A/N: I am SO sorry for taking this long folks! I don't know where to begin with my lame excuses… well, alright, first I went on vacation with my dad, then I had another idea for a new fanfic so I started on that one… THEN I went to my grandmothers place where I got a call from my dad saying that he and my mother are going to have a divorce -dies- I got kind of depressed by that, so I wasn't really in the mood for writing. Besides that fact, I didn't really know how to continue with it, but I finally found my muse again -laughs-

Anyway, I'm really sorry about it, hope you will forgive me xD

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Enjoy this chapter, I hope you will review and I promise the next one will be a lot sooner xD

Chapter 11

"Interesting," the man said to the other as they watched the screen.

"Certainly is," the other replied, grinning slightly. The small camera filmed two male ninja's kissing each other, both of them filled with passion and fire as they explored one another. Suddenly they stopped, but that didn't stop the two men watching the screen from developing their new plan. "You thinking what I'm thinking?"

"How the hell do I know what you're thinking? My IQ isn't as low as yours, but yes- I do believe we have a new plan in order to capture Konoha's Copy Nin," he summoned one of his underlings and said, "Get me Hase Ichiro, I've got a new job for him." The man nodded obediently, before rushing out of the room.

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At the same time, only somewhere else

"Why'd you stop?" His brown eyes questioned the other man as he had decided to withdraw himself from him. Was this really such a good idea? Iruka… he could get hurt. He could die and leave him alone- but most of all, Iruka could leave him, he could decide he didn't love him after all. He didn't want that.

"I- I… this was a mistake, I'm sorry," he finally said as he pulled up his mask. He was about to leave, until Iruka grabbed his arm.

"No way you're leaving now," he said firmly, squeezing his arm gently. His voice was shaking slightly as he spoke. "You've got some explaining to do, I want you to be honest with me for just once- are you in love with me, or not? Because I'm getting so fucking tired of this! I want to ask you some questions and I want you to answer them, I have that right," he continued. Before Kakashi even knew what was going on, he was sitting on the window sill with Iruka standing right beside him. Perhaps he thought Iruka actually did deserve some honesty, especially after all that he had been going through.

"Go ahead," Kakashi mumbled softly. Iruka's hand was still clutching his arm, but he didn't mind the contact.

"Ok. Are you in love with me or not?" It took a while before he finally got his answer.

"Yes," Kakashi replied- his voice sounded very weak as if he was afraid of admitting it to the Chuunin. He got a small blush from the other man in return though, something that gave him a small amount of hope.

"Were you sent by the Hokage to go after Konohamaru?" To his surprise, Kakashi shook his head in response.

"No, she didn't want me to go actually. Those Missing Nin were after me so she sent some ANBU to help him," Kakashi knew exactly what question came after that, so he simply continued to explain. "I knew you were in danger- well, I didn't exactly know you were in danger, but I figured you had gone after Konohamaru by yourself when I heard my beeper."

"Beeper?" Iruka asked.

"Yes. Remember that kunai I gave you? It's actually a special one and whenever you use it, the beeper goes off so I can always protect you if you're in danger. My sensei gave me one too, that's where I got the idea from," he mused, looking rather pleased with himself when he saw the younger man blush a bit more.

"O-oh, alright," he stuttered in reply. Kakashi waited patiently for the next question though it took Iruka a while longer. Finally, the young man looked up and asked another one. "Why do you wear that mask all the time? If you want to remain anonymous, it won't really work you know… everybody would recognise you by your hair," he added. Kakashi cast down his eyes while he thought about it. He didn't really want to talk about why he wore it, but… it was Iruka, he could tell him.

"I look too much like my father," he finally said, which made Iruka raise an eyebrow.

"I'm sorry, I don't understand that," said he.

"I look like my father," Kakashi said once again. After seeing the questioning look again from Iruka, he decided that it was no use to make him understand by merely saying the reason. "I didn't really like my father when I was younger," he continued. "H-he… killed himself because he did something and I always resented him for leaving me like that. And I looked a lot like him, whenever I saw myself in the mirror I just saw him, so I started wearing a mask." For the first couple of seconds, Iruka was speechless- he had never expected an answer like that. He honestly didn't know what to say to that, so he put his hand on Kakashi's reassuringly.

"I'm really sorry about that, Kakashi," he finally said. Though blushing, he pulled Kakashi's mask slightly down to give him a peck on the cheek, which made the other man's face burn in return. Before Iruka could do anything, Kakashi had grabbed him around his waist and pulled him on his lap. His arms still held him in place gently and he rested his head on the other man's shoulders.

"Now it's my turn to ask some questions," he murmured, while his heartbeat was increasing. Iruka, who wanted to kill himself for blushing so easily, nodded. "Good," he said cheerfully. "How do you feel about me? Do you love me?" Iruka had seen this question coming- but the answer wasn't that easy. It took a while before he could reply to it.

"Yes, I think I do," he finally said. "At least, I can't tell for sure, I mean, how do you know that you love someone? I've never felt this way about someone before, that's for sure… and when you're with me I feel safe and… happy, and I don't want to lose that. I don't want to lose you." He turned his head to face the other man and looked at him with his brown eyes, while gently pulling down his mask again and kissing him once more on the lips. Kakashi was still stunned by what he had said- it certainly was something that he hadn't expected. Well, he had hoped for him to say a thing like that, but he never would've thought it would actually come true.

After he had come back to his senses, Kakashi finally started to kiss back while pulling the Chuunin closer to him, his hands racing up and down his back, trying to find a good place to rest them. The kiss at first was slow, experimental, hesitating. But it soon grew faster, more passionate, the fire inside them burning stronger until finally Kakashi tried to slip his tongue inside Iruka's mouth. The younger man opened his mouth immediately and their tongues clashed together, massaging each other while their hands were still roaming each other's body.

"Couch?" Iruka panted between their kiss, but quickly continued. His hands were grabbing Kakashi's silver hair as he moved slightly uncomfortable further into his lap, trying to get even closer to him.

"Bed," Kakashi replied and, while continuing their game of tonsil tennis, lifted Iruka up and carried him towards his bedroom. The younger man felt rather embarrassed that the other could pick him up so easily, but decided it didn't really matter right now. After all, they wouldn't have to break their wonderful, intense kiss this way. Which was a good thing. And he kind of liked the friction.

Placing Iruka gently on the bed, Kakashi took off his green vest and his headband, smothering the other with kisses while he was doing this. It didn't take long before Kakashi jumped on top of the Chuunin and started to kiss his neck. Iruka didn't refrain himself from moaning softly as he did so while his hands were clutching Kakashi's soft hair, pushing him further inside his mouth.

Kakashi had no idea what he was doing- was it good to move this fast? Kakashi figured it was, seeing they were both grown men, both sober and both in desperate need of each other. Besides, how could it be bad if it felt so right? And he knew he loved Iruka- he just knew it. This wasn't mere lust (though it certainly did play a part in it), this was something more- something he had never felt before in his life.

But, when the Jounin wanted to take off Iruka's vest, he heard a soft tapping noise on the window. He groaned, before looking up, leaving the confused Chuunin. Yup, just as he thought- that damn Hokage needed him again.

"Stupid old woman," he gritted his teeth. "Why the hell does she always need me when I'm busy?" He said, more to himself than to Iruka. The expression on his face became a bit more softer when he saw the young man underneath him, looking as if he wanted to kill the Godaime himself. "Sorry Iruka," he said, giving him one last kiss.

"No worries, we'll continue when you get back," the other said, grinning.

"Hell yes, don't you dare go anywhere until I get back," Kakashi said laughing, before jumping out of the window.

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Not long after that

"Yo," he greeted, raising two fingers. He walked up to her desk with one hand in his pocket, the old, casual Kakashi. Though inside he was still burning with desire- he didn't want to be here, the only place where he wanted to be was at Iruka's place, in Iruka's bed, at Iruka's side. Well, not exactly at his side, but you know what I mean.

"Ah, Hatake," she said, pointing to the chair which indicated that he should sit down. He did as he was told and sat down, his face still a bit flushed from the five minutes before. Why? Why did he had to be summoned just at that moment? Couldn't she have waited for another two hours? He was longing for him. "Glad you could make it so soon," she continued. Kakashi snorted inwardly at this and thought that perhaps the old woman called him on purpose, just to irritate him and to interrupt their hot, steamy, se- "I'm sure you want to know why you're here, so I'll get straight to the point, Hatake," she continued, interrupting his thoughts. "I need you for a mission. It will take approximately one week to complete this- and that will also be the exact time when you're apartment is read, but I don't think you'd want to return there-" She winked at him. "You'll be with Genma and Gai on your mission, so please take care of yourself. Oh, and say goodbye to Iruka first- that's an order. And tell him to drop by my office, please." She winked at him before he left, blushing slightly at what she had said.

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15 minutes later

He walked into her office, bowing slightly. "Good afternoon, Hokage-sama."

She looked up at him and the first thing she noticed was that he looked rather flushed. Grinning to herself, she motioned that he should sit down.

The young man had no idea why he was being summoned- was it another mission? He didn't quite understand, and frankly, he didn't really want to think about it either. Well, he couldn't think about it, due to the things that had happened when Kakashi came back from the Hokage.

"So? You have to go on another mission?" He asked him, watching the slightly older male standing in front of him.

"Yeah, I should leave right away," he replied, grinning as he saw the disappointment in the other man's eyes. Kakashi pulled down his mask and pressed his lips onto Iruka's, kissing him deeply, while his tongue was begging for entrance. Iruka, however, refrained himself. It wasn't an easy job, but the thing he had learned when living with Hatake Kakashi, was that you should never, ever give him his way or else he would never do anything. Besides, they could wait a while longer. Well, at least Iruka could, but he was doubting the perverted Jounin could last any longer. It was rather amusing.

"Nope, you have a mission to do!" He said, resembling something of a mother. Kakashi chuckled.

"I'm sure Gai and Genma are willing to wait," he said, slipping his arms around the other's waist and pulling him closer and kissing him again. Iruka could barely control himself when that happened. But, since he was a teacher of a bunch of little kids who could easily floor the most fearsome ninja with their cute looks, could handle this with ease. Therefore, he broke the kiss- he had to refrain himself from laughing at the disappointed face Kakashi made.

"No, you have to go now! I promise we can have hot, kinky sex later, but go now," he said, blushing slightly when he realised the words he had just used... was that really him talking?

"But Iruka-chaaaaaan," Kakashi whined, looking rather Naruto-ish.

"No, and don't you dare call me 'chan' again!"

Iruka still regretted the fact that he had ignored Kakashi's obvious request for sex… but it couldn't be helped. Iruka was a responsible man and he needed to keep that image up. I mean, what would the village think when they found out the young teacher was being called to the Hokage and had been late due to the fact he had been smexing with Konoha's infamous Copy Nin? He'd die of embarrassment.

"I see Kakashi has been keeping you busy?" A familiar blush was creeping its way up on Iruka's cheek when she said this. Kakashi didn't tell her, did he? "I just wanted to compliment you on doing such a fantastic job with Konohamaru," she continued, ignoring the blush. "If it hadn't been for you, he would be dead now. So I just wanted to thank you. Have you ever considered becoming a Jounin? You are strong enough, and more than capable of becoming one. Why not try out?" Iruka hesitated for a moment.

"Well, I'm happy with my current job," he finally said firmly. "I've never really liked the idea of killing- or getting killed. And I love the kids, I love teaching them. I don't think I could really be happy doing anything else." The Godaime looked at him for a second, eyeing him with great interest. She needed to refrain herself from grinning.

"Ah, so you'd like to have children someday?" Iruka seemed to think about it for a moment, but then shook his head. It certainly surprised her.

"No, absolutely not," he laughed. "I mean, I like them, but I couldn't have them of my own… it would be too much trouble! What if they turn out like me when I was younger? I couldn't bare that… though it would be my proper punishment for when I gave my sensei's a hard time."

"Ah, I can understand that," the Hokage said, laughing. "That would be a scary thought." She had an answer she was satisfied with- after all, if Iruka would be with Kakashi and he wanted to have kids of his own… well, that would be practically impossible. No, not practically- it would be impossible (A/N: No way I'm going to make an Mpreg-story! Sorry for all you fans out there, but I couldn't imagine Kakashi or Iruka getting pregnant -laughs-). "Thank you for your time, Iruka," she said smiling at him.

Iruka nodded, stood up and gave her another small bow. Now all he needed to do was survive without Kakashi for a week.