Even through his masked face, she would see some of the unstated emotions crossing his face. The thought of Obito and everything he had gone through washed over him and she read it like a book. Her face dropped in response, feeling pain for her friend’s sadness; but as quickly as the situation came, it ended as they both were back to smiles. Especially when he poked her in the nose and called her ‘miss reckless’; her face scrunched up resembling that of a rabbit as her head jerked back. “Reckless, me? Never…” She said dragging out the word and uncrossing her arms to wave a hand in ‘argument’ before straightening her fussed with hair.

“Someone teasing you? You, of all people Kakashi –chan, no way.” She said with a playful eye roll before giving him a small nudge with her hand once again. It was hard to believe they hadn’t seen each other in so long and yet, here they were chatting, laughing, joking and picking on each other like they had done in the past. It was just like old times and they had fallen back into their same routine, something she was happy about! Compared to other people, they were like two peas in a pod and never had a moment where they did not enjoy giving each other a hard time about something.

“I can handle teasing, the question is can you. Much less from your own students who you will see every day.” A giggle left her as she turned and started towards the exit. “Handle it or not you’ll just have to deal with it because I’m coming today.” Looking over her shoulder with a bright smile she added, “I expect to see you in tip-top shape Kakashi-chan, Don’t get lazy on me. Oh and don’t worry, I’ll bring something that will help dodge the teasing and maybe motivate them a bit more.” With that she shot him a wink and left the room.

About an hour later the blonde walked patiently through the forest around the hidden leaf village. “Now… if I was Kakashi, where would I be hiding…” In a small voice, she spoke to herself, tucking a strand of blonde hair behind her ear as she walked. Stopping in mid-step a thought came to her mind and her head turned. She knew exactly where they were.

Sure enough, the blonde arrived to the training ground of Kakashi’s squad who seemed rather surprise to find a girl in a sundress emerging from beyond the trees carrying a basket that smelled delicious. “Hello.” She said brightly.

[@Nikki Moonlight]