My friend was talking about her OC's and how she would be mighty disappointed if no one wrote a stuck in an elevator fic about them. And I, being the very kind person that I am (uh), said that I totally would. So this is just practice. Really. And not at all that my brain might have stolen the idea and KakaNaru'd it. Nope.
Office AU. Kakashi and Naruto gets stuck in an elevator. Yes, you read that right.
With a low creak the elevator stopped. Naruto pretended like he hadn't heard anything. It probably always did this, right? He pulled the bag strap up higher on his shoulder as it kept sliding down.
It didn't feel as if they were moving.
He glanced at the other guy, tried to find something reassuring. The man with the strange, gray hair turned another page.
See?, his brain told him, he doesn't look worried.
Then again, the man looked as if he wouldn't be worried ever, his entire being exuded laziness. Naruto did a double take. Was that...porn? He quickly glanced at the cover again. Yes, yup, porn. Alrighty then. He indignantly looked back at the silver doors.
No need to panic, this was probably just one of those super-quiet and super-super-super smooth elevators, one where you didn't even notice you were going down. Right?
The display had stopped on 15, and Naruto actually felt his insides quiver a bit. He'd never been fond of heights. But there was no need to worry! Maybe 15 is just a really long floor- and now it was getting ridiculous.
The man beside him still hadn't spoken, only flipped a page now and then. He looked completely calm, which was reassuring.
"Uh," Naruto said, finally succumbing to the need of breaking the awkward silence. "Does it... always do this?" he asked hesitantly.
The other guy looked up then, a black, intelligent eye peering at him from above the green book cover. "Do what?" he asked politely in return.
It seemed he hadn't noticed the embarrassingly long elevator ride.
"We've stopped," Naruto clarified, nodding at the frozen display above them.
"Oh, right. That. I thought you'd pushed the emergency button or something." He said in a light tone, purely stating facts, still smiling. Grass was green, the sky was blue, and he considered Naruto some kind of transportation vigilante.
"Why would I?" Naruto spluttered. Did he look like someone who pushed emergency buttons for fun?!
"You seem a little jumpy," the man offered helpfully.
"That's because I'm stuck in an elevator."