"With who?"
"Cat-san."
"Cat? I thought you were infatuated with Genma."
"We slept together. Once. That's all."
"When did you decide you were in love with Cat?" Gai lent back against the tree, looking down at the small ANBU whose head was resting in his lap.
"When he smiled at me. He has the most beautiful smile, and his eyes are so dark it feels like they're looking straight through into my soul and his voice is like melted chocolate."
Gai snorted. "That's a strange way to describe someone's voice. Though I suppose you always were a sappy romantic at heart."
Iruka half-heartedly him in the stomach
"Oh, you wound me."
"Did I?" The glazed look vanished from Iruka's eyes and he looked horrified.
"No, I was just kidding you." He ruffled the ANBU's loose hair and got a glare in return. "Just be careful."
Iruka raised an eyebrow.
"You barely know each other. You should tread carefully until you know more about him."
"I know he has no sense of humor!"
**********************
"What?" Iruka's head snapped up and he found himself staring into the painted cat mask.
"I said you seem awfully distracted."
"Oh." He averted his gaze, even though he knew Cat couldn't see his scarlet cheeks.
"Do you want to tell me what it is? It#s affecting your work, you almost got yourself killed back there."
It was true. If cat hadn't jumped in he would have got a katana through his gut.
"If you're a danger to yourself, you're a danger to us as well. You're a part of my squad Iruka, and it's my job to see that my squad is functioning properly, and quite bluntly we're not and it's because of whatever is on your mind that we're not. So talk to me please, I want to help."
Iruka shook his head. He couldn't. He'd told Gai he'd get to know the cat-masked nin first but he still knew no more about the man than he found out at their first meeting.
Tenzou sighed. He didn't know what was going through the man's head but whatever it was was going to get them all killed. Being nice to him wasn't something that was going to work with this man. He resisted the urge to pinch his nose.
"Dolphin, you will either tell me or Raven what is wrong with you, or you can go tell the Hokage what's going through that head of yours because quite frankly you're going to get us all killed!"
Iruka stared at his feet. He didn't want to tell him, but he didn't want to get them killed either. He took a deep breath and sighed. "Iloveyou."
Tenzou blinked. He wasn't sure what Iruka had said, but he didn't think it was anything he had been expecting. "Pardon?"
"I love you." He was surprised at how much effort it took to say it. They were only three small words, but they could change his life.
"Ruka."
He looked up just as the mask was removed from his face and a pair of rough lips locked on his. His eyes opened wide and he met the familiar dark orbs staring straight back at him. A wet tongue swept across the seam of his lips and he opened his mouth slightly, allowing Tenzou entrance. A coiling heat settled in his stomach, furthered by the hand around his half-hard cock. He moaned into the man's mouth and tore himself away to gulp down air in case he passed out.
**********************
A hand clamped over his mouth as he screamed, orgasm tearing through him, leaving him in a boneless heap on the ground. He felt Tenzou's final hard thrust and an explosion of warmth inside him before the man withdrew and collapsed down next to him. He yawned visibly and tried to summon the energy to cover his mouth.
"Go to sleep. I'll get Ayame to cover watch. I'll take second, you can have third." He kissed Iruka gently before pulling on his uniform and heading over to the dark haired man sleeping halfway up a tree.
Iruka hauled himself across the forest floor and wiggled into his sleeping bag, too tired to move it from where it lay next to the fire. His last thought before he succumbed to sleep was that he was going to really need a shower when he got up.
*******************
Iruka scrabbled to find purchase on the cracked wall of the alley he was so ruthlessly being fucked into, a hand over his mouth to stop his screams escaping. He felt Tenzou's hand close around his cock, jerking it in time with the hard thrusts.
"Fuck Ru!"
Iruka felt the hand around his cock tighten and he came, his scream of completion muffled. He felt Tenzou still and groan, and the now familiar warmth spreading inside him. He whimpered as Tenzou pulled out, removing his hands and tugging his pants back into place.
"Go home, whore." He pulled the mission report from under his armor."
"What?" Iruka slid down the wall, still feeling the effects of his orgasm and the strangely pleasant sensation of cum oozing out of him.
"I said go home whore, I need to hand in this report."
Iruka sat there in shock.
"Do you not understand slut? You may be in love with me, but I have a girlfriend here in the village. You mean nothing to me Iruka. You have a nice arse, that's all."