"Wake up, my daughter..."

You just stirred a bit before continues your sleep as you snuggles more to the warmth beside you. You clutch on his clothes tightly not wanting to let it go any minute now.

He just chuckles and smiled at you before gently shook you again. "Come on up, (y/n)... Or you will never get your breakfast..." He said as he kiss your forehead softly.

"It's not even school..." You said as you continue to snuggles into his broad chest again.

He sighed and smile, "Fine, just 5 minutes, my daughter...no more than that. Besides, don't tell me that you forgot about your friends being here..." He said while brushing your hair playfully.

"Mmm...5 minutes..." You groaned before went back to sleep.

He chuckled while shaking his head before went out of the room, letting you sleep for some more to check up on the boys. He looked at you room and door is still closed, no sounds can be heard from either. "Maybe Itachi is still asleep too..." He said and twisted the doorknob, it's not locked. He opened the door to see Itachi is still sleeping soundly on the bed, your father smiled before closing the door carefully, don't want to wake the Uchiha up then he went downstairs to check on the other two. The door is still closed too, he advance towards there and opened the door revealing sleeping Deidara who is now upside down while his foot is at Sasori's face and Sasori is still sleeping soundly beside him on the bed. Your father closed the door back and let out a sigh before he looked at the clock, 5am. "Maybe it's too early...they stayed up until 1 last night while I already slept during that time before I woke up to to the bathroom..." He sighed again. He then went back to his room to brush his teeth and wash his face before he took some jersey and a pair of tracksuit and wear them.

"(y/n)..." He called softly while stroking your hair lovingly while he sat on the edge of the bed, already in his sport outfit. "Hey...I'm going out to have a jog...do you want anything on the way?" He asked, still with his soft voice so that he will not startle you.

"Hhhmmm..." You just hummed in response before switching into a more comfortable position and continue to sleep.

"Hhmm... it's no use, huh?" He said and get up. He fixed the blanket that you tugged on so that it will cover your body perfectly. He kissed your forehead and exit the room to continue with his day off morning routine. He will jog for about 5km and usually buy something that you requested in the morning but today... you're just extra tired.

***

You stirred and slowly opened your eyes, that's such a good sleep you get. You looked at the alarm clock near the table lamp, 10am... "No wonder I feel so fresh right now..." You quickly get up make the bed, open the curtain and the window before step into the bathroom. You splash some water on your face and wipe the water away with your clothes then you repair your hair and went out of your father's room. You went to the kitchen and see him cooking something there. You dragged your feet towards him and looked at what he is cooking.

"It seems that you're finally up, sleeping beauty..." He said as he have a quick taste at his cooking.

"Hehehe...I was so tired...sorry for not waking up when you woke me earlier, Oto-san..." You said to him while leaning at the counter beside him.

"It was nothing, (y/n)...now, you go and take a shower and have some breakfast. I already made it for you and the boys just now."

Then, you remembered about the others, are they up yet? You didn't see any of them when you're out of the room just now. "Where are the others, To-san? Are they still asleep?"

As you asked this, you heard a click from the guest room and you saw Sasori and messy Deidara came out from the room. Deidara's hair was down but...a little bit frizzy from his sleep. Not long after that, another guy came from upstairs, already done with his shower with his raven hair still wet and was let down his shoulder with his towel still hanging on his shoulder.

"Looks like your question is now answered..." You father said as he ruffles your hair.

"Morning, sensei... morning, Hatake." Itachi said while looking at what his Sensei is cooking.

"Morning, Uchiha-kun..." You said then turned towards your father again, "Oto-san, can I use your bathroom to take a shower?" You said as you remembered that Itachi was using your room last night, you don't want to disturb him about it or making him feel uncomfortable.

Your father understand this, "Sure. You can grab some clean clothes from the laundry room." He said while frying some artichokes in the pan.

"Okay, thanks, To-san." You said as you made your way to the laundry room, passed the Uchiha as you present him a sweet smile which he blushed before returning a nervous one for you.

"Do you need some help, Kakashi-sensei?" Itachi asked, ready to help with the cooking.

"Why don't you grab the breakfast first, Itachi? Sasori and Deidara too, you guys can take a shower afterwards."

"Thanks, Sensei." Itachi said and went towards the table with Sasori while Deidara excuses himself to take a shower first as he need to take turns with Sasori later.

Not long after that, you join the table and Deidara too do the same as it's now Sasori's turn to use the bathroom. You looked at Itachi who was staring at you for some time now. "How was your night, Uchiha-kun? I'm sorry for leaving my room in that state..." You said as you chuckled, remembering on how mess your room was after your study session last night.

"It's nothing. I enjoyed being with you guys a lot." Itachi replied before he get up and clean his dirty plate at the sink.

"Hey, (y/n). Are you ready for final exam?" The blonde beside you asked.

"I don't know but somehow... you're making me scared."

"I know right. What if we fail and we stuck at the first year for another year?! I don't want that to happen...I want to pass high school like anyone else too..." He whined while looking at his waffles.

"Don't remind me about that, please...but, I'm sure we can pass this exam. I mean...look at the bright side, in previous quizzes, the three of us got some sort of good scores as well...we just need to study a little bit harder and we can manage it! I know we can!" You said with determination filled your eyes.

Your father chuckled silently while cooking lunch behind you before he glanced at Itachi who is helping him with washing the meat. "Thank you, Itachi. For everything you did for (y/n)..." He said, half whispering to the Uchiha.

Itachi was puzzled with this sudden appreciation. What did he do? He didn't do anything, just being friends with his daughter which is actually... she's the one who struggle real hard to adopt him into her friend list.

"You know, I'm kinda busy eventhough I'm just a sensei but (y/n)... she's just an understanding kid...she never asked for my help eventhough she can because she doesn't want to disturb me with my job... that's why she's a bit slow but I never blame her for it... thank you for helping her, Itachi. I know that I'm a bit harsh on you before because of your last name... but I realized that you're a good boy, a perfect friend for (y/n)." He continued with his teachers-like speech.

Itachi smiled softly at this, "It's nothing, sensei. She's the one who is nice to me...too nice actually..." He said then, he remembered about your father's words about his last name...

"Yeah, she is just too nice...I'm glad that no one take her nice a soft gestures as a weakness and uses her...maybe it's because of the fact that she's my daughter..."

Itachi remains silent, not sure whether to ask about this or not... "Sensei?"

"Yes?"

Itachi suddenly felt that it might not be a good idea to ask about this. He remembered that you said that it was personal issue so...maybe he shouldn't trespass that line.

Your father just smile at this, he knew that it must be about what he accidentally said about his last name just now... "It has nothing to do with you, Itachi. It's just my past with my Uchiha friend... that's all, it has nothing to do with you."

Itachi kept silent after hearing that, he now understands why Kakashi don't want you to be so close with before. He doesn't want the same thing happens to you too. But still...what if he will do it to you? Break your feelings...

"Uchiha-kun!"

Your finally called him back to earth, he was zoning out for some time just now. He turned to you, "I'm sorry...what did you just say?"

You sighed. "I said that Deidara, Sasori and I want you to keep studying with us even after the exam too. And...we can spend our holiday after exam together!" You said with a smile at him.

Your father smiled, "That's sounds just nice. You guys can enjoy your holiday with some productive activities while strengthening your friendships." He said as he patted Itachi on his shoulder.

"Hn, that's a good idea. I hope we can be in the same class as well for the second year..." He frown a bit. He knew that his levels is a bit...well, his grades is the best while your's is just average but he knows that you will catch up soon, real soon.

Your father just laughed at this, "Of course you will be in the same class with me as your homeroom teacher again. It will stay until you guys graduate."

You just smiled at him with your eyes closed as you already knew about this from your father beforehand. Who knows that he really looked forward for being in the same class as you next year, he is really hard to predict for sure.

After that, all of you eat lunch together before the guys leave back to their home. You went back to your room and it was neat and spotless, as expected from Uchiha Itachi. You lie down on your bed with your face planted in the pillow... somehow, it has some manly smell, a musk but still a sweet scent...this is where Itachi sleeps last night...you snapped your eyes open and quickly jump away from the bed as you realised about that obvious fact. You blushed, your face is now red as a ripe tomato. This is embarrassing!

Suddenly, you heard a knock from the door, it's your father. You quickly sat on your chair, grabbed your nintendo and pretending that you're gaming right at the moment.

"(y/n)...can I come in?" You heard him calling from the outside.

"Sure..." You said, already playing your favorite survival game, Resident Evil 4. Your focus is now on the game but your mind is still on the Uchiha who used your room, your bed, pillow, sheet, blanket and even your bathroom... intense blush is now again making your face as you are wearing make up right now.

You heard a click and you startled, making you Leon which is your character died by those cult zombies. You grunted at this.

"You're busy?" Your father asked as he sat on the bed.

"Nope...I'm dead." You said while showing your nintendo switch screen which has some 'YOU ARE DEAD' at him.

He chuckled and muttered a 'sorry' for you. "You have some other plan for tomorrow, (y/n)?"

"Not really...maybe study and game and more study, I guess..."

"I see...you work too hard, my daughter..." He said and get up, moving closer to you and look at your game. "But I'm glad that you're not stressed, say, wanna beat me in a game, (y/n)?" He asked after looking at how skilled you're clicking at that nintendo.

You turned at him with full of excitement in your eyes, "Fine with me...but if you lose... you're gonna iron my school uniform for the week!" You said, challenging him in duel.

"Hhmm... interesting... that's mean, if I win, you're the one who's gonna be in charge for my clothes for the week too, right?" He grinned as he's not that worthy to be called as a noob in game as well. He bought that PS4 for you so that you will have something to play and spend your time on when he's not home, of course sometimes he will play with you as well.

"I want it to be a fair game so... I'll let To-san choose the game. Tekken V, Ultimate Ninja Storm 4, FIFA20, Rocket League...you pick it." You said, challenging him.

"Wow...look at your confidence level, (y/n)...I guess it's time for me being a ninja..." He said as he get up. He went out if the room, heading to the living room where the game is.

You quickly follow behind him and grabbed your favourite black controller while he take the white one. "You ready, little girl?" He asked with that smirked on his face.

"Anytime, old man..."

***

"Morning..." Itachi greeted you while his eyebrows twitch

"Hhmm..." You replied as you slammed your head on the desk. It's been a long day and night but still...

Then, the sensei walked in the class and the class monitor quickly stood up, "Rise, bow, Good morning, sensei."

"Good morning, sensei." The whole class said in unison while you just remains silent and glare at the sensei with a deadly look.

The sensei notice that look from you and he just smirked under his mask. "Good morning, class. You may have your sit." He said then he proceed with the attendance.

Itachi just looked at your pouting face with some chuckles escape from his mouth. "What's wrong, Hatake?" He asked while suppressing his laughter.

You just crossed your arms across your chest and keep pouting. You're not in a good mood to talk about it right now.

"Hatake (y/n)."

You remain silent, you just look away at the window. Not wanting to meet with his gaze.

Your sensei just hold his back his laugh and clear his throat before looking at you again. "Hatake-san?" He called again, as he cleared his throat again.

You sighed. "Present."

He keep holding his laughter until he finished with the attendance. He stood up and said while looking at you, "Okay, how about we start with a simple game. Just one thing...just admit your defeat if you lose..."

This makes your anger burns again. "Game...just like a little kid..." You murmured.

"What kind of game, sensei?!" Yahiko asked excitedly.

"It must be a really boring game..." You said as you roll your eyes.

Itachi sweat dropped at you. What happened to that happy-go-lucky Hatake (y/n) that he knew before? Did something happens between her and her father.

"Hah! Now that's what I'm waiting for from your daughter, Sensei!" Hidan laughed really loud from that.

"Just shut up, Hidan". Itachi said making Hidan mad.

Before he could stood from his seat, sensei already hold him down. "Enough, Hidan. Final exam is just around the corner and I don't want to send you to the principal's room anymore and you miss your study because of it. I want to meet you next year as well, young man."

"Fine, Kakashi-sensei..." He said as he glared at Itachi. This is not the first time he made him pissed off like this. 'Just wait, you son of b*tch...'

"I see that you're not up for a game right, Hatake (y/n)?" The sensei said to you with an invisible smile because of his mask.

"Yeah, maybe because I like to study more than games right now, sensei..."

"That's good...I kinda like to hear that..." He said, teasing you before proceed with his teaching.

"Hey, you okay, Hatake?" Itachi asked while using his textbook as his barricade from being caught by Kakashi-sensei.

"Hhmm...I lost the game...I lost to him", you said while scribbling on your notebook. Yeah, you lost, not one, not two but countless times against him. Because of your determination to not give up, you end up challenging him with all the games you had and that makes you got all the house chores to do, usually on your upcoming holiday as well...

"Hatake-san."

Aahh...he called you again. "Yes, sensei?" You said as you stand up.

"Can you please help me lift this book to my place, Hatake-san? And...can you bring the mathematics workbooks on my table to class 1-B?"

You pouted, "Sure, sensei..." You said as you went to the front and lift the books.

"Wait!"

You turned to look at the two voice behind you as you saw two guys already standing at their desk.

Your father's eyes widened to see this unexpected event to happen...as for Itachi, he already predicted it but for the other guy...no one will ever have their mind about it for sure...

"Shut up, Uchiha! Let me help you, Hatake-san!"