2nd Drabble for MessyPeaches
Because Momo gave me so many drabbles, I decided to give her one. And she wanted the crack pairing of doom. So here it is.
At night, 4am
The scream woke Tsunade up, and she immediately grabbed to the side, expecting him to be gone again.
"I'm still here," came a sleepy voice. ""m not going anywhere. Yet."
"Eh?" she rasped. "Thought you'd be off like a shot again. Like every other time."
"Then I'll run off tomorrow morning," he promised, tone drowsily amused. "Warm now."
"mm," Tsunade replied. "Cheeky boy." They snuggled down, Iruka tucking his head under her chin.
The scream echoed again, and this time the two of them shot up.
"Anko?" He murmured with sleepy panic, and was off the bed in a flurry of bedclothes.
They found Anko in the passage leading to the kitchen, holding a bitten tomato and looking wildeyed.
"Anko, what is it?" Tsunade yawned. She didn't sense anything at *all* in the house, so the jounin had better have a reasonable explanation why she was screaming at the ungodly hour of 4am.
Unless it was for another round. *That*, Tsunade didn't mind.
"There's a *thing* in the kitchen!" She said, lowering her voice at the sight of sleep rumpled Iruka, and promptly latched onto his arm. "Save me!" She batted her admittedly pretty eyelashes at him.
"Like I can save you - it'd be the other way round. And stop waving your snack in my face - I'll eat it."
She pouted exaggerately at him, and when he proved immune, turned it on Tsunade.
She sighed. "Iruka - go see what's in the kitchen."
He rolled his eyes to the ceiling, but went to the door, not-quite dragging Anko along on his arm. He opened the door.
It was very strange indeed.
"You left the squid out again, Tsunade-sama," Iruka said.
"That's no squid!" Anko exclaimed. "Squids don't glow in the dark!"
Iruka stared heaven wards as Tsunade snickered. "*Someone* didn't pay attention to that lecture I gave the other day on seafood, did they?"
"Nope, was busy making sure Raidou and Genma weren't staring at your butt."
"Or were *you* staring at his butt?"
Anko giggled. "Maybe."
"Anko!" He blushed, glaring equally at the two of them. "Stop it!"
"Aw, your'e so fun to tease, Ruka-chan!" She grinned and pinched his cheek at the face he made.
It was so cute! After one or two rounds, Iruka wasn't so skittish, and was finally, *finally* relaxed enough not to run off. So very troublesome to have to chase him down, but so very worth the effort. Everytime.
"Gah, you two are incorrigible," he said, the gentle way his fingers pried hers off him belying his gruff tone. "I'll take care of the squid, go to bed, alright? I know you have a mission tomorrow, and -" he glared at Tsunade's unrepentant face. "You have to get up early for a meeting!"
"But I can't sleep without you near me," Anko purr-whined. "The big glowing squid might come get me!"
He glared and stalked into the kitchen, half-shutting the door behind him.
"Heh," Tsunade smirked. "He *does* have a cute butt."
"Yup," Anko said happily.
"I heard that!"
The two women laughed, and headed back to bed.
She really made me break my brain. >.<;; But yes, Microbiology *does* have its uses after all!
At night, 4am
The scream woke Tsunade up, and she immediately grabbed to the side, expecting him to be gone again.
"I'm still here," came a sleepy voice. ""m not going anywhere. Yet."
"Eh?" she rasped. "Thought you'd be off like a shot again. Like every other time."
"Then I'll run off tomorrow morning," he promised, tone drowsily amused. "Warm now."
"mm," Tsunade replied. "Cheeky boy." They snuggled down, Iruka tucking his head under her chin.
The scream echoed again, and this time the two of them shot up.
"Anko?" He murmured with sleepy panic, and was off the bed in a flurry of bedclothes.
They found Anko in the passage leading to the kitchen, holding a bitten tomato and looking wildeyed.
"Anko, what is it?" Tsunade yawned. She didn't sense anything at *all* in the house, so the jounin had better have a reasonable explanation why she was screaming at the ungodly hour of 4am.
Unless it was for another round. *That*, Tsunade didn't mind.
"There's a *thing* in the kitchen!" She said, lowering her voice at the sight of sleep rumpled Iruka, and promptly latched onto his arm. "Save me!" She batted her admittedly pretty eyelashes at him.
"Like I can save you - it'd be the other way round. And stop waving your snack in my face - I'll eat it."
She pouted exaggerately at him, and when he proved immune, turned it on Tsunade.
She sighed. "Iruka - go see what's in the kitchen."
He rolled his eyes to the ceiling, but went to the door, not-quite dragging Anko along on his arm. He opened the door.
It was very strange indeed.
"You left the squid out again, Tsunade-sama," Iruka said.
"That's no squid!" Anko exclaimed. "Squids don't glow in the dark!"
Iruka stared heaven wards as Tsunade snickered. "*Someone* didn't pay attention to that lecture I gave the other day on seafood, did they?"
"Nope, was busy making sure Raidou and Genma weren't staring at your butt."
"Or were *you* staring at his butt?"
Anko giggled. "Maybe."
"Anko!" He blushed, glaring equally at the two of them. "Stop it!"
"Aw, your'e so fun to tease, Ruka-chan!" She grinned and pinched his cheek at the face he made.
It was so cute! After one or two rounds, Iruka wasn't so skittish, and was finally, *finally* relaxed enough not to run off. So very troublesome to have to chase him down, but so very worth the effort. Everytime.
"Gah, you two are incorrigible," he said, the gentle way his fingers pried hers off him belying his gruff tone. "I'll take care of the squid, go to bed, alright? I know you have a mission tomorrow, and -" he glared at Tsunade's unrepentant face. "You have to get up early for a meeting!"
"But I can't sleep without you near me," Anko purr-whined. "The big glowing squid might come get me!"
He glared and stalked into the kitchen, half-shutting the door behind him.
"Heh," Tsunade smirked. "He *does* have a cute butt."
"Yup," Anko said happily.
"I heard that!"
The two women laughed, and headed back to bed.
She really made me break my brain. >.<;; But yes, Microbiology *does* have its uses after all!