Disclaimer: Although people have asked if I was, I am not Kishimoto, so I have no rights to these characters. If I did, Naruto would so be a more of a SasuNaru story then what it is now.
"No… Let's stay in bed!" Kakashi moaned. "It's nice and toasty under here, especially with you, Sensei…"
The two had spent the previous night together filled with lust and love. The sun beamed through Iruka's bedroom window, blanket upon the two men sharing a single bed. Again, Iruka woke up late and again, Iruka was startled by Kakashi, this time waking up to a frisky ninja with his hands roaming everywhere along the chuunin's body.
"Kakashi!" Iruka shouted as he tried to struggle free from the jounin's grasp. "I have to get up!"
"No, you don't. You don't have any classes to go to or have to go to the mission room," Kakashi protested. "All you have to do is stay in bed with me and-" Kakashi stopped mid sentence as a tan palm slapped him dead center in his face.
"For your information, I promised myself that I would visit Izumo and Kotetsu today!" Iruka argued as rolled away from the stunned jounin. "Unlike me, they don't have a vacation!" Iruka slipped off the bed and went to get ready for the day. Kakashi sat up in bed, rubbing his sore face and pouted.
"For once, it would be nice for us just to stay in bed for a day, you know," he trailed off.
~*~~*~~*~
"Ah, Iruka! Nice of you to come by!" Izumo cheered. Both the man and his pal Kotetsu were still ordered on duty to watch over the front gate of the village, watching over who came in and who went out. Lucky for them, with the holidays approaching, majority were common folk heading in and out of the village to visit family. "Aren't you on vacation?"
"Yea, didn't Tsunade have to force you to take one?" Kotetsu laughed. "Heard from Shizune that Tsunade was willing to break your limbs so at least you would be forced on bed rest!"
"No, she didn't! I just simply agreed with her," Iruka explained. "I have been working a little too hard and it was time I deserved some time to myself."
"You mean some time together with Kakashi-san," Izumo butted in. Iruka slightly blushed at the remark. True, their friends knew of the twos' relationship for quite some time now. It would be hard to hide it with Kakashi's constant public flirting. Yet, Iruka still felt embarrassed when his friends would try to indulge themselves in his personal life.
"Knock it off, will ya?" Iruka insisted, twisting his head away.
"Alright, alright!" Kotetsu said. Just then, there was a call from the other side of the front gates. A fellow shinobi from a post up high signaled down to the two men. Kotetsu turned around to face Izumo, his fist in the air. Izumo just sighed as he did the same. They both shook their fists twice before displaying their cards. Kotetsu rolled a rock and Izumo rolled paper. Kotetsu moaned as he got up from his seat and went to deal with the occurrence. Both Izumo and Iruka laughed, noting how predictable Kotetsu was at a game of rock-paper-scissors.
"So," Izumo started. "What are you doing here really? Are you here doing us a favor and taking over for us for a while?"
"No, no," Iruka replied, shaking his hands. "I just came by to see how both of you two are doing…" Iruka trailed off as he turned around and dove into his bag. After a minute of shuffling, the chuunin pulled out two envelopes and handed them to Izumo. "And to invite you to my Christmas party." Izumo gawked as he grabbed the invites from Iruka and held them up high.
"Ahh, so you're in charge of the holiday party this year?" he asked. Iruka simply nodded. "Hope it's not gonna be as bad as last year's over at Anko's!" he added, trying to repress his laughter. Iruka did the same as the memories flushed in. Apparently, it was not a good idea to give party plans to Anko, especially when the woman decided to spike the eggnog and hand some to an unknowing Tsunade, only to find themselves trying to restrain the Hokage and with a hole in the wall.
"No worries, I promise you. Plus, I'm second guessing on inviting her. My place is not as big as Anko's so I'm thinking of just inviting just some closest friends."
"Aww," Izumo giggled. "I'm glad to hear you think so highly of Kotetsu and me! Make sure Kakashi-san doesn't get wind of it!"
"Izumo, enough already," Iruka moaned. Izumo continued to laugh but abruptly stopped and just glared back at Iruka, eye wide and jaw unhinged. "Izumo?" Iruka looked at his friend, confused as the man stood still, frozen. Slowly, Izumo brought his arm up, shaking all the way and pointed behind the teacher. Curiously, Iruka turned around only to shrieked in terror.
"Ka-" Iruka had no time to finish before the jounin whisked him away from his friend in a puff of smoke.
"Man, if he was my boyfriend…" Izumo drifted off and shuttered at the thought. He wondered how Iruka could put up with such a man.
"But he's not and you're stuck with me!" Kotetsu butted in, returning.
"Now I know Iruka is the lucky one!" Izumo joked. Kotetsu opened his mouth to start arguing with Izumo only to be stopped by a soft kiss. Both smiled at each other as Izumo presented Kotetsu with an envelope.
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"Kakashi! What the hell was that for?!" Iruka demanded as the two landed on the other side of the village, just outside of the academy.
"I should be asking you the same thing!" Kakashi protested. "I thought you said that you were just visiting them!"
"I was!"
"Then what were you giving them?" Kakashi ordered.
"It was just a simple invite! I thought I told you already, I'm hosting this year's Christmas party!" Iruka shouted. Kakashi stood in front of the teacher, slightly dumbfounded. "Geez, with the way you've been acting lately… It's a miracle how I put up with you!" Kakashi took a step back and scratched the back of his head. "Seriously, I'm being to question why I even do that if you act this way every time you're home on a day off…" The jounin stood stil for a moment, staring down at the ground, hanging his head in shame. Iruka sighed and turned around to leave. Suddenly, caught off guard, Iruka felt a hand clamp down on his arm and send him back flying back, landing on Kakashi's lap. The two fell down and sat upon the old swing, hanging down from a nearby tree. Kakashi brought one hand and locked hands with his lover while the other simply wrapped around the chuunin's waist, making their embrace tighter. "Kaka-" Iruka suddenly stopped his protesting. He glanced up to see Kakashi, his head resting upon the chuunin's and much to the chuunin's surprise, he was humming! The melody was sweet and gentle, and above all very relaxing. It seemed almost memorizing. Iruka sat still for a moment, and slowly closed his eyes and allowed himself to drift off, listening on to the hypnotic song. All the while, Kakashi brushed his hand through Iruka's brown locks and simply rubbed the other's hand gentle, almost cradling him like a little child.
"…ry"
"Hmm?" Iruka quietly questioned, his eyes still closed. "What did you say?"
"Sorry. I just love you much, so much so that I want to keep you all for myself and not let anyone near you." Iruka awoke from his daze and glared up at his lover. Before he could say a word, his lips were stopped by Kakashi's. "Yea, yea. I know I'm being a little selfish." Kakashi held Iruka tighter. "Just let me be a little selfish, just for now." The man closed his eyes as he rested upon Iruka, his head now resting upon his shoulder. Iruka sighed as he brought his hand and petted his lover's head. He slowly turned and pecked his lover's icy cheek and went back to rest his head against the other's and smiled.
"Why do I put up with you, I'll never know."
A/N: Get the piping reference? This is how the rest will turn out for each day, creatively hinting out each day. I hope to continue it until Christmas Day!~
Keep in mind, this is un-betaed due this being a little fanfic holiday gift for everyone, including my beta readers.