Disclaimer: Don't own.

AN: This is the interlude to "Ours", but it really begins during "Progression". Feel free to re-reading the fics, to refresh your memory :)

Also! NC-17. of course.

Genma tried not to glare at the insane number of people in the mission room. What made it worse was that he was tired, on the borderline of exhaustion; he simply just wanted to go home and sleep. He caught sight of a certain silver haired jounin and part of his cursed when he thought that Kakashi was going to add to the number of people, but instead the jounin maneuvered through the crowd and went directly to Iruka, who wasn't doesn't so much better than him. He gave the couple a curious look as Kakashi leaned down to whisper into Iruka's ear. He scanned over the report in his hand and stamped it cleared, "Thank you for your hard work," he said half-heartedly, his senbon twitching with his irritation.

"But Iruka -."

He glanced over to the couple as Iruka glared at Kakashi, making him quirked an eyebrow as he took another report and scanned it over, stamped it, filed it, and didn't bother trying to be polite anymore. He looked up and caught sight of Kakashi leaving the mission room, somewhat jealous that he could just leave like that. He glance at Iruka and quirked a questioning eyebrow, "What was that about?"

Iruka shot him a glance, "I don't know," he said in a tired, worried voice and stamped another report before filing it.

Genma frowned and looked at the clock and didn't even try hiding his frustrated groan.

The crowd had finally died down giving Iruka and Genma a chance to have a breather for the last half hour of their shift.

"So, what was it that Kakashi wanted?" Genma asked while resting his chin in his hand.

Iruka sighed, "I'm not sure, he said he wanted to talk to me."

Genma frowned, "He didn't say why?"

Iruka shook his head.

Genma looked toward the door as they swung open and Shizune walked in, and noticed that she tried to hide the blush that grew on her cheeks, Ever since that damn drunken one night stand, his frown deepened at the sight of papers she had stacked in her arms.

"Iruka-sensei, Tsunade-sama asks if you could please file these as well as the reports that came in today."

Iruka inwardly sighed and shot a glance to the clock, "Alright."

Shizune smiled and gave a single nod, "Thank you, Iruka-sensei," she turned to Genma, "Genma-san."

Genma gave a nod in greeting, his senbon twitching as he watched her leave. He looked back at Iruka, "Do you want help with those?"

Iruka sighed and shook his head, "It's alright, this won't take long," he smiled at him, "Besides, you look like you need some rest."

Genma couldn't argue, the word rest brought the word sleep into his head, and the thought along made him even more tired, "I guess…"

Iruka chuckled, "I guess I'll start on these," he took the stack of paper and walked toward the double doors, "I'll see you later, Genma."

Genma nodded, "See ya later, Iruka," he watched the younger man leave and sighed when he realized that he was relatively alone in the mission room, "Well, then…" he absentmindedly tapped his fingers on the desk and chuckled at the irony that he now felt bored.

Genma walked into his apartment when he remembered that he didn't get anything to eat, "Oh, screw it," he said and shut the door behind him and toed off his sandals. He slipped off his flak jacket and hooked it near the door. He walked towards the living room and tugged off his bandana and hitai ate, dropping them on the coffee table. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair as he walked into his bedroom and froze when he found Raidou already sleeping in the bed. Then, he noticed the clothes that were careless thrown around the bed. His senbon twitched. He sighed as he took the flak jacket in one hand and the rest of the clothes in the other, throwing them in the general direction where the hamper was. He draped the flak jacket over the easy chair before stripping down to his boxers. He climbed into the bed and slipped under the cover, next to older man. He rolled onto his side and shifted until he was comfortable. He felt the older man stir and an arm wrap around his waist and pull him closer, spooning against him. He sighed at the contact and slid his eyes closed, joining his lover in sleep.

Raidou woke up spooned against his lover; the younger man's back pressed against his chest. He smiled and kissed the back of his lover's neck. He glanced at the alarm clock on the nightstand, 8:15pm, already? He sighed and slowly pulled away from the younger man to sit on the edge of the bed, running a hand through his bed mussed hair, Must have just gone straight to bed when I got back. He glanced over his shoulder when he felt the body on the bed move, smiling when the hazel haired man rolled over and made a face when he realized that he wasn't there anymore. He stood and walked out of the dark bedroom and into the kitchen, flipping the light on as he entered. He opened the fridge and frowned when he found it empty, When was the last time he went grocery shopping? He closed the empty fridge and looked around, and found no evidence of Genma bringing food home, Better yet, when was the last time he ate?

He walked back into the bedroom and sat on the bed as he ran a hand through the hazel hair. The younger man stirred and cracked a hazel eye open.

"Why…" he grumbled.

"Why what?"

Genma groaned, "Why are you waking me up?"

Raidou chuckled, "Just wanted to know if you want me to get you something to eat?"

Genma sighed and rolled onto his back, That's right I didn't get anything on the way home.

"When was the last time you ate?"

Genma stared at the ceiling as he thought, "This morning?"

"Okay, and what did you eat?"

"The last of the bread."

Raidou gave the younger man a blank look, "You need to go grocery shopping."

Genma returned the blank look, "You woke me up to tell me that I need to buy food."

Raidou chuckled, "No, I just wanted to know if you're hungry."

Genma sat up and frowned, "I guess," he looked at the older man, "Might as well go out."

Raidou feigned an offended look, "Well."

Genma smirked and moved closer to his lover, "Rai," he said softly, as he kissed the scarred cheek in a reassuring gesture. He brushed his lips along the clavicle to the older man's throat, licking and kissing along the tendon.

Raidou smiled and pulled the younger man closer and kissed the fair skinned neck, "Where do you want to go?"

Genma shrugged and nuzzled the scarred cheek, "Where ever, I don't care."

Raidou nodded and sealed their lips in a soft kiss before standing up, "We can go to Ichiraku's," he looked around for his clothes, "Where…"

"I threw them in the hamper," the older man gave him a questioning look, "They were dirty, and all over the floor…," he eyed the older man, "Did you have a mission today?"

Raidou sighed and scratched the back of his neck, "Yeah, left this morning and got back around three or something."

Genma frowned, "You didn't turn in your mission report," he said getting off the bed.

Raidou quirked an eyebrow.

Genma shook his head with a sigh, "Don't ask."

Raidou smirked and opted to wear a worn pair of jeans that he left in Genma's apartment sometime in the past and a worn t-shirt. He watched as Genma dressed in familiar clothes.

They left the apartment and walked into the dark streets of Konoha for a late dinner.

"Buy some groceries tomorrow," Raidou told the younger man as they entered the apartment and slipped off his shoes.

Genma frowned, "Fine."

"I'll go with you if you want."

Genma nodded and walked into the bedroom, "Let's just get some sleep," he said tugging off his shirt. He stripped out of his pants and felt the older man's gaze on him, nearly making him get tangled in his pants.

"Did you have a long day?" Raidou asked tugging off his own shirt.

Genma groaned at the memory, "Let's not talk about it," he took his senbon out of his mouth, absentmindedly twirling it in between his fingers before placing it in the container on the nightstand. He sighed as a strong arm slipped around his waist and lips kiss his shoulder, "Rai…"

"Hm?" he bit down lightly on the pale shoulder.

"I really want to, believe me, but I'm just…," he tried to stifle a yawn, "So damn tired."

Raidou smiled and kissed the younger man's cheek, "Alright."

Genma turned around and pulled the older man into a kiss, and grinned, "I'll make it up to you though."

Raidou grinned back, "Hmm, that sounds good to me," he murmured against the younger man's lips before kissing them.

They slipped into bed and Raidou pulled his lover flush to his side, and they followed each other into sleep.

Genma groaned as his alarm woke him up and blindly reached over to it, missing the nightstand by a good two feet. He felt the older man's body press against his back as he reached over and slammed the alarm off, "Why?" he said, his voice hoarse from sleep.

Raidou kissed the back of the younger man's neck in a silent apology, "I need to turn in my report and make sure I don't have any missions today."

Genma sighed and cracked open an eye to look at the alarm clock.

"Do you have work today?"

"Yeah," Genma answered and rolled over and pulled Raidou back down next to him, "But not at 8am."

Raidou chuckled and tried to move out from under the younger man, "Genma."

"Stay," Genma answered softly, shifting closer, "Stay, Rai."

Raidou sighed as he gave in and pulled the covers over them. He waited until the younger man drifted back into sleep before kissing the crown of the hazel head and slipping out of bed. He dressed in the clothes he wore last night and quietly walked out of the apartment and towards his own to dress into a clean uniform.

Genma cracked an eye open when he didn't feel the warm body next to him. He sighed when the empty space next to him confirmed it. It felt strange to being used to somebody else's warmth and sometimes not being able to sleep without it, or finding that the best sleep came in that person's warm embrace. It was something that he never really got used to, but with Raidou it was different. He sighed and rolled onto his back, I guess I could get those groceries since I'm up at…he looked at the clock, 9am. He got out of bed and took a quick shower before heading out.

After grocery shopping, he headed over to the mission room rather early but decided to take his shift anyway. After a few rather uneventful hours Iruka walked into the mission and greeted him with a smile.

"Hey, Genma."

"Hey, Iruka," he glanced over at the younger man as he took his placed behind the mission desk, "Oh, what was it that Kakashi needed to talk about? That is, if you don't mind me asking."

Iruka sighed and shook his head, "I…I got home too late," he offered the older man a smile, "He's gone on a mission."

"Oh," Genma said and mentally winced when he remembered how Iruka made Kakashi leave the mission room the day before, "How long is going to be away?"

Iruka sighed, "About a week or so," he said remembering the note his lover left him.

Genma smiled, his senbon following the motion, "Well, it's not so bad then, right?"

Iruka nodded.

"You're worried about him," it wasn't a question. The chunin sighed and looked at him.

"I can't help it," he answered, and looked away, "And what makes it worse is that he left on a bad note."

Genma frowned, "Oh, come on, Iruka, you don't think he's angry or anything, right? I don't think Kakashi is the type of person that would get upset over something like that."

Iruka smiled and shook his head, "He's not, it's just…," he felt himself blush, "It's just…personal."

Genma grinned, "Didn't get the pre-mission sex?"

Iruka blushed hotter and glared, "Genma!"

"What? I'm right, aren't I?"

Iruka's glare softened, "It's not…it's not just…," he trailed off with a sigh.

Genma moved to sit closer, "Then what is it?"

Iruka shook his head, "It's something that I can't really explain," he hesitated, "It's not just pre-mission sex, it's not. We…," he trailed off, as a pang of guilt hit him square in the chest.

"Iruka," he said gently, noticing the hurt expression of the younger man's face, "It'll be alright. He'll be back in a week or so."

Iruka nodded and looked up as the double doors opened and Raidou walked in and walked over to them.

"Hey, Iruka."

"Hey, Raidou."

Raidou turned to Genma, "I have a mission, I'll be gone for a couple of days."

Genma frowned, "And just when I went out and brought groceries."

Raidou chuckled, "Doesn't mean you don't have to eat," he watched as his lover moved from around the desk and closed the distance between as he took the senbon out of his mouth. He smiled as Genma sealed their lips in a sweet kiss, his tongue teasing his before pulling away.

"Be careful," Genma said softly.

Raidou smiled and nodded, "Of course," he turned back to Iruka, "See you later, Iruka."

"Take care, Raidou."

Genma replaced his senbon and watched as the older man left the mission room before taking his seat next to Iruka, "I think I know what you mean."

Genma walked into his apartment after going out for drinks with Anko, which at first, he wondered why he stopped going out to get drinks with her, then remembered it was because the girl got a crazy…crazier, when she wasn't sober. Once in a while, it's not so bad, but I think I'm a bit too sane to handle her drunk.

He shed off his gear, dropping his bandana and hitai ate on the coffee table and spitting out his senbon, aiming at the coffee table. He frowned when it missed and instead hit the base of the couch, I must be drunker than I thought, he walked to the couch and dislodged the senbon and instead put it on the coffee table. He walked into his bedroom and stripped down to his boxers, A couple of days, huh? He sat on the bed and sighed as he dropped back on to it, Why do I have a feeling that it's going to take longer than just a couple of days? He stared at the ceiling as his eyes slid shut under the sleep that slowly overcame him.

Five days later…

Genma sat behind the mission desk waiting for his shift to end, his senbon twitching out of habit. He had woken up in Raidou's arms that morning, vaguely wondering when the older man had slipped into bed with him. He smiled at the memory, glad that the older man was back home safe. He looked at the double doors as they swung open and Iruka walked in.

"Hey, Iruka," he greeted.

"Hey, Genma, how's the pace today?"

"Not bad," he shrugged, "So, lover boy still gone?"

Iruka blushed and glared at the senbon sucker.

"What?" he frowned, "I'm guessing that he is then."

Iruka frowned, "What do you mean 'guess'?"

Genma grinned making his senbon stick out from the corner of his mouth, "Someone is sexually frustrated," he singsong.

Iruka blushed but glared anyway, "What?!"

Genma looked at the clock, "Ah! Speaking of sexual frustration, I have to go relieve mine," he stood and grinned at the chunin before making his way to the exit.

"Say hi to Raidou for me," he said at Genma's back, and he grinned.

Genma felt his cheeks heat up, "Sure will, see ya later Iruka," he said before pushing through the mission room door.

Genma walked into his apartment and shed off his gear as he made his way to the kitchen where he found Raidou leaning against the counter drinking a cup of tea. He grinned and eyed his half naked lover, "How are you feeling?"

"Good," Raidou smiled and took another drink from his mug, "Came back sometime after midnight."

Genma nodded and closed the distance between them, taking the older man's empty mug and placing it on the counter, placing his senbon next to it as smoothed his hand over the tan chest, "You know," he drawled, brushing his fingers against a dark nipple, feeling the skin break out into goose bumps, "I haven't made it up to you."

Raidou quirked an eyebrow, "Make what up to me?"

Genma grinned, "When I was too tired," he hinted, "Don't tell me you forgot already," he kissed along the older man's jaw and felt an arm slip around his waist and pull him closer.

"Hmm," Raidou hummed, "I think I know what you're talking about."

"You think?" he nibbled on the older man's earlobe, "Let me refresh your memory," he hooked his fingers on the waistband of the older man's boxers and tugged them past the hips, freeing the hardening member. He grinned and began to stroke the older man's member, feeling it swell in his palm, making the older man groan, "Hm, Raidou," he purred in response and began to suck on the tan neck, moving down to the clavicle. He dropped to his knees, pulling the boxers down with him as he began to lick the length of the thick erection, grinning when the older man's hips bucked and a moan escaped his throat.

"Gen," he groaned, tangling his fingers into his lover's hazel hair.

Genma pressed his tongue against the tip before taking the member into his mouth, relaxing his jaw as his tongue massaged the length of his lover's erection. He opened his eyes and looked up at the older man's flushed face, and half lidded eyes. He moaned at the lustful gaze, making the member twitch in his mouth, making him suck harder.

"Gods, Gen," Raidou said breathlessly, groaning as the younger man began to bob his head, the skilled tongue and mouth working his throbbing erection.

Genma licked off the salty drops of precum from the tip before taking the thick length back into his mouth, moaning at the sounds his lover was making. He undid his own pants to relieve some of the pressure before moving his hands back to the hips that were rocking against his rhythm.

"Genma, I'm -," he broke off with a moan, his fingers tightening in the hazel hair, "Genma – ah -."

Genma grinned and hummed around the sobbing member, one of his hands moving down to his own need, rubbing through the fabric of his boxers.

Raidou's free hand gripped the edge of the counter as his hips bucked into the younger man's mouth as he came, feeling the younger man swallow and hum in approval.

Genma sucked and milked Raidou's orgasm before pulling away, giving the sensitive member a few strokes as he licked his lips that spread into a wide grin. He was almost caught by surprise when Raidou dropped to his knees in front of him, and nearly yelped with he was suddenly picked up, wrapping his legs and arms around the older man on instinct, "Raidou!" he hissed, blushing from embarrassment.

Raidou chuckled and carried his lover to the bedroom and gently dropped him onto the bed. He smiled as he tugged off Genma's pants and completely freed the sobbing erection. He tugged off the younger man's shirt and leaned back to properly enjoy the sight.

Genma lifted his hips and squirmed into a more comfortable position and blushed when he noticed that Raidou was openly admiring him. He grinned despite his blush and stretched, shifting closer to the older man and spreading his legs invitingly, hooking one around his lover's waist, "Raidou," he purred and brought one of his own hands to his erection, lifting his hips to the contact.

Raidou groaned and reached over to the nightstand and retrieved the tube of lube. He slicked his fingers and traced the younger man's entrance while his free hand moved the pale hand away from sobbing erection, eliciting a moan from the younger man. He pushed a finger in smiling as the slender hips rocked against the intruding fingers.

"More, Rai," Genma panted out, he moaned when the older man complied. His body flushed when the fingers crooked and began to massage his prostate, "Gods, Raidou."

Raidou groaned in response and pumped in fingers, pressing against the sensitive gland, "Tell me, Genma, did you miss me?"

Genma groaned and rocked his hips, feeling the fingers pump into him, "Rai," he breathed, "Hurry."

Raidou grinned, "Did you?"

Genma looked at his lover and groaned as he pulled him down, locking their lips together in a heated kiss, delving his tongue into the older man's mouth, tasting him in a completely different way. They broke the kiss, breathless, "Yes," he said softly, panting for air, "Of course I missed you, Rai."

Raidou smiled and withdrew his fingers. He slicked his own throbbing member and began to push in to the welcoming entrance.

Genma threw his head back and gripped the tan shoulders as the thick length pressed against his prostate. He felt the older man's warm hands spread his thighs wider, deepening his lover's penetration.

Raidou began a steady rhythm, hitting the sensitive gland with every thrust, making the pale body under him writhe with pleasure.

"Raidou, h-harder," Genma said breathlessly, wrapping his legs around the older man's waist, urging him deeper, "More, Rai."

Raidou smiled and complied; he lifted the pale hips onto his lap and began to thrust harder into his lover. The angle made Genma cry out his name in pleasure, as he continued to thrust into the pale body, 

"Genma," he moaned. He leaned down, hovering over his panting lover, their hips working against each other.

Genma reached in between them and took hold of his sobbing member, groaning when a larger hand moved it away, "Raidou," it came out as something between a moan and a whimper. His hand found purchase in Raidou's hair as the warm hand took hold of his throbbing erection and began to pump in time, "Ah – yes, Raidou! Oh god," he threw his back and felt an arm slip under his neck, "Raidou – I'm – I'm c-close," he managed to say between his pants for air, "Oh, god, Raidou."

Raidou moaned and leaned down to kiss the younger man's neck, "Come for me, Genma," he quickened his hand, "Come for me."

Genma's body jerked as his orgasm claimed him, the sultry voice of his lover pushing him off the edge. He came with a loud moan, spilling his seed on his stomach and the hand stroking his aching member. He pulled Raidou down and locked him into a kiss as the older man continued to thrust into him, "Inside me, Rai," he whispered into the older man's ear, "I want to feel you come inside me."

Raidou moaned at the younger man's words as he gave a few last thrust and came, filing the pale body with his own seed, "Gods, Genma," he breathed, collapsing on top of the younger man.

They laid there, in a boneless heap as they calmed their breathing and hearts. Raidou slowly pulled out of his lover and plated a kiss on a flushed cheek before moving off the bed and into the adjoined bathroom to retrieve a damp towel. He cleaned Genma's stomach and thighs, chuckling when he brushed against a sensitive spot and made the pale body twitch, and hazel eyes glare at him. He rolled them over onto their sides, and pulled the covers over them.

"Welcome back, Raidou."

Raidou smiled and kissed the younger man's sensitive forehead, "Thank you, Gen."

Genma watched as the older man drifted into sleep, completely sated and content, I was worried about you, was his last thought as he followed his lover into sleep.