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OMG!!! an update!! can you believe it?
I'm not gonna lie to you, I'm not coming back to fix/color these pages, so if anyone wants to give it a try at coloring it, be my guest
story © maldoror_gw
"As soon as I'm healed, you and I are going to practice together."
"Me? I already have to train the brats, why-"
"I guess I can ask Gai-sensei. Do you think that haircut is mandatory for all his special students?"
"You win."
"Thank you."
Arms gathered him gently, and Iruka let himself be maneuvered until he was curled up against the other man. Kakashi's body was warm through the black shirt; it smelled faintly of dog. Fingers found and rubbed Iruka's neck; the teacher hadn't mentioned the whiplash, but apparently he didn't need to. The way he was spread out over Kakashi spared his wounded side, his left arm and most of his major bruises. That and the warm, comforting pressure on his neck almost made him pass out in sheer relief.
A gentle whisper brushed his hair. "Sleep if you can."
"Can you stay...?"
"For a few hours."
"Hmm."
"Iruka...?"
"Hm?"
“Will I ever be able to lure you out for another late-night date of dinner and stargazing after what happened tonight?”
Iruka started and struggled to lift himself away from the warm body beneath him.
“Shit! I left the bento box on the tower- and the thermos is at the foot of it-“
Kakashi's arm fastened around his shoulders and kept him where he was.
“I cleaned up before coming here. The kitchen where you landed, too. Not much I could do about the shrub you switched with, but they'll assume it got knocked down by some practicing student. We should still be discreet, even if the upper echelon of Konoha knows about us. I don’t want my enemies targeting you. And I don’t want to have to put a hurt on Naruto if he gets stupid about this.”
“Naruto is not-“
Kakashi's spine must be made of rubber to be able to hold Iruka that way and still twist around and muffle the words with a well-placed kiss.
A minute later...
“Answer my question.”
"Er..." Iruka blinked and tried to focus. What question?
"Dinner? Stars? Making out on the rooftops?"
Iruka's head felt stuffed with straw, like one of his training dummies. He was two seconds away from blacking out. It wasn't going to be easy to forget about this night...The fear, the pain, the sheer anguish at what he'd had to do, how he'd had to think...It would come back to him again, he knew that. Each time he'd see the moon - or a box of bento for that matter - he'd remember that feeling of being hunted. And that was nothing to how badly he could be hurt now that he'd acknowledged his feelings for the hunter. Ignorance had been easier to handle by a long stretch.
The arms around him were warm and gentle, careful of his bruises. Kakashi's presence and scent were comforting and familiar. Iruka wasn't really sure of anything right now, except that he didn't want to lose this. Not over a bit of fear and pain. They'd both survived worse in their lives, hurt and loss that would lay normal men low. They both had a lot of inner strength; they could surmount wounds and trauma, and keep to the Shinobi code they honored.
And it looked like...just maybe... the strength and the burden might be shared from now on....
"Sure, s'a date." His voice was slurred, his eyes closed. "Anytime."
"Excellent. I'll bring the dango and tea, you bring the full body armor and broadsword."
"Hmmno I won't..."
"You can if you want to. I'll just have fun removing them."
Iruka snorted into the black shirt.
It didn't matter who or what Tsunade thought she was testing tonight. He knew it now, they'd be alright.
They'd survive this night together.
END
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Back: [link]
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cover: [link]
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art by: me!!
story by: maldoror_gw
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I'm not gonna lie to you, I'm not coming back to fix/color these pages, so if anyone wants to give it a try at coloring it, be my guest
story © maldoror_gw
"As soon as I'm healed, you and I are going to practice together."
"Me? I already have to train the brats, why-"
"I guess I can ask Gai-sensei. Do you think that haircut is mandatory for all his special students?"
"You win."
"Thank you."
Arms gathered him gently, and Iruka let himself be maneuvered until he was curled up against the other man. Kakashi's body was warm through the black shirt; it smelled faintly of dog. Fingers found and rubbed Iruka's neck; the teacher hadn't mentioned the whiplash, but apparently he didn't need to. The way he was spread out over Kakashi spared his wounded side, his left arm and most of his major bruises. That and the warm, comforting pressure on his neck almost made him pass out in sheer relief.
A gentle whisper brushed his hair. "Sleep if you can."
"Can you stay...?"
"For a few hours."
"Hmm."
"Iruka...?"
"Hm?"
“Will I ever be able to lure you out for another late-night date of dinner and stargazing after what happened tonight?”
Iruka started and struggled to lift himself away from the warm body beneath him.
“Shit! I left the bento box on the tower- and the thermos is at the foot of it-“
Kakashi's arm fastened around his shoulders and kept him where he was.
“I cleaned up before coming here. The kitchen where you landed, too. Not much I could do about the shrub you switched with, but they'll assume it got knocked down by some practicing student. We should still be discreet, even if the upper echelon of Konoha knows about us. I don’t want my enemies targeting you. And I don’t want to have to put a hurt on Naruto if he gets stupid about this.”
“Naruto is not-“
Kakashi's spine must be made of rubber to be able to hold Iruka that way and still twist around and muffle the words with a well-placed kiss.
A minute later...
“Answer my question.”
"Er..." Iruka blinked and tried to focus. What question?
"Dinner? Stars? Making out on the rooftops?"
Iruka's head felt stuffed with straw, like one of his training dummies. He was two seconds away from blacking out. It wasn't going to be easy to forget about this night...The fear, the pain, the sheer anguish at what he'd had to do, how he'd had to think...It would come back to him again, he knew that. Each time he'd see the moon - or a box of bento for that matter - he'd remember that feeling of being hunted. And that was nothing to how badly he could be hurt now that he'd acknowledged his feelings for the hunter. Ignorance had been easier to handle by a long stretch.
The arms around him were warm and gentle, careful of his bruises. Kakashi's presence and scent were comforting and familiar. Iruka wasn't really sure of anything right now, except that he didn't want to lose this. Not over a bit of fear and pain. They'd both survived worse in their lives, hurt and loss that would lay normal men low. They both had a lot of inner strength; they could surmount wounds and trauma, and keep to the Shinobi code they honored.
And it looked like...just maybe... the strength and the burden might be shared from now on....
"Sure, s'a date." His voice was slurred, his eyes closed. "Anytime."
"Excellent. I'll bring the dango and tea, you bring the full body armor and broadsword."
"Hmmno I won't..."
"You can if you want to. I'll just have fun removing them."
Iruka snorted into the black shirt.
It didn't matter who or what Tsunade thought she was testing tonight. He knew it now, they'd be alright.
They'd survive this night together.
END
---------------
Next: [link]
Back: [link]
*******
cover: [link]
*******
--------------
art by: me!!
story by: maldoror_gw
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I just read the entire comic after reading the fanfic!
Considering that the original fic was just one chapter long, you did an awesome job making it into multiple pages!!!
I noticed that Iruka in the last few pages, while talking to Kakashi, that he was irritated quite often... It was really cute ^_^
Considering that the original fic was just one chapter long, you did an awesome job making it into multiple pages!!!
I noticed that Iruka in the last few pages, while talking to Kakashi, that he was irritated quite often... It was really cute ^_^