[color=yellow]Naruto jumped slightly when he heard Airi from behind him but quickly moved to help when she tossed him the key to her house. The smile that slid on to his face as he opened the door was a soft one that very few in the village had ever seen, as it was not lost on the young ninja how willing Airi was in trusting him. It reminded him a lot of Teuchi and Ayame.

Without being prompted Naruto assisted with putting the recently gotten goods away “Oh I was wondering if you could answer somethings for me and the snacks were awesome” he replied with his normal enthusiastic grin as he placed the eggs next to her so she could put them away.

“I was wondering if you knew why Kakashi-sensei is always down” The genin asked without any preamble as he kept putting things away “It’s only when you’ve been around that he feels normal, all the other times he sounds the same but it’s like something heavy is pushing down on him” he explained as best he could, but it was tricky to put in to words. “I was also wondering if I could borrow part of your garden so I could grow some herbs, everyone is telling me I need to eat better so I figured I could stare with smaller green things first.” He continued on not realizing just how bizarre it was that he was able to get a read on Kakashi at all.[/color]

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Kakashi just nodded as he stepped inside the house and followed her in to the front room. He quietly inspected the various art pieces that were scattered here and there, and was rather impressed. He wasn’t much for the art it’s self but could easily tell the skill involved in each of the pieces. Some of the newer ones, if the smell was anything to go by, reminded him of Suna and he wondered if they explained the sandy scent that was lurking in the background.

He pulled his attention back to Ana as she started to explain why Airi had agreed to the marriage, he muttering not going unnoticed by the skilled ninja. Afterwards Kakashi sat there with a look of confusion on his face as tried to fit everything together. He understood all the individual parts that were being told to him, the parent’s weird requirement, the desire to help family, the frankly terrible luck of who. It was just when it was all put together it didn’t make as much sense to the silver haired man.

“That does answer my question, thank you.” He said after a moment of processing what was told to him “I have another question, if you don’t mind, and I apologize if this comes off as rude but why not go out and date people despite your parents?”  It was the only other question that he couldn’t wrap his head around. Maybe it was to do with having parents? Or maybe it was a civilian thing, Kakashi was honestly not sure. Raised in a ninja house hold and then orphaned at a young age due to suicide and bad luck meant that he was unaware about how the ‘normal’ world worked.