Kakashi couldn’t help the small smile that graced his features as his students settled in for the night. The fact they felt comfortable to fall asleep shortly after laying down told him he made the right choice in offering to let them stay the night. He could hear Sakura also settling in; she had chosen the spare room down the hall, opting not to venture too far from the team. He sat there musing about them when Airi wondered over and surprised him with her offer, though he realized quickly that he shouldn’t have.

“You are too kind, offering to lug me up stairs after dragging me back” he joked softly as he accepted her offer. He wouldn’t have minded sleeping on the couch, but he wasn’t going to turn down the offer to sleep in his own bed, nor the chance to spend some more time with his closest friend.

The short trek to Kakashi’s room would inadvertently emphasize the Spartan nature of his furnishings. There was no paintings hung up, nor were there any tables with knickknacks or shelves of books to be seen anywhere in the house. It was also spotlessly clean. It had an almost unlived in quality to it, despite the fact that Kakashi had been living here since he was thirteen. 

His room was different; it held a few things to prove that someone did in fact live here, a small book shelf that surprisingly had more on it than just the icha icha series, a desk that held a small assortment of tools and brushes on it, along with a sheathed dagger in an odd cylinder shaped sheathe, and a nightstand next to the bed that held what seemed to be the only picture in the entire house.

 It was a team picture; in the back with a sheepish smile was a man instantly recognizable as the fourth Hokage. He was leaning forward slightly resting his hands on the two of the young kid’s heads that were in front of him. Kakashi was one of them, though he was nearly unrecognizable if not for his silver hair and face mask as he stood rigidly, a near scowl on his face. The boy next to him was much more relaxed an easy smile and goggles on his face with short spikey black hair. The last person in the photo was a young girl; she had shoulder length brown hair and a laughing grin on her face as she held up two peace signs to the camera. 

Kakashi shuffled in to the room quietly, breathing an audible sigh of contentment at seeing his bed. He removed his headband tossed it lightly on to the desk, before moving to sit on the surprisingly large bed that was pushed up against the wall under the window. “Thank you” he said honestly one he was seated on the edge of the bed “There is a room just across the hall if you are feeling exhausted, or you can pull up the seat if you want to talk a bit.” He offered knowing from personal experience that some encounters make it hard to sleep despite the exhaustion that cause and kidnapping tended to be one of them. Besides he could put off sleep for a bit longer if needed, he had done so before for less important reasons.