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Ch2- Request Acquiesced?

"Iruka," growled Kakashi in a low voice.

It wasn't long before they were in the bedroom in a tumble of lost clothing and passion. It was clear that Kakashi intended for this to be one of their rougher nights of love-making as he bound one of Iruka's wrist to the bedpost.

Iruka took in a sharp breath to clear his head. Now or never. "Kakashi…Stop…Please."

"Stop." That word was all it took to have Kakashi off the bed and not touching Iruka, though he was left with his wrists bound above his head, his request had been respected.

He wasn't sure what to do now though. His mouth was dry and he couldn't remember what to say as that mismatched set of eyes watched him patiently. He knew Kakashi wouldn't speak. For him to do so would make it real.

"…Kakashi…What is this?" asked Iruka pleadingly. "You show up we have sex, and then you leave. What kind of relationship is this?"

Kakashi lowered his head as if considering Iruka's words before he turned around. "…I don't know Iruka, what do you want it to be?" he said gruffly.

A loving relationship.

It was on the tip of his tongue. But he almost knew, the moment he said it, Kakashi would turn his eyes away and leave. That wasn't what the jounin was looking for. Not a weak chuunin to tie him down. So he turned his head to the side. "I don't know. I just wanted…I don't know what I wanted," he lied closing his eyes.

The Jounin paused before slowly walking up to the bed. "If there's something you need to tell me Iruka, now would be a good time,"

Iruka gently tested the bonds at his wrists. As a chuunin he could untie almost any knot he was bound with. But a Jounin had tied this knot, and despite all his knowledge he doubted he could undo it. "I…" he began slowly. "I'm not like this," he murmured, looking up with honest eyes. "You may be being yourself in this whole ordeal, but I'm not," he said carefully.

Kakashi looked at him thoughtfully and Iruka began to color a deep red. As a teacher he was used to giving scolding speeches, but none of his students had ever had him tied up in the nude before.

"I see," murmured Kakashi. He moved slowly to Iruka's side, gracefully. And Iruka stiffened. Where he himself was quite predictable his companion was not. "So…You don't believe you know me, and I don't know you,"

The tone in Kakashi's voice was obviously meant to be comforting, but Iruka didn't know what to expect. He closed his eyes. Lips ghosted tenderly over Iruka's throat and his heart sunk. Kakashi was going to continue regardless.

That's what he thought at least, until the bonds on his wrists disappeared. "Well. What normal people do in this situation, is courting. I hope you know what you're asking for. Prepare to be pursued."

By the time Iruka had opened his confused eyes Kakashi was gone leaving behind his light scent of apples and cinnamon and an odd feeling in Iruka's stomach.

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Iruka graded his papers with the usual efficiency, though he knew his mind wasn't there. It was with a steady hand he marked, and a tumultuous mind he thought. What had Kakashi meant? By pursued, that was.

Was it a preface to more aggressive advances? Or did Kakashi genuinely mean to court him? Either way, with Kakashi in mind there was no way it would be traditional. He didn't know if Kakashi knew what traditional was.

"Iruka-sensei!" squealed a familiar voice. It was Konahamaru running from an incensed Naruto- who had blue paint down the front of his orange jumpsuit.

"I'm going to mangle you! You little gakki!" snapped Naruto reaching for the child. He was followed by a bored looking Sasuke, and an annoyed looking Sakura.

"Naruto! Konahamaru!" snapped Iruka in his most authoritative teacher voice. It froze the two in their spots, Naruto with one hand gripping Konahamaru's collar and the other drawn back for a punch, and Konahamaru, hands drenched in blue paint, reaching forward to create another stain.

"Yes Iruka-sensei?" they said in unison.

"Konahamaru, you need to go practice your techniques- Naruto, what are you doing here?" asked Iruka in puzzlement.

Naruto let go of Konahamaru who immediately ran off as his face broke into a wide grin. "Kakashi-sensei was actually on time and he let us off early. He said he had some important business to handle!"

Iruka's smile slowly disappeared as he paled. What kind of business? "I see," he murmured, only mildly annoyed by the observing eyes of the Uchiha. "Well since you're here, I think it's been far too long since I've taken my students out for lunch,"

"Honto! Sugoi!" squealed Naruto. "Come on Sakura-chan! Come on Sasuke-teme!" with that Naruto grabbed both of his team-mates arms and headed off towards his favorite ramen shack. Iruka followed quietly. He had a lot of thinking to do.

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Sorry for the shortitude. The next one will be longer I promise. This is just a transition. Review for more!