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The day after Genma and Kakashi shook on their deal...

'Surely you've seen how he looks at you?' questioned Genma as he followed Iruka around while the younger man was collecting test papers from each of his students' desk. School was just out and the classroom was empty save for the two men.

Iruka had all but imploded with horror when Genma had sauntered in just a while ago to offer his support and advice to the young sensei regarding the 'Kakashi situation'. Fortunately, the senbon-chewing man had managed to grab the distraught chuunin before he pitched himself out the window. The special jounin then sat on the vigorously struggling sensei while confiding that he had also encountered a similar situation with Raido. According to Genma, Raido too had been secretly pining after him for the longest of times. And it was only after the scarred man had finally gotten up the nerve to timidly express how he felt that their wonderful relationship blossomed. Iruka had perked up quite a bit after that, he had even ceased struggling and was now even eagerly confiding in the older, infinitely more experienced man.

'The way he looks at me?' returned the young teacher wrinkling his brow slightly, obviously not quite getting what the other man was saying.

'You know, the look in his eye.' Replied Genma. When Iruka merely continued to look slightly befuddled the jounin barely restrained himself from smacking the young sensei at the back of his head. Raido wasn't exaggerating when he said the chuunin was quite oblivious to the obvious.

'B...Bored?!' Iruka squeaked out in horror, dark eyes shooting wide open. He clutched the papers in his hands crumpling them horribly.

Oh for crying out loud.

'Er no. Not bored.' Said Genma. So very pretty but really not the brightest or the most observant of bulbs. Quite extraordinary given how well thought of the chuunin was among the upper echelons. Perhaps they thought Iruka had OTHER talents worth keeping him around for. The jounin snickered slightly to himself as he imagined a licentiously drooling Sandaime and a bosom heaving Godaime. No wonder the old lechers were always dropping things for Iruka to pick up. Frail eyesight my chunnin's pert ass. Genma quickly hid his laugh behind a cough when the perky butt in question turned an inquiring look at him. He did however make a little note to mention that thought to Raido later. Genma continued,

'He looks...interested.' Interested? The pale man was practically stalking the chuunin and had already memorized every single detail of the young sensei's mannerism right down to his breathing pattern. Kakashi haughtily defended his Sharingan-ed leering by saying that all he wanted was a realistic depiction of the young sensei to view in his mind's eye when he reminisced about the younger man. Genma was pretty sure the silver-haired jounin's left hand deeply appreciated the attention to detail.

'He does?' Iruka breathed wondering. 'I...I never noticed.'

No shit.

'Trust me. I've known Kakashi a long time, he's interested.'

Iruka still looked disbelieving.

'Even heard him say to that purple haired student...' added Genma.

'Pink'

'What? Oh yeah, pink. That pink haired student, Saori...'

'Sakura.'

'Fine, yes, Sakura. Even heard him tell Sakura that you're much, MUCH cuter than that Uchiha kid is and ever will be.'

'He did not.' emerged from the young sensei's mouth while his dark eyes begged please please please please let him have said that.

'Did to. I overheard.'

Well, ok. Maybe not so much overheard, it was more like Genma had actually heard it straight from Kakashi's masked mouth when the silver-haired jounin made him swear on his manhood to tell Iruka that Kakashi thought that Iruka was way, way cuter than that sullen Uchiha brat that every one was raving about. Anyways, there was hearing involved and that was that.

'Kakashi-san thinks I'm cute.' Iruka whispered to himself, smiling in that adorable manner that only Iruka-sensei had. Ah, to be young, trustful and pert again.

'Yes he does. Now this is what you're going to do...'

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In the present, three weeks after Genma spoke to Iruka in the classroom....

'You know, I'm starting to doubt that this was such a great idea' muttered Raido as he testily scratched at his scar.

'What'd you mean?' retorted his long-haired companion, chewing on his senbon as he pulled a book out from the shelf in front of him and began to flip through it.

'You're kidding right?' replied Raido turning to look all incredulous like at the other jounin standing next to him.

Genma sighed deeply as he replaced the book back onto the shelf. The jounin then rubbed the back of his tense neck as he turned to face his increasingly impatient friend.

'What did you expect Raido?' questioned the long-haired man.

'It's been so long and Kakashi hasn't done...'

'You expected them to hop into bed and fuck like squirrels after a couple of dates? They've been dating for two weeks for god's sake.' shot back Genma rolling his eyes.

'Do squirrels actually...' wondered Raido, curiousity distracting him from his original task.

'You're kidding right?'

'Well, there was a hell of a lot of LICKING going on for god's sake! And two weeks is like twenty years for that porn reading bastard!' Raido almost screeched.

'Shuusssh you moron! Do you want them to hear you!' hissed Genma shoving his lover deeper into the shelves where they were hiding from the other couple in the bookstore.

The senbon-chewing man then hastily peeked his head out from the dark corner of the bookstore where they were at and scanned the area where Kakashi and Iruka were currently standing. The other couple however, seemed to be having an infinitely better time than the two special jounin. Kakashi was pressed quite comfortably against the younger man from behind, resting his chin on Iruka's shoulder, arm around the sensei's slim waist. The sensei in turn, didn't seem to mind the close contact. In fact, Iruka even slipped a tanned arm behind himself and tugged the silver-haired man closer before pointing out a book he wanted Kakashi to look at. Clearly, both shinobi were too engrossed in each other to notice the rather indelicate screech emitted by the scarred special jounin. Breathing a sigh of relief, Genma pulled his head back in, turned to face his companion and poked a finger hard into the spikey-haired man's vest covered chest.

'First of all, there WASN'T a lot of actual licking between them. There was just ONE lick. Performed courtesy of Iruka's pink little tongue.' Said the long-haired jounin. Poke. 'The hell of a lot of licking that you're referring to probably occurred in your puny perverted brain as you replayed it again and again and jerked off.' Poke poke.

'Oh, and you didn't.' snorted the other man.

'Not the point. I'm not the one whining right now.' came the smug reply. Genma then lifted up a stern finger to forestall the barrage of protests that was sure to emerge from the scarred man. He continued,

'Second, it's not like they haven't gotten any where. And if you weren't so busy griping like a girl, you'd have notice that Kakashi is practically grinding himself into Iruka's butt and the kid is loving it.'

'Really?' whispered Raido, intrigued. He snuck his spiked head out just in time to catch Kakashi nuzzle lightly on the chuunin's ear prompting the younger man to jump a little before grinning bashfully and pecking the jounin on his mask-covered lips. This of course led to more nuzzling and more pecking and more nuzzling until finally Iruka grabbed on to the dark mask, yanked it down and meshed his open mouth wetly against the pale man.

'Oh man, they're making out right there in the open' breathed the scarred man, reaching behind him blindly to pull Genma forward to see. Not that it was necessary since the other man had shot forward immediately at the words 'making out'. There was silence as the two men concentrated on the young sensei who was winding his arms tightly around the silver-haired jounin's neck effectively trapping him, all the while moving his mouth fervently over the older man's lips. From Genma and Raido's viewpoint, it seemed like Iruka was attempting to fuse both his mouth and body permanently to Kakashi's. Oh so fucking HOT.

'Don't you think it's strange that his head always blocks Kakashi's face from us?' commented Raido thickly, clearing his throat. 'It's as if...'

'Who gives a crap? It's obvious Kakashi's fucking gorgeous.' Replied Genma still absorbed. Having to blink was starting to irritate him; it made him miss precious seconds of hot lip-locking.

'Coz Iruka's all over him?'

'No you dope.' Genma rolled his eyes, reluctantly tearing himself for the enticing make-out session in front of him. 'Think about it. His mask is so damn soft and thin and so fucking tight that you can see the outline of his features clear as day. I can't believe that anyone thinks that he's trying to hide anything.'

Genma paused for a breath before he continued,

'The only reason that bastard uses it is to flaunt the fact that he's gorgeous. Kinda like a peek-a-boo or someone with a really hot body wearing a long-sleeved, tight-fitting turtle neck. You know what's under there is fucking great but you still ITCH like mad to see what's hidden.'

At Raido's stunned silence Genma continued even further.

'I'm serious dude. Subconsciously our brains were telling us what our eyes were seeing but not actually consciously admitting. Sure he's good looking, but he's not THAT good looking, at least not as fantastic as the hype that's been building up for 15 years. The stupid mask is just throwing everyone off. I always suspected it and finally as payback for helping him with Iruka, I managed to get him to own up.'

Again with the deathly silence.

'He even congratulated me on being the only one in like 20 years to figure it out. Plus he said it was good shinobi training. Some nonsense about seeing underneath the underneath.' Added Genma disgustedly.

Raido finally spoke,

'I always wondered why I just KNEW he was good looking even though I couldn't actually see his face. Thought it was his overall demeanor you know?'

Genma was about to answer when he was distracted by Iruka all but yanking Kakashi back into the kiss as the older man tried to break for much needed air. The need for air, like the need to blink was a hindrance to romance.

'He's quite the aggressive little kitten isn't he, our darling sensei.' commented Raido, rather amused if uncomfortably turned on as well. Kakashi was getting in quite a few excellent gropes noticed the scarred man. Lucky bastard. He shifted slightly, trying to assuage the growing tension in his pants. Genma's groin which was pressed firmly against his ass didn't help matters from swelling even further either.

'You're surprised after what happened?' asked Genma just as amused as he watched Iruka pull away suddenly, gasp for breath, then blush a little before energetically re-engaging with the silver-haired jounin's slick, swollen lips. Still, even as absorbed as the senbon-sucking man was, he did observe that Raido's butt was in fact, quite pert as well. But let's get back to the matter at hand...

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A week after Genma spoke to Iruka in the classroom, two weeks before the scene in the bookstore above...

The plan was in place. Genma and Raido had spent days coaching Iruka on what to say to Kakashi and how to act around the rather eccentric jounin. Slowly bit by bit, they bolstered the shy chuunin's confidence and offered support and encouragement when Iruka wanted to back out time and time again. The young sensei was extremely grateful. In fact, one night when their discussion had run late, Iruka had even suggested that the two men stay over at his place. The chuunin went so far as to insist that the two jounin sleep in his bed while he took the couch and wouldn't hear of it when the two men tried to refuse. He was even more touched when they tried convincing him to join them. It was for his own comfort they beseeched, the couch didn't look very comfortable. Plus it was a big, big bed, surely enough for three good friends to share. Finally, because he felt the two older men were being so considerate, and really because Iruka didn't know how to say no to two people who had been so kind to him, the chuunin acceded and joined them in sharing his large, comfy bed. However he told them that he couldn't, no matter how much they selflessly insisted, take the middle and most comfortably warm position between them.

The fact that Iruka had been allowed to sleep, for most parts, with most of his parts unfondled, while the other two jounin remained disturbingly wide awake had been the only reason Kakashi hadn't decimated both Raido and Genma on sight the following day. That and the fact that the pale man had distractedly excused himself, left hand again twitching after Genma had confirmed that Iruka's bed, like the man himself, carried a strong caramel-like scent.

Now, Iruka was primed and ready. First step, ask Kakashi out for tea. Simple and safe enough such that the young sensei wouldn't lose his nerve at the last moment. The asking out had gone smoothly enough, with the chuunin flushing slightly, and the pale jounin scratching the back of his head in apparent bashfulness. In fact, even the tea-date had gone splendidly well with both men laughing and talking, clearly enjoying each other's company. Iruka, seeing that his beloved Kakashi-san was in fact quite happy to spend time with him seemed to grow in confidence. Although he still blushed adorably whenever the silver-haired jounin would look at him too long or lean in close to say something. All this Genma and Raido watched with great glee and almost salivating anticipation. Knowing Kakashi, it would be but a matter of days before the porn reading pervert had the young naive sensei in his clutches.

And then came the end of the date, Kakashi and Iruka were walking in the direction of the sensei's home, trailed discretely by two special jounin.

'You think he's going to go for it?' asked Raido.

'Nah, not tonight. He'll give Umino a couple more days. Kakashi might want Umino's ass badly but he's also in loooooooove.' Sing-songed Genma cleverly perceptive.

'You think? I'm not so sure that horny bastard knows the meaning of patience. He might just...'

But before Raido could add in his two cents Iruka had abruptly stopped walking and had frozen in place a few steps behind the taller jounin.

'Shit. Did he hear us?' whispered Genma as he and his scarred companion hastily jutsu-ed themselves into a nearby alley. Both jounin then made the hand seals necessary for them to enhance their hearing abilities which activated just as Kakashi headed backwards to join the young sensei and said,

'Sensei? Is something wro...gaahhh'

'GOD Genma! Iruka just...' Raido was too shocked to finish his sentence.

Genma too was astounded as he watched the oh-so-proper academy sensei reach up, grab the taller jounin's face, yank the mask down and was currently in the process of molesting the pale man's open mouth with his skilled pink tongue. Kakashi, once he had recovered from his initial surprise was now also very, very, most enthusiastically participating as well. The silver-haired man had even reached down to grab at the sensei's pert ass and pulled the very willing younger man closer and closer, almost grinding against him until....

Iruka broke away, wide eyed. He then blushed the pinkest pink Genma and Raido had ever seen, bowed ever so courteously before running, literally sprinting away, leaving a very obviously frustrated and agitatedly twitching Hatake Kakashi in his wake.

And so it had begun. The strange courtship of Hatake Kakashi and Umino Iruka.

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In the two weeks leading up to the scene in the bookstore...

Two weeks had gone by with Iruka suddenly jumping the not unresponsive Kakashi and then just as unexpectedly, abandoning his love. The young sensei did however, always remember to bow politely. He had jumped Kakashi behind a tree while the jounin was training. Then bowed and dashed away. He had jumped Kakashi when the jounin visited him in his classroom during lunch. Then bowed and shoved the older man out the window once the kids could be heard down the hallway. He had even jumped Kakashi in the deserted mission room when the jounin had come in to hand in his tardy mission report. Then bowed and leap out of the window when Asuma and Kurenai were heard arguing in the doorway. Horny, hot and bothered Iruka might have been, but never, not once did he forget his manners. Ohhhh sensei....

The silver-haired jounin didn't seem to much it much, he definitely didn't mind being molested on a regular basis by the delectably self-conscious chuunin. And surprisingly, the usually impatient jounin didn't seem to mind the kiss-bow-vanish method that Iruka had adopted. When Raido had complained, Kakashi merely waved him off saying that it wasn't a big deal since Iruka always came back for more and more and more with each passing encounter. Plus, Iruka bowing now was such a delight for the single eyed jounin that he got turned on whenever he saw the young sensei in a bowed position regardless of whom he was bowing to. This was, as earlier mentioned, very often since Iruka was such an unfailingly well-mannered young man.

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Back to the present in the bookstore, three weeks after Genma spoke to Iruka in the classroom, two weeks after Iruka and Kakashi's tea-date...

'Oh crap, Iruka's gonna bow soon.' Started Raido, disappointment clear in his tone.

And sure enough, the young sensei had already shoved the older jounin away from him and was just beginning to tilt at the waist into an honest to god, full-fledged polite as can be bow when Kakashi grabbed him, flung the chuunin over his shoulder and vanished in a puff of smoke and a loud poof!

'The fuck?!' yelled the scarred man, forgetting himself in his aggrieved agitation. 'Where'd they go?!'

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To be continued. *snicker*

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