Chapter two locked and loaded! Special thanks to my sister, Super Ninja Vampire Kitty, for reviewing! Love ya lots, sis!

Since I forgot last time, let me clarify something really fast: I don't own Naruto, or anything related! Yay disclaimers!

"Normal/talking"

'thoughts'

"Ruka-kun, what do you know about Hatake Kakashi?"

Kisuke's family looked up at him. He normally didn't talk during dinner, and he especially didn't talk about people when he did. Kisuke sat there, giving his cousin an expectant look. Iruka swallowed his mouthful of food.

"Not much, Suke-kun… Why?" Kisuke looked pensive, placing his head on one of his hands.

"Well, I've been running into him a lot the past couple of days… And he seems like a nice guy… And even though I'm almost positive he doesn't like guys I think we could possibly be friends… So I've been trying to figure out who he is since he apparently knows exactly who I am…" Iruka raised his eyebrows and looked to his other cousins. The girls looked just as shocked as he was; even the ever-knowing Tamashi didn't seem to know what her brother was talking about. He looked back over at Kisuke, who was picking at his food and looked wrapped up in thought.

"He's strange, Ruka-kun… I helped him once and suddenly he's turning up around every corner…"

"Wait, when did you help Hatake-san?" Iruka asked, frowning.

"Spiritual matters… I gave him advice about lingering poltergeists…" Kisuke muttered, waving a hand carelessly. Iruka scrunched up his face as he tried to remember what those where. After all the lessons Kisuke had given the girls, he should remember pretty well, but nothing was coming to mind at the moment. Kisuke stood up with an irritated sigh and went to the door.

"Where're you going, Suke-nii-kun?" Orihime asked, jumping up and hugging his leg. Kisuke knelt down and kissed her forehead.

"Just for a little walk. I'll be back before bedtime." He waved shortly at the rest of his family and vanished into the evening.

….

Kisuke liked walking when the sun was going down. Call him a sap, but he really did love to watch the sun going down. It calmed him and helped him think. A warm breeze blew past, making his long hair rush around his face and in his eyes. He stopped and fixed it. When he looked up, he jumped. Kakashi was leaning up against a tree a few feet away. He was reading that smut he seemed to enjoy, although Kisuke couldn't quiet recall what in the spirits it was called. Kakashi glanced up, waved and walked over.

"Yo."

"'Yo' yourself!" Kisuke said with a little chuckle.

"And what has you out on this fine evening?" Kakashi asked, closing his book and shoving it in his pocket. Kisuke shrugged and kept walking. Kakashi kept up right next to him.

"I'm thinking…" Kisuke said carefully. Kakashi nodded, and for a second Kisuke thought hopefully that he had dropped the subject.

"What are you thinking about?" Kisuke's heart dropped. He didn't want to sound like a creep; that would definitely be a horrible example for the girls. He shrugged carelessly and said 'stuff'. He hoped Kakashi would drop it. His face already felt a little warm, which he found out later after he met Kakashi meant that he was talking to someone he liked. Kisuke shoved his hands into his pockets.

"Hmm… well, I've been thinking, too." Kisuke looked over at him. Kakashi didn't look like he was thinking; if anything, he was studying the sky with little interest.

"What about?"

"Maa, this and that, one thing or another." For some strange reason, Kisuke got the feeling Kakashi was toying with him. He didn't want to think that, but something in the back of his head made it feel like he was. It was almost like he was making fun of him for being stupid, which he most certainly was not.

"I might be persuaded to tell you if you tell me…" Wait, what? Kisuke's eye's snapped over at the silver head. He was looking him over with a bemused look. Kisuke felt his face get warm again.

"Wh-what..?" was all the orange haired exorcist could muster. The amused look seemed to get stronger with Kisuke's darkening face.

"I'll tell you what I'm thinking about if you tell me what you're thinking about," Kakashi clarified, his voice filling with something that sounded strangely like glee. Kisuke felt his face get even warmer.

'Seriously, am I getting sick?' Kisuke looked back up at his senior. He was still watching him like he was the best show on the face of the Earth. It made Kisuke's heart beat hard.

"Well? Are you that curious?" Kisuke restrained a squeak; because even though he was gay, he was still a man, and men don't squeak. But why did he almost squeak? Not every man he met made him almost sound like a little gay child with a crush. Not that he had a crush on Kakashi! For spirits sake, he just met the guy a few days ago! Besides, he was 25, he didn't really act like a school boy anymore; infrequently around his sisters MAYBE, but definitely nowhere else. When he had crushes or interests nowadays, he acted a lot more… Let's say passionately, affectionately perverted. To the few who knew, he WAS the village's #1 gay player. That was one fact that he was proud of; of course, his sisters will NEVER find that bit of information out as long as they live with him.

But something about how Kakashi was talking to him made him feel… different. And he wasn't sure if he liked this different or not. He wanted to just do the normal thing: flirt his head off, maybe get laid, and then drop the situation all together. But something was making him feel like his heart was going to stop. By the look that Kakashi was giving him, he could feel himself stutter as he tried to answer.

"I was, um… well, I was sort of thinking about… I um…" Kakashi suddenly pushed up against a wall. It took a moment for Kisuke to realize that Kakashi had led him into a more secluded space between the street and a building. Kisuke's face went from warm to a burning inferno as Kakashi got a little closer to it.

"Well," Kakashi said in a sultry voice, "Are you going to tell me or not?"

"S-senpai…" Kisuke couldn't breathe. That wasn't normal. Normally he was the one doing the flirting and cornering and acting all sexy and crap did he really just think that? Kisuke swallowed and summoned what was left of his manhood and managed to force out semi-weakly,

"I-I just want to get to know you better, Kakashi-senpai…" Kisuke could have sworn that he saw Kakashi smile through his mask.

"What a coincidence! That's exactly what I was thinking! How does Saturday sound?" Kisuke's heart sank a little. Now he was sure Kakashi was just jacking with him. He had used that line so many times on others; he was not going to out-con Umino Kisuke, famed as Konohagakure's most flirtatious bachelor. In fact, it ticked him off that the older man even tried. Kisuke rolled his eyes and shoved him off.

"Yeah, sure, whatever, Hatake-san…" He briskly took off for home, eyes on the ground, a strange feeling in the bottom of his gut the farther he got. Before he got out of ear shot, however, Kakashi said something that made Kisuke seriously consider seeing a doctor for a fever.

"I'll see you then, Kisuke-kun."

Hey! That actually got a little spicy! Woot for me! And woot x2 for you for reading! What awaits Kisuke on his date? What is Kakashi's real motive? When will we get to anything involving ghosts or fighting? Why am I asking you this?

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