Warning: Lime-ish, fluffy, yaoi, lemon later...

Pairings: KakaxIru

Disclaimer: Same ol', same ol'

AN: First off, I'd like to thank KakashiLvr, who inspired me...Also, I have no clue if there is an ocean near Konoha, but let's all use our imagination and say it's right next to that big cliff with the faces of the Hokage carved into it. Ok? I just HAD to update soon!!! I hate cliffhangers, so I've made an oath to always update soon if I have one in any of my fics, so here it is!!! (So please don't threaten me with meat grinders anymore...) There's some strangeness in this chapter too...but, anyways! Throws confetti On with the show!!

"A" = speech

A = thoughts

A = actions/sound effects

{A = authors notes on story

[A] = authors notes

&A& = flashback

= P.O.V./scene change

Dolphins Are Supposed To Swim

Chapter 3.

As Kakashi was a foot from the door, he felt something imperceptively erect digging into his back. He stopped. What the...? He felt himself grow hard as Iruka squirmed and screamed softly, thrashing around on his back feverishly, unconsciously grinding his hard-on into him. Uh-oh...He pushed his own thoughts aside and hastily took out the key as Iruka's thrashing turned more frantic. He stepped in, and started opening some doors, almost falling over in the process with the flailing dolphin. After opening the doors to the kitchen, bathroom, living room (he thought about just dropping Iruka on the couch, but he decided on the bedroom instead), and closet, he finally opened a side door and walked into a dimly lit room with a huge queen sized bed right in the middle.

An empty fireplace was across from it, with a nightstand and lamp off to the side. He gazed at the sheets, thinking. I wonder how Iruka would look... sitting on that bed... completely naked ... with all these strawberries...and whipped cre-- Kakashi was taken out of his meanderings by a particularly loud moan, and more squirming. Kakashi blinked and scowled. WHY THE HELL AM I THINKING ABOUT THIS NOW??!!! Especially when he's all feverish... and sexy... and delicious, and cute... and aroused, and -- fuck!! I'm doing it again! With the utmost care, he slowly lay him down on the duvet cover, fluffing up the pillows. Iruka thrashed a bit, then stopped suddenly. Kakashi blinked, then yelped as Iruka reached out, effectively grabbing his shoulder, and pulled him down, still snoring softly.

Kakashi blushed as Iruka snuggled into him, breathing deeply into his hair. His hot breathe wafted over his scalp, his hair swaying slightly. Kakashi's eyelids drooped. This... feels good...He thought as he too drifted off to sleep. Iruka clutched at his shoulders, then wrapped his arms around his neck, snuggling some more. Kakashi glanced at Iruka's sleeping visage. How can he sleep like this? Not that I'm complaining or anything...He yawned, and pushed Iruka's body closer. He reminds...me...of my old...teddy...yawn...bear...With Iruka's warmth pressed against him in a loose embrace and his soft incoherent whispers breathing into his ear, he soon fell into a deep slumber. [AN: Awwww... Fool! How dare you fall asleep when Iruka's sick!!]



[Iruka Dream Mode] [AN: Get ready for the strangeness!!]

Iruka felt himself continue to fall in the endless vortex, shivering and desperately reaching out for anything. He tried grabbing on to a nearby floating dog, but like all the other things he tried to grab on to, he just went right through it. He sighed as he passed a flock of sheep and a book- shaped lamp. When am I ever going to stop? He thought as he tried grabbing onto a fig tree. He felt just like that character in the story. What was it called? Ali... Alice...Alice in Wondertown...no, {Alice in Wonderland!! Yes, just like Alice in Wonderland! Iruka blinked and swore he saw something out of the corner of his eye. They widened comically.

A scarecrow? His eyes widened even more as millions of scarecrows came floating down, surrounding him. Where are all these coming from?! He thought as he took a closer look. They were all different, some tall, some fat, some wearing big frilly aprons, even some with there own hitai-ate bands! Iruka looked away in disgust as he saw some had porno pictures imprinted on their bodies. Ewww...He blinked again as they suddenly flew up, whizzing past him as he vainly tried to dodge them. He expertly leaped in between them, pieces of loosened clothing falling on him from some going too fast. They were nothing more than blurs now, tiny bits of straw flying out here and there. When they got so fast he was sure they were almost invisible, he gasped.

Iruka watched as the darkness slowly started to fade and he fell back... right into someone's waiting arms (with a thump and a flurry of cherry blossoms). He hastily sat up and looked around, finding he was sitting under a giant sakura tree. Its branches reached up into the sky, its trunk was gnarled and twisted, bending slightly so the sakura petals drifted softly in the wind, giving a good amount of shade. He twitched irritably. WHAT IS UP WITH ALL THIS WIERDNESS??!!! He heard a soft chuckle behind him, and finally acknowledged the soft, secure arms he was being held in. He looked up and met the face of an amusedly smiling Kakashi, eye curved up happily.

He blushed as Kakashi maneuvered him so Iruka was in his arms 'just married' style, and he gasped, shuddering as Kakashi loosely embraced him, face in his chest. He blushed deeper, but soon returned it, eyelids feeling heavy as he folded his arms around Kakashi's neck. For the first time in many years he felt content just being held, and was reminded of the Hokage cliff face. For some reason Kakashi made him feel secure, just like his favorite thinking spot. He also made him feel oddly perverted, but that's not the point. Vaguely, he sniffed at Kakashi's hair as his eyes closed more and more. He smells like...lavender...and those jasmine flowers, that were mother's favorite...and lilies...Iruka's eyes closed completely, the smell of cherry blossoms and lavender wafting in the air around him.

[End Iruka Dream Mode] [AN: Well that was fluffy...]



Iruka awoke in a heavy sweat, snuggled deeply into a sleeping Kakashi. He blushed, untangling himself slowly. He held his head in hands, feeling as if a rather large cement truck ran over it. Not to mention he was freezing and the room spun at an alarming rate. He moaned softly as he tried standing up, his body hurting all over. He tried walking to the kitchen to get a glass of water, making sure not to bother Kakashi's sleeping form, but a wave of nauseous hit him before he could and he had to crouch down on the floor, holding his stomach.

His eyes widened suddenly, and he clamped a hand over his mouth, trying to get to the bathroom without bumping into the walls. He made it just in time, retching over the toilet. He clutched at the toilet seat, as he lost his lunch over and over again. He threw up five times before he felt the soothing pats on his back, and the gentle hands that held his loose hair out of the way as he vomited some more. Kakashi had awoken to the sound of Iruka retching, and had walked quietly into the bathroom, to meet Iruka's shaking form huddled over the crapper. He continued to rub his back, whispering gently to him in an attempt to comfort him while he threw up. Iruka made a few dry heaves and finally stopped, exhaustedly leaning on Kakashi for support before trying to stand up again.

"Whoa, where exactly are you going?" Kakashi said as he pulled Iruka back into the bedroom.

"I...need to get...ready...for work ..." He said dazedly. Kakashi stared at him, then reached out and pulled off his hitai-ate band.

"Ka-Kakashi?! What are you-?!" He stopped as a cool hand was placed on his forehead. He blushed at the gesture.

"You're burning up. How can you go to work like this?" He said softly. He pulled his hand away as Iruka blushed deeper.

"I-I haven't missed a day...and I promised the kids..." He said, walking shakily to the kitchen. He suddenly felt Kakashi's gentle hands on the sides of his body, and he yelped as he was hauled onto his shoulder.

"K-Ka-KAKASHI!!?? What are you doing?!" He vainly squirmed, but stopped as the room started to spin again.

"You're not going to work." Kakashi said in a serious tone. Iruka immediately stopped and stared disbelievingly at Kakashi. He just walked back into the bedroom, dropping Iruka back onto the bed. He leaned over Iruka, face too close for comfort. Iruka blushed again.

"You. Are. Going. To. Rest." He said, still seriously, staring almost menacingly. Iruka was truly scared. He had never seen this side of Kakashi before, but then he looked into his eyes--well the one that was visible. He could see the immense worry in them, and he sighed.

"Okay..."

Iruka immediately missed the extra warmth, as Kakashi stood up stiffly, heading towards the kitchen. He blushed deeper thinking. What's wrong with me? He couldn't get his mind off his dream, and the way Kakashi had kissed him. He did kinda kiss me...in a way...He shuddered at the memory. In the kitchen Kakashi nearly jerked off the medicine cabinet door off its hinges, grabbing a couple of medicine bottles so hard they looked like they were going to break into tiny, tiny pieces. Kakashi was pissed. Really pissed. Why does he have to be so damn responsible??!! It's fucking annoying!!!.........but kinda cute...[AN: No one can not fall for Iruka-sensei's cuteness!!] Kakashi proceeded to ram his head on the wall.



Iruka was dozing off when he heard the loud thumps coming from the kitchen. He shakily got to his feet, walking towards the source of the noise. He winced as he saw Kakashi repeatedly bang his head on the wall. It made his head hurt just looking at him. He sneezed, and Kakashi stopped, looking up at him. He frowned.

"What are you doing up?" Iruka scratched the back of his head sheepishly and looked at the floor.

"I heard...this strange noise, so I went to go see what it was..." Kakashi blushed to Iruka's surprise.

"I was just...trying to open the medicine bottles with my head." Iruka twitched. It's as if someone took a giant black marker and wrote LIAR right across his forehead...He thought as he raised an eyebrow skeptically before turning and heading back for his bed. He was starting to feel pretty weak trying to stand for so long. Kakashi continued to bang his head on the wall.

"Great—BANG—now—BANG—he'll think—BANG—that I have—BANG—some weird—BANG— {obsessive-compulsive disorder!!—BANG"

Somewhere in the other room Iruka was sitting pensively. He's probably one of those people suffering from an obsessive-compulsive-what's-it- disorder, or whatever...poor guy...

"I AM NOT!!!" yelled Kakashi, who had momentarily stopped banging.

Iruka blinked.



Alice in Wonderland – a really bizarre fairy tale about a girl who is sent to another world through a rabbit hole

obsessive-compulsive disorder – a condition in which you are forced to do weird things and you can't help it

AN: YAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bows I finished it!!!!