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Copper Penny

Kakashi sat down on their bed. His masked was pooled at his neck and his pout visible on his face. It was the expression he wore for fifteen minutes now, since Iruka had returned from the academy, maybe longer. He glared at Iruka every time he came into the silver haired man's view, daring him to ask a question.

Finally, feeling a pity at the pitiful expression his boyfriend wore, Iruka sat beside him on the bed.

"A penny for your thoughts?" Iruka asked.

"A penny? My thoughts only worth a penny to you?" The copy nin threw a tantrum.

"It's just an idiom, Kashi." Iruka rubbed his boyfriend's back, trying to sooth his temper. "Tell me what's been bothering you, love."

An epic tale poured out of the silver haired nin's mouth. Of how early he woke up today, braving the chilling morning so that he would reach his destination early. Upon reaching it, the place was already packed with people with the same purpose as he was. Rivals they all were, but he would not lose for he is the Sharingan Kakashi, Master of a thousand jutsu, he had braved every fight and had survived them all. He waited his turn for his own opportunity only to found out that fate was not on his side. Oh, how devastated he felt, he had returned empty handed. Not only that he was disappointed on himself, his pride was wounded as well.

While telling his boyfriend this, his back sagged and he leaned into the brunet's shoulder defeated. Iruka's eye twitched.

"So you're telling me that you couldn't get a ticket to watch Icha Icha the movie: The Fourth series of 'Love of the Sea' premier?" A nod was his only answer.

"Jiraiya-sama was not in the village, so I couldn't ask him for the tickets." Was that a sniff?

Iruka heaved a long sigh at his boyfriend's antics. He patted Kakashi's shoulder. His pitiful state was very convincing and he felt sorry for the man.

"There, there, my poor baby," Iruka cooed as if coaxing a little child.

"If I make you fell good tonight, will you forget about this and cheer up a little bit?" The brunet asked softly.

"All the sex in the world can't cheer me up," the older nin sulked again.

"We'll see about that." The younger man pounced on his older lover. Never say an Umino to back down any challenges.

The next morning, after Iruka finished dressing for academy, he kissed his sleepy lover lovingly.

"Kakashi, I'll be going now. I left a surprise for you at the bedside table. Hope this would make you fell better. Breakfast is in the kitchen" He went for the door leaving his sated and sore lover to continue his sleep. On the bedside table, two tickets for the Icha Icha the movie: the Fourth series of 'Love of the Sea' premier lay under the table lamp. Not only that, it was the lover's seat package.