#the few times shino can call in an adult-er adult

[hozukitofu]

idk what's weirder for iruka: konohamaru becoming a jounin sensei or shino becoming an academy teacher and both of them are his colleagues now instead of former students. one is a reformed prankster carbon copy of naruto and one spoke maybe four words to him during the entire time he knew the kid. imagine running into them in the staff room. i would need to leave immediately.

they also refuse to call him without honorifics or if this is a modern AU - mr umino/sir/sensei. iruka tries so hard to make them comfortable and feeling like they're his colleagues, to no avail. they got as far as 'iruka-sensei' and then promptly faltered.

all the little students look up to iruka as a superhero. their teacher's teacher. none of that silliness where they don't respect him - his disappointed face is lethal

[virtualcarrot]

#technically konohamaru wouldn’t interact much with iruka but imagine that#the prankster kid you have so much trouble with is now teaching#it would be so awkward but i like to imagine iruka really took shino under his wings as a mentor#shino after iruka handled a difficult student: sensei i would die for you too#the few times shino can call in an adult-er adult#for a while shino kept coming over for dinner because he and iruka get super into lesson planning#workaholic kkir husbandos lolz#shino inadvertently the reason a mutual pact of 'no work at home' was put down in kkir household#because shino is there so kiba invites himself over too#then hinata is also there and well kurenai is also here with baby mirai#kakashi can't even say go home i order you as your hokage because 'you are not hokage at home'

idk what's weirder for iruka: konohamaru becoming a jounin sensei or shino becoming an academy teacher and both of them are his colleagues now instead of former students. one is a reformed prankster carbon copy of naruto and one spoke maybe four words to him during the entire time he knew the kid. imagine running into them in the staff room. i would need to leave immediately.

they also refuse to call him without honorifics or if this is a modern AU - mr umino/sir/sensei. iruka tries so hard to make them comfortable and feeling like they're his colleagues, to no avail. they got as far as 'iruka-sensei' and then promptly faltered.

all the little students look up to iruka as a superhero. their teacher's teacher. none of that silliness where they don't respect him - his disappointed face is lethal