Kakashi felt the liquor go to his head as he placed the ceramic sake cup back down on the table, beginning to feel loose enough to talk, but not so much that he would be careless with his actions or his words. It had been just enough to soften up the edges of his mind; if he had a better way to describe it somehow.

"So…divorce?" He finally said softly as Jin-ju set her own ceramic cup down.

They'd decided to have drinks in the early evening, a few hours after their meeting at the memorial stone. And currently they were seated in the back booth of a pub.

"Yeah. Not a big deal. I just need you to file for divorce here in fire country." She said with a gentle smile, "Then I can send your country's divorce decree to mine, and then I can file for divorce there."

Kakashi let sink in the steps it would take to legally separate them from one another and sighed deeply, feeling dread pool om his stomach as he spoke, "That's…all going to be a problem."

"Why?" Jin-ju's brows knit together in confusion.

"Because I never filed our marriage certificate here." He admitted nonchalantly.

Jin-ju couldn't help but feel anger bubble up in her stomach and slowly radiate outwards to her limbs. She huffed and took a deep breath, "What did you do with your copy?"

"I tossed it in the ocean when I left the land of the moon." He admitted with a shrug.

If she had a spoon she would've stabbed Kakashi in the eye right now, "So you're saying….this is going to take even longer because you still have to file it first."

She wanted to scream, but instead felt herself come apart and laughed out loud. Kakashi just made this whole trip and process a whole lot harder. The silver haired ninja couldn't help but awkwardly scratch the back of his head as he chuckled too. Of course this wasn't a joke, but he couldn't help but laugh at how his carelessness had now come back to bite him.

"Miss Jin-ju?" A familiar voice, full of hurt and confusion both made them freeze in place, "I thought I heard your voice when I walked in."

They both suddenly felt their insides melt into a sick nauseous pool in their stomachs. They both paled and dreaded facing the owner, more so because of how it looked to be seen together. Though they both managed to smile face the one person they dreaded seeing at the moment.

"Hey Iruka." Jin-ju said in a cheerful tone that poorly masked her nervous behavior.

The teacher frowned and looked between the pair.

"So you've met Konoha's famous Copy Ninja?" He asked, trying to remain optimistic, despite his thoughts running wild with crazy theories and conspiracies as to why Kakashi and the woman he admitted that he liked, were seeing each other in the back of a pub.

"Sort of." They both said unanimously.

"We're old friends." Kakashi added, trying to ease the suspicion. Iruka calmly looked between them as Jin-ju scooted over and gave him a place to sit beside her. The air between the three of them getting heavy.

"So how do you know Jin-ju?" Kakashi asked, trying to move the conversation from the stale heavy state I was currently in.

"We met when she first arrived…and then she took me out to dinner." Iruka explained, feeling as though he was missing something in the conversation.

Kakashi glanced over at Jin-ju, as though asking with just an expression, if what his friend said was true or not.

"Yeah. His devotion to his students is very admirable." Jin-ju said with a genuine smile, making Iruka blush a tad as he chuckled nervously.

"So Miss Jin-ju..." Kakashi said, playfully mocking and emphasizing her incorrect title of Miss, "Are you planning on staying here after you finish your business? Or returning to your country?"

She sighed heavily and let out a small whine, "Iruka. I haven't been completely honest with you…about why I'm here."

"Miss Jin-ju…I don't think any of your personal business could affect me or our friendship." Iruka said with a genuinely sweet smile.

"Trust me…it will." She said in a low grumpy tone, "Iruka…the truth is….I'm here to get a divorce."

He paled and seemed to loose all sense of awareness, "Y-y-y-you're married?!"

"Sh!" She hissed at his nearly screaming voice.

"We should explain…" Kakashi said calmly, and sighing.

Jin-ju opened her mouth to speak, but Iruka beat her too it, "We?!"

"Iru-"

"Him?! You're married to him of all people?!" Iruka barked out, feeling sick, angry, confused, and hurt. In all honesty, he wasn't sure what to think about it.

"Here." Jin-ju said with a sad sigh as she reach out for a ceramic cup, although Iruka surprised them both by snatching the whole bottle off the table rather quickly, and taking a large swig of the sake before standing up and walking away.

They sighed heavily as Iruka exited the pub. Neither of them knew what to say. There was no delicate way to tell Iruka, that the woman he had gone on a date with, was actually married, and to a friend of his no less.

"I think it was just a lot to take in." Kakashi said with a heavy sigh.

"Yeah you were." Jin-ju said, laughing at the innuendo.

Kakashi blushed under his mask, thankful that it couldn't be seen, "Jin…be serious."

"Come on…it's ok to laugh…I mean we dated 12 inches ago." She chuckled just the same as Kakashi sighed again.

"Jin…"

"You have no sense of humor. You're so stiff Kakashi."

"Ok. I'm leaving." He said flatly as he raised his hand to disappear.

"Relax." She said sternly, "No more dick jokes, I promise."

He sighed, skeptically, "Are you going to go talk to Iruka?"

"Yeah. He at least deserves that much." She said, letting the atmosphere grow heavy and somber again.