A lazy love letter: Shika X Ino

icha icha troublesome

There were plenty of reasons why the two people who were sitting on the grass near the Borderlands—in the dark, mind you—were sitting on the grass in the dark, the biggest of them all being that one was a year shy of eighteen, and the other was old enough to know that he should be using more discretion in this situation, as he was the elder of the two by a good fourteen years, but his obsession for his reading material made him bend the rules every now and then.

Why should the masterpiece that is Icha Icha Paradise be restricted to those under eighteen, anyway?

Preposterous.

Hatake Kakashi saw no harm in allowing a certain former student of his to take a gander at his prized possessions. Naruto had spent quite some time under the tutelage of the author of said volumes, so the boy was already a lost cause by this point.

When one is the pupil of a renowned pervert, it is difficult to walk away from such an experience unscathed. While his...habits...were mild at present, Naruto was beginning to exhibit the signs of a little something that Kakashi dubbed 'Gutter-brain'—a condition that the Jounin knew well—and, naturally, he could not resist sharing the wonders of his books with a kindred spirit, now could he?

However, if the village notables were to discover what he was up to, the tongues would begin to wag, accusing Kakashi of 'corrupting' an 'innocent' youth, and, well, let's just say things would get very ugly, veryquickly.

The rumor mill seemed to have a fondness for the silvery-haired man. Whenever he was seen out and about with a male companion, he was gay. If he was spotted chatting with a pretty female, he was a womanizer. Seen with both sexes, he was gay and a womanizer.

Personally, Kakashi found all the hoopla surrounding his sexual orientation quite humorous, and he did nothing to confirm or refute the popular opinions. Heknew his own preferences better than anyone else, so if people wanted to waste energy in trying to guess what they were, all the power to them.

He did know where to draw the line, though, and being labeled a dirty molester of the child mind—despite the fact that Naruto was not a child—was going a bit too far for his comfort.

Which brings us back to the reason why he and Konoha's number one hyperactive ninja were sitting, in the dark, near the Borderlands: it stuck to one of the most important codes of the ANBU.

Do. Not. Be. Seen.

He supposed that he could have invited Naruto to his apartment, but nowadays, the female population seemed to find his doorstep the hot spot for some reason. Naruto's residence was also a no go, since hewas under eighteen, after all, and his friends often invited themselves over to spend a night or two when the harping from their families became unbearable.

The risks were just too high.

Therefore, the two decided to rough it in the wild like the manly men that they were, and made an impromptu trip out to the Borderlands.

Naruto had been itching to get a glimpse at the famous trademark books of his former sensei, and he was practically frothing at the mouth by the time they reached their destination.

A few years with Jiraya can do that to a person.

Plus, there is a thrill involved when one knows that one is doing something one should not be doing. Sakura disapproved of Kakashi's books, and Naruto knew that she disapproved of them, yet here he was. The pink-haired girl often came up with some rather unpleasant ways to express her irritation, and they varied from situation to situation. She never used the same method twice, and Naruto was positive that the one she'd think up for this offense would be the worst of them all.