Summary: Kakashi, Iruka, Itachi, Shikamaru and Kiba are having an apartment together. Five boys with no adult supervision means Party to no end - right?

A/N: My first fanfiction in English so please don't kill me if it's bad :) Oh, and a big thank you to all the peoplz who faved and alerted :)) You guys made my day!

Disclaimer: All I own is the plot. All characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto


Chapter 5 (Take 2 - Didn't like the first one I wrote...)

The next morning Iruka was woken up by sunlight shining through his window.

He tried to stifle a yawn while slowly opening his eyes and taking in his surroundings.

The room was simply furnished: on one side stood the bed he was currently laying in. On the other wall were his desk, chair and bookshelf. His couch and coffee table stood in the middle of the room.

After heaving himself out of his bed, Iruka walked over to his bedroom window and peeked through the curtains. He just saw Itachi and Kakashi pulling out of the driveway and speeding off to work.

Then he began his routine;

Grabbing some fresh clothes out of his closed, he dragged his feet along the hallway into the bathroom and into the shower.

After the shower and dressing himself he was awake and so he decided to make breakfast for the rest of his housemates. What surprised him, though, was that someone had beaten him to it. When he walked down the stairs his nose picked up the scent of eggs and bacon – of burned eggs and bacon. He heard someone curse. Alarmed he rushed down the stairs only to stop dead in his tracks on the picture that his eyes took in moments later.

The boy, Naruto, stood on a chair and watched Kiba, as the older tried to save the rest of something that was most likely supposed to be breakfast.

Ah, and here is the reason why we agreed on never to let Kiba cook, Iruka thought. He walked casually into the kitchen and cleared his throat to get the wannabe-cook's attention. The Inuzuka spun around and nearly knocked Naruto off his chair in the process.

"I-I didn't do it! It was his idea!", he said as soon as he noticed Iruka and pointed his finger at the blonde.

Iruka cocked his eyebrow "Well in that case 'thank you, Naruto' for trying to make breakfast for us but next time please wake someone besides this guy. As you may have noticed he seriously can't cook." He then grinned at the boys. "Wanna have something more eatable?"

Both nodded and hurriedly stepped out of the man's way.

After fixing breakfast and cleaning the kitchen, Iruka sipped his coffee and read the newspaper, Kiba tried to balance a spoon on his nose and Naruto seemed to listen to the radio blaring in the background, staring into space. So they sat in comfortable silence until Shikamaru tapped down the stairs,

"Morning", he greeted the three. Several greetings where exchanged, he poured himself some coffee, grabbed a toast and flopped down next to Kiba on the table.

"So…" the brunette started after finishing his meal, "What're we gonna do today?" Iruka looked up from his newspaper and shot the kid at the table a glance.

"Well, since I believe the mini is going to stay here a little longer, I believe that we have to go buy him some new clothed and stuff, since he didn't bring anything himself." Said blonde kicked his feet under the table.

"You don't have to buy anything for me. They're gonna get me anyway." He looked up at the three men with big eyes obviously expecting one of them to soothe his fears of being taken away from the few people who ever had been nice to him.

"Don't worry, squirt." Kiba told him. "We're not gonna let them have you. You're part of the family now." And as he said it, it actually felt right. Because in some weird way, they were a family. A highly chaotic one but a family nonetheless. And apparently now their little family had gained yet another member.


Yo! *ducksawayfromthrownthings* Yeah, I know, I know! It took freaking long for me to update but hey, the chap is there, is is not? *blushes*

Hope you'll enjoy reading and maybe a review here and there won't hurt :))

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