A Lover for the Holidays

A/N I know I got a little side tracked with smut lol but it is going back to the holiday in the next chapter (for my AFF readers thanks for th ereviews I promise if you just follow through with me there is a whole chapter and a half of smut in your future. and yes Reily I will be posting my originals after the holidays. Hestia the link is http://remusashke.livejournal.com/ and there are some fics there I have yet to post here that you might like to take a look at.)

Theme 8: Warmth ( I think maybe another bit of a stretch but I need this to bridge the rest of the story. I swear in the end all of this will make some kinda sense, I hope)


Explanations

Waking up in the warmth of someone else’s arms was the most pleasant feelings Kakashi could think of, a wonderful sensation he had gone much to long without. He lay unmoving giving of an aura of sleep just enjoying the feeling of being held in strong arms, legs tangled with his lovers, in a mess of sheets. They had gone to sleep the night before shortly after what will from this moment forth be deemed the Incident, both enjoying the others company to much to part.

“I know your awake ‘Kashi” the words were murmured sleepily into his ear followed by a soft chuckle. “ I deal with tricky brats on a daily bases don’t think you can fake sleep with me”

Kakashi cracked a clear blue eye open and peeked up at the beds other occupant, Iruka’s hair was delightfully sleep tousled, his body relaxed and calm next to Kakashi’s, but his eyes were sharp, awake and looking right back. Closing his eyes and snuggling his silver-haired head against a muscular shoulder Kakashi tightened his grip around the other mans waist and faked snoring. Rumbling laughter vibrated from deep with in Iruka, and came bursting forth. Kakashi decided right then and there that his favorite thing about Iruka was his laughing, something both had been doing a lot of lately, when Iruka laughed he laughed with his whole being. Opening his eyes slowly as if coming awake Kakashi propped himself up to look down at Iruka, training his face in a bewildered yet serious expression.

“Maa.. sensei I’m trying to sleep.” Kakashi said looking and sounding for all the world like someone who had just been startled out of a deep slumber. This served only to set the teacher into further fits of laughter. Unable to stop the smile that had been tugging on his lips from forming Kakashi gave up his façade, laughing lightly himself. Reaching out and pulling the jounin close Iruka laid a kiss on his forehead.

“ I think I could easily get used to waking up this way” he murmured lips still pressed against fair skin.

“Me too” Kakashi hugged Iruka tightly, content to stay like this for the rest of the day. Iruka could feel the a crease deepening on the older man forehead pulling back enough to look down at him, he found Kakashi’s very expressive features set in a deep frown.

“ What’s wrong?”

“We have to get up don’t we?” Kakashi muttered.

Smiling kindly down at the jounin Iruka nodded an affirmation to the question. They both had work, Iruka a shift at the missions desk and Kakashi a mission with his team, there was something he was sure he was forgetting though. Iruka went over his mental checklist. Oh he thought, remembering the Incident, we have some explaining to do. Cringing visible the chuunin let go of Kakashi and swung out of bed. Padding over to his closet to grab some clothes he threw a spare uniform at the man still in the bed.

“Come on we have to get up” Kakashi sat up and watched as Iruka started pulling off clothes to change into new ones. A faint pink tinged his cheeks as thought of the things they could being doing if they stayed in bed “We have to find your team”

“You don’t suppose they’ve forgotten, or maybe woke up this morning and decided it was a bad dream, do you? “ He asked hopefully as he got up himself and started to change. He knew it was a far stretched hope but well who could blame him. Iruka stopped what he was doing and gave Kakashi a look so bland it put Kakashi’s to shame.

“I don’t think so, come on lets get some breakfast.” Iruka lead the way out of the bedroom. Kakashi following close behind.

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Sasuke awoke to loud pounding at his door. Looking at his clock he decided that whoever it was was going to die, it was only 6 am and he didn’t have to be to the bridge until 8. It was to early and he had had to long of a night dealing with Naruto and Sakura after Yamato had left them at the ramen stand. His blonde haired teammate had been insistent they go back and make sure his innocent Iruka -sensei wasn’t being corrupted by their perverted jounin leader., looking to Sakura for help Sasuke had been disappointed to find the pink haired girl nodding in agreement with Naruto. Finally throwing his hands up in defeat the raven haired Uchiha heir had given up on the two plotting shinobi and head back to his compound. The pounding increased at his door steadily until he was finally forced to get up. Mumbling curses the whole way he headed to the door and flung it open. There stood both his teammates Naruto’s hand raised mid-knock and Sakura behind the kyuubi vessel fist raised and ready to knock him over the head. Both stood wide- eyed staring at him.

“What do you want?” he asked trying not to let his annoyance seep to much into his words, he idly scratched the back of his head waiting for the answer that did seem forthcoming. “Well?”

Suddenly a barrage of words assaulted the teens ears. Raising his hands in a calming fashion he tried to quiet them enough to get an answer out of one of them.

“Ok one at a time, Sakura you first.” He picked the calmest looking one of the two in hopes of getting a decent answer as to why they had felt the need to drag him from his bed.

“Kakashi-san … and Iruka-sensei… and both…Iruka-sensei….and… and” Ok scratch that the Uchiha heir though to himself contestant number two your turn.

“Ok Sakura-chan calm down, Naruto what’s going on?”

“Kakashi…Iruka -sensei came out of Iruka-sensei’s apartment this morning…TOGETHER!!”

Sasuke just stood there staring at his teammates, Naruto a vision of righteous fury, Sakura nodding dumbly behind him.

“And?” was all the teen could manage.

“And we need to make sure Iruka-sensei is ok.” Sasuke stared at Naruto and wondered idly if he had ever gotten the extended version of the birds and the bees talk that Sasuke had gotten from some of the village kids. Watching as the other two discussing what they were going to do to Kakashi if he had done anything to Iruka he decided that no neither of them had.

“Well from the looks of things last night, you really should be more concerned about what Iruka- sensei has done to Kakashi.” He said interrupting their plotting. Both stared at him blankly. Finally Sakura bravely spoke up.

“What do you mean?”

“Yeah what do you mean by that Sasuke -teme?!” Sasuke could see the blonde was mad it had been a long time since he had last called him that.

“Well why don’t we go find them and ask them what’s going on.” He suggested redirecting Naruto.

Then both teens seemed to think on his words for a moment before coming to a silent agreement that yes that was possibly the best course of action.

“Alright” they answered together.

“Good now come in and sit down while I get dressed.”

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Iruka cursed himself for not having talked to Naruto before sure they had talked about the birds and bees but never the extended version. None of the threesome could be found at their apartments and it was getting close to the time he needed to be to the missions desk. Finally as a last resort they had gone to the bridge to wait breaking Kakashi’s tradition of never being there before the kids. Luck would have it that moments after arriving at the bridge team Kakashi showed themselves.

“Explain” Was all Naruto said his demeanor becoming a perfect mimicry of Iruka when he caught at student in the act of trouble making.

Kakashi scratched the back of his head sheepishly somehow still managing to appear bored with the whole affair and embrassed at the same time. Luckily the mask he wore hide the blush. Iruka had no such protection a flush of red stained his cheeks as he rubbed the scar across his nose trying to understand how the three teen were managing to make him feel like his young prankster self caught by teacher.

“We’re waiting” Naruto impatiently taped his foot.

“Well you see I invited Kakashi-san to Christmas eve dinner”

“And then I invited Iruka-sensei to a dinner date”

“Yes and then I took Kakashi-san to see the holly”

“Oh we forgot about the mistletoe and Genma and our kiss”

“Oh yes Kakashi-san kissed me under the mistletoe”

“Kakashi I knew you started this!” Naruto interrupted, Sakura and Sasuke could only stand by trying to figure out what exactly the two men where talking about.

“No no because then after our dinner date I kissed him”

“Yes and then you kissed me again in the grove where the holly grows. That really was a lot of fun Iruka-sensei”

“Yes but last night was much more fun” Iruka said, giveing Kakashi a wink.

Team Kakashi stood and gaped as their two former sensei’s seemed to drift off into their own world.

“Yes it was wasn’t it waking up with you like that nice too. So warm, much nicer then waking up alone.” Kakashi whispered. Iruka reached out and to take Kakashi’s hand in his own. Looking back at the three chuunins both men smiled “So that the whole story.”

All righteous anger slipped away from Naruto and Sakura as they looked at there two former sensei’s smiling in a way neither had seen either of the two smile before.

Maybe Iruka-sensei wasn’t being corrupted.

Sasuke smirked behind his teammates, seems things were settled and he would be able to get on with life as it was, albeit knowing a few too intimate details about the men standing before them, and one detail he was still railing internally about not seeing (damn that mask)

“So tomorrow we would like to take you three with us to the tree decorating celebration. To make up for the little Incident last night” Iruka said to the three silent ninja. Naruto still looked a bit wary of Kakashi with HIS Iruka-sensei, which Kakashi couldn’t blame him for, Iruka was Naruto’s family and after all and after living with Jiraiya who knew what wild ideas were flying through the boys head.

“We’ll get some ramen tonight the five of us my treat” Kakashi offered. Iruka shot him a look that asked if he knew what he was getting into Naruto was still a growing boy and ramen was still his favorite food to help that growth. The way to that boys heart was definitely through his stomach. Kakashi just smile when the blonde threw himself at the two hugging them both and rambling on about how happy he was that they where together.