Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Anthology no Jutsu ❯ Confessions: Young Love ( Chapter 4 )

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The Confessions of Umino Iruka

Young Love

Popberry Bluetart

275 Words

Hanabi/Iruka

Umino Iruka never thought it would have happened to him -never believed it could have happened to him. But of course it did and it was only a matter of time before his colleagues found out and started to snigger behind his back. That irritated him somewhat, especially since it had happened to all of them at least once before; in fact, he was quite certain that Kurenai-sensei received her fair share of love declarations, but he didn't hear anyone giving her any grief.

And in any case, it was just rude to throw away the flowers, even though most of the time they were daisies and dandelions picked up along the way. It wasn't in his nature to recycle hard work either, despite the fact that the `Will You Marry Me?' card on his desk had been worked on for a grand total of five minutes. He tried reasoning with her, urging her to find someone else to give her heart to, but she was adamant. His words went in one of her pretty little ears and then right out the other.

Iruka admired her stubborn determination of course, but there was only so much patience one could possess; so one day, he did what anyone else in his position would do -he caved. He put her flowers in a vase to sit on his desk and pinned her cards up on one of the spare bulletin boards. Thankfully, his actions assuaged her, and for that the kindergarten teacher was vastly grateful.

Now if only he could get Hanabi to stop declaring her love for him during story time, then that would be something.

Author's Notes: I'm so evil. (cackles) Poor Ruru-sensei. I'm really putting him through his paces.