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Chapter 6: What is Love?

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Kakashi slowly opened his eyes as he felt something warm against his body. He looked down to see tangles of brown hair curled against his chest. He felt two arms around his waist and saw his arms were tightly holding the figure. He started to blush slightly as the head that had been buried in his chest started to move.

Iruka opened his eyes and stared into cloth. He tried to push back so he could see what he was staring at but then felt someone's arms around him as his arms were wrapped the cloth's body. He moved his head up when he felt someone's breath on his hair. Iruka blushed as he stared at Kakashi who was staring back at him.

Both boys stayed there staring at each other for a short while that felt like hours. Neither let go because they were enjoying the warmth and the company. Iruka finally decided to let go of Kakashi and tried to get up when he felt Kakashi's grip tighten.

"Kakashi?" Iruka stared into both of Kakashi's eyes.

"Not yet, you're warm." Kakashi smirked as Iruka started to blush even more.

Iruka stared at Kakashi before giving in and settling himself in his older friends arms once again. Iruka started to fall asleep again when he felt Kakashi start to move.

"I got to get going....." Kakashi whispered as Iruka groaned at the coldness that replaced Kakashi's warmth.

Iruka looked over to see Kakashi adjusting his turtleneck. Iruka had never really noticed but Kakashi would always keep his right eye closed when he didn't need it. Iruka got up and crawled off the bed to see Kakashi trying to find all his stuff. Iruka walked over to him and pulled the turtleneck down revealing Kakashi's face.

"You don't have to cover your face when your home." Iruka started to blush immensely as he saw Kakashi laugh and smile at him.

The first time Iruka saw Kakashi's face it wasn't well lit up in the room and Iruka had been so caught up in the fact that Kakashi's face wasn't mangled in some way he never realized how beautiful Kakashi was.

Kakashi had one scar on his face and it went over his right eye. His pale skin and facial features gave him a handsome appearance. It was obvious why he would cover his face up, his face made him look weak and it would win the hearts of all the Konoha fan girls. Iruka admired their difference. While Kakashi was handsome, Iruka had a beauty about him. His facial features were light and being so young they looked more feminine. Iruka's train of thought was interrupted when Kakashi put his facemask on and headed out the door.

"See you later Iruka-kun." And with that the jounin was gone.

Iruka stared at the clock for a second before he realized how late it was and that if he didn't leave soon he would be late for his session. Iruka ran to his room cloths flying everywhere until he found his usual fish net undershirt and blue outfit. After grabbing his hitai-ate leaf headband and locking the door to his house he was finally on his way.

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It was a beautiful day in Konohagakure Village. All shinobi and citizens of the village continued their daily routine of events. The Hokage stood outside his balcony and watched his village. They were known for having the stealthiest ninjas in the land, and it was true. The great Hidden Leaf had many special shinobi, all very talented in their gifts that were given to them.

He smoked his pipe as he watched various ranking shinobi train and saw the kids playing through the streets. He loved this village with all his heart. He turned to the Mountainside Images that had been neatly carved of all the Hokages before him and the one who was after in name but before in death.

"Hey Hokage-sama! I've thought you would be in your office." Iruka jumped onto the balcony and ran over to the man smoking his pipe.

"Iruka-kun. Your not normally late to our sessions, I hope this isn't because of your new roommate." The Hokage patted Iruka on the back, while the boy seemed confused.

"How did you know?"

"Why as Hokage of Konoha village I know everything about my citizens." Iruka gave the Hokage a doubtful glare. "And Kakashi had to tell me his change of address to get it approved. We like to know where all our Jounins are located in case of crisis."

Iruka smiled at that and looked at the mountains that the Hokage had been staring at.

"So how are you this week Iruka?" The man situated himself next to the young boy.

"I'm doing............fine." Iruka grinned as he began to feel the warm breeze past him.

The Hokage had a weekly session with Iruka and several other citizens that life had been cruel to. Iruka had gone to Sandaime when he was a kid for advice or just someone to talk to but after the fox, Sandaime became Hokage again, and his time became limited. Iruka was sad that he didn't get to talk to the Hokage whenever he pleased and often his sessions would be canceled due to engagements with other villages. This was the first session Iruka had finally been able to have in three months.

"Hokage-sama?"

"Yes Iruka, is there something you want to ask me?" The Hokage took notice at how the boy lowered his head to the ground with a slight blush on his cheeks.

"H.......how or maybe..........what is love?" Iruka lifted his head slightly to give the grinning old man a glance before he stared at the ground again.

"Why love is a feeling of strong affection towards a person or thing. Like how Yondaime gave his life to protect the village he loved, and like how your parents loved you, their child." He took another puff of his pipe before he smiled at his answer.

"Well I know what that kind of love is but.........what I'm trying to get at is.......how do you know if you're in love." Iruka leaned on the railing of the balcony and stared at the sky.

"Why is their someone you are interested in Iruka-kun?" The Hokage laughed as Iruka's face went a dark shade of red.

"Well.......I don't know if I love this person as in 'in love with' but I do care for the person greatly. He has always been there for me you know but what if he doesn't feel the same way or am I too young to know what love is? I just.......I just."

"Kakashi huh?"

Iruka's hands went over his mouth as he stared at the Hokage. He didn't mean to give away any clues and especially the sex of the person he was talking about. Iruka didn't even know if liking Kakashi was right.

"Is that okay?" Iruka seemed doubtful.

"Iruka I cannot judge love. No one has that power, but love is a strong word that I don't take much root in hearing such young people say. If you have doubt than it isn't love but affection, only when you have no doubt in your mind about that certain relationship can you even consider it love."

Iruka wasn't sure if that was what he wanted to hear but thought about it. The Hokage was always so good at giving advice whether you wanted it or not. He sighed before he got off the railing and bowed to the Hokage. Their session was over and he would have to meet with his team now for more training.

"Before you go Iruka, I wanted to tell you that there is no harm in a crush despite whom the person is or whether or not it is one sided." Iruka smiled at this and bowed again before he took off towards the forest where their training ground was located.

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Kakashi sighed as his name was registered under the mission he had just been assigned to. He would be gone on an assassination mission. He didn't mind the killing; he actually enjoyed the peace on his one-man missions. He would normally go to area he hadn't been before so he could learn the ninjitsus; planning came easily and in fact he could probably finish the job in half the time or even less.

"So when do I leave?" Kakashi gave the shinobi behind the desk a cocky grin not realizing the chunnin wouldn't be able to see it because of his facemask.

"Read the scroll kid." Kakashi glared at the chunnin who smirked at him.

Kakashi was definitely not a kid, he was standing close to 6 foot and he would be turning 16 soon. He didn't look like a kid and already had many nicknames about his talents throughout the village. Kakashi just decided to brush it off after all he might be superior in rank but that guy was older than him. He grabbed the scroll and vanished after winking his one eye at a girl who had been waiting to file a report.

"Kakashi-san! I'm glad we ran into each other." Kakashi felt a hand on his shoulder and turned around to stare blankly at the older man.

"Fancy meeting you at my new house." Kakashi's visible eye was obviously not amused.

The Hokage laughed as he smoked his pipe for a few seconds. He turned around signally for his Anbu bodyguards to move far enough so that Kakashi and him could have a private chat. Kakashi saw this and decided that they could talk inside but was surprised to find that the door was locked and that he didn't have a key.

"Something wrong Kakashi?"

"Hehehehe............you see I haven't gotten a key form Iruka yet." The Hokage laughed and Kakashi sat down on the steps to his house deciding that spot would do too.

"Kakashi I wanted to ask you a question." The Hokage moved his robes so that he could sit down next to the teen jounin.

"What? Is there something Sandaime 'the professor' doesn't know and need me, the noble Kakashi, help with?" Kakashi smiled under his mask but it didn't last long.

"Fat chance you cocky brat." The Hokage puffed his pipe a few times before he continued the conversation. "Some one asked me an interesting question today and I just wanted to hear what your answer would have been."

"I will give you my opinion then." Kakashi smirked under his mask as he found the whole situation kind of interesting.

"What is love? I mean as in how do you know you are in love." The Hokage watched Kakashi and was actually amused to see the boy think about it.

"If your asking me out on a date, I'm sorry but I think you're too old for me." Kakashi dodged a smack from the Hokage who was annoyed with the answer he just received.

"Kakashi! Please take this serious." The Hokage looked up the sky to see the clouds roam by.

"Love........love is something unexpected. Its something that you would have never thought of happening happen right before your eyes and all you can do is hope that you make the right choice. Kind of like you finding a puzzle piece that shouldn't belong there but it does." Kakashi leaned back so the sun could hit his eye causing him to flinch before he turned to the Hokage.

The Hokage sat there for a few seconds digesting the words that Kakashi had just spoken and smiled. What Kakashi had just said seemed to fit the explanation perfectly. The Hokage hit his knee before he stood up and gave Kakashi a content smile.

"Thanks for giving me a genuine answer Kakashi, I think you have matured greatly." Kakashi smiled and waved as the Hokage puffed into smoke.

Kakashi thought about it for a second. What is love? Kakashi smiled as he thought of his answer that had just popped into his head. He turned to enter the house but remembered the door was locked so he decided to go find Iruka for a key.

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"Hey Mizuki!" Iruka caught up to his friend. "What are you doing for lunch today?"

Mizuki smiled at Iruka. They hadn't gotten to hang out with each other that often since they both trained for the chunin exam. In fact they hadn't seen each other for two months.

"I heard that there was some ramen shop opening near our houses, so I was going to go check it out. Do you want to come?" Mizuki smirked as Iruka's stomach growled.

"I guess I'm a little hungry." Iruka smiled then something hit him. "Hey Mizuki?"

"What's up Iruka?"

Iruka thought about it for a while staring at his friend as if he was trying to decided if it was okay to as him the question. He looked around and saw the streets were seemingly empty and decided if he was going to ask it might as well be now.

"What do you think love is?" Mizuki seemed surprised by the question.

"I wasn't expecting that.......let me think about it for a second."

Both boys continued walking as the cool air settled around them. It was cold and snow was still on the ground. The sky was sunny and there weren't many clouds, Iruka thought that if he stared high enough he would be able to see space.

"Love is something obtained. You can't just hope that it will happen you have to make it happen, like training to become stronger. Strength isn't something your born with it is something you deserve after hard work." Mizuki put his hand on his chin as if he was still trying to find a better way to word it.

Iruka thought about it for a second and sighed. Love was a matter of opinion more than it was a reality to the boy at this time. He just didn't know what to think, then he decided since he already asked that question he might as well go to the next level.

"How do you know you are in love?" Iruka didn't notice he had surprised Mizuki out of his daydream by another sudden question.

"To tell you the truth Iruka, I don't know. I have never really thought about it now you know its just one of those things I plan on waiting for. Right now I am going to be strong and when I become strong enough then I will worry about love but why are you so interested lately?"

Iruka blushed as they stopped at a small ramen stand. Ichiraku. The place was new and had a homely air about it that made Iruka feel comfortable as him and Mizuki sat down on two stools and ordered. Iruka continued to study his surroundings before his trains of thoughts were interrupted.

"You didn't answer me Iruka." Iruka looked over at Mizuki surprised then at the counter as if he was trying to find the right way of answering it.

"I am just wondering, to tell you the truth I don't really know it just seems to be something I don't know much about. It has to be important right? I mean people are constantly talking about it and we even have a holiday to celebrate it." Iruka turned around when he saw the ramen he just ordered getting put in front of him.

"Celebrate what?"

Iruka jumped up because he hadn't been paying attention to find Kurenai and Asuma standing right behind him. He felt really embarrassed because he should have sensed them since he was going to try out to be a chunin next year. Kurenai smiled at him as Iruka noticed she was holding Asuma's hand. Then it hit Iruka, why not ask someone who would most likely know, such as a couple.

"Hey Kurenai and Asuma?" Iruka moved over to a booth so all four of them could sit together.

"Yes Iruka-kun?" Kurenai smiled brightly at him before she ordered from the woman behind the counter pointing to where she would be sitting.

"Iruka wants to know what you guys think love is." Mizuki said as Iruka blushed from the slight embarrassed feeling he felt.

"Love?" Asuma gave Iruka a weird glare before he leaned back in his seat.

Kurenai got a glint in her eye as she began to talk, "Why love is the most beautiful thing in the world Iruka-kun. Love is something that is cherished. It's when you can't stop thinking about the person. It's when you get that funny feeling just by hearing the person's name and whenever you are near each other you can't seem to be able to tell if your in reality or not. Love is something that is powerful and yet delicate."

Everyone stared at Kurenai as she continued her little speech before Iruka looked at Asuma who surprisingly actually seemed interested in the subject.

"Love is survival training. It's when you're able to put up with anything and go through everything but in the end you're twice as strong as you were before you started." Kurenai seemed to be a little disappointed with Asuma's answer, "but like training it is something people take advantage of."

Kurenai and Iruka thought over what Asuma just said and sighed contently. Iruka was baffled now. He thought about it, maybe love is whatever we make it. He quickly turned around when he felt a familiar chakra enter the ramen stand. He blushed slightly but not noticeably as Kakashi walked over to him.

"Hey Iruka I need a key to the house." Kakashi said hey to all of the friends that were gathered.

"Why would you need a key to Iruka's house?" Kurenai looked over at Kakashi curiously before she glanced at Iruka.

"Oh yeah! He moved in with me." Iruka didn't really notice the shocked expressions that his friends were giving as he dug into his pocket for his house key.

"Why didn't you tell us you were going to move in with Iruka?" Kurenai yelled at Kakashi who grabbed the key from Iruka.

"I wasn't really planning on moving in with him, I was planning on moving though and he just happened to be looking for a roommate." Kakashi smiled under his mask and curved his eye so people could tell he was in a good mood.

The group started to talk about Kakashi moving in with Iruka, about how Kurenai didn't think Iruka would be safe with the pervert or how Mizuki thought it could be beneficial if Iruka trained with Kakashi. Iruka told them that it would help him pay rent on his home so he could keep it and Kakashi told them it would just save him time. All were valid excuses but the conversation came up to an immediate halt when a teen in green ran passed the ramen stand.

"Gai?" Iruka turned his head to see the green blur stop and turn around to reveal it was Gai. Gai walked over to the group.

"Hey guys! And hello Kakashi." The last sentence had a tone of disappointment.

"Hey I have an idea! Gai what id your opinion about what love is?" Mizuki startled Gai.

Gai jumped back so that Iruka wouldn't get him wet from the ramen he spit out when Mizuki asked him. Iruka had a slight blush on his cheeks as everyone stared at Gai.

"What? Why are you asking me?" Gai's face started to blush.

"That is what we were talking about earlier. I just thought it would be interesting to hear your opinion, I mean we heard Kurenai and Asuma's." Mizuki looked over at Iruka hoping that his friend would encourage guy but was surprised to find him staring at the table.

"Hey that's funny! The Hokage asked me the same question not too long ago....." Kakashi was interrupted when Iruka let out a squeak. "Are you okay Iruka?"

"Y....e....a.....h." Iruka started doing his breathing exercises hoping that it would calm him down. After all the Hokage wouldn't tell Kakashi anything right?

"Well I guess my opinion of love is that it's a spontaneous thing. I believe when I find the person I am going to be with I will fall in love right then and there. I wouldn't really know I guess but I like to believe love is something that makes you a better person. It makes you want to be perfect for the person and makes you want to protect that person and your love. Love is the most powerful force in the world or so I've heard, so sometimes I think that love for a special someone can also make you stronger."

The way Gai presented his short speech with his heart made everyone standing around him blush except Kakashi whose facemask covered any of his emotions. Gai smiled and put his hand behind his head.

"Sorry I hope I didn't get carried away or anything." He laughed as Kurenai softly laughed before she looked over at Iruka.

"Who started all this talk about love?" Kakashi looked around at everyone. "The Hokage asked me."

"Mizuki asked us." Asuma sighed as he pointed over to Mizuki.

"Iruka was the one who asked me." Mizuki pointed over to Iruka.

Iruka just sat there staring at everyone as they stared back. His face slowly began to blush before he noticed Asuma smiling. Asuma didn't know right? Iruka tried to think of a way out of this scenario.

"Why so interested Iruka-kun?" Asuma smirked and added an emphasis on the kun part.

"I.....I......" Iruka looked at the sky before he glanced at Kakashi then at his friends. He looked similar to a deer caught in the headlights of a car and Iruka prayed the car would go ahead and hit him.

"I.....I think I got to go! Lets go Kakashi, we can make a copy of the key on the way home!" Iruka jumped over Mizuki and ran out of the shack.

Everyone looked at each other before they started laughing. Kakashi waved bye and quickly ran so he could catch up to Iruka.

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Kakashi turned the corner to find Iruka had made it to the park and was hitting his head against a tree. Kakashi laughed to himself before he made his way over to Iruka.

"You don't want to ruin your cute face on that tree. After all apparently you have a crush so you should want to look your best for them." Kakashi had a sarcastic tone in his voice.

Iruka gave Kakashi a death glare before he started walking to his house. It didn't take long since Iruka had run at least halfway form the ramen stand. Kakashi looked over at Iruka who seemed to have his eyes stuck to staring at the ground. Kakashi hadn't really realized it but a wave of jealousy surged through him. He liked Iruka, but Iruka had a crush on someone else. Kakashi suddenly had an urge to kidnap Iruka and take him away so that Iruka could only be his. Kakashi sighed to himself for being so possessive of the boy. He had no right to be after all he hadn't told Iruka how he felt so what gave him the right.

"When do you leave on your mission?" Iruka snapped Kakashi out of his train of thought.

"I need to leave tomorrow morning." He gave Iruka a blank stare before he stopped at a store a few blocks form Iruka's house.

"Why are we stopping here?" Iruka looked at the store confused then he remembered they were going to make a copy of the house key so Kakashi could have one.

It didn't take long to make a duplicate and Iruka ran up the steps of the house to open the door while Kakashi took his time. The house was warmer than when Kakashi had left it and remembered he had paid the heat bill that morning. He loved how quick people worked in Konoha.

Kakashi looked over at Iruka and studied his outfit. It was cold from the snow so Iruka was a dark blue jacket and he was wearing full pants instead of his usual long shorts. Iruka had a scarf that his mother had made him wrapped around his neck hiding his chin and he had earmuffs on even though Kakashi told him that if he let his hair down he wouldn't need to wear earmuffs. Iruka took off his gloves and smiled at Kakashi with his cheeks slightly tinted from the cold. Kakashi admired how Iruka looked so innocent in wintertime. He appeared at some points to be as pure as the snow.

"Kakashi?" Kakashi jumped up and looked over at Iruka who laughed slightly at surprising the jounin.

"Sorry about that Iruka. What do you need?" Kakashi blushed under his mask was grateful that he had kept it on.

Iruka walked over to Kakashi, which startled the jounin for a second before he backed away. Kakashi didn't know why Iruka was going over to him and wasn't going to be caught until he knew that it was safe. Iruka smiled and jumped for Kakashi but he got away. Kakashi decided this could be a game.

"Catch me if you can Iruka-kun!" Kakashi did a few seals and disappeared while Iruka frowned but decided he could catch Kakashi.

Iruka went into the living room and tried to focus for chakra. Knowing Kakashi he would have probably hidden it but Iruka could hope that the jounin had messed up this once but for Iruka's luck he didn't. Iruka decided that Kakashi would most likely hide in a place that didn't have good lighting and made his way down the hallway.

Iruka opened the door to Kakashi's room to reveal that it hadn't been disturbed and decided that Kakashi wouldn't be in there. He then made his way down to his room and opened the door to find all the lights turned off. Well the room with poor lighting at this time of day would be Iruka's since he only saw the rising sun. Iruka search every nook and cranny of his room but didn't find anything. No Kakashi.

Iruka sighed and made his way back to Kakashi's room. He went in and looked around. Kakashi hadn't been Iruka's roommate for more than a day and his room already seemed like he had lived there for months. Iruka smiled as he searched Kakashi's room only to come up disappointed. Iruka grabbed one of Kakashi's scrolls and plopped on his friend's bed. He stared at the ceiling before he gave up.

"Kakashi! This isn't fair!" Iruka threw the scroll at Kakashi's ceiling to hear a noise.

"Umph." Iruka looked up staring in disbelief as a piece of camouflage paper fell to the ground revealing Kakashi holding on to the ceiling.

Kakashi grabbed his stomach from the impact that came form the scroll. He forgot that he was holding on so he wouldn't fall and started to make his way down to the ground. Iruka's eyes got big as he tried to escape the impact. With a loud crashing noise Kakashi opened his eyes to see that he was on top of Iruka.

Iruka was being pressed into the bed and had his arms over his head. His eyes were closed tightly shut as he let out a gasp of pain. Kakashi saw that his hips were in between Iruka's legs and he had his hands beside the genin. Iruka opened his eyes slowly before he looked up at Kakashi.

"I guess I caught you." Kakashi whispered as Iruka gave him a glare.

"I just wanted to do this." Iruka pulled down Kakashi's mask as Kakashi gasped at the cool air touching his skin, "I told you that you don't have to wear it when you are home."

Kakashi blushed slightly as he looked at the position him and Iruka were in again. Kakashi pushed leaned forward to brush his lips against Iruka's causing the boy to blush. He picked up his hand so he could trace the features of Iruka's face before he smiled and leaned in for another kiss.

Iruka didn't know how to respond, he felt strange all of the sudden. He tried to tell his body to move so he could think about it but his body pushed forward to return the kiss instead. Iruka felt one of Kakashi's hands slide under his shirt. Iruka gasped as the cold hand touched his warm skin.

Kakashi took advantage of this and slid his tongue in Iruka's mouth and let it explore. Iruka didn't really fight for dominance most likely cause he had never done this before or so Kakashi thought. Iruka pulled away staring at Kakashi as he started to move so he could leave the room.

Iruka was pulled down as Kakashi grabbed his wrists and pinned them above his head on the bed. Kakashi started kissing Iruka again enjoying how the boy's body responded to each sign of affection. Iruka stopped fighting to get away so Kakashi let go of the wrists and helped maintained his balance so he would be too heavy for the body underneath him.

Iruka moved his hands and grabbed Kakashi's vest. His stomach felt funny, he was sweating, and his head hurt because he was so confused. Kakashi started to move slowly to Iruka's neck before Iruka suddenly pushed the jounin off him and fell off the bed.

Kakashi was surprised and looked down at the ground to see Iruka's eyes staring at him. They seemed to be confused and surprised. There were so many emotions flowing through Iruka's gaze Kakashi almost got lost staring into them.

Iruka got off the ground his body trembling as it was trying to decide what to do next. He looked at Kakashi and then slowly backed away to the door. Kakashi grabbed his wrist and Iruka looked down at the ground as he felt his face flush up.

"I'm sorry Iruka. I shouldn't have done that." Iruka looked up at Kakashi for a second before he nodded and whispered something inaudible to the jounin.

Kakashi watched Iruka walk away and go into his room. He turned around and grabbed a towel as he went into the restroom and started a cold shower. Kakashi didn't even bother to take his cloths off though he managed to take the vest off after he was in the shower.

/ Crap. /

Kakashi banged his head against the wall a few times as he sat down on the floor. He replayed everything that had just happened in his mind over and over again before he stood up and took the rest of his uniform off and turned the water faucet up so that the water would warm up.

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Iruka stared out the window. He tried to gather his thoughts.

/ What was that? Does that mean .........? But I don't know what to do! I like Kakashi but I don't know if it is in that way. I have too many things to think about, the chunin exam is coming soon, and I need to train. /

Iruka heard the shower go off and continued to stare out his window. He could see the ice cycles at his window slowly start to melt. Winter would be over soon and spring was coming.

Iruka moved from the window a jumped face down on his bed. He didn't want to ask Kakashi why that just happened because he was afraid the jounin would blame it on hormones.

Iruka was too busy in his thoughts he didn't see his door open and Kakashi slowly walking in. Kakashi approached slowly to make sure Iruka didn't have any life threatening weapons in his hands as he saw the boy stand up and start beating his pillow to death.

Iruka heard someone jump back and turned around to see Kakashi smiling uneasy at him. He looked in his hands and saw that he had nearly mutilated his pillow; feathers were everywhere. He smiled and threw the pillow behind him.

"Hehehe. Ummm.......I was just." Iruka was interrupted as Kakashi sat down on his bed looking down at the ground.

"I'm sorry Iruka. Let's just pretend that never happened, okay." Kakashi looked up and was surprised to see Iruka had a hurt expression on his face.

"Yeah. It never happened." Iruka mumbled as Kakashi looked at him a little worried before he smile at him and left the room shutting the door.

As soon as the door shut Iruka grabbed his shirt. Why did that hurt so much? Love wasn't supposed to hurt so maybe this wasn't love. But then what was it?

Iruka felt a chill go down his spine and decided it was too late to be thinking. He turned over and closed his eyes praying for a good night of sleep.

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Kakashi woke up to a weird noise coming from the kitchen. He looked at his alarm clock and saw that he wouldn't have to wake up for another hour. He closed his eyes only to wake up again after a five-minute nap to another disturbing noise this time from the living room.

Kakashi jumped out of bed and walked down the hallway to reveal Iruka staring at the stars through the living room window. Kakashi looked around and saw that the noise from the kitchen was from the large amount of food Iruka had gotten from the kitchen and the noise after that was from the living room was Iruka moving the sofa over so that it faced the window instead of the fireplace.

Iruka seemed to be dazed as he was staring at the sky. Kakashi wondered if he normally woke up at this time to watch the stars because amazingly enough Iruka was always awake before him. He walked into the living room and sat on the couch next to Iruka who was eating some weird concoction of foods in a bowl. Kakashi felt sick as he could swear he saw marshmallows and some ramen.

"Hey Kakashi." Iruka didn't bother to look at his friend he just continued to stare out of the window.

Kakashi smiled to show he heard him the watched Iruka for a second. His eyes seemed darker than normal and his skin was paler by the moonlight's effect. Kakashi smiled as Iruka looked over at him.

"Hn?"

"Oh sorry. I was just admiring the beautiful moonlight." Iruka gave Kakashi a weird glance before he yawned.

"Iruka I..........I was wondering what your opinion on love was." Iruka seemed to smirk at that before he moved his body so that they would be facing each other.

"Love........is confusing." Kakashi laughed as Iruka smiled.

"I also wanted to apologize again for earlier and I wanted to tell you the reason I did that was....." Kakashi saw Iruka yawn and his eyes slowly started to close.

Iruka was asleep. Kakashi laughed as he moved Iruka around so that he could be more comfortable when he woke up. Kakashi pushed Iruka's hair to the side and stared at the peaceful boy in front of him.

" I did that because I think I have fallen for you." Kakashi whispered and stood up to get ready for his mission.

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Love: 1. Affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interest. 2. Unselfish, loyal, and benevolent concern for the good of another.

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I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I was going through the other chapters and decided to take a quick break from all the sad stuff even though it will happen again eventually. *tear* Well this is chapter 6 so 7 should be next.

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Morien Alexander: They are only as gorgeous as they should be if not they should be even better looking lol.

Iceheart19: I hope that this chapter helped lighten it up more. If not.........then don't worry cause next chapter will definitely be lighter or so I plan thus far.

dalpin crage: well every relationship has there rough moments it just happens that they have some before they are even a couple. *does a dance* but everything works out in the end....right?

Silent Bob 546: Thank you! They are cute aren't they!

Firedragon97: That was a difficult demand wasn't it..........but doesn't it go good with the plot!! (j/k)

Sawdust monster: That paragraph was probably the only thing that didn't change throughout my five versions!!! *flames at being so indecisive* but I'm glad that I didn't change it.

JadeDragoness: I didn't want Iruka to grow up all by himself and that's the main reason I made Kakashi move in with him. Hehehehe. Besides the fact that you could have more fun with the couple and their situations if they lived together helped out making that decision too,

Muchacha: I was wearing lucky charms pajama pants when I wrote it so I thought Kakashi might enjoy wearing a pair too! YAY lol.

Jada Flame: Don't worry about not reviewing before hand! I'm glad that you reviewed now so YAY! Thank you.

TheTrueSilver: Thanks! I try to put my creative writing skills to work when I do the descriptions lol.

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