[drabble-like] Subtleties I (KakaIru)

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Title: "Subtleties I" (Part II (YonKaka) | Part III (Kakashi))
Fandom: Naruto
Series: drabble/one-shot
Pairing: KakaIru
Rating: PG
Spoilers: none
Squick: Angst. Implied character death.

Many thanks to kokiden for checking this over for me. ^_^


"it's so quiet I can hear
my thoughts touching every second
that I spent waiting for you"
- Beloved, VNV Nation

[present]


It's not a relationship.

It's not, and Hatake Kakashi is glad [fucking pissed].

Glad that he can [almost] look his Hokage in the eye when he tells her this.

Glad that he can leave the hospital when she asks [orders] him to go.

Glad that he can sleep [he can't] in the bed he's never shared with Iruka.

Glad that he's [memorized] never heard the sound of the chuunin's laughter.

Glad that he's [barely] able to walk away from the sterile room and beeping monitors, and no one [everyone] can see how it feels.

Glad that he's only seemingly concerned [twisted into knots], and only on behalf of Naruto.

Because it's not a relationship.

It's not, and Hatake Kakashi is glad [heartbroken] to know that's just the way Umino Iruka wanted it.