At night, Konoha's hospital was brightly lit.
Hinata was sitting beside Kakashi's hospital bed, looking after her teacher.
"Hinata, I'm here to take you home! Hey, Kakashi-sensei, how are you doing today? Feeling better?"
Naruto poked his blond head through the doorway with a grin.
"Much better. I should probably recover by tomorrow. Oh, why don't you take a couple of pieces of fruit home? Sasuke brought them earlier."
Kakashi smiled at him, then pointed to the fruit basket beside his bed.
Naruto happily helped himself, breaking off two bananas.
Hinata was much more polite. She waited quietly while Naruto and Kakashi exchanged a few words, then said goodbye to her teacher.
The two left the room hand in hand.
Watching them go, Kakashi found that this little touch of warmth felt rather nice.
"They're all good kids. They know I'm all alone, so they all came to check on me."
Kakashi lay in bed, murmuring to himself.
Of course, he had also noticed the signal Naruto had given him with his eyes.
"After two days lying here, I'm practically rusting. I'm having trouble sleeping, too. I'll go see him tomorrow."
But just as Kakashi was about to get up and move around, someone pushed open the door Naruto and Hinata had just closed behind them.
"Hey, I nearly forgot to come see you."
Asuma walked in with a chuckle.
"Did you forget to see me, or did you finally manage to tear yourself away from Kurenai's room?"
"What's that supposed to mean? You make it sound strange. Kurenai's been worried about her team, so I've had to check on them in their different rooms and help look after them."
"Their families are here too. Do they really need you running around looking after them? Besides, on the first day,