GaiKaka Gai x Kakashi ... Kakashi's got an agenda, and is overstressed. Gai thinks it might be his own fault. Mishaps and Misunderstandings...
I'd say this chapters rated T. Nothing awful (sorry). Half-way point!! The title stretches over both chapters. Please enjoy!!
Chapter Five: Regretting Reality Pt1
"Hwaoooohhhh!!" Gai screeched his battle-cry across the padded arena.
Kakashi stood motionless, waiting for the green-clad man to try and attack him.
Sparring sessions with Gai were always, interesting. Their rivalry was challenged by no-one. It was juvenile, but Kakashi always enjoyed it.
Gai moved like the green-beast he was, attacking from all sides, with Kakashi keeping up only with his Sharingan, fighting back with equal vigour, it had been a while since the two had sparred.
A jumping kick from Kakashi was blocked with a quick flick of a bent arm, and Gai sent him flying to the ground. In moments he was pinned down.
Gai stared at him with angry eyes, smiling. He bent down so his mouth was practically in his neck.
"If this was real, Kakashi, you'd be dead…" he whispered into his skin, flesh tingling at the contact.
"If this were real…" Kakashi started, Gai now moving the mask down with his teeth, slowly and attacking the new-found skin.
Gai groaned and arched as Kakashi shifted so they were straddling each others legs, groins grinding into the other's thigh, sensations driving them wild.
"If this were real…" Gai licked Kakashi's lips slowly, teasingly…
"If this were…" Kakashi repeated, lost in the body which was pinning him down.
"Kakashi…" Gai looked at him with half-desperate, half-lusty, half-pitying eyes, "If this were real…"
Kakashi bolted upright.
He twinged, skin sensitive from the memories of the dream, blanket tight from the stirring in his groin.
He cursed his feeble imagination. He cursed the new book.
He sat in silence, cursing things quietly.
His dreams were like a free version of the book, except instead of using any old fictional character, he had used people he knew. Himself was a given. But of all the men in his life he could have used… he wouldn't have used a student, that was… well… that'd make him a paedophile. So then there could have been any other man in the village. Asuma? Iruka? … why Gai?
Thoughts of a topless Gai came into his mind. Thoughts of a topless, pants-less Gai came into his mind. Thoughts of a topless, pants-less Gai on top of him came into his mind.
He felt the blanket close around his groin further… his frown deepened.
He sighed and closed his eyes.
Saturday had almost gone by completely without any sign of Kakashi. Gai leaned out of his sun-set window, feeling glorified in its basking orange glow. Except for him, the day hadn't finished yet. There was one thing left to do.
Although, after yesterday, he wasn't totally sure what it was.
But he knew sake was involved, and plenty of it.
No regrets… he told himself, grabbing a coat.
Kakashi slammed down his twentieth shot of sake.
Since they were planning to go for a while, they had agreed to do it in small shots, since the stuff was pretty strong.
Gai upped him to a twenty-first shot.
Kakashi matched him.
The competition had only just started and he could already feel the effects of the sake sinking in. His vision was blurring every few minutes, just slightly, and everything was slowing down. From the blush adorning Kakashi's cheeks, Gai could tell the other man was getting similar reactions.
They were up to the twenty-sixth shot.
Kakashi rarely took down the mask which covered his face. Gai was one of the very few people who had seen those lips, and even he had hardly ever seen them.
But tonight, they were a focal point for Gai.
Partially because he was unwilling to look Kakashi in the eyes too long, in case he had adopted some sort of mind-reading ability, or could simply read the guilt in his eyes. Not since what happened yesterday.
"Hey- hic -Gai…" Kakashi slurred.
Gai took a moment to raise his head up, taking down his thirty-second shot.
"Yeah.. buddy?" he said eyes wavering.
Kakashi put his head down on his arms and looked up at Gai sideways… "Nah… hic …you don't wanna know…" he said, giggling.
"No.. no… I'm your friend…" Gai said, trying to remain interested in what the lips were saying, "You gotta tell me… it's important…"
"O-h…" Kakashi said, distracted on the bottom of his thirty-fifth shot.
"It's just… hic … you're a really cool guy…" he said, pausing to giggle some more at a joke he didn't intend on making.
Gai stared at him for a while, smiling a very drunk smile.
"Thanks-.. buddy.." Gai said, downing the thirty-ninth.
Kakashi grinned and lifted the fortieth shot to his lips, only to pass out.
Gai frowned and downed his own fortieth.
"Looks like I win… buddy…." Gai said, supporting Kakashi with one arm over his shoulder.
Kakashi stirred a little and giggled some more, "Looks like you win," he said, before swinging his other arm around Gai's neck and kissing him on the cheek.
"Thanks… hic … buddy," Kakashi murmured before passing out again.
Gai closed his eyes, trying to think past the alcohol. Finding that it was near impossible, he did what seemed logical, and headed off towards his house, Kakashi slung over his shoulder.
…No regrets…