Iruka hummed contentedly as he took another mission report from an overexcited genin team. Just another couple of hours and then he would be heading home. Well, home to Genma's place.

Few things in life worked out exactly the way you planned them to, but his relationship with Genma and Raidou seemed to be one of those few things. For more than four months now they'd been together, the three of them, and there hadn't been a single moment where he'd regretted his idea.

It wasn't perfect of course, no relationship was, but for the most part he was happy. He could chat with Raidou, be silent with Genma, spar with either, or both at the same time. And because he had two boyfriends he didn't have to deal with the loneliness of having his partner away on a long mission nearly as much other people did. It did happen that both of them were away at the same time, but not very often. And oh…the sex…

Never before had Iruka had such an active sex life, or such a kinky one for that matter. He felt the corners of his mouth curling upwards as he thought about the night before.

Iruka had been sitting with his back against the headboard, idly stroking his cock as he watched Genma prepare Raidou. Genma was sliding in and out of Raidou's hole with one finger, while his other hand firmly kneaded one of the smooth cheeks. It slowly got a red glow as Genma pinched and massaged it.

Iruka hadn't even known he was going to speak until the words came out of his mouth. "Smack him."

Shocked, he slapped his hand against his mouth. He couldn't believe he'd just said that.

Genma simply turned his head and gave him a knowing look, then, very slowly, he lifted his hand back and let it land on Raidou's ass with a resounding smack. The high pitched moan Raidou produced nearly made Iruka cum on the spot.

Genma continued to spank Raidou until the other man was a quivering, sobbing mess, begging for release, which he only got after first Iruka and then Genma buried themselves deep inside of him. And then Genma had-

"Iruka-sensei?"

Iruka looked up as the voice pulled him from his memories. He felt a blush creeping up his face as he took the mission report from Hinata. "Thank you for your hard work."

Banning all thoughts of his lovers from his mind he concentrated on his job.

It was nearly closing time and he was stamping the last of the files when he heard voices outside.

"You damn idiot, what are you doing? You need to go to the hospital, the damn report can wait. He'll still be here when you get back!"

That moment the door opened and Kakashi stumbled in, followed by a very irritated Pakkun. Iruka stood up, shocked at the sight of the jounin covered in mud and blood with twigs sticking out of his hair. "Kakashi-san!"

The jounin managed a smile before keeling over.

Iruka took a leap clear across his desk and caught the jounin before his head could hit the hard floor. Gently he lowered the jounin down. "Kakashi-san? Kakashi!"

Quickly Iruka took off Kakashi's vest, trying to locate the worst of the injuries. There were numerous cuts and bruises on him. But nothing seemed life threatening at first sight. The man could always be poisoned of course. As a precaution Iruka dug around in his own vest until he found a small tube. From another pocket he pulled the small syringe he always carried with him.

In a few seconds he had the syringe prepared and he jabbed it through the fabric of the jounin's pants, pushing the liquid slowly into thigh muscle. The general antidote would help against some poisons and would help protect the liver from damage.

Now he had to get Kakashi to the hospital. As he picked the man up a bloodied scroll fell from his hand. Iruka grabbed it and shoved it into his pocket to deal with later.

Pakkun, who had been watching him silently, finally spoke up. "His chakra is severely depleted. Tell Tsunade. I trust you'll take care of him from here?"

Iruka nodded and rushed out the door, not staying to watch Pakkun disappear.

It took him mere minutes to reach the hospital and once he stepped inside he was immediately relieved of his burden as efficient medic-nin took over. Within moments they had Kakashi on a gurney and he was being wheeled away. "His chakra is depleted", he called after them, "he needs Tsunade-sama."

A hand dropped onto his shoulder from behind. "I'm already here, Iruka. Tell Shizune what happened, while I take care of the brat."

Iruka breathed a sigh of relief when the Hokage followed the pale man on the gurney.

Shizune patted him on the back. "Come Iruka-sensei. Let's sit down for a moment."

She pulled him to a couple of chairs in the corner and pulled out a small notebook. "What happened exactly?"

Iruka took a deep breath. "I was on mission desk duty, when I heard Pakkun outside, telling Kakashi that he needed to go to the hospital. Then Kakashi walked in, looking like he came right from a fight and then he smiled at me and he just… dropped. I gave him one unit of general antidote, series 2, in case he'd been poisoned and then I took him here."

"And Pakkun?" Shizune asked.

"He left."

"Did he give you any message?"

"Only that Kakashi was chakra-depleted and that he needed Tsunade-sama."

Then he remembered the scroll and he pulled it out of his pocket. His fingers slipped on the blood and he nearly dropped it. He was surprised to see his hand tremble as he handed it to Shizune. "He was carrying this."

She took it carefully and put it into her own vest. "Thank you, Iruka-sensei. I'll make sure Tsunade-sama gets it."

Iruka stared in the direction they had taken Kakashi, forgetting about Shizune until she shifted next to him. "I should go, he muttered, "I left the mission desk unlocked".

She nodded and he stood to leave.

"Iruka-sensei?"

"Yes?"

"If you are…curious…about Kakashi-san's recovery… No one would object if you came by later to…check his progress."

He nodded without looking at her. "Thank you."

Iruka walked back to the mission office briskly, wondering why the nervous, jittery feeling in his stomach wouldn't leave. It wasn't like he'd never taken care of an injured comrade before. The jounin's injuries hadn't even been that bad.

He tried to clear his mind, or at least think of more pleasant things, like his lovers. But every image in his mind morphed into the pale, still form of the jounin lying on the gurney.

There were smears of blood on the floor of the mission desk and Iruka found himself staring at them for long moments. Finally he shook his head and made himself move. He grabbed a bucket and a mop from the hall closet and filled the bucket in the bathroom. With a few sweeps the floor looked once again pristine and the water in the bucket turned red.

With the mess cleaned up, Iruka locked up the mission office and walked home. His thoughts were still in turmoil and when he finally looked up he found himself at his own apartment building in stead of at Genma's house.

Well, he might as well go in and get a change of clothes. Kakashi's blood was on his jacket.

After a long hot shower, and in a clean uniform, Iruka felt much better and he left his apartment again to go to Genma's place.

His feet took him to the hospital. Just one quick look inside couldn't hurt. He could look in on an injured comrade right? There was nothing strange about that.

A helpful medic-nin steered him through a couple of hallways and pushed him into a small room. Kakashi lay on the bed, covered in blankets, still pale but looking like he was sleeping peacefully. Tsunade stood at the end of the bed making notes on a chart.

"How is he?" Iruka asked.

"Stupid brat made a mess of himself again. But nothing I couldn't fix." She threw Iruka a sideways glance. "He'll be fine Iruka-sensei. He'll just need to take it easy for a little while."

Iruka nodded and stared at the still form.

Tsunade clipped the chart back at the end of the bed and turned to leave. "You can stay a while if you want. Don't wake him up."

Iruka hesitated for a moment and then sat down in a chair next to the bed. It couldn't hurt to stay, just a little while.

He hadn't seen much of Kakashi the last few months, only glimpses really as the jounin delivered his mission reports to other people. He had to admit he kind of missed the way the jounin used to drop in near closing time. That hadn't happened since Kakashi had walked in on him and Genma. The guilty feeling he'd felt back then came back and Pakkun's words popped into his mind. 'The damn report can wait. He'll still be here when you get back!'

He…

Had Pakkun meant him, Iruka, specifically? Had Kakashi wanted to see him? And what about all those other times the jounin had popped in late at night, when Iruka was the only one left on duty…so we'd be alone…with his ridiculously detailed reports…so I'd take a long time to look them over...

The jounin had been flirting…and some part of Iruka had known it, why else had he felt guilty when Kakashi had seen him and Genma?

He'd known it…and liked it. Shit

Kakashi's arm laid on top of the blankets, fingers curled slightly. Slowly Iruka moved his own hand, laying it on top of the jounin's hand. When the fingers underneath his own twitched his eyes darted to the man's face.

Kakashi was looking at him through one half opened eye.

Shit now he'd woken the man up.

"Kakashi-san, you're safe, and Tsunade-sama has the scroll. Go back to sleep."

He watched white eyelashes flutter before the eye fell shut completely and Kakashi slept.

Iruka wasn't sure how long he'd sat there, watching Kakashi sleep when a soft voice pulled him from his musings.

"There you are. You had us worried, Iruka-kun."

Genma and Raidou were standing in the doorway, looking at him, and he felt a blush creeping up on him. There was no way they hadn't noticed that he was holding Kakashi's hand.

AN: You can probably all guess where this fic is going XD

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