Aren't you lucky! Another Chapter so soon! I've tried to compensate for all my screw ups with promising chapters before, etc.. Sorry if the story's a tad inconsistent, in the middle of writing these I get an idea, and in the middle of writing that, I get another one! Anyway, hopefully this is a fairly long chapter for you guys. Have fun!
"Kakashi, I.. I just don't think we're working" sobbed Iruka, now facing the floor, unable to control his emotions, unable to carry on lying to the one he loved.
"What do you mean? I.. I thought we were getting on great!" unable to comprehend what just happened, Kakashi was vigorously searching for an alternative reality, searching, begging, hoping that he'd misheard what Iruka had just said. "I mean, why did you bring me here if we weren't working, huh?" grinned Kakashi, completely oblivious that Iruka had gotten up a few seconds prior and was beginning to vacate the table, presumably to walk out of the restaurant.
"IRUKA, PLEASE! DON'T.. DON'T LEAVE ME" Kakashi screamed, all the while attracting some unimpressed and bewildered stares from the others in the restaurant, why on earth was the Hokage acting so wild and improper? But Kakashi didn't care. All he cared about now was keeping Iruka, so what if he was the Hokage? His love was much more important than the village!
Wait.. What am I saying? I'm the Hokage, THE HOKAGE. The village is the most important thing to me, the third didn't enforce those tedious hour on end lectures for nothing .. When did I get so selfish? People need to have something to act according to, an example shall we say. I have to act more civilised than this, Kakashi told himself, patting his trousers and pulling the napkin from the top of his shirt, he gave a sigh and placed some money on the saucer that the waiter had brought a while ago. Judging by the looks Kakashi was receiving, he'd lost sense of how loud he was. Kakashi would have to deal with his personal life separately to the village's affairs, it just wasn't practical to put one life in front of hundreds.
*sigh* "I just need a distraction" Kakashi muttered to himself, ignoring the intense pain his broken heart was ferociously sending to his brain. It really did feel like he was tearing in two. Pondering over what to do to keep himself occupied in the mean time Kakashi was thrown back into reality by an angry restaurant owner screaming obscenities and how even the Hokage had to pay for food. Briskly paying him, Kakashi continued on his way to his apartment, still unaware of what had gone so wrong with Iruka. A few hours ago they were laughing and joking, now both were walking in separate directions, at least one with a broken heart.
Walking down the main street of downtown, Kakashi was getting rather flustered. He really wasn't a people person; he got paranoid way too easily. At each corner he spotted he envisaged several enemy shinobi jumping out and attacking him, or if there wasn't too many people, there wasn't enough people, and something was about to happen. Regardless to say, nothing did happen, at all. Just rounding the last what felt like a hurdle to Kakashi, rounding the final corner to his apartment just off Ichiraku ramen shop, when he saw a bleach blonde walk in through the curtains.
"Naruto" sighed Kakashi, with a smile. Such a chip off the old block, he reminded him so much of his father, Minato. The exact same hair and eyes and amazing stamina, though unfortunately Naruto's intellect and intuition was not that of Minato's, perhaps of Kushina. Practically heaving a sigh of relief as Kakashi placed his foot on the first of a series of steps to get to his apartment, he heard a familiar voice calling his name. He turned slowly to see Naruto's head popping out of Ichiraku, the immense aroma of Ramen almost inviting Kakashi in.
"Fancy some Miso? Teuchi says its freshly made for tomorrow but 'cause he loves us so much he'll let us buy some now! Come on Kakashi-sensei, you know you want to!" grinned Naruto, whom always had a knack of doing this to Kakashi. On a whim he could convince Kakashi to agree to most things, perhaps it was just Kakashi trying to be agreeable, but either way, at least now Kakashi had some good company and didn't have to cook anything for tonight.
"Hey Naruto. You okay?" said Kakashi, in the expected bleak voice. Conveying a very convincing smile, Kakashi averted his eyes to the ramen that Teuchi was so lovingly stirring, and convincing himself to stay happy, Kakashi sighed and sat down.
"I'm doing great! You seem a bit off.. You lose your copy of Icha Icha again?" Naruto giggled. Icha Icha was like the bible to Kakashi, basically loads of pervy stories by the biggest perv of them all, Jiraiya! Seemingly unaware of the situation that's taken place by the two father figures Naruto has, Naruto simply laughed like he normally did, while gulping down his ramen.
Deciding to just let what happened with Iruka to slip to the bottom of the importance pile in Kakashi's life, he decided to just act normal. After all, why should Naruto be persecuted for something he has nothing to do with? "Ha-ha, yeah. Something like that Naruto", genuinely laughing. The night there on was spent joking and giggling between the teacher and student, laughing and jesting about the most minor of things. Regardless that Naruto was only 13, Kakashi couldn't help but feel an attraction to Naruto. After separating himself from most of the people in his childhood, Kakashi had some sort of understanding of how Naruto felt when he was younger. This was part of the reason Kakashi had a natural admiration for the young Jinchuuriki.
And so, this is how the infatuation with Naruto started. As Naruto and Kakashi got increasingly closer, they spent more and more time with eachother, sharing secrets, dreams, interests, desires. All of this added to Kakashi's overwhelming feeling of love to Naruto. Naruto felt almost identical, except he hadn't experienced love yet. He just thought it was a really strong bond between teacher and student, however Kakashi started to use puns and play on words when around Naruto which started to make Naruto feel that Kakashi too, had a growing interest in him.
As Naruto left for three years, Kakashi did not sleep with one person. Unofficially, he felt as though he and Naruto were a couple, and as Naruto travelled with Jiraiya, Kakashi thought of him every hour of every day. When Naruto returned, it was heaven for Kakashi; it was though he was being reunited with a long lost lover. Kakashi's crush was home. Kakashi's Naruto, was home.
***END OF FLASHBACK***
(A very long one indeed!)
;o so that's how it all began! initially i was going to have Kakashi being all whorey and looking for other guys, but I really don't think Kakashi would do that.. in all seriousness. I thought this ending helped the story flow better :) Next chapter will be back to Naruto leaving, maybe a streak of Kakashi's dominance and protectiveness! Oooh the images against the door are torture aren't they? ;)