Chapter 2
Iruka slowly opened his eyes and saw the white ceiling. Everything that caught his eyes was blurred. His senses were slowly recovering from the agonizing pain he had last night.
"Uhh… where am I?" he said with an aching tone. No one heard him because nobody was inside the room. He spoke again and this time his voice was loud enough to be heard but still, it was pointless. The only sound in the room was the roaring of the ceiling fan. "Please… can anyone hear me" He panicked and stood up from his laying position. The white sheets that covered his whole body have slipped. There was a second delay for his brain to comprehend that he was naked. "What the?" He got curious and raised the sheets to look if his lower body was also naked. "No way! I must be dreaming" He deeply closed his eyes but after a few moment his concentration was cut of when he heard someone's footsteps. It was coming straight to his bed.
"Hahaha… my my iruka! First of all you are not dreaming"
Although he sensed something familiar, he still didn't bother to open his eyes. There was complete silence but Asuma break the solitude of his focus.
"I'm glad you're awake"
"It is real, I am not dreaming" He said and carefully opened his eyes to meet Asuma.
"Of course you're not" He sat beside him facing his back against iruka. "You know…"
Iruka didn't pay attention for he was moving his head left and right to inspect the room. His attention was focused on the tray that contained a lot of cotton balls with blood. He wondered and began to think but his mindset was still in a blur.
Asuma twist his body so as to face the tanned man. He grabbed his jaw and seriously looked at his eyes. "You know, you're hair has gotten longer" He motioned his left hand to touched his untied hair.
Iruka's point of view
My eyes met his for a second "Uhh… yea?" Then I looked down and stared at the white sheets that covered my lower body. The hell am I blushing for? His fingers played with my hair, fondling and twisting. "Aren't you going stop asuma-san?" I asked him nicely. There was no verbal response from him but instead; a smile settled everything for me to know that he is just playing along. "Okey… since you don't like to stop…" I sighed and wiggled my head. "Why am I here?"
His playful fingers suddenly stopped and then he bursts into laughter "owh c'mon Iruka sensei you can do better than that" He stood up and dive his hand into his pocket, searching for something then, he mumbled "Damn it! Where the hell is it?"
His remarked made me irritable so I shouted "I don't know what you are talking about and I don't even know what's happening to me right now!" I tried to get up and move but my lower body seemed to be numb from something. "Ah-AHH!"
"Hurts?" He teasingly asked without looking at me. His whole attention was focused at his pocket then, he again mumbled "Hmm… I know it's somewhere in here" His hand moved, touching every corner of his pocket.
How can he stand in front of me and not listen to my questions! That's it I'm loosing my patience now. I slowly moved my legs into the corner of the bed but every time I struggle and exert force, my hips and thighs seemed to have been beaten. "Ah… ahh…ah-"
"You don't have to force yourself" His concern tone sound absurd so I left him out with a disgust and irritated facial expression "Tch! yea, right" Before I make a leap from the bed, I tied the white sheets around my hips. Why on earth am I naked? "Ahh there you are!" I said to myself and inserted the right corner of the sheet to the hole I made on the left part.
"And where do you think you're going?" He finally gazed at me with his raised left eyebrow.
I didn't stare at him for I was busy knotting the sheets around my hips. I blurted "Out"
There was a few moment of silence until I heard a ticking sound and then a deep inhalation. I raised my head to look at what he is doing but before I could do that the whole air was filled with smoke. "Will you please stop that, geez…" I coughed and swayed my hands left and right to clear the air.
I braced myself for the leap. I lowered my right foot to touch the floor then instantly raised and swayed my left leg for the step. As soon as my feet touched the ground my right leg suddenly twitched, making me stumble. The long sheets of the bed made the situation worst because I stepped on it and slipped. "Ah… Ahhh!" I yelled out and closed my eyes.
"See, I told you"
The next thing I know was that my whole body was rested onto his chest. Right arm clutching my hips and his left hand holding his cigarette. He inhaled and puff a smoke. "You okey?"
The whole position was embarrassing so I put both of my hands onto his chest and pushed him a bit. "Uhh yea, thanks" I tried to stand up but my thighs was still numb and in pain to support me, I stumbled again.
He dropped his cigar and tightly clasped me with his both arms. "Hey easy, why don't you rest for a while and let me handle everything, I'll see to it that there's a substitute teacher in your class"
Speaking of class… I suddenly thought "How many days has it been?"
"About two to three days, beats me?" He shrugged. "Just relax, you're still in pain" He then, grab both my legs using his left arm and his right arm to support my back. (It's like a wedding scene where you carry your bride into the room, ready for a honeymoon) I blushed and nodded. He positioned and laid me back to the bed
"You've lost weight" He said with his face inches away from me. He lightly lift my head and fixed the pillow.
Kakashi's point of view
Does he know? Can he still remember? Did my altering jutsu worked on him? I thought as I was walking across the streets of konoha hospital. I should've done that. Moving my head left and right then a sigh. Now, where was his room?
"Oi Kakashi sensei!"
I looked back and saw sakura waving his hand. She walked towards me and whispered through my ear "My my kakashi sensei, you did a bad thing"
"I know, is he alright now?" I sighed.
She tapped me on the back and smiled "Ahuh"
"Thanks sakura, don't tell anyone okey?"
"Don't worry I won't sensei. Ow! By the way, he's at room 108" She said and walked out.
There was something in her tone that assured me that she isn't going to tell anyone. I trust her. I know, because that's the least I can do for now. There's no option to over think too much. What's important to me is him.
Now time to look for him… first floor, 101…102…103. I stopped when I heard someone yelled out from any of this room. Hmm? I continued and walked, looking at every door my eyes met. 104…105…106
"Ah…AHH!"
"Hurts?"
Great, doing it a time like this? Disgusting people. I sighed again. Speaking of disgusting, what I did last night was considered to be…uh well, not disgusting but inappropriate. 107…108 Ahh there it is! What, it's opened?"
I thought of entering now but I couldn't. I don't have the guts to face him yet. He might know… or maybe not. Either way, I'm still at fault. Sighs. It took me a lot of time to decide on whether to enter or not but when I'm starting to pick the right choice, and when I'm starting to opened the door, I heard a shout again. This time it was from this room.
I peeked through and saw iruka half naked and was standing…wait, he's leaning? With whom- I shifted my sight to the left but it wasn't enough. My sharinggan eye was covered with my hitae tae. Ugh c'mon, don't be useless…a smoke? Who could have- ASUMA! There was no doubt that it was him. I stopped peering and just settled my whole body outside the door. Facing my back against the wall. I couldn't bear to watch them, not in this kind of situation. But there was blood and- My thoughts stopped when I heard him shout again.
"Ah…Ahh!"
"See, I told you… you okey"
"Uhh yea, thanks"
I walked out across the room, away from the room. What a waste of my time, uh, shit, I can't take it! I again went back to room 108 and wished that everything was just a friendly visit from him. I peeked and the last thing I saw was Asuma carrying Iruka to the bed and fixing his pillows.
I set of off and went out of the hospital.