Naruto Oneshots + Imagines

Groomsmen (Iruka Umino x Yamato)

Iruka Umino finds himself distracted as he works at the mission desk.

Ever since Naruto has come back to the village, things have been chaotic. Iruka knows that he should be worried about the Akatsuki and about the village- and sure, he is- but there's one more thing that's been bothering him...

His friend, Kakashi, has been hanging around someone new; a pale man around Iruka's height with light brown hair, a head guard, and captivating charcoal eyes. Iruka has never seen him before despite knowing the faces of everyone in the village, but he wears Konoha's leaf symbol on the forehead of his guard, so Iruka knows he's one of their shinobi.

Iruka sorts through the papers in front of him with the mysterious man on his mind. Shinobi continue to approach, turning in their mission reports and allowing Iruka to sort them away. It's half past noon and Iruka is exhausted, but there's so much work to be done and so few people, even years after the Konoha Crush, that he has to fill in that gap where he can. He's so out of it that he doesn't even notice when Kakashi approaches the desk until he hears the older man's voice.

"Iruka, I have something important to tell you," Kakashi speaks.

"What is it?"

"Guy and I are engaged," Kakashi says, holding his left hand out. Over the glove that he normally wears, on his left hand, there's a ring; an obnoxious silver creation with a giant, expensive looking red stone in the middle. It's not very Kakashi, but it is very Guy. "It's official, rings and all."

"Aw, really? That's so sweet! Congratulations," Iruka beams, his eyes flickering between Kakashi's neutral face and the ring he's wearing.

It's unlike Kakashi to make a big deal about an engagement or a wedding, let alone publicly go flaunting an engagement ring around. The uncharacteristic behavior from his friend makes the alarm bells in Iruka's head ring, but then he remembers that it is like Guy to get excited about this sort of thing, and that Kakashi is probably just trying to match his excitement to make him happy.

"Nice, isn't it?" Kakashi asks, gesturing to the huge rock on his finger. "Guy went on a long trip to get this stone from Suna. Apparently, Gaara was able to pull some strings and get it for him."

"That sounds like Guy," Iruka smiles, then looks back up at Kakashi. "It's beautiful. I'm truly happy for you."

"Thank you, but I didn't come here just to tell you about my engagement."

Iruka tilts his head.

"Oh?"

"You and I have been friends for a long time now, and comrades for even longer. I wanted to ask if you'd consider being one of my groomsmen."

"Of course!" Iruka excitedly answers. "I'm honored that you'd even ask."

"Great! I'll see you later, then," Kakashi offers a nod and turns to leave, but before he can do so, Iruka speaks up.

"Kakashi, wait, I wanted to ask you about something."

"What is it?"

"Your um, your friend," Iruka forces the words out. He's sure that Kakashi will be able to figure out his intentions based on his tone, but he figures it'll be fine. It's not like Kakashi is one to go around spreading peoples' secrets, right? In theory, his crush should stay protected until he's ready to say something about it- if he ever gets to know this guy well enough that he wants to say something about it. "The one with the brown hair, and the cat-like eyes. Who is he?"

Kakashi pauses for a moment, seemingly confused until realization flashes over his face.

"Oh, you mean Yamato? What about him?"