Each Other

Disclaimer: Not mine.

Pairing: KakaIru / Hint of SasuNaru

Summary: Iruka called off the relationship. Did he get bored of Kakashi and all his promises? Can Kakashi fixed the broken relationship or losing to a new guy who had been waiting for that chance to come. So after finding what Kakashi couldn't offer him, will Iruka forget Kakashi?

Special Thanks: to Sevn. Without your 'last touch' this fic will be the weirdest ever. =p Thankies! And also to LadyGeuna, my wonderful beta reader!!! (I have a beta reader! *cheers!*)

The OC guy will come out later on. I need to fix the plot first. The OC guy is a good guy. So no worries. ^^

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We met occasionally. But lately, our secret routine has been postponed... Or more exactly, it stopped all together. We broke up.

Yeah. I still can't believe that this day had come. I thought that we were meant for each other. I thought that he wouldn't even think about this…this corrupted idea. I thought that even if he did think about this, he wouldn't dare to say it. Because he loves me. Or I thought he did. And maybe he didn't love me at all from the start.

Three years of nothing.

Nobody ever knew. No one even knows about us.

Maybe that's the problem.

Or maybe, he's tired of hiding.

Maybe he's tired of running.

Or maybe, he's tired of me.

Me.

Maybe 'me' is the problem.

I do love him. I'm just not ready to have an open relationship. Not yet at least. I don't mind about him. I don't care if he's a male or a female. It's just.. I think I was scared. Up until the time I lost him. I realized it was all too late. Too late for me to say that I'm sorry, and too late to say that I didn't want this to end. This, our relationship, our love.

I guess it's just too late for everything.

Sure, of course, Kakashi is always late for everything.

Even those Gennins knows that; Kakashi-sensei never comes on time. He's always late. Kakashi-sensei is wasting our time. Maybe I am wasting their time. Maybe I was wasting his time.

Time runs, Kakashi.

He said that. Once. I looked at him, raising an eyebrow. He smiled at me. That very sweet smile of his, and I know I was smiling too.

But I ignored him. I didn't know things are going to be this way.

When we met on duty, we shared a kiss or two. There wasn't much time, but we were happy. I was happy. Was he? I can see in his eyes that he was. He smiled at me. He laughed when I told jokes, though I'm sure some of them weren't funny at all. He was always looking at me. Always... As if… as if he was waiting.

As if he was waiting for me to make the first move.

And I missed it. I missed my chance.

"Maa, maa, Kakashi, what are you doing up there?" A voice brings me back to reality. Which sucks…

"Sleeping." I answered simply. She didn't believe me. Of course, who would?

"You don't look like you're sleeping, though; you're talking to me right now, nonetheless." She's amused. And she's up to something.

I'm too desperate to be alive right now. "The sun's gone."

"Then create the new one." She knew who the sun was. My sun. It's ironic, you noticed that my name's meaning is field. And if the field doesn't get any sun, it's dead. Just like me.

"I can't."

"And why is that?"

"Why not?" I snapped. I just can't find someone else to fill his place. To fit his place. Nobody can.

"Oops, now, don't get nasty." She jumped through the branches to sit next to me. "You can't? Or you won't?"

Gee, thanks a lot. Just add a few more rocks and I'll be sinking straight to the bottom.

"Don't get all upset, Kakashi. It's not like you. You're a free, laid back person. Don't start becoming all serious. If anyone sees you like this right now, they'll think the world is end."

I didn't bother to answer. Silence came to us then... It felt like hours had gone by already since I'd first sat down in the tree. Or was it already…? I dunno. I don't care.

"Both."

Tsunade was still sitting next to me. It's like she knew I needed someone to talk to. Someone to share a bit of my mistakes with.

Then there was silence again.

2.45… I was supposed to meet Naruto at ten. 4 hours late. The record of this month. Yay, congratulations, Kakashi.

"You should go now." She said in a "matter-of-fact" sort of way.

"Go where?" I asked her lazily, my feet didn't even feel like moving.

"Your students are waiting."

…She always thinks she knows everything.

"Will you stop acting like you know everything?"

"Oh," she turned to me, "should I?"

Was that a question… was it not…?

"I don't know. You answer that yourself." The hell if I know the answer. If I say 'yes', that'd be crazy, I'm talking to a Hokage here. If I say 'no', well, right now I really, really, want her to stay away, or at least from my problem.

"You're right."

"I'm right?" I asked, confused.

"You're right," she repeated, "We answer that kind of question ourselves. Whether we want to or not. Do we have to or not, or does it have to or not."

Did she just say that to question myself about me, or just some crap out of nowhere?

"Come on, move your ass, they're still waiting for their sensei to show up. And then they can scream their usual 'You're late' and start their training."

"You know what? The way Hokages know everything always surprises me." I'm still not making a move to leave. "It's too late anyway, they've probably had gone somewhere and train themselves, or found a place to sleep somewhere." I shrugged

"Ah, Kakashi," she start again, "you're missing my point here."

I look at her.

"Nothing is too late."

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3.05 p.m. was the time I arrived at the place Team 7 usually gathered. I stood there on the bridge and saw no one.

Of course…

I saw no one there. No Naruto yelling at me, no Sakura muttering what a teacher is supposed to be like, and definitely no Sasuke looking very pissed. Yep. No one. None of them waited. And I can't really blame them either.

I let out a sigh, feeling a bit guilty. Well at least I can tell them that there's no training today. Yeah.. that'll be a note for next time I'm feeling depressed and wanting to die.

"Sensei." A dark voice called me from behind.

Sasuke???

I tried to think of a way to say "sorry" but it's just not me. So, back to my normal self, I said, "Yo, Sasuke."

Now I can see a pissed Sasuke.

"Where have you been?" he demand.

"I was depressing myself on a tree. Then Tsunade came, so we talked." I let this out with same sort of voice I use for all my other excuses, but this time he looks at me strangely.

"What? No saving a princess from a bloody dragon?"

Oh, Sasuke. I wonder when the time will be when you're not so attentive to your surroundings.

"Nope, not this time. The princess decided to take a holiday." I tried to smile but couldn't, not that he would be able to see, so I just left a humored _expression on my face. "Where were you hiding just now?" I asked, avoiding the subject.

"I was buying food. It's past lunch time and you weren't here yet." He showed me the plastic bag he was carrying. "Naruto and Sakura are here." He gazed around before pointing to the bushes near me. "There."

And there they are. Sleeping.

"You guys were waiting for me?" I asked, bewildered.

"Yeah. Basically." He said. "Naruto, Sakura, wake up." He went over and shook them. "I brought the lunch."

Naruto slowly opens his eyes and looking at Sasuke, then me.

"AAARGH!!! YOU'RE EXTREMELY LATE TODAY!!!" He stood up quickly. I think his screams woke Sakura, because now she's sitting up and looking at me was well.

"Sensei!" whined Sakura, "Where have you been!?"

"I was checking the dragon to see why he stopped chasing the princess," I laugh vapidly, "I found out he was just dumped." It was a joke, but it didn't sound funny. Actually, it sounds dark and sad, coming from me the way it did. It's like I'm really saying to them that my life has turned up side down, and I'm ready to have my head off.

They're all staring at me, obviously realizing something's wrong.

"M-maa, let's eat." Naruto stuttered as Sasuke put down the bag and took out the different shares of the meal, handing one to Sakura.

"Sakura, this is yours," Sasuke said. "Sensei, this is yours." He gave me a box, one with "Kakashi" written on it. Weird.

"Sasuke, where's my share?" the confused blonde asked his rival.

"I threw it away." I almost believed what he said until he smirked. "Here." He gave Naruto a box he'd hidden somewhere.

Naruto took it and opened it, "Sasuke," his voice filled with amazement, "you bought me ramen?"

Sasuke bought Naruto ramen? I'm near to be choked by my own food as I rushed to finish while they distracted. (1)

Naruto stared at his lunch and back to Sasuke again. "T-Thanks…I didn't even know you knew anything about ramen."

"What kind of an idiot do you think I am?" the dark-haired boy sneered.

"The kind that doesn't eats ramen," stated Naruto.

I expected the sneering boy to throw back a report, but he didn't. Instead, he stared at Naruto as the blonde ate his lunch, looking smug. Strange... And Sakura wasn't whining why Sasuke didn't bring her The Special Lunch.

"How did you know I was going to come?" I asked them during meal.

"It's simple." The fox boy answered, his mouth full, while Sakura staring at me like I had grown the second head and Sasuke raising one eyebrow.

"You're always late."

Suddenly I remembered what Tsunade had said,

Nothing is too late.

---- TBC……….

A/N: YEAHOO! DONE! 3 hours of sweat!!

(1) Hehe… The Sweetest Guy Alive fic. =p

Should I continue? Should I not?