Loko: More Kakashi!Fic dump. This one marginally less fluffy; rather more misdirected affection on the part of Naruto and Kaka-sensei realising just how weird his team is.

Summary: Kakashi notices something, Naruto acts stupidly, and Kakashi is slightly disturbed.

Disclaimer: Kishimoto-san has been pretty good about keeping the incredibly slashy subtext within legal age limits for Naruto, so far. (Not so much with Sasuke and Lee …)

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displacement

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The first time he notices is after a complex battle in which he'd been forced to pull out Sharingan.

He'd just turned to face Naruto, about to congratulate him on his increasingly effective use of wind chakra, when the look on the boy's face stops him short.

It looks like the boy is starved.

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The second time is late at night, when Kakashi finds Naruto in a district the boy should definitely not be in, far more sheets to the wind than his age legally permits.

Kakashi slings one orange-clad arm over his shoulder and drags his wayward student home. For a moment between shuffling Naruto's weight to his shoulders and laying the boy onto his own battered couch he thinks he feels the pressure of maybe-lips against his throat.

He ignores it in favour of other, more immediately pressing -- haha, no pun intended, he'll think later -- matters. Like convincing Godaime-sama not to kill him for forcing Naruto to chakra-exhaustion again.

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In the morning Naruto is sober and armed with a grin that is clearly working its way up from the murky depths of an extremely painful hangover.

"Hey, Kakashi-sensei," The boy says, all messy sun and wild ocean in Kakashi's pristine apartment. "How did I get here?"

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It's only when Naruto and his faint hint of ramen spice and tangerines are gone that Kakashi realises: he's just made the second worst miscalculation of his life. The first was not realising that Sasuke and Naruto were trying to kill each other.

This is -- Kakashi touches the spot along his jaw where Naruto's lips met his mask.

Shit, Kakashi thinks, and mostly wonders why.

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He knows why by the next training mission they have.

How many orphans-with-troubled-pasts-and-Sharingan-eyes are there in the world?

Kakashi's willing to bet: not many.

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297 words

Poor Kaka-sensei just wants some lovin', but he probably doesn't want it quite like that. As for this pathetic author, she'll take any sort of attention she can get: reviews, concrit, flames, it all goes! (Concrit is especially beloved, though.) Ja, sankyuu!

Loko