It was late at night and Kakashi was crashing over at your place.
After the Pein attack, almost everything was destroyed.
Half of your furniture you donated to the camps so the elderly and pregnant could have some comfort at least.
Here you were tucked in your little Cottage that you kept a little outside the village.
You kept it as a backup or a holiday home, but never thought the day would come where you would actually have to use it.
It was a pretty chilly night.
Sakura, Naruto, Sai and Yamato were in the living room fast asleep.
Kakashi was with you, snuggled close to you on your small, old, ratty mattress which you always kept as a backup.
You gave away your double bed since it would go to better use than if you used it here.
This ratty mattress you were now on, was enough to keep you and Kakashi comfortable, although it was a little bit of an awkward squeeze to be on the bed.
You sighed deeply as you tucked Kakashi’s sleeping form in, more with the thin blanket.
You gave the duvet to the rest of team Kakashi to use for the night.
They got the couch so it was only fair that they got some sort of nice comfort.
Imagine having to sleep on a hard couch, and on top of that be cold with only a thin blankie to protect you from the cold… after you just saved your entire village.
Not nice…
You sighed deeply as Kakashi shifted in his sleep and wrapped his arms around you.
As Kakashi’s best friend, you didn’t really mind.
You knew what happened between Kakashi and his dad…
After much hesitation Kakashi told you.
He couldn’t keep everything in, if he bottled up any more emotion he would break.
In his usual monotone drawl he told you everything.
He may have seemed fine when he spoke, but you knew..
He was feeling the whole situation at one hundred percent emotion.
Dying and meeting his dad in the afterlife really took a toll on him.
He stayed his usual self… but you could see in his visible eye, that he felt lighter… but also he looked like he wanted to cry.
You had never seen Kakashi cry, and you don’t think you ever will.
Kakashi is just that type of guy.
You wrapped your arms around Kakashi in a gentle hug and nestled your face in his chest.
He let out a noise that’s something of a satisfied groan, but more like a purr from a happy kitty then nuzzled his face into your hair atop your head.
“Thank you”
He whispered.
You made a questioning noise and he pulled his face away from your head.
You looked up into his open eye.
“For everything…”
You swallowed thickly overcome with emotion, to keep yourself from crying you nodded and buried your face into his chest again and stroked his back.
You never really thought Kakashi cared much about you… or well anything… but here he was…
He acknowledged that you care for him, that you are there to listen to him… that you love him.
Well, you hope he realised that you do…
Kakashi nuzzles his face into your hair again and you both drift off to sleep awaiting tomorrow to rebuild the village you call home…
Konoha