Mikomi: Fragments Through A Shattered Mirror
Title: 148 – Sob
Rating: T
Characters/Pairings: Iruka, Genma
Warnings: Kind of emo/melancholy. You have been warned.
Words: 334
Written To: Cemeteries of London, by Coldplay
Summary: They couldn't stay untouched forever, but Genma had never thought that Iruka would be the first to break.
Genma had woken up in the middle of the night to find Iruka trying to pound down his door, his long – time friend and team mate a sobbing wreck. Genma had immediately reacted, bodily hefting the slight frame of the boy – man, and had slammed his door, shutting out the world beyond.
The could only be one reason for Iruka to be in such a state. PTSD. Genma knew that Iruka had been on an S – Rank infiltration/assassination mission, it had obvious affected him badly. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder was normally the kiss of death for a shinobi's career, and the old Team Wolf had felt proud to have avoided it for as long as they had, but that was to be no more.
Iruka whimpered as Genma manoeuvred the two of them into his tiny bathroom, and placed the brunette onto the cold tiles.
"Breathe Iruka. It's gonna be ok now, you're home, you're safe, I'm here, I promise I won't leave you." The blonde kept up the mildly comforting litany as he ran a warm bath. It didn't have any noticeable effect on Iruka, because the poor man thrashed like crazy as Genma carefully removed his soiled, stained and bloody clothes, and his ninja kit. He quieted down a bit when Genma lowered him gently into the bath. Frenzied eyes calmed, and regained a degree of knowledge.
"G – Genma?" Damnit, why did Iruka have to have such cute facial expressions? The senbon – wielder gently reached out and brushed a strand of hair away from his friend's face. An unspoken message passed between the two, a message than ran along the lines of,
'You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, but I'll listen, I won't judge, and I'll try my best to protect you, whatever you do, I promise.'
Later, when Iruka was tucked up in bed and sound asleep, Genma picked up a pencil, and circled the date on the calender. February 18th. The day that Iruka broke.
AN: Wow, you guys are lucky. Three chapters in about thirty minutes. I am GOD! lol not really. Hope you guys are enjoying this.