A/N: Er... Okay... this chapter kinda surprised me. Well Sasuke kinda surprised me. Nasty muse is less angsty and on edge than the other one. Something to do about Itachi being a good guy methinks. So this Sasuke is... a little more... impulsive -snort- Just find out for yourselves and read on!
Work Hazard: Chapter 2
Uchiha Sasuke is having a very bad day. His so-called guardian woke him up at some godawful hour of the night with too-loud, not-straight sex. The soap escaped him in the shower and he had to walk out to grab it only to get ogled by some stupid boy-whore using the sink. He missed breakfast because of that same boy-whore insisting he could cook and no way was Sasuke eating the burned pieces of what used to be food.
He'd almost been run over twice just getting to school and once there the squealing had started. Gai-sensei had insisted on demonstrating the 'power of masculinity' through some badly done cross-dressing that has mentally scarred Sasuke for life. Although the theater teacher was just trying to make a point, Sasuke is fairly sure it didn't come across to anyone in the class as anything but an attack to public decency.
Gai in a school girl uniform still gives Sasuke shivers just thinking about it. But still, the boy went on to have a passable day. Until that idiot ruined it. The loud, blond dobe who follows him around trying to prove himself superior. This time it had involved something about making a better cake in home ed.
The idiot had ended up 'accidentally' spilling the hot syrup on Sasuke. And reflexively attempting to escape the burn, Sasuke took off his shirt. The room got suspiciously silent after that. Like no one dared breathing. Then the silence was interrupted by a thump. A loud, solid thump that had reminded Sasuke of a body hitting the ground.
When he turned around, there was indeed a body on the ground. Sasuke can clearly remember the 'Oh for Christ's sake, tell me she didn't just faint' before the boys in the class burst out laughing. Ridiculous.
The teacher had dispatched Sasuke to take the girl to the infirmary, since he was the one to, the teacher had said with barely veiled amusement, cause the incident.
So Sasuke sits beside the pink-haired menace otherwise known as Haruno Sakura as she rests on the infirmary bed. She is, thankfully, still unconscious and the nurse has yet to show up.
It gives Sasuke time enough to reflect on things he would prefer not to think about. He had a conversation with Itachi. The man ordered him to change places again. Apparently some bigshot had a lead on his location and planned to do something about it. Sasuke might not have much of a social life, but he's gotten comfortable in Konoha High. Even Naruto's incessant stalking is something Sasuke has grown attached to. He doesn't want to leave behind the loser. Or the Hyuuga for that matter.
Sasuke will even admit to not wanting to leave his present guardian, despite his very obvious flaws. Kisame is a bastard, but he's a permissive one who knows his job very well despite it all. Although Sasuke could probably do without the fucking at all hours of the night.
Besides, it's not like Sasuke can't defend himself against the random attacker.
The boy shuts his eyes as he recalls the conversation...
"This won't be a random attacker, Sasuke. It'll be a trained assassin, or some organized group. They need you to get to me. I wouldn't know what to do if they used you against me, Sasuke."
"If you cared so much, maybe you'd actually be around once in a while. I'll graduate soon, a year ahead and on top of the class in every one of them, did you know that?"
"Yes Sasuke, and I'm very proud of you, little brother. But this is about your safety. I don't want anything happening to you. You're... my only sanity."
Sasuke sighed. He knows Itachi is cold to everyone but him. He's his brother's only support because the man won't permit himself any other. He wouldn't even permit himself Sasuke if he could help it. So Sasuke's going to have to be the adult again and do what's best for Itachi.
"Fuck."
"Language, young man." The voice that interrupts Sasuke's thoughts is deep and drawled out. Sasuke whips around, immediately on his guard. He hasn't even heard the man approaching.
"Who the hell are you?" And fuck proper language.
"I am your new school nurse. Shizune-San has been temporarily... incapacitated. The name is Kakashi."
Sasuke takes in the man's appearance suspiciously. Tall, large man with a white surgical mask covering his face. The hair is completely gray and sticking to one side. It makes Sasuke wonder if the man dyes it because his eyes are far too young for this much gray. There's a scar running over the man's left eye that has Sasuke pausing to observe. It can't be surgical, and it would have to be one hell of an accident to have landed that way on Kakashi's face. Still, it's not impossible.
"It's not polite to stare, young man."
Sasuke gives Kakashi one of his best smirks, the impish corner-smirk that defies and provokes. "No, I suppose it isn't."
There's tension in the air that Sasuke can almost taste. He nonetheless continues to observe Kakashi, monitoring his every move. There's an economy of movement to every one of the man's steps as he walks over. No useless movements, his feet always out of each other's way. Sasuke thinks this is a man who has fought before. Something tells him he's not bad at it either.
He's surprised by Kakashi's sudden move towards him. Sasuke immediately brings a hand up to block what he assumes is a blow. He's shocked by two things, the first is that he's not fast enough to intercept the man's hand, and second, instead of a fist, the hand pats his head and threads through his hair, affectionately ruffling it.
"You're a brat. I like you."
Before he can stop himself, Sasuke snorts derisively. He knocks the man's hand away from him and stands, all pride and arrogance, "The girl fainted in class. Maybe you should pay attention to her instead, Kakashi." He doesn't add any sort of title to the name, getting straight to the point.
"Ah yes, Miss Haruno was it? What exactly happened to her?"
"How would I know? I had my back turned to her." Sasuke shifts a little on his feet. He was going to leave before the man asked him a real question. His back is turned to Kakashi and somehow, that doesn't feel right. The boy pivots to meet the man's eyes on him. There's something in the air that makes Sasuke frown. He's not quite sure what it is, but it makes his hair stand on end.
"Ah. What was she doing before that unfortunate moment?"
Sasuke's gaze at the man slowly shifts into a glare. He doesn't like feeling this unbalanced by a stranger and his first reaction is aggressive. His words are short and a little provocative, "Ogling me, what else?"
The man's gray eyebrow rises smoothly. Sasuke watches it go up, stop, then go back down to its original position. "Really. Well I guess that explains that."
Sasuke smirks a little at hearing the man's response. Something tells him that he doesn't want to be leaving the room without the upper hand, otherwise this man will become a bother. So Sasuke takes a seat on one of the empty beds and he adds, "Actually nurse, some idiot dropped hot syrup on me in home ed. I think it might be a little more serious than I thought at first. Would you mind taking a look?"
Kakashi seems surprised at that, but it's only a split second before he returns to his usual apathetic self. He does pull the curtain around Sakura's bed before getting close to Sasuke, however.
"Where do you feel the burn?" The man's voice is low and neutral, but it's more neutral than it was before, which tells Sasuke that the man is on his guard, which means he's apprehending something from this.
He's right, of course. Sasuke pulls the shirt a little up to reveal the skin on his stomach, burnt, but not that badly so.
Something in Kakashi's attitude changes then. His eyes become narrower and Sasuke can see he has the man where he wants him. Kakashi has picked up on the undertones Sasuke wanted transmitted. His eyes are fixed on Sasuke's revealed skin with more than just professional interest. He shifts forward, taking Sasuke's challenge and running a finger over the sensitive skin.
Sasuke shivers with the touch and he whispers, "Maybe I am a brat." He grabs the mask around the man's face and pulls it down, getting a single look at the man's face before his lips are crushed against the other man's.
Kakashi lets himself be kissed out of pure shock, but when he recovers a semblance of control over himself, he attempts to pull away.
Sasuke has a good hold on him though, and his legs wrap around the man's waist, fighting the man's effort. Sasuke can feel against him the man's growing hardness and he smirks at Kakashi's stubborn refusal to return any sort of sexual attention.
It takes a little more coaxing, some devious rubbing to accompany the stolen kiss, but Kakashi finally gives in to it, his tongue sliding into Sasuke's open mouth and taking control.
A moan comes from deep in Sasuke's throat, the heated feel of the man's weight, his larger body and talented tongue... It shifts into a whimper as Kakashi grabs his hips. He pushes away from the man, breaking the kiss and escaping his grasp nimbly. He's at the door before Kakashi can blink.
Sasuke's cheeks have a rosy tint to them, but his smirk is pure provocation, "Does that hard-on make you a pedophile, Kakashi?"
Then he walks out of the room and to the nearest bathroom. Teenage hormones need looking after.
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Kakashi stares after the boy's retreating form. He tells himself he's only hard because of the heat and the boy's wickedly talented lips against his. He tells himself that he's old enough to be secure in his sexual preferences. He tells himself that this boy is just a brat trying to prove something and that this stolen, forced kiss wasn't one of the hottest things Kakashi has ever felt.
He reminds himself that he's a professional. He's here on a mission to bring this very boy to his potential death.
Fuck. I did not just make out with a kid.
A gorgeous, overly arrogant, beautiful child. But still just a child.
A child Kakashi is going to take to a child-molester. He's felt the boy's soft skin against his fingertips. He's felt the shiver and the stiffening of the boy's entire body in fear when things got too heated. Just a kid, Kakashi, just a fucking kid.
Shaking his head to himself, Kakashi tries to regain focus. He needs to get this over and done with as fast as possible.
Dismissing the events that just happened, Kakashi puts it all to the back of his mind as something to think on later. He thinks about the realization of the objective instead, focusing intently on just that.
The kid has got to be protected by some sort of bodyguard, Itachi isn't that careless. And if Kakashi hasn't noticed the bodyguard yet, then it's a damn good one. There will also be other types of protection, probably a tracking device on the boy and more security set up elsewhere.
Kakashi needs to learn everything about that kid. He needs to do this flawlessly so that he doesn't have Uchiha Itachi's revenge to worry about afterwards.
Damn but he's pretty.
tbc...
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Some replies:
Nyeh: Heh! Glad to see you're on with this story too! And huh... I wouldn't worry about Sasuke being a weak little bastard... -points up- This is going to be fun. The angst will have to come in later because I'm having too much fun laughing with this fic. So I thank you and urge you to read on and enjoy yourself!
Lapse - Raevn: Well. I did not intend for that up there. -snerk- I always wanted Itachi to have a good relationship with Sasuke in at least one of the AU fics in which Itachi wouldn't be completely OOC. Wanted Itachi to still be the emotionless, sort of evil guy with the quirk of loving his little brother. Hope you liked how that went and how it's going to go from now.
Jenanien: Heya! I didn't know KakaSasu was your cup of tea! Lol. But I'm glad you enjoyed it. Especially glad that it can relax you after a streneous day. I'll have the PoV alternate between the two, but I do intend to write it mostly as Kakashi's. I think I hesitated to do that before because Kakashi is very hard to pin down as a character. Hopefully I won't screw it up. Thank you again for your lovely comments, always enjoy'em.
Kakarots-Frying-Pan: Hehehehe. Orochimaru is an evil, evil person in this. He'll interfere at random intervals, methinks. How did you like their face to face meeting, hmm? -giggle- Thanks for the comment, luv!