100 Themes fics

Title: Through The Fire

Pairing: KakaIru

Warning: Yaoi M/M relationship, WAFF, part of a series, no sexual content, COMPLETE

Summary: Sequel to Relaxation, Drink, Puzzle

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, if I did... hell if I was Kishi's editor there would not be the issue with the manga that there is... *grrs*

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Iruka leaned over to look Kakashi in the face, a smile on his expressive face. "Hi," he said.



"Hn." The jounin's gaze didn't move from the book in front of him but Iruka noticed he was now 'staring' at the book as opposed to actually 'reading' it. The single fixed on one point, unmoving.



A part of him wasn't sure if he should point out the fact that he knew he wasn't being ignored and his brattier side simply couldn't resist. "Enjoying your book?" he asked seemingly innocently.



"Hn," Kakashi responded again, seemingly fixated on pretending, that he didn't care that Iruka was pointedly invading his three feet of personal space.



"It's nice out here isn't it?" His brattier side was definitely winning out but the chunin decided the other man deserved it.



"Hn."



The same non-answer seemed about all he would get so Iruka chuckled and settled beside the man leaning back against the tree trunk. "Konohamaru stuck gum in Hanabi's hair today." There was a snicker from beside him and Iruka smiled softly, knowing he'd already won. 



"After I took him to the nurse, I had to calm his fuming victim down before she hunted him down and killed him when I wasn't looking."



There was another snicker, this one verged on a chuckled. "And, while I was explaining to her that sometimes when little boys like somebody they torment them, it occured to me that not all little boys grow out of this."



Kakashi's chuckling was abruptly cut short, "Oh... uhm..."



Iruka twisted around to sit on his knees as the man shifted uncomfortably beside him.  "You know you could have just asked me out." The chunin smirked, leaning forward until his nose nearly touched the other man's.



"I..."



Iruka chuckled, enjoying the way Kakashi stared at him obviously unable to say anything else.



Iruka reached out and slid the dark blue fabric of the mask down, revealing a bright blush coloring the pale cheeks. It surprised him that Kakashi didn't protest, but it served his purposes so instead of teasing the man about it he simply closed the distance between their lips.



They were surprisingly soft and Iruka parted his lips slightly to lap at their smooth surface. He questioned briefly whether he'd be allowed to deepen the kiss or if the man would push him away. But before he could test the idea, Kakashi took the invitation for what it was, wrapping a hand around the back of Iruka's head as though afraid the chunin would pull away. Their tongues slid along one another, both men absorbed in the feel and taste of the other until neither could breathe.



Iruka gasped and leaned his forehead against Kakashi's paler one, the man's fingers still twined through dark brown hair that was coming free of it's tight ponytail.



"Go out with me?" Kakashi asked, his voice shaking slightly.



"Yes." Iruka laughed softly but didn't pull away. "See... that wasn't so hard."