#all you have to do to suck up to kakashi is be nice to gai

[im-still-watching-anime]

*post chunin exams*

kakashi: sooo what did you guys think of gai?

naruto: he’s got cool eyebrows!

kakashi: yes!! A+ for naruto!!

naruto: oh my god my first ever A

sasuke: since when do we get grades

kakashi: since now. now what did you think of gai? and remember i am NOT afraid to give out F’s

[edai-crplpnk]

Torune or Kakashi (character list)

For this character ask game

I'll start with Kakashi cause he will probable be easier 😆

favorite thing about them: ... Gai? More seriously, I like their plotline of self destruction and martyrdom and being forced to overcome that, but I don't think I like it so much each individually as I like them together.

least favorite thing about them: Don't touch children's butt even in a fight, Kakashi.

favorite line: chose between "I need to protect him." in Shippuden 288 or "He's nice, isn't he?" in Konoha Shinden (he's a simp)

brOTP: Idk if that really answers the question, but I like his relationship with Team 7 when they are more grown up and he is less their teacher and superior, and more like an older friend to them. I'm soft about teens becoming adults, and I like their dynamic!

OTP: KakaGai ofc, we all know the truth

nOTP: outside of the obvious Kakashi/any Team 7? not much tbh. But there's also not really any ship I'm enthusiastic for outside of KakaGai

random headcanon: I'm not sure the man can read. He left school at 5. I think 10yo Kakashi thought if he held a book in public at all times no one would realise he's barely litterate, and by the time he realised what the content of the book was, he already had a reputation made and so he's been "the guy who reads porn in public" for the past two decades because there was no coming back. His writting is that of a 6yo kid and someone has to write all the official paper for him once he's Hokage.

unpopular opinion: He works paired with Iruka but only if you acknowledge his inherent patheticness. KakaIru sucks as long as it's "cool and strong and mysterious military man and his soft and nice teacher boyfriend". But I can get behind "overworked and tired middle school teacher has no patience left for whiny boyfriend who has forgotten how to interract decently with other human beings".

song i associate with them: I'm not very good at songs but I'm thinking maybe Veux-tu danser ? by Gris. For the lyrics much more than the song itself. "You cannot touch me because I carry the worst of infections. I spread it to the ones I love at the whim of impulsions. I never wanted to propagate this heineous bacteria. Plese forgive, I should have staid stuck in your lives. Why do I have to bear this terrible curse? And most importantly, why did you have to love me back?"

favorite picture of them: I have to give a shout out to Kishimoto's iconic double pages

The details in the eyelid and lashes? The concept of him only crying from Obito's eyes and never his own? Excellent.

Now Torune!

favorite thing about them: His sacrifice for Shino is obviously touching, but it's also pretty fucked up and sad too. It makes mewonder about his father and their relationship. Presumably Shikuro died when he was little, if he was raised alongside Shino by Shibi? I wonder how much Torune got to know him, if he's grown up at least for a while with someone who had the same type of hive as him, what their place was inside the clan and how he's been raised to come to think of himself that way.

least favorite thing about them: Too little screentime 😔 and also tbh not the greatest fashion sense of all Aburame, but he gets a pass for being naked half of the time

favorite line: He doesn't have much lines in the manga, and while he may have some nice ones in the anime episode with the flashback of his childhood with Shino, I don't have access to it and I don't know it very well.

brOTP: Shino seems like an obvious choice! We need a "Danzou doesn't exist and all is well" AU

OTP: It's gotta be Fuu. I can happily see them as friends to but if he had to be with someone it'd be him.

nOTP: I think the truth is, I never really have any big nOTP

random headcanon: I assume Torune isn't his birth name. Loosing your name when entering the Root is shown as a big thing for Sai and Yamato. I like to make myself sad thinking about Shino only knowing his birth name, and not recognising it when people who have seen him, for example at the Gokage Summit, mention him by his Root name. Maybe Shino calling him his birthname when they meet during the war and Torune hearing it for the first time in over a decade.

unpopular opinion: I don't think there's enough fandom opinion about him for any to be unpopular haha

song i associate with them: I'm not sure it makes any sense but I thought of Isara by Eluveitie

favorite picture of them: Him carrying Fuu in piggy back just makes me soft. More generally they seem to have a love of trust and affection for each other. I like it.

[nagipops]

hii I love your blogs sooo much you're really talented (I just needed to say it sorry) so straight to the point, I already made 2 requests to you and I really enjoyed your writing so I would like to make another again. As I'm clueless about what to request I'll just ask for random hcs for konoha 11, idk if it's too much but if so then you can do with Neji (I love him so much), Kakashi and Naruto. Thank you in advance and sorry anything ^^

RANDOM KONOHA 11 HEADCANONS!

FEATURING: naruto, sakura, shikamaru, ino, choji, neji, rock lee, tenten, kiba, hinata, and shino

WARNINGS: mentions alcohol, drugs, food, bugs, and the tiniest nsfw mention if you get the joke. hehe

A/N: AHHHH ANONN this seriously made my day, im so so glad you enjoy my work!! 💖

NARUTO

you know how we all have “the chair”, where we throw all of our dirty clothes onto?

yeah, imagine that, but from the seat to the fricking ceiling

its just a GINORMOUS MOUND of clothes, you wonder how he even goes through that many clothes so quickly???

definitely shoves it under his bed whenever guests come over (somehow)

holds chopsticks really weirdly. but it works.

asked tenten to put his hair into space buns to mimic his sexy jutsu and went around flirting with the village

jiraiya was so proud of him T-T

comes up with the WORST pickup lines

they’re so bad, its almost charming. almost

has gone AWOL multiple times, disappearing from everywhere, just everywhere

it scared you a little, so you searched the entire village for him

you finally found him sitting on the ledge of a cliff, gazing out at the vast sea

concerned and panicked, you cried out to ask him what was wrong

he turned to you with a crestfallen, devastated look on his face and said,

“i bought shrimp ramen instead of chicken ramen.”

you’ve never searched for him after his disappearance ever again.

SAKURA

100% makes origami shurikens and chucks them at you

they are deathly precise and deathly sharp. seriously, how are these not illegal weapons yet???

writes threatening motivational notes to herself on the mirror

“u got this!” “make sure to smack naruto today!” “ino sucks!”

her backpack would always be way too high up on her back. idk why but. it would

does her hair all nice and pretty before she goes out but once she arrives to her destination SHE KEEP. TAKING. IT OUT. and redoing it over and over and over again

like it’s impossible to make eye contact with her because she’s holding a bobby pin between her teeth while braiding her hair

her guilty pleasure would be hostess treats

ding dongs are her favorite. don’t ask me how i know, i just know.

eats the yellow starbursts just to spite naruto and all her haters

loves small lap dogs, she think’s they’re so cute and cuddly

but she especially loves chihuahuas

they’re so feisty and naruto HATES them, so of course she had to go and get one for herself

dresses the poor dog up in little bonnets and jackets and ties its tiny fuzzy hairs into pigtails

she and the chihuahua are not that much unlike <3

SHIKAMARU

this man is a god at shogi but he absolutely SUCKSSSS at cup pong.

is this an ick? idk. but he is absolute trash at this game.

it gets even worse when he’s got a couple drinks in him

tries to calculate the velocity and acceleration and angle and shit but his shot is always a good two feet off BYE 😭

just mutters an “aw, shit” before awaiting his turn again

hates checkers, loves chess

“checkers is for WUSSIES” - shikamaru nara

i said this in another post, but he is Very Good at whistling

like that’s his hidden talent

can copy any tune with the perfect pitch and rhythm

speaking of, he can do really cool tricks with his tongue

like making a four leaf clover, touching the bridge of his nose with it, flipping it upside down, you name it

he has slanted, scrawled handwriting, to the point where it’s almost illegible

wbk he cheats in school SO OFTEN. but he never gets caught. he’s not stupid, he just couldn’t care less about his classes.

thinks weed and e-cigs are stupid, cigarettes are where it’s at

you just can’t replicate the feeling of taking a drag from a cig after a long, tiring day

plus he looks hella cool while doing it B)

INO

teaches the boyz™️ how to braid their hair

like they all gather in a circle around this feisty fashionista and fail attempt to braid their hair

sakura was just fuming in the sidelines

“OI, INO-PIG, THAT’S A DUTCH BRAID, NOT A FRENCH BRAID!!”

yeah, ino 🙄

the only one that can actually do it is neji because a) this man is talented af and b) he’s got the long hairrr

ino probably envies his thick, sleek hair because hE’S a bOy

also asks everyone for their blood type and zodiac signs and tells them if they’re compatible with her or not

and definitely judges you for your sign 😣

“oh, you’re a gemini? hmm, what a shame...”

makes bouquets for her favorite people and kin assigns everyone a flower

only assigns the pretty nice ones to the people she likes (sorry sakura, you’re out of luck)

one of her favorite hobbies is crafting! she’s really good with details and small things so she loves making those miniature dollhouses and stuff

also really good at watercoloring. especially painting flowers and landscapes

also i feel like she would be really good at playing any instrument because of her skilled hands

can play a badass flute solo. period.

CHOJI

would honestly rather die than get anywhere NEAR an asparagus

he just thinks they’re so gross and bitter and NOT SALTY

he always eats his yakiniku a little bit undercooked because he’s way too impatient to wait for it to cook fully. who do you think he is??

whenever he cloud gazes with shikamaru, when asked what he thinks a cloud looks like, he just says some sort of food

“oi, choji, what does that one look like to you?”

“a... yakiniku grill... with... pineapple rings on it! ooh, and a wagyu steak right there!”

he thinks pringles are an abomination to society. where’s the crisp? where’s the grease? where’s the saltiness?!!!

asks ino to teach him how to do his hair all fancy and the two of them devote an entire day learning different hairstyles

it’s his new favorite thing to do now :D

he really likes crayons!!!!

like he’ll write with them, draw with them, color with them, do everything with them

he’s even tried to eat them. he said they tasted good.

definitely had the 128 crayon pack WITH THE BUILT-IN SHARPENER, and everyone thought he was the coolest kid in town

he ate it UP, he even scored some bbq dates with the ladies

i also feel like he loves basketball, and he has a MEAN slam dunk

like his vertical isn’t that high, but the man can REACH

he loves when people laugh at him when he challenges them to a 1v1 and then proceeds to absolutely destroy them <3

NEJI

he seems like a cucumber kind of guy.

just cucumber

like i feel like he puts it in everything; soba, salads, sandwiches, his face, yeah

it’s mellow and cool, just like him!

speaking of, i feel like he lives for spa days and facials

it just lets him be alone in his little cucumber scented world for an hour or two and he gets damn clear skin from it as well

seriously he has PERFECT skin. flawless. not a single blemish. his cheeks feel like baby butts they’re so smooth.

i feel like he’d be a god at solving rubik’s cubes, don’t ask me why

like if anyone scrambled theirs on accident they would just take it to neji and he’d solve it in the blink of an eye

CAT PERSON!!! loves the little meow meows

who are we kidding, neji basically is a cat; agile, aloof, does silly things without trying to, very cute

he just feels akin to the little fuzzballs and he thinks petting cats are extremely therapeutic. good for the soul

he is a golf man. he would take his juniors golfing and everyone thinks he’s uncool. cmon neji let them go to the skate park at least T-T

also very good at karaoke, definitely surprised everyone once he got a few drinks in him since he started serenading you

LIGHTWEIGHT!!! do not get more than one shot of alcohol in him. he will go berserk.

i also feel like he’d really love photography; not taking pictures of people, but of nature

he loves taking a quiet stroll through a pretty forest and snapping pictures of all the unique flora and fauna

it’s so serene ︶ ‿ ︶

ROCK LEE

100% milly rocks everywhere

gai got in on it too once he asked what lee was doing

“is that what all the youthful cool kids do these days!”

they also dab together. a lot

DO NOT BE SEEN WITH THESE TWO!!! you are not associated with them.

definitely is the one breakdancing in the middle of the dance circle at a high school party

he’s mad skilled at it too

headspins and windmills galore

challenged naruto to a dance-off and completely OBLITERATED him

lee then asked if naruto wanted a rematch, this time with one hand tied behind lee’s back

naruto obliged, and he STILL lost

RIP naruto and his fangirls, they all scrambled to lee afterwards T-T

i feel like his favorite subject is science

not the boring physics equations and laws and theories but the fun EXPERIMENTS

definitely has singed all of his hair off one time and he went to gai blubbering to help him grow back his precious hair

but he loves experimenting with different combinations and chemicals to get different reactions each time

created a potent love potion and carried it around with him all day one day

and it was actually working

girls were flocking to him left and right, staring at his lips and his face

he was so abashed at the sudden attention

heck, it even worked on sakura

“oi, lee-san!”

“hehe, yes, sakura-san?”

her eyes shifted downwards to his lips and his heart thumped harder

“hey... lee-san?”

“what is it?”

“you have something on your lip. we’ve been trying to tell you all day but you just winked and blew kisses at us.”

legend has it lee has still not recovered to this day.

TENTEN

has THE prettiest handwriting. and she can write SUPER fast

it’s like a superpower

like she transcribed five pages of a report in less than two minutes with perfect handwriting

naruto is so jealous.

she is also super good at origami! those diligent, accurate hands aren’t just for throwing things

taught sakura how to make shurikens but does NOT endorse any violent uses of them

she can replicate all of her weapons with paper and they can actually function, it’s so cool

made paper kunai knives one day and the wholeee village wanted to get their hands on them

i feel like she’d listen to mitski. idk i just get those vibes

LOVES BIG DOGS!! especially fluffy wuffy samoyeds

like man’s best friend?? no, GIRL’S BEST FRIEND!!

hugs and cuddles and squishes all the big dogs

she thinks small dogs are spawns of satan

sakura and her have definitely quarreled over this

but at the end of the day, all dogs are adorable fur babies, so she lets it slide :,)

KIBA

kiba always looks SO GOOD in photos you take of him, candid or not

like you could just whip out a camera and snap a photo of him at any given moment and he would look perfect

you framed a picture of him yelling at akamaru for peeing inside the house

it’s pure artwork

i feel like he tries to swagger around with his hands shoved in his pockets but it fails MISERABLY and the girls are wondering if he broke his leg or something 😭

kiba just walk normally. for the love of god please just walk normally.

he tries to slump back in his chair really low but one time he slouched way too low so he slipped off of his chair and onto the ground LMFAOOOO

he just wallowed there... in shame...

also.. he LOVES when the girls put makeup on him!!

he tries to act like he hates it. but it secretly gives him so much confidence

not to mention the girls hyping him up are a huge ego boost

okay the inside of his jacket hood is the warmest. thing. EVER!!!

seriously, no wonder this dude is so happy-go-lucky all the time, he’s living in literal heaven 24/7

it’s like you’re sleeping on a cloud inside a warm, cozy bed during a cold winter morning

10/10 would recommend letting him give you his sweatshirt when you’re chillin with a hair tie ❤️

HINATA

always smells like lavender soap. always

also has the cutest pencil pouches with little puppy faces and kawaii things

oH and she has those mini yoobi highlighters, she thinks they’re so cute (and functional!)

everyone flocks to her to try them out and marvel at the cute tiny highlighters

and they try to steal them from her but she doesn’t even stop them because she’s too timid to 😭

naruto goes BALLISTIC over them

she lets him have all of them <3

tennis girl!!! tennis girl.

all of her opponents always underestimate her because she’s so timid and shy and quiet

but she has a KILLER serve

and then she takes her opponents to the slaughterhouse with a complete shutout ;)

she’s really athletic believe it or not, she can beat most of the boys in a mile run and she has incredible endurance

i feel like she really loves velvet scrunchies

she just thinks they’re so pretty and they keep her hair soft so they’re cute and functional

also takes the PRETTIEST notes!!

color codes, dividers, headers, you name it, it’s all super readable too its insane

everyone asks her for her notes, not to study but just to appreciate the pure artwork that it is ^w^

SHINO

shino is SO easy to prank

“how do you catch an eyemaster?” *cue naruto and kiba snickering*

“eyemaster bait. that is because—”

even when everyone’s laughing their asses off, he still continues to explain his answer since he does NOT GET THE JOKE

tried his hand at writing haikus

here’s his best one so far:

“Bugs are amazing. That is because they are bugs. Bugs are very nice.” - Shino Aburame

VERY proud of it, since it took him weeks to perfect

praise it, pls

had one of those ant farms and bug-catching kits as a kid

and he would fill the kit TO THE BRIM. LIKE IT WAS HEAVY BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY BUGS.

he loves the little chitters of the different bugs

he had jars of different bugs all lined up on a wall shelf in his room

collects silkworms off of trees and sticks them into his pockets (no i definitely did not do this as a kid...)

HELP I FEEL LIKE he would record a timelapse of his ant farm growing and upload it to youtube with a movie maker title screen that says

“my ants”

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[captnjacksparrow]

I enjoyed your meta so much and I think you understand the most about Sasuke. So I want to ask you about the start of disaster for me, namely when Kakashi tied Sasuke in a tree and sternly told Sasuke to give up on revenge although in their very first meeting Sasuke basically told him (and the rest of Team 7) that killing Itachi is his only dream/goal. I mean I get it, his message is nice, Sasuke should think about the bond he has created (namely Naruto because yes, they have bonded strongly) instead of abandoning it for un-rewarding quest of revenge. I also think that revenge is not a good thing to pursue if you're determined to throw everything for the sake of revenge. But Kakashi should be softer on handling it imo. Sasuke just met Itachi and got reminded about his pain and rage, to expect Sasuke forget about his revenge is illogical. Kakashi should emphasis on "you will lost the bond you've created if you drown yourself in revenge" instead of "revenge is wrong and brings nothing to you". Because let's face it, without Sasuke pursued Itachi he will never know about Itachi's sacrifice so in the end, he OBTAINED something, namely the truth about his clan's tragedy. Kakashi claimed that he's similar with Sasuke but he didn't empathize with Sasuke's pain at all, and expect Sasuke to process his grief in the same way as him, which is suck because he turned into perfect emotionless cold-blooded robot for Konoha (he even pushed Gai and pointed a kunai to his neck). Heck, Sasuke even tried to make Kakashi understand about his pain, namely he asked Kakashi what if he killed all Kakashi's loved one, but Kakashi still didn't understand and expect Sasuke to smile when he lost everything like Kakashi did.

So I think Sasuke left Konoha is an unfortunate event that can be prevented if Kakashi brought Naruto (and Sakura maybe, dunno, don't care about her) to emphasis what will he lose if he pursue revenge, in softer and nicer tone (because Sasuke is just 12 years old in trauma for the love of God). Kakashi (and Konoha) also should investigate more about Itachi because he and his organization planned to take Naruto, Konoha's jinchuriki, instead of letting him go away without any action to pursue him. If Sasuke stayed with Naruto, he eventually would met Itachi again (because Naruto is Akatsuki's aim after all), and he will know the truth on nicer term than in Madara's cave. BUT, Sasuke of course will not stay silent if Kakashi just asked him to forget about Itachi while he himself doesn't investigate it further. The novel fact that Kakashi is Itachi's former superior and know how kind and gentle Itachi is, also he knew how shitty Danzo is from the whole event with Yamato/Tenzo/Kinoe made me angrier because dammit that man has all the puzzle pieces but HE DID NOT DO ANYTHING.

Except become perfect emotionless robot for Konoha, the same Konoha who killed his father.

Sasuke and Naruto deserve better teacher honestly (I put Naruto because Kakashi is also Minato's student and he did nothing to Naruto in Part 1 and practically all Naruto's childhood before Naruto met Iruka)

Thanks for the Ask!!!

You seem to confuse the Filler episodes with the Canonical one and that's why you came to this conclusion, Anon.... So, I'll explain about that.

Kakashi should be softer on handling it imo.

if Kakashi brought Naruto (and Sakura maybe, dunno, don't care about her) to emphasis what will he lose if he pursue revenge, in softer and nicer tone (because Sasuke is just 12 years old in trauma for the love of God).

That’s simply not possible....

Because Sasuke is a person who never listen to lengthy preachings as Kakashi is mentioning here. Remember Sakura was talking pages and pages of dialogues to stop him... That didn't move his heart at all. Not one bit. But Kakashi's words almost reached him and HE CHANGED...

Here, the moment Kakashi talked about the pointlessness of pursuing Revenge and that he has people who he had bonded with.... Sasuke made this considerate look in the bottom left panel.... 

Well, I attached this panel here only to show that this scene happened sometime at afternoon considering the White Background....

And he was carefully giving it a thought until late Night.

The point is Sasuke himself knew that obsessing with Revenge is just wrong... He wanted to be happy, have fun, pout, smile, bicker, banter and all that (Thanks to Naruto's presence)... 

And that's why he had such a peaceful dream like this..

And that's precisely why he could just give up his life for Naruto by shrugging off all his dreams in the Land of the Waves. 

Meaning, Sasuke just doesn't want to pursue Revenge at all.

Aaaaand then Sound Four Ninjas came and screwed him up and Sasuke just made up his mind to pursue Orochimaru.

"To gain something, you must also give something up..."

"This Village can only hinder you... All you gotta do is to snip your worthless ties... The you can gain even greater power.."

This pretty much wasted all the efforts Kakashi put into giving him a short Pep Talk.

And also, this ‘using force to make Sasuke listen’ is not something only Kakashi knew it.... Naruto also knew this very well..

"The only way you and I can communicate is with our fists!!"

Even if Naruto talks endlessly about how Revenge is Bad (Which he never did).... Sasuke would never listen unless by using a force.

So, Sakura tried her love-filled Softer and Nicer tone... And she failed...

Whereas Kakashi and Naruto used force... And it worked. LOL... Sasuke has constructed such hard walls in his heart... It can't be broken by words alone, you know.

he turned into perfect emotionless cold-blooded robot for Konoha (he even pushed Gai and pointed a kunai to his neck).

The novel fact that Kakashi is Itachi's former superior and know how kind and gentle Itachi is, also he knew how shitty Danzo is from the whole event with Yamato/Tenzo/Kinoe made me angrier because dammit that man has all the puzzle pieces but HE DID NOT DO ANYTHING.

These are simply not true because they are not canon...

That whole filler block was nice, I agree... Consider this Boruto shit fillers, this Kakashi Filler was so good....

Anyways, the point of that Filler block is to show Kakashi's journey from his Childhood to how he became a Sensei, as a prelude to his Canonical fight with Obito in the upcoming Episodes.

The facts left by Manga, that had happened before Part 1 (off-screen) was...

Kakashi disqualified two freshly graduated Academy Teams prior to Team 7....

Kakashi has worked in ANBU....

Kakashi has a history with Orochimaru & Jiraiya...

Kakashi is a trusted Shinobi for Third Hokage...

Kakashi has a history with Itachi and Yamato during his ANBU days...

The Anime team constructed a story with all these facts established by Kishimoto and developed a new filler episodes on their Own. So, it can't be considered as Canon... It was explicitly mentioned as Filler... So, there's that.

In my Opinion, the idea of ‘KAKASHI DIDN’T DO ANYTHING’ .... is all just a Filler and we will never know what happened during his ANBU days and basing our opinion on the Filler block will lead to no where.

Also he should investigate more about Itachi because he and his organization planned to take Naruto, Konoha's jinchuriki, instead of letting him go away without any action to pursue him.

Hmmm... Let's see...

This is the state of the Village when Itachi came.... It's almost destroyed pretty badly. Added to that, the Village has just lost the Hokage and they were in the process of selecting someone.

Also, Kakashi got knocked down by Itachi with his Tsukuyomi after their encounter.

Do you think, anyone can able to pursue Itachi amidst all these Chaos and on top of that, the Elite Jounin of this Village was in Coma???

Except Kakashi became a perfect emotionless robot for Konoha, the same Konoha who killed his father.

That's simply not true....

First off, Kakashi father committed Suicide.

Second off, Not the entire Villagers slandered his Father. It was only his Peers and the people who accompanied with him on that mission that he abandoned.

“In the End, Both the Land of Fire and his peers blamed him for Everything.... As if that weren’t enough... Even the people whom he rescued had turned against him and slandered him...”

Even the Anime says the same thing... And the word ‘Villagers’ were never pronounced explicitly. Plus, it also implies that only the Land of Fire blamed his Father, not Konoha’s Hokage.

Third Off, To prove the above fact further.... He was still considered as the Hero of the Village... Which was acknowledged by Obito himself....

“He is some Hero who save the Village and died in the line of Duty”

Why am I bringing this panel???

Because Kakashi’s father, Sakumo was long dead when this scene happened. But still Obito thinks that he was a hero and died in the line of Duty. 

Meaning, Not everyone slandered him... And the real reason for his Death was not disclosed to the Entire Villagers and that’s why he was still considered as the Hero.

So, this Konoha killed Hatake Sakumo is all some fanon theory. 

Sasuke and Naruto deserve better teacher honestly (I put Naruto because Kakashi is also Minato's student and he did nothing to Naruto in Part 1 and practically all Naruto's childhood before Naruto met Iruka)

I am not going to say... Kakashi is the Best Sensei..... 

But he is not as bad as the Fandom makes it out to be. 

Because, It’s just like you said, in Part 1 Kakashi didn’t focus on Naruto.... It’s a narrative decision to introduce Jiraiya into the Plot and him taking Naruto under his Hood. 

Which means....

He definitely focused on Sasuke a lot. Which was even acknowledged by Jiraiya here....

And it’s precisely because of this.... Kakashi didn’t teach anything for Naruto. And he focused entirely on Sasuke and passed on his predominant Jutsu Chidori to Sasuke.... A Jutsu that Sasuke even used until Chapter 698... 

So, Kakashi’s words could reach Sasuke and he passed down his Jutsu. All of this shows that he respected Kakashi and he even considered him as his Family, according to his confession in Chapter 698.

I won’t be saying he was the Best Sensei.... But calling him, a Bad sensei for Sasuke is too extreme. 

As for taking care of Naruto before Iruka coming in to the picture.... 

My point is very simple.... 

Kakashi lost Minato, his Sensei at what age??? Around 14??? Not sure. He lost him when he was very young. Provided that he lost all his Teammates, Sensei, his Mother, His Father..... Do you really think he could take care of Little Naruto with all of the tragedies that was going on around his life????

Plus, Kakashi too has his own Journey, you know. He can’t leave his Ninja Career and dedicate his entire life to take care of his Sensei’s son who was already taken care of by Third Hokage.... [[Please don’t believe that shit Filler where Hiruzen coldly offers Monthly Money as an expenditure to a 4 year old Naruto... That’s some ugly filler]].

It’s not only Kakashi... Same applies to Jiraiya. Everyone has their own Journey. No one is obligated to dedicate their life to Naruto. Now, I may sound a bit insensitive. But what I am trying to say is...

Naruto was not entirely left alone by Hiruzen in his apartment and left him to Rot. Like this fandom portrays him to be. Well, I wish Kishimoto could’ve given a proper explanation for this. But there are clues and we have to make sense with whatever we have. 

In Episode 3/Chapter 3, 

We see Naruto can able to cook Ramen, Have a kettle.... He even have a Bread Toaster.... He can able to get up on Time to go to Academy.... 

Do you really think Naruto just learnt all of these manners on his Own???? It’s simply not possible for a Kid to learn these things. Someone actually taught him these stuffs until he can fend off on his own. My bet is Hiruzen. And that’s why you could see Naruto was revering Hiruzen in many places in Naruto Manga, even in Boruto.

So, Either Hiruzen or someone took care of him on an Aesthetical level.

But what Naruto really needed was an Emotional Support. Someone who can love him for who he was.... Talk to him... Feed him... Smile at him... Treat him like a Kid... Something of this sort. Simply put, he needed a Family of his own. [[For hell’s sake.... Not a family where he was married forcefully and have kids]]. 

Hiruzen, being a Hokage, can’t just leave everything for Naruto’s sake to provide Emotional Support whenever he required. Even if he could arrange someone to take care of him... Will they truly love him without any resentment??? You can ask someone to do a job... But you can’t ask someone to Love another person... Can you??? 

That’s where Iruka (A Chunin who don’t go out for Missions) and Sasuke (A person who shares every similarity with Naruto and of same age) came into the play. If you want to read more about Arranging Foster Care for Naruto and Sasuke... I’ve written a lengthy post here.. [Link]

Kakashi and Jiraiya, being A Jounin and A Sannin, believed in Hiruzen. And that’s why after his death, they both had a lengthy discussion about Naruto’s well being and came to a conclusion on who should take care of him.

Aesthetical support and Emotional support is like Apples and Oranges. Just because Kakashi didn’t provide the Emotional Warmth, it doesn’t make him a Bad person. But Kakashi made it up in Part 2 by helping him develop a new Jutsu, he piggy backed Naruto and teamed up with him in the fight against Obito, helped Naruto meeting Raikage and so on.

So, Kakashi is a Decent Sensei to both Sasuke and Naruto, if not the best.

[hellbubu]

This OP is so fucking good.

Itachi and Kisame just walked into Konoha so casually. I love it. Also Sasuke remembering how he was crying and blaming herself for not being strong enough to stop Itachi is making my heart hurt.

Is it gay for you and your boss to kill a world leader?

Also, Kabuto uses "te" instead of "usted". Usted is way more formal and used for ppl you respect (or should treat with respect even if you don't actually respect them).

I honest to god believe Tsunade was a good (good enough) Hokage, but I respect the fact that she managed to fuck off from Konoha for so long.

Funny enough, Sasuke does call Kakashi "usted."

Also, apparently they meet up for lunch without the others quite a lot.

They act more shocked in the manga then in the anime.

I know everyone always makes fun of Kurenai trying to use a genjutsu on Itachi, but at one point in the chunin exams it's stated that she is new at all of this and doesn't know much. That doesn't excuse much but do remember Kishi sucks at writing women.

Wasn't Kakashi supposed to be having lunch with Sasuke??? Did he just ditch him?

"Ojo loco" (crazy eye). Kisame why say that???

1. So Sasuke was the one that ditched him. 2. Is that under the Uchiha temple (or whatever that's called)? 3. Is that a flashback or perhaps Kakashi's thoughts or maybe Sasuke's perspective

Oh, so the mangekyo was introduced sooner than I remember. Nice. Not for Kakshi.

Aww. Kisame worries for Itachi.

The manga/anime really does go out of it's way to say that Naruto is the Fourth's son, huh?

Guy's "Best-Friend-In-Danger" senses helped a lot. Also him saying he knows everything about the sharingan because he spars with Kakashi a lot.

Okay but if Kabuto (alone) can beat a whole squad, the reinforcements wouldn't even make them sweat!

[shycoconutt]

I Found My Light: Chapter 3 (Kakashi x Reader)

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3

A/n: Sorry for the delay! Wasn't sure where I wanted to go with this but it came to me in the shower (as all good ideas do). Hope you enjoy it! This story is far from over.

Summary: You attend the group training session where, to your dismay, Kakashi is in attendance.

Word Count: 1800

Warnings: fem!reader, SFW (but won't be in future chapters), violence, angst

Fanart!: Please check out this fanart inspired by this fic by the talented @szamasza <3

If this training session goes like any other typical training session, you are in for a long one. Training usually begins around mid-day and lasts several hours until everyone feels like they’re on the brink of death. Then, when face down in the dirt, Asuma tries to convince everyone to head to the bar on the main street that gives discounts to shinobi. After a few minutes of resounding I’m-too-tireds and maybe-next-times, everyone gives in and spends the remainder of the night into the next morning crammed in a booth getting absolutely sloshed.

This night was like any other night, except not because your anxiety was at an all-time high.

Kakashi showed up about an hour into training, aloof as ever. You were deep in your spar with Genma when you saw him out of the corner of your eye. Genma must have noticed your distraction, as he didn’t hesitate to spit his senbon at you with full force. Luckily you were refocused in less than a second and caught it between your fingers.

“Nice try, buddy,” you teased him, “It’s going to take more than that to throw me off.”

Genma raised his eyebrow at you. “I don’t know, (y/n), you seemed a little distracted,” he teased.

And just like that, you were back at each other’s throats.

Kakashi ended up finding a spot sparing Gai. Typical of him, as usually Gai is the only one who can keep up ability-wise. Although, Kakashi hasn’t seen how much you’ve grown and a part of you is hoping you’ll get a chance at him. You still have yet to use your chakra sword-whip, your most brutal weapon, in front of your fellow shinobi. It’s remained in its sheath strapped across your back, waiting to be used against the most brutal opponent.

“Alright, alright,” Genma pants, curled up on the ground holding his left side where you just landed a forceful kick, “Please show me some mercy, (y/n).”

“Only if you admit that I’m a better shinobi than you in every way,” you say smugly, crossing your arms across your chest.

“Yes, you are a better shinobi than me in every way. You're stealthy, quick, strong, intelligent, adaptable, beautiful, and, most of all, kind. Which is why you’ll give me my senbon back.” He pleas, still laying on the ground with his hand out to you.

“Mmm, fine,” you tease, pulling the senbon from your hair where you used it to hold it in a bun. “It does make a great hair accessory though. I think I might have to get one for myself.” You help Gemma back up to his feet and stick the metal needle back into his mouth.

He gives you a smirk, still grasping onto your hand. “You should see my collection. I have at least two hundred of these,” he boasts, taking the senbon out of his mouth to twirl it in his fingers. “I‘ll make sure to pick one out for you.”

“I would be honored.” You smile warmly, squeezing his hand.

At this moment you could sense a set of eyes staring at you from the other side of the training field. Well, one eye, you should say, as Kakashi is staring directly at you while he holds Gai in a headlock. His expression is unreadable as his eyes flicker from you to Genma and then back to you. You could swear that you saw his shoulders drop a bit before he brought his attention back to Gai who is currently struggling to breathe in his grasp.

“Ka-ka-shi-ple-ase-le-t-me-go-” Gai gasps, holding onto Kakashi’s arms currently wrapped around his neck. Kakashi’s eyes widen when his attention is brought back to his opponent and he immediately releases Gai from his grasp. With a thud, Gai drops to the floor and sucks in one big breath.

“Are you trying to kill him?!” Kurenai yells as she runs to tend to Gai who is sitting on the ground rubbing his neck. Everyone else on the field stops what they’re doing when they notice the commotion and circle around Gai wondering what happened.

“I’m sorry-” Kakashi starts, hands back in his pockets still staring at Gai wide-eyed.

“Apologies are unnecessary my rival!” Gai cuts in, still gasping for air. “Flashes of my youth came to me as I was falling out of consciousness. It reminded me how much there is to live for. I thank you for the near-death experience, Kakashi!” Gai quickly recovers and stands up, dusting the dirt from his green jumpsuit. “You win this round, but I wouldn’t get used to it!” Gai challenges, holding out a hand for Kakashi to shake.

“Yeah, sure Gai.” Kakashi agrees sheepishly, accepting Gai’s hand.

“Damn, Kakashi.” Genma starts, a smug smile pulling at his mouth. “The Anbu made you a pretty ruthless fighter, huh? I didn’t realize friend-killer Kakashi applied to us too.”

You could hear everyone in the circle try to hold in their gasps after registering Genma’s statement. Kakashi’s whole body stiffened and you could see the appearance of a grimace form under his mask. He is visibly uncomfortable. Yet, instead of looking at Genma who just addressed him, he is looking at you.

You suck in a breath, feeling terrible for Kakashi. Rumors spread, nicknames are formed, it’s all a part of being a shinobi. But “friend-killer Kakashi” is on a whole other level of petty.

That jerk.

“Are you fucking kidding me, Genma?” You turn to him and yell. “What makes you think you can say shit like that?”

“Oh c’mon!” Genma retorts. “We were all thinking it! This is the first time he’s been back training with us since the Anbu. You’ve heard what people have said about him. I’m surprised one of us isn’t already dead!”

This time no one was able to hold in their reactions as gasps escaped everyone in the circle.

You are fuming.

“Actually, Genma, the only one you should be worried about killing you is me because I am a second away from shoving that stupid senbon down your throat.” You take a step forward, challenging him.

“Hey, hey,” Genma retreats, taking a step back with his hands up in defense. “I was just trying to look out for us, for you especially. I mean out of all of us, you should be the most concerned. You know, with the whole situation that happened with Ri-”

You close the gap between you and Genma in seconds, grabbing the collar of his vest, you yank the senbon from his mouth and hold it against his throat.

“If you finish that sentence it will be the last words you ever speak.” You threaten. “You have no idea what you’re talking about. You have no idea the details of what Kakashi has been through. What Rin went through. What I went through. It isn’t your place to speak about a situation you know nothing of. So do us all a favor and shut up.” You let go of his vest and shove him back a couple steps.

“Wow, damn, okay, sorry.” Genma apologizes, a hint of annoyance in his voice. “I was just joking around. There’s no need to be so serious about it, (y/n).”

“My hand went through Rin’s heart,” Kakashi speaks up from his silence. “There’s nothing to joke about.”

Hearing Kakashi speak this hard truth sends a sharp pain through your heart, and you instinctively grasp onto the part of your shirt lying over your chest.

You turn and look back at Kakashi, who meets your eyes.

Pain.

So much pain.

You turn to step towards him, but he’s already retreating from the circle.

“I think that’s it for me today guys. I’ll catch you around another time.” Kakashi says as he turns away from the group giving you one last glance. Heading towards the forest, he reaches around to his pouch and pulls out his Icha Icha novel, bringing it in front of him to pick up where he left off.

After a few silent beats, Asuma claps his hands together to bring attention to him.

“So,” he starts, “drinks anyone?”

Everyone immediately becomes more relaxed now that the focus has shifted. You, on the other hand, are feeling so tense that you start to hear ringing in your ears. You get that Asuma is just trying to relieve the tension in the group, but you can’t help but be annoyed that he’s trying to move on from what just happened so quickly.

Kurenai meets your gaze and can read your annoyance. She gives you a pleading look that says drop it for now, (y/n).

Everyone in the circle, including Genma, give a resounding “yes” and head in the opposite direction of Kakashi back towards the village. You're left alone standing in the middle of the grounds as they make their way out.

“(Y/n), are you coming?” Kurenai calls out to you.

You contemplate for a second and begin to wave her off.

“I think I’m going to stay here for a minute. You guys go on ahead, I’ll meet up with you later,” you reply. Honestly, you have no intention of getting back together with them, as any place where Genma is hanging out is the last place you want to be.

“Okay,” Asuma shouts back at you, “we will be at that one bar on main.”

“As always.” you joke back, trying to sound light-hearted.

Once they are out of sight you turn to look back at the trees that Kakashi exited through. You have absolutely no idea where he could be headed to or how fast he could be traveling through the trees. It might be a waste of time to head out after him. After all, if Kakashi doesn’t want to be found, you have no chance of finding him.

Feeling slightly defeated, you plop down to the ground and sit criss-cross in the dirt. You sit up straight and put both of your hands palm-up on each knee. Taking a deep breath in, you feel the breeze rustle through your hair. Taking a deep breath out, you hear the sound of the trees flowing in the wind.

If he wants to talk, he will come to me. In the meantime, I will meditate.

The next time you open your eyes, it’s dark out.

Damn, how many hours have passed?

You close your eyes.

More time passes.

The next time you open your eyes, Kakashi is sitting a few feet across from you mirroring your position.

His eyes are open.

As if your thoughts are mirroring each other as well, you both speak in unison.

“I’m sorry.”

[spicyhokage]

Hcs for naruto, sasuke, kakashi, kiba, neji, and shika. stopping at a nude hot spring while on a mission.

Anonymous: hc for naruto, sasuke, kakashi, kiba, neji, shika, basically the naruto bois where they're on a mission w/ reader and they stop at a co-ed onsen???

A/n I really hope you like it and hope it was what you had in mind and I also highkey don’t know how to write for Shikamaru and neji so I’m sorry if their parts the whole thing sucks.

Naruto:

- it was totally his idea 100%

- but who’s the one that’s blushing like crazy? Him.

- you keep telling him that he looks like a tomato which isn’t helping his case.

- as soon as he sees you walking out in a towel his eyes are practically falling out of his head.

- *insert nose bleed*

- on the other hand you’re just chilling. At least that’s what he thinks

- you and your dirty mind is going wild. Lmao

- you’re lowkey trying to peep underneath the water. 👀

- almost got caught at least 7 times-

- but you guys keep your distance. "Five feet apart cause their not gay"

Sasuke:

- omg you literally had to beg him to go.

- "tch... what a waste of time. let’s just try to finish the mission."

- after you convinced him to go he wishes he didn’t agree.

- he saw you fully naked-

- *inserts emo man panicking*

- you didn’t care tho.

- sitting dangerously close to each other.

- as you’re trying to have a normal conversation about the mission he can’t help but think of other things.

- "sasuke... are you even listening?"

- "huh?"

Kakashi aka the man who can hit me with a car anytime anywhere:

- "how about we stop at this hot spring. I think we can both use the break."

- you didn’t wanna go but still did for his sake.

- when you saw him with a towel over his face you couldn’t help but laugh.

- "haha, go ahead and laugh it up."

- *sarcastic eye roll*

- *starts to read his smut books out loud to annoy you*

which didn’t work because it only made you horny and aggravated 

- this perv decided to sit as close to you as possible until he had you backed in a corner.

- "kakashi... your dick is literally hitting my stomach."

- "I’m just making sure that no guys are trying to look at you."

- "but there’s nobody else here."

Kiba:

- he didn’t care. At first

- you were already in the water when he came out.

- you guys were joking around and splashing each other.

- and then you remembered that you forgot your towel.

- "shoot, I forgot my towel!"

- you get out of the water to go get it.

- And his eyes did that thing where they go really wide and white.

- he didn’t know what to do when you came back. still not wearing a towel!

- "you do realize you’re standing there fully naked In front of me, right?"

- "oh, ... do you like what you see?” *poses*

Neji:

- I can totally see you helping him put his hair up in a ponytail. UwU

- y’all are just chilling.

- I can see him trying to use byakugan quietly thinking he can sneak a peek. stupid horny boy smh

- you caught him tho-

- "if you wanted to sneak a peek you could have just said so."

- ooh things get nsfw. 👀

- and you be loud as fuck as well.

- and you end up getting caught by tenten lmao.

- would you guys do it again? Yes.

- afterwards you guys ended up continuing your mission in awkward silence. thanks for being a cockblocker tenten

shikamaru:

- "are you really gonna make me go? *sighs* what a drag."

- it surprisingly wasn’t awkward at all.

- "nice ass y/n"

- "right back at ya shika" *winks*

- you guys end up just vibing.

- you end up sitting there for 3 hours.

- honestly y’all were just chilling and having a normal conversation.

- do I need to explain more?

- the whole mission was a vibe tbh.

- and y’all didn’t fail the mission. If you did then that would be a drag.

[spellcasterlight]

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#shino would secretly take them with him and keep them in his inner coat pocket! 😍

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

KakaGai - World's Colliding! Too Real!

Kakashi: Sees Gai reading Icha Icha Paradise.

Kakashi: Has a coronary.

108 notes • Posted 2021-03-10 20:40:30 GMT

#4

So I have this head cannon that as a teenager, Shino starts “borrowing” Shibi’s clothes, like the black coat and the green over coat, because to me the clothes look a little too big, but big enough that maybe they’re actually Shibi’s. Of course Shibi doesn’t mind but can’t fathom why his son wants to wear his clothes. Thoughts?

Hi there Terrific Tiger Anon! 🐅

Can I just begin with oh my goodness I love this idea! The black coat in Shippuden, he's practically swimming in that thing isn't he? It would make total sense that it belonged to Shibi and he's just like "if that's what you want sure". I cant decide if I want it to come from a place of:

'I can't be bother to go shopping because I don't actually care enough so this will do' kind of way or a:

'I'm very subconscious of what others think and I want to hide in the biggest collar possible' way.

I actually think I like second option because it leads us on to the green coat. Like:

If you look at all the other Aburame's they all have that high collar style coat which I mean, we understand right? That scene in the Chunnin exams were we first see Shino's Kikaichu pour out of his skin really packs a punch, they're trying to hide people freaking out all the time at the hive roaming around makes sense, I'd do the same, but the green coat with the hood up? That's just him...until the war, when you get this:

Like; how freaking hilarious would it be if Shino is the clan's fashion icon? 😂 I would actually laugh a lung out! Can you imagine?

Aburame clan council meeting of the utmost importance before the war:

Shibi: "During the war we need a new look; any suggestions?"

Random Aburame: "Shino's green coat is kind of; nice."

Shino: "?"

Shibi: "That will do; I will put in an order for one; hundred; of them."

Shino: "?!"

Oh my goodness why am I laughing so hard at this?! 😂

But yes, the idea of Shino stealing Shibi's coat as his own? I am so here for it! I love that idea! 😁

Thank you for the cool ask! ✨

127 notes • Posted 2021-06-14 14:12:28 GMT

#3

I LOVED your Shino/Reader stuff! Would you ever do any NSFW ones? Like Shino getting his first blowjob or something like that? I would love that!

You know what? Alright Anon; let's do this thing! 😂

Let Me Suck You - [Shino x Reader]

You smiled at his concern with an eye roll before placing a long kiss to his lips and whispering. "Let me make you feel good." [Shino x Reader]

Warnings: Graphic Oral Sex Scene.

Story Link: [Ao3 🔗]

129 notes • Posted 2021-02-19 09:34:40 GMT

#2

Shikamaru & Naruto - Office Life

Shikamaru: I keep a bottle of whisky in my desk because I'm distinguished.

Naruto: I keep a bottle of vodka in my desk because I'm a fucking mess.

152 notes • Posted 2021-01-16 19:11:49 GMT

#1

KakaGai - I Like You!

Gai: “Goooood morning rival! How was the mission?!”

Kakashi: Shrugs not looking up from his book. “Fine, the usual.”

Gai: “Did you make any new friends?!”

Kakashi: Silently sighs letting his arm fall to look at Gai. “For the last time I'm an unlikeable socially stupid idiot, of course I didn't make any friends, no one likes me, stop asking.”

Gai: Openly confused. “But; I like you!”

Kakashi: “Yes well,” hides stunned and embarrassed face in book. “That’s all I need.”

215 notes • Posted 2021-02-25 17:23:13 GMT

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[cyhyr]

Branding, part 10 (Epilogue)

Fandom: Naruto

Rating: E

WC: ~3220 for this part / ~41.2k total

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply; Minor Character Death

Additional Tags (pertaining ONLY to this part): SMUT. frottage, blowjobs, rimming, finger sucking, cum eating, coming untouched

A/N: Thank you. So much. To everyone. Enjoy.

Masterlist coming in the next few days

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Read on The Archive

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A day later, Kakashi walks Iruka home from the hospital. It’s a slow stroll, hand-in-hand, but the time outside in the sunlight does wonders for Iruka’s mood. His hair is still slightly damp from the shower he had taken before he was discharged, though he still had pulled it back into its usual tie at the back of his head. Kakashi can feel his contentment, humming calmly along the seal.

“Are you planning on going to see your team?” Iruka asks as they pass the training grounds.

“Nope,” Kakashi grins. “I already arranged for them to spend the next few days with Gai.”

Iruka winces, but Kakashi can feel the playfulness in the gesture. “Whatever did they do to deserve that?”

“What? Gai is one of the best. They should thank me for setting them up with such an amazing substitute.”

He laughed and then asked, “What did Gai do to deserve your team, though?”

Outwardly, Kakashi continues to grin; inwardly, his mood darkens considerably. “He didn’t let me go after Danzō when I had the chance.” His hand tightens around Iruka’s, and Iruka squeezes his fingers back and strokes his thumb along Kakashi’s. He can feel Iruka’s gratitude.rage—calm.satisfaction.determination and his mood lifts in response.

“At least I still have you. If Danzō makes another move, we act together.”

“If Danzō makes another move—”

“We act together,” Iruka repeats himself, at the same time thinking, don’t you dare act without me that fuckwad is going down someday and I wanna warm my hands in the flames

Kakashi can’t help the chuckle that escapes his throat, and enjoys the outward silence the rest of the way back to Iruka’s home. As they continue on, he gets a wonderful stream of consciousness from Iruka.

Should get groceries later I hope my house isn’t terribly messed up I’m pretty sure I remember Shikaku saying that it was breached oh gods what if my found my toys is that why Danzō was such a prick nah he’s just like that oh wow the wind is chilly today—

Kakashi shifts his arm to drape over Iruka’s shoulder and pulls him to his side. He shifts his pacing to walk in step with him, and gets a grateful little thank you from the seal.

“We really need to find a way to move past this part, so we can each have our private thoughts again,” Kakashi murmurs aloud.

“I kinda like it,” Iruka responds just as quietly. “No more hiding, no secrets between us. It’s nice.”

“I have nothing to hide,” Kakashi nods, “But I think we’ll both get tired of this fairly quickly.”

They come to Iruka’s building, and Iruka climbs up the stairs first and Kakashi follows, resolutely not looking up. He will not look, he will not look, he will not—oh, fuck, that ass should be a crime—

Iruka laughs out loud and glances over his shoulder as he fishes in his pocket for his keys. Kakashi lets himself feel the embarrassment of getting caught; but it’s overridden by the heat.love.playfulness from across the seal and he realizes that they could… they could.

Iruka unlocks his door and pulls down the wards, all the while Kakashi continues silently thrumming beside him and wondering if he could get Iruka to kiss him again and—

Could do a lot more than just kissing

He crowds Iruka into the apartment and closes the door behind them while Iruka steps out of his sandals and looks him down and up with a sly, heated smile and Kakashi puts both hands on the door behind him and feeds chakra into the wards to reset them the way he knows Iruka would normally. It keeps his hands busy, at the very least.

“Wards are up,” Iruka comments, grinning menacingly. “What’re you waiting for, an invitation?”

Kakashi sees that smile and thinks, that shouldn’t be hot why is that hot?! “Yes,” he answers, but he thinks, yesyesyes please say it’s okay I want to kiss you so bad please

Iruka blinks owlishly, but then softens, steps forward, and pulls his wrists away from the door gently. Kakashi lets his arms be guided to rest at Iruka’s waist while their bodies come chest-to-chest and he can feel Iruka’s heartbeat against his own. Then, Iruka breathes against his lips, “Kiss me?”

He groans and rushes forward to catch Iruka’s mouth with his own, sighing as the seal sings in his chest. He cups Iruka’s jaw with one hand while the other smoothes up and down Iruka’s spine. He takes the moment to also step out of his shoes and Iruka pushes his flak off his shoulders to drop on the floor on the genkan. They’ll come back and clean up later; right now, Iruka is warm and delicious and perfect as he leads Kakashi through the apartment with careful steps and his hands on Kakashi’s hips.

Where are we—?

Wanna get you horizontal. Take you apart.

Kakashi moans and digs his fingers into the muscle on Iruka’s lower back. Iruka reaches up and takes Kakashi’s hand from where it had fallen from his face to his shoulder and breaks the kiss long enough to give Kakashi another playful grin and tug him along by the hand. Kakashi is helpless but to follow, also agreeing with the sentiment of wanting to be horizontal—

And then Kakashi feels want.heat.sex.love and he pulls Iruka back in close and turns them to the one stretch of wall in the hallway that is unadorned and he lets himself simply act, reaching both hands down to cup Iruka’s ass and swallowing his resulting cry. Iruka’s kisses are wonderfully addicting and gods he could keep kissing Iruka forever. He bends his knees and shifts his grip to Iruka’s thighs and lifts, pressing Iruka’s back against the wall and holding him there while continuing to kiss him.

Iruka wraps his legs around Kakashi’s waist and gasps. “Already?”

Kakashi grinds into Iruka and grumbles, “I’m easy for you.” Then he ducks his head and licks down the column of Iruka’s throat—no more collar, never again, never letting anyone touch you again ever—until he settles his mouth at the very top corner of the brand and it’s like sparks go off at the base of his skull and he suppresses a whimper as he kisses the brand and grinds his hips into Iruka’s.

Iruka throws his head back with a slight thump and pants while Kakashi takes advantage of the new space he’s given to nip and scrape his teeth against the raised edge of the scar. Gods, it should be ugly, should make him feel guilty and horrible, but it doesn’t, not anymore. His fingers press into Iruka’s glorious thighs and fuck he could keep Iruka here like this, panting and hard and beautiful with his Hatake brand on display and his legs spread around Kakashi’s waist.

The seal’s feedback loop is such that he keeps hemorrhaging his own pleasure while feeling Iruka’s. He squeezes Iruka’s thighs, kisses his neck, and feels good for being allowed to do so; and Iruka feels good because the sensations are nice; and Kakashi feels good because Iruka feels good, and it’s driving him higher and higher and it’s amazing.

Iruka gasps, breaking the cycle, “Bed. Bed, please, Kakashi, not here please.”

Oh. Bed sounds good.

He lets Iruka slip to the floor and keeps his eye trained on the brand as he walks Iruka to the bedroom. Once inside, Iruka breaks away long enough to pull his shirt off and Kakashi takes in a shaky breath, trying to steady himself before reaching back and pulling off his own shirt and letting it drop on the floor. He reaches out to graze his fingertips along Iruka’s bare chest, down to the light definition of his abs and back up to settle over his shoulders. Iruka then reaches up and pulls out his hair tie and lets it fall on his shoulders and Kakashi doesn’t suppress himself from thinking beautiful; Iruka blushes and reaches for him again. Skin to skin, he lets his eye drift close as he falls back to Iruka’s mouth and kisses him while walking to the bed.

Iruka pulls him down on top and settles him between his legs and they both groan at the pressure. Kakashi gently rocks with him, letting one hand wander while the other plays with Iruka’s hair. The very ends of his hair are still slightly damp, but his skin is smooth and clean and he smells clinically fresh with the barest touch of cleansing chemicals. For the first time in weeks, his chest clenches pleasantly, no longer tainted by Iruka’s rage or discomfort or, gods, fear. Iruka’s hands are warm and strong and sweep over his chest and he knows he doesn’t deserve this but he can’t be upset that he has it.

Kakashi kisses down Iruka’s neck and nearly stops at the brand again, but he forces himself to explore everything that’s been given to him, pushing himself down to Iruka’s chest and feeling him heave and pant and moan. He licks over each of Iruka’s nipples, but while Iruka responds positively, he can feel that it’s more because Kakashi is kissing him rather than because his nipples are sensitive. He moves on.

Kakashi eventually stops, hovering over Iruka’s navel and groaning because Iruka’s fingers thread through his hair and scratch lightly at his scalp and he hopes Iruka understands how good that feels, sparks of pleasure rolling down his spine. But he presses kisses to Iruka’s waist and scrapes his teeth along his skin and can smell Iruka’s pleasure—

He looks up at him, gasping and moaning, and says, “I want to blow you. Please.”

Oh gods, yes

Iruka pushes lightly on the top of his head and Kakashi can take a hint. He pops the button on Iruka’s pants and pulls down the zipper, then with surprisingly steady hands slips it all down Iruka’s legs and drops it all on the floor beside the bed. Iruka lays there, bare to him as he had the first time they were… intimate, but this time, Iruka wants him, isn’t just after release, and hopefully isn’t going to have him leave later.

Blushing and panting lightly, smiling softly, Iruka's hands gently lay by his head on the pillow and his legs splay on either side of Kakashi’s hips. His cock is hard and flushed and erect and there’s no way that his is actually his life; he’s died and gone on to paradise—

“Are you gonna just look, or are you gonna touch me?”

touch-touch-touch definitely touch

He ducks his head and cradles Iruka’s cock in one hand while licking up the shaft and setting his lips to the head, messily kissing it. Just that taste, his tongue against Iruka’s flesh, has his eye rolling and a soft moan rumbles in his chest. With his other hand he presses down lightly on Iruka’s hips, though it doesn’t stop him from rocking up into his mouth. He drops his jaw and brings his lips over as much of Iruka as he can handle, until he hits the back of his throat, and then Kakashi slowly begins to bob his head. Spit slides down the shaft to his fingers at the base, and with each passing bob he pushes himself to swallow more of Iruka’s cock.

“So good, oh, Kakashi…”

He whimpers softly, both at the praise and at the first taste of bitter precum from Iruka’s cock. He grinds his crotch against the bedspread, just to ease the pressure, but it's not enough. It's never enough. Iruka tastes amazing and more and more precum falls on his tongue.

He cups Iruka's balls in his free palm and receives a deep sigh of pleasure from his spouse. He gives Iruka’s cock one more suck before pulling back and then licking back down the shaft. Spit-slick and smooth, he pumps his hand down and up, over and over again, while he dips his head to the side and nips at the darker skin of his inner thighs. Still cradling Iruka’s balls, he kisses and licks and listens and feels for Iruka’s pleasure, sounds and echoes of which he makes plenty.

Iruka shifts his legs apart further and grinds up into Kakashi’s hand while he’s licking a broad, slow stroke across his balls, and the movement causes Kakashi’s mouth to slip lower, tongue falling on his perineum and spit sliding across his hole and Iruka whimpers. He glances up to Iruka’s face, but his spouse has his face turned to the ceiling—although, his jaw is dropped and he’s heaving for breath and the conscious stream he’s hearing is a ramble of please.more.heat.want-want-want.

He lets go of Iruka’s dick and uses one hand to press Iruka’s thighs further open and with the other hand he presses the pad of his thumb to his hole. The keening moan and the echoes of fuckfuckfuck Kakashi yes please that that do that nearly gets him to grin, but he nuzzles Iruka’s perineum and runs his tongue along the rim of his hole and Iruka very nearly screams. He bites on his fist instead, and Kakashi holds his hole open with one hand and places a filthy, open-mouthed kiss right there.

No biting, he thinks, hoping that the seal will carry his thought.

“Speak for yourself,” comes the gasping reply, “oh fuck—”

You want me to bite you?

“Not… not there,” Iruka stammers, and Kakashi can feel the embarrassment and chuckles against his ass and Iruka moans again. “Kakashi, gods, so good.”

He glances up the line of Iruka’s body but stops when he gets a good look at his cock, perfect pearls of precum beading at the tip and slipping down the shaft and he is so torn between staying right here and continuing to eat Iruka out or going back up and getting that cock in his throat again.

Iruka’s hand twists in his hair and he says, quietly, “Stay.”

And oh that’s enough. Kakashi turns relentless, pressing the backs of his thighs down until he’s nearly folded Iruka in half. He licks and kisses and sucks at Iruka’s hole while his spouse keens his pleasure and holds his hair and it’s good, so good—

Fuck, Iruka needs to stop saying that or he’s gonna make him come in his pants like a fucking teenager. Kakashi just barely holds back the whimper, but isn’t able to suppress the shiver that rolls down his spine, nor the desperate press of his still-clothed groin to Iruka’s.

He pushes his tongue into Iruka and licks him just so and watches as he gasps and sobs and comes, pulsing and shaking and Kakashi licks him through it and moans against his hole. Cum lands on his abdomen and chest and he’s pretty sure at least one pulse made it up to his collarbone. He gives Iruka one last kiss and then kisses and licks his way up Iruka’s body while he pants and catches his breath. Slowly, he lets Iruka’s legs fall where they will.

His eye rolls back as he licks up the cum pooling in Iruka’s navel, first. It’s not that it tastes good, exactly, but it’s Iruka, specifically evidence of pleasure he gave his spouse, and fuck he’s so hard right now it nearly hurts. Iruka runs his fingers through Kakashi’s hair, and sighs and murmurs, “Gods, so good, Kakashi.”

Confusion.shock.amusment.fondness.

Iruka tightens his fingers in Kakashi’s hair and he stops, mid-lick, with a soft whine. “You like that?” he smirks. “You like being good for me?”

“Iruka, please—”

Iruka sweeps a bit of cum off his chest and holds his fingers to Kakashi’s lips and says, “Well, go ahead.”

yesyesyes

Kakashi sucks Iruka’s fingers into his mouth and lets his eyes shut in bliss while he licks them clean. He can feel his head starting to go hazy, but he’s being good and Iruka keeps saying so and they shift around enough that Kakashi ends up straddling Iruka’s thigh while Iruka continues feeding him the cum off his chest. Soon enough, he’s clean and Kakashi’s rocking steadily against the strong thigh between his legs and sucking on Iruka’s thick fingers. He should go back to Iruka’s cock; he has such a wonderful cock—

“You’re so sweet like this,” Iruka smiles. “Just a few weeks ago, I never would have thought the infamous Copy-Nin would enjoy grinding on my leg and sucking on a few fingers, but here you are.”

please Iruka please please please I want to come please let me I want you so—

“You didn’t even get all of your clothes off,” Iruka tuts at him and pulls his fingers back, cupping his cheek instead. “Are you going to get undressed?”

Kakashi turns his head to kiss Iruka’s palm. “Please,” he murmurs. He needs Iruka’s fingers back. He needs to keep being good.

“How do you want to come?”

don’t care please just—

“Words, Kakashi,” Iruka says sternly. Kakashi’s eye rolls and he feels a surge of lightheadedness as his heartrate kicks up. Iruka flexes his thigh, and Kakashi pants and rocks harder, and Iruka softens his voice but not his leg and says, “Talk to me, My Love.”

It takes a few seconds to make his voice work through the haze of pleasure. He breathes, “Please let me have your fingers back. I’m so close. Iruka, please—like this, just like this. Let me have you, keep you, love you, oh gods I love you, Iruka, ple—”

Whatever else he was going to say is muffled as Iruka slips his fingers back into Kakashi’s mouth and he moans and rocks his hips harder. His toes curl and his eye closes in bliss while he sucks on Iruka’s fingers and frots on his leg.

“Thank you,” Iruka says. He starts pumping his fingers between Kakashi’s lips and continues, “You’re so good to me, so good for me, and gods you love hearing it, huh?”

Kakashi loosens his lips and lets his mouth get fucked. His muffled, mm-hmm, only makes Iruka thrust his fingers faster.

“So precious like this,” Iruka says. “Close?”

Yesyesyesyesyes—

He works his hips over Iruka’s strong, thick thigh, listening to Iruka tell him how good he’s being, how good he’s been, the echoes of the seal thrumming love.heat.possesiveness and his blood sings gods he’s so close. He can’t—he needs—

“Come, Kakashi. For me.”

Both his eyes snap open and lock on the brand at Iruka’s throat and he sucks hard on Iruka’s fingers as he shakes apart, thrusting desperately against Iruka’s leg and pulsing in his pants. Iruka stills below him, except for a soothing hand on his waist and a beautiful smile that caresses more praise just for Kakashi.

“Beautiful, My Love, that’s it, so good, c’mere that’s it.”

He lowers himself to Iruka’s chest, pressing his nose against the brand and breathing out slowly. Iruka’s arms encircle his back and shoulders and he hums that strange melody Kakashi had heard days ago. His hum is soothing, and the seal is happy, and Iruka is happy and everything is right.

He closes his eyes and relaxes.

His chest doesn’t ache anymore.

[kakashiswilloffire]

Friend Killer Kakashi

ao3

words: 2.2k

warnings: angst, mention of gore, mention of vomit, no comfort

He was ready to crawl out of his own skin. His whole body flushed with waves of heat, prickling uncomfortably in his chest, like thousands of pins jabbing both inside and outside of himself. He stopped, gripping the counter to hold himself steady while he dragged shallow breaths into his lungs. He knew he needed to take a deep breath, he was telling himself to take a deep fucking breath, even just one, why can’t he just even breathe correctly, how the fuck was he supposed—

The sound of his fist interrupted him before he’d even realized he had struck out. Knowing it would be several minutes before the pain really set in, he smacked his hand against the counter again and shook his head viciously. Silver strands, oilier than he usually let them get, stung as they met skin while the weight of his hair shifted.

He sucked air thickly into his nostrils then pawed at his nose, grimacing at the spices that overwhelmed the air around him. He tossed the pan into the sink, not caring that it still sizzled or that the oil splashed onto the cold tiles beneath him. He was trying to make pan fried eggplant to go with the premade miso soup he’d picked up last week. It had been a shitty week and he just wanted to make his favorite meal to make everything hurt a little bit less. There was no way it’d be as good as what Gai made, or whatever Dai had done when he first made it for him, but Kakashi figured it would do, and since it would be the first thing he had cooked himself all week, there should be some sense of achievement and dopamine to relish in when it was done. Unfortunately, it had gone terribly.

He couldn’t remember exactly what spices went on the eggplant. Salt, pepper, minced garlic, and then Gai would riff from there. Kakashi hated that—he was fine as long as he could follow a recipe. Gai, however, could just pour a splash of soy, or a squeeze of lemon, or even a drizzle of honey on anything and it was phenomenal, and also, unrepeatable. He could remember what the version he wanted tonight should taste like, and it didn’t matter what bottles he shook out into the pan, it never smelled right. The oil just kept popping onto his arms and hands, and the eggplant got slimier, and everything started to smell way too strong.

Kakashi Hatake, master of a thousand jutsu, and fucking garbage at cooking.

Whatever.

Running his hand along his forehead, he tried to find a single thought to focus on rather than the swirling mess in his head. Rin’s death a few months ago had hit him hard, much like he had hit her. He knew Gai hated to hear him think like that, but she would be alive if he hadn’t been there. If his hand hadn’t crushed through her chest, her ribs scraping along—

He lurched forward, the smell of the kitchen and the visceral memories getting to him at last. His shoulders jerked erratically as he retched into the tiny sink then sunk to his knees. The cold of the floor helped ground him while he wrapped his muscled arms around his stomach, leaning his head against the cabinet until the room stopped spinning.

Pathetic.

Obito would be absolutely pissed to know this was what he died for.

Gai wouldn’t be back from his mission for at least four more days. Kakashi was on a temporary leave pending the results of the investigation into Rin’s death. Ibiki had tried to reassure him the other day that unofficially it was looking good, and should turn out in his favor soon. He was almost certain to be found not at fault. Kakashi had scoffed—even if that was the official ruling, her murder was entirely his fault.

While they weren’t living together, Gai had taken it upon himself years ago to have a spare key, or maybe several spare keys, to his apartment copied and he kept one in a pocket in that garish green spandex at all times. With everything going on, Gai had been by every other day or so that he was in the village. The couch still had a crumpled blanket at one end he had used the last time he stayed overnight, and the one throw pillow with the Hatake crest that Gai wouldn’t let him get rid of. He tossed it out of his way as he flopped down on his back, letting his legs kick up and rest over the top of the dingy couch.

Why did anyone bother with him? Why would Ibiki go to the effort of leaking confidential information about his investigation to him? Why would Asuma invite him out for drinks every Friday night? Why would Kurenai and Genma leave bottles of sake in his mailbox with notes that everything would be fine? Why would Gai.. anything relating to him?

He couldn’t even hold the memories back long enough to successfully make dinner. He hadn’t even reheated the miso soup, and that was only two steps. He couldn’t save Obito, he couldn’t save Rin, he couldn’t convince Gai to leave well enough alone.

What if Gai was next?

Fuck.

He couldn’t let Gai be next. There were a lot of things he had failed at, but damned if he wouldn’t succeed in this. He could not, under any circumstances, let Gai any closer, any further into his life. The further away he could get the overly-enthusiastic shinobi, the better.

He nodded, swinging his legs around to the edge of the couch and letting that propel him into a seated position from which he sprang up. He walked over to the tiny end table and wrenched open the single overstuffed drawer, digging through for a pad of paper and the first writing instrument he could find, a blue pen with the academy’s logo printed on it.

Gai—

I don’t know how to tell you this, but you have to stay away from me. It’s for your own good. No one close to me is safe, even from me.

Sorry. Please understand.

—Kakashi

He read over the messily scrawled note, then tore the sheet off the pad and crumbled it in a fist. There’s no way Gai could read that and not have about a billion questions. Especially with how they had relied on each other through the years, from Dai’s death to Rin’s, this wouldn’t be remotely good enough to get Gai to stay away.

He sat down on the couch again, tapping the pen absentmindedly against the faded lined paper. What do you say to someone to convince them to be done with you completely?

When the key scraped into the lock, he froze.

The door swung wide open, Gai slumping into the apartment. His jumpsuit was nicked and torn and his hair didn’t have its usual luster. He was clearly exhausted, though not chakra exhausted. Kakashi felt the familiar pangs of panic begin to hit—how was he back so soon?

“Hey, ‘Kashi. The client blew the mission terms totally out of proportion—he made it seem like it’d be almost an A rank, and instead it was like a grueling C rank. We’re still not sure if the pay will be adjusted accordingly, but Ebisu is arguing it shouldn’t be because we did still run into trouble—Stone ninja near the border tried to take Chouza out. Recognized him somehow, but no worries, Konoha’s magnificent Green Beast was on the scene and we handled them without any major issues.” He grinned and flexed, posing for a moment before relaxing now that he had reached his destination and sliding his vest off and onto the hook by the door.

“How have you been? You eaten yet? Yakiniku is running a special according to Chouza—he asked me to join him for a post-mission meal and I told him I’d have to swing by here and see if you wanted to tag along. You like their short rib, right? Or are you still on the vegetarian kick?”

It never failed to impress Kakashi how Gai could fill a space, whether it be with his words, his personality, or his posing. No matter how he did it, though, it always was genuine and warm, and it was nearly impossible to maintain the solemn composure he frequently fronted. They made a nice contrast as a pair. Shame they would never have the chance to explore the friendship further.

He looked down at the crumpled paper on the ground and kicked it under the couch, setting the pad and pen aside. Unfortunately, he was going to have to explain in person.

He walked past Gai without making eye contact, the other man stepping out of his way without resistance. He lifted the vest off the hook next to his own vest, brought it briefly to his own chest, and immediately regretted it when the scent of his rival slammed into him. Once again, he shook his head vigorously, then shoved the vest back at Gai.

“Get out.”

He laughed, taking the vest back and slipping it on without understanding. “Want yours as well?” he asked, reaching for the door.

Kakashi felt flushed again, realizing that Gai meant for them to get dinner together. He walked back into the small living room, keeping his back to the door.

“Don’t need it. Get out.”

Gai’s laugh died in his chest, questions rising to the surface. “I… You okay? Did something happen while I was gone? Your investigation results? I told Ibiki to send word if they made the announcement, that asshole—”

“No, Gai. Nothing happened. I just…” Kakashi swallowed and felt his heart frost over. “Just did some thinking. Realized I’m better off without you.”

He scoffed. “Very funny, Kakashi. Come on, grab a jacket or something, Chouza said he’d wait on me to get back.”

“I mean it, Gai. You’re holding me back. The stupid challenges, do you think I actually care? I’ve always been stronger than you, and now that I’ve got the Sharingan, it’s comical, competing against you. I can see all your moves from miles away. You broadcast like a bull. You’re loud, annoying, and a useless ninja. I want you out of my life.”

There was silence for more than a full minute. It might have been as long as the two of them had gone without speaking, ever. Then Gai crossed to Kakashi in two steps, grabbing his left shoulder and spinning him around to face him.

“I know you’re not saying all that ‘cause you mean it, Kakashi. Look me in the eyes and think about this.”

Kakashi steeled himself, making full eye contact with the single grey eye. “Why don’t you think about it, Gai? Honestly? What kind of a ninja can’t even use ninjutsu? Everyone’s just humoring you and letting you make a fool of yourself. You’re a walking lesson in how to not be a shinobi.”

Gai blinked hard, his eyes beginning to shimmer. He cocked his head to the side, his grip on his rival’s shoulder only strengthening.

“’Kashi, I know things are hard for you. I know your brain lies to you sometimes. It’s okay. Listen, we’ll stay here tonight, I’ll cook, we can watch a movie or something, I’ll keep watch so you can sleep and we’ll talk more in the morning. There’s no pressure. I care about you, Kakashi. Let me help you.”

His eyes were swimming now, the passion making tears roll slowly down his face. The silver-haired man refused to move or answer. Swallowing, he made one last effort to persuade him. “Kakashi… please. Don’t do this. I love you.”

Kakashi’s heart, freeze dried, now shattered, crumbling into a powder and blowing away on a light breeze. Of course Gai loved him, and he loved Gai, but could Gai really mean that he… could he love him the way?—

Impossible.

No. Of course not. And even if he did, that just put him in all the more danger.

His resolve strengthened, he scowled back. “Fuck off, Gai. A ninja that only uses taijutsu is useless in battle. Don’t you remember how your dad died? Couldn’t save himself, could barely save you. What did you even do to try and help him?”

He was grateful for the fist that slammed into his jaw, shutting him up and knocking him into the wall.

“Fuck off, Hatake.”

He only dimly registered the door slamming, and possibly coming off its’ hinges. After a beat, a glint of silver flew through the air and lodged into the wall directly opposite the door. Slowly, he gathered himself up and limped over to it, realizing with a sharp ache that it was the key to his apartment. Turning to the mirror propped near the door, he stared down the version of him with grey circles under his eyes, thumbing at the blood growing at the corner of his mouth.

Friend-Killer Kakashi was starting to sound more like him by the moment.

[thriceboundhome]

Day One of Kakashi Multiship Extravaganza: 

Prompt: Cooking + Sleep Deprivation (hinted) w/ Sage and Kakashi (SageHound)

Word Count: 8,992 scary <_<

Notes; meshed some prompts together since I can't do them all induvidually so enjoy! I mashed together day 1 prompt with day 8 Apologies if the coming to the ending it got lack luster, I was doin updates late so blame that!

@kakashimultishipextravaganza  

"You don't have to take time out of your day to take care of me y'know." 

The gravelly sound of the Copy Cat nin reached the redhead that stood in the kitchen. A laugh was fought down as he stirred around the soup that they'd decided would be best. It was the least they could do, not make fun of the hurt and moody dog man. Sage could practically hear the pout that the silver haired man was sporting, it was cute. Not that he'd tell him out loud.

"Don't you have tests to mark?" It was an attempt to get the chunin to leave, a feeble one but it was there. What he said was true though, testing week had started and in a week's time they'll have to give back the written exam results before the physical exam.

They scoffed. Out of amusement rather than annoyance. To think he would try so hard to make them leave, just so he could suffer alone. How did Gai deal with his attitude so often? Maybe he just fought him down with positivity. Most likely if you think about it. Sage poured out the soup into a bowl and made their way towards the dog summoner.

"I do," they wouldn't lie. The stack of papers on the small coffee table would prove them to be a liar, "Though it won't stop me from taking care of you. So suck it up mister."

The words were said through a smile. A groan answered the red head. Kakashi snuggled himself into the cushions that were placed behind him. His mask started feeling stuffy with the heat that claimed his cheeks. He just prayed that it didn't reach his ears, the one thing that was left uncovered when Sage swept his hair away from his neck. The fever he sported is long gone by now, yet  he didn't move to try and take out the scrunchie that's probably a part of his hair now. Hopefully Sage doesn't want it back..

Sage sat themselves down on Kakashi's feet, sitting at the end of the couch that man half laid in. A smile on their face, friendly but a bit off. The bowl of soup that they had prepared sat in their lap, spoon in hand. A plate of treats were set on the coffee table for themselves more than the other along with a cup of water. Papers were pushed aside.

They stared at each other for a while. One looked uneasy, the other looked too happy. The smile was stiff. Kakashi dropped his head to avoid the redhead's eyes. As big and friendly the smile was, Sage's brown eyes seemed to be teasing him. Like a teasing comment was right on the tip of their tongue, just waiting for him to take the bait.

He'd bite. Why not? Favourite food in front of him and obviously not because of the charming chunin that held said food.

"I'm not getting my food anytime soon am I?"

"Never said that! Just can't have you exhausting yourself because of pride."

"I- haha," the laugh was genuine, the thought of being fed made his heart race. The feeling was foreighn, it was one he only felt when he sparred with Gai. Though it felt warm, the nice kind at that.  "You want to feed me?"

"Only if you allow it. Not gonna force you, would never dream of it. Might also want to see if the charm goes under the mask" Oh they hoped it didn't sound as cringey as they felt to say.

"..."

"....?"

It was getting a bit awkward, not uncomfortable awkward but an embarrassing  kind of awkward. Clearing their throat, Sage prepares to break the silence. "Hey, sorry if-"

They were cut off by Kakashi's hand raising towards his mask, index finger hooking onto the fabric with every intent to pull. Everything and more than ready to show the chunin what they teased at. Maybe. Could just give them a tease in return, payback. 

The redhead in question was frazzled. Gears churning but not for any real  purpose. Just to be able to do something-anything- that didn't make them think of what would be hiding under that mask. Handsome, of course. No doubt that all of him is, they're in just plain awe.

Took a lot to not reach up and ask to help pull at the mask. They had made eye contact for a while a now, just holding each other's gaze. Sage felt as though for some reason they must look like a kid. Trapped in a candy store with the ticket of unlimited sweets for the price of free. The redhead broke the stare first when they remembered the food in their lap. Best to rest it one the coffee table with how empty headed they were acting at the moment.

Meanwhile, as Sage tried to pick back up their shattered composure, Kakashi was loving how flustered they were getting. Not that it didn't confuse him. It was just a face, like everyone else's. No need to get worked up about it though it was nice to feel looked forward to. From his crush no less. 

Crush.

He'd never given the feeling a word before. Just chalked it up to being a great day and an even better mood. Never had the heart to call it feelings-romantic feelings. There's the warmth again, the same one that filled his chest and made his ears burn. Came back with a vengeance. Attacking his neck and cheeks all the same. The sparkle in Sage's eyes at the prospect of seeing Kakashi's face made them excited enough to make his heart beat fast. Training with Gai fast, maybe even just a little more. The heat prompted him to pull down the half forgotten mask just a smidge further down his face.

Pulled just enough to see the ends of his curled lips. Telltale sign of the smile that had morphed on his lips. At the time Sage was still trying to get themselves back together. It was short lived. A finger tapping their shoulder brought them back from whatever frenzy was going on in their mind. Compliments were swimming around in there but knowing how Kakashi feels about them, it might not be the best course of action.

"Oh, yes, Kakashi-"

"Yes Sage?"

A lovestruck giggle left them. They would feel embarrassed but the need to commit this face to memory was much more important than pride. Hands were cupping their cheeks in an attempt to stop them from gushing. Didn't help much, warbled nonsense was being spwed in their lack of self control. Brown eyes big and wide, their excitement could almost be felt.

A laugh brought them back. The same one that had filled the space of the living room when they had offered to feed him.

Handsome.

"Thank you?" It was said in between poorly contained laughter.

"I said that out loud? It was on purpose!" Sage had bounced back at the teasing. It wasn't meant to be heard but it rewarded them with the same sound they cherish so much so who were them to complain?

"Thought you were going to feed me? The soup's probably cold by now."

Yeah he was right they had almost forgotten about the man's lunch. Or was it dinner? Wouldn't matter much. It was already decided that he'd stay over to rest. All that was needed was to put their head back on and focus on taking care of the tired man, with the mask down they could see how bad the eye bags had gotten.

Clicking their tongue against the roof of their mouth, Sage turned to the food on the table to determine if it'll need to be reheated. Lucky for them steam was still flowing from the bowl and the treats were warm from sitting so close to the soup. Water was cool but it could use some ice.

“Alright, since you want me to feed you so bad here.” Sage teased, spoon filled with soup and faced towards Kakashi's face. Sage was peeking from their peripheral to ensure that they didn't spill any, either on him or the couch.

Kakashi raised a brow at the sight after he allowed the spoon into his mouth and tasted the broth. Not bad, not bad at all. Miso was cooked well, leaving a familiar warmth in his chest. This time, he welcomed it with open arms.

“I-Is it good?”

"Wonderful," the praise got a smile out of the redhead," though, why are you turning away? You wanted to see, right?" He was teasing, he already knew that they were trying to be respectful and not stare. Though what’s the harm in teasing? He couldn’t call himself a troll if he couldn’t at least do this, even when he was beyond tired.

“So you’d like for me to stare at you? I promise you, I’d  end up kissing you instead.” 

Dang it! They didn’t mean to say that as true as that might be, they didn’t want to come off that bold. Kiss him? Yeah right, probably freeze when you look at him again. Sage was running on autopilot now, spooning food into Kakashi’s mouth while they had a minor argument with themselves. 

Kakashi on the other hand was trying hard to swallow. The answer was unexpected, not in the bad way but in the flustered way. Suddenly he’s even more grateful to them for looking away, it stopped them from seeing the blush that captured his cheeks. The thought was mouth drying, if he was being honest. It’s something he’d love to try-to do- but as of now it’ll feel as though they’re rushing something. Communication, might as well tell them.

“Sage I-”

“Kakashi I-”

The words came out in a disabled harmony. High nerve centered voice tripped and fell over a low but light one. The silence that followed was held onto until the broth in the bowl was gone and felt light again. It felt like the seconds were ticking by and laughing at them. Sage broke it, feeling responsible for it’s beginning.

They cleared their throat and rested the bowl down on the table,”I’m sorry, I hadn’t meant for that to come out. I know we’d probably need to have a long conversation about this but I’d like for it to happen when you’re better.”

Kakashi had waited for them to stop. Allow them to put it out there before he did the same. In some way it gave him the confidence to speak about it freely and without him thinking of the feelings that followed. A hand pushed at the fluff 0f hair that always found its way into his face.

“Thank you for clarifying. I agree that we need to have a thorough talk about emotions...and such. It’ll be easier on both of us if we did it when I’m awake and not trying to stay that way.” Kakahshi nodded off when head finished making sure he said all that he needed. “Any suggestions for now?”

A short laugh was shared between them. Sage still hasn’t turned but they can see the smile that was on his face.  Everything seemed to be back into their places, it was easier to breathe now. Freeing.

“How about we cuddle? I can carry these in the kitchen and then we can cuddle on the couch! It’s big enough. As long as you’re okay with it of course!”

“Sure, that’d be nice.” Kakashi just finished pulling up his mask. 

Giddy, Sage cleaned quickly. Placed the bowl in the sink and filled it so it can soak. Put the remainder of the food into the fridge along with the plate of treats and cup of  water. Just as they left they returned. Excited. Kakashi had made himself even more comfortable and now fully laid down on the couch now. Sage followed suit and laid on the  couch with a blanket of their own. Arms wrapped around Kakashi’s torso. Didn’t take long for them to drift off together.

They know that a long and deep conversation would follow in the morning but it felt like no matter what the outcome would be positive.

So now they can rest easy and cuddle together, enjoying each other’s warmth. Feel loved.

[depressedkakashihatake-fics]

Some Time Alone

Hatake Kakashi/Maito Gai

1903 words

Kiss: Lower-Lip sucking kiss

For: @grumpygaybaby and @temarihime​ (if you want to read some Kakagai today lol)

An escape, at last. 

Three days ago Kakashi left Konoha with his husband, and to say he was looking forward to a chance to unwind and relax after being handed the Hokage’s hat all those years ago was an understatement. He couldn’t wait to be as far away from all the responsibilities and expectations.

Unfortunately, Naruto had decided to throw a Kunai in his plans by sending one Mirai Saratobi along with them on body guard duty.

A body guard. The sixth Hokage and one of Konoha’s top Jonin, with a bodyguard.

He’d be insulted if he hadn’t spent the last three days pissed because Mirai refused to give him and Gai any space at all, citing her responsibilities as their guard whenever he tried to get her to go somewhere else for even just an hour.

Not that he blamed her. She was just doing her job.

This was Naruto’s fault and Kakashi was certain it was payback for him sending Genma to watch over the brat’s honeymoon with Hinata. Usually he’d let it slide too, but when it came to Naruto ‘trouble magnet’ Uzumaki, he had to be a bit more cautious. Genma had intercepted three different attempts to interrupt Naruto and Hinata’s honeymoon without them noticing and he should be thankful damn it.

But no, instead he was vengeful and now Kakashi was stuck with a 15 year old who was determined to prove herself and refused to leave Kakashi and Gai’s side no matter how many times he begged her for just a little bit of alone time with his husband.

Drastic times called for drastic measures.

“Are you sure about this?” Mirai looked at the bath house skeptically. “Isn’t there something else you would rather do?”

“No, this is exactly what i want,” it was a perk of being in a relationship with someone who was the same gender as him. He could go into a bath house and not have to be separated from Gai. “it’ll be good for us all Mirai. Bedside’s, if anything happens we’ll be right next door. You just can’t see us.”

The words didn’t seem to make Mirai feel any better about the situation. “Fine,” she crossed her arms over her chest and gave him a look that reminded him a little bit too much of her mother. “But if anything happens i’ll be there in an instant.

“I have no doubt about that,” he smiled, “but try to relax. That’s the point of this stop after all.”

Finally, some peace and quiet. Even if they weren’t completely alone, at least they would be able to relax a bit better without Mirai breathing down their necks, and maybe she would finally unwind a little. 

Stepping out into the bath area, Kakashi couldn’t help but feel a tiny bit excited. It was better than he could have hoped for.

Empty.

The entire bath was empty. Not a soul to be seen. 

There was no better outcome he could have asked for. A whole bath for just him and Gai. No one around to judge if he slid in a little too close. No prying eyes if he decided to take off his face towel.

No real need for the face towel at all really.

Seeing Gai coming up to his side, he glanced down towards the man he had decided to marry. The beautiful human he would spend the rest of his life with. If they were really lucky no one would show up at all until they were ready to leave.

He would get Gai all to himself. 

A small smile tugged at his lips. “You mind?” He took a step forward and turned to face his husband, one hand reaching out towards the other man.

Debating the unspoken question for a moment, Gai took one look at the bath waiting for him behind Kakashi and slowly nodded his head. With permission given, Kakashi closed the distance between them and bent forward, tucking one arm behind Gai’s back and the other under his legs. 

With his hands in place Kakashi lifted his husband out of his chair with surprising ease. Perhaps when Gai had joked with him earlier that week about how he carried him around their home too often these days as a substitute for his old morning training regimes, he hadn’t been too far off. 

“A whole bath to ourselves,” Gai chuckled as his arms came down around Kakashi’s neck. ‘What shall we do with all of this space, Rival?”

“Well first we’re going to find you the best spot possible,” Kakashi muttered, turning around in his spot and scanning the area. Picking out a small rock close to the edge of the bath, he started walking. The last thing they needed was for Gai’s cast to get wet. That always ended up being a mess that neither of them wanted to deal with.

“And after that?” 

“Once we’re settled in and the water is working its magic on our old fagil bones,” Gai roared with laughter, loud enough that Kakashi was sure Mirai could hear him on the other side of the bath house. “Well then I’ll just have to enjoy the precious little personal time I get with my fantastic husband.”

Stepping down into the water, Kakashi groaned as his body started to relax. This was already the best idea he had all day, and he hadn’t even made it all of the way into the water yet. 

“You look happy,” Gai commented, lifting his leg up over the water while Kakashi slowly submerged the lower half of his body in water. “A nice relaxing soak to recharge us for our next challenge. A grand idea you had, Rival!”

Another challenge was not something he was ready to concern himself with. Not when he had already lost the handstand race from their room to the front door of the Inn they were staying at, which surprised absolutely no one. 

No, now was the time for cuddles and kisses, not talks about challenges.

Reaching his target, Kakashi positioned himself perfectly so that Gai’s leg was hovering over the rock and proceeded to carefully set his husband down in the water. Thankfully both of them had decided to forgo their towels in the locker room, deciding it would be easier that way. A choice made much easier for Kakashi since he had been able to get top surgery shortly after becoming Hokage. 

An accomplishment made much easier to achieve without the threat of impending war or a constant need for him to be ready for missions looming over his head. 

“Mmmm, you’re right,” Gai grinned. “The water is perfect. There is no doubt we will be able to do anything we wish after a long soak.”

‘Anything’ seemed like a bit of a stretch, but he was willing to let his husband have it.

Once Gai was settled into his spot with his leg safely propped up out of the water, Kakashi took a step back to admire his work, forcing Gai to release the hold he had on his neck. 

“Are you going to join me, Rival?” Tilting his head, Kakashi thought about it for a second before reaching up to carefully remove the towel he had wrapped around the lower portion of his face. 

Leaning over Gai’s body, Kakashi set his towel down right behind his head and smiled down at the Taijutsu master. Gai was one of the few people who never reacted when he took his mask, or in this case towel, off to show his face, and it was one of the many things he loved about the man. 

“You’re cooking something up in that mind of yours,” Gai teased, reaching up to poke Kakashi in the nose. ‘Stop it. Bath houses are for relaxing.”

“And relaxing is exactly what i’m going to do,” Kakashi assured him even as he leaned in close and brushed his lips against his cheek. “Having fun is part of relaxing is it not, turtle?”

If anyone else had been in the bath with them Gai would have gone bright red at the use of that old nickname. Even after all of these years together it still seemed to embarrass him. 

He claimed it was because it was only nicknames Kakashi ever used for anyone, but Kakashi was certain that it had something to do with the fact that Gai still couldn’t believe that out of all of the nicknames he had access to, he chose to hang onto that one. The silly little nickname he had come up with when they were fourteen years old, and had refused to let go of since then. 

“A whole bath to ourselves, turtle,” He enunciated the nickname, chuckling when Gai shifted awkwardly in his spot. “There’s so much we could do.”

“If you’re suggesting what i think you are, i would like to remind you that you are a screamer and Kurenai will slaughter us if her daughter hears...that.” A fair point. The last thing Kurenai would want is her daughter finding out what the sixth hokage and his husband did when they were alone, and he did have troubles keeping quiet when he was with Gai.

Clearly the more risque activities would have to wait till later. When they were alone in a room. Perhaps Kakashi could convince Mirai to go somewhere where she couldn’t hear them. That was a challenge for him to face later.

For now though, he had a different idea.

Rubbing his nose against Gai’s cheek, he slowly made his way in towards his mouth while gently pressing smell kisses against soft skin along the way. The way Gai shivered under his assault was intoxicating.

The man who never broke.

Who had survived opening the eighth gate and lived through something that no one should ever have been able to live through.

That beautiful, unbreakable man was shivering because of him. He was weak, because of his actions. 

Kakashi held all of the power in this moment and he loved it. 

“My precious Turtle,” his breath tickled Gai’s skin, causing him to squirm just a bit under him. “So beautiful, laid out in front of me like the most delicious snack I could lay my eyes on.”

Gai snorted. “Snack? Did you get that one from Tenten?”

The answer was yes. Who else would he get such a ridiculous saying from? 

Still, that wasn’t his concern at the moment, so he continued without a word. Making his way towards Gai’s lips slowly while he continued to whisper sweet compliments against beautiful skin.

Finally reaching his goal, Kakashi pressed a quick kiss against Gai’s lips before gently sucking his lower lip into his mouth, his hands coming down to settle on Gai’s chest as the Taijutsu master arched up into the kiss.

While Kakashi gently started to suck on the trapped lip, Gai ran his hands up his arms and into his hair. His Fingers settled in short silver strands, sending shivers down Kakashi’s spine. 

Finally, Kakashi released his hold on it and moved back to admire his work. Gai’s eyes were half lidded and there was a peaceful, calm look on his face. The most beautiful picture he had ever seen. 

“Perfect,” he smiled brightly “My beautiful Turtle, all to myself.”

“And i wouldn’t have it any other way.” Gai assured him with a fond chuckle.

[youthful-kana]

Rural AU: Gai moves to the small town of Konoha with his new adopted daughter Kana to start a new life away from the city. In the small town Kana meets a bunch of people, particularly the merchants son Neji, the flower shop owners daughter Ino, The doctors apprentice Sakura and the vets adopted son Naruto. She loves all of her friends equally, and then one day Naruto drags her to his ranch to meet some of the animals and that's when she meets Kakashi. The man she knows her Papa has to marry XD

Kana frowned all the way to Konoha. She wasn’t very happy about the move, but her papa had just gotten a new job there which would allow them to live more comfortably than in the expensive loud city.

“Cheer up butterfly! You’re going to love it. It’s the town I grew up in, I bet there are lots of kids your age there.” Kana didn’t understand her papa’s excitement. They were moving to the middle of nowhere. “I made quite my fair share of friends when I lived there, I wonder how many are still around. I’d love for you to meet them.”

She sighed and kept staring out her window at the deep forest that surrounded the road.

Oh well, there was not much she could do about it. At least one of them was happy about it.

They arrived at night to the cottage that had belonged to Gai’s father so many years ago.

“Well, here we are! This is going to be our new home. Of course, as soon as I get my first paycheck I’ll start remodeling it so it’ll be more comfortable for us, okay?”

“Okay” Kana grunted as she examined the place. It was okay, much more spacious than their tight city apartment, and it belonged to them, so they wouldn’t have an over the top expensive rent to pay.

While Gai pulled out their boxes from his car, Kana cooked dinner for both of them. They both ate their fill and ended up exhausted.

“Papa you’d better sleep now, you’ll have to wake up early tomorrow for your new job.”

When Kana woke up the next day her papa was already gone. She was making some tea in the kitchen when a bright blond head popped in from the window.

She let out a high pitched shriek and almost dropped the cup on the floor.

“Hi! I’m Naruto. I saw you move here last night, so I wanted to be a good neighbor, come by and introduce myself, yaknow?”

“Neighbor?” Kana looked at him confused “there are no houses around for like, miles?”

“Oh yeah, but we’re still neighbors, that’s how things work around here. This property is right next to our ranch, even if our houses are far away.” The boy explained with big gestures as he climbed in through the window. “Anyway, I was taking a late walk when I saw your car pull up here. A tall strong man carried some boxes in the house, so I realized you must be the new neighbors. Here to stay!”

“Um yes, that’s my papa. We’re not sure if we’re staying for good. He said we might still move back to the city if I don’t like it here.”

“Well then you’re staying for good, because you’re gonna love it.” He flashed her a big grin and took her hand in his, pulling her towards the door. “Come on, I’ll show you around.”

She barely had a second to put her bright white sneakers on and Naruto laughed at her.

“Are you seriously planning on wearing those here? There’s dirt all around.”

Kana frowned, she really hadn’t thought about it.

“I don’t have another pair.”

“You really are a city girl huh? Don’t worry you’ll get used to it.”

She ran behind Naruto, while being pulled by his hand. The boy seemed too eager to get her to know the village.

“Ah, you’re going to love everyone. There are so many nice people around.

You’ll get to meet Sakura, who’s my best friend and training to be a medic, her girlfriend Ino, whose family runs the flowershop, all my buddies,” and proceeded to say a string of names which Kana forgot.

“And the asshole,” he said blushing, “Sasuke Uchiha. He and his brother Itachi are the village’s prodigies. He sucks. But umm,” Kana noticed Naruto’s voice changed to a sweet nervous tone as he spoke about him.

“Oh well no need to talk about him, you’ll meet all of them soon enough.

Anyway, here we are, this is my place. Kakashi! I’m back!” He shouted.

A silver haired man came out of the barn carrying a bucket of water and a bloodied towel.

“Good, because I need your help feeding the calf, just born a few moments ago.”

Kana stared at him dumbfounded, trying to make sense of the man. Kakashi noticed Kana staring, and glanced at Naruto with a questioning expression.

“Oh right,” Naruto said gesturing at her “this is my new friend— I’m sorry I don’t know your name.”

“Maito Kana. I just moved here with my father.”

Something changed immediately in Kakashi’s expression. It was almost a glow that took over his whole face.

“I’m sorry, isn’t your father...”

“Gai. His name is Maito Gai.”

So you’re back, Kakashi thought, his heart beginning to race.

[depressedhatakekakashi]

yo i'm the 2nd anon from the confessions but don't wanna spam op: sorry, i was being aggressive bc i thought your question wasn't genuine since you /know/ the "radical" kakagai fans on this blog do that. it happens with all ships (i hate kksk 2) but kakagai criticism takes a different emotional toll bc as a kakairu shipper, i get indirectly accused of being shallow, fetishizing & basically using iruka as a prop. which IS what some fans do, but the generalization is wicked.

That’s fine :) you’re more than welcome to continue the conversation here.

I have seen Kakag*i (and I’m going to block that out so that it doesn’t end up in the tag hopefully) shippers act higher than others in that blog. I think I only replied to one and it was basically a ‘can we not? We don’t need to act like this’ kind of thing

But that being said

I do know there are those people, I think it’s the generalization that got to me and that’s my bad. Like, I try very hard on this blog to not do that. To just have a nice enjoyable space for everyone and anyone who breaks that in any way gets unfollowed/blocked

So my experience is very catered.

I can understand it taking an emotional toll. You’re here to have fun and people are out here bashing your ship. That just ruins the experience for you and turns going into tumblr into a chore. I would suggest for your enjoyment of experience, blocking people who do that kind of thing and spoil that experience for you. You won’t see them in tags, and if they comment on things (like the confession posts for example) you don’t see them there either.

The block button is your friend, to protect you in any way you need it to. I use to to keep certain shippers off of my page because they’ve proven they don’t respect my boundaries. I suggest you do the same for anyone spoiling your fandom experience

Kakai*u isn’t my fav ship, Kakag*i is the one I’m here first and foremost. But I do enjoy exploring the relationship that could be between Kakashi and Iruka and it may be a large part of why I don’t see those kinda of people around. Because they know this isn’t the blog for needless dumb ship bashing. No one is doing anything wrong shipping Kakashi with Iruka, Asuma, Rin, Obito, Etc and while I won’t write for some of them (Rin and Obito or Gaii*ru) I do support everyone who does write for them. There’s a lot to explore there.

You have a right to be mad and I’m sorry if I came off as arrogant/condescending. It really was a genuin question from me. Not because I wasn’t aware of the one’s who act like Kakashi and Gai are a superior ship, but because seeing ‘kakag*i insult and belittle other ships’ was something I really don’t see and I was genuinely confused

If I do see it or someone send it to me, it gets shut down. I’ve been in the marvel fandom and I’ve seen what fandom can be like at its worst. I Absolutly know that the entitled and worst people exist and they suck. They killed my love for Marvel and Agents of Shield and I don’t want them to do that for me or anyone else in the Naruto fandom cuz it’s not fun to lose love for something you enjoy

Please cater your experience anon. Block the jerks, interact with the fun ones. I promise you’ll have a better time and it does not make you a bad person or whatever other people might say 💜💜💜

[allthingskakashi]

okay hope you are doing well and not going to crazy about your college trouble, honestly that whole situation is beyond effed up and i feel so bad for you :( anyway wanted to let you know i finished watching shippuden 2 weeks ago (was v emotional lol) and started boruto and it’s like okay honestly better than what i thought but it sucks to see nart and sasuke being such crappy fathers lol. any time there is a shred of kakashi i loose my shit. love that man. love that he hates boruto. would still do anything for him, and two him ;) -🥑

aaa im holdin up okay bb, it IS messed up but well yknow.. i had to make my peace w it >:(

oh you finished Shippuden!!! honestly i had to struggle a lot to get through a few of the last eps, i really did not like the introduction of that whole new arc w sasuke and then shikamaru w all these new characters at the end it was kinda annoying but lol naruto's wedding eps where everyone was fishing for gifts was kinda cute. It was the only small bit we got to see of hokage kakashi but i absolutely loved seeing him as hokage.i just felt like such a proud mama seeing him make it to where he did even w everything he had to endure along the way. He was exhausted the whole time poor bby but it was just so nice to hear him being called the rokudaime and vvvvv sexy and some of his interactions w iruka were just sgshagwj. so cute. And like the last ep where they both just stand there watching and talking like naruto's dads had me lowkey wailing. And OFC. The scene where Naruto asks iruka to fill in the role of his father. Ugh absolute pure beautiful precious unprecedented mwah moment. If there's one thing i learnt from the last eps it was that i fucking love iruka.

ANYWAY sgsgsj i god carried away lmao oh you watching boruto too, im glad it's not that bad damn most people despise it. Yeah Naruto and sasuke seem so discontent w life it's honestly fkn sad lol, also it's just really unsatisfying to watch our sunshine baby boy Naruto grow up to become an overworked boring bald man. the light's just gone from his eyes man it makes me sad like i want my little number one hyperactive knucklehead ninja back :( i can't help feeling like they'd both have been so much more happier if they hadn't gotten married or had kids at all lmao like i think Naruto got married at like 19 or smth??? And the rest of em followed after ig. And Naruto also def would've had more hair if he wasn't the fkn hokage but that's a whole other convo so ANYWAY. I've honestly watched only like a few eps of boruto w kakashi in it, the whole kakashi and gai travelling ones and yeah man, he's still fkn got it. He REALLY has no business looking that hot as an old man but he does and I'd still lay my body down on a cold hard floor as a carpet for him to step on and then trip him as he does so he falls on top of me and then we kiss and do things

[cutiepatootieseokjinnie]

Of Refilling Juices and Serving Grilled Meat

bold - song lyrics

italic - thoughts 

*-*-*-*

“Are you sure you’re ready for them to know?”

Ino stopped short and glanced to her side. Sai had his trademark smile on but after months of dating, she finally started to distinguish the tiny difference present in his smile. She tightened her hold on his hand. “Of course! I wouldn’t want to keep something this big from everyone.” She smirked. “I can’t wait to see whose jaw will drop first. Sakura or Naruto’s.”

Sai let out a small chuckle “My money’s on Naruto.” They resumed their walk towards Yakiniku. It’s rare for everyone in their small circle of friends to have the same day off but after weeks of Naruto’s relentless badgering of finally giving them a break, Kakashi finally agreed. The weather that night was nice. The sky is clear and the wind is cool, tell tale signs that autumn has finally arrived. It’s been years since the Great Ninja War, and aside from the occasional threats from rogue ninjas, and a few Kage events here and there that was always a big headache to village security, everything was relatively peaceful.

And with peaceful times like this, romance blossomed between fellow ninjas. Naruto and Hinata’s wedding 8 months ago being the most prominent example. No one expected that they will be the first one to get married, with Naruto, the brave village hero that he was, finally having the balls to propose to Hinata. A few relationships happened here and there. Choji and Karui, Shikamaru and Temari, Him and Ino. Sai heard this rumor that Lee went out with Ayame of Ichiraku ramen a few times, and just the other day, he saw Tenten and Kotetsu briefly brush hands after a meeting, before heading their separate ways, both faces tinged with a slight blush. Yes indeed, the springtime of youth has finally arrived, as Gai-sensei repeatedly kept saying. 

A few minutes passed, with nothing but Ino’s melodic humming keeping them company as they neared the barbecue place. Sai never thought that Ino had this great talent when it comes to singing, a secret he unexpectedly stumbled upon this one time he arrived at the Yamanaka flower shop a good 30 minutes early for their date and heard Ino softly singing while strumming a song on her late father’s guitar. Ino’s thinly veiled threats convinced him to keep what he discovered a secret and in return, Ino promised to sing to him from time to time, a feat that Sai thoroughly enjoyed. What surprised him even more is when she told him that not even Chouji or Shikamaru knows, considering how tight knit the bond of the old Team 10 is.

They were a good 10 steps away from Yakiniku when Sai stopped in his tracks, Ino quickly following suit. She shot him a confused look and just when she was about to open her mouth to voice her query, Sai met her eyes and quietly asked.

“Are you sure you’re ready for him to know?”

Ino felt herself stiffened before slowly lowering her eyes to the ground. Was she ready for his reaction? Was she ready to answer his questions? Does she even have the answer to those questions? Ino sighed quietly before tightening her hold on her lover’s hand. She felt her body being tugged forward before a pair of lips brushed on her forehead. Ino closed her eyes, savoring the cool feel of his lips on her skin. She smiled softly as she lifted her face to kiss Sai’s cheek in return. Sweet, observant Sai.

“Let’s go.”

*-*-*-* 

The store owner’s enthusiastic welcome was almost drowned by Kiba’s loud yelling.

“STOP EATING MY PORTION OF THE MEAT, CHOUJI! I COOKED THOSE!”

“It’s not my fault that you take too long to eat!”

“3 more glasses of beer please!” Naruto suddenly yelled out a bit too loudly, his face bright red, a sure sign that he’s already had a few. Hinata was right by his side and was gently trying to convince Naruto to pace himself. Sakura sighed to herself, knowing that Hinata has a long night ahead of her with her piece of work teammate. Her face brightened when she caught sight of Ino and Sai.

“You guys finally made it! We thought you’d ditch us!” Ino took a seat beside Shikamaru who gave her a small smirk before handing her a plate and a glass of juice. Sai took a seat beside Shino who was quietly eating his food. 

“As if, billboard brow! You know how mother just leaves the closing of the shop to me. Not my fault you can’t relate since you have no business to run.” Ino replied back haughtily, a playful smirk on her lips, softening the blow of her words. Sakura huffed. “Yeah, yeah keep telling yourself that. You just wait until I gather enough funds for my clinic, Ino-pig. Your percent ownership just dropped to 30%.”

As the girls continued bickering, Shikamaru sighed to himself. All this noise is getting to him. He noticed Ino’s glass was almost out of juice and was about to reach for the pitcher when Sai beat him to it, stealthily refilling Ino’s glass as the girl continued teasing her best friend. Shikamaru smiled slightly to himself, before looking away. He sometimes still forget that Ino now has Sai to do those things for her. It had always been him serving and refilling Ino’s glass of juice whenever the old Team 10 have their weekly dinner. Old habits die hard.

Ino turned to Shikamaru with a slight smile. Apparently, the small refilling incident between her boyfriend and her best guy friend didn’t escape her attention. She understands how Shikamaru felt more than anything, as she herself had to stop herself countless times from serving meat to Shikamaru’s plate when Temari joined them for their barbecue dinner, which is happening a lot more frequently now that she and Shikamaru are officially in a relationship. Ino smiled slightly. Her best guy friend found his perfect match.

“No Temari tonight?” Shikamaru shook his head.

“Her next visit isn’t until next week. Apparently, Gaara has been not so subtly commenting that her responsibility is still to Suna, and not Konoha.” Ino couldn’t help but giggle. She has heard countless complaints from Shikamaru about how Gaara suddenly started acting like an overprotective younger brother. Sand brat.

Ino opened her mouth to speak further when Sakura leaned forward excitedly. “Hey Ino, did you hear they installed this small performance stage! Let’s go sing a bit later!” Ino’s eyes followed Sakura’s pointing finger and indeed, a small stage with microphone, guitar and karaoke machine was setup in the far right part of the room. She opened her mouth to refute Sakura’s offer when Chouji beat her to it.

“Ino doesn’t sing.” Chouji said, his mouth full of rice and meat. Ino wrinkled her nose before reaching over to smack him in the head. “What did I tell you about speaking when your mouth is full! Stop spraying the table with chewed up food! And how can you be so sure that I don’t sing?”

Hinata’s eyes widened. “You sing, Ino-chan?” Sakura snorted. “Everyone can sing, Hinata-chan. Doesn’t guarantee that that person can sing well.” Ino narrowed her eyes at Sakura’s teasing, fists trembling with annoyance.

“What are you trying to say, Billboard brow-”

“Ino can sing.”

All eyes turned to Sai, who up to now has been eating his share of food quietly. Sai swallowed his bite before continuing, ignoring Ino’s eyes that were starting to widen in alarm. “Ino has a wonderful voice.”

Kiba butted in. “No freakin’ way! Come on, Ino! Get up there and show us what you got!” Everyone in the table chimed in with words of encouragement, excited to be learning something new about their comrade.

Ino’s who had been protesting, felt words die on her throat when she saw Shikamaru giving her a curious look. He tilted his head slightly to the direction of the stage. “Go get ‘em, tiger.” She opened her mouth to let out another weak string of protest when she felt Sai’s fingers interlace with her own. She turned to him, her eyes thinly veiled with fear. He gave her a bright smile. 

Now’s your chance.

Chance for what?

To tell the truth to everyone. To him.

The short telepathic conversation between them shook Ino to the core. Was she ready? Her left hand balled to a fist, feeling a weight on her finger. Ino stood up, took a swig from her juice drink before slowly making her way to the small, slightly lit stage. She could hear the cheers coming from her friends’ table, calming her nerves a bit.

She tapped on the microphone before opening her mouth to speak. “Good evening, everyone! My name is Ino Yamanaka and I guess I will be the first one to try out this stage. This is my first time singing to other people, aside from my boyfriend, so if I suck, it’s on him.” She pointed a manicured hand in Sai’s direction, earning a laugh from the eager audience. Sai good naturedly raised his hand in defeat as Sakura slapped his shoulder lightly in jest.

Ino took a deep breath. “Before I start, I would like to tell a small story about the song I’m about to sing. It’s a song I composed a few months back when I finally felt strong enough to move on from my first heartbreak. For my first love.”

Shikamaru narrowed his eyes in confusion. He didn’t know that Ino was undergoing a breakup. He shot a glance at Chouji who didn’t mirror his confusion, but instead had this small, sad smile on his face. This puzzled the shadow wielding genius even further before trailing his eyes back to his blond teammate on stage who has taken a seat on the chair provided, the guitar that was initially on the side of the karaoke machine sitting on her lap as she started strumming. Multiple jaws dropped as they watched Ino pluck and strum the guitar as if she has been performing for years. Sai’s eyes roamed around the table in amusement.

Naruto’s jaw dropped first. Ino owes me $10.

Ino casted one last look in Sai’s direction before closing her eyes and opening her mouth.

I have something to tell you

Something happened that you didn’t know

It’s a secret I have kept for a long time

I almost loved you

I couldn’t bring myself to make you feel it before

What this heart feels

And to this day, I still remember

I almost loved you

As Ino continued to sing, she saw flashes of memories. Of every missed opportunity, of every almost spoken confession. Of her and her first love. Of her and Shikamaru.

Now, I can fully admit

I wish we happened

Every one of your question, I avoided

I never imagined that your feelings are true

I don’t know what happened

My feelings for you, I never said

Until your heart finally got tired

From waiting for so long

It was then I realized that I almost loved you

And to this day, I still remember

I almost loved you

She liked him since she was 5.

She liked how he did his best to play with her even when he’d rather look at clouds 

She liked his pineapple hairstyle and his simple fishnet clothing.

She liked how deviously smart he was

She liked how caring he is even when he tries hard to hide it

She liked how he looked after her and Chouji

She liked how much he respected Asuma-sensei

She liked how he took his responsibility as a Konoha shinobi seriously.

She liked how much he tried to do things for her even when he knows she’s more than capable

She liked  how he drops by the flower shop every single day just to check on her

She liked how he sees her off when she has a mission and is always the first face she sees as she nears the village welcome arc upon her return

She liked how he keeps her motivated to keep trying her best to become strong so she can stand by his side and support him

She liked him long after she broke his heart by saying no.

She liked him even after he started loving Temari.

She realized she loved him all along when it was too late.

Ino felt her voice wobble as she remembered the day he announced that he and Temari are a couple. How she flashed him her brightest smile and said just how happy she is for them. It hurt but it was for the best. After all, she had her chance and she chose to let her one chance as having him pass.

Now, I can fully admit

I wish we happened

Every one of your question, I avoided

I never imagined that your feelings are true

I don’t know what happened

My feelings for you, I never said

Until your heart finally got tired

From waiting for so long

It was then I realized that I almost loved you

And now, she’s finally letting go.

Sai gave a sidelong glance at the hokage’s assistant. He knows just how deep Ino’s feelings for Shikamaru ran. After all, he was the one picking up every broken piece of her heart and putting them back together for the past 2 years. He wiped away every tear Ino shed as she mourned her first love, held her hand and stayed up with her every time she was worried when Shikamaru was on a dangerous mission. He smiled for her when she doesn’t have the strength to do so. And eventually, her heart started healing, with every laugh, every stare, every hug and every kiss they shared. Sai held no grudge to Shikamaru. He had an inkling on how much the man had also suffered, if the longing glances he still sometimes gives Ino when she’s not looking was any indication. At one point in time, the two team 10 members had their chance at love. And Ino chose not to take that chance, because she knows it will be for the best of Ino-Shika-Cho. Both of them had their hearts broken and eventually healed by different people. 

Until your heart finally got tired

From waiting for so long

Ino opened her eyes as the song came to a close. Her eyes met Shikamaru’s sad ones as she sang the final line of the song she composed for him.

It was then I realized that I almost loved you

One final strum. Goodbye, Shikamaru.

The slow clapping that eventually turned thunderous broke her out of her eye contact with Shikamaru as she looked at the amazed faces of the other patrons of the restaurant, Kiba and Naruto cheering and whistling the loudest. Ino giggled as she put the guitar back, taking a small bow before she got off the stage and heading back to her friends’ table. Sakura met her with an overly tight hug.

“I had no idea you had such an amazing voice! Why have you been holding out on us?!” Chouji nodded his head excitedly in agreement. “You could have performed for us during those boring camping moments during missions! That was incredible! Even Shino was clapping at the end!” Shino coughed slightly before nodding his head. “You did well, Yamanaka.” Ino laughed as her friends continued complimenting her until her eyes met Shikamaru’s. Her laughter died as she gave him a small smile. 

“Cat got your tongue, genius? Say something.”

Shikamaru was silent before his lips pulled upwards to form a smirk.

“Never doubted you for a second. Troublesome woman”

Ino’s smile widened as she watched Chouji clap a hand on Shikamaru’s shoulder, a sad yet comforting expression etched on his chubby face. 

“I actually have one more news to share with all of you.”

Everyone on the table fell silent as Ino nodded to Sai as a signal. Sai slowly stood up and walked to stand beside Ino, wrapping a pale arm around her waist. They shared a look before Ino slowly raised her left hand, revealing a diamond ring on her finger. A slow, happy smile spread on her face as she heard gasps around the table.

“Sai and I are getting married.”

*-*-*-*

It was 2 hours later when their dinner turned celebratory party finally ended. As everyone gathered outside the store and said their goodbyes, Shikamaru slowly approached Ino and Sai as he pulled out a cigarette from his pocket. He shared a look with Sai who gave him a small smile before turning to his now fiancee. 

“I have to pass by the Hokage tower to get some papers. Shikamaru, please walk her home for me.”

Sai gave her a kiss on the forehead before she could protest and started walking in the opposite direction. Ino could only look at his retreating back before she heard Shikamaru shuffle slightly beside her.

“Let’s go. Your mom’s probably worried.”

Sai looked back to watch his fiancee walk away with her first love. His smile widened. Closure. Finally.

The trek back to her house was filled with comfortable silence, both of them not wanting to be the first to talk. Their footsteps and Shikamaru’s breath as he expelled cigarette smoke from his mouth are the only sound that could be heard.

As they crossed the bridge that would bring them to the entrance of the Ino-Shika-Cho compound, Shikamaru stopped in his tracks and looked up at the sky. The stars are shining really bright tonight.

“Since when?”

“Since before Sai. Since before Sasuke.” Ino waited for him to look at her before continuing. “Since forever.”

Shikamaru slowly reached out for her hand, his thumb grazing over the glittering diamond on her finger. He raised her hand until it cupped his cheek. He closed his eyes as he took in a breath.

“It’s not going to be easy, isn’t it? Forgetting?”

Ino fought back the tears that she could feel building behind her eyes and rising from her throat. 

“Yes. But it’s better than not being in each other’s lives at all.”

And finally, years after she whispered “No” to him that rainy night he asked her to be his, Shikamaru got his answer.

He slowly let go of her hand before turning around and silently walking towards her house, with her following him closely behind.

As Ino opened the gate of her house, she turned around to face him.

“I love you, Shikamaru. You know that?”

Shikamaru’s eyes lazily took in her face before he smirked slightly.

“You wouldn’t ask me to give you away on your wedding if you didn’t.”

I wouldn’t have agreed if I didn’t feel the same.

Ino gave him a bright smile before tip-toeing to give him a kiss on his cheek.

“Be safe on your way home.”

She entered her house and made her way to her room. She didn’t bother opening her lights, instead choosing to walk to her window as she watched Shikamaru walk away from her house, stopping briefly to raise his hand in goodbye without looking at her window’s direction before continuing his lazy walk home.

Ino lied down on her bed and closed her eyes.

It’s been a long night.