A.N. So, here goes another one of my KakaIru-s. It's angsty, or so it starts like, you've been warned. It's gonna be pretty dark in the begining, BUT! going to a happy, happy end, I promise! :D (Now, when you're about to start whining, please come back and read this!) Enjoy! :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and its characters, I solemnly swear! (Duh, this is SO annoying...)

Prologue

Iruka's POV

So… this is a love story. Yeah, I know, I know, but just give it a try. You may learn something important for yourselves…

It isn't what you'd call a standard love story either. First of all I am a man and I love another man. Aaaand things get even better – we are both ninja-s, so there's never been "honey"-s, "darling"-s or too much pink. Actually I don't like pink and he just hates it. Uh, I got carried away again and I don't have much time, considering I left him alone with….

Anyway. These few lines in the beginning are just to make you aware of what is to be written from now on. And it's needed, serving as a warning – I said it was a love story, not that it was easy, alright?

We had a… well, you may call it a rocky beginning. At first there was more pain than love. Yeah, love, real love, came later. The path leading there was dark, very dark, and difficult to pass. Sometimes it was endurance. Sometimes it was pure survival. It hurts us both to remember that, so later it will sound like another one has written it, but in order to warn you I'll say it – yes there was even blood sometimes. It hurt. It was cold. There were tears and darkness and then more tears. It wasn't easy, but we made it.

And I know he's gonna read it later and it will hurt him as well to remember, so here I am going to say what's the more important thing he should know – Kakashi, I am happy now. Thanks to you. So, thank you, my love.

But before love came for us there was a lot to experience. There was a lot to feel and a lot more to say. This story is about the importance of talking, of two people sharing their thoughts and feelings. Because, if you want it to work, that's the only way – talk. I hope this story makes you stop and think for a second…

Hatake Iruka

Kakashi's POV

Ok, so… He wants me to write something here, like a prologue or something. To a story I haven't seen! (He shows me nothing of the script!) But, I guess it's ok though, since I may not have read what he's written, but I have lived it. Since it's our story.

Kami… I wish I could change the beginning. I wish I could write it differently. I wish I knew then what I know now.

But I know why he's doing this, writing our story. I hope it helps. Others, like us.

Our story began before our real relationship. It began wrong. It began with pain and misunderstanding. The way things between two people who love each other should never begin. It wasn't until we actually started to talk that our relationship finally went the way it's supposed to. And it wasn't without the help of friends, who opened (though a bit harshly) our… (FINE! MY eyes, ok? !) my eyes. So, yeah, thank you, Izumo and Kotetsu. (I think I should say it, as sappy as it sounds).

My point is that, with all I said just now – talking and supportive friends, we made it. We aren't just bed partners now, we're family. Thank Kami sama, we're real family.

But most of all, more than my appreciation to our friends, I am grateful for the one who managed, who endured, who stayed… My only one. My Ruka. Thank you.

And I guess he'll say it, but I'm saying it too – read this story. You may find it interesting. It may help you the way no story like that helped us. Read it. And think about it…

Hatake Kakashi

tbc...

A.N. Please do comment and do take a nite that from now on the story will be told in third person. Epilogue, though, will be in Kakashi's or Iruka's POV or both, we'll see. NOW REVIEW! :)))