And the River Flows
This is a sequel to 'Waking Feelings'.
This sequel will also include hentail, shounen-ai and possibly even yaoi and yuri.
The main characters are Kakashi and Sakura, supporting characters are Naruto, Sasuke, Ino and Iruka.
These characters do not belong to me, I just borrow them from time to time to let them have a good time and return them, satisfied, to their original owner.
I hope you enjoy the story, leave a review if you can.
Thanks a lot for reading!
Fiction-Goddes.
(This story was written for CrazyGirl05)
Chapter one – Confusion might solve it.
Even though Sakura still can't seem to comprehend what has happened, Sasuke having ended up with Naruto, her ending up with her sensei, Kakashi, she feels happier than ever before.
Kakashi is everything she could've hoped for, he is caring, loving and warm, not to mention, he isn't gay.
Although they have to keep their relationship a secret, it being illegal and all, they don't care.
Kakashi had once turned his whole kitchen into a private restaurant for just the two of them and Sakura, in her turn, had changed her bedroom into a cinema. That way they could still have dates without going out and being seen by everyone.
Sasuke and Naruto have so much of an easier life, she sometimes thinks, although everyone in the village thinks they're somewhat weird, they aren't in danger of getting caught because of illegal activities. Being gay is somewhat accepted in Konoha, loving minors isn't.
Tonight Sakura and Kakashi were watching some movies over at Sakura's place. Comfortable in each other's arms, placing butterfly kisses wherever they can and avoiding parents who come bursting into her room asking them if they want some tea.
Sakura's parents don't know about their relationship of course, around them, Sakura still acts like she's really depressed over Sasuke's relationship with Naruto and Kakashi told them he is there to cheer her up.
They do have a slight suspicion that Sakura's parents know what is going on, but they are not really planning to test their luck on it.
After having watched a few movies, Kakashi says it's time to go home and even though Sakura is whining a little about that, she knows he can't stay over at her place either, one point being that it would stand out too much, the other that he still needs to visit Hokage-sama.
So he takes his leave, kissing Sakura one last time before he goes and Sakura is left behind, mesmerised as always when she is allowed to look upon his beautiful face.
Kakashi walks down the street, whistling a tune he heard in the movie, being completely happy with himself, loving every second of his life.
He draws his book from the pocket of his trousers and starts reading, imagining that everything in the book is actually happening between him and Sakura. And yes, it is indeed quite dirty.
In his absent-minded state, he is unable to notice that there is another person walking the streets at this hour and it isn't until he bumps into him that he finds out about it.
Both the men find themselves in hard contact with the ground beneath them and a loud clutter of falling objects reaches Kakashi's ears.
"A ta-ta-ta-ta… can't you watch out where you're going, dumb-ass?" he hears and he looks up, watching right into Iruka's startled brown eyes.
"Oh, Kakashi, I'm sorry, I didn't see it was you." He says, his voice suddenly sounding a lot less agitated and Kakashi could've sworn to see a blush on his cheeks. Maybe he should start wearing a mask too, he thinks with a slight smile. He offers his hand to the fallen Chuunin and helps him back on his feet. "It's difficult to see anything behind that enormous pile of books, Iruka, all homework from the academy students?" he asks, starting picking up the books and making a pile of them again. Iruka nods and helps Kakashi doing the work he was actually supposed to be doing alone.
"Yeah, seems like some of the students are actually being quite active in my class this year… they're further than any other class in the academy." He says with a warm smile, busy to avoid Kakashi's eye.
Kakashi smiles back at him, although he knows Iruka can't see it because of the mask in front of his mouth. He's become so used to the fact that he can take it off whenever he's around Sakura, that he sometimes forgets he's wearing it in normal life.
"Need a hand with them? I can help you carry them back to your house." Kakashi suggests, knowing that Iruka would probably stumble again if he had to carry it all alone.
"Oh no, I couldn't possibly ask you to do so." Iruka says, raising his hands in front of him, but Kakashi can't help but notice the longing tone in his voice. No one would turn down an offer of help in this situation, he thinks.
He divides the pile in two smaller ones and carries one of them. Iruka stands there, string at him with open mouth.
"Well come on, unless you rather I'd change my mind…" Kakashi says, gripping the books a bit tighter so they won't slide down his arms.
Iruka nods and hastily picks up the books. "Thanks a lot, Kakashi, you're a great help." He says, smiling broadly this time.
Kakashi nods. "You'd better remember that, because sooner or later, I'll come to collect." He says in a low voice, followed by another stumble from Iruka's side, he looks around, seeing him blushing furiously. He thinks back about his words. 'Come to collect…' could've been understood in two ways and he sniggers about it. Cute innocent Iruka would probably feel really embarrassed after hearing words like that.
They reach his house in no time, although it seemed like ages because of the heavy books in their arms and as soon as they've thrown them down on the table, they shake their painful arms and laugh openly at each other.
"Well then, I suppose I should be on my way again." Kakashi says, waving his hand at Iruka and walking towards the door. As soon as his hand touches the doorknob, he feels a hand on his shoulder. He turns around, seeing Iruka in front of him once more, but the sight he is receiving is far from the sight he got before. Not longer does he seem like the self secure academy teacher in control of his students, nor does he seem like the innocent Iruka he knew, or even the Iruka who was embarrassed because he dropped his books after bumping in to the Jounin.
No, this Iruka looks shy, wearing his hair down in a messy way, with a determined glare in his eyes, although it gets shaded with fear. "Please don't leave just yet…" he whispers softly and he takes a step back from the Jounin so that he can see yet another change in his appearance.
Kakashi frowns a little as he notices that he is no longer wearing his Chuunin vest and that underneath it was a rather skin tight long sleeved shirt, which really shows how muscled the man actually is.
"Iruka, what the…" he asks, thinking he understands the intentions of the Chuunin all too well and he isn't sure if he likes it or not. Even more, he doesn't know what the hell he should do about it.
Iruka smiles again, still the same, shy smile and his eyes look uncertain. "You still haven't figured it out yet?" he asks, hugging himself for support. "I like you… Kakashi… I like you a lot…" He walks up to the Jounin and kisses his mask-concealed cheek. When Kakashi just stands there, doing nothing, he decides it's time to take it one step up. He places his arms around Kakashi and hugs him tight, pressing his body firmly against the other man's.
"Iruka, you shouldn't be doing this." Kakashi finally says.
Iruka steps back once more, looking into the Jounin's one eye with great disappointment. "I'm sorry…" he whispers, turning around again, so that Kakashi is now facing his back. "I thought I had a chance, seeing you're still single and I never really see you dating anyone… I was hoping you would want to give this kind of relationship a chance… I've liked you ever since the first time I saw you. So carefree, lazy, lecturing me… You looked so nice that day, wearing your ANBU outfit and your hair so messy…" suddenly, he stops talking, his body freezing as if he finally understood what he was doing. He shakes his head. "You should really be going now." He says, turning around his closed eyes, but at that exact moment he feels a pair of soft, tender lips on his own, followed by a rustle and a quickly closed door.
He opens his eyes and is just in time to witness Kakashi running down the street through his window. His face flushes over and he touches his lips with shaking fingers. What the hell just happened? He wonders, Kakashi had just told him he shouldn't be trying this and yet… why did he kiss him? He curses himself for having his eyes closed; this would've been the perfect chance for him to have seen the man's face entirely.
Yet he feels so happy about what happened he can't help but laugh out loud and dropping himself on the bed, thinking about what happened and what else might happen in his perverted mind.
Kakashi reaches his house, breathing hard and cursing himself. What did he do? Did he really just kiss Iruka? He shakes his head, trying to get the feeling out of his system, it felt strange, nice and it gave him a certain tingle. He has only felt it before with Sakura, and of course, as a kid with Rin, but those two were girls, there's just no way on earth that he's now falling for guys as well! He won't believe that.
He's with Sakura, he loves her, he knows he does, and then there's Iruka, with his twisted love, gay love, no way he will ever indulge himself into something like that.
He yells a little and throws his front door shut.
Not only had this confession make him feel extremely awkward, it had made him feel happy in some way, it had made his body react a little, the words caused butterflies in his stomach and that kiss… he doesn't want to think about it, it had caused trouble from below, and he still doesn't understand why.
He sighs and undresses, maybe he should just go to sleep, forget about what happened and wish that it will never happen again.
He lies down on his bed, closing his eyes and thinking about Sakura.
Sakura lies in her bed, thinking happy thoughts about Kakashi and watching the flower he gave her today. As she looks at it, it loses a leaf and her eyes open wide.
She had learned about this during the Kunoichi classes. It's a premonition.