"Life is Life"
…Chapter 3…
…First meeting with Kakashi…
After waking up from a sweet dream, He took a warm shower. Iruka called him earlier & asked him to eat the break fast together & told him that he will be there sooner then. He wore a light blue short-sleeve shirt with navy blue jeans. He opened two buttons so the tan neck & the Tsunade's necklace were showing.
Then he went to the hotel's lobby & waited for Iruka to pick him up. It didn't take too long.
Iruka took him to a very small but nice ramen restaurant that decorated in Japanese style.
They ordered their ramen & sat at a small-circled table with two woody chairs.
"So, you still remember that I liked ramen." Naruto said while checked the small restaurant. The walls were dark red with a big snake-like green dragon, which was all over the walls. Paper lanterns were hanging all over ceiling with different colors. He tore his glance & looked at Iruka when he starts talking.
"Yeah… you were always hanging on my hand to buy ramen for you." Replied Iruka, smiled at the memory.
"Yeah, But I guess People are changing though the time." Naruto Retorted with a smile.
'What!!! Naruto doesn't love RAMEN anymore???!!!!' Iruka thought shocked with the Naruto's earlier sentence.
"Don't tell me you don't LOVE ramen." He questioned Naruto. The surprise was waving in his voice.
"Well… I used to… I still like it though… but not in love with it any more."
Iruka looked at Naruto oddly as if he had two head or something. He opened his mouth to say something, but when their conversation cut with the servant, putting the ramen on the table, he chose to be silent for now & eat his ramen along with Naruto.
They ate their breakfast in a comfortable silence, but soon broke by Naruto.
"So what's the plan for today? Just showing me around?" He said as he pushed his bowel forward. He was a fast eater. He knew it's not a good habit but he couldn't change it. He always had argues with Tsunade about that. He suddenly felt sad & lonely. He looked at his watch… Tsunade must be at the hospital by now & Jeraiya should go to his publisher & talk about his new book about an hour. How he really liked to be there with them…How he really liked to start the day with his uncle's jokes about Tsunade's hair…How he liked to listen to Tsunade's & Jeraiya's childish mooring argument at the breakfast's table… Oh God, it wasn't even a day & he missed them already…
He pulled out from his thoughts as he heard the brunette's voice, He actually forgot that he asked a question & waited for an answer.
"Yeah… Do you want to order another bowel?"
"No thanks. I want to stay in a good shape." He retorted with a smile. Iruka saw the sudden change in his mood.
'What have you done to yourself Naruto? You're not the one that used to be & I remembered. You weren't the type of the guy who sinks in his thoughts…' He thought as he continued staring at the blonde subconsciously.
"Err… Is something wrong? Is there something on my face?" Said Naruto, Looked at the brunette with curiosity in his baby blue eyes.
"No…It's nothing… & no, nothing is on your face." Replied Iruka & backed to his bowel of ramen.
"Iruka?" Asked Naruto, seemed to have doubt to ask his question.
"Hum?" He answered with his mouth full of noodle.
"What did you…I mean…How did you…um…well… never mind." Naruto finished his sentence with a deep sigh.
"What is it?" Asked Iruka He asked when he emptied his mouth & waited for his answer.
"Nothing" he looked away from Iruka.
"Come on. Don't fool me with that 'Nothing' thing, Mr. Tell me what's bothering you."
"Not really. It's just… I wanted to ask you… Did you… Did you felt that you didn't belong here when you came here for the first time? Did you felt like lost something?"
'So that's bothering you; you miss them, don't you?'
"Of course I did." He answered simply. He wanted to look in the Naruto's eyes but Naruto's head hanged down.
"Then what did you do to those feelings go away?"
"Well… I didn't do anything, I couldn't either. There are sometimes, some things that you can't change them or do something about … only time can solve those problems."
"Maybe." That was the last word Naruto said during Iruka was eating his ramen. After that, Iruka paid for his bowl & naruto's (even the blonde-haired boy protested). After few seconds, they were in Iruka's car again.
He showed Naruto the interesting parts of the city briefly. Clubs, Bars, best restaurants, library, zoo, the biggest amusement park in the country,
And the last one, the mountains. They were amazing. They looked normal when you watching them from a normal point of view, but if you were looking at them from a special corner, you would see four human's head.
There was a small park near the mountains; they decided to pause there for few minutes. They sat on the iron bench around a small square, under a willow. At the center of the square, there was a circled pond with a waterspout. The water, which was coming out of the spout, made the air cooler.
Naruto was enjoying the comfortable silence & cool atmosphere. The only noise was hearing except the water was breeze, which blown time to time, dancing between the plants & trees & tickling their leaves.
"So Naruto, what do you planning for the place that you want to live in?" Iruka broke the silence.
"Well, I don't know if I can stay here or not yet, so I'll stay at hotel until my situation settle down."
"Why don't you come to my place & stay with me & Kakashi?" Iruka said immediately, as if he was going to ask it whether Naruto said that sentence or not.
Naruto heard the familiar name.
'Kakashi… Kakashi …Where did I heard or read that name? Kakashi …Kakashi… KAKASHI!' he remembered the name where he read that name. He was the one who sent that letter which informed that he accepted in the first level!
"Kakashi? Hatake Kakashi?" Asked Naruto, surprised with the new discovery.
"Yeah, do you know him?" asked Iruka curiously.
"Not much. His name was in the letter which was sent to inform my acceptance in the first level."
"I see. Well, what do you think? Would you come to live with us?"
"Well I don't know…you know, I don't want to spend the nights on the couch," teased Naruto.
"Don't worry about it; I'll give you a mattress & a blanket to sleep on the floor." Iruka teased back.
"I think I can live with that for few days."
"OK then, let's go to your hotel, & pick up your things & go to my place. Kakashi is probably is waiting for us for lunch." Said Iruka & stood up.
Naruto followed the pattern & walked beside Iruka to Iruka's car.
They back to the hotel for liquidating & Naruto's baggage. Then they headed to Iruka's house.
When they arrived, Iruka parked his care aside of the street in front of his house. Naruto came out of the car when it stopped. He picked up his baggage & refused to let Iruka carry it, & followed the brunette inside the house when he opened the door.
"We're home," shouted Iruka when he opened the door. Suddenly a crashing sound heard from the kitchen. Naruto heard Iruka murmured 'not again' under his breath. He put off his shoes & walked along with Iruka to the living room he put his luggage beside the big dark brown leather sofa, which was in front of the T.V then let his body fell on the sofa.
"Welcome home dolphin-Chan!" Naruto looked back & saw a head came out of the kitchen. He couldn't see the face completely because ¾ of his face was covered with a black mask.
"Don't call me 'Dolphin-Chan' for 101 times!" said Iruka, annoyed with the neck name.
"But that's your name isn't it?" the other man retorted with a teasing voice. His eyes caught Naruto's suddenly.
Kakashi came out of the kitchen without broke his eye from blonde. Suddenly his eyes shone & cheered happily.
"Oh Iruka! You bought a boy toy for my birthday!" Naruto's eyebrows twitched at the word 'boy toy'
Kakashi ran to Naruto to hug his new TOY but Iruka stood in front of him before he could do anything to Naruto.
"To day is not your birthday," said Iruka, Irritated with his attitude.
Kakashi looked confused.
"It isn't?" he asked innocently & cocked his head. Iruka shock his head.
"So then let me guess…umm…hum… Yeah! I get it! You want to have threesome!" with that comment, Iruka couldn't handle it any more & smacked the gary haired man as hard as he could, behind his head, then pulled his ear upward.
"Ok…Ok… I get it, you want him for yourself…" that didn't make Iruka stop pulling his ear but also pull harder.
"Aw aw aw aw! Did I say wrong this time again?" he almost stood on his toes because Iruka pulled harder.
"Ok let me guess again…hum… Why would I bring home a hot, sexy, delicious, blond boy ...?"
Naruto's shock face become more & more blushed with every word came from perverted gray haired man.
"If he isn't a toy ….Or not here for having threesome…then…then …he …he…" Suddenly his dark gray eye shone in excitement again.
"Then he must be a STRIPPER!!!" He cheered again like a little boy that given him a lollipop. The result was another hard smack behind his head.
"Whaaaaaaaat? Don't tell me you bring him here for nothing!" Kakashi whined & rubbed his head.
"Seriously, what's wrong with this guy? Are you sure he is harmless?" asked Naruto, stood up & stepped back from the couch & the pervert Kakashi.
"Wow! Look at him, you have a good taste Dolphin-Chan!" he checked Naruto with hunger. Naruto felt naked under that horny bastard's gaze, He took another big step backward.
Iruka sighed & rubbed his temper with his free hand.
"Does he greeting all new people with this attitude?" asked Naruto, obviously panicked of Kakashi.
"You scared him Kakashi." he sighed again. Then turned & faced Naruto with Kakashi's ear in his hand & let Kakashi see him completely.
"Kakashi, this is Naruto, the one I've talked to you about before. He is going to stay here with us for few days." He looked at Naruto's paled face.
'I guess, he was.' thought Iruka.
"Oh…really? I didn't think that 'Naruto' could be as hot as this one… any way, nice to meet you Naru-Chan!" He stretched his hand to shake Naruto's. Naruto looked at his hand hesitantly, but decided to shake it.
"Nice to meet you too & please don't call me Naru-Chan." It sounded a little girly, well a lot girly, ok completely girly. The point is Naruto didn't like it at all.
"But I like it. dolphin-Chaaaaaaaaaaan, please let go of my ear I don't feel it anymore,"
"Under 2 conditions" said Iruka firmly.
"Anything for my dolphin-Chan!" Iruka's eyebrows twitched at the nickname but continued his words:
"1) You won't lend a hand on Naruto in pervert way & 2) stop calling me Dolphin-Chan, deal?"
"It's hard to decide," said kakashi but when Iruka pulled his ear as hard as he could, he remembered the situation, so he added quickly:
"But everything you say Dol ...Ruka-Chan"
"Stop calling me with nicknames!"
"Why? You said don't call you dolphin-Chan, so I have to find a replacement. don't you like Ruka-Chan? Said Kakashi innocently, but if you ask Naruto, it was more sly than innocent. He didn't think if he can find something named innocent in him.
"No" said Iruka angrily.
"oooookay, How about Ruka-kun?" He waited for an answer but it didn't come.
"I guess not," he said after looking at the brunette's face. He cocked his head as if he was thinking.
"What about uka-Chan? No? Then, how about ka-Kun? That neither?" he ignored the sharp glares which were coming from the brown-haired man. Naruto was watching their action & amazed with the gray man's bravery, or idiocy?
'If Iruka was looking at me like that I would bought the Fire's ticket & flow away before he exploded.' thought Naruto & walked away from the two men subconsciously.
"Then how about… aw… aw… aw… aw… aw" Kakashi couldn't finish his sentence because Iruka pulled & squeezed his ear, hard. I mean HARD.
"I TOLD you NOT to call me with NICKNAMES!!!" Iruka almost shouted. His face was crimson. Was that because he was embarrassed or was it because he was angry?
'He's getting scary some times!' thought Naruto & Kakashi in union.
"Ok… I won't" Kakashi almost pleaded.
"You won't what?" asked Iruka squeezed Kakashi's poor ear harder, if it was possible.
"Iwon'tlendahandonNaru-Chan&won'tcallyouwithnicknames!" Kakashi said quickly in one breath.
"Sorry Kakashi, but I didn't catch a word. Say it again, but this time, word by word," said Iruka calmly.
"But...aw… aw…ok but don't pull anymore, I-won't- lend-a-hand-on-Naru-Chan-&-won't-call-you-with-nick-names."
"Good boy" Iruka let go his ear. As he let go of his ear, Kakashi jumped backward & rubbed hi ear with one hand.
"OK Naruto, let me show you your bedroom." said Iruka as he picked the luggage up. Naruto nodded. He bowed briefly to Kakashi & Kakashi replied his bow with a wink & a smile. Naruto return his smile & followed Iruka.
He guided Naruto to a medium size room. It included one medium-size bed with dark & light orange blanket, a dark brown desk, a wardrobe, which was in the light orange wall & a mirror in human size. On the desk was a jar full of sunflower. Everything was neat & tidy, & the cool breeze that was coming from the window, was playing with the light orange and golden curtain & keeping the air fresh. Iruka must plan it before.
Iruka put the luggage beside the bed & turned to Naturo.
"So, what do you think?" he asked nervously. Naruto's back faced Iruka so he couldn't see his face. He didn't answer his question either.
"Don't you like it?" Asked Iruka again a little disappointed.
"No" answered Naruto. He didn't even turn to face Iruka. Iruka, however, really was disappointed & upset with Naruto's answer. He opened his mouth to say something but shut it when he saw Naruto turned with a big grin on his face, his eyes where shining.
"I LOVE it!!!" he cheered happily & hugged Iruka. Iruka smiled & retuned his hug.
"Wow it's really nice! You still remember I like orange & sun flowers!" said Naruto after let go of Iruka.
"Well, I doubted when I saw you out of orange at the airport."
"I may not wear orange shirt or something but…" he pulled a little of his boxer out of his pants it was bright orange! "It will be always with me!"
Iruka laughed & thanked God that he really liked it.
"Ok then, as you settle your thing, I'm going to help Kakashi & set the table for lunch." Naruto's stomach growled in respond. Naruto scratched the back of his neck & laughed sheepishly.
"Ok then, come to the kitchen when you finish." said Iruka with a smile & walked out of the room. He stared at the empty space of Iruka's figure. A smile replaced the grin.
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…Angel from hell…
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