The Trick Is Not Minding

Chapter Thirty-Three

The movers had finally finished and the two men sat, exhausted, in the garden. In front of them were boxes of take-out since neither felt inspired enough to go to the market . . . not to mention unpacking boxes to find cooking supplies. After we eat, they both thought as they dug into the food.

“‘ruka,” the copy-nin began, “how do you feel about dogs?”

The teacher tilted his head to the side, fixing the jounin with a curious look. “I like them I guess, though I’ve never had one . . . why, do you want to get a dog?”

“Actually,” Kakashi replied, scratching the back of his head and looking a bit sheepish, “I kind of already have some.” He bit his thumb and made some signs before slamming his hand on the ground.

Iruka peered into the cloud of grey smoke, startled when a growly voice called out “Oi, Boss, what do you need?”

He stared dumbfounded at the pack of dogs now in front of him, eight in all, wearing Konoha hitai-ate and vests emblazoned with Kakashi’s henohenomoheji. “These are my nin-ken,” the copy-nin began, “I’ve trained them since they were pups.”

“The big one’s Bull,” he began “and that’s Urushi. The one with the glasses is Tomodachi, and that’s Uuhei lying next to him. The three over there are Akai, Guruko and Akino. And this,” he finished, motioning to the small pug who had first spoken, “is Pakkun, he was my first summon . . . and he speaks the best.” The last part of this was met by a chorus of growl and barks. “Well, he does,” the copy-nin retorted, “it’s not an insult, just a statement of fact.”

“Anyway,” he continued when the noise died down, “I wanted to introduce you guys . . . let you get to know each other. . . this is Iruka, we’re getting married next weekend.” He paused, seeing the dogs’ confusion and not being sure how to explain it to them.

Iruka saw his dilemma and jumped in to help “It’s kind of like mating. It means we’re going to live here together and . . .” he was cut off by a mountain of over-excited fur.

“Puppies!!” Bull howled excitedly as he bowled the startled teacher over, almost drowning him with repeated swipes of a very wet tongue. “Can we help take care of them . . . I love puppies!” the summon continued, earth shaking from the excited thumps of his tail.

“Bull,” Kakashi said seriously as he pried the massive hound off the now bedraggled teacher, “Humans have babies, not puppies . . . and we’re both men, so we won’t be having any of those either.”

“So,” Pakkun began as he fixed the chuunin with a beady eye, “you want to join the pack do you?”

“He is joining the pack.” Kakashi said fiercely, “I’m not asking your permission, mutt. You will treat him with respect.”

“And if I say no?” the pug countered, fixing the jounin with one beady eye. The rest of the pack sat transfixed, heads swiveling from one to the other like spectators at a tennis match.

“Then I’ll break our contract . . . you will be free to do as you wish . . . all of you.” and he looked hard at the rest of the pack, waiting for an answer.

Iruka was enthralled. This was a side of the copy-nin he had rarely seen, fiercely protective, powerfully dominant . . . and incredibly sexy, he decided, way too hot for his own good. The teacher let out an involuntary whimper, drawing the jounin’s attention.

Kakashi turned to be met by the pulse quickening sight of a very rumpled Iruka, hair loose around his face, bottom lip caught between his teeth, a flush across the bridge of his nose and lust in his eyes.

It was a sight he could no more resist than the sea could resist the pull of the moon. The copy-nin surged forward and claimed the teacher’s mouth in a passionate wet kiss. He threaded strong hands in the chocolate strands and drank eagerly of the sweetness that was his lover’s mouth.

Neither man gave a thought to their horrified audience as the copy-nin divested the teacher of his shirt, nipping and sucking at his neck. They were startled out of their reverie by a loud exclamation of “Puppies!”

The jounin noted absently that he hadn’t realized that Iruka’s blush traveled so far down as the chuunin gasped and clasped his arms across his chest to cover himself. Bull’s tail was wagging excitedly, while the rest of the pack looked on in varying degrees of horror. Time to take this elsewhere, he decided.

“Amuse yourselves,” he told the dogs dryly, “we’ll finish this discussion later.” then he scooped his fiancee up and headed inside, kissing the blushing teacher and murmuring “I think it’s high time we break in our new bed.”

Kakashi gently laid his lover down, taking the opportunity to strip him of the remainder of his clothes before covering the exposed skin with firm strokes and hot wet kisses. The teacher felt himself being rolled over, surrendering completely to the copy-nin’s will.

He jumped when that hot mouth and wicked tongue stroked across the scar on his upper back.

“I will never hurt you ‘ruka.” he muttered against the scar before kissing it again “I will never betray you.” the jounin continued seriously.

“I know ‘kashi. I trust you completely.” the teacher muttered. He writhed and squirmed as the copy-nin continued his ministrations, moving down the smooth bronze expanse of his lover’s back to nip and suck pert buttocks. He moaned loudly as a dancing tongue and agile fingers eased him open. When the broad head of his lover’s cock finally pushed inside, he wailed his pleasure and pushed back, craving the sensation of being filled completely by this amazing man.

The copy-nin kept up a constant stream of endearments, bending his head to husk them into a delicate ear. That tender growl, coupled with overstimulation inside and out caused the teacher to rocket to new levels of arousal, screaming his pleasure as he shook, clamping down hard on the cock inside him, velvety walls milking the jounin dry.

Kakashi gently pulled out and rolled to the side, pulling the teacher with him, holding him close in the protective circle of his arms as their heartbeats slowed. “I meant what I said.” he whispered as he tenderly stroked the chuunin’s hair, “This isn’t up for debate, I will not give you up for anyone. The pack will accept you . . . or they will no longer serve me. You are my priority now.”

“That’s very sweet ‘kashi, and I won’t give you up either. I’m sure we’ll work something out, you just need to give them some time to get used to the idea . . . after all, you’ve been theirs for years, now I come along and intrude, you have to expect they’ll be a little uneasy.” He smiled at the jounin and continued, “Maybe I should make dinner for all of us tomorrow night, show them my advantages.”

“As long as your cooking is the only advantage you plan on sharing I guess it would be okay . . . but that’s it. You’re mine Iruka, and I don’t plan on sharing you, not even with the pack.”

“I love you too ‘kashi.” the teacher replied, “Let’s get dressed and go back outside, I think we need to do some explaining.”

“Let ‘em stew.” the copy-nin replied, “I’m not done showing you just how important you are.” he finished, before diving in for another deep kiss . . . intent on spending the rest of the night proving just how much he needed the teacher.