Battle Scars

Night of Horror

The pouring rain and thunder outside was soothing.  Sarah was certain she was going to sleep good and hard tonight.  Perhaps even deeper knowing he was going to be about.  She was more than safe with him around.  He was watching the show with an intensity that she had never seen anyone do in her life.  It was as if he was taking down notes of everything, looking for discrepancies.   How strange would that be to see ones life in cartoon form?  She shifted her eyes away from him and back down to the book.

Her face was a little warm as she read the book.  They knew it was erotica but this... damn, Jiraiya was masterful in his writing.  It would be almost impossible to not be hot and bothered while reading the book.  The story line was solid as well.  What an amazing writer he had been.  She was carefully keeping her face passive.  She was not about to let him think for a second he was right and that it would be embarrassing her to read the book.  She had been reading smut for years in FanFiction and Romance that she had gotten good at hiding the palpitations of her heart and body.

Kakashi slipped another glance over at Sarah where she was curled up on the couch.  She had wrapped herself in a blanket, one that had his image on it.  She really took obsession to a whole other level.  Her face had remained passive as she red but whether she knew it or not, her face had steadily started getting redder and redder the longer she read.  She was also biting her lip every so often.  She probably didn't even know she was doing that.

He was still stunned as he watched the show.  The scenes which he had been a part of had been dead accurate.  Granted some of the features had been exaggerated, most likely showing what was going on inside the individuals, but the events themselves were identical.  If what she said was true, she did know his entire life which was... mind blowing.  There were things he never told anyone and only a few people knew about many others.

He stopped the program before it keyed up the next episode and turned towards her.  She glanced over at him with a questioning look on her face.  "This is all accurate...  You said you saw my whole life..."

"There is a complete Arc about you.  It shows you when you were a little kid, in the ANBU... all of that."

"Can you bring that up for me?" he asked.

Sarah set the book down and tossed the blanket off.  She came over to where he was sitting and took the remote from him.  She backed out of the program and then went to a different streaming service.  She found Shippuden and went to the start of the story arc before hitting play and handing the controller back to him.  He grabbed her wrist, noting she didn't flinch that time, and paused the intro.

"Thank you for bringing me home with you like I asked.  That was taking a rather large step of faith in trust," he said softly.

Sarah smiled slightly, "My friends wanted to kill me but I'm glad I did.  I'm still just... blown away that you are really here."

His thumb stroked the underside of her wrist momentarily distracting her.  "What do you think of the book so far?"

She could feel her face warm a little, "It's very good.  Jiraiya was a master at writing.  Not only is the story line flawless but the intimate scenes are... oh my word...  He really did his research."

Kakashi couldn't help but grin at that confession.  He continued to rub his thumb upon the soft flesh on the underside of her wrist.  "So you like it." Her face got redder and he almost laughed. "Good, I'm glad you do."

Sarah was getting goosebumps the way he was absently stroking her wrist.  He finally released his hold on her and she retreated back to the couch.  She wrapped the blanket back around herself as he started the show again.  She rubbed the spot on her wrist and cast a covert glance in his direction.  That was a rather strange thing for him to do.  She forced herself to pick the book back up to continue reading.  It was a short book and by the time he finished the story arc, she was setting the book down.