"Kakashi-san?!"
There was no denying the shock Tommeh felt at that moment. Of all the shinobi in the world of war, he'd never expected the silver haired loyal renegade, Hatake Kakashi, to be his one-day stalker. The Jounin seemed equally surprised that the Inuzuka had feigned slumber, and fooled him. A tender blush reddened his little visible skin, most of his face masked in a dark Velcro concealment. Oki, Shuu and Wei awoke slowly, Tatsuki raising his little marble head tiredly. Teki remained as awake as ever, yet somehow the awakening eluded the other two puppies.
"Oh, err, sorry. I just saw Teki here wake up and ... well, I'm a sucker for a cute puppy." The hint of truth laced his slender tone, which was sympathetically tired. But there was a flaw, and the blue-eyed male saw it lucidly. Teki was asleep before the older man had come within range. Kakashi was lying, a little white lie, yet a lie nonetheless.
"Ah, yeah, the pups are pretty cute I suppose." And that much was completely authenticated. Tommeh felt a little on guard. Why had the older man blushed? Was it simply the miniscule pride blow, to be caught out by someone as much as ten years his junior?
"See you later, Tommeh-kun. I have to talk to Tsunade-hime." And with that, the tall man was gone, and the brown haired teen couldn't help but feel a little confused.
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Further into the great fire country's capital, a great red building rose, high above the highest tier laying the five Hokage memorials. Shodaime and his brother of the Senju, Sarutobi, Minato Namikaze and, finally, Tsunade herself. The Godaime hokage stood atop this building, surveying the nation she'd almost given her life to save.
Kakashi appeared upon the roof, a little grey cloud blowing around his well-built frame. The blush had faded from his cloaked features, but an element of embarrassment remained. Ha, caught out by the Inuzuka. He shouldn't have been ashamed really; Tommeh was of the next generation, the one to inherit Konohagakure itself. But he wasn't getting old already, was he? Tchh, he was barely thirty!
Yet the shaggy haired teen exceeded the level Kakashi himself, whom had been regarded as a prodigy, at that age. Probably due to the training in the Hidden Claw, a country the Jounin had steered clear of.
"How'd it go, Kakashi-kun? Did you keep stalking, or did you really talk to him this time?" The blond, twin pigtailed medicinal nin knew full well of the sharingan bestown man's infatuation, or on a calm level, crush. She did not disapprove; the whole gay thing didn't bother her at all. The age barrier was little more than frivolous thoughts in her eyes. What she disapproved of was the sneaking about, the strange stalking.
"I spoke to him ... I'm amazed. He caught me out! I was petting Teki, and used all the names ... hmm, that was my mistake, I suppose."
"You suppose?"
"Okay, I know."
"... What does Tommeh-kun think, then?"
"... I have no idea."
