Chapter 3: Kakashi: The Academy Teacher

Whenever I lived strong emotions, or couldn't understand my feelings, I would go to Iruka for comfort. I would kiss him all over, caress every inch of skin and take him until we both lost grip on this world. Well, sometimes Iruka was not available and I needed to find someone else, but it never worked as well as with the caring chūnin. I did not realise how systematic this had become until Iruka himself made the remark:

"Well, not that I am really complaining about it in any way…" he smiled, "but how come a prodigy like you can't figure himself out without being in someone else's arms? I mean, most of the time, when you come to me, you make no sense whatsoever and then, after we've been together, it looks like you could figure out the answer to every mystery of the universe on you own!"

"It's you Iruka. You have this effect on everyone. You should know that by now, "I replied casually. "Although, thankfully, you use a different method for them, just look at what you do with children. Day after day, you take little whining snot manufactures and transform them into full fledged shinobi. That's a real feat!"

"Yeah, yeah… but my students actually learn the lesson at some point. You… don't seem to really ever learn and I need to teach it to you all over from the beginning every time…" He paused. "You know that's not really what it's all about, don't you?

"Maa… I know… It's just a bad habit I developed in ANBU, I guess…" I had answered to minimise the awkwardness of the truth he had just thrown at my face.

He had smiled.

Behind the mask of the composed and cold thinking Copy-nin, the tension and the emotions would accumulate so intensely that they always threatened to overflow the barrier of my sanity. Iruka had seen through me and had understood a long time ago that having sex was the only tool I had to deal with those.

When I arrived at the academy, Iruka was there, correcting his students' exams while they were away for lunch. Smoothly, I landed on the window frame and entered the room.

"Oi! Long time no see, Iruka sensei!"

As usual, the brown-haired teacher seemed barely surprised.

"Same here Kakashi. What is bringing you here in the middle of the day like that? This isn't your usual time…"

"I missed you," I said with a mischievous smile.

"As if you ever had the time to miss someone!" he replied with a nagging grin.

Iruka dropped his pen and placed the pile of papers neatly on the corner of his desk. The classroom was empty… and really quiet.

"I heard it went pretty bad… your last mission."

I saw the worry in his deep chocolate eyes.

"Maa, I wanted to tell you before you heard the rumours, but I guess I am late again. It wasn't that bad..." I said trying to avoid the details, but it wasn't like Iruka to let go that easily.

"They tortured you."

"It's fine…"

"For days!"

"It's fine, I tell you, I got taped all over by Tsunade."

"Show me…"

I smiled.

"Truly, it's not that bad."

Suddenly, his voice rose and the teacher spoke:

"I said, show me…"

I was defeated. I unzipped my khaki vest and raised my shirt as high as it would go revealing the bandages barely hiding spots of purple skin.

His brows twitched a little. Iruka's eyes following the curves of my torso. I was wondering if he could feel the pain, see the knives slashing through my skin, hear the sound of my ribs breaking…

So, they did torture you a lot… his tone was soft but worried. He seemed to switch his concerns from my body to my mind.

"How do you feel now?" His sweet eyes looked at me inquisitively.

That gaze, it made my whole body shiver… Better than any Icha Icha novel for sure! How was I to ignore that! I realised I had wanted to discuss Hiroki, I needed to seek his approval, his advice. I needed just to tell it to someone who wouldn't judge, but all those pure intentions went flying out of my mind.

"How long until they come back?" I said looking at the kids playing outside.

"More than enough," he answered.

I always had a weak spot for Iruka but Iruka had never wanted me into his life.

Our arrangements were limited to being friends with benefits. It was not what I had wanted from him at first. I had wanted him all for myself, I had wanted to spoil him, just like he deserved, but Iruka wasn't into that kind of exclusive lover relationship. He liked his freedom. He was not the kind of person to have a new guy in his bed every night, sometimes he'd even spend whole weeks without it, grading papers, reading or going out with friends, but he liked being able to say no or yes to any occasion.

At first, I was distressed, but now I was fine with it. He never said no to me anyway… even on a day like today half hiding in his classroom with the threat of any student or work colleagues coming in.

I put my nose in his dark brown hair, his arms closed around my body. It felt good to be in the company of Iruka. He had this perfect mix of kindness and twisted playfulness. At work, I was a jōnin and Iruka only a Chūnin but, for this kind of play, we were evenly matched. He could listen to my body in a way no one else had ever done and, despite my injuries, I knew I would feel no pain.

I removed his hitai-ate and pulled his hair band putting it on his wrist. It didn't matter anymore that we were in his classroom where anyone could discover us at any time or that my body was sore all over or that my mind was a total mess because of what had happened the previous week. His smell was slowly overcoming every barrier. Kami! How much I wanted him!

I pulled down my mask and violently pushed my lips on his. He chuckled as he returned violence for violence pinning me to the wall.

"My classroom, my lead!"

I honestly didn't care. The lust in those sweet brown eyes could destroy all my resolve in one instant. Holding my wrists to the wall with his hands, he inserted his chin between the collar of my vest and my neck leaving a trail of soft kisses. I tilted my head away to give him better access, my senses getting wild. We were already breathless, looking at one another as if we hadn't done this in years. One of his hands left my wrist and went under my shirt carefully moving around the bandages, while his hip pressed right into my hardness. I clenched my teeth to avoid that loud moan that begged to escape from my lips.

His other hand went tugging at the bottom of my shirt. I rose my arms over my head so he could help me out of it and helped him in return.

The beautiful caramel skin and the strong muscles ripping underneath sent shivers in my groin, but I had barely the time to look before he pushed me on the wall again.

"Kakashi," he whispered with an urge in his voice.

I caressed his lower back slightly inserting my index under the elastic band of his pants and grinded my own erection into his. His knees buckled a bit and I had to support his weight for a while.

"I missed you too," I said sliding my finger over a perky nipple. He arched in my arms while letting out a silent moan. Kami, I wanted to fuck him senseless and make sure he couldn't walk for days, but Iruka was still at work…

I pushed our pants down and grabbed both of our throbbing erections in my hand. I started going up and down at a slow pace looking at Iruka for approval. He quickly pushed his tongue between my lips. He wouldn't come without at least a little fighting. The kiss became deeper and bolder making me loose the rhythm for a moment.

I felt a tension building and started to impose a faster pace. Iruka was forced to let go of my lips pressing his forearms in the wall behind me to hold himself up. His head pressed heavily in my shoulder as his panting grew louder. His hips thrust forward in an attempt to get more, sending bolts of pleasure that made me partially lose my sight. The slight sweating made the scent of his hair come through.

"Kakashi, I think it's... faster! Faster please!"

His hushed voice sent me over the edge. I took in a deep breath, but my body completely forgot how to breathe it out. The tension was raising and raising in our bodies. I think I let out a small cry...

Iruka slid his arms between my back and the wall holding me tight as if I would disappear, then our semen mixed as it splashed over our chests. We both fell on the ground.

We laid in the far corner of the classroom totally spent, breathing heavily over each other's body. When I was in his arms like that, I could deceive myself into thinking we were lovers… that I was truly the only one. I felt my heart break a little.

"Not bad," Iruka commented barely able to speak.

"I did not completely lose my time coming here," I answered with the same irony.

He finally got up and went to the small sink situated in the corner of his classroom and cleaned himself with a towel before putting his shirt back on.

"Kakashi," his voice had lost his playful tone. "I can tell there is something on your mind…"

He threw the wet towel at me.

"Of course, what did you expect? It's not as if I could deal with my problems like a proper adult. I am just one of those mad jōnins after all."

I heard his soft laughter.

"Unfortunately, my lovely little hellions will be back soon," he said with a sigh. "Time is up for now."

He quickly got back his composure, checked his uniform re-combed his ponytail and as if waiting for him the bell rang. He helped me put my sweater and vest just like an overgrown student then his nose touched mine.

"You know you are welcome to my place if you want to talk it over Kakashi… You are welcome anytime."

He closed his eyes and looked down. He hid his pain well but I have known him for too long not to notice. He was worried for me.

"Hey, Iruka, we're back and the kids are fine. That's all that really counts," I said smiling.

I just wanted to hug him and tell him how I loved him but I didn't. I couldn't.

I zipped my vest and posed one more kiss on his lips before raising my mask. He passed his hand in my hair as if he could really discipline the perpetual mess living on top of my head and went back to the front of his class in a joyful stride.

How could he be so quick to get over something like this! Just for that, I was wondering if he wasn't a jōnin in disguise!

I stood and followed him to the front while his first unruly students arrived. Iruka was smiling and asking how the recess was remembering what each kid's plans were.

Seriously, how he could look as if nothing had ever happened was beyond me.

As I got out of the room, a kid bumped into me.

"Kakashi sensei… I-I am so sorry!" The kid blushed and ran to his seat. I smiled at him.

At the academy, the kids had a worship for jōnin. Going there was just like being a celebrity. I made a small hand sign to Iruka and left.

From the corridor, I could still hear excited children exclaiming: "Iruka sensei! You know Kakashi sensei! You are amazing!"

If only they knew what just happened in the back of their classroom mere minutes ago! I thought to myself laughing.

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When I arrived at the gates, I was surprised to see Tsunade.

"It took you some time, brat!"

I blushed a little. Did she see any of it? Maybe she was just wise enough to stay away while we caught up with each other.

"Anything I can do?" I asked as if I hadn't just sexually assaulted her best teacher in a room that was now filled with kids.

"What are you planning to do with Hiroki?"

"Me? Isn't it supposed to be you who takes that kind of decision?"

"Kakashi, you have been watching that girl a bit too intensely. I would find it hard to believe that you don't already have plans for her. You are so excited about the child that it's not as if you'd follow any of my orders anyway."

"You are right, I probably wouldn't," I said trying to hide with my best bored tone how ashamed I was that she had seen through me so clearly.

"So, let me ask you again, what are you going to do with your new toy, Kakashi?"

"Maa, she wants to stay here… I guess I wanted her to try being a shinobi a little…"

She laughed.

"Try being a shinobi? A little? No Kakashi, you know already that she will be a strong shinobi, otherwise you wouldn't have bothered with her. Admit it!"

"Am I so transparent?" I said dodging a direct answer.

"When you can't even look like your usual bored self about something, yes."

Shimatta I thought to myself. I really was too interested in her to be careful about anything.

"After what you went through brat, I think it will be good to look forward to something positive. I'll assign her to team 7 for a few D missions. Nothing she won't be able to do even with her injury. The other two will complain, but they need the rest. We'll advise after."

She walked away.

Definitely, the other two would complain, especially Naruto. I had a headache just thinking about it! But I was also certain they'd be understanding. But why was Tsunade so confident in my judgement? Had she seen something too? I was clearly running on instinct here and I had failed to rationalise it yet. I could be totally wrong, for all I know.

"By the way, Kakashi, show her around a bit and try to get her out of her social phobia, will you? It's kind of painful to see!"

What was I getting myself into?

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I went over this chapter last night and really felt the need to soften it a bit. Sorry!

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