he even recognize her?! Was it even him? She took another big sip, but chocked violently in pure shock when a few people moved and Kakashi was bared for her... Not wearing a mask. The woman Emi was talking to looked at Chiharu confused as she finished her cough, while Emi asked her if she was okay.

She couldn't believe how handsome he looked, well, much what she had imagined, but a bit more handsome. There he stood, all cheekbones and stylish. The bridge of his nose was straight, and his lips full, although his upper lip was thinner than his lower. His jaw was smooth and masculine and altogether Chiharu suddenly understood why he had his way around girls.

"Chiharu are you okay?"

She snapped back to reality, her heart racing in utter shock. She looked to Emi and drank the rest of her champagne while she got herself together.

"Sorry I drank a bit to fast I guess." She answered and recovered a smile to the lady in front of Emi.

The two women looked at Chiharu with a slightly confused expression, but moved on quickly. Chiharu switched position so that she was standing with her back towards Kakashi and tried hard to stay focused on the conversation.

"Well I should introduce you to the man who agreed to this fundraiser. I'm so very proud for this opportunity you know." The woman chirped and started looking around for whomever.

Chiharu looked behind her only to see Kakashi standing closer than before. A rush ran through her when he accidentally looked up and caught her eyes. He looked away casually, but his eyes darted to her immediately when he realized who she was. She tried hard not to blush, but didn't quite succeed. Seeing him without mask was almost like looking at him naked. Also, she didn't know how he felt about her seeing him without the mask on.

"I think it's this way." She heard the woman say.

Chiharu ignored her and smiled sheepishly at Kakashi, when he excused himself and made his way towards her. Chiharu's head felt completely empty and seeing him smirk at her seemed so off. She was so used to just reading his eyes that it gave him a whole other charm when his mouth smiled too. She felt his gaze like a touch as it roamed over her, her cheeks lightly warming at the look in his eyes when they reached hers.

"Oh there he is!" The woman beside her chirped, but quickly discovered that his eyes was set on Chiharu.

When he reached her, he looked a bit lost briefly but recovered quickly without removing his eyes from Chiharu. She, on the other hand, had no idea as to what to say. She was absolutely stunned by how handsome and charming he looked without mask and in a black suit. It was almost as if he'd stepped out of a fragrance commercial for men.

"What're you doing here?" He asked in a surprised voice (well surprised for him).

"I could ask you the same!" Chiharu almost snorted in surprise.

"My company is hosting this fundraiser. But I didn't think they would be inviting teenagers." He replied and smirked.

Chiharu tried hard not to look at his lips and concentrated on answering him.

"Your company? What are you?" She answered startled ignoring the challenge in his words.

Emi laughed nervously beside her;

"Don't talk like that Chiharu. This is Hatake Kakashi the heir and owner of Hatake industries. You should bow." She said and introduced herself.

"I know who he is!" Chiharu snapped at Emi, irritated that she was correcting her, when she'd said things a lot worse to him. Kakashi chuckled;

"It's okay, we know each other." He said.

"Miss Toshiko, is this true?" The woman, whose name Chiharu still hadn't caught, suddenly looked admirably at her and shook hands with Kakashi.

Chiharu once again stopped herself from rolling her eyes. What to them seemed like joyful coincidence was to Chiharu an embarrassing and awkward situation.

She hoped for all there was, that Kakashi wouldn't treat Emi differently when he knew that she'd thrown Chiharu out.

"Chiharu where do you know mr. Hatake from?" Emi asked startled, and was almost blushing on Chiharu's behalf.

Subtly Chiharu shot her a glare. She knew what Emi was implying, that they knew each other from dating or something like that.

"He's my math teacher." Chiharu said, this time not able to hold a polite facade. Both women was silent for a moment as they looked at the evasive Chiharu and the confident Kakashi.

"Well well... That really took me by surprise. Of course I've heard a lot of things about you then. You've helped Chiharu quite a lot with her studies." Emi said.

Chiharu felt the tone of Emi's voice when she implied "studies" and wanted to dig herself a deep hole and burry herself in it. Of course Kakashi didn't catch that.

"I've heard a lot about you too." Kakashi said, his relaxed and casual facade starting to fall into its place again.

Chiharu grabbed a knew glass of champagne when a waiter walked by as Emi and the other woman started to converse with Kakashi. She looked at the people passing by as she swallowed the champagne to dull her nerves, and also trying to avoid Kakashi's casual teasing eye contact once in while.

Eventually the tension she felt got too much and she had to excuse herself and go to the ladies room. She grabbed a new glass of champagne on the way and started sipping. She didn't have to pee, but just looked herself in the mirror, feeling suddenly warm. She had to get herself together, just because she was dressed up it didn't mean that he found her any more attractive than before. Her only thought was how people now looked at her now. A young and pretty girl at a fundraiser that was way out of her age and league - knew "mr Hatake". Everybody would think that she'd (sorry for bad language) fucked her way into the higher circle of influential people or was there to catch his attention. Everyone here probably knew that he had his way around the girls! She looked at herself and nodded determined. All she would have to do was to seem uninterested and avoid too long conversations.

She quickly fixed her hair, starting feel the champagne influence her body before she went into the hall once again. She looked for Emi, hoping that she was finished talking to Kakashi. Finishing her third champagne she snapped two more glasses from passing waiter, but one of the glasses was snapped smoothly out of her hand when she turned around.

"Do you really think it's such a good idea to drink so much?" Kakashi asked her.
She felt surprised but his invasive move, and backed away slightly. The alcohol was really starting do it's work.

"With you here - yes." She answered with a cocked eyebrow.

He looked concerned for a moment and slightly confused too, and didn't have a chance to answer before she strode past him. She sighed irritated when he followed her and stepped in front of her one more time, his tall figure demanding her to stop. His cologne hit her and dazed her for a second as she met his eyes and the teasing smirk he held.

"What?" She asked impatiently, trying not to be influenced by his handsome face.

"Have I done something to upset you? Is it because you got a D in your last-"
Chiharu cut him off, and failed to notice that she was being bossy towards him because of the alcohol.

"No. It has nothing to with anything! It doesn't matter why. You would never understand it anyway." She snapped.

She didn't want to explain how people perceived him and about the fan girls at school, and how she would look in other people's eyes. It was such a shallow thing to feel, when he had been nothing but helpful towards her. Her bravery faded a bit when his face turned serious and the air turned sombre around him. His eyes was always the most intriguing when he looked like that while his mouth went into a straight relaxed line.

"Is it that strange to you to see me without mask?"

His expression changed again and he smiled teasingly, enjoying that he was taking her by surprise. She blushed slightly by the mentioning of seeing him without mask and let her guard down for a moment, slapping him playfully on the arm.

"No! Well, yeah. It is kind of strange. I had imagined you a little bit uglier." She teased, receiving a few stares from the surrounding crowd.

"That means you were positively surprised seeing how handsome I was." He teased, smiling confidently at her without removing his eyes.

She cocked an eyebrow and tried to look serious. Admitting that he was handsome felt like a big defeat for her.

"Handsome. That's an overstatement. Don't get cocky just because you're a rich guy." She said and folded her arms under her chest.

"You know I'm still the same." He said genuinely, his smile fading the slightest.

Three men approached Kakashi and greeted him before Chiharu could answer. Immediately she was out of the conversation, and Kakashi had to stay polite, even though he wanted to talk some more with Chiharu. What she didn't know was that Kakashi immediately had singled her out in the crowd, even before he realized it was her. He'd had a good eye out for her, when he saw the slender figure in the black dress with long blonde hair. He couldn't figure out what he felt about having made plans for how to get her home with him for the night. Here he thought he was going to take a beautiful girl with him tonight, when in fact it was Chiharu, one of his students. It had taken him by surprise that such an attractive young woman was the 17 years old Chiharu, and he felt ashamed immediately.

While Chiharu's didn't have a clue about that she rushed away from the conversation, eager to get away from Kakashi and the stares she started to receive. She found Emi busy with talking to a guy her age, stood by her side unil Emi was finished with talking. Chiharu was in a constant watch for Kakashi and hadn't realized Emi was done talking until she spoke to her.

"I can't believe mr. Hatake is your teacher in school! It's no wonder you've been spending so much time with him." She poked Chiharu with her elbow and smirked teasingly.

"Stop it Emi! I'm not into him. He's just my annoying teacher." She answered evasively without looking at Emi.

"A very much sought after guy like him. I would've gone for the hunt." Emi said, looking at the crowd like Chiharu.

"Well then maybe you should." Chiharu snapped, annoyed that Emi was always so flirtatious.

Emi caught Chiharu's tone and toned her excitement down a notch.

"Why're you reluctant? What's there not to like about him?" Emi asked.
Chiharu sighed and swallowed some champagne.

"Maybe the fact that he's a player, he thinks he can get every woman he wants, he's extremely secretive - I mean, I didn't even know he had a whole company on the side. He's hard to read, he's 26, oh wait, and he's my teacher! You shouldn't judge by his appearance here in this crowd Emi." Chiharu counted a finger every time she found an argument for her to dislike him.

Truth was that all those facts was something that made him much more interesting. Emi clicked with her tongue seeming unaffected by Chiharu's arguments.

"If you don't want him, then I'll take the chance." She said simply and walked away determined.

Chiharu was boiling inside by her aunts words, and wanted to scream at her, but was luckily calmed by the alcohol in her blood. The thought of Emi, who had a boyfriend, flirting with Kakashi made Chiharu want to do things she would never admit to anybody. Not that she was jealous, but the thought was so embarrassing and humiliating that she could never face Kakashi again if Emi made a fool of herself. Deep down, she knew Kakashi would never return the flirting as he was Chiharu's friend, but still the thought made her blood boil.

She swallowed another glass of champagne and followed Emi from a distant, watching how she approached Kakashi. Emi laughed seductively, touched Kakashi's arms now and then, and smiled sweetly at him, while he looked relaxed and polite. Seeing that Kakashi wasn't interested and seeing Emi getting more and more desperate to get some kind of read on him - Chiharu retracted to mingle elsewhere.

As the evening progressed, Kakashi approached her three times in which other people interfered and she snuck away discreetly. Mostly he addressed that he was worried about her drinking, and she could tell that he was being genuinely concerned about her. People she talked to was starting to comment on Kakashi's approach to her and asking about the nature between them, but a particular comment struck her more than the others.

"I've never seen mr. Hatake so intrigued with a girl. Usually it's the girls who follow after him."

It was a pleasant round man who had said this, but of course he didn't know that Kakashi was her teacher and that he was being concerned like he would've been of any other student.

Soon a dance floor was set into action, and the band started to play songs appropriate for a slow dance, fit for the event and the people in it. Chiharu was avoiding the dance floor and any chair that would make her look bored, and kept herself busy with talking to different people, and occasionally Emi who had given up on Kakashi.

Chiharu was making her way over to the food table as her stomach was starting to make awkward sounds, when she saw Kakashi standing alone by the table and picking out food. She stopped before she was visible to him, and considered coming again later. When her stomach protested one more time, she rolled her eyes at her own stubbornness and approached Kakashi (for the first time).

"Finally some time to eat huh?" She said, taking a plate and smiling at him.

He looked slightly surprised as a smile tugged in the corner of his mouth.

"I realize I'm not going to get full of this food. This is more snacks than actual food." He said, picking up a grape and throwing it into his mouth.

Chiharu who'd been watching his mouth, looked away quickly to take a look at the food. Why on earth was she acting so lame around him? Admiring him like some big fan of rock band or something like that. She'd been so cool (almost) all night, and know when she approached him herself, her mind just went blank. To make it worse was the slow romantic music playing in the background and the great female singer whose words constantly infiltrated her mind.

"Aw, I was really looking forward for some real food." She managed to say, and mentally slapped herself for not thinking enough.

He smiled a cute smile and she returned it insecurely and started to pick some fruit to eat, to avoid his penetrating gaze.

I get so weak in the knees
I can hardly speak, I lose all control
Then somethin' takes over me

Chiharu listened to the music, starting to blush madly. There was a silence between them and Kakashi turned around to look at the crowd while he ate some grapes. Chiharu's mind was working hard on finding a topic to discuss with him, but everything she thought of just seemed like she was trying to hard while she looked at the food.

"I'm sorry about Emi. She's so embarrassing." Chiharu felt like she had to force the words out and try not to stumble over them as she went to Kakashi's side.

He chuckled and looked at her from the corner if his eyes.

"She was quite obvious wasn't she?" He leaned a little closer for her to hear as the music had grown higher when the dancing had started.

"Jeez." Chiharu breathed and took a hand to her forehead in embarrassment.

"Don't worry. She's not my type." He said, his eyes shimmering with playfulness.

Though his expression was still relaxed and stern, she had grown used to the small changes that revealed the feeling behind his words. She chuckled playfully, and thought about the comment the round man had made about Kakashi following her. She blushed slightly at the thought that he didn't treat her like a fan girl, but actually treated her like one equal to him.

"Wanna dance?"

Chiharu looked up in surprise and at the hand stretched out for her. Her heart started beating triple times and she couldn't help the blush that crept to her cheeks. A smile tucked in the corner of Kakashi's lips as he saw the blush, and she started to look for words to deny him.

"I-I'm really not... Umm, I don't know. I mean-" she stuttered barely able to meet his eyes.

"You're not going to make me look like a fool in front of all of these people are you?" He asked grey and brown eyes locked onto hers a simmering challenge brewing in their depths.

Chiharu was so swept away that she couldn't pick herself up again. She couldn't do anything except taking his hand. Kakashi rolled his eyes at her expression.

"Relax, it's just a harmless dance. I'm not up to anything." He assured her reluctantly.

She gulped and followed him through the crowd, her eyes directed at the floor all the time.

Stop being such a coward Chiharu! You're usually in control of the situation! Get yourself together! Say something smart, she thought, while being super aware of Kakashi's hand holding hers.

They entered the dance floor filled with people dancing slowly and elegantly. She looked at Kakashi reluctantly, feeling awkward and drunk. He moved in front of her and lifted her hand while putting the other on her back. They were close, but appropriately close and Chiharu felt ashamed of going blank right now.

"You're drunk." He commented.

"I know." She answered simply, focusing on moving with him as he snickered mockingly.

She felt his breath on her skin and his warm hand on her bare back. Why was she enjoying this so much? She avoided his intense eye contact, looking at the people staring back at them and whispering.

"God, people a looking." She whispered, meeting his eyes when she finally had come up with something to say.

"Does it bother you?" He asked, a teasing smile starting to show on his lips.

She gave him an are-you-stupid look and pulled slightly against him.

"Of course. You're my teacher and everyone here knows how you are-" she snorted in disgust-" everyone here thinks that I'm some kind of gold digger!"

He gave her a skeptical look and moved her around.

"Why do you think that? What do people think of me?" He smiled knowingly at her pulling her slightly closer.

She wasn't sure if she should tell him if he didn't know himself, but his smile suggested that he knew clearly what she talked about.

"People here knows that you... Like girls, and like to take them home with you... To spend to the night." She muttered the last thing, and looked away embarrassed.

Kakashi laughed out loud, and cocked his head to the side at her words.

"Does it matter what people think?" He asked and cocked an eyebrow.

She looked into his mysterious and tentative eyes considering what to say.

"Well yeah. I mean, I don't want people to think badly about me." She admitted.

"Do you think badly about me then?" He asked his face going more relaxed and nonchalant.

"Of course not! Jeez, what's up with the questioning?" She snapped at him as if he'd said something stupid.

"Then it doesn't matter what all the others think. You're not a gold digger, I'm not going to sleep with you. There's no other truth." He said, looking down at her, a genuine warmth shining through his eyes.

She sighed in defeat, knowing he was right and immediately relaxed. Her cheeks reddened at the mention of 'not sleeping with her'.

"You're right. I'm sorry." She breathed looking apologetic at him.

"Don't apologize." He said while looking serious.

He pulled her closer so they couldn't look at each other. Her left hand rested on his shoulder, and right then and there she relaxed fully, letting her mind work normally again. She knew the song that had started, and the quiet slow tunes decided their rhythm.

You said I was the most exotic flower
Holding me tight in our final hour

I don't know how you convince them and get them, but
I don't know what you do, it's unbelievable
And I don't know how you get over, get over
Someone as dangerous, tainted and flawed as you

One for the money, and two for the show
I love you honey, I'm ready, I'm ready to go
How did you get that way? I don't know
You're screwed up and brilliant,
Look like a million dollar man,
So why is my heart broke?

Even though it had taken some consideration Kakashi was glad he'd asked Chiharu to dance. It allowed him to force her to tell him why she was avoiding him so much. Her reason hadn't struck him as a surprise. She was smart and observant so of course she had taken immediate caution against him. He was sure she didn't believe in any way that he would make a move on her, but she'd still seemed cautious. Although he liked to take her off guard, he would never dare to scare her away or jeopardize her education by hitting on her. Sure there was an undertone of flirt between them at times but it was harmless and all in fun. At least he hoped from her side. He had to admit to himself that if he didn't know her and had met her here the first time, he might've tried to get her home with him tonight. He breathed in her sent, thinking that his thoughts was straying towards the danger zone and focused on the trust and relaxation she radiated towards him.

The songs ended and everyone stopped to clap. Chiharu was starting to feel weird and Kakashi noticed immediately. She swayed a bit as she clapped and Kakashi grabbed her upper arm worried.

"Are you okay?" He asked and peeped at her face.

"I don't feel well." She muttered. She'd relaxed too much and felt how her body didn't listen to her that much anymore.

Kakashi started to lead her gently away from the dancefloor, dragging her upwards now and then when she faltered. He laughed at her and looked at her in disbelief.

"We should find your aunt." He said, seeming to scan the crowd.

"Seeing how you attract her it shouldn't be that hard." Chiharu said, leaning more into him, while looking vaguely around the crowd.

"Mr. Hatake can I have the next dance?" A young attractive woman asked boldly.

"I'm sorry, but I have to get this girl home somehow. She can barely stand." He said politely.

The woman looked at Chiharu strangely and then bowed slightly to Kakashi and left quietly. He lead Chiharu to the boarder of the crowd, still searching for Emi. Chiharu laughed sheepishly, starting to get really silly. Being drunk, and being so close to Kakashi was tantalizing, and she was starting to feel some hidden urges for him surface.

"Sit here while I look for your aunt." He said, and helped Chiharu sit in a chair by the wall.

"No don't leave me!" She said, holding on to his hand.

He paused and looked at her, trying to release her hold on his hand.

"I'll be back in a minute." He said, flashing her a gorgeous smile that made her gulp in admiration.

He disappeared into the crowd leaving her dazed and drunk. She put her face in her hands, starting to think it was embarrassing to get this drunk at such a fine event. Starting to feel sick too, she hoped she wouldn't puke here. It felt like an eternity before Kakashi came back, and she was suddenly grateful that she could count on him, even though she was a bother.

"Don't get worried, but your aunt left." She looked up to see Kakashi standing in front of her, his expression serious.

"That's surprising." She answered sarcastically and sighed.

She took a grip in Kakashi arm to help herself up again, getting up wobbly. He supported her by holding her upper left arm, and searched her face for a hint of what she would do.

"Don't look so worried Kakashi-" she said, waving a hand dismissively in front of her-"I'll just grab a cap or something."

"A cap or something? Do you know how expensive a two hour drive to Konoha is?" He asked her, helping her towards the entrance.

"Emi will pay..." She answered nonchalantly.

It was obvious to Kakashi that Chiharu was hurt by being abandoned by her aunt, although she was good at hiding it. She didn't even know it herself that she was by it, but her body showed.

"What if Emi isn't home?" He asked her, coursing her to frown at all the questions asked.

"I don't know! I just wanna get out of this place!" She breathed.

"I'm not going to send you home alone in this condition." He said, and turned her around to face him.

They were by the wardrobe now, in the silent hallway and he handed his ticket to the girl working in the wardrobe. Chiharu looked up at him, starting to show the worry inside her, snorted angrily at the situation.

"I don't know what to do then." She breathed, leaning into his chest and hiding her face.

He embraced her with one arm to comfort her, feeling frustrated that her aunt kept disappointing her. She was to intelligent and sweet to deserve the treatment her aunt gave her at times. He sighed, when he felt a sudden desire for her at her closeness while feeling her bare back, and pushed the thoughts away immediately.

"Here you are mister." The wardrobe girl said, putting his coat on the front desk.

"Thanks." He said, blinking at her with a smile.

"You can drive home with me, alright?" He said, immediately wondering if it was a bad decision.

She leaned away from him and looked up at him dazed, once again feeling attracted to his handsome face. She went a few sentences over in her head while she stared at him closely, feeling his breath coming down at her.

"God that's so lame." She said, coursing him to laugh abruptly.

"That's better than you ending up in some slave trade." He said, forcing himself to push her slightly away.

"Do you have jacket?" He asked her, starting to find the situation exciting.

"No." She shook her head, looking up at him with innocent eyes.

He rolled his eyes at the absurdness of the situation and swooped his long black coat around her shoulders.

"Here. At least you wont get cold." he said, put his arm around her waist to lead her out of her building.

It was dark when they came outside, but the busy city was still lit up by commercials and a buzzing of people who still roamed the streets. He handed yet another ticket to a young man, who ran off to the garage to fetch Kakashi's car. The way they stood was almost like a couple on their way home, and he found it somewhat a satisfying thought only because he stood with a girl that to him was very unique in looks and personality.

Chiharu on the other hand didn't think about anything else but not puking in front of Kakashi. She thought if she could just get into a car, and fall asleep she would 'survive' the ride. She'd been drinking way to much champagne, and could barely keep on her feet if not Kakashi had supported her. Whenever it struck her that she was standing with Kakashi, she felt a satisfying warmth inside of her that she only wanted more of. But her body let her thoughts astray when she felt the nausea that crept up on her constantly. A black car parked in front of them and a private driver stepped out and opened the door to the backseat for Kakashi and Chiharu.

"You know I can take care of myself, right?" She said.

He looked down at her, her green eyes staring up at him. The fact was disturbing, but necessary with a guardian like Emi.

"Sure." he said teasingly, but Chiharu was too drunk to catch the tone.

Barely a minute had gone by before Chiharu fell asleep on Kakashi's shoulder. He looked out the window as Tokyo passed by, starting to wonder if he was getting on dangerous grounds. As the innocent flirt between them was probably nothing from Chiharu's side, but Kakashi feared that he in the end wouldn't be able to resist her if there were going to be this close.

Chiharu barely registered where they were as she awoke, but felt Kakashi help her up a few stairs. He chukled at her as he opened a door, and she stumbled inside drunk and tired.

"God I need to get out of this dress." she muttered trying to reach behind her back to unzip the long black dress.

"Wait!" Kakashi said startled, and rushed to her before he could get his other shoe off.

"But I-" she said, swaying in her place as he took a hold of the hand that tried to open the zipper.

"I'll get a t-shirt for you and then you'll go to the bathroom and undress, okay?" he peeped around her to make sure she understood.

She frowned at him and pouted falling slightly backwards into the warm comfort of his chest. He took her by her shoulders, his large warm hands sending pleasant chills down her arm.

"Just wait here." He said, moving her to sit in the couch before he left to fetch a t-shirt.

She'd removed me a thick strap of her dress when he came back, and he hurried to her to make her stop before she would sit in only underwear. He might as well be a gentleman and spare her the humiliation she would have to face the next day.

"Here's a t-shirt, now go to the bathroom." He said in a gentle tone, moving the girl towards the bathroom.

"So pushy." She muttered, coursing him to chuckle at her in amusement.

"You have to help me unzip." She said as he'd finally gotten the swaying girl into his bathroom.

"What?" He said, finding himself slightly startled and aroused by the thought.

She frowned, turning her back more to him and lifted her blonde hair to the side, baring the low back-cut dress she whore. His eyes roamed over the smooth surface of her skin and the lean muscles hidden beneath. Suddenly feeling immensely drawn, he thought her tantalizing and felt the desire starting to build in him again. He moved up behind her, carefully taking the zipper with his fingers, and let it move slowly down from her lower back and over the upper delicate shape of her bottom. He gulped, his hands almost shaking at how wrong this was, even though he knew she was unattainable.

"There." He said hoarsely, taking brief second to enjoy her beauty before he stepped away.

Finally outside the door he breathed heavily, wondering how a student could make his body go rigid this way. He felt ashamed of himself somehow, but couldn't deny the fact that he was drawn to her.

.

Chiharu woke up the next morning with a banging headache. Feeling disorientated, she couldn't figure out where she was at first, but when taking a second glance and taking in a deep breath through the nose she knew she was at Kakashi's place.

Oh god what happened last night?! He was so handsome, god I hope I didn't make a move on him! Her thoughts were spinning, a slight panic taking over her when she looked at herself under her covers seeing she was wearing a t-shirt. She looked to the floor, not seeing her dress anywhere but found it neatly folded on the chair by Kakasi's desk.

She sighed and turned to look at the ceiling, every memory from last night, before she fell asleep hit her consciousness. Smacking a hand to her forehead she cringed in embarrassment at being so drunk in such fine company, and with Kakashi helping her sorry drunk ass. He must've thought it was so immature of her to get drunk. Another thought struck her as she pictured seeing Kakashi without a mask among the crowd... And he was rich too. What the hell was happening?

It was no wonder he had a fan club at a school, he looked like a freaking model without the mask on! And here she laid, in his living room like the morning trash.

"Jeez." She muttered and sat up in the sofa.

Looking for her phone, she found it by her feet, and took a look at the clock. It said 10 am. She was up early. She relaxed into the couch with a sigh checking her Facebook account for anything interesting while listening to the silence in Kakashi's apartment.

Naruto had as usual posted a few funny photos from 9gag which she smiled at. There were a few pictures of Ino and Sakura together, Sai had posted a picture of a painting and Shikamaru had posted a status update about politics and how corrupt the system was... and besides that nothing interesting.

Not able to fall asleep again, she wondered if Kakashi was still home, and got up to take a glass of water at the kitchen. She looked out the window at a grey day, the streets still and boring. Looking down herself she noticed that she hadn't put on any pants for the night, and flushed again in embarrassment. It was only barely that her panties were hidden beneath the t-shirt she'd borrowed. She went to Kakashi's desk and looked at the pile of paperwork stacked there and was struck with a sudden curiosity as to how he could have such a big company in such a young age.

Moving some papers aside she peeped at what was on the desk, feeling secretive about meddling in other people's affairs. There was nothing on the desk related to his company, only school work.

Sitting down, suddenly fired up, she opened his laptop hoping there was no password to it. She got up again quickly while it started up and went to his bedroom to see if he was in there. Opening the slide door slowly she peeped inside, and bit her lip when she saw him lay in his bed on his back, his upper body showing. His head was slightly tilted away from her, his grey morning hair pointing in every direction. She gulped, noticing the released muscles of his breast and the six pack roaming down his stomach. His left hand was up under his head, revealing the small patterned muscles up his rips. God he was hot... Her math teacher was hot, and rich and smart and charming - she stopped herself, moving out to stand against the door she'd closed again. Oh no, she was turning into a fan girl... A big one. She closed her eyes breathing out heavily to remind herself that a guy like him who had so much attention from girls and was her teacher could never fall for her. She didn't even have a shot at a one night stand. Again, she had to stop her thoughts, reminding herself to be cool around him.

She tiptoed to the laptop and sat down by the desk, seeing the password bar pop up on his computer. She brushed her hair backwards frustrated and leaned back in the seat, looking around the desk. A yellow note stood out, and she picked it up after having searched some papers through and smiled when she read:

New password: Adf35kD891jz

It was a hell of a password, and she hadn't expected less from him. She almost jumped into the ceiling when the startup melody sounded loudly, and she immediately covered the speakers, hoping she hadn't waked him up. With a beating heart she listened to hear if he was up, and sighed relieved when nothing happened

She opened Firefox and typed in google in the address bar, taping her fingers at the table while waiting for the page to load.

Hatake enterprises Kakashi

She typed into the search engine, starting to feel anxious and alert. This couldn't go fast enough. Hatake enterprises was the first page that came into view, and she skipped it, searching for articles or forums where she could get some history and truth.

Hatake Enterprises looses stock value - stock owners enraged.

Baddest business in Hatake Enterprises history.

Hatake enterprises in shock.

Sakumo Hatake commits suicide: what will Hatake Enterprises do?

Scandal at Hatake Enterprises.

Reasons for suicide - Sakumo Hatake.

Young boy inherits Hatake Enterprises.

Front figure Kakashi Hatake.

Kakashi Hatake, a genius.

Times magazine: Hatake Kakashi

Hatake Kakashi genius or playboy? Why not both.

Chiharu sat, wide eyed and scrolled the titles of the articles through, skimming a few of them. There was no need to read them. The titles said it all. Kakashi was somehow famous. Famous in the world of hardcore business. How he had managed to keep that away from Konoha was a mystery to me! No wonder he worked at such a prestigious school. He'd experienced more than I would ever do before I turned 26. It was ridicules! He had inherited his fathers company, and owned it all, except he wasn't much involved in the business. She leaned back, looking stunned around the small apartment.

She almost jumped when she heard the door to his bedroom being pushed aside, and she smacked to the laptop closed, her heart beating triple times. She found an awkward position to make it look Iike she was looking at his papers, and turned around casually when he came out.

"Oh, you're up." He said, rubbing his eyes sleepily.

"Yeah and with a banging headache... You're not wearing your mask?" She said.

"Now you've seen my face, there's no point in wearing it at home." He said, giving her a cute lopsided smile.

He stepped away from the door, revealing his gorgeous upper body while wearing a pair of grey sweatpants. The picture couldn't make Chiharu more mesmerized.

"What're you doing?" He added, walking over to her and leaning over the back of the chair to peep at the mess of papers on his table.

She looked at his bare outstretched arm beside her and felt the heat he was giving off.

"Just grabbing a glass of water, and then I saw all the school work and took a peep at it." She lied hoping he didn't get suspicious.

"You looked at my mathematics notes?" He asked with a popped eyebrow and looked down at her skeptically.

"As I said, peeped." She said, trying to hold a good poker face.

"You're strange." He said with a smirk and started to walk into the kitchen.

"You're a mystery." She shot back, watching his bare back as he walked into the kitchen.

Her eyes moved downward to his butt in the grey sweatpants. Damn... She thought to herself and looked away immediately as he turned sideways to grab a glass. Forgetting she was only wearing a t-shirt with no pants or no bra, she rushed (making sure to look casual at the same time) to the sofa and propped herself under the covers again, having stirred up the headache she'd had again.
So, when were they going to talk abut last night? Was it even necessary? How long should she be staying?

"You hungry?" He asked from the kitchen.

"No thanks. Not with a headache like this." She answered, suddenly remembering that she was still wearing makeup.

She became self aware immediately, and found herself rushing to the bathroom. It doesn't matter if I like stupid! She kept telling herself, but still dreaded to see her morning face with makeup running under her eyes.
She sighed relieved, seeing her make-up was still decently in place and she didn't look like a morning ghost. A stray thought suddenly hit her. Why hadn't Kakashi returned her home?

She washed her face while contemplating and also went to the toilet while she was at it, and walked out, feeling slightly more attractive than before. A smell of eggs and bacon hit her as soon as she opened the door and was immediately nauseated.

"So... How did I end up here?" She asked, sitting down in the sofa again to relax.

She heard Kakashi laugh from the kitchen, peaking her curiosity all the more.

"How did you end up so drunk?" He asked.

She lifted an eyebrow, thinking about that. She'd been too surprised to see Kakashi without mask and to deal with him, while being at such a fine event. From her experience, alcohol only made it easier to deal with difficult situation. Kakashi appeared from the kitchen looking at her expectantly as she didn't answer.

"It's a bit irresponsible isn't it? Especially when you know how your aunt is." He said, and sat down in the sofa beside her, eating his eggs and beacon.

She blushed embarrassed and looked at her hands knowing he was right.

"I suppose it is. But it just-" she paused frustrated feeling a need to explain to him why she'd done it.

His eyes grew serious as he chewed on a fork full of eggs waiting for her to finish her sentence. Stuttering a bit and lost for words he interrupted her:

"Why do I get the feeling that this goes deeper?" He said.

"No, it doesn't. I just..." she growled frustrated not wanting to admit that he was the reason behind her drunk accident.

"It went a bit out of hand because I was uncomfortable with the fact that I had that ridicules dress on and you were there doing business without a mask on, and we knew each other and people would start thinking things-" she blabbed, spilling everything out like a sickness.

"Wait, you were drinking because I was there?" He said.

"Kind of." She admitted sullenly before he broke into laughter.

"It isn't funny!" She whined.

"Sorry, it's just I really didn't expect that from you. You keep surprising me." He said, fighting back giggles at the same time.

She shot him a death glare, deciding to change the topic and make him answer the question he'd avoided answering.

"So, how did I end up here?" She asked.

"Since I wasn't sure if Emi was home, I wasn't comfortable with leaving you to yourself so I took you home with me.

Since you've slept over here before I thought it was okay. Well, except for the part where you started to undress in front me." He said, sounding casual and shrugged.

Chiharu's cheeks flared up in embarrassment at the thought, and she sat there open mouthed and starred at him in disbelief, not knowing what to say.

"I didn't do that!" she exclaimed, really hoping he was joking.

"Yeah, but I stopped you in time, and lead you into the bathroom." he said, a playful smirk playing on his lips.

"Oh god. I don't even remember that!" she said and hit her face in her hands.

Kakashi laughed again as she fell back in the sofa and hid under the cover. He pulled it off playfully, coursing her to squeak while he stared at her to make her more embarrassed.

"Stop that!" she said, putting her foot in his face which he dodged by leaning away.

He took er grip of her ankle in a swift movement and pulled her closer so her legs were resting on his lap, and started tickling her while holding her feet still.

"Stop!" She said in between giggles, fighting bewildered to get his hands off of her.

"It's not good for my headache!" She cried out.

He stopped with a satisfied grin on his face, and she was just glad that the covers were still covering her waist and down and she would've had her panties screaming at him that instant. Flushed red, and heated up she panted in her spot and shot him a glare.

"Thank you... I don't suppose you have anything to cure my headache." She asked, feeling very aware of her legs across Kakashi's lap.

It was innocent perhaps, but much more physical than they had ever been. Except for the dance. Yes the dance hadn't been all that innocent. It wasn't only the dance, but the whole fundraiser that had held an undercurrent of flirt between them.

"Sure, I have some pills. But keep drinking water." He said, moving her legs aside to stand up.

Chiharu's thoughts continued on. She was confused, not able to figure out what exactly was happening between them. Was this just normal behavior from Kakashi between him and his contact student, or was there more to it? If he was like this to his fan girls, it was no wonder he even had fan girls at school. She didn't have the guts to ask any of her friends at school, afraid that this wasn't normal behavior. Nonetheless, she enjoyed it very much.

"Here you go." Kakashi held out a glass of water and a pill to her.

She sat up thanking him, and swallowed the pill, wondering if she should leave soon.

"I feel like a good day of relaxing. Wanna watch a movie?" He asked like he'd read her thoughts.

"Well, I'm not going to do anything active today, so yeah. Why not?" She said, wondering if she was laying on the casual facade too thick.

The day passed in the name of laziness as they sat under their covers and watched movies and played playstation most of the day. Chiharu had borrowed some loose shorts from him to move around less awkwardly. The attraction between grew thick as the hours passed on although none of them was aware of the others attraction. They ordered pizza and candy to the films and the games, and had, well, interesting discussions about conspiracy theories that, from Chiharu's part, turned heated as Kakashi was hard to argue with. He did have some insights to the police and the business world which was information Chiharu swallowed whole which he sensed she understood clearly.

"Anyway, Emi's been calling me all day, so I better get going." Chiharu said, forcing herself to stand up after having disucussed a movie while the end titles rolled the screen.

It was already nine pm, and she already felt like she'd been there too long. She couldn't remember the last time she'd had such a good time with a guy, a hot one at that, and was starting to grow frustrated with her obvious attraction towards him.

"Of course. You wanna borrow the t-shirt?" He asked as she got up.

She hadn't thought about her clothing and almost shuttered at the thought of taking on her dress again.

"Well yeah, at least I can cover up some part of the dress. I'm going to look like a tramp walking through the streets." She sighed and grabbed her dress and walked to the bathroom.

When she was finished and ready, she went to take her heels on, feeling like she'd was leaving a one night stand and was about to walk the walk of shame.

"Thank you for everything." She said, as she put on her heels.

"No problem at all." He said, moving the lean again the wall to living room.

She smiled, suddenly feeling slightly awkward about the goodbye situation. She felt like she'd been doing something bad and secretive, staying with him all day, but pushed the feeling aside to be brave.

"You're welcome to come again another time and watch a movie. The company is appreciated. You're actually interesting to talk to." He said, a smile playing on his gorgeous lips.

She got up and looked at his eyes, momentarily finding herself lost in the different colors as he leaned against the wall with an arm above his head.

"Thank you, I think." She said with a raised eyebrow and smiled playfully at him.

He chuckled and moved away from the wall, taking a step towards her. The odd thing about being at an international high school was that japanese and western norms got mixed up. It wasn't considered a normal thing to give each other a hug of goodbye in Japan, but in America it was. Chiharu had yet to figure out how Kakashi was on that point, but he mostly seemed to be at a physical level of an American.

Deciding to be courageous and present herself as vulnerable, she opened her arms to invite him into a friendly hug, smiling sheepishly at him. He looked at her lazily, almost slightly stunned, but then smiled and closed the gap between them. The hug was more satisfying to them both than what they had expected as they held each other close for a moment, Chiharu reaching around Kakashi's neck.

They parted, Kakashi's confidence helping Chiharu to walk out the door casually, not feel as though she was walking the walk of shame down the hall.

"I'll see you tomorrow." She said, and went out to the empty sunday street.

Her head were spinning with thoughts while she walked down the pavement and out to the Main Street. What the hell was going on? Was she starting to have small crush on her rich math teacher?! She faltered in her steps as a rush ran through her. She'd forgotten to close the page on his laptop with all the articles. Her heart started to race at the thought that he would now that she'd stalked him on the internet. Oh god no. He's going to put me into the fan girl category! She thought, knowing that there was no undoing it now.

As if it couldn't get much worse, she heard a bicycle clock ring in the distance, and she looked up to see Naruto riding a bike down the street, waving at her with a big smile plastered on his face. Her cheeks heated up, as she thought about turning straight to the left and disappearing. But it was too late. They'd already made eye contact. Dammit...

"Hey Chiharu!" He shouted, and tread hard in the pedals to make his way to her.

She sighed inwardly, thinking that the situation was almost humiliating, but put on a smile as Naruto stopped to greet her. He looked slightly confused, eyeing her outfit of high heels, a long dress, an over sized t-shirt and messy hair.

"Hey Naruto." She said, giving him a hug, hoping she wasn't smelling of alcohol.

"What on earth have you been up to?" He asked her, not even trying to hide his surprised expression.

"I was just on my way-" She said but was interrupted by Naruto.

"Hey that's Kakashi-sensei's t-shirt!" He bursted out.

Chiharu closed her eyes briefly to calm herself, thinking of a good excuse to fire off but came up with nothing as Naruto continued:

"Chiharu-chan, have you been with Kakashi-sensei?" He asked bluntly and secretively.

There was the walk of shame she'd been dreading, and again, the assumptions.

"No! Of course I haven't I just-" she dragged him to the side of the pavement to make the conversation less loud.

"I just crashed at his place because. Well it's a long story, but please don't tell anyone. People'll just start to gossip!" She said.

"Did you go to a party with him or something?" Naruto asked, starting to be nosy.

"Yeah sort of. But it doesn't matter! Please don't tell anyone." She begged.

"I wont... For a price." He said, smiling mischievously at her while rubbing his hands together.

She shot him a death glare, staring at him until he pouted sullenly and crossed his arms.

"Alright alright. Jeez, you have no sense of humor." He said.

"Good. I'll explain it to you another time. I just need to get home now." She said, flashing him a reassuring smile.

"Okay. I'll see you tomorrow." He said.

They went their separate ways and Chiharu listed inside her home, hoping to avoid a conflict with Emi, but with no such luck. She told Emi what had happened, leaving out Kakashi of course, while Emi was constantly apologizing like always. It wasn't much of a deal, and Chihari went to bed, knowing that Emi hadn't dropped the Kakashi subject yet, and feared she was going to hear about him from Emi in the future. Chiharu breathed in the scent of Kakashi's t-shirt as she lay in her bed, feeling a butterfly flutter everytime the memory of his scent hit her. She was going towards dangerous grounds...

Finally done with this chapter! Again sorry for the slow update! All followers are very much appreciated.

Songs to the lyrics in this chapter:

JoJo - Weak
Adele - Million dollar man