A/N: Finally, it's done! The second chapter is up and running. My first two-shot! I hope you enjoy it :D
Big Thank You to yamipenguin on livejournal- without their little push this chapter never would have been written.
Diclaimer: (looks left)(looks right)(sees no person, camera or microphone)(grins) Mine, mine, mine, mine MINE!! They're all mine!! Heeheehe- HEY!! (has been jumped by the ninja lawyers previously hiding in the shadows) Nooo! I was joking I swear! I didn't mean it NOOOOoooooooooooo----- (voice disappears as she dragged away by Kishimoto's ninja lawyers)
Why it's not worth trying to outsmart Kishimoto's lawyers
KakaIru- Why Me?
Part 2
Kakashi had been quite happy reading alone under the large oak tree- but of course a certain jounin had taken no notice of this fact when he had decided to pounce on the silver-haired nin.
"You'll never guess what I've just heard, Hatake," Genma grinned after Kakashi had managed to untangle the other's legs from around his waist (only Kami-sama knew how Genma had managed to get them there in the first place.) Kakashi was tempted to play Sasuke's card and just grunt, but decided that, in the long run, it just wasn't worth it- Genma was just too persistent.
"I'm sure I wouldn't," he replied, still reading his 'novel'.
"Shizune has a crush on Iruka!" The jounin exclaimed gleefully.
"I'm sure they'll make a lovely couple," Kakashi replied only half listening; Haru had just come across Satsu bathing in a river…
"Huh? But Kakashi," Genma whined, "it's so obvious that Iruka likes someone else!" Kakashi quickly decided that Genma could actually whine higher than Naruto.
"Genma you're acting like a romance novel," the masked jounin replied, annoyed at being distracted by the high-pitch sound. Of course he ignored the fact that the book he was attempting to read was, in essence, a romance.
"But how can you not have noticed?" Genma continued, disregarding Kakashi's obvious irritation.
"I see him about once a week Genma," Kakashi deadpanned. But a small hidden frown had its way on to his face when Genma didn't lose his incredulous look, "what?"
"Kami-sama Kakashi! Are you blind? Everybody knows Iruka wants you!" Kakashi's gaze finally left the book he'd been attempting to read through Genma's speech because they darted up to stare in shock. "It's true! He can't keep his eyes off you; as soon as you enter the Mission Room he's looking! How could you not have notice?" Kakashi frowned, but relaxed.
"He's watching me because I'm usually the only person there and he knows I'm going to go to him." The teacher returned to his book, "why are you making a fuss over nothing, Genma?"
"I'm not!" Genma protested, but Kakashi had returned to ignoring him. He glared sulkily before stomping away, muttering something about Kakashi getting his nose out of his damn porn books and actually noticing something.
Behind his orange novel Kakashi frowned.
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"Yo," the chuunin looked up from his desk
"Late again, Kakashi," Iruka commented, Kakashi glanced at the clock which told him it was half-an-hour after the Mission Room closed; but he already knew that.
"Well, you see I was on the way here and was suddenly jumped by a hyperactive monkey and I was forced to find a banana before he would let me go." Kakashi lied; he watched Iruka blink for a few seconds.
"Is that right?" The teacher replied. Kakashi smiled beneath his mask as Iruka shook his head. So far so good, there had been no girly blushes or stuttering; now to pull out the big guns.
"Iruka, you shouldn't stay stuffed up in this office all the time... I know a fairly good sake bar that would be open at about now…" so much for 'no girly blushes'
"A...ah Ka…Kakashi-sensei…" and no stuttering, "I…I mean I…erm… maybe another time," Iruka managed to squeak out, staring down at the desk with pink staining his cheeks almost cutely. Kakashi blinked as he stared at the blush, a little perturbed at the path his thoughts were taking.
"Are you sure?" the jounin continued, feeling a sudden urge to see more of that blush, "it's on me," he wheedled.
"Err… well, i…its just that… and in the morning I've got a class so… I mean…it's not like I don't want to…" Iruka stumbled over his phrases like he'd already started drinking
"We won't be out long, just one drink," Kakashi continued persuasively
"W…well…. I… I guess so…" Iruka finished helplessly, unable to think up an excuse.
"Good," Kakashi grinned beneath his mask and slipped an orange book back into his back pouch. He chuckled as Iruka's eyes followed it with surprise, "I'll let you pack up." Kakashi added before walking out of the room.
"Bye," Iruka hastened to return as the other left. Once Kakashi had left, a muffled thud alerted him to Iruka allowing his head to hit the desk and he chuckled; maybe Genma was right about this one.
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Kakashi watched as the bottle of sake and two small cups were placed on the counter in front of him and his companion.
"So, how are the academy students this year?" Kakashi asked amiably as he picked up the bottle.
"They're good, I'm expecting them all to graduate again," Iruka replied with a hint of pride as he watch the silver-haired ninja pour his drink, "thank you,"
"Your welcome, that's good," an awkward silence stretched; leaving only the hum of the sake stall between them. Kakashi racked his brains for something to say but, for some reason, kept coming up blank.
He watched Iruka finish his drink and pour another before the chuunin finally broke the quiet, "it's strange without him." Kakashi frowned in confusion, and Iruka blushed before expanding "Naruto, it's strange not having him around, it's quiet. He used to visit me at the academy sometimes, help out with the kids." Kakashi smiled, a nostaglic, aching feeling rising to his chest as he thought about the blonde boy. He quickly finished his drink when the other looked away.
Sneaking a glance over at Iruka he decided to break the somber mood, "well he'll be back soon enough to drives us all crazy," he told him with a smile that turned his eye into an upside-down 'u'.
Iruka chuckled, "true; driving people crazy seemed to be one of his talents." Iruka agreed, "Kami-sama he was a handful in the academy! Did he ever tell you that he was the one who vandalised Hokage Mountain?" Kakashi blinked in surprise before grinning and shaking his head.
"I thought he may have had something to do with it," the jounin admitted; this seemed to encourage the other because he continued after emptying his cup.
"And there was one time that he broke into Asuma's house thinking it was mine, and stole his teddy," Iruka giggled and re-filled his cup. Kakashi smiled at how the alcohol was affecting the man, before registering what the other had said.
"Wait, Asuma has a teddy?" he asked incredulously.
"Yep, it even has a name," Iruka grinned and finished his drink. Kakashi re-poured for both of them, finishing off the bottle.
"What is it?" Kakashi asked curiously, trying to suppress a grin. He gestured discreetly for another bottle, sliding the money across the counter as he did so.
Iruka snorted, "Mr Snuggles," Kakashi bit down a laugh, but Iruka had no such qualms and the jounin used this to quickly finish his second drink. The alcohol slid warmly down his throat.
"I think I might have to remember that," Kakashi mused, only to be interrupted by Iruka protesting.
"Hey, that's my blackmail; go find your own," the teacher pouted, and he hid a smile at the slight slurring of Iruka's words.
"But this is easier," Kakashi grinned, his eye again closing upwards. Iruka blinked, unable to fault this logic, before turning back to his drink. Kakashi poured and drank another of his own before Iruka's cup re-touched the surface, "so anybody else?"
"Huh?" Iruka looked over at him in confusion, the alcohol seeping through his expression. It made Kakashi want to giggle, which was enough to tell the silver-haired nin that he was not doing much better. There was a reason why alcohol shouldn't be drank so quickly.
"Anybody else that you happen to know the secrets of?" Kakashi clarified for the tipsy man.
"Oh…um…" Iruka hummed a note as he looked away thoughtfully," well, Anko has a whole bookcase of romance novels," Kakashi covered a snort, "and Raido reads 'Icha Icha' books." This time the snort was harder to conceal as an image of the quiet man secretly reading the perverted novels floated through Kakashi's alcohol-influenced mind.
"What about Kurenai?" he asked curiously.
"The eyes are contacts," Kakashi blinked and pouted.
"Really? I've lost all faith in her," he griped.
"Hmm, she started wearing them when someone told her Asuma like girls with interesting eyes," Iruka added absently as he stared pensively down at his cup before looking up at Kakashi with wide eyes," it's empty," he stated sadly. Kakashi filled it up.
"Now it's not," he replied with a large smile, before pouring and drinking another of his own. Iruka smiled happily and followed suit before seeming to come to a conclusion and glaring at his companion suspiciously.
"You know... I don't know anything about you," Iruka accused with narrowed eyes.
"Oh?" the jounin prompted with a sly grin
"No and it's not fair!" Iruka told him petulantly; making Kakashi wonder how much time the chuunin really did spend with Naruto. Although he had to admit the pouting was cute.
"Well I don't know anything about you either. How about you tell me something about you, and I'll tell you something about me?" The copycat-nin bartered happily, amusement buzzing through his system much like the sake. Iruka took several seconds to consider the conditions, his face frowning serious; he looked like those small children that debate as to whether or not the cookie on the side is worth the scolding they'd get later. And just like those children, he came to a positive answer.
"Okay," Iruka shrugged lightly and leant over to press a kiss to the smooth material of Kakashi's mask- right over the jounin's mouth. Kakashi's jaw dropped and he stared at Iruka in shock as the other ninja moved away, "I like you." Iruka admitted simply. Kakashi blinked blankly for some time before a rather large smirk began to cover his features.
"You know what?" Kakashi replied, leaning over to whisper in an ear, "I think I might like you too," he winked, "how about we go home and test this new… liking?" Iruka turned bright red and Kakashi grinned lecherously.
"You mean," Iruka started meekly, "as in sex?" Kakashi smirked again and nodded smugly, "Screw this then! We're going home!" Iruka exclaimed breathlessly, his eyes wide and bright as he snatched the half-empty bottle of sake off the table. The drunk chuunin grabbed hold of Kakashi's hand with a wild grin before all but sprinting home, dragging a bemused- but very happy- jounin behind him.
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Later that night, Kakahsi decided that the Gods of sake were in need of a shrine and that he would set one up as soon as he got home- not that he was planning to return there anytime soon…
This one is longer! Honest! Anyway, please tell me what you thought :D
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