Disclaimer: Don't own.


December 9th: Ice Skating.

Iruka glared at Kakashi who was skating across the frozen water with ease and grace, almost absentmindedly as he waited for Minoru to finish putting on his own skates. He looked at Minoru as the young boy double checked his skates, making sure they were tight enough.

Minoru looked at his dad and smiled, "Are you ready, Iru-dad?"

Iruka looked down at his own skates then at Minoru, "Uh, you go on ahead." Minoru stood and Iruka had to wonder where Minoru learned such a skill and balance, Maybe it just comes naturally to some people. He watched as Minoru nearly wobbled before he kicked off and disappeared among the crowd and headed towards Kakashi.

He remembered the last time he tired ice skating, when Kakashi thought it would be nice especially since the rink was pretty much empty. He didn't mention how he didn't know how to ice skate, thinking that it just had to do with balance and grace. Something that he apparently lacked when it came to ice. He then proceeded to glare at said ice. He looked up when someone stopped in front of him and found a lone blue eye looking at him, the dark mask shifting, and he knew Kakashi was smiling.

"Are you going to give it a try?"

Iruka frowned, "Last time I gave it a try I landed on my butt and was sore for days." He blushed when the smile turned into a grin, "Shut up."

Minoru skidded to stop and gestured for Iruka to join them, "Come on, Iru-dad! It's not as fun without you!"

Iruka furrowed his brows and looked at the rink in contemplation. A pair of gloved hands took his and pulled, making him move from the bench and forcing him to stand, "Kakashi -," he protested when his skates didn't seem to want to cooperate.

Kakashi chuckled and wrapped a secure arm around the younger man, "Come on, Love." He helped Iruka gain his balance as Minoru watched with amusement; Iruka had a good grip on Kakashi, depending and trusting that he wouldn't skid away, while at the same time glaring at him.

Iruka nearly lost his balance again, frowning at himself, thinking that this should be easier than this. He wrapped an arm around Kakashi as the older man moved next to him, and a strong arm wrapped around his own waist, "This shouldn't be this hard."

Kakashi softly chuckled as they began to move, "Some people have better balance than others, and some people just need to practice," he explained and smiled when he noticed that Iruka wasn't stumbling anymore. But frowned when he realized that Iruka was sliding with the momentum, "Are you even trying?"

Iruka glared, "Yes…or I was."

Minoru laughed and skated backwards, "Iru-dad, I thought you knew how to ice skate."

Iruka sighed, making a small cloud, "There haven't been many opportunities for me to give it a try."

Kakashi chuckled.

Iruka gave Kakashi a look.

Minoru laughed.

"Ruru, just kick off to move," Kakashi explained, "Show him Minoru-kun."

Minoru gave a small salute and turned with the momentum and kicked off, letting himself skid along the surface of the ice, and did it again for good measure.

Iruka watched Minoru as the young boy came back around and grinned.

"Try it, Iru-dad!"

Iruka tightened his grip when the older man felt as if he was going to move away, "Don't you dare."

Kakashi chuckled, "Alright, I'll do it with you."

Kakashi and Minoru taught Iruka how to move and skate along the ice, telling him that once he got the hang of it, he'll be able to go faster turn without difficulty.

Once Kakashi thought Iruka had enough of an understanding, he took the arm around his neck and moved away from the younger man, which earned him a panic look, "I know you can do it, love."

Iruka sighed, tried kicking off like Minoru showed him and was grateful when he didn't fall back and land on his rear. He thought to soon when a rather quick child came zooming past him, and since he didn't have enough skill to move out of the way properly, he moved on instinct. He felt himself falling back, but strong arms slipped under his and pulled him upright again.

"That was the kid's fault," Kakashi reassured.

After a few more attempts Iruka got enough of a handle of it to move on his own, albeit slow, but on his own nonetheless. Minoru came up to his side and took his hand, and began to move faster than he was getting used to.

And the height difference wasn't helping.

They gained speed and to Iruka's horror, Minoru let go and skidded off to the other direction. He found himself in the arms of his chuckling husband as they continued moving with the momentum.

Iruka sighed and let himself relax in the embrace, "And here I thought I was going to end up with another sore rear again."

Kakashi grinned and couldn't help himself, "Oh, I don't know about that…"

Something happened, Kakashi wasn't sure, but it felt like their skates knocked against each other and for some reason he was the one that lost his balance. He fell on his rear with Iruka looking down at him, the younger man's lips twitching as if trying to keep from laughing.

"You were saying?" Iruka teased and felt something bumped him from behind followed by a "Oh! Sorry Iru-dad!" and he joined Kakashi on the ice floor.

Kakashi caught the younger man that began to laugh, and he couldn't help but laugh with him. Minoru gave them an amused look and skidded backwards with a grin, "Good thing the both of you won't have sore butts?"

That only made them laugh harder.