He didn't usually look at people much, especially women. But you were a special case; you were different. Ever since the day you were admitted as a new sensei and he saw you, he was completely focused on you.

Since you were new, you had to have an experimental team, and he offered his own team for you to train as an experiment.

He was lying on the grass, with his head resting against a tree, reading his Icha Icha. His eyes seemed fixed on the Icha Icha, but he was actually focused on you, teaching Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto.

He seemed to have a new interest now; it wasn't the Icha Icha anymore, now it was just you.