100 Themes fics

Title: Obsession 

Pairing: KakaIru

Rating: PG 13

Waringings: Yaoi M/M relationship, ANGST, no sexual content, part of a series, COMPLETE

Summary: SEQUEL Solitude  We all love so the quote that it's better to have loved and lost.. the question is if you should have told them.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto if I did KakaIru would be canon and we all know it. (Even though I love variety I see them as soulmates ^.^ )

It was in the way the man looked at him, it was like being burned up from the inside out. He wasn't even sure how the other managed it when most of his face was covered, but the intensity was not lost. If anything, it served to amplify the feeling that the copy-nin's full attention was on him and him alone.



Iruka set the mission report aside and smiled at the shinobi who'd just handed it to him. "Thank you for your hard work," he said, his voice lacking the usual enthusiasm.



"Are you okay Iruka-san?" Aoba asked, looking genuinely concerned.



"I..." he started then sighed and nodded, not completely sure what he wanted to say and afraid his thoughts might actually slip out. 'My best friend hates me because he said he loved me and I... Iruka's heart twisted at the memory and he forced himself to smile so it wouldn't show on his face. "I'm fine, thank you for the concern Aoba-san." The words were forced out and sounded flat even to his own ears.



"If you say so Iruka-san..." The expression on Aoba's face was both sympathetic and unbelieving, but the man nodded once and then left without further questioning the chunin.



Watching the room clear out, Iruka wondered when Kakashi would turn in his mission report, but as the minutes ticked by the man didn't move.Kotetsu and Izumo ducked out to get some coffee and drop the reports off in the filing room, leaving the room empty save for them and still Kakashi didn't do more than turn the page in his novel.



"Can I help you Kakashi... san." The honorific sounded awkward now that he'd gotten used to not saying it when they were by themselves, and it seemed to echo in the deadening silence of the mission room.



Kakashi looked up at the words, and Iruka had a very brief moment where he thought for sure the man would say something, that things would go back to the way they had been and they could move past the uncomfortable silence.



"Hn..."



And then the moment was over and Kakashi glared at him then looked back at his book, and Iruka swallowed down the sudden wave of sadness that filled him. The emotion was quickly replaced with anger and he slammed his hands down on the table, standing in the same moment, and glaring back at the jounin. "Why'd you bother coming down here if you weren't going to turn it in?" Iruka yelled the question, not really expecting an answer.



"Because I wanted to see you," Kakashi said not looking up, the words spoken so softly Iruka wasn't even sure he heard them right. The jounin's hand rose while Iruka stood gaping in surprise and then he was gone in a puff of smoke, the report fluttering to the ground with the leaves.



Iruka stood there staring and unable to move for several moments until Kotetsu and Izumo came back, their appearance knocking him out of his shock, he moved to pick up the report and file it.



'Thank you for you hard work... Kakashi.'