From Kill To Kiss (Kakashi x OC)

Twenty

"What is it?" Yumika asked.

Naruto squinted his eyes at her. "Did ya see his face?"

"Who's face?" she started, but then understood. "Ah, you mean Kakashi?"

"Yeah! We wanna know how it looks!" Sakura added.

"Last time, he pulled down his mask and there was another one underneath," Sasuke grumbled.

"Why are you asking me?" Yumika didn't fully comprehend their request.

"Cause you said he was sleeping in," Naruto said. "so if we go to his house now, we have a good chance of seeing him without his mask!"

"C'mon!" Sakura batted her eyelashes. "Whatd'ya say, Yumi Sensei?"

"Alright. Fine." she held her hand to her forehead, heaving a sigh. "Let's go."

"Aw! You're the best!" Naruto and Sakura both high-fived her, making her laugh. Sasuke gave a quick smirk, as he followed them to Kakashi's house.

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Kakashi was still snoozing away when they arrived. He snored quietly, as he softly rubbed the tip of his nose in his sleep. Yumika held her finger to her lips, as she ever so gently opened the door. Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke all tiptoed into the room. Suddenly, Kakashi's hand slid onto his face, replicating his mask.

"Dammit!" Naruto hissed. "Sakura, could'ya move his hand? I can't see his face!"

"How the heck am I supposed to do that?!" she whispered back.

"Okay, fine, I'll do it.."

Sasuke glared at him, "Do it fast so he doesn't wake up!"

Naruto threw Kakashi's hand off, then stumbled backward straight into Sakura, who bumped into Sasuke, who crashed into Yumika, who backed up into the wall. The crash caused him to wake up.

Kakashi fixing his blurry vision against the four. He frowned, his eyes hardly open.

"Y-Yumi?" he exclaimed drowsily, "What are they doing here?"

"N-nothing!" Sakura squealed, as she scrambled behind Yumika. Naruto and Sasuke stood behind her as well.

Yumika gave a smile, "Oh, nothing.. they were just leaving."

"..whatever." he grumbled, burying his face back into his pillow.

The four headed to the living room, where Yumika offered to cook them some dinner before they left. Sakura set the table voluntarily, and the four began to eat. Naruto was the first to finish. He pushed his bowl in front of Yumika, who filled it up to the top again.

"I saw it for two seconds.." Naruto shrugged.

"I couldn't see because somebody chickened out and pushed us," Sasuke roughly said.

"Yeah, idiot!" Sakura turned on the blond as well, eyeing Sasuke several times for his approval.

Yumika didn't respond, only stare at her bowl with her chin rested in her palm. She was reminded of this morning when she and Kakashi locked gazes. She had this feeling in her chest that she wanted to feel again.

"Whatcha thinking about?" Naruto interrupted her train of thought.

"Kakashi." Sasuke coughed.

Yumika frowned at the two boys, "Don't be ridiculous!"

Sakura giggled, "I can't wait until we fall in love, Sasuke~"

"Hn." the Uchiha averted his gaze. "I can't ever picture that happening."

"Well, you never know." now Yumika smirked, making Sakura blush with excitement.

Naruto pouted with a frown, "But I like Sakura, ya know.."

Yumika patted his back, "Well, a little birdie told me that a certain Uzumaki boy has a secret admirer~" She winked at Sakura, both obviously thinking about Hinata.

"What?!" Naruto's eyes widened, "There's another Uzumaki out there besides me?!"

Everybody face palmed.

"Do ya think we could be long lost--!"

"You're such an idiot!" Sasuke groaned as the two girls laughed at Naruto's innocence.

When they finished, Sakura also asked to do the dishes, to pay back for the meal. Yumika didn't really want to let her since she was the guest, but Sakura was so eager that Yumika let it pass. While Sakura was in the kitchen, Yumika steered the two boys out towards the living room.

"I have a favor to ask you boys," she whispered. "It's about Sakura's training session."

"What is it?" Naruto leaned closely, pulling Sasuke's head closer too.

Yumika paused for a moment. "I was thinking about assigning a small assessment for her. Just to see how effective my tutoring was."

"Tutoring? More like torturing.." Naruto muttered.

"What's it have to do with us?" Sasuke demanded.

"I say we pull a small prank on her."

"Yer looking at the prank master!" Naruto yelled as Sasuke punched him. "Shut up, dobe, and listen."

Yumika carefully whispered the entire plan for Sakura's little 'test', and finished just as Sakura herself walked back into the living room.

"What's going on?" she asked.

"Oh, n..nothing!" Naruto gave her a toothy grin. "I think we should be going now, Yumika Sensei! See ya later!"

"Bye!" Yumika called out, waving.

Naruto and Sasuke both turned back and gave her a secretive wink, the three of them thinking about their plan. She looked up, finding herself face-to-face with a mask-less Kakashi.

"Did you save me some dinner?" he inquired.

She nodded, looking down, "W-why wouldn't I?"

"Just checking..." he mumbled, as he made his way towards the kitchen. "Oh, by the way, I appreciate you looking after the students while I was gone."

"It was nothing, really."

"I hope they didn't give you much of a pain, especially Naruto.."

Yumika gave a small laugh. "Funny. I actually got along with him today."

He smiled back at her before heading to the kitchen. And once again, that fluttery feeling in her chest was back.

And this time she enjoyed it.

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A/N: my babs cries <3

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