"Kakashi-kun?" Iruka asked as he peeked into the older boy's room.
"Not now, Ruka, I'm busy." Kakashi was at his desk, bent over a scroll, concentrating.
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he little boy by the door shuffled into view and pouted. "But earlier you said we would play."
"I'm sorry, Ruka, but Minato-Sensei asked me to do this for him." Kakashi wrote some notes down on a blank scroll on his desk and went back to the one in his lap without even glancing at little Iruka.
"Oh," Iruka waited for a few moments before asking, "is it really important?"
"Yes, it's training."
"Oh," Iruka leaned to the side to try to get a view of the scroll but the other boy was much taller than he was and he found the effort futile. "What did he ask you to do?"
"I have to decipher this and bring it back to him in the morning."
"Can't you do it later?"
"No,"
There was a stark silence as Kakashi continued to write and Iruka watched from the doorway. Eventually, the eyes boring into Kakashi's back became slightly irritating and the silver-haired boy sighed. He spun his chair around and saw Iruka had shifted his gaze to the floor as he traced patterns on the wood, hand behind his back. The brunet looked up a little and pouted, melting the older boy's cold heart slightly.
Kakashi finally opened his arms welcomingly and said, "Come here."
The younger boy's face lit up and he raced to Kakashi, jumping into his lap. The little boy buried his face in the older boy's shirt as said older boy chuckled and shook his head. Kakashi said as Iruka continued to cuddle him,
"So, what's got you so eager, Ruru-kun?"
"The fireflies are out..." Iruka whispered simply as he snuggled deeper into the folds of the shirt.
The taller one fell into understanding and let out an, "ah..."
Iruka looked up at Kakashi with round, watery eyes and a pout that made you want to eat your heart out. "You promised."
And so the ten year old and thirteen year old were found in the backyard minutes later with a butterfly net and jar that had holes poked into the top. Kakashi lied on the grass with the jar sitting I. Front of him as Iruka waved the net around and bounced from one corner of the yard to another, giggling the whole way. Occasionally, a poor firefly got caught in the net and found itself imprisoned behind glass but more often than not the net caught air instead.
"Hey, watch where you're swinging that thing." Was the response when Iruka either almost or did hit the older boy in the head. The gouged boy would just giggle again and apologize quickly before going back to firefly-hunting.
It was the last time though that the ten-year-old stopped and cutely put his hands on his tiny hips, pointing a discriminating finger at Kakashi. "you didn't even catch one firefly!"
"So?"
"I bet you can't even catch one! That's why you're sitting with the jar!" the younger one accused.
"Of course I can catch a firefly." Kakashi chuckled at the statement as he set the jar to the side.
"Oh, yeah?"
"Yeah."
"Prove it." Iruka crossed his skinny arms and narrowed his eyes as Kakashi shook his head.
"Okay, then," Kakashi suddenly moved and the younger boy didn't expect what came next. He found himself wrapped up in Kakashi's arms on the older boy's lap as the silver-haired boy called out triumphantly, "aha! Caught one!"
"Eh! Kakashi-kun! I don't count! I'm not a firefly!" Iruka struggled against the older boy's stronger grip as Kakashi pulled him closer.
"Are you sure?" Kakashi looked down at Iruka as the younger boy looked back up at him.
"Of course I'm not a firefly, silly!" Iruka squirmed one last time before giving up and going limp.
"Then you're right, Ruru." Iruka looked up at Kakashi. "I can't catch fireflies but I'd much rather sit here with you."
The older boy looked down to see Iruka blushing and he hugged Iruka closer, enjoying the other boy's warmth. He said softly into Iruka's ear, "you'll always be a firefly in my eyes."
Kakashi didn't see Iruka's reaction but the boy turned in his arms and snuggled closer to him. He almost missed the soft words, "and you'll be the only one who can catch me."
The silver-haired boy almost responded until he looked down to find the little boy fast asleep. He chuckled again and picked Iruka up carefully as to not disturb him and brought him inside the house, kissing him lightly on the cheek when he was safely tucked in.
The scroll on Kakashi's desk was turned in late.
bleh, i was bored and... this happened
i found it cute :3
new chapter in FAIW coming soon just have to do the evil... EDITING
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