Of Love and Chocolate Part 1

Kakashi :27 Iruka; 25

Iruka looked. He looked at the bridge, in the training fields, at the Hokage tower, at the ramen shop, in the jounin apartments, at the weaponry, in every adult and non adult book shop, and in his own apartment. No Kakashi. No silver hair, no masked face, no porn (thankfully!), no Kakashi. And it was driving Iruka insane!

He desperately needed to find his friend. The chuunin's mind was in a whirl, and that wasn't good. He'd been distracted the entire day, thinking about a certain jounin and their kiss and how a certain jounin had tasted and how much he wanted to kiss back and…the list went on and on. Iruka was about to give up home when it hit him. Kakashi had had a mission today. Which meant that he was probably at the hospital. Off went a certain chuunin.

Iruka had been right. Kakashi was there, but not injured himself. Instead, he was helping hold Naruto down as Tsunade administered antidote to the blond haired genin. As Sakura explained it, Naruto had eaten what Kakashi had identified as poisonous berries, immediately passed out, and worried his team. And Kakashi being the amazingly fast thinker and BEST jounin sensei (Iruka was beginning to wonder if they were talking about the same person) had transported the three of them directly into Tsunade-sama's office, and then to the hospital.

Iruka was, of course, immediately overcome with worry. Naruto sick? The very idea sent shivers down the academy teacher's spine. Thankfully, Tsunade had administered the antidote by the time Sakura was finished explaining, and Naruto was already recovering. The process took all of about thirty seconds before the boy loudly declared that he was starving and that he was going to Ichiraku with his mission payment and would someone please let him go now.

As Team 7 left, Iruka snagged Kakashi. Tsunade, sensing a serious moment, took her leave, and Iruka closed the door of the now empty exam room. He needed to speak with Kakashi alone, without any distractions. And sooner rather than later.

Closed in with his best friend and object of affection, Kakashi was nervous. He loved Iruka so much, and was sure that Iruka was angry at him for this morning. It had been rash, and the jounin knew that it had been rash and OH KAMI-SAMA Iruka was kissing him.

Indeed, the chuunin had wasted no time. He'd quickly reached up, removed offending mask, and placed a shy, exploratory kiss on the jounin's pale lips. He felt Kakashi start, surprised, before strong arm wrapped around him and pulled him closer. A simple kiss lead to a war of tongues and the wonderfully new sensation of having Kakashi's hands all over him. This had led to Kakashi's hands going other places, which make Iruka blush terribly and pull away.

"Not here." He managed to whisper. "later, I promise, but please not here."

Kakashi looked as though he were about to argue, but decided against it. He simply placed a chaste kiss on Iruka's lips, tugged his mask up and vanished, leaving the chuunin in a contentedly confused and happy state.