Blood in the water [Kakairu]

Hold me softly

Iruka poured the freshly made tea and walked over to Kakashi, surprised to see him asleep already. He felt bad for waking him but Tsunade has been very clear about her aftercare instructions.

He set the tea down and shook Kakashi's shoulder lightly.
"Kaka-"
He was cut off by the bruising grip suddenly on his wrist and the faint feeling of the sharingan on him. When had Kakashi removed his eye patch?

The quick movement had clearly taken effort as he sat there panting shallowly.
Iruka wasn't sure what to say as he stared into both of Kakashi's eyes for what felt like hours. His gaze was cold, calculating, if not a bit unfocused. There was a hint of something else there. Something he couldn't put his finger on.

"Kakashi let me go"

The four words released him from his trance and the hand gripping his went to behind his head.
"Ah Iruka sorry-"

"No it's my fault I should have known better then to try and wake you like that. Uhm, you still have to shower, and here are your pain meds for the evening"

He itched at the scar on his face absently.

Kakashi took the pills dry.
"Already trying to get me naked sensei?"

The blush that flooded Iruka's cheeks was worth the wack to the head in Kakashi's opinion.

Iruka wheeled him to the bathroom once more and put down the seat in the middle of the shower.
"That's for you to sit on while you wash. I'll get you a towel"

Iruka walked the short distance to his sheet cupboard and pulled a dark red towel out. Shit he forgot to ask Kakashi about his clothes. He quickly grabbed some boxers and pajamas from his closet hoping they were close enough in size for the night.

When he returned to the bathroom he almost dropped them all on the floor.
Kakashi was clad in only his briefs. Despite how malnourished and weak he looked it didn't distract from the dizzying beauty of his body overall. He could almost see the ghost of his physique from a month ago.

He hadn't seen how bad his back was until now not really. The ironic things was it didn't look out of place. With the hundred of other scar and lacerations on his back the newest one was only that, a new one. Iruka wanted to know what caused each of them, he wanted to trace his fingers along the darkest ones . Stopping that train of thought, he swallowed and coughed a little to announce his arrival.

Kakashi spun around slowly.
"I uh-" he reached  behind him at his back and a grimace graced his features.

"I can't-"

"Oh Tsunade mentioned this might happen it's okay, I can help you wash your back"

Iruka watched as a blush formed and soon spread like wildfire down Kakashi's neck and chest. The pink was striking against his pale skin. He'd never seen Kakashi blush so hard, or at all. Was that why he wore his mask?

"It's fine really, I've had to wash children off plenty of times after training accidents"

"Glad I'm as high on your list as child"

"Oh shut up just get in the shower and I'll join you in a moment" Iruka tried not to cringe the moment that left his mouth and instead opted to check on the healing ointment Tsunade had given him.

As soon as he heard the water turn on he faced the shower again. Kakashi was sitting in it waiting. Right. Help Kakashi shower. It wasn't weird right? It would only be weird if he made it weird, which he wouldn't. Friends help each other all the time this wasn't any different.