Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Faint ❯ Part 16 - Dreaming ( Chapter 16 )

This is the not the beta-read version. Will replace ASAP. I wasn't supposed to update till Wednesday, but I won't have free time then.

FAINT 16

Iruka returned home a week later after a long mission in the Lightning Country. He felt tired, worn out and he just wanted to curl up in his bed and go to sleep for a day or two. He was climbing up the steps to his apartment, dragging his feet from sheer fatigue, when he caught sight of a figure leaning against the doorframe of his apartment entrance.

"Hey, Iruka."

"Raido?" Iruka blinked, then sighed. "If it's the report, my other teammate has it. You can get it off her."

"I didn't wait here for that." Raido said, standing upright and shoving his hands in to his pockets. "Listen, I know this ain't any of my business, but I think you should take it easy with your mission thing. Rest up for a couple of days and if you want, you can go back to hogging up everything after that. Just gets some rest. You look like someone who just woke up from the grave."

Iruka was too tired to think of a reply and merely waved his hand. "All right, all right."

Raido slammed his fist on his door. "I'm serious."

"That's not the reason you're here." Iruka said, tiredly looking at him. "I don't mean to be rude, but I'm tired, I'm hungry and I really want to take bath."

"He's worried about you." Raido said. Iruka dug out his keys and began to unlock his door. "Do you even care?" Iruka did not reply. "Damnit, answer me!" He hissed.

"What do you want me to say Raido?" Iruka asked, turning to him. "I can't even think of what to feel right now! What is it to you, anyway?"

"What kind of a friend would I be if I didn't give a damn about what happened to him?"

"I'm tired Raido, this can wait till morning." Iruka said, unlocking his door.

"No, it cannot! You know what, this is useless! You want to be alone, fine! You want to remain on your own for the rest of your life, fine! But I'm not letting Genma get hurt just because of you! I thought you'd understand! You always had an open mind! But no! Coming here was one hell of a mistake! I was wrong! You're not Iruka anymore! You're someone else! I thought you two would be good together! I thought that he deserved you because he is a nice person and so are you. I guess I'm just blind and stupid after all. I'm sorry about disturbing you, Iruka. Please, go ahead. I'll be leaving now."

Without another word, Raido vanished down the hallway, leaving Iruka completely stumped. Iruka headed back in to his house and locked the door, took off his clothes, showered and jumped in to bed. His fatigue got the better of him and soon he was asleep, with Raido's words ringing in his ears.

XXX

Iruka sat on the bed eagerly, looking all worried, excited and afraid at the same time. His clothes were all on the floor and the person in front of him was currently pulling the last article of clothing off his body. The turtleneck was tossed aside and he came close to Iruka. Iruka's eyes widened at a particular area that was all hard and alert.

"Oh my!" He choked out.

"So what do you think?" He asked.

"It's - uh - well - it's really big!" Iruka said out in a gasp.

"Yeah, it runs in the family, I think." The man said, laughing a bit.

"Umm - okay. But - But how is going to fit and all?" Iruka said, eyes still staring at the alert organ.

"You stretch, love."

Iruka blushed. "I - I knew that!"

"Awww! You're blushing." The man lay beside him and pulled him to his chest. "Want to play with it for a while?"

"Play?" Iruka asked, looking at the alert organ. His fingers gently brushed against the taut skin, which earned a groan from the man under him. "My, My, Genma. You like that?"

"Tease."

"Hmmm." Iruka looked at the alert organ again, fingers tracing the tip. "I shall call you Sharpie."

"Sharpie huh?" Genma laughed. "Come here!"

Iruka was pinned on the bed and was ravaged all over by a very passionate jounin. Iruka could hear a loud banging noise from the door and he was too caught up in pleasure to even pay it any attention.

"Let me feel Sharpie in me!"

Genma gave a hearty laugh that was drowned by the loud knocking.

"Okay! Damnit I'm up already!" Iruka sat up and tossed the pillow to one side. He blinked and looked around his empty room. The loud knocking sounded again from his front door. Cursing, he stood up and noticed the sheets were slightly wet and sticky. Only then did he notice the white stain on his thighs and he blushed from embarrassment. "Coming!" He called out to the door. He grabbed a robe and pulled it over his bare form and padded for the front door. "Yes?" He looked down to find a genin holding out a scroll to him. It was his teammate's younger sister.

"She said that you should go give it in for report filing. She's sick and confined to the bed. She also apologizes for any trouble that she might be causing you. But she's really sick." The young girl said.

"Oh." Iruka said, staring at the scroll. "Okay. Tell your sister it's all right. Extend my wishes for her to get well soon okay?"

"Sure. Bye!" The girl waved and headed down the hallway for the stairwell.

Iruka shut the door and padded for the kitchen, sitting on the stool. It was eleven in the morning, and he was still tired. He decided to rest himself that day and continue taking missions the following day. He really was very hungry and wanted to eat. Maybe some ramen and snow cones.

He remembered Naruto.

XXX

Iruka walked down the halls towards the mission room. He found Tsunade inside along with some chuunins who greeted him politely. He gave them his brightest and most polite smile as he walked over to the Hokage and handed her the scroll.

"My! My! You look better! Did you get laid?" Tsunade asked, taking the scroll from him.

Iruka blushed as eyes turned to look at him. "W-What?"

"Sorry, sorry. Just my assumption. It's just that you've been so stressed out that I just thought, hey, he's looking better. Maybe he got laid!" Tsunade shrugged, stamping a document and tossing the scroll inside a box to read later on. Iruka was about to point out the fact that he just returned from a long mission the other night and that getting laid was probably the last thing on his mind, but decided against it. "Anyway. You look better. Horrible, but better. Take the day off. Go eat. Sleep. Sit. Anything that does not involve running around. Hear me?"

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

"Get moving." Tsunade waved her hand and motioned for him to leave the mission room.

Iruka politely bowed and headed for the exit. As he was walking down the quiet hallway, he saw familiar faces approach him. It was Raido and Genma, chatting. Iruka stopped in his tracks and looked up, a blush creeping up his cheeks.

Raido saw him and, as if he said nothing the other night, greeted him like always did. "Hello, Iruka! How are you?"

Iruka stammered on his words, his tongue suddenly going limp in his mouth. He was actually looking at Genma, and not Raido. He also remembered the dream he had, and how he had called Genma's thing Sharpie. "Uh - err - uh - h-h-hello, Shiranui-s-san. I'm fine t-t-thank you. A-And you?" Iruka's eyes suddenly strayed to Genma's thing and he blushed redder, if possible. His ears were so hot that he swore they were going to melt. Raido was about to roll on the floor with hilarity but contained himself by leaning on the wall. "W-W-Well, I-I-I better get g-g-going. H-H-Have a nice day, Shiranui-san." He bowed politely, and his eyes came within the vision arc of Genma's thing that a squeak left his mouth and bolted down the hallway, red as ever and he didn't stop running until he reached the Ichiraku to have a decent meal.

XXX

Genma stared at Raido who was already rolling in the hallway floors with hilarity. The man had burst out laughing ever since Iruka took off, blushing like a schoolgirl. Genma was very confused at Iruka's behavior. It was almost as if he was back to his old self. But the fact that Raido was now banging his fists on the floor from laughing was not making him feel better.

"Did he crack a joke?" Genma asked and Raido only laughed even more. "I swear I don't get it." Genma said, and began to drag Raido to their office where they had paper work to do.

"Man! Oh man!" Raido said, climbing on his chair and wiping tears off his eyes.

"What are you laughing at? I don't remember him saying anything funny! Other than the fact that he thought I was the one speaking and it's not even hilarious!" Genma said, rolling his eyes. "Did you get smashed last night? Or did you smoke something bad?"

"I don't s-smoke." Raido said and burst out laughing again. "He - he - " He laughed again. Genma did not get a word he said because he sounded like he was saying something along the lines of hee-hee-mwah-ha-ha-ha.

Genma grabbed a blank scroll and flung it towards Raido. "Stop it!"

"S-Sorry." Raido said, sobering up a bit. "But - he - he was looking at your thing. And then he was blushing!"

Genma raised an eyebrow. "What's so funny? I'm sure he has one too."

"Don't you get it? I swear you're blind!" Raido said, grinning. "He likes you! Go talk to him!"

"No he doesn't!" Genma snapped. "Shut up Raido. It's not funny anymore."

Raido cleared his throat and almost suddenly, he was serious. "Go Genma. Just give him one more chance. You won't loose anything."

"I'm already hurt." Genma said.

"Just talk to him, please?" Raido said. "Who knows, maybe the hurt will go away." Raido pointed at the door. "I'll buy you lunch for two months. And then we can get smashed tonight. My treat. But just talk to him. I'll bet he'll stammer and stutter like he always do."

Genma stood up and headed for the door. What did he have to lose anyway?

XXX

Iruka stirred his bowl or ramen, randomly poking the fish cakes. He remembered looking at Genma and his thing. His mind began to scream the name Sharpie over and over again, and he blushed. Narrowing his eyes, he began to scoop the noodles in to his mouth in a speed that could rival Naruto's and waved his hand to order for another one while picking the last remains of noodles from his current bowl. He downed the hot broth in one go and began to attack his next bowl with more gusto. He was so hungry that even the ramen stand owner was looking at him with amusement.

"One more!" He said with his mouth full and continued eating like there was no tomorrow. He was on his seventh bowl when a voice rang out behind him.

"Slow down. You'll choke."

Sure enough, he did choke. He downed the glass of water beside him and began to rub his chest. "Four for take out please! Two beef, one chicken and one miso!" Iruka said in an almost shouting manner. He turned around and found himself blushing at the sight of Genma standing in front of him, hands in his pockets. His face went the shade of a lobster, as he began to smile sheepishly. "Sh-Shiranui-san! W-What a pleasant s-surprise. Would y-you like s-some ramen?"

Genma frowned a bit. "No thank you. I'm not really hungry."

"Oh. That's a s-shame." He said, collecting the plastic bags from the counter and paying the bill. "I'm going h-home. See you a-around." Iruka waved and exited the ramen joint.

Genma stood there, feeling a bit numb. Raido was right. Iruka did stutter. He looked up and found the ramen joint owner jerking a finger towards Iruka. Genma merely chuckled and left the joint, jogging after Iruka.

"Iruka! Wait!" Iruka stopped and turned, looking at Genma. He suddenly blushed as they stood within each other's arm's reach. He stared at Iruka for a while before he spoke. "I don't want to be alone anymore." Iruka stared at the ground blushing. "I am saying this, because I have nothing to lose. In either way, I'm in a dead end. But at least, I told you. And I don't regret it."

Iruka blushed even more. "I'm sorry." Genma closed his eyes as he felt hurt consume him again. He was secretly hoping that Iruka would accept him. Or maybe Iruka just wasn't in to men. Still, a part of him hoped. "Please forgive me." Iruka said, dipped his head in a bow and ran the opposite direction, away from Genma.

Away from everything.

TBC

Two more chapters to go!

Wah!

Me ish thinking in writing a Yondaime/Iruka fic. ^__^ He, he!