Title: Ward Five

Author: Your Existence

Date: 24/1/10 (Jan. 24, 2010)

Chapter: Two

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It was late in the morning on a Friday. The sky was a light grey and there were rain clouds far off in the distance. The sun was hidden behind the thin layer of clouds; slowly making it's way across the sky in stealth.

It was indeed a rather nice day, however. Kakashi could feel that. He was in a good mood. Or at least, he thought he was in a good mood. He was rather . . . Amused. However amused he felt though, he had this other small feeling that he couldn't shake off, like impending doom or death. He was amused nonetheless, though. He could tell in the way his third period students looked at him that he must somehow have this sly, amused expression on his face, or, at least, in his eye.

They seemed to be slightly concerned, but said nothing of it.

After a while, the whole class was practically fidgeting in their chairs. There was an awkward tension in the air. Notes were passed to avoid talking. Some more time passed before the silence was finally broken.

"Kakashi-sensei," said a redheaded boy with horn-rimmed glasses. His pale green eyes scanned Kakashi once over. Looking up, Kakashi saw the boy's hand slightly raised and motioned him to go on. "Has something happened?" Multiple, long sighs came from behind him. The girls were indeed afraid of him, but they still thought that he was sexy nonetheless.

"Whatever do you mean by that, Mr. Sabaku?" Kakashi drawled out. He toyed with the edge of his mask where it rested on the bridge of his nose. "Have you noticed something astray?" the boy didn't reply.

Sasuke looked up from his work then and eyed Kakashi. Kakashi smiled a little more. Though his students couldn't see the actual smile on his face, they knew that he was smiling. He noticed that everyone seemed to be on edge because of his unusual mood. The only ones not overly concerned were Sasuke and Gaara, but he knew that they were just as curious as what was making him act the way he was.

Soon the room was filled with a low roar of whispers and regular talking. Kakashi got up from his chair and proceeded to write on the board that the students were to put their assignments on his desk when the bell rang. He then called Hyuuga Hinata up to the board.

"Yes, Kakashi-sensei?" said Hinata. Her shy, quiet voice was barely audible.

"I need you to erase the board before you leave the classroom for lunch, okay?"

Hinata glanced at the board for a moment and nodded. "Okay. Will do, Kakashi-sensei." Kakashi's smiled and dismissed Hinata back to her desk. By time she was sitting down, Kakashi was already out the classroom door.

Kakashi went up to the third floor after harassing a few teachers on his floor. He walked slowly down the long hallway, from one end to the other, where Uchiha Itachi's classroom was. With ten minutes left before the lunch bell rang, he knew that Itachi still had students, but he didn't care. He walked right in and sat down in an empty desk next to one of his own Senior students, Aburame Shino. Itachi had a slightly annoyed expression on his face.

"Hatake-san," Itachi greeted coldly. Kakashi waved his greeting.

"Don't mind me, Uchiha-sensei," said Kakashi. "I'm just a figment of your imagination. I'm not even here." Itachi sighed and picked up from where he left off.

As Shino was taking notes, Kakashi reached over and took his assignment for that night off his desk. Shino paid him no mind, just shook his head slightly, sighing. Kakashi scanned through the word problems and passages of text, answering some of the questions for Shino. He had gone through the whole packet in about two minutes and had answered about seven questions, where only one of them was wrong purposely. He then proceeded to doodle a chibified version of Inuzuka Kiba in the bottom right corner of the paper. Once done, he poked Shino once in the arm to get his attention and held up the paper when the boy peered his way.

"Isn't it awesome?" whispered Kakashi, referring to the doodle. Shino sighed, a touch of pink tinting his face and took the paper back from Kakashi. He was used to Kakashi's 'abuse'. Every now and again, Kakashi would come into Itachi's classroom and defile his paper in some kind of way, may it be with doodles, intentional wrong answers, or random pen marks.

'It's my way of showing my love~." Kakashi had said.

It was almost time for the lunch bell to ring when Shino said to Kakashi, "It's been a while since you've been in here."

"Indeed it has! Oh, how I've missed you so." Kakashi said, blinking up at the boy.

"I was beginning to think that I would be able to make it the rest of the year without Kiba doodles all over my homework." Kakashi smiled at this and before his could reply, another student came up next to Shino.

"But, Hatake-sensei," started the student. Kakashi almost corrected the student by telling him to call him 'Kakashi-sensei', but he went on. "Don't you have Aburame-san for seventh block on Blue days?"

"Indeed I do, but how many teachers do you know that would come to their students classes to visit and doodle on their papers?"

The boy thought for only a moment. "Not many. None at all, really, besides you, I guess."

"Exactly."

The student laughed. "You have the most awesome teacher, Aburame-san. I wish he was one of my teachers, too." The bell rang then and the student went on his way.

"See you tomorrow, then, Kakashi-sensei," said Shino. Kakashi waved once and watched as Shino left the room. He saw him smile warmly at the doodle and was probably going to go find Kiba immediately.

After a quiet moment, Kakashi turned hastily toward Itachi. An almost desperate look suddenly came over his features as he spoke.

"You have some with you right? I won't be able to make it the rest of the day like this…"

Itachi sighed and pulled out a cigarette box from his pant pocket. "I can't keep doing this for you, Hatake-san." said he as he handed the box to Kakashi. "And you can't keep doing this to yourself. There are better ways to do this."

"If I had wanted to be to lectured on how to run my life, would have gone to my mother, who is dead. Now I feel all alone and helpless, Itachi. Thanks." Kakashi spat as he walked out the classroom. Sarcasm had been laced all through his voice as well as irritation and pain. He had been dealing with cramps and the feeling that bile could be up his throat any minute almost all morning. A fever had come over him by the end of second block, making him sweat in his clothes. He was headed out to his car when an idea struck him. He went back into the school and to the main office. The woman there gasped when she saw Kakashi.

"Kakashi! Are you feeling alright?" asked Anko, one of the administrators. Her voice was frantic.

"No," Kakashi practically whines. "I feel like utter shit." Which was indeed true. "I think I've caught something horrible."

"Oh no," said Anko, sympathetic. "You can't stay here in this condition. We don want you to spread whatever you have to the students." Anko sat down and logged on to her computer. "Do you think you will need help getting you home? I could dri—" Kakashi abruptly cut her off.

"No, no. I think I'll manage on my own, but thanks anyway."

"Oh, okay then…" Anko was taken aback by Kakashi's abrupt manner. She continued to feel awkward as she signed him out and wished him get well soon.

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In no time, Kakashi was in his car, half a mile from the school, pulled onto the side of the road. He couldn't take it anymore. He pulled out the cigarette box Itachi gave him, which was almost brim full and boiled up a mixture; and as soon as it cooled, he shot it into his veins. He had took a little more than usual, but not enough to overdose himself. The heroin Itachi gave him was as pure as one could get it.

It was sometime before Kakashi was feeling well enough to drive again. He cleaned up his supplies and continued home. He seemed to be on edge the whole way there.

Later on that night, while Kakashi was taking a lonely, yet relaxing candle-lit bath, Iruka called. Kakashi dried his hands and stretched over the edge of the tub to reach the phone. He only replied to Iruka's greeting when he was completely comfortable again.

"Kakashi?" Iruka called, clearly worried. "Are you there? Is every— What took you so long to answer?"

"I'm taking a bath." Kakashi made the water splash loud enough for Iruka to hear.

"Oh... Are you okay, though? I had heard from Anko that you went home looking and feeling awful. Do you need me to come over there for anything?"

Kakashi smiled warmly.

"It warms me from the inside and all over to you care so much," said Kakashi, true sincerity in his voice. He could hear Iruka smile. It was only a moment's pause before Kakashi went on. "Maybe you could come over and keep me company in the tub." His voice was more seducing now and he could practically hear Iruka blush over the phone.

"We haven't taken a bath together in a long while, don't you agree."

Iruka nodded, even though Kakashi couldn't tell while on the phone. Realizing this Iruka quickly added. "Ah, yes, it has."

"It'll all be innocent, of course." Kakashi added, a sly, playful smile on his face. "I don't want Shizune to get suspicious of you if you were to go back to her limping." Iruka smiled and giggled at this.

At this point, Shizune had walked into the bedroom where Iruka was and asked, "Are you talking to Kakashi-san, Iruka?" Iruka nodded. "Oh! It's been so long since I've heard from him. How is he?"

Iruka pulled the phone away from his ear just as Kakashi was saying something and put his hand over the talking end of the phone. "He's come down with a horrible cold recently."

"Oh no!" exclaimed she worriedly. "Does he need me to come over to examine him or something?"

"Oh, no, Shizune. I don't think it's that bad of a cold. I'm going to bring over some medicine for him though. Have anything good?"

"Of course! I'll be right back."

While she was gone getting medicine, Iruka put the phone back up to his ear. "Kakashi? You still there?"

"Of course."

"I'll there soon." Iruka smiled happily. Kakashi could hear the happiness spouting from Iruka. It seemed that some kind of relief was in his voice as well, like he had just let out a long-held, stale breath.

Kakashi splashed the water again, smiling. "I'll see you then."

Kakashi was running new, hot bath water when he heard his front door open. Quiet footfalls echoed throughout the apartment, finally stopping outside the bathroom door. Slowly, the door opened and Iruka's head appeared through the doorway. Kakashi was still looking down into the tub even though there was nothing to look at besides the suds and water.

Iruka quietly came up behind Kakashi and hugged him, kissing and sucking lightly on his neck and shoulders. Kakashi moaned slightly and reached up to grab onto Iruka's hair. He ran calloused fingers through his ponytail before pulling loose the tie, letting Iruka's dark hair feather down over his shoulders.

"How are you feeling?" Iruka asked, letting his hands feather over the skin of Kakashi's chest and mid-section. Kakashi rested his head on Iruka's shoulder and looked up at him. Iruka smiled playfully at him. "You don't look all the sick to me."

Kakashi chuckled a little, "I'm feeling just heavenly now that you are finally here with me." Kakashi sat up and turned around to face the younger man. His face was still as innocent looking as it's always been and Kakashi loved that feature about Iruka.

Looking over that ingenuous face he loved so much, Kakashi ran his fingers once more through that dark, soft hair. He brought him closer to where both their noses were just brushing against each other, and kissed him deeply. Kakashi let all his emotion, feelings, energy, everything, out. He missed Iruka. He hated that he could be with Iruka whenever he wanted to. He hated that Shizune, of all people, would have the privilege to be with him and kiss on him whenever she wanted. It both angered and saddened Kakashi right down to the very core of his being. Feeling all his emotion at once, he deepened the kiss even more, knowing Iruka would catch and hear and feel all the unspoken words and feelings.

In response, Iruka wrapped his arms around Kakashi gently, as if he wanted to cradle the man and tell him that all was well, that he could have his all without wishing or asking, for it was already given to him. Iruka was filled with contentment and love. He knew Kakashi loved him more than anything, more than anyone and that he would do anything for him. Only if he wasn't stuck in a one-sided marriage, he knew he would be with Kakashi and that he would be more than happy.

The kiss soon ended, not broke, and Kakashi rested his forehead on Iruka's shoulder. Iruka held him as close to himself as he could and they stayed like that for a long time.

Soon, after Kakashi felt his foot going to sleep from standing in the same position for too long, he lifted his head slightly and whispered into Iruka's ear I love you, then stood up straight to look at Iruka's face once more. Iruka was smiling and, grabbing and lacing his fingers with Kakashi's fingers, replied, "I don't think there are any words for me to use to properly express my love for you. There aren't any words at all." Kakashi couldn't help but smile even wider and kiss him again. He reached down to grab the hem of Iruka's shirt and pulled it over his head, thus breaking the kiss. Not kissing him again, Kakashi worked off Iruka's pants and underwear and stood up only when the man was completely naked.

"Shall we get into the tub?" Kakashi offered, holding out his hand as to help Iruka into the tub.

"That would be delightful," replied Iruka, that playful tone in his voice again.

Turning off the lights, the candles were the only things keep the room lit. Kakashi stepped to the tub, the water still rather hot, but soothing and relaxing. He sat to the back of the bathtub and pulled Iruka between his legs and let the younger man slide down more into the water. Kakashi rested his chin on top of Iruka's head and they talked and splashed and played in the water until it was too cold for them to tolerate.

In the morning, Kakashi woke up to the quiet growls of his stomach and his bladder's cry for relief. He knew that he slept later than usual because he had a slight headache and his body ached slightly. Without waking Iruka, Kakashi slipped out of bed and went straight for the bathroom. He had everything he needed to administer his 'medicine' in a hidden drawer in the narrow space between the towel closet and the bathtub. He locked the door so that Iruka wouldn't walk in on him if he happened to wake up before he was out the bathroom. Kakashi felt bad for having to hide his addiction from Iruka. They've known each other for a little more than eight years and Iruka has yet to find out about his use of heroin.

But, as long as this pain persisted, he would continue to use the drug, whether or not Iruka approved of it.

A/N: Duuude... I couldn't think of anyone else to be Iruka's wife except Shizune... Do you have any other ideas or is she the only one that would really fit for this situation? Let me know what you think about it and the story so far!