Theme: Champagne

Inspired by the lovely Ruthea's entry for the champagne theme on DA

Iruka padded across the floor shirtless because he'd left his sodden vest and shirt in the entryway and tried to ignore the similarly shirtless person following closely behind him.

Kakashi was shirtless because…. Well, he hadn't dared to ask. That approach tended to be safer and lead to fewer misinterpretations of his intentions. A strong arm halted him halfway across the room. "Kakashi, please, I just want to get into some warm, dry clothes."

"Ah, ah." Kakashi wagged his index finger in Iruka's face. "It's Christmas Eve! And it's high time we had some champagne."

"And I don't suppose it can wait?"

"Maa, it could…." He nuzzled the base of Iruka's neck. "But this is so very pleasant."

For just a second, Iruka relaxed, giving into the heat at his back, and that was all the opportunity needed. The grip on his stomach shifted, and, overbalanced, he sat down hard on Kakashi's lap. His skin burned where his back pressed up against Kakashi's bare chest, but between Kakashi arms around his waist and the champagne bottle in his lap, he couldn't budge. He did, however, blush furiously.

The cork popped from the bottle with an obscenely loud noise, and foam spurted from the neck, cascading over Kakashi's hands and onto his lap. "Kakashi! It's all over my pants!" He watched Kakashi open his mouth and fully expected a comment along the lines of 'maa, we'll just have to take them off, then,' but the words were seemed to be overridden by deep snickers rumbling up from Kakashi's chest. "What?"

"The…shadow…" Kakashi gasped.

He was pressed so close to Kakashi that it was impossible to tell one from the other in the shadow on the far wall save for their heads and the strategically placed neck of the champagne bottle, which just happened to have Kakashi's hand wrapped around it. He opened his mouth, but couldn't find the words.

"You should have seen it a minute ago when I popped the cork."

It only took a moment for Iruka's mind to fill in the extra shadows that would have produced and his cheeks flamed.

"I wonder what any passer-bys might have assumed." From the vantage point of the walkway that encircled his apartment building, a passerby would have been able to see the shadows, but not the people casting them.

"They better not have assumed anything." Iruka huffed and eyed the champagne bottle disdainfully. "I'm much bigger than that." Only when Kakashi dissolved into gales of laughter did he realize he'd voiced that particular bit of indignant observation aloud.

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^^ Happy 2nd day of Christmas. Hope this is better than the traditional turtle doves!