Chicken Ramen

At this time where I
live, if it isn’t owned by the government or city, it’s covered
in an inch of ice. I got this idea when I did a 180 into a ditch. I
hope someone likes it…

HKUI

Iruka sat on a snow
covered branch for a few minutes, trying to catch his breath. He
might be a ninja, but he only recently got over the flu and running
for a long time caught him in the chest. Combined with the crisp,
cold air of the country that the delivery and retrieval mission was
in hit him harder than he thought, despite the warm, black scarf
wrapped around his face and mouth.

So he took the time to
look around and admire the scene, from the beautiful snow capped
mountains that the mission ran parallel with to the ice covered lake
that Kakashi was slowly spinning to a halt on, spread-eagle. Iruka
had no clue what Kakashi was doing when he reached the ice ahead of
him, but the Copy-nin’s feet flew out from under him and when
Kakashi tried to catch himself with his hand, that just sent him
spinning on his butt. So apparently Kakashi decided to just lay back
and enjoy the clouds as he came to a halt.

When he did stop, Iruka
jumped down from the branch and began to make his way over to the
ninja, doing the awkward “I’m on an effing slick surface” walk
that most people tend to use on ice. It was the end of the mission
and Iruka saw no reason why to waste chakra on something like that.

He stopped by Kakashi’s
side and leaned over him slightly so that he blocked the view from
the Jounin. “Comfy?”

Kakashi smiled up at
him. Iruka was getting good at reading Kakashi’s moods just from
the lines at the corner of his eyes that would appear sometimes.
“Very much so,” was Kakashi’s reply. “My back feels a bit
chilled at the moment, though.”

“Anything broken?”

“My right ankle feels
a bit tender.”

Iruka sat down on the
ice and placed Kakashi’s right foot on his lap after carefully
taking off the sandal covering it. After a few probing squeezes and
subtle winces from Kakashi, he pulled out a roll of bandages and
began to wrap them over the ones that already partially cover his
foot.

“We should do this
more often,” Kakashi said, putting his hands behind his head.

Iruka merely made an
agreeing noise as he inspected the wrapped foot and then added his
own chakra to keep the swelling down and heal the ankle a bit. Every
teacher at the academy was given some medical training for the kids
that tended to get hurt during field trips. One never knew when that
training would be helpful.

Just as Iruka slipped
the sandal back on, Kakashi leaned up and snatched a quick, mask free
kiss from the Chuunin.

“Thanks.”

Iruka blushed as he
nodded and slowly got to his feet, almost slipping on the ice
himself. He began his way back to the snowy bank and after a few
minutes, only half formed cuss words warned him as Kakashi slid right
into him, grabbing onto one of Iruka’s arms. The grab threw Iruka
off balance and he fell on the Jounin, spinning on the ice for a few
moments before the world righted itself once again.

“Thanks for the
cushion.”

“No problem.”

The Chuunin slowly got
to his feet again and quickly made his way back to normal ground,
trying to get there before the Kakashi bowling ball knocked him over
again. Despite how fun it was to be on top of Kakashi…

Iruka stopped that
train of thought, jumping into the trees and hoping that Kakashi
didn’t notice him blush as he followed, though Iruka doubted it.
The snow around them was probably melting just from the heat of it…

HKUI

And I have decided that
Chicken Ramen would be a series of short stories, loosely connected
and in chronological order. Please review!