Rumor has It
Disclaimer: Don't own Anko, Iruka, or Kakashi, or Konoha. Or any cherry blossom trees…
Summary: Kakashi spreads some rumors about Anko and Iruka…but are they really just rumors?
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Knock, knock.
"Iruka? What the hell are you doing here?" Anko asked in surprise. It was 3 AM on a Tuesday morning.
"I'm hungry," Iruka whined.
"The ramen bar is down the street."
"Its closed! Besides, I'm hungry for you," he said, falling forwards. Anko opened her eyes wide as he kissed her clumsily.
"Pwaaaah!" she said, leaning away from his stench, "You stink of sake, you're drunk!"
He blinked in confusion. Beyond him, on the street, Anko caught sight of the grinning face of…
(DUN, DUN, DUN)
…"Hatake Kakashi," Anko whispered.
"OMG ANKO AND IRUKA WERE MAKING OUT!!"
Needless to say, by noon all of Konoha had found out about their kiss, in some twisted version or the other.
By noon the next Tuesday, Anko had either bribed or threatened everyone into silence.
Iruka had avoided her all week. But as Anko took her favorite shortcut to home, through a cherry tree lined street, she found him sitting on a bench not ten feet away.
"Anko-san," he said, patting the bench, "Will you spend a few minutes here?"
With his scrutinizing eyes gazing at her like that, how could she say no?
"Don't worry, everyone's forgotten about the kiss," she said reassuringly just as he blurted out, "Anko-san, I like you very much."
There was a nice, long awkward pause as they both blushed prettily.
"Oh." Anko could've kicked herself for not having anything else to say.
He sighed, and got up. "I'm sorry Anko-san," he began, but stopped when she planted a sloppy kiss on his cheek.
Iruka raised a trembling hand to his cheek, looking lost. Then he put his hand on Anko's cheek, looking hopeful.
"Anko-san…?"
"I like you very much too, Iruka," she grinned wolfishly. He laughed.
They weren't quite sure how they ended up in the thick branches of the tallest tree, gasping for breath and kissing each other silly, groping to undo each other's clothes.
"We shouldn't…such an open place…" Iruka said, not really caring.
Anko didn't even pretend to hear him.
"I'm really too pretty to be on top," he said immodestly. She mounted him with a simple sentence.
"You talk too much," was all he heard before he lost himself in her.
The rumors flared up again, only to die down immediately as people realized they weren't just rumors. Iruka and Anko were making out, every day, and they weren't about to hide their love.
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I can't say I think much of the ending, but I like this couple.