Ch 10! beta-ed!
Thank you Dingyou! seriously you are one of few in the world who can bear my crazy grammer- ops, grammar-!
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A splitting headache sent pain down the boy's spine. His eyes felt like they were going to pop out and his in ears was the most piercing sound he'd ever heard. Apparently, crying for three hours straight is the best way to drain anyone emotionally and physically.
His tears came to an end when finally one of the various doctors treating Kakashi came out and informed that they were finally able to stop the bleeding. Kakashi was stable but in no condition to meet anyone.
Oh my God! They probably think I am the biggest crybaby ever! Iruka thought, suddenly aware of the half dozen shinobi around him. Oh crap! He is the only one crying… and not only that, but he was also clinging to Yamato who showed up right after Kakashi was brought over. OH MY GOD OH MY GOD! Did I scream 'I love you' infront of Rin and the guards! Shoot me now!
"Everything will be okay. You can let go now," Yamato smiled softly at Iruka. Having a 16 year old boy cling to you doesn't really help with the ninja street rep! Still, he knew that the tanned boy needed a chest to fit tightly into. He had no doubt now that Iruka and Kakashi have some sort of love relationship. Let's examine the facts: 1) Kakashi let Iruka live with him, and that was like HELL IMPOSSIBLE for the aloof Kakashi. 2) Iruka wept and shivered at the thought that he might not see Kakashi again. 3) Rin just told him about what Iruka screamed… actually by now everyone knew. One is gonna wonder, doesn't Rin and the guards have anything better to do then spread juicy rumors, while Kakashi was between life and death?
"Sorry…" Iruka blushed and released Yamato. He blushed once more when he noticed the wrinkles his fists caused on the fabric the other man was wearing.
"It's fine. Kakashi is a strong ninja, Iruka. He will be okay," the man reassured.
"I hope so…" he said. Kakashi broke his promise. He didn't come back safe.
"Did the doctor say when we can talk to him?"
"He is still very critical. Go home and have some sleep. By the time you come back, I think you will be able to go in."
Iruka mulled over the man's words. Having a rest was a nice idea after all. However, he wasn't sure he would be able to sleep abandoning Kakashi in the hospital bed alone. Well, it wasn't 'abandoning' but that's the way Iruka thought it would be, and Kakashi wasn't alone. But he didn't have his lover with him, did he? Iruka was scared of the worse, scared that he would go back home, come back and be told that… NO! He wasn't going to have these thoughts! Kakashi will be fine! He is going to stay so that he would be the first person the copy ninja meets.
He didn't leave, but he fell asleep on the prickly bench at the hospital. He was woken up a few hours later by a nurse asking if he was alright, she could have sworn he wasn't breathing.
"I am fine, thanks," he rubbed his eyes, and glanced at Kakashi's room. The door was closed shut. Was his love still in life-threatening condition?
"It's fine. Just take care of yourself. May be you should go home to your parents?"
"How is the shinobi who was brought in a few hours ago?"
"You mean Kakashi-sama? Oh, he is fine! He is giving the nurses such a hard time!" If only he wasn't so freakin handsome, I would have given him an enema for hitting on every nurse in the hospital, the nurse drowned into her own thoughts moaning.
What is she thinking about? "So can I meet him now?"
"Well… you shouldn't. He is under... tell you what, go in but keep quite and don't tell anyone I was the one who told you to, okay?" the nurse smiled and winked.
"THANK YOU!" Iruka jumped up and scuttled towards the room.
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There he was, sitting in bed flirting with the nurse. You bastard! Don't you know worried I was? You bastard, I am so happy to see you! I miss you so much! He thought.
"Kakashi…..sensei" Iruka froze at the door, he didn't understand how could Kakashi act so casual. The other man smiled from under the mask softly.
"Ruka, come here"
Why am I crying? Iruka inadvertently started crying. He couldn't help it. The tears just slipped.
"How could you leave me alone? How could you risk your life! You are the biggest IDIOT I have ever met in my life! What was I supposed to do without you?!" Iruka snapped. To be honest, he wasn't planning too. He wasn't really upset at Kakashi at all. He just felt his tears and those words explode as soon as he saw the love of his life in bandages after almost dying. Kakashi watched him silently. He knew Iruka had to get it out.
"What are you smiling for? Stop That! STOP IT NOW! Don't you know that you almost d-"
"Iruka, I am here now. I am fine and safe now."
How many words were there? Almost ten, but they felt so incredibly comforting. His baby's fine. He's here. He's okay. He didn't leave him alone.
Iruka ran towards Kakashi but stopped right before hugging him, worried that he would crush an already fractured rib or something. Suddenly, two arms wrapped around Iruka and pulled him in. He was surrounded by the warmth he yearned. Oh God! Too long… longer than anyone in love should be denied of his lover if you answer me!
"I missed you," Kakashi whispered into the weeping boy's ears. He felt the boys tears wet his neck and chest. Although he hated being the reason Iruka was hurt, those tears made him feel home. There wasn't a second during the mission that he didn't think about Iruka. It was so much harder putting your life on the line when you know someone is waiting for you back home, when you have so much you still want to say to that person.
"I said it…" Iruka backed and looked straight into Kakashi's eyes before planting a kiss on the supple lips of the bruised man.
Thump Thump Thump Thump
His legs were melting, damn it! That way he won't be able to give Kakashi a piece of his mind!
"Say it again."
"Jerk, flirting with the nurse," why is he putting me on the spot… I don't think my heart can handle saying it one more time.
"I want to hear it."
"You broke your promise. Now you don't get to… do stuff to me…"
Kakashi raised an eyebrow, and waited for the nurse to go out of the room to remove his mask completely (since he had to lower it for the kiss already), "I don't?? But I didn't break the promise?"
"Yes you did!"
"I am fine, aren't I?"
"You are… but… my heart almost stopped when I saw you all beat up. You know!"
Kakashi almost squealed in happiness… and in pain.
"Well, we better get the blood pumping into the vital organs again!"
"Why does everything you say sound dirty and twisted… and again, why were you flirting with the nurse?"
"Jealous?"
"Hell yeah!"
Kakashi didn't expect this answer.
He suddenly twisted in pain, "Ahh, I think I won't be able to do stuff to you for a while anyway."
"What happened?"
"CONFIDENTIAL," Kakashi enunciated very clearly.
"I think I have the right to know!"
"Tell me you love me first."
"No… punishment."
"WHY?!" Unfair! Why did he have to miss Iruka's confession? Oh, he was bleeding and unconscious.
Iruka pouted and looked the other way. It was Kakashi's job and duty. He knew that, but he didn't quite accept it yet.
"Do I at least get to do naughty stuff to you when I get out of here?"
"Bastard," Iruka mumbled under his breath as he blushed a shade of very deep pink, "We will see about that!"
Yes, Iruka was a tease!