High School Never Ends Chp. 5

[squeakyninja]

Month: August
Pairing: KakaIru
Chapter Rating: PG-13
Word Count: approx. 7700 words
Themes: AU, Romance, Humor, Coming of Age
Summary: Iruka's first day attending Konoha High turns into an eventful one, thanks to a silver haired senior. It's gonna be one hell of a school year...
Warning: OCs present + Nosebleeds may occur!

---“Kakashi!”

“What?”

“Not in public!” the boy screamed, trying to pry himself away from his new lover’s tight grip.

Kakashi just laughed as he continued to nuzzle Iruka’s neck from behind, brushing his loose hair away. He had worn it down per request.

“No worries, ‘Ruka. I come out here often. No one ever comes here but me.”

“It doesn’t ma- …Wait, ‘Ruka?”

“Yea, my little pet name for you.” Iruka growled at the mention of another nickname. Immediately, the boy turned around and shoved his palm into the senior’s face. “What you don’t like-“

“No! I don’t!” the young boy pouted. After seeing his reaction, Kakashi couldn’t help but let out a boisterous laugh. “Eh? Hey! Why are you laughing?” The pale boy just held on to Iruka tighter and placed a chaste kiss upon his forehead.

“Your temper is very adorable,” he whispered as he placed another kiss upon Iruka’s forehead. The younger boy just shifted his gaze down and buried himself into his lover’s chest, trying to conceal the growing blush spreading across his face. He could not believe he was doing this. A simple walk through a nearby park turned into Kakashi dragging Iruka off through some bushes into a clearing, tearing off his own mask, and starting to have his way with the youth.

He held tight to his lover’s black shirt, daring not to let go. In one way, he hated how the senior would tease him around. Yet, in the end, it would strangely comfort him and make him smile. Kakashi, in turn, embraced Iruka in a tighter hug and leaned his head upon the other’s. The senior then proceeded to comb through the brunet’s hair in a calming manner.

“Ok, if you’re that embarrassed about it, I won’t call you that, alright, Iruka?” Iruka slowly raised his head and met his gaze with Kakashi’s. He paused only for a second before smiling, reaching up and gave Kakashi a soft kiss upon his lips. Just as quickly as it happened, it was over.

“Thank you,” he whispered as he gazed away. That was Kakashi for him. Acting like an ass one minute, acting like a gentleman the other.

Kakashi stood perfectly still from the kiss. True, the two have only been going out for the past two weeks, but nearly every time they kissed so far, it was Kakashi kissing Iruka. Rarely was it the other way around. The last time Iruka truly kissed him was back on the beach last month.

What happened next though was on pure instincts. Or more like Kakashi’s hormones rising. With full force, he grabbed the young boy and shoved him back onto the nearest tree with enough force to crack the bark.

“Ow! Kaka-“ Iruka’s screams were brought to a halt when Kakashi forcefully latched his lips own Iruka’s. The freshman dug his nails into the senior’s shoulders, trying to push off, trying to give him the message to stop now. But Kakashi pressed on. His tongue sneaked inside, feeling and tasting the younger boy, savoring the moment. His hands stayed firm on the other’s shoulders, keeping the boy against the tree and unable to escape. Soon, Iruka was drowning in a sea of mixed emotions and eventually released his tight grip only to wrap his arms around Kakashi’s neck. He leaned in more, deepening the kiss as well. He knew he couldn’t win a game with someone with such immense strength and persistence.

With Iruka complying, Kakashi removed his hands from the brunet’s shoulders and moved down. He stopped when he felt two little nubs underneath Iruka’s shirt. He gently picked at him as he moved away from Iruka’s mouth and moved down the young boy’s neck.

“Kaka… shi…” Iruka moaned, trying to keep quiet. Kakashi loved hearing Iruka like this: helpless and begging for him. “Please… St…” He continued to leave kisses along Iruka’s neck before he bit down slightly hard. Iruka yelped a little, quickly trying to keep quiet again, trying not to have anyone hear them. Kakashi immediately lapped up the small wound, soothing it and all the while, driving Iruka more insane.

Abruptly, Iruka’s cell phone rang.

“Kakashi…” Iruka started, almost breathless. “I… I have to get that.”

“Just a little longer… please,” Kakashi insisted, his hands now moving down further and hooked onto Iruka’s belt.

“Ka-Kakashi!” Iruka exclaimed. “Stop!” He moved his hands again back on the senior’s shoulders and tried with all his might to push him off. “Please!” Kakashi couldn’t take no for an answer as he dug his fingers underneath Iruka’s pants, slightly exposing a pair of white briefs. “Ka-Ka-Kakashi…” Iruka trailed off, his eyes watering as his phone’s ringing echoed in their ears before it finally stopped. “Please…”

“Yes, Iruka?” Kakashi asked, pausing to take a minute to listen to his lover’s pleas.

“Please…”

“Please what?”

“Please… I said stop!” Iruka shouted as a swift and hard fist came in contact with Kakashi’s face. Kakashi immediately fell back upon the grass and cupped his cheek as he began to curse. He glared at Iruka, only to see the young boy’s face both in shock and anger. “Serves you right, you perverted ass!“ Although his cheek was sore, Kakashi just smiled back at Iruka, faintly laughing. He almost forgot he was the one who taught the boy how to throw a right hook.

“Eh, sorry, Iruka. Forgive me?” Kakashi asked. Hugging and kissing was fine with the boy but with any other sexual interactions, Iruka would try to wriggle his way out of it. It seemed that he just wasn’t ready to go that far yet. Yet, it only made Kakashi’s lust for Iruka grow.

“…Fine,” Iruka huffed. Quickly, the boy was dragged down upon the grass with the senior and again wrapped up warmly in his embrace.

“I should know by now you’re uncomfortable with me touching you like that,” Kakashi whispered.

“That’s not… exactly it…” Iruka mumbled, his face lodged against his lover. Kakashi leaned back out of the embrace and took Iruka’s chin into his hand.

“Then… what?”

Before Iruka could answer, a loud and bellowing voice shot out throughout the trees.

“Kakashi!” Both boys turned. Iruka took time to notice the man; tall with long, spiky white hair with two red streaks running down his cheeks.

“Ugh, Jiraiya-sensei…” Kakashi said under his breath as he quickly lifted his mask back up. He let go of Iruka as he got up and turned toward his sensei. “Even during my summer break, you always find ways to bug me. What do you want?”

“Oi, come now! After I promised you a copy of my newest book! Think of it as an early birthday gift,” Jiraiya laughed as he handed over a little crimson book over to Kakashi. Iruka couldn’t make out the title but did see a giant, red circle, slashed in the middle, on the cover. A warning for those underage. It was very similar to another book Kakashi had. He gets his porn from this guy?! His own sensei?!

Jiraiya glanced over at Iruka, still sitting upon the grass.

“Just be sure not to show it off to anyone, especially your girlfriend over there!” G-Girlfriend?! There was a reason why Iruka was against having his hair down. Before Iruka could lash out, Kakashi stepped in.

“Knock it off, you dirty, old perv,” Kakashi chastised. One thing Kakashi didn’t like about his sensei was that the man was a big pervert. He preferred the company of his old sensei, Minato, compared to Jiraiya.

“You’re one to talk,” Jiraiya stated. Although, with the book in his hands, he was a bit of pervert himself so he shouldn’t be one to judge.

“At least I’m not a peeper like you.”

“I heard that! ” Jiraiya shouted. “I’ve told you before, it’s for research for these books!” Iruka cringed a little, noting how the man didn’t deny it. “Besides that, glad I found you. Wanted to discuss some things with you about the game.”

“Do we really have to do it now?” Kakashi whined.

“Oh? Why?” Kakashi immediately hooked an arm around Iruka, dragging him off of the ground, and drew him close.

“My girlfriend convinced me to stay.”

“I’m not your girlfriend!” Iruka exploded.

“Ok, ok. Boyfriend. Alright?” Iruka simply pouted a little, a little embarrassed yet happy as well.

“That’s good. Was afraid I was losing my best player there for a minute. Well, now that’s settled, I think it’s time for you to come to practice!” Jiraiya said. “We have a big match against Suna later this month that we can’t afford to lose!”

“Practice?” Iruka questioned. Kakashi drew his arm off of Iruka and placed his hand back in his pocket.

“Soccer. I’m the team’s striker. Unfortunately, even during the school break, there’s practice. Jiraiya here is the coach so I better get going. Call you later?” Iruka simply smiled and nodded. Kakashi smiled back under his mask as he turned to walk off with his sensei. Suddenly though, he stopped dead in his tracks and twisted around and walked back to the brunet.

“Hey, I have a crazy idea. My game is coming up this weekend. And Minato wouldn’t mind if he brought you along to watch me,” Kakashi offered. “What do you say?”

“Ah! Sure!”

“Good! Then if my team wins, I can take you out on a date afterwards!” the senior smiled.

“Alright, it’s a- What?!”

“A date!” The pale teen stood proud and folded his arms, carefully scanning the boy up and down. “That is… this would be your first date ever, huh?”

“What would you call this then?!”

“More like us getting to know one another,” he said, raising his hands up. “If you don’t want to, that’s fine. But we will have go out on one eventually,” he chuckled. “I can just imagine you on one now, all caught up on words… Too embarrassed to be around me…”

Quickly, Iruka delivered a short shove at his boyfriend. “That’s not it!”

“Oh? Then what?” he pondered. “What was that whole speech for last month if you didn’t mean it?”

“I did mean it!” the brunet proclaimed. He peered down, a lost for words. “Just…”

Kakashi just sighed as he placed a hand the younger teen’s shoulders. “Look, I promise nothing too extravagant, nothing too flashy. Something simple, ok?”

Iruka couldn’t look at him just yet. Everything was just moving so fast. Month ago, he just started high school and not long after he became the object of affection of the most popular student there. He denied him almost every time, but that never stopped the pale teen from loving him. He had to be honest though, it felt good to be loved again, to feel like this again after what happened to his parents. He thought he would never experience kind of love ever again. But here he was with Kakashi, teasing and playing around with him, but always has his best interests at heart.

Slowly, the brunet breathed in and let out a heavy sigh before he rose his head up and made eye contact. “You promise?”

“Cross my heart.”

“Then it’s a deal, Kakashi,” he grinned.

The silver haired teen smiled as he tugged his mask down and gave his boyfriend one final, chaste kiss before placing it back over his face. “Thank you, Iruka. I’ll call you later.” He turned back and walked off with Jiraiya to practice. “Just remember! It’s a date if I win!” he proclaimed, his voice carried throughout the park.

Iruka felt his cheeks flare up at the sudden proclamation. He didn’t have to say it out loud like that, but what else could Iruka expect from him? He chuckled a little first as he fixed himself up, fixing his shirt and straightening his hair, deciding to put it back in a ponytail, before returning his missed call. But first, he had to get the idea of himself possibly going on a date with Kakashi out of his head.

“Ne, Iruka,” Kotetsu teased when the tanned boy met up with his friends outside at a local store. “You’ve changed!”

“What? What are you talking about?”

“Yeah, Iruka,” Izumo barged in nearby. “I thought you were an exemplary student in and out of school. Getting good grades, always on time, never procrastinating. Now, you act distracted and it’s hard enough to contact you.” Iruka let out a heavy sigh as he watched his two friends continue to pick on him, Kotetsu stooped down in the sun while Izumo was relaxing against a building in the shade.

He wished his friends didn’t always pry into his personal life. So far, his friends didn’t know of his relationship with Kakashi. No one did, at least not yet. One reason personally for Iruka was this: If his friends knew that he started going out with the great Hakate-senpai, the talk would never stop. But if others found out, Iruka could just imagine all the death threats and glares he would get at school. The whole student body would go on a rampage and seek out his blood. Especially knowing that their so called ‘great senpai’ had fallen for a guy above all else. That made Iruka feel even worse. Kakashi could have gotten any girl he wanted, probably one more experience in this kind of them than him. Yet, Kakashi settled with him, forcing him to question why he was so special to him in the first place.

“Listen you guys, I’m fine!” Iruka said as he slowly stepped backwards. “Look. I’ll prove to you both I’m still the same. Let me treat you guys to-“ He stopped dead in his tracks as his back crashed into a pack of breasts. The girl quickly grabbed on to Iruka’s shoulders and pushed him forward back toward his friends.

“Treat us to what, Iruka?” Anko giggled. “I vote for some dango with sweet bean soup!”

“How about something spicy instead?” Izumo offered, knowing how to push the girl’s buttons. Anko immediately started to lash out at Izumo.

“You know I hate spicy things!”

“That is the point! Maybe you should take it as a hint and leave.”

“Guys, guys!” Iruka shouted. “Please! Not again! I’m treating so whatever you all want is fine with me, ok?” Anko and Izumo were still going at it though, seemingly ignoring the freshman. What started as a joke with Izumo lead to a heated argument between the two. Iruka continued to observe them as his protests did nothing. But the more he watched, he began to notice that Izumo seemed to have wanted to start the argument to try to get Anko to leave.

Wonder if this has something to do with what Izumo told me a couple of months ago. Now that I think about it, he and Kotetsu have been acting differently since the party. Could something have happened between them that night?

“That’s it! I’m leaving!” Izumo shouted in defeated. He dug his hands into his pants as he turned around and started to walk off.

“I-Izumo!” Kotetsu shouted back. “Izumo! Wait!” Kotetsu jumped up and ran after the other. Iruka watched the two of them walk away, hoping things will turn out for the best for the two.

“Well then, I guess it’s just you and me, Iruka!” Anko played along, wrapping her arm around Iruka’s neck. “You know, I still want dango!” He tried to struggle out of her tight grip, desperate to go and help his two friends. But he should have known better to come between Anko and dango.

Iruka sighed as the two of them walked into the store. He ordered two rounds of dango for the both of them with Anko begging him for seconds later. Afterward, they walked over the one of the window seats and sat down, facing each other. Immediately, Anko began to devour her dango, stuffing it in her mouth and swallowing it down as if it was going out of style. Iruka actually had to stop and gawk at her action, completely ignoring his share. He was only about to feast on his dango after she was done when Anko glared at him with big, puppy eyes. He thought about it for a second, and decided after watching Anko eat like that, he suddenly lost his appetite. He pushed his tray toward the girl, unable to take a bite. She squealed with joy as she devoured her second helping.

“Ahh! Thank you, Iruka!” Anko screamed as wiped her mouth clean.

“Heh, heh, no problem, Anko,” Iruka said, laughing wryly.

“So come on, then! It seems like it’s been forever since you and me talked! How have you been? How has your vacation been so far? Meet anyone new?”

“Oh, fine, fine. And please get your mind out of the gutter,” he insisted, trying to pry away from the topic of-

“Really? Have you seen Hatake-senpai?”

“What?! I- Um… I mean why do you ask?”

“Because it seemed like to me that you two were inseparable,” she said. She then placed her hands on her cheeks as a Cheshire smile crawled on her face. “It was like you too were going out or something!” she giggled.

“What? No, no. We aren’t like that. We’re just friends!” Iruka laughed, trying to his best to lie while trying to resist the urge to scratch his facial scar.

“Oh, really? Oh…” Anko sounded depressed. “You two would make such a cute couple. Just makes me wonder how many relationships that makes it while he’s been attending Konoha. Has to be quite a few...”

Iruka perked his head at the remark. “R-R-Relationships?”

“Please, Iruka! Don’t tell me you don’t know about all that! You practically hang around the guy all the time!” Anko shouted, placing her hands firmly on her hips. Iruka remained speechless. Anko sighed before she resumed. “From what I’ve learned in these past months, Kakashi is practically known as a womanizer!”

“W-Womanizer?”

“Yeah,” Anko continued. “Think about it! All those girls all over him? Even some guys? He’s bound to go out with at least quite a few!”

“A-A few? Really?”

“Rumor has it that he’s been with at least half of the senior class!” Anko exclaimed. “That doesn’t count his conquests with underclassmen and even upperclassmen from other schools!” Iruka continued to remain dumbfounded. He knew Kakashi was the target of affection of practically the whole student body at Konoha. He expected for him to have been in a couple of relationships before the two hooked up. But could he really have been with that many? Iruka’s mind began to race thinking about the situation. He wondered how many people Kakashi had actually been with. Had he been with more guys than girls? More girls than guys? Would Kakashi compare him to his ex’s?

Was Kakashi even a… Iruka violently shook his for even thinking about that!

“Hey, you ok, Iruka?”

“Oh, yeah! Just fine! In fact, I think I forgot! I have something to do at home! I’ll see you later!” Iruka said as he rushed getting his things together, not caring if he was rubbing his scar or not from lying. Before Anko could say a word though, he immediately went out the door and ran until he was far from Anko’s sight. He sighed, catching his breath as he decided that was enough excitement for the day as he strolled home.

Once he unlocked his front door, he immediately locked it behind him as he leaned back upon it and sunk to the bottom. It can’t be true, though. But then, how many people has he been with honestly? Well, he is eighteen. I can’t blame him. But what if he… with them…. How can I compare?! He tried to conceal his searing red cheeks, but to no avail.

Seemingly on cue, Iruka’s phone went off. It went along playing:

“…Is it everything you dreamed that it would be? When the world was younger and you had everything to lose…”

The teen pulled out his phone from his pocket and held it in front of his face, already recognized the ringtone he set for Kakashi. Iruka just listened to it instead of answering it, instead of talking to his boyfriend. I’ll… I’ll just call him later… He got up and sauntered over to his bed and fell upon it. Later… He continued to lull himself to sleep, listening to his boyfriend’s ringtone.

“Minato-sensei!” Iruka called out as his sensei pulled up to pick him up at his place for the game that weekend. He walked out after locking the front door and noticed his sensei trying to settle little Naruto down in the back seat. With him was a woman, tall and long, flowing fiery hair just touching her ankles. Only a single hair clip kept it out of her round face.

“You must be Iruka-chan! Nice to meet you,” Kushina said. “Kakashi didn’t mention that his boyfriend was such a cutie,” she smiled.

Iruka shyly laughed it off, wondering why Kakashi was bragging about him to his sensei’s family. “I hope I’m not causing problems for you by having you pick me up.”

“Please! You’re Kakashi’s boyfriend-tebane!” the woman claimed, patting the teen hard on his back. He took a quick glance behind Minato to see the smiling face of a four year old.

“Hey there, Naruto-kun!” Iruka greeted, waving to the little boy. The boy jumped in his chair with joy while the frog plushie in his hands continued to rip and tear. “I think you may need to buy him a new stuffed frog,” Iruka suggested.

“I would if I could, but he will not tear away from it, I swear. Sorta like how he seems to take a real liking to you!” Minato said as everyone entered the car. “Even at home, all he ever talks about is his Onii-san!” Iruka laughed as he turned around and smiled at Naruto. He replied back with an even bigger grin. Although Iruka was an only child, it was fun to see that Naruto thought of him as an older brother.

“Well then, I guess that’s a good thing kids like me. I do plan on being a teacher,” Iruka said to Minato.

“Really? Just like me, eh?” Minato laughed. Iruka couldn’t help but laugh as well.

“And apparently, the biggest kid in the school really likes you!” Kushina pointed out, hinting about Kakashi. At this rate, Iruka wondered who else will know about the two of them.

The four of them started off on their trip. Iruka watched on as Minato carefully drove while Kushina told him the directions. Yet, Kami forbid he went over the speed limit by one kilometer, her dark side would show and would boss him around along with judge his driving. Iruka could only see now what Minato had to put up with.

“Hey… Minato-sensei,” he asked, trying to distract Kushina. “Please don’t take this as me being nosy… but it seems like Kakashi is pretty close to you and the rest of the family. Why is that? What about his own family?” Minato and Kushina stole quick glances at Iruka, a little bit shocked. The blond sighed as his attention was put back on the road at hand while his wife looked at him, concerned.

“I would prefer that Kakashi would tell you when he’s ready to… He’s usually one not to talk much about it. When it comes down to it, you need to ask him yourself if you want to know. If he would actually say something to you is another story” Minato started to explain.

“Minato…” Kushina whispered.

Iruka focuses his gaze on his lap. Come to think of it, Kakashi really hasn’t mentioned much about his own parents. I’ve only known him for a short amount of time and yet, there is the womanizing, perverted, genius side everyone sees, or at least that’s what they say. But then there seems to be this other side to him that only a few really know. I wonder…

“You ok, Iruka?” Kushina asked.

“Oh! No worries, I’m fine!” he wryly smiled, slightly grazing his facial scar.

“That’s good,” she smiled back. “So how about we go watch our Konoha Flames play against Suna’s Tornadoes-tebane!” Naruto cheered from his back seat. Iruka worried a bit of his mom was starting to rub off on the infant.

“W-Wow…” Iruka stared and gawked. The field was immense and already the bleachers were nearly filled to capacity. Luckily, the four of them was able to fetch seats near the front row. But Iruka was restless. He left the comfort of his seat with his sensei and his family as he leaned against the railings up front as he got ready to watch Kakashi play. It was better than listening to Kushina cheering at the top of her lungs. Iruka wasn’t one to play or even watch sports, but if Kakashi was playing, then it made it all worthwhile. Now, he was able to understand what Minato meant when he said Kakashi seemed like a pro when it came to playing soccer.

Each team was introduced to the crowd, both sides cheering for their team. Iruka cheered on as well, and even screamed louder when they introduced Kakashi out to the field. He watched on as the game started. Kakashi seemingly flew along the field, running after the ball. He seemed unstoppable. Iruka had to admit though. Suna did have some great players themselves. Especially their own striker, Sasori. Not only was he light on his feet, but seemed to be team captain, ordering and controlling his teammates as if they were his own marionette group. It was almost sickening, like poison.

The game went by fast. Time had dwindled down to five minutes. The score was still tied 0-0. Iruka watched Kakashi carefully as the older teen called in his teammate for a huddle as a timeout was called. It didn’t take long for them to figure out a plan and, after a minute or so, they went back on the field. As the whistle blew, their plan went into action. The whole team went on the assault, leaving Aoba to defend the goal if anything should happen. After Konoha got possession of the ball, and some passes back and forth with Gai with a few strides, Kakashi swiftly shifted and maneuvered his way toward the goal. Sun’a goalie, Baki, prepared himself. Just about as he was to strike, another player, Yashamaru stepped and tried to steal the ball away. Before he could do so, with all his strength, Kakashi hit the ball, sending it straight to Yashamaru’s face. The ball flew high in the air and with an immediate call from Kakashi, Gai leaped up and kicked the ball straight to the goal, soaring passed Baki, and scored the only goal of the game. Iruka immediately jumped on the railings and screamed his lungs out as he cheered on. The brunet looked back at his sensei, trying to calm down Kushina’s overabundant cheering.

After the game, Iruka asked Minato if they could wait a bit while he would say hi to Kakashi. Minato understood fully and after explaining it would take a while to get Naruto settled in, he sent the teen off. Iruka ducked and weaved through the crowd and made it to the men’s locker room. To be honest, he would have never even dared to come down to the locker room if Kakashi wasn’t there. The place seemed to be marinating in testosterone juices. It smelled worse than the boys’ locker room back at Konoha. Iruka quickly held his breath as he dived into the nasty room and searched for his lover. He quickly distinguished where Gai was; his boastful cheering with his other teammates was so loud, it echoed within the whole room. Iruka noticed majority of the team was with Gai but Kakashi was still absent. He walked over, passing the ovation and glanced within each aisle of lockers. Even when he reached the last row of lockers, there was no sign of Kakashi. Iruka sighed in defeat.

“May I ask what you are doing here?” a voice asked from behind, trailing one finger down Iruka’s back. Iruka reacted by a quick squeal and turned around.

“Don’t do that, Kakashi!” Iruka scolded as the senior laughed. It only took Iruka a second before he realized it. Kakashi was there in front of him, his hair dripping wet, dangling in front of his face. A towel was draped around his neck as well as another one was wrapped around his waist. His mouth immediately hung open and his face red as a tomato.

“Eh? Iruka? You okay?” Kakashi asked, unaware of his clothed condition.

“K-Ka-K-Kakashi! What are doing? Like that?!” Iruka studdered.

“Hm? Oh!” Kakashi said, finally noticing. “Well, Iruka. You know, after one plays a rowdy game of soccer, you tend to get sweaty and-“

“I know that! J-Just go and get dressed!” Iruka insisted, turning his gaze away, not wanting to seem like a pervert.

“Oi! Kakashi!” A voice bellowed out from the other side of the locker room, the voice getting closer. Iruka gasped as Kakashi quickly took him into his arms and shoved the both of them against his locker. The pale teen swiftly turned around and held a towel over his face, using his body to block Iruka from view. Finally, Gai came out, still in uniform, still dirty with mud stains and reeked of sweat. “Hey, hip rival! The rest of the team and I are going to express our youthful win by heading down to a local hangout! Come celebrate with us!”

Iruka stayed behind Kakashi, slightly ducking out of view with his hands on his lover’s soaked back. The young teen could feel the heat from the shower radiate from the pale skin. His heart already started to race and his head feel dizzy.

“Sorry, Gai. I’m really tired,” Kakashi insisted, reminded that a freshman was still behind him. “I think I might have pulled something during play. Maybe next time.”

“You played injured? Ha! That’s the way too cool Kakashi I know! Continue on then!” he insisted as he left the locker room along with everyone else. When the close was clear, Kakashi sighed as turned around, facing his locker and Iruka, still keeping him out of the view of prying eyes.

“Sorry about all of this, Iruka,” Kakashi explained. “I should have known better.”

“Huh?”

“To put you into this kind of situation.”

“Oh that! That was-“

“So do you wanna go now or later?” he interrupted.

“Wait, what?“

“Konoha won so that means you and me are going on a date!”

“Kakashi! Wait! Listen, I-“

“I think it would only be right if you choose when since I have the ideal place to go…”

“At least put some damn clothes on, baka!” Iruka screamed, his voice echoing inside the empty locker room. Kakashi stood stunned, staring back, noticing how uncomfortable Iruka was, rubbing his arms, refusing eye contact, cheeks red as ever. A moment of silence over took the two before one of them said a word.

Placing one hand on the lockers and leaning in, his heat radiating off his skin, Kakashi forced the boy to look at him, angling his chin up. Iruka’s heart raced as he gazed back into the other’s dark, mysterious eyes. His mouth ran dry and was left without a word to say. He watched as Kakashi uttered a small comment.

“Tell me, Iruka,” he started off, bending down, whispering into Iruka’s ear. Just feeling his breath sent the brunet into a heated frenzy. “Does the sight of me like this turn you on?“

“J-Just for that, we’re not going out until right before we have to go back to school!” Iruka shouted as he shoved this boyfriend back. With that said, he went rushed out of the locker room and back to Minato-sensei, not daring to look back.

Kakashi only sighed as he ran the towel through his mop top, laughing at how cute the boy acted.

“So we’re going where?” Iruka asked as he followed behind Kakashi along the sidewalk.

Ever since the game, they had only spent time together when another friend of theirs was involved. Next week, classes started again. And the brunet did say he would go out before going back. He wasn’t one to back down on his word. Or more like Kakashi was one not to let him forget it. He just wished he knew where.

“Now, now. What’s the fun of knowing where your first date will be?” Kakashi joked.

“Will you stop rubbing it in about that?” the tanned teen insisted. All he was told to was to bring a change of clothes. And to wear his hair down again. The possibilities ran through his head. He did make the senior nothing too flashy. Yet, what exactly would be too flashy to Kakashi? The only thing Iruka thought his boyfriend had in mind of was a love hotel where he could ravage the poor freshman on the spot, giving a reason why he would need a change of clothes.

He shook his head. If it should come to that, he would make sure there would be hell to pay to say in the least.

“Can I just have an idea where?”

“No, because that would spoil it for you,” Kakashi teased. Iruka sighed as he followed along with the pale teen’s little charade.

The first placed they traveled was to a little café located on the other side of the city. True, it wasn’t too fancy or too bland, but it was very modern. Initially, Iruka was a little weary on entering the establishment, worried that if anyone spotted them together, they would get the idea of the two being an item. From the looks of it, it was a typical hangout for some of the local college students. Kakashi insisted no one they knew would find out, but the tanned teen resisted. He still didn’t feel comfortable about the two of them together, exposed for everyone to see. He begged and pleaded with Kakashi to go somewhere else, but after a little persuasion and pushing, he eventually went in with the senior.

Both sat back in the corner, away from prying eyes. Immediately, attention drew onto Kakashi. What else was Iruka going to expect? Kakashi was popular and people loved him, even with others older than him. Unfortunately, eventually their attention diverted to who he was with. They were curious as to who Kakashi was toting around. Iruka thanked Kami no one recognized him though. He just hoped none of them knew his friends or any high school students.

“I knew this would be impossible,” Iruka mumbled.

“Oh, come on now! This is fun!” Kakashi said. “Just give it some time.” And he was right. After they had ordered some food and after chatting around for a bit, Iruka completely forgot about the stares he was getting and stared to loosen up. He was actually laughing and smiling. And Kakashi couldn’t be happier. If anything, his number one priority is to make sure Iruka was having a great time. His happiness was all that mattered.

Their bill came and the senior offered to pay for both meals. The younger teen started to lash out, claiming he can afford his share. But the other insisted, saying it was his treat, although he did slightly regret it afterwards. Iruka’s smile and laughter died down after that.

As the date went on, the two continued on their date. They went through a local strip mall, browsing through the stores, looking at a few items. Kakashi again offered to buy anything for Iruka, but the brunet refused. There were times where he was fed up with his lover’s behavior, enough to try to storm out of some stores. Kakashi would apologize but then would explain that he is just doing it out of love.

And that was the last straw.

“Kakashi, how the hell can you say that?” Iruka demanded after he stormed out of the fifth store they visited.

“What are you talking about?” Kakashi asked as he followed suit.

“You know damn well! I do it because I love you. You say that but you’ve only known me for five months and we’ve only been going out for one of those!”

“Like I said, it’s easy when you’re in love,” Kakashi insisted.

“That’s just it. Just how many times have you been in love?” the brunet inquired.

“How many? What are you talking about?”

“N-Nevermind. Sorry I’ve even brought it up. I think I’m going to call it a day,” Iruka said as he turned to leave back home.

“W-Wait! Wait! Iruka!” the senior called out, grabbing a hold of the other’s arm. “Just one more place alright? Please?” The younger boy looked at him, noticing he was giving him a puppy-eyed look. At that moment, he was acting like a little baby. Annoying, but a cute, little baby.

Iruka sighed as he agreed to one more place and that would be it. Kakashi assured him he saved the best for last.

“Kakashi!” Iruka called out with no response. Unfortunately, the last place was a game of hide-and-seek. Kakashi brought Iruka near the lake shore and had asked him to turn around, close his eyes, and count to twenty until he can open them again. The brunet warned him he better not disappear. The senior reassured him he wouldn’t, but after the numbers were counted, he was nowhere to be found.

So for the past half hour, Iruka spent look for him, calling his name out along the sandy beach. Already, the sun had set and the moon was out, not to mention a few bugs biting at his skin.

I swear if I have to call him one more time…

The brunet couldn’t believe he didn’t think about it before. He dug deep in his pockets and fished out his phone. He flipped it open and called the man who was close to being his ex any minute. The phone continued to ring again and again, Iruka anxious to hear Kakashi’s voice. He pressed on, walking along the beach, shifting in the sand, waiting for his boyfriend to pick up so he could have a chance to yell at him for ditching him only to hang up on him and leave him to go back home.

But what he didn’t expect to hear was a familiar ringtone coming just down a little further.

“…If everyone shared and swallowed their pride, then we'd see the day when nobody died and I'm singing amen I, amen I, I'm alive…”

“Was wondering when you were going to fine me!” a voice down the shore called out.

“K-Kakashi?!” The brunet hurried over to his side through the sand, resisting the urge to punch him in the face. “What the hell was that for? Leaving me alone when I said no-“

“Recognize where we’re at?” he interrupted him.

“S-Stop trying to change the subject!” the brunet demanded. “This is serious! Why-” Iruka dared to look around him and was caught off guard. “K-Kakashi…”

“So now you do know where we are, right?” the pale teen questioned. Iruka paused there for a second, taking one look at the sight. For sure, there was something about it, something about how the moonlight glistened along Kakashi’s pure white hair and how the water below them gleamed could only bring one hand over his mouth as he gawked in amazement.

“This is the dock from last month…”

“Where we became a couple,” the senior explained, walking backwards along the dock. “I was thinking we could just stand here or go for a swim or…”

Suddenly, he started to panic. His arms flew in the air, trying to maintain his balance. He quickly latched on tight to his boyfriend’s arm right before he felt himself fall backwards. “I-Iruka!”

“Kakashi!” Iruka screamed in fright. Once he lost his footing on the dock, gravity took over and both were sent flying down and landed with a loud splash on the shore of the beach, sand and water flying up in the air.

“Ow… Damn it… Kakashi…” Iruka moaned as he tried to sit up, grabbing a hold of his head. He knew he was going to get a giant headache soon.

“S-Sorry, Iruka,” Kakashi apologized. Iruka moaned in place of forgiving him. But what came next, the tanned teen did not expect.

When the dust finally settled, he found himself in an awkward position with the pale teen. There he was, practically on top of him, straddling him upon his lap. It didn’t help that Kakashi’s black T-shirt was now soaked, showing off his chiseled chest, while Iruka’s white tee was dripping wet, falling on him. His heart and mind began to race at the sight and thought of them like this in such a position.

“Ah! Sorry! Sorry!” Iruka quickly said, trying to jump off. Suddenly, two hands grabbed a hold of Iruka’s thighs, only causing Iruka’s heart to race faster. He let out a small gasp as he shook nervously. He wondered how Kakashi could think about something like that at a time like now.

“Hey… Stop moving… All of you,” Kakashi said wearily, trying to sit up while using Iruka as balance. The tanned teen sighed in relief as he misinterpreted his boyfriend’s actions. The senior sat up with his boyfriend still in his lap, holding his head as well.

“Um… Kakashi…” Iruka said, trying to tell Kakashi of their situation, his cheeks still slightly enflamed. Even if he didn’t mean for Iruka to stay on his lap for the simple reason to pleasure himself, Iruka still felt uncomfortable. Suddenly, as his mind traveled, the brunet noticed something wet on Kakashi’s forehead and sprinkled on his hair. “K-Kakashi! You’re bleeding!” he panicked as he grabbed a hold of his boyfriend’s head, trying to examine the wound.

“Ow! Ow! Ow!” Kakashi repeated.

“Stop being a baby!” Iruka insisted. “You need help!”

“No, I’m… I’m ok…” Kakashi continued, trying to comprehend the situation.

“Damn it! No you’re not!” Iruka shouted.

“Yes, I am because…” he paused briefly as he ran his hand through his hair and pulled out a long, dark, disgusting, eel-like object. “Not unless we have killer seeweed now.” He continued to laugh it off while Iruka sat unimused.

“Damn it, Kakashi…” he muttered as he tried to get up. Again, two hands prevented him from going anywhere.

“Now, now. Don’t be like that,” his boyfriend insisted. “I think it was sweet you got worried about me.”

Iruka just sighed. “I swear you’re more of a pain to handle than you let on.”

Kakashi continued to laugh. “Sorry, just you said this was your first date so I thought it had to be something special. So what place would be more special than where we became a couple?”

“Kakashi…” Iruka sighed.

“Your name is even Umino, right? So I thought it would only be appropriate…” The brunet said not a word as he let emotion swell inside. Umino was definitely right. He recalled how he was teased about his name at school, a dolphin of the sea. But everything meant nothing when he was with his parents and himself at the beach, swimming alongside them. It was one of his beloved pastimes. At least it was when he was younger when they were still around. He had pushed them aside in my mind until now. Any memory of them had been too painful to recall. There were times how his mom would teach him how to swim and how later on, he would race with his dad and nearly every time, he would allow his son to beat him. Iruka knew but he kept at it, until one day, he really did beat his father.

Suddenly, Kakashi noticed drops falling from the other and brushed it off until he looked closer.

“Iruka… Are you… crying? I-I’m sorry,” the pale teen apologized, wiping a tear away. “I didn’t mean anything by it! I just-“

At once, the brunet leapt up and wrapped his arms around the senior’s neck tight, resting his head on the pale teen’s shoulder. He closed his eyes gently, letting the tender moment take in. Kakashi was left stunned, but slowly, he raised his arms and embraced his lover.

“…Don’t be sorry.”

“Iruka…” The brunet sat back, able to look back at the pale teen face-to-face, still in his arms.

“Thank you, Kakashi. This is so, so corny… but this is sweet of you,” he confessed. Softly, he pulled down Kakashi’s soaked mask, leaned in, and latched his lips with the others. “So thank you again.”

Kakashi looked back at Iruka and his chocolate eyes before leaning in to capture the younger teen’s lips again. This time, the kiss became more heated. Iruka laid his hands firmly on Kakashi’s shoulders, digging his fingers in his wet shirt. Kakashi lightly pushed Iruka down, his back on the sand, licking the brunet’s lips, begging for entry. Iruka could only moan into the kiss as his lover took full advantage of the situation, his tongue blending with Iruka’s. The burnet dug his nails deeper, begging for more. Kakashi continued along, tracing his fingers along Iruka’s stomach, daring to reach underneath. The brunet gasped a little, but didn’t resist. The senior continued onward, kissing along his boyfriend’s jaw, leading back toward his ear.

“No, thank you,” Kakashi whispered into Iruka’s ear. “For letting me know that you think about me so highly.” Iruka couldn’t hold back laughing.

“Even when you act like a pervert, you still act like an idiot,” Iruka joked. Kakashi laughed along. At this moment, all that talk about Kakashi this past month, the rumors, the secrets, all seemed forgetful now. Really, there was something about him that Iruka liked.

Loved?

Possibly.