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Kakashi came to the mission room and put a steaming cup of coffee at Iruka's desk.
"Yo!" he said, greeting Izumo.
"Hallo, Kakashi. How was the mission?" asked Izumo, collecting his things and preparing to leave, because his shift was over just 10 minutes ago.
Kakashi winced.
"It felt like rather long this time" said he, getting a sit on the table.
"What happened to your feet?" Izumo was passing by Kakashi when he noticed his bare and scratched feet.
Kakashi winced again.
"That rough nin managed to be very plastic, you know. When I got to him, we had a very nice and colorful war-dance together. I cut his throat, but he cut my left shoe simultaneously".
"I see it was a real fun" smiled Izumo.
"It really was" nodded Kakashi.
Suddenly, the front door flew open with loud 'thum!' and Iruka came in. He was as sleepy as ever in the early morning. Before either of the men could say something, he came directly to them and pecked first Izumo's cheek, then Kakashi's.
"Hi dears" murmured Iruka.
"Hi, weasel" murmured Kakashi in response, smiling.
Iruka didn't notice a tease and continued his way to his desk.
Izumo laughed, then yawned and waved Kakashi goodbye.
"I'm going to check Kotetsu; he has a gate-duty today".
"Don't let him fell asleep" Kakashi smirked.
"Of course I won't!" winked Izumo, disappearing in the doorframe, "try and wake Iruka up!"
"I can do that" whispered Kakashi as if convincing himself.
He concentrated attention on Iruka, watching as he, still sleepy, arranged things on the table. Iruka sniffed around, noting the coffee-aroma, and finally caught the coffee-cup with both hands. After making a pair of refreshing seeps, Iruka's gaze focused on the single figure present in the room.
"Kakashi?" he asked, frowning. "You came back or am I still sleeping?"
Kakashi shrugged, smiling brightly under his mask.
Iruka carefully put the cup back at the table and came closer to Kakashi.
"I insist you stop kissing everybody in the morning" declared Kakashi seriously. "And stop calling everybody 'dear'" added he.
"You are so dominative! Now I know I'm not sleeping!" said Iruka, smirking at him.
Kakashi caught his hand and pulled Iruka into a hug.
"Want me to prove to you that you are really not?" he murmured in Iruka's ear.
Iruka hid his face in the curve of Kakashi's neck.
"I thought about you… missed you!" he said simply.
"I missed you too" echoed Kakashi, striking Iruka's hair.
"When did I get so obsessed with you?" asked Iruka seriously.
Kakashi shrugged, smiling sheepishly and cursing himself for doing such a stupid thing.
Iruka looked down and noticed blood drops on the floor.
"Are you injured? What happened to your feet?"
"Maa, I lost my shoes on the road of life…" Kakashi inhaled Iruka's scent, wishing this moment could last forever. But there were no such a chance for him, because the door was opened and Genma came in.
"I thought it's a mission room, not a lover's nest!" barked he.
Iruka blushed and turned his head to Genma.
"Are you jealous or something?" asked Kakashi.
Genma said nothing, just smirked evilly.
"Genma, Kakashi is injured, I need you to take my shift here" said Iruka.
"At half past five in the morning? I just came from a mission! For the sake of what?" Genma asked, rolling his eyes. "C'mon, give me a real reason!"
Iruka and Kakashi watched him silently.
"You know you owe me" said Iruka strictly, tightening his grip on Kakashi's hand.
Genma rolled his eyes again and waved his hand at the door.
"Get out!" he laughed, heading to take a place at Iruka's desk.
"Can you walk?" asked Iruka, looking at Kakashi's feet worriedly.
"You should carry him!" said Genma cheerfully. "It'll be very conceptual!"
Iruka turned to Genma.
"I could never imagine you know some intelligent words while being so completely shameless and clumsy!" he yelled furiously. Suddenly he felt two strong arms on his waist as he was pulled to Kakashi's chest.
"Thanks for your generosity, Genma. Of course Iruka didn't mean to insult you" said Kakashi. His hands made some slow motioned signs in front of Iruka's stomach and both of them disappeared in a puff of a smoke. The last thing Iruka saw in mission room was Genma's grinning face.
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"He thinks we are having an affair, doesn't he?" half-asked half-stated Iruka while making the tea. "He was grinning at me, you know?"
Kakashi looked at his freshly bandaged feet, then raised his eye to Iruka and grinned too, though it wasn't so noticeable thru the mask.
"And what do you think we are having?" he asked.
"Whatever it is, I don't like to think of it as of an 'affair'!" pouted Iruka, giving Kakashi a tea-cup.
Kakashi laughed and took the cup.
"Right. You probably have to say what you want it to be and then we go and announce it to the village" nodded Kakashi, shifting a bit to give Iruka place on the coach. "Because every little gossip-thing Genma knows, or even just thinks he knows, the entire village is aware of almost in no time!"
Kakashi lifted his hand to the back of the coach to let Iruka rest his head on his shoulder.
"Then they must be thinking awful things…" said Iruka, placing himself comfortably.
"They must be thinking I'm your boyfriend, is it an awful thing?" asked Kakashi.
Iruka shook his head.
"I guess it's not that bad!" he said. "But somehow it's not true" he smiled.
Kakashi signed.
"You are right, it's probably not true".
They set in heavy silence for a while. Abruptly, Iruka turned his face to Kakashi and poked him in the guts.
"Stop it!" he cried insulted.
"What? I do nothing wrong" said Kakashi innocently.
"You are laughing!" pointed Iruka.
"Am I?"
"Yes you are! I can feel it!" Iruka's palm slid down along Kakashi's trembling with laughter corpse.
"No, don't do it, it tickles!" whined Kakashi, squirming.
Iruka grinned and raised both hands.
"So you are afraid of being tickled" he said, slowly guiding his hands to Kakashi's sides. "The famous copy-nin, master of thousand jutsu, the most formidable assassin… is afraid of being tickled!"
Kakashi pressed his back into the sofa, as if trying to drown in it and hide inside.
"That's gross!" Iruka's smirk was partly surprised, but mostly it was naughty.
"I can stand it, I'm a ninja!" shrugged Kakashi, though he was alert watching Iruka's hands.
"We'll see…" murmured Iruka, straddling Kakashi's legs in one quick motion and placing his fingers along other man's ribs.
"Don't play with me…"
"Or what?" Iruka licked his lips.
"Or else!" whispered Kakashi feeling Iruka's fingers get a little bit more contact with his sides.
"What else can be there?" wondered Iruka.
"There can be pretty much!" laughed Kakashi, bringing his hands up to Iruka's waist and holding him in a firm grip. "While you are fooling around, poor Genma is doing your work!"
Iruka frowned and stared at Kakashi.
"Oh, now when I'm done with your feet, you want me to leave for work?" he asked innocently. "I can do it! The village's always waiting for it's shinobi to work hard!"
When Iruka tried to move away, Kakashi's grip on his waist grew tighter.
"Let me go!" said Iruka, pouting.
Kakashi shook his head.
"We are very grateful to you" said Kakashi.
"We?" wondered Iruka.
"My feet, myself, and the whole village too" recounted Kakashi. "But the village is there and you are here with me, so village goes to hell for now!"
Saying this, he moved his palms up along Iruka's sides, laughing inwardly while feeling that Iruka was squirming.
"Who's afraid of tickling?" asked Kakashi.
Iruka winced, trying to avoid the itching sensation and suppressing his wish to giggle hysterically.
"Talking about the village you remind me I have a class in 20 minutes!" said Iruka, catching Kakashi's hands and trying to stop his actions.
"Oh no!" Kakashi whined, as he stopped fooling around and drew Iruka closer to his body. "Stay with me!"
"I can't" sighed Iruka, palming Kakashi's hair gently. "But you can stay here if you want and wait for me" he added, shy smile on his lips.
Kakashi watched Iruka gathering his papers and putting on the shoes.
"Then… I guess… I'll see you soon?" said Iruka erratic, looking back at Kakashi over his shoulder.
Kakashi smiled at him sheepishly and waved his hand.
"I wish you a good day, Iruka".