A passionate rivalry

1: Rivals

Kakashi's p.o.v.

Might Guy is following me... again. To be honest, I'm not sure if he knows I've noticed him. I'll just continue reading my book. And no it's not porn, it's just romance written by Jiraiya.

After two minutes, he notices Kurenai and stops following me. Is it because I was too boring? Does he not like my book? Does he not like me? Does he not want to be my rival anymore?!
Why do I even care? What am I saying, I don't care. I only noticed he's gone cause a ninja must always be aware of his surroundings.

I considered my options. 1: I can go away and read my book, but I won't really be reading since I'll be too distracted thinking about what was so important about Kurenai. And 2: I can go to them and say hi, act like everything's normal, cause everything is normal. But what if they think I was following them? No, they won't, I was in the Anbu with 13, I was made for this.

"Hey" I said calmly.

"Kakashi! My rival! Ready for another competition?!"

Oh, so I'm still his rival. Ok. But has he got many rivals now?

"Hello Kakashi, how are you?" Kurenai asked.

"I'm fine, just wondering around... How are you?"

"I'm doing well, do you care for tea with us?"

"No thank you, you're not drinking sake? Are you and Asuma having a baby?"

Kurenai blushes. And Guy scolds me:
"Kakashi, don't be so blunt! You should do 5000 push-ups and 200 laps around Konoha for that, and I'm going easy on you... although... easy is bad... I challenge you to 5000 push-ups and 200 laps around Konoha on our hands!"

That's the spirit! You challenge me to do things, or did he not challenge Kurenai because she may be pregnant?

"But actually, Kurenai... I have to be honest, I need to know the truth! Are you pregnant?!" He practically cried.

I almost sighed in relief. I'm glad he was the one who asked the question this time, considering how he reacted to me asking it the first time. I don't want him to be mad at me. Because that would spoil our missions, of course, I take my work as ninja very seriously, especially team work.

"No, Asuma and I are not there yet." Kurenai claims while blushing.

And... he didn't challenge her for anything! You know what that means? I'm his one and only rival! And I'm perfectly ok with it. Not happy, just perfectly ok with it. Alright maybe a little happy. But I was not happy with the suddenness of what Kurenai said next.

"When are you guys having a baby?"

I'm almost sure Guy didn't understand the actual question or meaning behind what Kurenai said, but I did. She didn't mean us individually, but as a pair. Without wasting another second, I poofed out of there, but not before hearing Guy say something about maybe one day and a guy.

WHO'S THIS GUY?