"Mom! Mom, Dad! Jeez, where are they?"
Came a voice from the bathroom, the light under the door was on and the young and slightly annoying voice called out once more. It was obviously a male – a certain yellow-haired male to be truly correct. A yellow-haired male by the name of Hatake Naruto. The boy opened the door a crack, some steam erupted from the door as he poked a light blue eye out and glanced around the hall.
"Mom! Dad!"
He yelled again, they must be out he decided finally and changed his tactics –
"Sakura! Sasuke!"
He called suddenly, looking up and down the hallway for his brother and sister. Nothing eluded him to their voices. He sighed and was about to call again when he heard a noise from the room acrossed from where he was and to the right. His blue eyes traveled over to the door and he had a questioning look on his face.
The door opened and out popped the head of a very tired looking Sasuke, the raven's haired boy's hair was in a disarray as he looked out his bedroom door to his younger brother. He squinted his eyes then cleared the sleep clouds from them and blinked. He looked tired still, but more awake than before.
"Oi! Sasuke, mind getting me a towel?"
He called hopefully, his blue eyes narrowed slightly. The black eyes of his brother narrowed as well. He snorted and blinked angrily,
"You called me out of bed for a towel? I thought it was important Naruto."
He said scornfully, slamming the door behind him. Naruto heaved a sigh and looked over to the other side of the hallway. He grimaced, that's where the towels were. It wouldn't have taken Sasuke much effort for him to go and get his brother a towel. What a lazy dumbass. Naruto thought silently as he looked around for his sister.
"Sakura!"
He called, looking both ways in down the hall way, with his luck it might have been that she'd already left with Ino – He knew how close those two were. He sighed – they annoyed him to the extreme degree. He didn't much care for either of them. The one he was after was Tenten. She was so sexy. She was on fire with sexiness! Naruto grew warm just thinking about her fit body under his and her bundled hair finally let out of those bonds… His face grew red as he 'rose to the occasion.' He cursed silently; it was just his luck that he did this! He sighed with anger and looked both ways down the hallway.
"Sakura!"
He called again at the top of his voice. He looked around, Okay, so she isn't coming. I'll have to go and get one then. He was about out of the door when he heard a sound, a voice, well, two voices. He cheered silently as they called out:
"We're home! Naruto, Sasuke! You guys here?"
Apparently his Mother already knew that Sakura was out. He huffed and looked down at himself, he smiled slightly and fingered the tattoo on his belly, he couldn't wait to show it to Tenten at school… but he had to keep his mind on the important things,
"Mom!"
He called out, seeking help. He heard feet walking down the hallway and Iruka's form was suddenly there. Naruto blinked, he heaved a sigh and Iruka brought him a towel, already guessing what Naruto wanted. The male winked at Naruto and smiled before going back down the hallway. Over Iruka's shoulder the boy heard:
"Don't forget to wake up your brother!"
Naruto rolled his eyes and wrapped the towel around his mid section. He walked back into his room, changing into his normal clothes he grinned at the picture of Tenten he had on the wall. He brushed a hand down her cheek (it was a rather large picture) and smiled. He grinned and whispered something to the picture; he then turned and headed out the door, grabbing his backpack along the way.
He knocked loudly on Sasuke door, he hammered on it, pounding it really good. He wanted that bastard to know what he'd done to Naruto. Naruto, without waiting to see if Sasuke was really up or not, opened the door and yelled;
"OI, SASUKE! WAKE UP!"
Then sped out of there as fast as he could. No smart person ever stuck around once Sasuke was roused and angry. Naruto pelted into the kitchen where he ran into his Father's outstretched arm. He gagged slightly as his windpipe met the solid arm. He fell on to the floor. He looked up and grimaced, still unable to talk and regaining his wind.
His Father's attention had returned to the fruit in front of him he calmly sliced the fruit and put the cut slices aside. He didn't even look to see if Naruto was all right. His father's silver hair was swept up and to the side. He knew that both Sasuke and his Father used the same gel to keep their hair defying gravity twenty-four/seven.
He was gasping on the floor when his Mother came back in, Iruka gasped and threw a withering look to Kakashi, who –sensing it– was good enough to look at Naruto and ask him if he was alright.
Naruto glared up at his Dad, who was now looking back at the fruit and slicing it carefully. Naruto gained an idea in his head. He knocked himself against Kakashi's leg. A few things happened at one time. First of all, Naruto became even more winded. And secondly, while Kakashi didn't fall over, he did cut his slender fingers on the knife.
Kakashi hissed in pain as he looked at the growing cut on his fingertip, it was a deep one too. The silver-haired errand boy sighed softly and stared as the blood started to well. Naruto stood up, feeling triumphant. Iruka knocked him on the head as the worried man rushed to the side of his lover.
Iruka took the injured hand in his own softer ones and tsk'd softly. He shot a look at Naruto that sent the boy after the pantry to get a cup of ramen for his breakfast.
Iruka looked at the finger and then back up at his husband. He smiled gently and stroked Kakashi's palm. The other smiled through his mask and then Iruka slipped the bleeding finger into his mouth as he gently sucked on the wound. He tasted the blood and smiled, he took it out of his mouth, and before the blood could well-up again, he poured some medical cleaner on the wound before he bandaged it up.
He moved into Kakashi's embrace and kissed the other soundly on the lips, enjoying the feeling of the soft lips ( since Kakashi only wore a mask when he was out acting as an ANBU ). Kakashi smiled and loosely held his arms around Iruka's waste, he shifted back and forth slightly, enticing Iruka subtly.
Naruto stared at them and huffed. He rolled his eyes and placed the pan on the stove and turned it on, water included. The Blonde-haired boy was rubbing his head and setting the timer for his ramen when he was kicked and sent face-forward onto the tile.
Iruka, distracted by this, turned his head and looked at Sasuke. The boy was livid. He stepped on Naruto as he walked on his way to get his own food in the morning ( bread and some jelly ). He sighed and looked at Naruto.
No. Sasuke WAS NOT a morning person. Not in the least. Nadda. Kakashi smiled and ruffled the already ruffled hair of the pale boy and thefted a slice of bread from the plate that Sasuke was carring. The teenager didn't seem to notice. He'd already sat down and was spreading the jelly on the bread with a knife.
Naruto groaned and got up. He poured the water into the instant ramen cup and sat there, staring at him.
"I don't get it, if it says 'Instant Ramen' why isn't it instant!?"
The boy cried, staring hungrily at the ramen with two and a half minutes to go on the timer. Kakashi was busy cutting fruit ( he had moved on from the pears to the apples ) and Iruka was crunching on cereal. Sasuke looked at him and sighed,
"Because Naruto-baka, you have to learn how to act completely calm in times of need."
The raven-haired boy said softly, taking a bite of his bread slice. Naruto puffed out his cheeks in disapproval. He huffed and puffed, unable to come up with any answer besides:
"You sound just like Mizuki-sensei!"
Kakashi glanced back over at Naruto, then placed the cut up fruit into a tub and put it in the cooler. He walked over to Iruka and smiled, playing with the other's hair for a moment. Kakashi's grin faded from his handsome face, but then Iruka sneezed. The older man smiled and kissed Iruka on the head,
"I need to go now – I'll be late if I don't."
Kakashi said, since he did have a job he needed to go to do it since he was rather important. Iruka sighed and stood up sadly, he didn't want Kakashi to go, when Sasuke and Naruto left it would be so lonely and silence. Silence was what Iruka hated the most. He hugged Kakashi, when then left him and went to pat Naruto on his fluffy head. Naruto growled at him. Kakashi moved over and planted a gloved hand on Sasuke shoulder. Sasuke nodded his head and took another bite of food.
Iruka smiled slightly and gave Kakashi another departing kiss on the lips. Both Naruto and Sasuke wore scornful looks on their faces. Iruka smiled and turned back to them, the expressions long-since gone from their features. Naruto greedily sucked on the noodle strands, shoveling them into his mouth as if Sasuke would eat them.
Sasuke finished eating his own food and stood up, taking his dishes to the sink he rinsed them off, washed his hands. He opened the dishwasher and started to put the clean dishes away. It was Tuesday, it was his day to do the dishes. He didn't complain, he didn't say anything. He was too busy trying to find the right word that rhymed with the word 'isms.'
He wasn't have very much success.
Naruto glanced around, the sharp noise that the plates made when the smashed together hurt his ears. He winced and slurped the ramen faster, burning his tongue in the process. Naruto cried out and gasped as the flaming-hot noodles slithered their way down his chest. He gasp heavily once more, his blue eyes wide with pain and heat.
Iruka stood up and got Naruto a glass of cold water ( it wasn't the first time Naruto has done this ), Sasuke chuckled darkly at him ( it went un-heard ). Naruto gasped like a fish out-of-water and heaved a sigh when the pain subsided. Aided by the cold water.
"Naruto, you shouldn't eat your noodles so fast, you'll really hurt yourself."
Iruka cautioned the other ( it was the same old thing that Iruka had told Naruto on several occasions ), Naruto looked at him, indignant and replied:
"Mom! I can't help it, those noodles are good! I have to eat them fast before they loose their flavor!"
Naruto protested loudly. Sasuke shook his head, Naruto was a disgrace to the family. He put the last of the dishes away and sighed. He left the kitchen and headed up the hallway, passed Naruto's room and into his own to get dressed for school.
They had a uniform at the school. Males wore navy-blue jackets with silver ties, the pants were either white shorts or navy-blue pants ( Sasuke always went with the shorts ). He finished tying the tie around his neck and slung his green backpack over one shoulder before he left his room. He spotted Naruto ( dressed in the pants ). They stared at each other a moment, then both shrugged their shoulders and then gave Iruka a hug and went towards the door.
"Oi! Wait!"
Iruka called to them, they both turned back, both were shoved a bento box for lunch. Naruto grimaced ( he'd wanted noodles ) and Sasuke cheered ( he loved bento boxes ). Iruka kissed both of them on the head and ushered them out of the door.
They both waved to their Mother and smiled ( Yes, Sasuke smiled ). They then set out for the school.
Disclaimer – Naruto does not belong to me. I just write random plot-bunnies when they appear in meh head.
The next chapter will come soon enough.
