Chapter Two

The idea wouldn't leave Kakashi alone.

That stupid, dangerous, self-indulgent idea that he could just teach Gai about sex and see what Gai had to say about it drifted through his mind repeatedly over the course of the next few days, nipping at his heels and startling him with its intensity whenever he saw Gai in person.

Finally, it was down to rationalizing: It can't hurt to ask him, can it? I'll just ask him if he wants to learn, and I'll see what he says. He says no, and I walk away.

Kakashi walked through the field to get to Gai's training area, a packed dirt area full of tree trunks to punch and rocks to destroy. He could see it up ahead, and see Gai standing near the middle, pounding punch after punch into a sturdy, stripped tree trunk. When he got closer, he could hear the rhythmic thud, so fast it almost sounded like a horse's hooves on soft terrain. The fast rhythm was good; it meant that Gai was in high spirits, going about his training regiment with his usual enthusiasm. Slower, heavier punches were bad. They meant Gai was upset and trying to pound the emotion out of himself by socking his training posts as hard as possible.

By the time Kakashi crossed over from the grass to the packed dirt, he was decided. See? Gai's in a good mood today. It'll be easy. I'll make it sound like a joke. We can banter back and forth, and then I can ask him for real, and then he'll say yes. Or no. Whichever one it is. And after I ask him and hear the answer, I can let it drop.

Gai turned as he approached and grinned. "Kashi! Come for a challenge? I'll race you around the village. Or how about we do fifty pushups and see who can do them faster?"

Kakashi gestured lazily. "That can wait for later. I have a question for you."

"Oh?" Gai frowned slightly, curious. "What's that?"

Kakashi gave Gai a mischievous smile. "Want to learn about sex?"

"Kashi!" Gai was shocked.

"Relax, Gai," Kakashi said. "Answer the question." He allowed the mischief to fade out of his expression. "It's an honest question."

Gai blushed. He visibly formed his words in his head before he spoke. "I want to…wait."

"Wait?" Kakashi asked cheerfully.

"For the right one," Gai said.

"The right what, Gai?" Kakashi scratched his temple, feigning ignorance. Although he'd overheard Gai talking about his life plans more than once.

"The right…" Gai frowned, sensing he was being led. "What is it, Kakashi?"

Kakashi grinned. "I don't know if you don't tell me."

Gai experienced a moment's frustration.

Kakashi chuckled. Even frustrated, Gai's expression was more cute than intimidating. "What is it that you're waiting for? The right sex partner?"

Gai nodded. Naïve hope that Kakashi was going to be nice and not tease him anymore was written all over his face.

Kakashi gave in. "You can learn about sex without having sex." He pulled out his orange book in explanation. "Icha Icha is sex education. It's the best sex education there is." He opened the front cover. "See? It says so right here."
Gai frowned doubtfully. "That looks like pornography to me."

Kakashi smiled. "It's sex education you get off to. That's the best kind. How can you learn about sex if you don't feel turned on?"

Gai wavered, clearly confused. "But that looks like…but pornography is…We're not supposed to look at that, Kashi. It's bad for us."

Kakashi said. "Gai…we're sixteen. We are plenty old enough to know about adult things like sex. Reading about sex doesn't make you have sex. It just makes you educated."

Gai pointed accusingly. "How do you know the information in that book accurate? Jiraiya-sensei writes fiction."

"It's Jiraiya-sensei," Kakashi said simply. "He promised me once that he was never anything less than honest in his books. This is honest to goodness real life sex. Just portrayed with fictional characters. It's harmless. Gai…" He judged he needed to play his trump card. He leaned closer and murmured, "Men are expected to instigate, you know. If you don't know what you're doing, your wife is going to be disappointed."

Gai colored deep red. "Kakashi…"

"I don't want you to be disappointed with your wife. Or with your first time sex," Kakashi murmured. "Let me help you."

Gai miserably nodded.

"Let's go back to my place." Kakashi led the way.

Gai followed, trailing behind him with a hanging head.

xXx

Kakashi plopped down a pile of his manga volumes on the bed between them. "Well, start reading."

"All of these?" Gai protested.

"It's research." Kakashi smiled. "Besides, you have to find something you like."

"I don't know…" Gai hesitantly picked up a book and opened it, scanning the table of contents. "Are you sure that you don't want to give me any pointers?"

"Just start anywhere," Kakashi said casually. "They're all safe."

Gai sifted through the pile for several moments in silence.

Kakashi scanned his bookshelves, looking for any more titles that might be of some interest to a totally sexually ignorant person like Gai. He had a wide collection. He hadn't been kidding when he said part of his porn collection hobby was for research.

"What are these ones for, Kakashi?" Gai asked, flipping through the pages.

Kakashi glanced over, wondering what could possibly have confused his friend. He froze a little inside. Somehow, in the stack of look-alike books, he'd accidentally mixed up Yorubetsu, Ne? volume 2 for Icha Icha volume 2. They both had orange covers with blue writing on them, and neither one of them had illustrations on the cover because they were 18+.

The difference was that Yorubetsu, Ne? was yaoi.

"What ones?" Kakashi asked casually, pretending he hadn't noticed.

Gai stared at the pictures, and then showed Kakashi. "These men are both guys."

In any other situation, Kakashi would have made fun of that statement. Something like, Oh? I hadn't noticed. Or, You're right. I need to get my eyesight checked. Thanks, Gai. I'll return that to the store.

But a weird thrill passed through him in which Kakashi realized he wanted Gai to know he knew about gay sex. With a decidedly self-destructive decision to throw all secrecy to the wind, Kakashi smiled. "I read those, too."

Gai's jaw dropped. "But…why?"

Kakashi just broadened his smile. "It pays to have a well-rounded education, you know." He watched a blush roar to life in Gai's cheeks.

"Ah…Hai." Gai looked at the pictures with wide-eyed fascination. "Are you…sure this is educational?" He pointed at the panel in question.

Kakashi bit down on his lip to keep from snorting. "Well, that's how they do it, Gai."

"But – Wouldn't that hurt?" Gai asked.

Kakashi found himself holding Gai's fragile innocence in his hands. He took the book from Gai gently and closed it. He looked into Gai's eyes and said softly, "No. It doesn't hurt."

"Have you done it?" Gai asked, still regarding Kakashi with that wide-eyed look.

You're too wholesome, Kakashi thought. Most girls wouldn't know what to do if they got their hands on you. Every girl secretly wants her boyfriend to be perverted. They want a boy who knows what he's doing and is just a gentleman about it. You'd scare her away…whoever she is. That perfect someone you're searching for.

He knew not all kunoichi would be that way. Somehow that was worse. Imagining a kunoichi in the lead, going all domineering on Gai…That sickened Kakashi in a way that left him cold all over and his stomach hurting.

"No," Kakashi said. He gave Gai his best sly smile. "Not with another person."

"But you can't do this with just one person, Kashi," Gai protested. "You'd have to have another person if you wanted to – ah…wanted…" He blushed again. "Why would you want to do this, again?"

Kakashi cracked a genuine smile of amusement. "Because it feels good, Gai. Really good. It's the best thing in the world, by most people's standards. That's why I want to have some. Everybody does. Or nearly everybody. It's one of life's pleasures."

Gai appeared thoughtful. He rubbed his chin, that gesture that so comically telegraphed Gai's mental process. "I don't know…I just don't know what you would want to know that for, Kashi. I mean why, when you're going to end up with a woman?"

"But I don't know if she wants to be on the top or on the bottom," Kakashi said cheerfully. "I haven't met her yet." He knew that answer was likely to shock Gai to pieces if he explained it. And it was an evasion, on top of that.

Gai furrowed his brow. "But a woman –" He stopped. "Kakashi, are you teasing me?"

"No," Kakashi said, nodding yes with his head.

Gai leveled a pout at him. "That's not very nice. I thought we were having a serious conversation."

"Sorry," Kakashi said. "In answer to your question, I have tried it on myself through a process called masturbation."

Gai went wide-eyed again. "Is that a jutsu? I've never heard of that before…"

Kakashi clenched his jaw to keep from bursting into laughter. "No, it's not a jutsu. It's a…process of pleasuring oneself…" He stopped at Gai's blank expression. "It's generally called touching yourself."

"Touching myself?"

Kakashi looked at him incredulously. "How have you avoided this knowledge up until now?"

"I don't know," Gai protested. "Maybe no one will talk about it with me around."

Kakashi frowned. "Actually, that's a distinct possibility." Gai looked so crestfallen that Kakashi's expression softened. "It's okay. I'll teach you. I said I would teach you about sex, didn't I? This is one of those things that relates to sex." His head caught up to his words. What did I just promise to do?

"Masturbation isn't a jutsu," Gai repeated obediently as if he were trying to learn by memorization. "It's a process for producing pleasure in one's own body by touching oneself…" He rubbed his chin. "That still sounds kind of mystical to me, Kakashi."

Kakashi realized Gai didn't know what part of the body masturbation involved. His cheeks heated up. And now that Minato-sensei's dead, it's up to me. He couldn't let Gai down. Even if this were embarrassing, or…He swallowed. Turns me on… He had to do it. So that Gai could live a fulfilled life.

"It's a technique," Kakashi said, outwardly sounding as calm and cheerful as ever. "Think of it like that. Masturbation may not be a jutsu, but it does require a certain skill, and so that makes masturbation a technique. A technique for producing pleasure."

Gai's expression cleared. "Oh…I get it." He beamed. "So like all techniques, it takes practice, right, Kashi?"

Kakashi almost fell over. If he were inside one of his favorite manga series, he would have spurted blood from his nose. He touched his nose uncertainly, grateful for once that he lived in the real world. An automatic nosebleed would give his feelings away, and he didn't want that. Especially not now.

"Are we going to practice today?" Gai asked. "Is that part of the reason why you brought me here? So I could practice these techniques without being embarrassed that others might see my failure?"

An answer trembled on Kakashi's lips. He bit his lower lip to keep from spilling one of those answers inadvertently. Then he gave Gai a cheerful smile. "You know me. I'm a considerate sort of guy."

Gai hugged him. "Thanks, Kashi! This isn't like other things. I don't want to be seen failing at something everyone already knows."

"It's alright," Kakashi said. And unable to help himself, he added, "I've seen you fail plenty of times by now. I'm not going to be worried by its possible significance."

Gai glared at him.

Kakashi chuckled.

"You better not tell anybody," Gai said.

"I don't talk to anybody except you," Kakashi said dryly.

Gai relaxed. "Okay. But that's a promise. No embarrassing stories later. Not even for a joke."

Kakashi held back an incredulous retort. Gai still doesn't know what we're talking about. He has no idea what he's just said. "I promise," he murmured. "You have my word that this subject will never come up around other people."

"So, what part of myself to I touch to make this masturbation technique work?" Gai asked.

Kakashi blinked, and then forced himself to focus. "Well…What way do you learn new information best?" As soon as Kakashi said it, he knew he was going to hell. He could blame this on his training to become a sensei, but he was already putting together fantasies inside his head. The innocent question wasn't, because of what he was volunteering to teach Gai, and if anyone else saw him, they would tell Gai he was taking advantage.

But I'm not. I'm not. I'm not going to touch him. I'm going to be the Detached Friend and just teach him this stuff.

"Do you need to look at pictures?" Kakashi asked in the same laidback drawl. Not a hint of his thoughts showed on his face or in his demeanor. "Or would you learn best from a demonstration?"

"In the past, teachers always taught me new things with demonstrations," Gai said. "I'm not sure how to interpret these pictures you've got, Kakashi. I know they help you, but…I just find them confusing."

"Then I'll demonstrate," Kakashi said softly. Physically, that wouldn't be a problem. He could feel himself pulsing down there. His erection was already sufficient. Never mind what this experience might do to it.

He stood. "For you to know what you're doing, I have to take my clothes off."

Gai watched him with wide eyes. "Oh…Okay."

Kakashi undressed, starting with his flak jacket and ending with taking his underwear off. He sat back down on the bed. He reminded himself that Gai didn't have any qualms about nudity. In fact, if it were not for the obvious dress code of everyone else around him, Gai would probably walk down the street naked without a second thought.

Gai stared at him. Not his body, his face. "You didn't take your mask off."

Kakashi grinned. "I thought my face might distract you."

"You only take your mask off in front of me when I'm drunk and don't care," Gai complained.

"That's right," Kakashi said cheerfully. "And now is neither of those times, so pay attention." Bantering like this almost made the situation normal.

It stopped being normal as soon as Gai openly examined his body. "So which of these body parts is it…" Gai murmured, rubbing his chin.

Kakashi flushed, a ripple of nervous arousal going through him at Gai's intense gaze. He had the urge to place his hands over his erection. Instead, he shifted so that his legs were slightly further apart, allowing Gai to see. He couldn't promise to teach Gai by demonstration, take off his clothes, and then hide. That wouldn't be logical. You got yourself into this mess, he scolded himself. Now get through it.

"Down here," Kakashi said, when Gai seemed preoccupied with his shoulder.

Gai's eyes flew to his.

Kakashi gestured. "My lap."

Gai's gaze traveled down the expanse of Kakashi's torso. He jerked back with a gasp. "That's it?"

Kakashi wondered at the disbelief. "Yes…When blood flow increases to this bodily organ, it means the masturbation technique is possible."

Gai stared at Kakashi's erection with wide eyes, then looked up at Kakashi's face. "But I get that way all the time! I just thought I had to train harder."

Kakashi could not control the droplet of moisture that welled up on the tip of his erection in response. Gai gets this way all the time…He swallowed. "Train harder?"

"It goes away when I train," Gai said. "If I train hard enough, my penis goes back to normal."

Kakashi flushed. "Normal…Gai, this is normal, too."

"It is?" Gai was clearly amazed at this news. "But it started around the time I met you."

Kakashi was about to start 'demonstrating' without him. He suppressed a soft moan. "It did?" He'd fantasized for two years about a confession, but never imagined this discussion.

"Yes," Gai said. "I started experiencing this blood flow, as you call it, after we met. I thought it was just because I was failing all of our challenges, and my body was responding in its own unique way in order to tell me that I needed to work harder. So I did. And every time I work harder at trying to surpass you, this effect on my body goes away, so…" He frowned, confused. "Why does it do that if it's really just telling me I've unlocked a new technique?"

Kakashi wanted to laugh. "Gai…your body responds to the exercise by redistributing blood flow. You're directing blood away from that part of the body, which gets rid of the sensations."

"Oh…" Gai rubbed his chin. "Are you going to tell me that I can do the masturbation technique every time I feel this way?" He sounded disbelieving.

Kakashi was disbelieving for an entirely different reason. "How often…"

"Every day," Gai said. "Especially after spending time with you. That's why I thought it was tied to our training." He frowned. "Are you sure it isn't?"

"Actually, I'm sure it is," Kakashi murmured. He was overwhelmed by this news. You mean, you've been getting aroused this entire time and not telling me? Not even hinting at it? But he couldn't blame Gai. Without guidance, Gai had done the only thing he could do: link what was happening to his previous experience.

Gai lit up. "You mean, it's a sign of strength? Our training is making us stronger?"

Oh, Gai. You have a one track mind. Kakashi searched for a way to redirect. "Masturbation, and the ability to do it, is linked to what we like. Things we like have a tendency to…arouse us."

"Arouse us?" Gai asked.

"That's what it's called," Kakashi said. "Being aroused means we are capable of doing sexual things."

"So, it's like having enough chakra," Gai said blankly.

"Yes."

Gai grinned. "So, since I like training so much, it arouses me to the point of being able to masturbate!"

"I wouldn't shout that if I were you," Kakashi said dryly. "Masturbation is one of those techniques everyone pretends is a secret."

"Ah." Gai nodded sharply. "Right. I'll remember that." He promptly started crying. "Kakashi…you're such a good friend…teaching me this secret technique so that I can be a better person…" He hugged Kakashi tightly.

Kakashi blushed bright red, a throb of arousal making his heart pound at the feeling of Gai's body pressed against his. "Um…no problem."

Gai released Kakashi and wiped his eyes. "Alright. I'm ready to learn. Kakashi, teach me about masturbation!"

That'll be easy, seeing as how you're the subject of all my masturbatory fantasies, Kakashi thought unhelpfully. He struggled to make a mental plan of how to turn this into a lesson. "Alright." He managed to keep his voice steady. "When your body reaches a state of arousal, your penis transforms into an erection." He gestured at himself. "This."

"Oh…" Gai watched intently. "So it's called an erection when it looks like this."

Kakashi nodded. "Yes." He was leaking again at the scrutiny. He couldn't help it. There was something about Gai's attentive gaze.

"What's that?" Gai pointed right to the droplets forming on the tip of Kakashi's erection, almost touching them.

Kakashi clamped down on a moan. "That's normal, too. In preparation for sexual activity, our bodies make a slippery substance to reduce friction. This is because friction can damage our sexual organs. These organs are delicate." It took all his ANBU training to remain detached and teacher-like in a situation like this.

"Oh…so our bodies make a special substance to help us," Gai said.

"Yes." Kakashi's voice came out a whisper.

Comprehension and amazement dawned on Gai's face. "Is that why I always get so wet down there? I thought that was sweat!" He laughed. "I really needed help interpreting my body's signals. Thank you, Kakashi!"

Kakashi wanted to smack his forehead, laugh, and orgasm all at the same time. He held in all three responses.

Gai's attention snapped back to Kakashi's lap. "Oh. It twitched."

Kakashi blushed guiltily and was unable to suppress another twitch of his erection.

Gai pointed. "Is that normal, too?"

"Yes." Kakashi's voice was tinnier than he liked. He cleared his throat and exercised some breath control. "Yes," he said more normally.

"What does it mean?" Gai asked.

"It means my body has reached a peak state of preparation for masturbating," Kakashi said, forcing his tone back into detachment.

"Then you better do it," Gai said. "You don't want to lose the moment. Please forgive my interruptions, Kashi. I'll just sit and watch until it's time for me to practice." He leaned back, resting his hands on his crossed legs.

A shockwave of burning tingles coursed through Kakashi. Getting off to fantasies of Gai was one thing. Masturbating in front of him…No one would understand this. No one. He deserved to be a social reject. What am I doing? Why? For the first time in his life, Kakashi felt extraordinarily perverted. Usually he laughed off such accusations.

Slowly, he reached out and touched the tip of his erection with his fingertips, gently playing. A whine erupted in the back of his throat, and Kakashi threw his head back, trembling. He felt warm, sticky moisture on his fingers. "Oh, god…"

Kakashi glanced at Gai through his eyelashes. Gai was riveted.

I shouldn't be doing this. I shouldn't.

Kakashi stroked his fingertips down his erection, spreading the moisture from his tip across his length. He panted, his breaths coming up short. He repeated the slow petting motion until his erection gleamed in the light of his bedroom.

Gai's mouth had fallen open.

I should have just shown him porn. But Kakashi didn't own any pornographic videos, only books. That would have meant going to a video store, advertising Gai's ignorance – or his own new heights of perversion if he went alone – and even then he wouldn't have known what the video contained until he watched it himself. And some of those things, like some manga, were dangerous and terrible instead of helpful. I launched this plan on the spur of the moment. Now I'm paying for it. I should have thought this through. I should have given myself more time to think of a better way to educate Gai.

Kakashi moaned and wrapped his fingers around his erection in a loose fist. He moved his hand up and down slowly, drawing out the motion. He told himself this was in order to show Gai how to do it. If he went too fast, Gai wouldn't learn anything.

Applying pressure to his aching erection felt good. Undeniably good. Even if Gai was watching him. Especially because? part of his mind whispered uncertainly. Kakashi tried to block that thought out.

"This is how you do it," Kakashi said softly. "This is how you masturbate."

"Oh…" Gai's voice was as soft as Kakashi's.

Kakashi opened his eyes and looked at Gai through a haze, slowly, reluctantly, stopped stroking himself. "You should try it. I think you've observed the basics."

Gai shifted, bracing himself to stand, and a few of the books bumped against his hand. He stood and cleared Kakashi's manga volumes off of the bed, setting them in neat stacks on the floor. Then he slipped off his flak jacket and tossed it to the floor, followed by pulling off his green body suit.

Kakashi watched with guilty interest. He was shocked to see Gai pull down his underwear and reveal a hard-on. It was suddenly hard to breathe. Flutters raced across his skin.

Gai, oblivious to Kakashi's reaction, sat down on the bed beside him, legs spread the way Kakashi's were. He looked at Kakashi curiously and slipped his hand down between his legs. He stroked himself experimentally. "Like this?"

Kakashi had every excuse to respond by caressing the tip of his erection. "You should judge by what feels good." He was in an alternate universe, where he unashamedly played with himself in front of Gai. This couldn't be real life. In real life, he was shy, Gai was clothed, and they never…talked about sex.

Here, Gai was naked, and he was naked, and he was circling the tip of his own erection with an index finger.

Gai watched Kakashi for a moment, then mimicked Kakashi's actions. He moaned and shivered almost immediately. "Oh, Kakashi. It – It –" He stroked the tip of his erection with his fingers. His legs shook. "I feel like –"

"It's good," Kakashi quietly suggested.

"It's very good! It's great!" Gai grinned and closed his eyes, wrapping his fingers around himself and stroking with vigor.

Kakashi watched with wide eyes, taken aback.

"Thank you, Kakashi!" Gai exclaimed, still oblivious. "It feels so good, it feels so good. It's like…heaven!"

A deep, burning blush crept into Kakashi's cheeks.

"I feel like I…I feel like I want to go faster," Gai said. He opened his eyes, panting slightly, and looked at Kakashi with confusion. "Is this normal?"

Kakashi nodded. "It's normal." He had the first uneasy inkling that he should tell Gai about coming. He wasn't sure how to bring that up.

Gai closed his eyes and stroked himself faster, harder, entirely caught up in his first-time pleasure.

Kakashi knew he shouldn't be sitting beside Gai in awe, taking in every detail. He was. "There is this thing called ejaculation…"

"What's that?" Gai gasped out, his hand never faltering.

"It's what happens at the end…" Kakashi said tentatively. His heartbeat rose just watching Gai's unbridled enjoyment. "When you finish. It's like…a stream of fluid that becomes…cooler in the air and…" Oh, no. He couldn't quite overcome his embarrassment to explain clearly enough what was going to happen. Instead, he switched to comforting. "It'll feel good."

"This feels good," Gai said. His face was flushing, turning red. "This feels so good I…hardly know what could feel better than…Oh, my god, Kakashi. This is wonderful. I feel so alive!"

Kakashi was guiltily frozen with his hand on his erection. He wanted to masturbate himself, but he couldn't decide if that would be horrible or not. On the one hand, he would be keeping Gai company. On the other hand, he would be getting off on his friend masturbating, which Gai took as an innocent activity.

This is bad.

"Kakashi, you're doing this too, aren't you?" Gai said blissfully.

Heat flashed through Kakashi's body. "Do you want me to?"

"I do! I don't want you to be left out, Kashi! We should masturbate together!"

Kakashi leaked all over his hand. What have I unleashed? Is he going to want to do this in the future? Masturbate together? I should stop this now. It's cruel. It's cruel to both of us. Why couldn't I let well enough alone? What's the matter with me? Why am I so perverted?

Inexorably, his hand started to move. And this time, Kakashi found that he couldn't stop himself. Soon he was moaning, pleasuring himself to the sight of Gai doing the same. His back arched, and he had the urge to lie down. "Gai…"

"Yes…?"

"We should lie down," Kakashi whispered. "Real masturbation is done lying down."

"Oh…"

They both lay back on Kakashi's bed, side by side. This was way too intimate. Their bodies were almost touching. They were lying naked on Kakashi's bed, taking pleasure with each other. Almost from each other, given that Kakashi had told Gai to do this…

Gai squirmed happily, his legs spread, gasping and flushed.

Kakashi watched that for a moment before closed his eyes, willing himself to his safe place, and letting the peace wash over him. He stroked himself without any guilt bothering him. The time for guilt was past now. What was done was done. All he had to do was make sure Gai wasn't hurt. That was it.

And right now Gai sounded far from hurt. He could feel Gai shifting around on the bed and hear Gai moaning in pleasure.

Suddenly, Gai's moans changed. "Kashi! Kashi, something is happening! I –"

Kakashi glanced at Gai through a haze, still stroking himself. Though his hand slowed down. "Go with it. Go faster. Try pinching more at the top instead of –"

Gai adjusted his grip and immediately returned to his activities.

"That's it." Kakashi watched in awe, noting the desperation, the way sweat gleamed on Gai's skin. His legs trembled. Oh, god. He was too aroused to help it, now. He watched Gai with wide eyes and stroked himself at the same time, bringing himself closer and closer to coming.

Gai let out a strangled cry and fell back against the mattress. "I…" His hips jerked. He gritted his teeth, his breath hissing. Then he fell limp, semi-translucent fluid silently, gracefully, flinging out and landing in droplets on Kakashi's bed.

Kakashi bit his lip and came silently, partly from his ministrations and partly from the sight of Gai climaxing.

Gai breathed deeply, a peaceful smile spreading across his face. "Oh. This is nice."

"It's called an orgasm," Kakashi said quietly. "It feels good. Like…" Then he drifted away, distracted by his own.

They lay still in mutual silence, soaking up the feeling of completion.

"Warm," Gai whispered, long after Kakashi had trailed off.

"Hai," Kakashi whispered back. "Warm and wonderful." He smiled sheepishly. "But when the warmth wears off, it's time for a shower."

Gai trembled, then lay still. "I can't get up." He seemed more amused than anything. He panted just at the effort. "This must be the greatest workout there is."

Kakashi cracked up. Finally, all that pent up laughter burst out.

"I don't know what's so funny," Gai said, but his voice trembled with mirth just because Kakashi was laughing.

"The best workout there is," Kakashi gasped. "It definitely is. You should do this every day. Come over to my house and then – just –" He cracked up again. No no no, don't. And yet he couldn't, wouldn't, take the offer back.

"Sounds like a great idea!" Gai exclaimed. "We should train as hard as we can outside, and then come and train as hard as we can inside! It's the perfect plan!"

Oh, God, he likes it! He likes the plan! Kakashi's heart beat wildly with both anxiety and exhilaration. "We can't…expect to be able to do this every day," he said, trying to sound reasonable.

Gai looked at Kakashi with wide eyes. "We must work up to this gradually! I understand. This is no different than any other technique. It takes time to master." He grinned excitedly. "But I believe we should practice often, so that you may teach me the finer points! I will become a masturbation master!" He laughed.

Kakashi laughed, too, but more because Gai was still so innocent. Only Gai would declare his goal was to become a 'masturbation master' without being purposefully dirty. He helped Gai up so they could take a shower.