Plants
Disclaimer: This is a purely fan-made piece that is using the world and characters from Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto and is made entirely for enjoyment. No financial gain has been made in the making of this piece
Summary: Iruka's living room has been taken over
Author's Note: Happy birthday, Kiterie! In the First Step Universe, but can be read alone. Possible out-of-characterness
Constructive Criticism is always welcomed
Published: 27 February 2009
Rating: K+
Iruka stopped, and stared.
A few moments later, he called out. "Kakashi?"
A bushy head peered out. "Yes?"
"What happened to my living room?"
"Oh, Gai was over."
"What did I tell you about having competitions in my living room?"
"We didn't have a challenge!"
"Then you need to explain things better."
Kakashi scratched the back of his head. "Well, I promised Gai I'd water his plants if he couldn't get mini-Gai to do it for whatever reason. Except he's watering Anko's bamboo plants and Raidou's pothos right now. I said I'd water those as well, but I wasn't going to run all over the place to do that, so we brought all the plants here."
"And the nametags...?"
"Did you know that none of them have named anything?" Kakashi sounded very disapproving and slightly scandalised. "How do they expect their plants to flourish without having a proper identity?"
Iruka shook his head. "Kakashi..."
"I also had to be able to tell them apart so when they come back, I can give them their proper plant. So if Anko comes back, Bob is over there and Franklin is next to Mr Ukki. Tora is Raidou's and she's hanging there. George, Goku, Greg, Gloria, Greta, and Herbert are all Gai's."
"Kakashi, you're hot and amazing and fabulous in bed, but you're insane."
"Oh! You have to meet Sandra! I thought the testosterone was getting to be too much in the apartment, so I got Sandra." He beamed brightly as he pointed to an ugly, squat cactus.
"Sandra."
"Mr Ukki and Mortimer are excited to have such a different voice in the house. And next to Sandra is Kyou. He's a mini dogwood! He'll help bridge the gap between the plants and the pack!"
"Have you considered getting a different hobby? Like senbon collecting or dog shows or something?"
Kakashi looked cross and wounded. "Mr Ukki's family," he informed Iruka, "and so's Mortimer and Sandra and Kyou. And I have a hobby. I read."
"Okay, I'm sorry."
"You should apologise to Mr Ukki and the others, not me."
Feeling silly, but knowing that his boyfriend would never let it go if he didn't, Iruka turned towards the window sill. "I'm sorry, you guys. I didn't mean it to come out that way."
Kakashi grinned at him. "See? One big happy family!"
Iruka shook his head. "I'm going this way and I'm going to contemplate how I got myself in this situation."
"I have the week off, that's why I have everyone else's pets."
He turned. "What?"
"The Hokage thinks I'm working too hard. Gave me the week off and so that's why I'm watering plants."
Iruka did his best to ignore the surge he felt. "Oh?"
Kakashi must have felt one as well, because he grinned. "Don't have to walk anywhere for one, whole week."
"Huh," Iruka tried to act nonchalant and knew he was fooling no-one. "So, are you going to catch up on your reading?"
"I do have a stack of notes that I need to get through," the Copy Ninja tapped his chin. "You were quite...inspired while I was off at my last mission. That might keep me busy—"
Iruka pulled back, but didn't unfist his hands from the wild silver hair. "I think you're just going to have to be further behind in reading those notes."
"But I'm sure they're filled with all sorts of good ideas. We might even want to try a few out."
"Later." He pulled the head back down. "Much later."
"Let's not do it in front of the plants. Don't want them to get any ideas," Kakashi murmured in between deep kisses.
Iruka snorted slightly, but dragged his insane boyfriend towards the bedroom.
Because plants or no, insanity or no, Kakashi didn't have to go anywhere for a week and that meant that it was going to have to take a lot more than those two things to pull Iruka away.
x Fin x