Author's Notes: What can I say? Had this stuck in my head for days and finally had a break through in how it should be written. No warnings really. Enjoy.
Balloons Taste Funny
"Happy Birthday sensei!"
Minato blinked around at two faces, the third too busy scowling, pretending he had no part in the ambush and was obviously being forced to participate.
"How did you know it was my birthday?" the blonde smiled brightly, gathering two eight year olds and tugging the third over to join them in the bone crushing hug.
"Kakashi found out for us." Rin nodded happily, dragging the blonde over to the small table where he quickly discovered a large, clearly homemade, birthday cake.
"Is that..."
"Strawberry and vanilla. It's got real strawberries too. I made it myself." Rin clutched her hands together behind her back and rocked on her heels proudly.
Obito peeked around to make sure no one was watching him then jerked away before his hand could get smacked by his female teammate, scurrying around to the other side of the table merrily sucking off the stolen glob of icing.
Minato straightened after stealing his own glob, which the Uchiha noticed went unpunished, and smiled brightly at his three students, "This is the nicest thing anyone's ever done for me. Thank you. Even if Kakashi did get the information by breaking some rules." he reached out to ruffle a head of silver hair and got a scowl and a hand batting his away in return.
"I didn't break any rules. I just...bent them a little. Call it training in information gathering."
"I still appreciate your efforts."
"I helped too." Obito frowned.
"Oh? And what did you help with Obito-kun? The cake?"
"I blew up all the balloons." he bent over and grabbed one off the floor, flicking it over the table at Minato who snatched it out of the air.
"Obito. Where did you get these balloons?"
"Kakashi gave them to me. And look..." he ran off to flick off the lights, "Some of them glow in the dark!"
Minato watched as the silhouette of Obito picked up one of the bright green balloons and tossed it in the air then turned to flick the lights back on when Rin protested, complaining that they hadn't even lit the candles yet.
But the blonde wasn't listening to the bickering going on between his two most verbal students. He was busy searching the room for the suddenly missing third member of their team.
"Obito. Did Kakashi tell you where he got the balloons?"
"From your room. But I don't think they're normal balloons sensei."
Minato, who was already turning several shades of red, took a deep calming breath, "Why do you say that?"
"Because they taste funny and they were all wrapped in little packets."
Obito reached into his pocket and held out a small square object, "I kept this one because it says 'Cherry Flavored Lubricant' and I like cherries, but I don't know what lubricant is. Is that some sort of jelly or something?"
Minato snatched the packet out of Obito's hand, stuffing it into a pocket, "No wonder the brat disappeared." he mumbled under his breath while ushering the oblivious Uchiha over to the sink and filling a glass full of water, "Wash your mouth out and have some cake." he ordered forcing the glass into Obito's hand.
Rin followed him to the door, "Wait! Where are you going? You haven't made a wish or anything sensei."
"My wish, Rin, is to have all of my favorite students here with me when I blow out my candles so Im going to find Kashi-kun and bring him back so he can share in the joy." he smiled sweetly before turning and shutting the door behind him, his face falling into a deep frown, "Then Im going to make the little demon pay for taking my condoms."