Just a silly little story that I started writing in my free time. My friend insisted that I post it, so I did. Don't know if it will end up being good or not, though ^^;

Disclaimer: DO NOT OWN D:

Haku smiled as he knocked on the door of the I.T. staff room, waiting for somebody to come to the door; they all knew him by now, since he spent most of his lunch times up there.

It was only a few seconds before Kakashi-sensei answered the door, pointing at the computer lab.

"He's already in there. Either he was aware you would come up today, or he was hoping for you," the white haired man mentioned, his voice muffled by the usual bandana tied around his face.

The boy blushed at the teacher's teasing tone, nodding and thanking him before heading to the computer lab where Zabuza-sensei was waiting for him.

Both Kakashi and Zabuza taught Information Technology and were both quite...interesting. More than once had he walked in on them arguing and more than once had he been dragged into it. The most memorable one would have had to be the time he had gone for a walk to the park and saw them having a 'ninja battle'.

Kakashi had managed to get three of the kids from the year below Haku to form his 'squad'. Zabuza had been alone in the fight, but as soon as he saw Haku he claimed the long haired boy as his 'secret weapon'.

They lost, but at least they had a decent death. Haku sacrificed himself to save Zabuza's life, but the larger man lost a few minutes later.

They were 'buried' side by side in the playground, under a pile of woodchips.

That was really just the start of it, though. The two teachers insisted on battling at least every other weekend.

Zabuza never had any team mates other than Haku, though, which made things a bit more interesting. He had actually picked him up from his house one weekend, just so he would have a better chance in a fight against Kakashi; he decided it would be best not to ask how the dark haired man knew where he lived. They had actually won a few fights, too.

He didn't even knock as he got to the computer lab, walking straight in and smiling as he saw the object of his thoughts sitting at a desk with his personal laptop.

"Afternoon, Haku. You know, I still don't get why you want to come up here so often, since you get more work done, faster than any of the other students I have."

Haku blushed, smiling as Zabuza half turned in his seat to face him, "I suppose that I just like working with the computers, and having help available if I have no idea what to do. You're not bad company either, Sensei."

The larger man chuckled, pulling out the seat beside him and motioning for the feminine boy to sit.

He did so, glancing out of the corner of his eye as him as he logged onto the computer; to be perfectly honest, he had a bit of a crush on his teacher. And, in all fairness, it was probably just a tad more serious than that, since it had been there since he first transferred.

They both worked in silence for a few minutes, Haku doing the work they had been left with that morning in class and Zabuza messing with Kakashi's files.

"Hey, can I ask something, Haku?" the teacher said suddenly, looking across at him.

Haku nodded, stopping and looking up at him, "Go ahead."

"If this is a bit of an invasion of privacy, I understand, but I've never been too good with boundaries, which you've probably figured out by now anyway. But why are your parents never around? I mean, I've been over to your house at pretty much every hour of any day, usually with no warning, and you're always home alone."

Haku bit his lip and didn't answer, turning the computer and saving his work, shutting it down afterwards.

Zabuza frowned, reaching out and putting a hand on his shoulder, "Hey, you don't have to answer if you don't-"

"No, it's fine. I was just shutting down because I don't think I'll be working on it anymore today," he said softly, giving him a small smile, "Do you know that you know more about me than any of the friends I have in my year? They don't even know what part of town I live in, but you're at my house every other day...My parents are never around because they're both dead.
"When I was about eight, they both died. My Father was usually really nice, but he had a short temper. The weirdest things would set him off too; I remember he screamed at the mailman once for wearing different coloured socks.

"Well, one day in winter I came home from school a little earlier than usual - I think that the snow was getting too high, so they were sending kids home early to avoid the buses getting stuck – and I heard my Dad yelling. I guess I just thought that Mum had done something small which upset him and he would go into his office for awhile until he cooled down. I went into the kitchen to get something to eat before I went to see Mum, and the big knife we had was missing. I heard Dad yell something about disgusting blood and figured that it probably hadn't been washed properly and that's what had bothered him.

"Well, I walked into our main room where the shouting was coming from – I was curious about the yelling, since it was going longer than usual. I saw Dad standing over Mum, holding the knife, so I thought I was right. I saw the blood on the knife too, but there was too much of it, so I started to worry. I just stood there, watching my father screaming for a long time until I noticed that Mum wasn't moving at all and that the blood was on the floor, too.

"Dad stopped yelling then, and he turned around, calm like he usually was after he stopped yelling, but then he saw me. He stared at me for a couple of seconds and then glanced over his shoulder at Mum. He got angry again then and started to walk towards me. He was yelling again and so I tried to get away. 'You have her disgusting blood in you, don't you? You're disgusting too, aren't you?' That's all I remember him yelling at me before I ran out the back door.

"We had a small pond in our backyard, but it was already frozen over. It was always thin in the middle, but I was light enough that I wouldn't fall through. I ran over it and Dad chased me, but he broke the ice and fell in. He had never been a good swimmer and he was wearing really baggy clothes, so he drowned.

"I've been moved around in foster families since then and a few years ago I had enough money saved up to live on my own, so I moved here."

Zabuza stared at Haku, shocked that he could tell him all of that in such a calm way.

"Well, Zabuza-sensei, you know more about me than anyone else in the school now," the teenager said quietly, looking up at him and squeaking as he was pulled into a hug, laughing, "Wouldn't this look somewhat strange if someone were to come in?"

"Bugger them, I'm hugging you," the teacher muttered, his chin resting on his head.

The boy rolled his eyes, laying against him anyway and smiling – it was odd to think that Zabuza needed this more that he did right now.

They just sat that way for awhile, Haku half off his chair and pressed against the larger man's chest, the teacher holding him tightly as if he would scamper away as soon as his grip was slackened. Finally he let go of him, looking sheepish as he saw that lunch was almost over.

"Uh, sorry about that Haku," he muttered, looking away, "I kind of wasted your lunch break didn't I?"

"No, don't worry. I don't actually have any classes for the rest of the day, Zabuza-sensei. My next two periods are frees, so I can eat then. Or just go home, if I really wanted to," he said, shrugging, "But I prefer to stay at school until the end of the day, really."

Zabuza nodded, hesitating for a moment, "Why don't you come over to my house this afternoon, Haku? I'm always going to yours for no reason, so why not?"

"You could probably get in trouble if somebody else found out, you know. I doubt they would believe us if we told them we were just hanging out, or planning our next attack on Kakashi-sensei."

"I could get in trouble for hacking into the school network, stealing confidential information and messing with co-workers files as well, but when has that stopped me?"

The boy laughed, standing up, "You are definitely a horrible influence on me, Zabuza-sensei. I'll be in the library for all of last period and probably a little while after school. Come get me when you're ready to leave."