Chapter 10

"Let's head back," a familiar voice said not far from me and I felt someone tugging my arm.

Everything inside my head was spinning. I could not seem to gain a foothold, but I could stand straight – well, kind of. There was a man on each side of me and my arms hung around their necks, which was the only reason why I was not lying on the ground. They were both taller than me so when they stood straight and began to walk, I was practically just dangling in-between them.

"What... what happened?" I managed to ask. My head hurt like hell and it did not get any better when Hidan shouted right into my face.

"We just had the brawl of our lives! Wohoo! Too bad you weren't awake to participate. It was beautiful, man, it was art!" Thank you for that, Hidan.

"They aren't gonna show their faces at RAW ever again, we made sure of that, Iruka-san," the other man holding me said.

"Yep, me and Zabuza here beat the crap out of them. The others didn't even care to join!"

"Oh, shut up, Hidan. We all helped with kicking those bitches' asses," Asuma protested. I looked up from the ground and saw Asuma, Itachi and Kakashi walking in front of Hidan, Zabuza and me. Asuma held up one of his fists, displaying the fresh blood on it. He smirked at me before turning back around.

"It was epic, nonetheless!" Hidan just had to have the last word. I closed my eyes and tried to focus on everything else than my insane head ache.

We did not walk for long until we reached the apartment we had been headed for, apparently. Hidan had said something about wanting to go to Kakashi's place instead of Zabuza's since it was closer by and he knew Kakashi always had a bunch of booze stored there. The party was not over yet and it did not thrill me at all. I would rather just sleep it off.

Hidan would not hear any of that. He placed me beside him on the couch and shoved a beer into my hand, but I did not really drink any of it, only a little to ease the pain.

It did not take long before Hidan was all over the place again. He was probably the drunkest one of us all. Zabuza was not that far behind him, though. The drunker they got, the friendlier they got towards each other. Instead of fighting, they were standing with an arm over the others shoulder, singing all kinds of shitty songs that sounded even worse when it were their voices singing them. No talent, seriously!

I sighed loudly and leaned back in my seat, but nearly jumped off the couch when I discovered that Kakashi was standing right behind the couch, looking down at me.

"Shit, you scared me!" I said and leaned forward again, resting my elbows on my thighs. I really was drunk, I almost did not care that it was Kakashi anymore. No wait, I did care, but I just was not as scared and tense around him now that the booze was screwing with my head. I did not even think that much about anything, actually? It was not like me.

"Sorry about that. How's the eye?" he asked and staggered around the couch to sit down beside me.

"My eye?" I did not know what he was talking about.

"Yeah, he hit you pretty hard after you had made out with his girlfriend. It has started swelling already," so that was what had happened. I remembered now. After that guy had grabbed my arm, he hit me right on the left eye without any warning. And that girl had been his girlfriend? Geez, who would have guessed that. Well, that was just my luck. The funny thing was that I had not even noticed that my eye hurt – at least not until now. My head in general hurt more than my eye, though.

What was even worse was that I had to go to work with a black eye! Great!... But... Hold on for a second. Was I seriously thinking about work when sitting on a couch in Kakashi's apartment with Kakashi by my side. Really? The alcohol had really gotten to me, my thoughts could not even focus on the important things anymore.

"Oh, I almost forgot. Here, I brought you some ice," he threw a closed plastic bag of ice cubes in my lap and sent me a smile, "Good thing Zabuza and Hidan was with us tonight, I think they are the only ones who could have taken on that gorilla and his henchmen. Those two a pretty tough," he chuckled and looked at the singing buddies that were leaning against each other. They did not look that tough to me and I figured if one of them moved away from the other, they would both fall to the ground. That was how drunk they were, at this point. All those shots had finally kicked in for good.

I looked up at Kakashi and I had not noticed until then that he was pretty drunk himself. He could barely keep his eyes open. It looked kind of silly, but I just found it funny to watch him look like he could fall a sleep at any moment. How he managed to get me a bag of ice and even think that I needed one was beyond my comprehension.

Carefully, I pressed the ice bag against my bruised eye, wishing that it would take at least some of the swelling. With my healthy eye, I took a look around the room. Asuma was acting like a choirmaster for Zabuza and Hidan, but it did not work out any better. Itachi, on the other hand, was lying on the floor with his arms and legs spread out to the side. His eyes were closed, but I was not sure of if he was asleep or not. He looked content and a small smile played on his lips. Maybe he was dreaming? Nah, it was probably just all the weed he had been smoking.

"You look tired?" Kakashi said suddenly. I turned my head to face him and nodded slowly.

"Yeah, I am a bit tired," after looking at him for the second time, I was convinced that he had been smoking some of Itachi's you know what. But Itachi had made it sound like, at the table, that he did not have more than what they had smoked. Maybe it was just a wrong observation or else he was still influenced by the drags he had taken from that first one. It could be that he was just extremely drunk, but I doubted that alcohol could make him look that drowsy. They probably smoked another joint while walking home. I had only been able to see their backs so they could easily have smoked one without me noticing.

He got up on his feet, but he had to put an effort into it, "Come, you can sleep in my bedroom. Those guys aren't gonna fall a sleep for the next few hours anyway," his bedroom? Was I going to sleep in his bedroom? I could not believe what was happening. Hatake Kakashi himself had personally invited me to go to a party with him and now I was in his apartment and about to sleep in his bed? This was beyond my wildest imagination!

I followed him into what was supposed to be his bedroom. He did not have a huge apartment, but it was bigger than mine. It appeared, though, like I had more stuff than him. It could be that I had to fit my things into a smaller space, but I did not think so. He only had a bed and a wardrobe in there.

"Mind if I crash beside you? I'm pretty tired myself," I froze in my place. It felt like I went from drunk to sober in the blink of an eye. Were... Were we going to sleep together – in the same bed?

I did not dare to hesitate because that would make the situation kind of awkward, "S-sure. I d-don't m-mind," it was okay to say yes, right? It was his bed and he had asked himself. Nothing weird about that. No, it was perfectly normal. R-right?

"Cool," he closed the door behind us. You could not see a hand before you in the close darkness. The light from the living room was the only thing that had lit up the bedroom, but now that he had cut if off, there was nothing left to be seen.

I heard Kakashi throwing himself onto the bed, grunting something that sounded like, "Goodnight," as I felt my way to the bed, I mumbled a goodnight back to him, but he was probably already half-asleep since he did not say anything or move around.

I sunk a lump that had formed in my throat. How was I suppose to tell which side of the bed he was lying on? It was a double bed so sharing it should not be a problem, but I really did not want to end up groping him just because I could not see anything.

My heart beat a bit faster than it normally did, not much, but it was faster. A few sweat drops appeared on my forehead, but I wiped them away with the back of my hand. What are you scared of, Iruka? There is nothing to freak out about, just lay down beside him that is all there is to it. Do not get yourself worked up over nothing, a voice inside my head scolded at me.

The only way to find out where he was located was to try and feel the bed in front of me. I stooped lightly and ran my fingers over the sheet. He was not there.

I breathed out a sigh of relief and sat down on the edge of the bed. Was I suppose to take my clothes off? Kakashi had not removed any of his and I did not want to open the chance of any embarrassing or weird moments so I figured it was for the best to just keep my clothes on. I took off my jacket and shoes, though. I did not want to get his bed dirty and it would probably get too hot in there if I kept my jacket on.

Then, I laid down and thanked Kami for not having to sleep under a double bed sheet with him. This was already more than enough to get my blood pumping.

I would not normally have troubles with falling a sleep when I was drunk, but I had a feeling that it was going to be a problem that night. My heart was still pumping the blood around my system really fast and I could not stop the sweat from popping up on my forehead. How was I going to get through this night without getting a heart attack or some kind of angsty seizure out of panic?

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I'm so sorry, I did't mean for this to get so short and inane!
Originally, the next chapter were supposed to be attached to this one, but it just got too long, so I had to separate them. Sorry :(.. I promise the next chapter won't be as shitty as this one (well, I can't promise, but you won't think that it is as bad as this one)
Also, I wanna apologize for my language. I don't now why it got so sloppy and uninteresting. I'll do my best to make up for this not-even-worth-reading chapter.

Gosh.. I'm just so sorry :(!
Hopefully, you'll be back for tomorrow's chapter – even though I understand if you're not.. Oh well.. Hope to see you tomorrow.