Hey, everyone! It may be April Fool's, but this is no joke... We have another event for you, and we are excited to announce KakaIru Prank Week 2026!
This is an open event run from 1st August to 7th August, dedicated to our sneaky, mischievous ship!
We accept all kinds of content, including fics, art, music, moodboards, and any other creation you can think of, as long as it is KakaIru!
Prompts:
Day 1 (1st Aug): Graffiti/ Sabotage
Day 2 (2nd Aug): Mischief Managed/ Busted!
Day 3 (3rd Aug): Traps & Seals/ Explosions
Day 4 (4th Aug): Is this a joke to you?/ Confusion
Day 5 (5th Aug): Challenge Accepted/ Glitter
Day 6 (6th Aug): Surprise!/ Our Little Secret
Day 7 (7th Aug): The Ultimate Prank/ Prank Wars
Rules & Guidelines:
All content must be newly created for this event – old/ recycled work will not be allowed.
No AI content. You can use AI to help you brainstorm, research, etc., but the work you’re sharing has to ultimately be your own.
This is a KakaIru event, so all works must be endgame KakaIru.
Triggering, sensitive & NSFW content must be tagged appropriately.
Even though the theme is Pranks, your creations don’t have to be about pranks! The theme is just inspiration!
You don’t have to create something for every day, but we most certainly encourage it; and you’re quite welcome to create multiple things for a single prompt!
For each day, you can create for only one prompt, do both prompts, or even combine them!
There are no minimum requirements for creations - all effort counts!
Creations will be accepted in any language!
We would prefer it if you posted on the correct day, but late entries will be accepted until 31st August!
Where to post:
Add your work on the forum! Most work will be able to go in our Fanworks category, but please take a look at our posting guidelines to see if it will need to go to the Lemon Bar, instead.
We have an AO3 collection you can post to; and we would like you to use the tag KakaIru Prank Week 2026.
Tag us here on Tumblr with the prompt your work is for. Please consider using the tags kakairu prank week 2026, and kakairu.rocks
All tagged work will be shared by us, and a masterpost will be created at the end of the event!
If you have any questions about KakaIru Prank Week 2026, please don’t hesitate to ask!
Hey guys! We are excited to announce that the masterpost for KakaIru Valentine’s Week 2026 is finally ready to share!
But before we show you the list, we want to thank everyone who participated in the event. All your creations were amazing, and we were excited to see each and every one of them!
Here are this year’s stats:
- Total number of creations: 49
Fics: 25
Art: 24
- Total word count: 108 692 words
- Most inspiring day: Day 1
- Least inspiring day: Days 5&6
Once again, thank you all so much for contributing, and helping keep the kakairu love alive!
And now, here is the list of wonderful creations! Please indulge to your heart’s content!
Day 1: Gifts & Surprises/ Online Dating
Art by @ethelledraw
Art by @yg-arts
Art by @twinetenderx
Art by @sleepybeauty26
Art by @dilly-oh
Failure by @kakairu-shrine
Rating: Teen & up, CW: None, Word count: 861
Souvenir by @scrapcheck
Rating: Gen, CW: None, Word count: 2.6k
*ninja grindr notification sound* by @rokudykeme
Rating: Mature, CW: None, Word count: 2.3k
You Know What I Know by @universallyfuked
Rating: Gen, CW: None, Word count: 6.7k
Pequenas missões do coração by @acnproject & @bansheeangel
Rating: Unrated, CW: None, Word count: 6.1k
Ninken-Approved by @kakairu-shrine
Rating: Teen, CW: None, Word count: 5.1k
lending a book (lending a heart) by @smallangstdemon
Rating: mature, CW: omegaverse, Word count: 7.8k
FaceTime or It Didn’t Happen (Being Gay in The 21st Century Sucks) by Writer_Solaax
Rating: Gen, CW: None, Word count: 6.4k
Day 2: Forbidden Love/ Everyone Thinks They’re Dating
Art by @ethelledraw
Art by @smallangstdemon
Art by @skys-archive
Art by @yg-arts
When Fake Dating Gets Real by @dilly_oh
Rating: Gen, CW: None, Word count: 1.6k
Amor com prazo de validade by @acnproject & @bansheeangel
Rating: Unrated, CW: None, Word count: 6.3k
Together by @kakairu-shrine
Rating: Teen, CW: None, Word count: 5.7k
forwards beckon rebound by @rokudykeme
Rating: Mature, CW: homophobia, Word count: 1.6k
All About You by @universallyfuked
Rating: Teen, CW: None, Word count: 4.2k
WikiHow, How to Not be Emotionally Constipated? (Quickest Route, No Borax) by Writer_Solaax
Rating: Gen, CW: None, Word count: 4.6k
Day 3: Red String of Fate/ Unlucky in Love
Art by @ethelledraw
Art by @sleepybeauty26
Unlucky String of Fate by @dilly_oh
Rating: Teen, Cw: None, Word Count: 2.1k
The Sixth Scent by @savethecetaceans
Rating: Teen, CW: None, Word count: 5.3k
You can’t rehearse the chorus, but the verse is sweet by @borealwrites
Rating: Teen, CW: None, Word count: 5.2k
I Can’t Wait to Tell This Story to My Grandchildren (Bottom Text) by Writer_Solaax
Rating: Gen, CW: None, Word count: 3.5k
Day 4: Children/ 50 Years From Now…
Art by @ethelledraw
Art by @dilly-oh
Art by @k4rmacat
Art by @yg-arts
Art by @bonanza-tact
Art by @smallangstdemon
Art by @sleepybeuaty26
Day 5: Many Love Interests/ Enemies to Lovers
Art by @dilly-oh
Needless Interruptions by @scrapcheck
Rating: Mature, CW: None, Word count: 5.1k
Swords Aren’t the Only Things That Clash (Put Your Body On Mine, Baby) by Writer_Solaax
Rating: gen, CW: omegaverse, Word count: 6.7k
Day 6: Romance no Jutsu!/ Weekend Away
Art by @dilly-oh
Art by @ethelledraw
Hokage-sama is on DND (and I’m Thinking About Retiring Early) by Writer_Solaax
Rating: Gen, CW: None, Word count: 2.8k
Day 7: Proposals/ Valentine’s Day
Linocut Art by @samarox
Art by @dilly-oh
Art by @smallangstdemon
Art by @ethelledraw
Anti-Valentine’s Day by @kakairu-shrine
Rating: Teen, CW: None, Word count: 2.8k
Welcome Home, Sensei! An S-Ranked Valentine's Day Mission! By @savethecetaceans
Rating: Teen, CW: None, Word count: 1.2k
Other: Many Prompts
Dating? Us? by @hkandiu
Rating: Gen, CW: None, Word count: 8.6k
If we have missed you, or made a mistake somewhere, please let us know ASAP so we can fix the problem!!!
Thank you to everyone who participated, and to everyone who has supported us! Without you, we wouldn’t have been able to run Valentine’s Week, so we really appreciate your involvement 🥰
If you still need more KakaIru after this, keep your eye out on our posts, because we might have a little something very soon… 👀
Not because he has a Red String of Fate, leading off to whoever-the-fuck knows, he’s never really cared enough to find out. He’s not one of those sappy romantic types who swear off all other partners to embark on a journey to find their destined love or whatever. There are plenty of people who have never found their Soulmate and have managed to find lasting, loving relationships with other people, so that isn’t the issue here.
It’s because his String is an asshole.
When he tells people, they laugh. When they see that he’s being serious, they laugh harder. “It’s just a String,” they scoff, looking at him askance. “It leads to your Soulmate, that’s it. It can’t DO anything.”
They haven’t seen the way it seems to have a mind of its own, worming across the floor like a slippery snake to trip unwary feet or tangle around a limb at the most inopportune times.
Like when Iruka was going in for a goodnight kiss after a promising first date, tripped on the String, and promptly broke his date’s nose with a vicious headbutt. He wasn’t surprised when they didn’t go for a second one.
Or the time when a different date leaned over to touch Iruka’s knee and the String had somehow gotten wrapped around the leg of the man’s stool, jerking it out from under him and cracking his chin on the bar top. He lost two teeth, as well as any desire to see Iruka again.
Or when the String snaked over the dining table to tip an entire bowl of very expensive ramen into the lap of his new paramour, not only ruining his pants, but severely burning his groin as well. Iruka ended up having to pay for the food, dry-cleaning and medical bills. He found it highly ironic that he could only afford cup ramen for the rest of the month.
So, yeah, the String has cock-blocked him on more than one occasion.
Like he said, asshole.
He’s even tried to cut it.
It was late at night, after a clumsy attempt at a one-night stand with a stranger from the bar. During the frantic fumbling in the dark, the String had snuck its way between them and managed to twist around the other man’s unmentionables, tightening like a vice until it nearly castrated him. Needless to say, the half-naked man ran howling out the door, and Iruka, equal parts horny, frustrated, and furious, howled even louder and snatched up a pair of scissors to snip that damn String to pieces. But no matter how much he snipped and sawed at it, the String stayed whole. After trying again with his entire knife collection (which was rather impressive), attacking it with his own teeth, and actually contemplating setting it on fire, he finally just gave up, jerked off, and went to bed.
The Red String isn’t all bad. The kids at school love it, playing Cat’s Cradle and jump-rope with it during recess. They ask him questions about it incessantly, like when did it first appear, how long is it, and what kind of person he thinks it leads to. The answers are “fifteen”, “I don’t know”, and “I don’t care”.
Although, that’s not entirely true. He does care, at least enough to occasionally feel the murderous urge to track down whoever is on the other end of his String just so he can kick him in the dick. The String’s behavior has to at least partially be his Soulmate’s fault, right? He has to be causing it, somehow, whether unconsciously or with full intent to fuck Iruka over.
Either way, Iruka’s given up on love.
Which is why he’s stuck doing the graveyard shift at the Mission Office, filing paperwork like a loser instead of out at a bar looking to get laid (it’s called the ‘graveyard shift’ not because of the late hour, but more the high probability of an ANBU showing up with a dead body in tow). He’s just gotten up to grab another cup of coffee when someone shuffles in, looking almost like a corpse themselves.
Hatake Kakashi, Iruka notes with a flutter of dread, taking in the man’s slumped shoulders and the impressive bags beneath his visible eye. He’s never talked to the man in person, but he’s heard the horror stories. If he doesn’t already have a dead body in tow, Iruka better make this quick, before he becomes one.
“I’ll take that,” he says, politely stepping forward, hand out to take the crumpled mission report sticking out of Kakashi’s pocket.
And then promptly stumbles over his String, which has twisted around his ankle, because, you know, asshole. Iruka slams into the other man, and they both go down, collapsing in a pile on the floor (he counts himself lucky Kakashi doesn’t instantly snap his neck on contact, seemingly too exhausted from his mission to react with more than a surprised grunt).
“Oh my God, I’m so sorry-” Iruka blurts out, desperately trying to scramble off the man before his killer instinct wakes up, mistakes Iruka’s flailing for an attack, and stabs him in the eye or something. But he can’t, because his String is now wrapped around his both his ankles, hobbling him like a damn horse, and he just flops back down into the man’s lap with a yelp. “Shit, godammit-” Iruka tries again, falls again. And again. Every time he tries to get up, the String somehow snags and trips him up, and he tumbles back down onto Kakashi, the two getting more and more tangled with each attempt. Soon they look like a pair of precocious kittens being swallowed by a ball of yarn. It would be hilarious if Iruka wasn’t so fucking pissed off. “Why is- what the FUCK is happening here-”
“I don’t know, and honestly, I’m not sure if I want it to stop,” Kakashi deadpans, just laying there and blinking owlishly. The tips of his ears are pink.
“Shut up and help me!” Iruka hisses down at him, then remembers his body count and adds, “Please.”
“Okay, okay,” Kakashi relents with a tired sigh. The two carefully sit up and begin the slow, pain-staking process of trying to untangle themselves from the mess of Red String engulfing them. The resulting awkward fumbling is almost more humiliating than Iruka’s botched attempt at a one-night stand.
“Excuse me, you’re on my-”
“Oh, sorry. Here, maybe if I-”
“No, that’s not-”
“Just let me-”
“Don’t move- ow!”
“Sorry. Lemme just-”
“Wait, hold on- I said WAIT-”
“You’re touching my-”
“I said sorry-”
“Oh, for the love of- this is fucking ridiculous!” Iruka finally bursts out, throwing his hands up in exasperation. “GOD! You’re such a fucking asshole! I HATE you SO much!!”
“…But you’ve only just met me,” Kakashi says in a small voice. “It’s only been, like, five minutes, tops.” He cocks an eyebrow. “…That’s gotta be a new record.”
“Not you. YOU!” Iruka glares furiously at the Red String tied around his pinky finger. It dangles there, mockingly. “You always do this shit to me! Tripping and tangling me up! Knocking shit over when I least expect it! Making my life fucking miserable! Especially when I’m trying to date, or at least get laid! Why the fuck can’t you just let me BE?!”
“I know what you mean,” Kakashi sighs.
“Seriously, you can never just leave me- wait, what? Really?” Iruka halts mid-rant, gaping at Kakashi in surprise. “You…your String messes with you, too? It’s…not just me?”
“Nah.” Kakashi shakes his head, scowling down at the Red String winking from his own pinky. “My String’s the biggest cuck I know. And I know Genma.” Iruka winces in sympathy. “I tried to kiss someone a few months back and they nearly got strangled. Like, up in the air, legs kicking and everything. Now everyone thinks I’m a pervert who’s into kinky stuff.”
“…And this has nothing to do with you reading porn in public?”
“Oh no of course not.”
Iruka snorts in disbelief before wondering aloud, “Why is this even happening? Who is doing this to us?”
“Must be our Soulmates,” Kakashi says with a shrug. Iruka frowns.
“You…really think so?”
“Who else could it be?” He gives his String an annoyed yank. “It’s just a String, right? It’s not alive. Doesn’t have a soul itself, just leads to our Soulmates. So it’s gotta be them fucking with us. Trying to keep us from falling in love with anyone else. Possessive cucks.”
“…I knew it. I knew it! God, what a prick!” Iruka marinates in his fury for a good ten seconds before deciding, stick a fork in him, he’s done. “That’s it. I’ve had enough of this bullshit. I’m gonna find my Soulmate and kick him right in the dick.”
“Cool, I’ll deck mine in the eye.”
“I mean it!” Iruka seizes his String, eyes following along the red trail like a hunter stalking its prey. “No more hiding. No more games. I’m tracking this bitch down once and for all.”
“Have fun.” Kakashi just flops over onto the floor like a beached seal. “I’m taking a nap.”
“No, it’s fine, you just lay there and make me do all the work,” Iruka grumbles, man-handling Kakashi onto his side so he can follow the String. Kakashi gives an exhausted snicker.
“I’d make a joke right now if I wasn’t so tired.”
“I don’t understand why you aren’t more upset about this!” Iruka rolls Kakashi over and lifts a leg to peek underneath. “It’s not fair! We deserve better!”
“I’ve just…kinda accepted it.” Kakashi lets out a quiet sigh.
That weary resignation simultaneously breaks Iruka’s heart and pisses him off even more. Not at Kakashi, but at his absolute shit of a Soulmate, breaking a hardened ninja more thoroughly than any torture could.
“Well, you shouldn’t!” Muttering under his breath, Iruka works harder, faster, carefully untangling and reeling in his String, winding it around his finger like a fisherman reeling in their catch, eager to claim the prize. Kakashi plays along, going limp like a fish, which honestly makes it easier for Iruka to wrestle him about than if he’d actually tried to help. The earlier fear is gone, replaced by annoyance and burgeoning sympathy. Iruka knows what if feels like to be alone, to crave human contact, and be denied. No-one deserved to be lonely. “He’s a shitwagon for putting you through this!”
“I’m sure he’s got a great personality.”
“I’m serious! What kind of sick, sadistic fuck would-”
The String ends abruptly, tied snugly around a thin, calloused pinky. Iruka blinks in surprise, then looks up.
Straight into Kakashi’s eyes.
They both freeze in place, staring at each other in shock before their gazes dart back down to the String.
“Uh.”
“Um.”
There’s an awkward silence.
“Maybe I…took a wrong turn-” Iruka begins weakly.
“Lemme check.” Kakashi pushes his headband up to unveil the famed Sharingan eye, shockingly red with pinwheels of black. It whirls for an instant, mapping the String in its entirety with ease, then he tugs the headband back down and sags, going even paler. Iruka has to grab his shoulders just to keep him upright. “Nope. You didn’t.”
“Whu- buh- you could have done that the entire time?!” Iruka explodes in outrage.
“And give up the chance to be groped by a cute guy? I don’t think so.” Kakashi gives him a cheeky grin and a wink, or maybe he’s starting to pass out, he probably really definitely shouldn’t have used his Sharingan in his current condition.
Iruka’s face is suddenly hot because he’s angry. And that’s the only reason.
They sit there for a while.
“…So,” Kakashi says, recovering enough to sit up, “do you still want to kick me in the dick?” Iruka slowly pulls his hands away and shuffles back to give him some space.
“I…don’t know,” he carefully replies. “Do you still want to punch me in the eye?” Kakashi’s mouth twitches beneath his mask.
“I don’t know.”
There’s another pause.
“Maybe…” Kakashi finally says, breaking the silence, “maybe we could…discuss it over…a drink?” He tentatively holds out a hand, part introduction, part peace offering. The Red String dangling from his pinky winks in the light.
Iruka stares at it for a long moment, then huffs out a laugh and leans in to take his hand.
And then his String trips him again, and he pitches forward, a hand flailing out to snag a finger on Kakshi’s mask and yanking it down just in time for their mouths to violently connect.
Asshole.
-End-
The String: FUCK ALREADY
Written for @kakairu-rocks KakaIru Valentine's Week 2026, Day 3 Prompts: Red String of Fate/Unlucky in Love.
Kakashi quirks an eyebrow, but doesn’t look up from his book as a shadow falls over him. Taking his sweet time, he finishes his paragraph, marks his page with a senbon, closes Icha-Icha, and then languidly looks up at the angry pre-teen looming over him.
“I wasn’t aware that I was,” he drawls.
“Don’t play dumb with me. I am the king of dumb. Dumb is my middle name.” Naruto glares down at him with all the fury of the Nine-tailed Demon Fox. “There’s no use denying it. You and him were seen grocery shopping. Together. Everyone in Konoha is talking about it.”
“You’re mistaken.” Kakashi sighs in annoyance, turning back to his book. Seriously, how did Naruto even find him? He’s been hiding- doing reconnaissance in this tree for, like, three hours. “I literally just bumped into him at the store and helped him pick out a ripe eggplant-”
“Ugh, gross! Is that a euphemism for some kind of disgusting sex thing?!” Kakashi is mildly shocked/impressed that Naruto not only knew the word ‘euphemism’, but used it correctly. “Don’t corrupt my innocent sensei, you perverted degenerate!” Okay, he’s a little less impressed with the big words now.
“Well, that’s hurtful. True, but hurtful.” Kakashi puts his book down to look Naruto in the eye. “I am not currently, nor have I ever in the past, dated your precious Iruka-sensei. Satisfied?” Naruto continues to scowl, but his shoulders relax minutely. “…He is cute though.”
The indignant squawk that follows scares a flock of crows out of the neighboring trees.
“Kidding! I was kidding.” Kakashi holds his hands up in defeat.
“You’d better be.” Naruto’s eyes are red with anger- no, wait, that’s the power of the Demon Fox, leaking out along with his rage. Maybe Kakashi better shut up now. “Keep your filthy hands off him.”
“Got it. I’ll wash my hands first.” Or not.
Naruto leans in close, the pupils of his eyes thinning to dangerous slits as he bares his suddenly much-sharper teeth.
“I’m serious,” he bites out. “You are forbidden from dating him. Understand?”
“Perfectly,” Kakashi dead-pans.
---
“Hello, lover.”
Umino Iruka looks up from grading papers and nearly spits out his tea. Kakashi is lying seductively on his desk, sprawled on his side with one knee bent. After a moment of struggling not to choke, Iruka finally manages to get the tea down and roughly cough out, “Pardon?”
“Oh, nothing, just greeting my precious boyfriend,” Kakashi purrs, rolling onto his front so he can prop his hands under his chin and kick his feet up. “You know, since we’re so in love and all.” He flutters his eyelashes flirtatiously for measure. If anything, Iruka just looks more confused.
“We…are?”
“Apparently. It’s what everyone in Konoha is saying now.”
“But…we’re not.” Iruka’s frown deepens. “We literally just bumped into each other at the store and you helped me pick out a ripe eggplant-”
“That’s what I said-”
“And now people are gossiping about us?” Iruka sits back in his chair with a scoff and crosses his arms. “RUDE.”
“Yeah, on a side note,” Kakashi says, finally slithering off the desk, “Naruto thinks it’s a euphemism for a sex-thing.”
“Wait, did he actually use the word ‘euphemism’? Like, correctly? Good for him.” Iruka goes for another sip of tea and almost spits it out again. “Hold on, what about a sex thing?!”
“He assumed we were dating, too. Hunted me down and nearly bit my head off before I managed to clear it up.” Kakashi snorts in affront. “He actually forbid me from dating you, and demanded I keep my, and I quote, ‘filthy hands off you’.”
“He is aware I’m a grown-ass man, right? Who also happens to be a ninja?” Iruka says flatly, the scar across the bridge of his nose wrinkling in annoyance. “I don’t need protection. Or permission. I can make my own mistakes, thank you very much.”
“Ouch.” Kakashi winces dramatically and grabs his chest.
“Oh, get over it.” Iruka rolls his eyes. “Naruto, too. I can’t believe he got so mad at just the idea of us dating.” Kakashi nods in agreement.
“At first, this misunderstanding about us dating was annoying. Now I almost wanna do it some more just to mess with him.”
“Ha! Could you imagine? He’d be so pissed.”
They stare at each other for a long, silent moment.
“…So did you wanna-”
“Oh my God YES.”
---
They start off subtle. Chance meetings in the street, at the store, at Ichiraku’s, with Naruto just happening to stumble upon the two in various compromising positions, Iruka quick to explain it away as coincidence (“No, we’re not on a walk together, we’re just…walking. Together. In the same direction. Also, he fell and grabbed my arm, that’s why we’re holding hands. You’re overreacting.”) or misinterpretation (“He was not ‘sensually massaging’ my head, he was just fixing my ponytail for me, don’t make it weird. I asked him to, he’s good with his hands- I said stop making it weird!”).
It escalates from there. Naruto walks by a swanky diner to see them having a romantic candlelit dinner (“We’re just scoping out the place for a mission, calm down-”), finds them crammed together in a clothing store’s dressing room (“Of course we’re half-naked in here, we’re trying on clothes. And we’re sharing because the other stalls were full. Obviously.”), and even comes upon them with Kakashi’s hand down Iruka’s pants (“He’s just grabbing my extra kunai, I swear!”).
Each time, they profess their innocence. Each time, Naruto nearly pitches a fit.
And each time, it’s hilarious. Kakashi’s standing so close he can feel Iruka’s body quaking with barely restrained fits of laughter, fighting to keep it down, the corner of his mouth twitching traitorously. He always has to grab the other man’s warm, calloused hand and squeeze it to remind him to keep a straight face until Naruto finally storms off. And Iruka always squeezes back and then looks up at him, those lovely dark eyes shining with glee and his gorgeous smile lighting his whole face up like a beaming sun, one that warms Kakashi from the toes up, spreading throughout his whole body, making his stomach flutter and his chest give a funny little twinge-
Wait.
Oh.
Oh no.
Kakashi is…in trouble.
---
“I think we need to break up.”
Iruka stares at him blankly.
“But…we’re not…dating.”
“Exactly.”
“…What?”
“I just…” Kakashi struggles to find the right words, the pressure building inside until he feels like a whistling tea-kettle and they just come spewing out of him. “I don’t want to do this anymore!” Iruka blinks, taken aback. The words keep rushing out. “It’s not you, it’s me. I’ve had enough. I’m…I’m over it. It’s been fun, being with you, but…I’m just not feeling it anymore. I think it’s time we…move on. Try new things. Okay?” The words finally stop, a silence falling over them like a stifling weight. Kakashi cautiously peeks at Iruka, waiting to see the acquiescence on his face.
It crumbles instead.
Kakashi’s heart goes along with it.
"…Oh,” Iruka says in a small voice, his eyes falling to the floor. Then his jaw tightens and he visibly pulls himself together, clearing his throat and standing straight, giving Kakashi a cold glare. “Well. I’m sorry to waste your time, Kakashi-san.” His tone is clipped, terse. Kakashi nearly flinches at the edge to it. “You’re right. It is time to move on. I’m sure you’ve got much more important things to do, being a high-ranking Jounin and all.”
“Iruka-” Kakashi begins.
“Missions, murders, those kinds of things.”
“Iruka-”
“You probably shouldn’t be seen with a boring Chunin like me anyway-”
“BUT I WANT TO BE WITH YOU!” Kakashi suddenly bursts out, his voice ringing through the air.
Iruka goes quiet, gaping at him in shock. After a few agonizing seconds of this, Kakashi starts blabbering again, anything to fill up this awful, awkward silence between them.
“Look, I didn’t lie, I did have a good time with you, you’re…God, you’re funny, and smart, and…and this is the most fun I’ve had in years, but…” His voice breaks a bit, but he forces himself to go on. “But the more time I spend with you, the more I realize…that I…don’t want to keep pretending. I want it to be real. Being with you. Because I…I like you, Iruka, and now, this pretending, it hurts, and I don’t want to hurt anymore.” Kakashi’s gloves are damp. Why are they so damp? And since when was it so damn hard to breathe in his mask? “And just because I feel a certain way doesn’t mean you’re obligated to reciprocate. I can’t just push my feelings on you, that’s not fair, I don’t want to pressure you into something that you’re not interested in-”
“When did I ever say I wasn’t interested?”
Now it’s Kakashi’s turn to gape in shock.
“You had your hand down my pants, Kakashi,” Iruka explains patiently, “and you’re still alive. Isn’t that consent enough?”
Kakashi opens his mouth to argue before remembering Iruka’s a considerably skilled ninja in his own right and could have easily broken a few of Kakashi’s fingers if any touching had been unwanted.
“…Huh,” is all he can manage.
“Yeah. Huh.” Iruka gives him a look. One of those ‘you’re so fucking dumb it’s adorable’ looks you give a puppy that’s just pooed on the carpet (Kakashi would know, he’s raised plenty of Ninken). It shouldn’t be nearly as attractive as it is. If Kakashi had a tail, he’d wag it. “So?”
“…Ssssoooo?” Kakashi drags out, raising an eyebrow expectantly.
He gets the look again.
“You gonna come over here and put your hand down my pants again or what?”
Kakashi is more than happy to oblige.
-End-
Written for @kakairu-rocks KakaIru Valentine's Week 2026, Day 2 Prompts: Forbidden Love/Everyone Think They're Dating.
Hey guys! We are excited to announce the details for KakaIru Valentine’s Week 2026!
This is an open event run from 8th February to 14th February, dedicated to the love of our favourite ship!
We accept all kinds of content, including fics, art, music, moodboards, and any other creation you can think of, as long as it is KakaIru!
Prompts:
Day 1 (8th Feb): Gifts & Surprises/ Online Dating
Day 2 (9th Feb): Forbidden Love/ Everyone Thinks They're Dating
Day 3 (10th Feb): Red String of Fate/ Unlucky in Love
Day 4 (11th Feb): Children/ 50 Years From Now...
Day 5 (12th Feb): Many Love Interests/ Enemies to Lovers
Day 6 (13th Feb): Romance no Jutsu!/ Weekend Away
Day 7 (14th Feb): Proposals/ Valentine’s Day
Rules & Guidelines:
All content must be newly created for this event – old/ recycled work will not be allowed.
This is a KakaIru event, so all works must be endgame KakaIru.
Triggering, sensitive & NSFW content must be tagged appropriately.
You don’t have to create something for every day, but we most certainly encourage it; and you’re quite welcome to create multiple things for a single prompt!
For each day, you can create for only one prompt, do both prompts, or even combine them!
There are no minimum requirements for creations - all effort counts!
Creations will be accepted in any language!
We would prefer it if you posted on the correct day, but late entries will be accepted until 28th Feb!
Where to post:
Add your work on the forum! Most work will be able to go in our Fanworks category, but please take a look at our posting guidelines to see if it will need to go to the Lemon Bar, instead.
We have an AO3 collection you can post to; and we would like you to use the tag KakaIru Valentine’s Week 2026.
Tag us here on Tumblr with the prompt your work is for. Please consider using the tags kakairu valentine’s week 2026, and kakairu.rocks
All tagged work will be shared by us, and a masterpost will be created at the end of the event!
If you have any questions about Valentine’s Week, please don’t hesitate to ask!
when kakashi and iruka start hanging out people react to it like they’re watching an unlikely animal friendship video of a marten and wolf irl. sort of like “aww that’s cute. but how tf did that happen and should someone intervene”
iruka gets mad and starts strangling kakashi and someone is like “um should we help??” and the others are all “no it’s fine let nature take its course”
the most attracted iruka’s ever been to kakashi is when he, during his term as hokage, digitizes everything in the village from employee IDs to fortifying security/access to different parts of government buildings to computers in every department and software to help streamline the mission assignment and report process to gps trackers/SOS signals for shinobi in the field, etc
iruka realizing he has feelings for one of the few other people who treated naruto with care and respect from the start vs kakashi realizing he has feelings for the only person naruto sees as family/cares about more than sasuke (he cannot fuck this up or he will have to go missing nin)
