Winter Wish

Disclaimer: these characters are not mine…oh lord though I wish they were! XD

Chapter 1 – Coming to Terms

Winter at the Academy had finally come to Kohana Village and a certain raven haired boy was walking over to his little fox's den to start the celebration of the season. On the other side of the village a silver-haired jounin was still trying to lure his pony-hair tied teacher, so he could finally fall in love with him.

"Iruka…my sweet please go out with me for Christmas eve dinner?"

"NO! For the last time!"

"Why not?"

"I told you, I'm not your type and you're annoying, I'll never be yours now leave me alone!"

Without a word Kakashi was gone, while Iruka was thinking and still walking to his apartment 'the nerve of that stupid, late papered man! Who does he think he is? Every time I see him my stomach turns! UGH! This is frustrating!'

With a 'POOF' Kakashi appeared at his apartment when he started to think aloud "Man, this time I thought he might have said yes…there has to be a way to make him see that I'm not a bad person like he thinks I am…but what?"

The next morning as he gathered Team 7 by the bridge for the same last minute training he decided to turn in his papers on time…for once. After Team 7 went home a raven following a fox close behind, Kakashi went in a flash of smoke to his office at the academy. He quickly gathered his paperwork and started to walk into the office to turn in the papers when he started to think about last night and what Iruka said to him 'I'll never be yours' and the thought made him sad, it didn't even take Sasuke that long to get Naruto. When he looked up he saw Iruka and it hurt, the handsome silhouette of the man just sitting there without a care, his eyes filled with sorrow as he looked at the teacher turned in his paper and walked out without a word.

"What's his issue?" a co-worker implied

"I don't know usually he is late and tries to ask me out" Iruka answered back

"Ahh…well who knows they are jounin they are weird anyways"

"Ha-ha, yeah" Iruka softly chuckled the statement was true but it was unlike Ka not to say anything at all to him, it actually worried him, though he would never admit it.

Ka sat in the teacher lounge just trying to think of what to do about his love dilemma when he decided it was time to leave, the sun was starting to set, he started to walk out there was a light snow and a nice breeze, when Iru came running out after him.

"Kakashi" Iru yelled, as he ran to catch up with the tall, spiky-haired man

Ka paused at the gates watching the snow fall when the mocha man caught up to him "Can I help you Iruka-sensei? I did something wrong on my paperwork didn't I? I'll fix it tomorrow, I'm sorry"

Iru paused and look at Ka shocked at the response "No! Wait Kakashi that's not…"

Ka turned around and looked at him "Then what?" he stopped and looked at Iruka, Kakashi was still hurting and wanting to get away from the coffee colored man in front of him because all he wanted to do was smother the caramel man with his flesh and imprint himself in the sensei's soul, body, and mind.

"I wanted to ask if you were ok. You seemed kind of upset and you never turn in your paperwork on time AND correct" he stated waiting for an answer from the jounin, Ka, who just stood there acting like he was the best.

"I'm fine, now is that all?" he just wanted to get away from the one who would never be his the one who had him wrapped around his finger and not even know it!

"Oh, ok, well are you sure you're ok?"

"Yes, good night Iruka- sensei" Ka stated as he started to walk away

Iru just stood there 'since when did he start calling me sensei? It feels like we are…so far apart I know something is wrong…but what, something doesn't feel right?'

The next few days Ka didn't want to see Iruka, he wanted to try and forget the mocha man and the thought of him ever getting a chance with him, so Kakashi got Gai-sensei to turn in his paperwork for him at the academy. Iruka was getting mad he knew something was wrong and he should have seen it, his true feeling for the spiky-haired jounin was starting to show. The season passed and the year finally was about to turn. New Year's Eve at the academy was always a festivity that was enjoyable, they have games and booths and a grand finale of fireworks right at the stroke of midnight. Ka finally decided to show his face at the academy, he went into a classroom with a large window and a good view of the school court yard where they would be shooting off the fireworks; he pulled up a chair and took a seat, pulling his kimono over his lap.

Iruka was checking all the halls and rooms to make sure nobody snuck in and tried to take anything. He walked passed a science classroom and peeked past the thresh hold of the door and he saw Ka sitting by the window with the same sorrowful look he had when they stopped talking.

"Kakashi?" he questioned as he slowly crept into the room

"Yes, Iruka-sensei?" not looking at Iru but just staring out the window

"Will you stop calling me 'sensei'? Why do you address me so formally?" his anger slowly rising

"Please take a seat and watch the fireworks with me one last time"

Iruka paused at the statement 'last time? Did he just say 'last time'? Is he leaving? I didn't see a pink slip or any other slip of any kind in my stack of paperwork…did something happen?'

"Iruka" Kakashi stated

Iruka slowly looked up, seeing Kakashi's slender but muscular legs, the kimono he wore was red his hands crossed over his lap, the kimono open to reveal some of the white chocolate chest the neck and mouth always covered by the mask he always wore but he wore no head band revealing his shenanigan red eye with his other sky blue. "Yes" Iru stumbled over the word.

"I promise this will be the last time and if you say no I'll stop pestering you from now on and we can go about our business like normal" the fireworks started and Ka paused to look at the colors when he looked back and started to continue "Iruka my one and only…" Ka had no time to finish as Iru leapt from his chair and crashed his lips to Kakashi's as they fell back hitting the ground with a 'THUNK'

Iruka stopped kissing Ka and was now straddling him on the floor "Kakashi, yes, I say yes" he starting kissing Ka once again when Kakashi stopped him, panting, looking at his blushing chounin in his beautiful green kimono legs exposed and his mocha skin looking so soft and smooth was starting to turn him on "Please Iruka g…get off"

"No" he said between kissing Ka's neck and collar bone and taking soft nips "no, do you know how I felt all this time without you? I finally realized…that…I think…I think I love you"