Part 4: Sneeze

"Achoo!"

Kakashi looked down from his perch atop the shelf that faced the bed and made his annoyance shown in a low meow. One dark eye forced itself open to glare reproachfully at the animal. The two where staring off when suddenly a voice mildly called from the kitchen.

"Sasuke, stop bugging the cat."

The dark haired Anbu gave a sudden pout, "I was doing no such thing!" his scratchy voice called back hoarsely. Kakashi gave off something that suspiciously sounded like a snigger and went back to snuggling into Iruka- chan. Sasuke glared at the two cat's with utter distaste, he was not a cat person, come to think of it he wasn't a dog person either, hell he didn't really like animal's what so ever. Well, excluding a certain kitsune of course but that was beside the point.

With a sigh he turned his back to the two animals' and away from the soft light that radiated from the small lamp at his bedside. It was really quite ridiculous an elite Anbu being fussed over because of a small cold, it would after all pass by morning he had only been in the rain for about two minutes. But still he didn't like being fussed over, he would rather be sleeping right now but Naruto had insisted on taking care of the man, knowing fully well that his dark one could never resist him.

He pulled his blankets up higher over his shoulder's to hide the slight smile that had suddenly crept onto his face, that was how those two cat's had managed to come into the house. They always managed to worm their way into the house whenever it was raining and the blond-haired man had insisted on naming them as long as they were going to be in the house.

Sasuke had been cohersed into giving the gray one a name, now that he thought about it; it seemed rather ironic that Kakashi had been the first name to come to mind. Even the cat was notoriously late for anything, when the real Kakashi had met the cat Kakashi it had truly been a moment to remember. There was a picture in their home of both the sensei and the cat's, something that always gave the dark-haired Anbu a silent laugh even though he would never admit it to anyone.

The sound of light footfall entered his consciousness and he turned back over, sitting up as Naruto came into the room, two light blue mugs in his hand. The man smiled as the scent infiltrated his nostrils, Earl Gray with just a hint of lemon and honey. Holding out both his hands like a child, the blond haired jounin chuckled as he pressed it into the awaiting hands.

The light steam from the cup warmed his nose as he took a small sip and felt the liquid trickled down his throat already heating up his chilly body. The other man laughed again and sat at the edge of the bad letting his own mug of tea warm his hands. The window over the bed showed the calm gray sky outside and let them listen to the soothing sound of the rain as it gently pattered against the glass.

The two men had already changed out of their drenched clothes and into comfortable sweats and T-shirts. Their leaf headband's sat next to the lamp, the silver metal catching to glow of the warm gold light. Naruto set his mug on the small table and reached over to grab the light blue and yellow fleece blanket.

Pulling it around him he arranged it very precisely so everything on his lower body was covered. He looked up to see Sasuke looking at him in dismay, a look that made him look about five years old again. "What?" he asked confused his blue eyes wide with question.

Sasuke pouted, "What about me?" he mumbled into his mug his dark eyes hidden from the cozily snuggled man next to him.

A fox like grin spread over his face as he fell back onto the lovely little mountain of fluffy pillows and pulled the blanket up to his shoulder's, "What about you?" he asked as innocently as he could with that grin.

Taking another sip from his mug, the shinobi set it down on the floor and then promptly proceeded to straddle the blonde's waist, much to his victim's dismay. "Sasuke!" the man exclaimed the moment he got a look at the other's eyes. He knew that look, he knew that look very well, he had seen it for the first time six year's ago on his nineteenth birthday and after that it had only come out during special times. His lover was feeling playful.

Before he knew it skilled fingers were under the blanket and running up the sides of his stomach, making him explode in giggle's as he was mercilessly tortured. A broad grin spread on Sasuke's face as Naruto's hands flew up in defeat. "Alright!" he managed to gasp out; "Alright I'll share!" he said and gave a sigh of relief as the Anbu instantly stopped.

Rolling off of him, the dark haired one smiled as the blanket was opened and a very warm body clad in gray sweats and a white t-shirt waited enticingly. He snuggled into him as the blanket was replaced and the two got into a more comfortable position. Naruto placed his arms around the dark -haired man and smiled softly as he relaxed against him. It wasn't often the other shinobi acted like this and the blond-haired fox planned to enjoy it as much as possible.

Soon the gray sky darkened into night and the small cloudburst turned into a bit bigger rainstorm but it didn't faze the two men who had long since fallen asleep. Kakashi opened one lazy blue eye and gave a wide yawn before returning to his former position snuggled into Iruka, his head atop the white one's body.

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*Giggle* Look the return of the kitties! *grin* I hoped you guy's enjoyed this chapter! *jumps up and down with excitement* Look! I got my cartilage pierced today *accidentally flicks it in her excitement* ACH! *smiles sheepishly* It's still a bit sore *shakes head* I am such an idiot I pierced it on the side I usually sleep on! Oh well less sleep for me, more fic's for you! *sighs* Those two boy's are just so adorable! Sasuke acts like a little boy when he's sick! ^^

I actually have no idea which is a higher rank jo, I've always assumed an Anbu because they are the elite bodyguard's of the Hokage and take really hard missions but I've never really read that... For this I'm just gonna go Anbu until I see otherwise^_~

Thanks so much for catching that Lostlily! I've gone back and hopefully corrected all the spellings and the little thing about the third Hokage. *smacks forehead at own stupidity* You won't believe this but I originally had it as the fifth and then changed it to the fourth! *giggles*

*laughs* Thanks Sorenson *blushes* Can I just say I have read your fic's about a million times over? I'm a huge fan! I just happen to be a really really bad reviewer I'm trying to get better I swear! ^^

I'm so glad you enjoy it Watermelon Gal! Gawd! What a cute name! *huggles you*

And to all my reviewer's a huge thanks and a wish for a wonderful night! *blows kisses*