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Stupid Kakashi. What have you gotten yourself into now?! you thought as you dashed madly down the road with Asuma Sarutobi.

The shinobi had interrupted your nighttime tea, frantically flailing his arms and rambling about Kakashi's potential endangerment to the public.

Fuck. I hope he's not spiraling again. Last time the casualties were... you shook your head, attempting to erase your thoughts. That's in the past... just focus on getting to him.

You continued down the dirt road, side by side with your childhood friend and fellow ninja, as you found yourself standing in front of Konoha's famous sake bar. The bells jingled violently as you threw the door open, and roaring cheers immediately drowned out even the loudest of sounds.

Ugh. It's still happy hour. You thought as you shoved your way through the crowds.

"(Y/N) I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE!" 

"Guy," you began, "where's Kakashi?"

He scratched the back of his neck sheepishly as he stepped aside, revealing a tipsy Kakashi sprawled out on the bar table.

You poked the side of his head cautiously, but flinched when he flung his arm at you wildly, almost falling off of the stool.

"Five more minutes." He said before falling back asleep.

You put your hands on your hips and looked accusingly at Guy.

"What happened?!"

"Well..."

"Guy thought that it would be a good idea to challenge Kakashi to a one minute drinking game, but little did they both know that the famous 'Kakashi of the Sharingan' is a total lightweight. " Asuma said, taking the words right out of Guy's mouth.

You glanced at the tower of empty shot glasses before facepalming... hard.

"So basically, you're saying that he's drunk."

"Precisely." Asuma replied, crossing his arms.

The vein on your forehead got increasingly larger as you exclaimed, "That's all? THAT WAS THE 'POTENTIAL DANGER TO THE PUBLIC'?! Do you have any idea how worried I was?!"

"That's all right, (Y/N)!" Guy began, "You came to witness my victory! I am now only 83 challenges away from beating Kakashi!" He finished, striking his nice guy pose.

You sweatdropped and proceeded to walk out of the bar when a sudden voice caught your attention.

"Well, hello there pretty lady."

You turned around to face a tipsy Kakashi, who was trying extremely hard to look composed under his intoxicated exterior.

"Can I buy you a drink?"

You looked at him, desperately trying to hold in your laughter, as you replied, "I would, but I think you've had too much to drink already-"

"Me? Oh, no. My tolerance for alcohol is great. Don't you worry about it babe!" Kakashi replied, once again almost falling out of his seat.

"-and I have a boyfriend." You say, smirking.

Kakashi slumps down in his seat. "Of course you do... Who's the lucky guy?"

"I... I think you know him."

From his position, he turned his head and stared straight into your eyes, giving an intensity you were all too familiar with. You blushed slightly, but was ultimately bemused when he suddenly burst into tears.

"What the everliving-?!"

"K-kashi? Are you alri-"

"Why?!" Kakashi interrupted, "Why does everything I love get taken from me?! I just want one thing to go my way. Just one!" cried Kakashi.

He staggered forward and began tipping over, unable to catch himself due to his drunken state. He fell off from the bar stool and landed flat on his face.

"OH NO KAKASHI ARE YOU ALRIGHT? YOUR YOUTHFULNESS IS FADING!"

The three shinobi peered curiously at their comrade, who was now breathing softly and evenly on the ground.

"Kakashi, get up you look ridiculous." You said, poking his side with your foot. "Kashi?"

"Oh god. Kill me now." Asuma said, rolling his eyes. He lifted Kakashi's head up by his hair before stating, "Yep. He definitely fell asleep."

"Well," you began, "we should probably get him back to his place before he makes a bigger fool of himself." You concluded, grabbing one of your boyfriend's arms.

Asuma followed suit and soon, the three companions were dragging their intoxicated friend out of the bar, trying their best to not make a scene.

God. This is going to be a long walk. You thought, blowing a stray strand of hair out of your face.

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The next day, Kakashi woke up to a painful, throbbing headache.

Ugh. What happened last night? He thought as he began to slowly sit up.

He winced in pain as he brought his attention to the window, which was shining brightly in all its glory from the early morning sun.

He cursed under his breath as he threw on his robe and shuffled dizzily out of his room.

"Morning sleeping ugly." said Asuma, who was stretched out on the couch.

Kakashi groaned and blinked in confusion, his eyes still blurry from the vibrant light attack.

"KAKASHI YOUR YOUTHFULNESS HAS RETURNED!" shouted Guy, striking his nice guy pose while sitting on the dining room table.

Kakashi cringed at the volume of his voice, bringing two fingers to his temple to calm his throbbing headache.

"Asuma? Guy? What are you doing here?" Kakashi asked, rubbing his head.

"They're making sure that you don't run out of the house again." Said a voice behind him.

Kakashi spun around and slightly lost his balance, causing him to fall into the arms of the (H/C) haired kunoichi grinning at him.

"Wow, you almost fell for me a third time." You said jokingly.

"(Y-Y/N)? What happened last night?" Kakashi asked, still trying to recover from his wooziness.

"You seriously don't remember?" You questioned with your head tilted to the side.

"N-no... I didn't do anything bad did I?"

"Well, if you consider streaking around the neighborhood in your underwear bad, then yes, you were very bad." Asuma said attempting to suppress a low chuckle.

"WHAT?!" Kakashi said as he pulled the top of his robe aside. "How the hell..." he murmured when realized that he was indeed in his underwear.

"Ok, start from the beginning, please."

"Well, after you cried and fell flat on your face-"

"What now?"

"-we decided to take you home."

"You mean I decided to take him home." You directed at Asuma, "Had I not been there, you probably would have let him drink the entire bar." You finished, narrowing your eyes at Guy.

"Hey! It was a friendly competition! I didn't know that Kakashi was such a lightweight." Guy retaliated, crossing his arms and pouting. "The power of youth was not with him last night."

Kakashi rolled his eyes before saying, "Continue."

"Anyway, on the way back here, you were being fucking annoying."

"How so?"

"Like you kept flirting with (Y/N)."

"I mean she's my girlfriend. I don't really see a problem with that."

"Well neither did we until you broke down crying, again, when she said she had a boyfriend."

"Oh god."

"You did that four times before we got back. Even after (Y/N) said that you were her boyfriend, you kept crying out of happiness." Guy added, letting out a loud sigh.

Kakashi grinned sheepishly at you as you made your way over to the kitchen.

"But that's not even the best part." Asuma said mischievously. "(Y/N), care to continue?"

You rolled your eyes at him as you leaned against one of the kitchen walls. "So, when we finally got here, I led you to the bedroom to get you out of your clothes-"

But you were interrupted when Asuma let out a small, mischievous giggle.

You paused before aggressively chucking a nearby pillow at the Sarutobi, who grunted as it hit him squarely in the face.

"Anyway, as I was saying, I tried to get you out of your training clothes and into your sleepwear, when you suddenly started freaking out. Your pants were already half off when you began rambling about how you had a girlfriend-"

"GOOD JOB MY FRIEND! DRUNK KAKASHI IS STILL LOYAL KAKA-"

"-and about how she was prettier than me."

Guy's face fell as Asuma said, "Spoke too soon."

"Then, you literally just ran out of the house like a retard in your underwear. Guy had to use his taijutsu to knock you out since you kept trying to stab Asuma with a kunai."

Kakashi rubbed the lump on back of his head as Guy said, "I apologize for destroying a your youthfulness, Kakashi, but there were still children around and-"

"Say no more." Kakashi began while rubbing his temple through half-lidded eyes, "God, I'm never drinking again."

The two shinobi chuckled at his statement as you gave him a knowing look.

"Anyway," you began, "I made breakfast for you guys. You deserve it after that... disastrous night. I also figured that Kakashi would be hungry. A hangover isn't exactly pretty."

As if on queue, Guy's stomach rumbled as he dashed into the kitchen and brought out a tray of rice, miso soup, grilled fish, and nori, inhaling its delicious scent with his mouth watering.

Kakashi shuffled up to you and kissed you on the forehead.

"Thank you love."

"Not bad for some random girl you met at the bar, huh?"

Kakashi blushed and scratched the back of his neck nervously as you kissed him on the cheek and walk into the kitchen.

"Lucky you Kash," Asuma muttered while slowly getting up from the couch, "I don't know if any other girl would be as chill as she is."

"I know. I got real lucky."

"Damn... If you didn't tap that I-"

He paused, feeling the heat of Kakashi's glare at the side of his head.

"-would have encouraged you to!"

"Nice save."

Asuma backed away sheepishly and hid behind Guy, who was too busy chowing down his breakfast to notice.

The Sarutobi continued to hide there until he noticed Kakashi shift his attention from him to his beloved girlfriend.

Seriously though. Kakashi thought, how did I get so lucky?

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