Hey decided to make this a series of one shots about my fav pairingd from Naruto.
This one is Kakashi and Iruka.
Let me know what you think.
Umino Iruka thought Hatake Kakashi was an excellent shinobi… but he sucked at life. The man could kill an entire squadron without breaking a sweat and infiltrate an enemy base without hesitation, but come to interacting with someone he liked? Absolutely hopeless. Of course that was part of what made him so endearing because he constantly tried to be better as if he was trying to prove to people that he did deserve Iruka, even if he did act like a five year old with a crush in the beginning and could be insanely possessive and was prone to jealousy… never mind. Lets just say his social interactions left a lot to be desired.
Iruka remembered seeing Kakashi quite often in the mission room before they'd officially been introduced to each other, the silver haired man was nearly always slouched against a wall with his orange book. He also handed in some of the worst reports ever, honestly why was it so hard to just describe what happened on a mission without doodling all over it or spilling something on it or letting his dogs chew it or… we'll just leave it at that. Needless to say he had never in Iruka's time working at the mission desk handed in an 'acceptable' report.
He knew the man's past, who in the village didn't? He felt a connection to him in the fact that at some point in their lives both of them had felt that the only ones they loved were all on the memorial stone, sometimes he thinks Kakashi still feels like that or at least feels guilty that he isn't on there too. It's because he knows Kakashi's past has been so harsh that he always tries not to be so hard on the man because he's sure that eventually one day he will snap and he really doesn't want to see that. He wonders if Kakashi knows about his own past, Iruka's life isn't as widely broadcast as Kakashi's but he likes to think that he took the time to find out when he became interested in the chunin.
They didn't really become friends until after that horrible chunin exams were Kakashi was so cold to him about his protests against the rookie nine participating, he admits that he was out of line and that Kakashi may have been right… well he'll admit it as long as the man doesn't hold it above him forever. With Sandaime dying and Sasuke having been targeted by Orochimaru he was sure Kakashi was under a lot of stress and he didn't want to add to it by being cold to him from their argument.
It had started because he noticed the jounin didn't really socialise unless someone dragged him somewhere, Iruka wasn't much better himself but he had enough sense to do something before he was dragged anywhere. So he decided that he would be a friend to Kakashi because honestly, the silver haired man needed a friend… well at least one not as weird as Gai and that could talk to him about non-shinobi things without sounding completely ridiculous.
It didn't develop into anything deeper until Sasuke left and Naruto went on his training trip with Jiraya. With Sakura being the only member of team seven left in Konoha and her being apprenticed to Tsunade Kakashi didn't have a team to teach anymore and Iruka was feeling the gap from Naruto not being there to bug him any more. They'd started spending a lot more time together after that and one day the copy-nin had just out of the blue asked him on a date. Obviously Iruka was shocked because like the rest of the village he'd assumed Kakashi was straight because of those books of his, that and he didn't know what made him think Iruka wouldn't punch him for asking… stupid genius.
It had been a nice date, Kakashi hadn't been perverted at all, big shock, and they'd really enjoyed their time together. Iruka had actually been really happy that he'd said yes, he knew he was attracted to the jounin, there were very few who weren't, but he'd never thought Kakashi would find him attractive. The one date became two and the next thing he knew half of things were at Kakashi's house and he was waiting there for the other man to come home from missions.
He remembered the first time Kakashi properly kissed him because not only was it breath taking but it was the first time he got to see Kakashi's face. He thought it was kind of cute because the silver haired man actually seemed a bit nervous but then again Iruka didn't know of anyone that knew what his face looked like so it was a pretty big deal that he'd shown him. The jounin was definitely handsome and Iruka knew he'd have more people chasing after him if they knew what he looked like, but he still didn't understand why he hid his face in the first place. So he asked.
"I just did one day," he replied. "First to hide my emotions to make it easier being a shinobi, then to stop people from seeing my father's face on me. Eventually it just stuck and was fun to drive people up the wall trying to find out what I looked like." Typical that the original reasoning would be so serious to only become a method used to tease people, that definitely sounded like something Kakashi would do.
Iruka thought it was really sweet when Kakashi asked if he could introduce him to his summons, his pack of nin-dogs. He understood it was important because they were what he considered his family now that everyone else was gone and he really wanted them to get along with Iruka. Luckily it turned out there were no worries there as Pakkun, who'd helped the chunin in the past had told the entire pack about him and they'd decided they liked him before they even met him. The relief on Kakashi's face was almost comical if Iruka hadn't known how important it was, the pack was a big part of his life and if they'd hadn't liked Iruka who knows what would have happened. Luckily they did and always joked that they liked him better than Kakashi because Iruka knew how to give belly rubs and to be honest he spoilt them rotten.
Naruto eventually came back from his trip and Kakashi had begged him not to tell the blonde about their relationship until he was settled in. His words were, and I quote: please don't tell him until he settles so I don't have to spend the first few weeks running from him for dating you. I'd rather tell him in the middle of mission so he can let out his anger on the enemy instead. Iruka made him sleep on the couch that night.
It was a little awkward that when he did find out Naruto bugged Iruka for ages asking him what Kakashi looked like under his mask and that he refused to leave Iruka's side for days to make sure Kakashi wasn't 'being perverted to his favourite sensei'. It got old very quickly and Iruka quickly explained that he was very happy with Kakashi and he'd been in a relationship with him long enough to know exactly what the jounin was like and no, he didn't need Naruto to stay with him at night to protect him from the pervert, he could do that very well himself thank you very much.
When Akatsuki attacked Konoha he'd been so busy trying to stay alive but he'd always managed to keep an eye on Kakashi's chakra levels while he fought. He'd almost got himself killed when he felt the other man's chakra disappear, all he could think was that he couldn't be dead, he's just out of range that's all. He knew in his heart that that wasn't true, Kakashi really was dead.
When he felt his chakra flair back to life once the fight was over he cried with relief and immediately went to find him. The copy-nin being injured didn't stop Iruka throwing himself at him when he found him, he just buried his face in his shoulder and cried while Kakashi held him tight as they lay on the floor. He was never letting this man out of his sight ever again.
Iruka thinks that despite knowing him so well Kakashi still puzzles him sometimes. His whole being is an enigma and the man loves to confuse people, the minute Iruka thinks he's got him figured out he does something that confuses him all over again. The chunin thinks it's because of the contrast between the copy-nin, the shinobi part of him and just Kakashi, the man who is only human. Kakashi is a man of contradictions and opposites but really Iruka thinks he wouldn't have it any other way because that's what makes loving him so worthwhile.
Kakashi is a genius, he knows this because he's always been one, so he can't figure out why it took him so long to notice Iruka. It might have been because in terms of being a shinobi his accomplishments didn't stand out, he wasn't in the bingo book, he wasn't a jounin and the man hardly went on missions because he taught at the academy. But Kakashi did realise later that Iruka was special in so many other ways.
He was gifted with children, his determination and bravery was just insane, and the man just never backed down or gave up if he thought he was doing the right thing. Iruka was also much better with people than Kakashi could ever be and everyone seemed to like the chunin despite that infamous temper of his that made every jounin scared when he was on duty at the mission desk.
It took until Iruka stood up to him in front of everyone about the chunin exams to make Kakashi realise all this and actually see him and when he did the chunin intrigued him like nothing else. Kakashi admits that his social skills aren't that great so he probably drove Iruka up the wall in the beginning with teasing and quite frankly childish behaviour, it wasn't his fault he'd never had a childhood so his social interactions were lacking. Once Kakashi decided that he was basically a bit obsessed with Iruka he snuck into the records room to read the chunin's personal file, which admittedly seemed a bit over the top but damn it he didn't want everyone to know he was so interested, he'd probably never hear the end of it.
What he read surprised him but at the same time it didn't, sure Iruka wasn't a jounin and didn't seem that impressive but his private files told a bit of a different story. The main idea of it was that Iruka was fully capable of becoming a jounin and possibly ANBU but the man just had no desire to do so, he'd much rather teach and make sure that their future shinobi would be prepared. In Kakashi's mind that was more inspiring than what some of the 'high' ranking shinobi did, including himself.
He loves driving the chunin up the wall with his 'unacceptable' reports and his tardiness but honestly he can't help it, the man just looks so hot when he's angry, at least his life is never boring with Iruka because he won't let Kakashi push him around. The jounin thinks it's a shame that it took his team disbanding for him to decide to pursue Iruka… he just didn't want to let the man slip through his fingers without trying to even reach him, he would have regretted that for the rest of his life. Still the surprise on Iruka's face when he did ask out the first time had been priceless, he'd actually checked his temperature and asked if he had a fever! Once he realised Kakashi was being serious the other man had blushed so red but at least he agreed.
The silver haired jounin liked catching people of guard so he'd been a complete gentleman on their first date which he knows surprised Iruka but he was glad he'd made that decision because it relaxed Iruka completely and had allowed the both of them to enjoy the date. He'd just have to make up for it in all their future dates… maybe he could the school teacher to try out some scenes from Icha Icha, that would be… interesting. Actually maybe it wasn't such a good idea that he read so much porn, it made keeping his mind out of the gutter around Iruka very hard especially that reoccurring fantasy about doing it in the teacher's classroom.
He can honestly say that finding the teacher in his living room asleep waiting for him to come back from a mission had filled him with such warmth he thought his heart would explode. There was just something so fulfilling knowing that he had someone waiting for him to return now. Kakashi hopes that Obito, Minato-sensei and everyone else he knows on the memorial is happy for him, he stopped being the stuck up bastard Obito always said he was and he's finally found a precious person again that he promises to protect just like Minato-sensei had always protected everyone.
He'll admit to being nervous the first time he kissed Iruka properly, as in not through his mask. It had been so long since he'd let someone see his face that he didn't know how Iruka would react… he didn't think he was bad looking. When he finally did kiss him Iruka apparently didn't think he was bad looking either by the look on his face. That first kiss had been an eye opener because it wasn't until then that he realised just how much he felt for the chunin, he couldn't remember ever feeling that much emotion swirling in him other than when he kissed Iruka and the teacher was so innocent! Kakashi made sure he soon got over that, it was a little hard not to when you were dating someone that read as much porn as he did.
Iruka meeting his summons had been crucial. For a long time they had been all he had to call family and it just wouldn't do for them not to get along with Iruka. He must have had a brain dead moment because he'd completely forgotten that Iruka had already met Pakkun when he lent the pug to him for a mission a while ago, as such the little dog had already told the entire pack about the chunin. It certainly made things easier because they'd already decided they liked him, sometimes he thought they liked Iruka more than they liked him but that could just be because he spoiled them rotten.
They were shinobi and Kakashi knew this meant that they both carried scars, some more painful than others, his own from Obito's eye still hurt him sometimes from the emotions. He hadn't been prepared though when he saw the huge scar on Iruka's back from when Mizuki threw a huge shuriken at him, Kakashi knew the man had scars, he had one across his face after all, but the one on his back was painful for the jounin to see. It showed him just how close he'd come to never getting to know Iruka and being able to have a life like this, if Mizuki weren't locked up he'd have gone and killed the bastard although he heard Naruto did a pretty good job of beating him up the night it happened. Eventually he worked up the courage to ask Iruka if the scar still hurt him.
"I guess so," he'd replied. "Most of the time I don't notice it but sometimes when I worry about Naruto it hurts, I got it protecting him so I just think of it as a reminder of how far I can be willing to save someone I love." Then he'd smiled. "Maybe some day I'll have one for you, hopefully you'll never get in that position though." That had left Kakashi speechless for the first time in his life.
Kakashi hadn't actually thought of the consequences of his relationship with Iruka until Naruto came back from his training trip with Jiraya, the blonde was incredibly protective of his academy sensei and had often said that he didn't like perverts which he knew Kakashi was. Asking Iruka to not tell Naruto straight away had been the closest the copy nin had ever come to begging, which might have seemed over the top but he really wasn't too keen to be the practice target for what ever the Sannin had been teaching the boy while he was away. He was really gratefully when he did find out during a mission that there were plenty of missing nin for him to take out his frustrations on even if he did bug them for weeks after about it claiming he needed to protect Iruka from Kakashi's perverseness. Cheeky brat.
He'd almost had a heart attack when Pain appeared in front of Iruka when Akatsuki attacked, he didn't want to lose another precious person, never again. He'd quickly led the fight away from the chunin in the hope that he wouldn't get caught up in the fight, unfortunately he realised as the fight went on that his own chances of coming out this alive were slim.
Meeting his father in that… waiting place had been so strange. He was glad he got some answers and that he could let his father know he forgave him but he was even happier when he realised he was going back to the real world, Iruka would have killed him if he hadn't come back and he didn't want the chunin to be upset. He realised that Iruka loved him as much as he did the chunin when he woke and the man tackled him crying in to his shoulder, it was a very warm feeling knowing that someone would miss him this much when he was gone.
Kakashi is glad he's still alive because he thinks it will take his entire life to truly understand Iruka. The man is so strong but his open heart and show of emotions goes against what a shinobi should be, he thinks he prefers it this way though because it means he always knows that Iruka loves him even if he can't figure him out the rest of the time.
There you go hope you liked it, took me forever to write for some reason.
Thanks for reading and please review.
Next one shot will probably be Gaara and Naruto i just love those two!