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Waiting Up by KaIruKashi

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Chapter notes: Some quick notes because people have e-mailed me and asked. The boys call Iruka Oniichan (Naruto) or Niisama (Sasuke). Both are variants of ‘big brother’. They call Kakashi (Ka)Kashi-senpai, which is basically a title of respect for someone older and more experienced than you.

Also, I sort of borrowed Tomodachi from Makko Red Eye’s story Blind of Fan Fiction.Net. It’s a great Kakashi/Iruka read, and if you have time I would highly recommend it.

Remember to read this in context with the universe I placed it in, and I still don't own any of the lovable guys.
Title: Waiting Up
Word Count: 1,272

Naruto had fallen asleep at his post by the window, his head pillowed on the side of the fluffy nin-dog Kakashi had left while he was on his mission. The dog, they called him Tomodachi, was curled protectively around the small boy, his great head turned slightly so his large dark eyes could see out the window. It was too dark to see outside any long, and even if they could the heavy rain they could still hear falling would have limited even that.

Sasuke was curled up by Iruka’s side, his head starting to lean toward Iruka’s shoulder as his eyelids drooped. Iruka smiled at the nine-year-old, cuddling him closer with one arm. It was a testament to how tired he was that Sasuke didn’t struggled against the too obvious show of affection.

“You should go to bed, Sasuke-kun.”

Sasuke shook his head, and his eyelids dropped one degree farther. “I’m staying awake for ‘Kashi-senpai.”

Iruka glanced at the clock. It read 11:45. The boys should have been in bed hours ago, but they always insisted on waiting up for Kakashi while he was on missions, and Iruka just didn’t have the heart to tell them no. It’s not like he would have been sleeping anyway.

“We’ve been waiting every night for two weeks now, Sasuke-kun. I don’t think he’s coming tonight.”

“He’ll be here tonight, Niisama.”

Iruka couldn’t help but smile at Sasuke’s determination, even as his body weight fell on Iruka completely. The young Uchiha was falling asleep in spite of himself.

“And what makes you so sure it’ll be tonight?”

“Because he promised he’d be here in time.”

Iruka blinked, looking down as Sasuke’s eyes dropped closed. “In time for what, Sasuke-kun?”

“In time…for your birthday…”

Iruka sat frozen long enough for Sasuke to drop off completely. As the nine-year-old’s breath evened out, Iruka glanced at the clock again. 11:50, ten minutes until he reached the ripe old age of twenty-two.

‘Most ninja are dead by thirty,’ the annoying inner-teacher in him said. ‘You’re starting to get close…and Kakashi is almost 26…’

“Stop it,” he muttered to himself. Tomodachi’s ears perked up, and the large bear dog had lifted its head to look at him. Kakashi had been sent on his first long mission just after Naruto’s ninth birthday, and he’d chosen one of his Nin dogs to look after his little family while he was away.

‘Dachi, as Naruto had dubbed him, had been a permanent fixture in their lives since then. He was a playmate and babysitter for the boys when Iruka and Kakashi couldn’t watch them. He let Kakashi know, through Pakkun, that his pups and life-mate were safe when he wasn’t there to see himself. He was Iruka’s solid strength when the cold nights alone were just too hard.

He wasn’t a pet, exactly, but he was as close as a nin-dog could get.

“Hey, ‘Dachi?”

“Hm,” the dog asked, resting his head between his paws.

“You would know if something happened to ‘Kashi-kun, right? I mean, I know a summon can stay as long as they wish, even for a while after the summoner is dead, but…you would still know, wouldn’t you? And you would tell me?”

The dog smiled at him with his eyes. “Getting anxious, Iruka-sensei?”

“That didn’t answer my question.”

Tomodachi sighed, causing the child currently using him like a cuddle toy to shift. The nin-dog was still until Naruto quieted, and then he nodded slightly at Iruka. “I would know if Kakashi were injured or dying, yes.”

“And you would tell me.”

“No.”

“Why not?”

“I have direct orders from Kakashi not to.”

Iruka sulked slightly. That figured. Of course he wouldn’t want anyone to know if he was dying while they could still go help him. That would just make too much sense for Kakashi. “Somehow, I don’t find that comforting, Dachi.”

“I didn’t think you would, Iruka-sensei.”

Iruka sighed heavily; glancing down at the boy snuggled against his side. Sasuke looked more relaxed then Iruka had seen him in days. Sasuke always got like that when he couldn’t see one of them. He needed constant reminders that they weren’t going anywhere; that his new family wouldn’t leave him alone like the last one had. What would it do to him if Kakashi didn’t come back?

“What would I tell them, Dachi? How could I explain it to them that he just wasn’t going to come back? I don’t think I could…”

‘Could what?’ He asked himself. ‘Do this alone? Find the strength to tell them? Go on without him?’

All of those, he decided, and more.

“Why don’t you worry about that when you have to?” Tomodachi suggested, laying his head down again.

Iruka was clever enough to figure out that was the dog’s round about way of reassuring him that Kakashi was fine, and he smile kindly at him.

12:15, and Iruka decided it was time for bed. It would be just like Kakashi to show up a day late for his birthday anyway, and claim that the sun had frozen in place, though an advanced jutsu he had just removed had kept the appearance of it still going, and that it was really still Iruka’s birthday.

The chuunin chuckled to himself, proud of his own excuse and deciding he’d have to share it with Kakashi later, as he shifted Sasuke enough so he could stand. He stretched for a bit, and was about to bend down and pick the young one up when he heard footsteps on the front porch.

Iruka froze, hand automatically drifting to where his weapon’s pouch would be if he weren’t in his pajamas. Unnerved by his realization that he was unarmed, Iruka instead grabbed the nearest weapon he could find- one of Naruto’s socks that was filled with rocks the boy had collected at the river today.

He approached the door quietly, not wanting to alert the person now picking the lock that someone was still awake inside. The second the door opened, Iruka swung the sock at where he hoped the face of their attacker would be.

A gloved hand caught it easily, and one visible eye curved into a smile. “Not that you were jumpy or anything, ne, Ruka-Ru?”

The next minute Kakashi found himself with his arms full of brown chuunin, and they both fell to the floor with a crash that woke both sleeping boys.

“Um,” Naruto said, sitting up and rubbing his sleepy blue eyes. “Oniichan, what’s going on?”

“…Scared me half too death…can’t believe you told the dog not to…and you promised Sasuke…probably rushed yourself to be here to like the idiot you are, damnit…”

Having no other options, Kakashi thought, he lowered his mask and kissed Iruka soundly to stop the random babblings he couldn’t possibly follow anyway.

Naruto made the groaning noise of disgust he always made whenever his guardians would give a public display of affection, and Sasuke rolled his eyes. He’d told Niisama that Kashi-senpai would be there. What was he so worked up about?

Iruka took a shuddering breath, gazing down at Kakashi from his spot on the Jounin’s chest. He didn’t look anything worse than very tired, and Iruka was sure he would spend most of the day in bed. Maybe he would have Tomodachi watch the boys so he could stay with him…to make sure he rested of course.

Kakashi leaned up and kissed the tip of Iruka’s nose. “Happy Birthday, Ruka-Ru.”

Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other, confirming that that was the signal before they both scrambled over to demand a bit of Kakashi’s attention. After all, they hadn’t waited up this long for nothing!
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