askerian: Serious Karkat in a red long-sleeved shirt (1x2x5 Duo-pillow)
askerian ([personal profile] askerian) wrote2005-05-03 12:57 am

i swear this is the last

this is for sera ([livejournal.com profile] windandwater) because i love her, and yet, like to annoy her. She requested Iruka in the teamwork universe, being cute with the baby and Naruto, but being who I am, i twisted her request around. Muahahahaha.



"That poor child will grow up colorblind."

Iruka chuckles and attempts to smile. Sasuke stares back, not commenting, still holding close the orange-clad baby. There's a little white and red fan on the back of the jumper. Sasuke does not appreciate the attempted joke on the fact that Naruto's favorite color clashes with his clan's emblem. He remembers what he felt when he found that idiot stitching it on.

Though it's a good thing Sakura sews better than Naruto, because the poor child would have been quite uncomfortable in the mess of threads and knots Naruto made. But anyway, the jumper isn't something Sasuke wants to ever joke about.

Iruka smiles again and rubs his head, avoiding his eyes. It reminds Sasuke uncomfortably of the way Naruto himself gestures when he's embarrassed -- except when he's acting like a prick, Naruto blows up in his face. He's giving their ex-teacher a hard time because the man's too polite to punch him. He's not even that sensitive in the first place.

"So... can I?"

Iruka reaches out, arms open expectantly. Sasuke refrains from crushing his heel into his throat, and clutches the child tighter -- only to feel guilty when he hears a whimper of protest. Frowning, he sits back, and attempts to relax his posture. One of these days he'll manage not to hold his child as if he was going to drop it or break bones if he breathes too deeply; for now he hasn't mastered the trick. It's especially hard when Sakura and Naruto are away, and a man he doesn't know that well wants to steal his child.

It's the baby's discomfort, rather than the mildly pathetic eager and expectant expression on Iruka's face, that prompts him to grudgingly let go.

He watches as the scarred man handles his baby with ease, smiling, playing, holding close-but-not-too-close as if that was the most natural thing in the world, and he tries not to feel jealous.

Naruto's hand lands on the back of his chair, and he tries very hard not to turn and glare resentfully. Moron's late.

The hand slips to his shoulder, and squeezes before letting go. Naruto steals the baby from Iruka, laughing, and whirls around, dropping kisses onto round cheeks. He grins down at his teacher, showing him the little fan in the middle of all that glaring orange.

"Isn't that jumper the coolest thing ever?"

Sasuke leaves the room, because it doesn't matter if he stays anymore; Naruto will defend the honor of their child and their household, and play nice with Iruka, and hold the baby close, gently. All these things he can't do. All these things that don't matter because Naruto is here to do them for him.

Except when he's late, of course. Idiot.

[identity profile] sailor-comet.livejournal.com 2005-05-02 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I have to agree with Naruto. His orange jumper, and thus the baby's as well, is most definitely the coolest thing ever. =D

Poor Sasuke and his protective feelings. I can't get the image of a cackling, baby-thief Iruka out of my head now.

~Sam

[identity profile] karit.livejournal.com 2005-05-02 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, god, so cuuuuute! Sasuke is so precious. His fan! XD The orange! So funny.

...but does the constant 'my child' mean it's Sasuke's baby?! Or do they all call it theirs? o.o

[identity profile] karit.livejournal.com 2005-05-02 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, never mind, I just saw the other one. They're both daddies~! *loves*

[identity profile] karit.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 09:58 am (UTC)(link)
Good. I like that better than knowing for sure, actually. XD

[identity profile] windshades.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
Protective, unconfident Sasuke! AWWW! So adorable! *squishes him and you for writing this* *giggles at the idea of Iruka stealing the baby--so totally what Sasuke would think* Yay for babies!

[identity profile] padfut-n-prongs.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
^_^; just once i'd like to see Iruka with a backbone...

one of these days i will find a badass iruka story, and then i will whore myself out to drawing fan art for it.


i want to say that it is cute butsome words just aren't in my vocabulary, so will you settle for me being enjoyably(is that a word?) amused?

[identity profile] padfut-n-prongs.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
o_O? no, i ment badass in some other fic. I don't know what fic that may be, and it may not even exist, but come hell or high water i'll find a fic of dolphin boy being more badass than the bigest badass in all of naruto! T__T hell will probably need to freeze over frist though

[identity profile] joisbishmyoga.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 11:37 am (UTC)(link)
I've seen a couple of fics where Iruka is secretly the lead... Hunter-nin? I think that's the term. The top ANBU. He nearly beats Kakashi and only failed because he was injured, feverish, and passes out.

[identity profile] animeprincess.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
:O TOO CUUUUTE! *works on finals first, then gets back to coloring*

[identity profile] purple-angel01.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
*has melted*

sasuke was perfect. i give u much praise.

*cries* i have to go now, dont even have time to read the other drabbly-things, stupid real life.

[identity profile] kiyakotari.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
**melts at the ficlet** You're being unaccountably cruel today...alternating sexy with cute....I'm going to need a lobotomy if this keep up.

[identity profile] jamjar.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Very cute. Poor Sasuke, having to deal with in-laws that have the temerity to be better with babies than he is.

Dammit, if he's going to get involved with the village outcast, he shouldn't have to cope with meddling, loving kind of uncles. IIt's just not fair!

[identity profile] mikkeneko.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 09:12 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, WHAT is that icon from? XD XD XD

[identity profile] jamjar.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
That icon (and this one) are from Superboy 81, I think. The "she" in question is Batgirl, Cassandra Cain.

[identity profile] windandwater.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
Bwahahaha! The Uchiha fan on the orange jumper! I TOLD you it would be cute. And, d00d, Iruka is SO a baby-stealer. Just watch. I bet he'd buy ramen for the kid every day, too.

[identity profile] rurounitriv.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
So cute. And Sasuke's so paranoid. *snicker*

[identity profile] rainbowlasers.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
That is so adorable. So Sasuke-ish too.

Fan of the jumper? Seriously, I want to see the moment with Naruto trying to sew. Adorable. :3

I'm going to die tonight. You know a way to please when I'm feeling in need. >< Guuuh.

[identity profile] iniq.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
T____T
*clingsquishes* awwwww!

[identity profile] tonoxtekko.livejournal.com 2005-05-04 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
;____________;!!! That was so friggin' adorablness~!!! I probably missed it in trying to catch up (*kicks real life*) But what does the baby look like? Does if have pink hair? Black? Blonde? Dark eyes? Are you planning on drawing the new family? *pesterpesterpester*

[identity profile] windshades.livejournal.com 2005-05-04 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
You're such a tease! *pets* I luv you anyway! *does the happy dance around the room* P.S. Thank you for updating your website!

[identity profile] windshades.livejournal.com 2005-05-05 10:48 am (UTC)(link)
Yay! I have it saved to my favorites, so that I can read your stories over and over and over...

[identity profile] tonoxtekko.livejournal.com 2005-05-05 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
T_T That's so mean! *huffhuffpout* You can't tease us like that! Do not be an unsatifying misstress and use your sexual talants to satify! Satify!!!

...

...>.>;; *offers bound and gaged Team Seven*

[identity profile] tonoxtekko.livejournal.com 2005-05-05 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
:O!! Damnit, I knew I should have put the exploding-head collars on them...*snaps fingers and shakes fist at* One day~!