Until You Came

Broken Like Me.

Notes: Hey guys! I just wanted to clarify something; I think this story will be at least 9 chapters, and at most 14. I wanna give y’all a rough time of when I think it’ll be done. But you're in luck because I’m on a writing spree lately so the chapters will be coming quicker then when I’m in school. I plan on writing many different KakaIru stories, I hope you're enjoying the story so far. I’m hoping to improve my writing skills more so I can give you the best chapters. Enjoy this chapter!

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Kakashi has been gone on his mission for around five days. This worried Iruka, he didn’t know why it worried him so much to the point that he’d stress about it at night. He’s lost plenty of conrad’s, which hurt him in the past but it never worried him like this before. 

He put these thoughts aside, thinking he was just worried about disappointing his Hokage for not taking good care of Kakashi. Yeah, that’s what it was. And they were friends after all, he’s worrying about him like a friend should.

Iruka busied himself by taking extra mission room shifts and spending more time with Naruto.

Iruka treated Naruto to ramen after he exhausted himself from training. They sat and talked for a while, Iruka’s thoughts always caved back to Kakashi. It’s been five days, He should be back by now. Nonetheless Naruto was a good distraction and always kept his mind busy. 

Iruka was walking Naruto home since it was late. Naruto said he’d be fine and Iruka knew it. He just wanted to keep the boy close. He knew he shouldn’t have favorite students but Naruto was like his little brother.. and he felt the need to protect him.

They chatted aimlessly about Naruto’s training and progression.

Once they got to Naruto’s apartment they said their goodbyes and Iruka headed home.

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Iruka was sitting on his bed, reading a book. It was dark, around 1:30 but he couldn’t sleep. His thoughts kept him awake always wandering back to the copy nin.

He heard a quiet thump in his living room and became paranoid. He grabbed his kunai from his night stand and silently lifted himself from his bed.

He slowly crept into the living room. He saw a figure on his couch covered in blood, silver hair shining in the moonlight. Iruka was relieved, he set down the kunai and slowly made his way towards the other man. Kakashi finally came back.

He silently crept toward him and knelt down beside him. He carefully removed his flak jacket checking for injuries. Taking his shirt off next he confirmed that this wasn’t his blood. He released a breath he didn’t know he was holding. He slowly got up and helped Kakashi to his feet. Kakashi’s eyes were saucers, his eyes were shaking from the memories of his mission. Iruka’s heart broke for him, he knew what this was like. He pulled Kakashi’s arm over his shoulder and they stumbled to his bathroom. 

Iruka turned on the shower setting it to a warm temperature. He carefully peeled Kakashi’s pants off and guided him to the shower. 

Iruka went to his bedroom to grab a pair of clean pants and boxers. He moved carefully not wanting to startle Kakashi more. He wasn’t in a good state, he was still in battle mode and all Iruka could do was bring him comfort and slowly help him back into reality. 

Iruka stripped himself of his clothes and got in the shower with Kakashi. He hadn’t taken his mask off because he didn’t want to take advantage of him in this state, so when Kakashi took his mask off Iruka blushed and looked away. He knew Kakashi was thankful because he turned around and let Iruka wash the dried blood out of his hair.