[i]Too important…[/i] The words rang through Airi’s head as Kakashi’s breathing evened out and he gave off that final clue he was deeply asleep. Did… did he really just say that? A small sigh left her as she leaned slightly onto the bed continuing the play with his hair. [i]Important? How important could someone be to someone else if they are willing to risk more injury?[/i] Her head tilted to one side, the wheels turning in her head as her own mind began to drift. It had been a long day after all…


[u]~The next morning~[/u]

As Kakashi began to wake, the bed stirred a little and a light weight suddenly dropped on his chest, a grip to his shirt… an arm. The weight shifted on the bed as a body slid up against Kakashi’s and a small happy sigh rang lighting into his ear as a head of blonde moved to rest on his chest.

It was Airi.

As Airi began to drift off in her own mind when she was by his bedside, she found herself falling sleep; doubling over onto the bed and falling asleep while sitting. At some point in the middle of the night the blonde woke up. [i]Ugh… so sore… need to lay down…[/i] Bending at her waist did a number on her ribs and she took to the nearest bed she could find to lay down… Kakashi’s bed, with him in it! 

The blonde had slowly and carefully crawled over his sleeping body to take the spot near the window. She soon sank into the bed and feel sleep before finding herself cuddling up to Kakashi in the morning.

Airi gripped onto his shirt as her small voice began to speak, “Mmmm… so happy…” Her voice muttered against his chest as she unconsciously buried her face into his chest listening to the sound of his heartbeat. “K--kakashi…”