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when he said “my name is Iruka Umino. You can call me Iruka.”

something in me shifted—intuition, maybe. like i’ve seen this moment before. like i was always meant to stand here and hear it.

one night i was bored in bed and somehow ended up thinking about you for too long. maybe i already knew. maybe it’s just my intuition talking.

‘you can call me Iruka’

Iruka stands in front of the couch, arms crossed, face set in the most serious expression he can manage.

Iruka: Kakashi-san.. we need to talk.

Kakashi: Hm? You’re pregnant?

Iruka: WHAT—No!! That’s not what i meant!

Kakashi: Oh. Then what?

Iruka: I think… we should break up.

Kakashi: …Why??

Iruka: People say we don’t make sense. That we have no chemistry. That it’s weird. That it’s boring. That nobody wants to see us together.

*Silence*

Kakashi: Who is “people”?

Iruka: Just people

*Sound of a book closing*

Iruka: …What are you doing?

Kakashi: Hold still.

*Music starts playing*

Iruka: Kakashi-san, this is serious—

Kakashi deadpan, pulling him closer: “Nobody wanna see us together..”

Iruka: This is no the time for karaoke

Kakashi: “..but it no matter, no”

Iruka: Are you even listening to me?!!

Kakashi, quietly: “Cause I got you, babe.”

Iruka:

Kakashi: If you’re unhappy, i’ll listen. If you want to leave, i wont stop you.

Kakashi: But if this is about “people”.. then no.

Iruka: …No??

Kakashi: I’m not dating “people”. I’m dating you.

Iruka: You’re not mad?

Kakashi: Why would i be?

Iruka: I just told you we should break up!!

Kakashi: And i just told you we’re not.

*Long silence*

Iruka: …It was a test. I wanted to see how you’d react.

Kakashi: And?

Iruka: Not like this.

Kakashi: Good

Iruka: You’re impossible.

Kakashi: And you’re staying

Iruka: I didn’t say that—

Kakashi, already sitting back down: Next time you test me, at least give me the study guide.

Iruka: I hate you.

Kakashi: No, you don’t.

*Pillow hits. Caught without looking*

Kakashi: See? Chemistry.

i just love the idea that no matter how many “you don’t make sense” arguments exist, he would still look at him and say “okay, and?”

anyway blame that viral AI cover of “Don’t Matter” on tiktok.