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Mission 7

Nameless devotion

159 words

In the beginning, love didn't exist. It was physical attraction; Kakashi pulled him down and he obeyed. Soon, HE was pulling Kakashi down. They dragged each other through torment and pleasure. They unanimously ignored sensibility. Kakashi was vaguely disturbed by his behavior and Iruka, after Kakashi fell 'asleep' beside him, choked on words still left unsaid.

It wasn't hate.

Because they found that 'friendship' was still a noose around their throats. There was common ground in their concern for their students.

Thus Kakashi gives in to Iruka; There's nothing he can do but grin and comment on how surprisingly violent the man is.

Iruka submits to Kakashi; What's left but re-affirming Kakashi is indeed, the pervert he lets himself be seen as.

Kakashi called it attraction, desire, lust, frustration, 'personal benefit'. In the end, this nameless tether that binds them is revealed when Iruka whispers in his ear as he 'sleeps'. "Devotion."