Author's Note: For all intents and purposes Dai, Gai's father is alive.
Crashing into Kaela's living room with a sigh, Gai waved at the woman happily. The fact that she proceeded to scold him for almost an hour before actually speaking to him normally made Gai laugh. He felt comfortable speaking to her. When the conversation was over he couldn't help but feel slightly relieved that he didn't get a chance to see Hiro and have to talk about things. Gai could have lived for a while not having to talk about things.
Arriving home with a pastry box under his arm for Kakashi, cans of paint samples and a magazine for furniture ideas, Gai placed the box in the kitchen and began the task of clearing out the guest room. Luckily Gai had storage space where most things could go without problem but soon Gai ran across pictures that he had forgotten he had of his family. Studying the pictures for a time Gai put them in the living room to look through later.
Painting different color squares on the wall of the guest room Gai figured he would wait for Kakashi before attempting any more decorating. Going into the living room, Gai picked up an album and turned to the first page. He immediately was taken aback by the picture of his two fathers staring back at him. Gai for a moment allowed himself to remember those two faces and think about the past that had shaped him and at times almost destroyed him.
Kakashi returned home half an hour after Gai did. Coming in quietly he slipped his sandals off, and glanced over at Gai, surprised to see the other man sitting so still. "Hey," he said softly as he moved across the room, putting a hand on the back of the couch he leaned down as he tugged his mask down, and lightly kissed Gai's cheek.
"What are you doing?" he asked as he walked around the couch, to sit lazily beside Gai, leaning against the arm of the couch he observed Gai for a moment, before quickly saying, "I stopped by the graveyard," pulling his mask up, he motioned vaguely around the room, "I met Hiro there." he paused, "He asked about you."
Blinking slowly Gai stared at Kakashi, so lost in his thoughts that it took him a moment to process what Kakashi had said. "Oh. I must have just missed him." Sighing and rubbing the bridge of his nose lightly Gai flipped the page of the album so he was no longer staring at his fathers and was instead looking at a picture of the first tree he had chopped down by hand. Then recalling Kakashi's other errands, Gai queried.
"How is Sakura?" Gai continued to study the random pictures in his album until he got a response. Then as Gai thought of an answer he realized that he was staring at a picture of his parents again. The picture showed both men smiling widely at each other as Gai pouted between them. Smiling lightly and wondering what he and Kakashi's first family portrait would entail he looked at Kakashi thoughtfully again. He wondered who Kakashi had dreamed of.
Kakashi raised his eyebrow, surprised that Gai seemed so distracted, "She's fine, thank you." he said as he glanced toward the album in Gai's hands, "I think he's avoiding you, Gai." he said softly. Deciding he wanted to change the subject, least Gai inquire as to why he thought this, Kakashi motioned toward the album, "What's this?" he asked.
He barely remembered, as he glanced back up at Gai, that he'd meant to ask the other man about his family. "I was thinking, Gai," Kakashi said as he rested his arm on the back of the couch, idly playing with a strand of Gai's hair, "It'd be nice to have a nice supper this weekend- assuming you don't have any more top-secret missions, that is." Kakashi paused a beat before quietly adding, "Maybe invite your family over."
He knew Gai would be surprised by the request, but he'd always imagined Gai to have a normal family. And, though he'd never let anyone know, he'd always wondered what a normal family would interact like. And to him a family where the mother cried at night, and slept alone was far from normal (a family where the father resented his son for being a child... that wasn't normal.).
Looking up at Kakashi, Gai tried to think of an excuse, any excuse that would work but he didn't come up with one. Sighing, Gai rubbed the space between his eyes. "I'm sure they would love that." Scratching his chin lightly Gai thought back to the last time he had seen his fathers and knew it had been too long for him not to get a lecture.
"This is part of my family album." Gai shifted so Kakashi could see the picture he was looking at of his fathers. Detachedly Gai let himself take the family picture in as an outsider. Most people would look at the picture and assume they were brothers but never the truth.
Gai took after neither man in coloring. In truth neither man had been able to figure out exactly where Gai's dark eyes and complexion had come from. Ryu and Dai were both pale with booming voices and wild light eyes. Ryuu's hair reached his waist and was white as the snow and his eyes were a light green. Dai's black hair was shaved close and his eyes were dark blue. When Gai was younger he had thought his fathers were gods but had quickly figured out the truth.
One of the hardest lessons he had ever learned was that his fathers feared him as much as they loved him. Ryu and Dai had discovered that it was possible for a man to have a child if certain conditions were met and Ryu had persuaded Dai to try. Ryu had almost died and Dai had to bargain with a demon for his son and husband's lives.
Now looking back it was no surprise to Gai that when he had lost his temper for the first time and his chakra had lashed out that he had been taken out back by Dai and forced to repeat katas over and over until he had collapsed. Neither of his fathers had been ninjas but one was the owner of a dojo and Dai had been more than up to the task of training his son.
"I have their features but not their coloring. Go figure." Gai shrugged being able to point out Dai's eyebrows and mouth. Ryuu's eye shape and nose were his. The height had been a gift from both.
Kakashi shifted closer to Gai as he moved, slipping his arm around Gai's neck in what could only be called a casual motion, Kakashi looked the picture over carefully. There wasn't much he could read in pictures, not even pictures of the most expressive man he knew.
Kakashi smiled softly as he looked up at Gai, raising an eyebrow slightly, as he slipped his fingers up into Gai's hair, lightly massaging the other man's scalp. "To be honest, Gai," he said softly, raising his other hand to pull his forehead protector off, "I'm glad you aren't pale skinned. I like you better this way." Kakashi said as he tossed the forehead protector on the table.
Gai seemed to want to avoid the whole subject, Kakashi noticed. He also seemed a little upset with the prospect of his fathers coming over. "You didn't have a mother?" Kakashi asked curiously.
"No." Gai shook his head, relaxing slightly into Kakashi's touch. "Ryuu gave birth to me. He will never let me forget the pain I put him through. They probably won't be able to make it this week but likely they would try for the next. Their home isn't Konoha." Leaning over he kissed Kakashi on the lips before looking at the pictures again. "I always wanted pale skin as a kid but I was tan from the moment I was born. Happy you like my color." Grinning Gai couldn't help but laugh at the next picture in his collection of Ryuu standing on top of Dai with a triumphant look on his face.
Pointing at the picture Gai told the story. "I had been saying I wanted to be a ninja from the time I could walk and father didn't want me to be a ninja, he wanted me to take over the dojo. I moped and groaned and moaned until finally Ryuu told Dai if I didn't get the chance how would I ever know what I wanted to do. Dai told Ryuu if Ryuu could beat him in a fight then I could come to Konoha. Ryuu flattened Dai and told me to treat my future spouse with respect.
Kakashi chuckled as he looked at the picture, he was disappointed Gai's parents might not not be able to make it that weekend, but he resolved to learn some recipes (perhaps from Gai), to cook them a nice supper. "Funny how these things turn out," Kakashi said softly as looked up at Gai, grinning, "Seems the men in your family like taking on male spouses as wives, who can always kick their asses."
Kakashi paused, thinking about his and Gai's child, it would be a Hatake, and that would leave no one to carry on Gai's family name. "If you knew men could procreate together," Kakashi said awkwardly as part of what Gai said settled into his mind, "Why were you so surprised I was, uh, pregnant?" Kakashi asked as he looked up at Gai.
"Che." Gai grumbled at Kakashi good naturedly. "My parents had to go through a lot to have me and we didn't do any of the rituals that they did or anything like that. I mean I knew it was possible just not for us..." Trailing off Gai looked at Kakashi's stomach for moment before giving into the urge to pat it lightly.
"Ryuu is going to know you are pregnant though. He apparently developed the knack for being able to sense when someone is pregnant by looking at them." Flipping another page, Gai got to the part where Ryuu was wearing a yukata and standing to the side. The normally slender man looked as though he had swallowed a bowling ball.
"Dai apparently had to rub Ryuu's feet twice a day or he could forget about sleeping in the bed." Gai smiled fondly at thoughts of his more maternal parents antics went through his head.
Kakashi wanted to lean away when Gai patted his stomach, but decided against it, and stayed where he was, allowing Gai to do so, knowing full well it would just cause a misunderstanding. "He will?" Kakashi sounded a little surprised. He wondered what other strange powers Gai's fathers would be hiding.
Kakashi was a little surprised how demanding Gai's Mother-Father had been. He didn't plan to be that way, but he wasn't sure he could promise not to be, what with the way his moods had been shifting so easily lately.
He wondered absentmindedly if Kurenai had picked up on it last time they'd talked, she hadn't said anything, but that didn't mean she hadn't noticed. She could be, Kakashi mused, waiting to hold it over his head in return for something.
He had to love a good blackmailer.
"Why don't you ever go home to see them?" Kakashi asked suddenly, before he really had a chance to stop himself. He knew Gai must have a reason for not seeing his parents on a regular basis, and he knew that it being Gai, the distance wasn't an issue. Not physically, anyway.
Gai pulled away like he had been slapped. He didn't want to explain to Kakashi how he and his parents had grown distant but he knew Kakashi deserved to know. Closing his eyes, Gai began to speak, leaving out some of the details but the bones of the story were the same.
"Dai didn't want Ryuu to go through another pregnancy because of how dangerous it had been to him the first time. So they adopted. I was the oldest and before I became a ninja I was suppose to inherit the dojo. Instead it went to my little brother. Everything was going fine but something was off. When I visited I could just tell." Taking a shaky breath Gai continued. "My little brother had gotten married and had a son but his wife died mysteriously. A lot of woman died mysteriously around my brother. Someone from the village payed Konoha to look into it." Closing the book, Gai stood and paced around the coffee table before sitting down again. "You are a good enough ninja to figure out what happens next. Let's just say that I haven't had more than a few words from them since other than when they sent my little brother's son to me for training."
Kakashi sat silently for a few moments looking at Gai thoughtfully, he could understand Gai was upset, and he wondered idly why the other man was so much more human than he himself was. So much more willing to tell things about himself that Kakashi wouldn't have actually expected him to divulge. "Gai," he said at length, his mind carefully picking apart Gai's words, trying to figure out who his nephew was, "If it's going to be a problem for you," he said softly as he slowly leaned forward, putting his hands on his knees, and making sure to keep his eyes on Gai, "We don't have to have dinner with them."
So Gai hadn't had a normal family either. Kakashi couldn't say he was really surprised, it seemed to come with the territory of being a shinobi, he knew not one man, woman, or child, who could honestly call themselves a shinobi, who had what was considered a normal family.
Hesitantly, almost nervously reached over Kakashi wrapped his fingers around Gai's hand, glancing away, obviously a little embarrassed by his own gesture, "It's fine like this. Just you and me." he muttered, speaking quietly, as if he didn't want Gai to hear him.
"I want to have my family back." Gai kissed Kakashi's fingers and sighed. "They are wonderful support system and I know they would enjoy seeing Konoha again, under better circumstances and my nephew would get to visit with them for a time as well. It is a good plan, love. We need to bury this some time."
Shaking off his bad mood, Gai regarded Kakashi thoughtfully. "So are you going to cook or should I? Oh bother what would be good. Speaking of food I got you a pastry sampler and put it on the breakfast bar."
Kakashi turned back to Gai after a moment, trying to understand the way his emotions were working against each other, trying to make him feel something more than indifference. "I was thinking of cooking," Kakashi said obviously thinking it over, "But I'll have to learn some more... complicated recipes first." He said as he pressed Gai's hand lightly, before slowly standing up and drawing his hand away.
Slipping his hands into his pockets Kakashi continued to look at Gai a moment, before smiling softly, "It'll work out good, Gai." he said leaning down and lightly kissing the other man, on the lips this time, "I'm sure they miss you too." he said reassuringly as he pulled a hand out of his pocket, and ran his fingers through Gai's hair once again, as he turned away, "I'm going to go have lunch," Kakashi didn't mention this would be his second lunch, "Are you going to join me?" he asked looking down at the albums, "Or do you have more work to do?"
"I could eat." Gai called back slightly bemused as he watched Kakashi walk away. Feeling a stirring in his loins, Gai wished the beginnings of an erection down. What was it about Kakashi that sent his libido soaring? Shifting for a moment to try to deter the erection, Gai began to put the albums away on the shelves of his book case and then he went back into the guest room studying the wall with the paint swatches.
"Hey koi could you come in when you get a moment?" Gai called to Kakashi before standing back and contemplating the four colors on the wall thoughtfully. Picking up fabric swatches Gai held them up thoughtfully next to each color and had the thought that he must be in nesting mode because normally he wouldn't be in such a rush.
Kakashi glanced back over his shoulder at Gai's request, deciding that the lunch could wait, he followed Gai's voice to the guest room, slipping his hands in his pockets as he entered the room, Kakashi regretted coming in at all. He found interior decorating so boring, and a waste of time that he wishing he could just disappear, but he knew that would be a little strange so he looked at the colours Gai had on the wall, scanning them (half expecting vibrant colours).
"Oh, you're doing this already?" Kakashi asked, trying to sound conversational, but ending up sounding a little rueful. "You don't think you should wait?" Kakashi knew the question was just his way of putting it off (knowing full well he would just continue to put it off until the baby was delivered... and possibly after then too).
"Yes because I don't know where I'll be when..." Gai trailed off feeling a bit sad before putting up another fabric swatch this one with green squares. "If you don't care than I can do it myself. I just thought it would be nice is all."
Toeing the ground lightly Gai smiled at Kakashi before contemplating something else. "My parents are going to want to stay. That means I have to get the other room up. I don't even know what I did with those architecture jutsu books I used for the rest of the house." Gai rubbed his head with a sigh. "Why is there never enough time?"
Kakashi looked at Gai, and smiled, an actual smile. It was a little strange the way seeing Gai so stressed made him feel happy (normal). Gai comment concerned him though, quickly pushing away any happiness he'd felt. What did Gai mean by that?
"No," Kakashi said, patting Gai's shoulder lightly, "I've actually been thinking about this too." he admitted as he shrugged slightly, "I was thinking white and pale yellow." He sounded almost reluctant to say it.
"Don't worry so much Gai." Kakashi said, moving his hand from Gai's arm to his back, rubbing his back lightly in a circular motion, he understood Gai's stress, but could only look at it from an outside point of view (there wasn't much that could stress him out). "I'm sure," Kakashi added looking at Gai, "You'll get everything ready in time-" Kakashi paused, shrugging, "If not, they could stay in the nursery for awhile."
"Oh that won't do. I can see Dai and Ryuu now." Shaking his head in despair but drawing some comfort from Kakashi's touch, Gai looked at the yellow square critically. "I think the lemon chiffon with work good with a light green fabric choice. Cherry wood or something lighter...though the rest of the house is dark wood. Good if we have a boy but what if its a girl. Kakashi I want a girl but don't think that it is a girl. What will I do if she grows big boobs Kakashi? You know the majority of Konoha is made up of pervert males." Gai just contained the urge to wail.
"With your genes she would be gorgeous. We would have to marry her to someone quickly. I'm thinking a Nara they breed pretty well as far as sanity is concerned. Or an Aburame they treat their woman well." Gai nodded his head resolve firmly in hand. "Maybe I should go lay the groundwork for an arranged marriage then she won't have to worry about these things."
Kakashi stood staring at Gai blankly for a moment, as if the idea of them having a daughter (or perhaps it was the arranged marriage part) was just too preposterous to think about. "I was almost in an arranged marriage," Kakashi said thoughtfully. "A Nara," Kakashi said suddenly, pinching Gai, a little harder than intended, "Don't be stupid." folding his arms over his chest he rolled his eyes, quite exaggeratedly, "If, though I'm positive I won't, I have a daughter, she will not be subjected to the worthless males of the Nara clan." Kakashi knew he was being a little harsh, but he didn't care, he could blame it on the wild emotions he was feeling.
"Now the Aburames, they are an excellent clan, but I'm not too comfortable with that match up either." Kakashi paused to look at Gai, "Don't even contemplate," he said seriously, "Mentioning Hyuuga's." he didn't point out his reasoning for this demand; the Hyuuga's were kind of... crazy.
"The Inuzuka's, however," Kakashi said grinning, "That'd be an excellent pair. The Inuzuka's use many of the same abilities as my own family... though I must confess," Kakashi said shrugging, "I think they are a bit better than my own family was with their canine techniques."
"INUZUKAS! Have you lost your mind?" Gai blustered. "Absolutely not. Besides she could be allergic to dogs. It is hereditary." Grumbling good naturedly about Kakashi's ludicrous idea. "I would rather she marry a Sarutobi or an Uzumaki." Gai declared. "If Konohamaru can ever come up to scratch, though it is unlikely. I agree no Hyuugas unless Hinata manages to end that sealing nonsense. Those seals are corrosive and I am glad I was able to alter Neji's so it didn't impede his growth."
Picking up the cans of paint that were not chosen Gai was suddenly struck by a thought. "Oh no our son could get pregnant too. This is awful what if he gets pregnant, wait he can get other men pregnant." Gai felt like crying at the horror of the situation that his son would be in.
Kakashi rolled his eyes, thinking Gai's outburst was completely unwarranted. He himself thought the Inuzuka clan was a rather decent clan. And he would rather his daughter marry someone with close enough heritage to his own, then someone like Konohamaru. "Maybe," Kakashi said ignoring Gai's concern for their son, "Kurenai will have a son." he suggested.
"You're allergic to dogs?" Kakashi questioned incredulously, "Besides, that won't matter. The resistance to the allergy from my side of the family will over bare any allergy genes." Kakashi said, wondering if that was even possible, but not really caring. They'd see soon enough (and if the child wasn't, then he intended on getting him or her a puppy as soon as possible).
"What about Lee?" Kakashi suggested sarcastically, as he looked at Gai, "I'm sure he's good enough to marry your imaginary daughter?" Kakashi shrugged, opening his hands wide in a questioning manner, smirking. "Don't worry, I'll let Jiraiya tutor our son," Kakashi said suddenly, laughing, "He'll be too busy thinking about women to even consider that he might be gay." Kakashi's mind slowly went to his own past, when he'd denied, adamantly, that he even looked at other boys (or, on occasion, men).
"Kakashi you and I both know that her son will be a Sarutobi so at least we agree on something. So what if I have to take medicine regularly because of the dogs? It is a common enough problem." Grumbling about the smirch to one of his weaknesses Gai continued. "If she went after Lee she would be sand coffined." Gai sighed. "Don't even joke about Jiraya tutoring our son. It is bad enough I have to listen to Naruto go on about the pervy sensei. Shaking his head Gai turned thoughtful, "Though at the rate Jiraya is going he will be dead soon."
Kakashi looked shocked at Gai's suggestion, "Don't call him that," he snapped tugging his mask up suddenly, "It's immature." he added slipping his hands into his pockets, narrowing his eye at Gai, "Really? I doubt that. He's kept up this lifestyle for the last thirty five years. I wouldn't be surprised to see him go on that way for another thirty five."
Kakashi paused pulling a hand out of his pocket he waved it dismissively, "I'm just pointing out, Gai. If I have a daughter, and she has a son, that'd be a good match. Kurenai and Asuma are both intelligent, excellent shinobi. As are we," he added, his mind on Kurenai's child, which was undoubtedly a son, he wondered idly if Kurenai would enroll him in the academy, or wait until he could decide for himself.
"I'm going to go start lunch now," Kakashi said quickly before he and Gai started arguing about who to marry their daughter off to again, before the child was even born. "Anything in particular you'd like?" Kakashi asked as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"Pervy sensei is what Naruto calls him." Gai sighed. "Whatever you are having is fine and I can't deny it would be a good match." Going about his task, Gai quickly discarded the paints before going back into the guest room. Taking his shirt off, Gai began the task of painting the room. An image in the room came into his mind suddenly and Gai knew that is how he wanted it.
Kakashi hesitated, feeling a little awkward for snapping at Gai, watching the other man for a moment he contemplated apologizing, before turning and walking back to the kitchen. Trying to decide what to make for lunch, mostly trying to think of making something to apologize to Gai, without actually having to do so.
Settling on Yakisoba, and Yakitora, with a side of Miso soup (mostly just because he wanted it), as he cooked lunch, though he'd normally pay careful attention to what he was doing, Kakashi couldn't help but think about the dream he'd had last night. It was so strange.
As soon as he was finished cooking lunch, and setting the table, Kakashi leaned in the kitchen doorway, and gazed off toward the guest room, "Gai," he called, "Lunch is ready." Shifting his weight off of the door frame Kakashi went to sit at the table, a little agitated over how uncomfortable he felt when he was this heavy.
"Coming." Gai called putting down his brush and going into the bathroom to clean up before sitting down at the table. "You have become a culinary genius in my absence it would appear." Gai took in the Yakisoba appreciately. Noticing Kakashi's expression Gai couldn't help but worry. "Is something wrong?"
Not wanting to touch anything until he knew Kakashi was alright Gai waited for a response. Hearing the sound of a jutsu activating Gai leaned over to the sideboard and picked up the platter where he kept his communication scroll. Keeping one eye on Kakashi he opened it up and read the message from his nephew.
"It looks like my nephew is heading to our home village on a mission and would like to know if I want to give my parents any messages." Pulling a blank scroll onto the table, Gai quickly shot off a note about them coming to visit before, activating the return jutsu to send it back.
Kakashi hated that Gai knew him so well sometimes. It was impossible to hide anything from him, "No," Kakashi lied, still bothered by a few things he wasn't yet willing to divulge. "I'm just... not used to this yet." Kakashi said motioning toward his body, obviously annoyed with himself.
Motioning toward the scroll Gai had, Kakashi shrugged slightly, "That could be good for us. Or bad, depending on how soon they show up." Kakashi said as he leaned forward to pour Gai a cup of tea, mentally scolding himself for waiting on Gai like a woman. He blamed Kurenai, she was teaching him things, and apparently with the teaching came lessons on how to be a proper wife. He was impressed she'd so inadvertently programed him to do these things to the point that it was almost a habit already. He decided quickly to try and break it.
"I hope you like the food," Kakashi commented as he sat back, pouring himself a cup of tea. He still wasn't used to cooking, and he hoped he hadn't made a mistake while his mind was so far in the past.
"You know you don't always have to serve me." Gai chuckled uncomfortably. "Though I appreciate the gesture. I imagine your center of gravity is off then. Maybe Ryuu can give you some tips from what I understand he took up yoga." Trying to figure out how best to explain something about his parents Gai finally just blurted out. "My parents are very particular and punctuality is very important to them. Better early than late never on time." Looking at his food Gai thought to slightly divert the conversation. "Have you figured out who my nephew is?"
"I know, I just..." Kakashi motioned toward the teapot, "I just, uh, got used to it." Kakashi admitted. Gai's comment surprised him, and he silently wondered if the other man was trying to tell him not to be late for anything where his parents were involved.
"You know Gai," Kakashi said as he began to pick at his food, "I don't think I told you this yet." he said casually, "But my father once told me a story, about my mother. Apparently," Kakashi said as he glanced up at Gai, "She was late for every date they'd ever had, and inevitably, late for the wedding. She had a bad sense of time, it would appear." Kakashi said softly.
"I have not," he responded, almost reluctantly, "I've been trying to work it out, but so far I haven't been able to."
"With in any luck for your sake he or she inherits my sense of timing and is a little early. I imagine you would go spare if she was very late." Gai grinned before commenting. "Considering you don't have the family resemblance to go off of I imagine it may take you a while but I will say that in his own way he is quite distinctive." Thinking about his nephew Gai felt his lip twitch in amusement. He had told his nephew that once he got to the village he would have to craft an image and stick to it in order for people to underestimate him. Being underestimated was essential for the talents he possessed and it worked well for him that he had two teammates who at best were a bit of a disaster normally.
"Naturally." Kakashi commented dryly, not really understanding the point of punctuality (which Sakumo had pushed constantly trying to break his young son of his bad habit).
Kakashi scowled, he couldn't possibly figure it out without any more information than that. Was Gai's nephew someone he knew? Tilting his head slightly Kakashi studied his food thoughtfully. If he did know him, the boy had never given him any indication that he was related to Gai.
Pushing it out of his mind quickly, Kakashi decided to wait until he met the boy to think about it. It was too confusing to think about it now. Beginning to eat slowly, Kakashi wondered why he felt so nervous when he thought about Gai's parents, and meeting them. "It's good," he said suddenly, "That I've been spending so much time at home. It will save me from being late."
"I don't know I feel you will manage somehow." Gai mused thoughtfully.
Grinning to show he was kidding Gai decided to give Kakashi a hint. Then he realized that he couldn't think of any good ones that would give the game away, Gai simply ate his food quietly. While he ate he contemplated different things until he was finished. When another poof was heard from the transport scroll Gai looked at it curiously before opening it. Staring at the words for a minute, Gai sighed.
"Kakashi uhmmmm it looks as though the cat is out of the proverbial bag. Sakura accidentally spilled the beans." Gai scratched his head confused by what his nephew had written but getting the gist of it. "Either that or wait no...oh bugger leave it to the Hyuugas. Apparently the chakra system of the baby is noticeably different from yours and someone probed and Sakura misspoke and oh this whole thing is too much."
Kakashi paused, in his eating to glance up at Gai, he should have known Sakura would get the information from Tsunade. That woman was horrible at keeping secrets, it would seem. "I'm okay with that." Kakashi said honestly, it didn't really matter to him. He wasn't bothered by people making fun of him the way Gai was bothered by it.
Kakashi quickly gathered his dishes, and stood up carrying them to the sink. "I mean, you aren't bothered by it, right?" he asked as he put the bowls in the sink, finding himself hoping Gai's fathers didn't hear about it until they could hear it from Gai.
"Of course I am!" Gai felt like going on a tirade about Sakura but decided it would be best not to. Instead he stood up and cleared up the rest of the dishes determined to clean up at least since he hadn't cooked. "The only good thing that will likely come out of this is the fact that now I can go nursery shopping without answering dumb questions." Determined to not think about it anymore Gai stomped back into the nursery to finish his painting then he started doing the math.
"Kakashi we have to do baby classes." Gai ran into the room where Kakashi was. "I only know a few things because of my nephew but there is so much I don't know. Are you going to do the birth natural or have an epidural? We need to think about options. My insurance and will are up to date what about yours?"
Kakashi, lounging on the couch, hadn't expected Gai's sudden outburst about baby stuff. Looking up at the man lazily, Kakashi quirked an eyebrow at the strange question, "Yeah, okay." he muttered in response to the baby classes comment.
"Well, uh Gai," Kakashi said laying his book down, "Lacking a vaginal canal I was kinda hoping to get a caesarian." Kakashi drawled, fixing Gai with a look that let the other man know he thought he'd gone mad. "I don't honestly know," he said after a moment, "I'll check it later. Oh, I don't have a will." he added as he picked the book up and began reading it again, obviously deciding the conversation was over.
"WHAT!" Gai bellowed so loudly that he swayed on his feet. "You mean that you are in the profession and you don't have a will? What would happen if you died? It isn't uncommon in our profession you know." Sarcasm dripping Gai continued. "You still haven't read up on blood marriages have you? In cases where a male is impregnated the body adjusted to allow for evacuation or your insides rearrange themselves to aid the process. I couldn't quite figure out if that meant you grew a vagina for the time being or you defecated the baby because of the changing of your insides."
Scratching his chin, Gai pondered this as he went over and picked up one of the magazines he had gotten prior to his mission. It had different nursery set ups and furniture in it.
"Yeah, that's right." Kakashi said, obviously ignoring Gai as the other man talked, flipping the page of his book, he shrugged his shoulders slightly, "Definitely going with the caesarian." he muttered, as he closed his book and looked up at Gai again, "Remember that part about me not having a family, Gai?" he asked, "Well, that didn't leave much of a need for a will." he seemed slightly irritated with this line of conversation, as he looked away, "Besides, my family isn't in habit of writing wills." he added bitterly.
His mind instantly going to his fathers broken tanto he still had packed up in his apartment, Kakashi shuddered involuntarily. "I'll write one later." he snapped flipping his book open, but unable to focus on the words.
"Alright then." Gai then remembered something that he had been meaning to ask Kakashi. "Did you want me to look into repairing your tanto for you?" Tilting his head slightly Gai put the book he was trying to be interested in down. Noting Kakashi's expression Gai decided to go do something that took him out of the house for a bit.
Going and changing into workout attire Gai went outside and began to practice the Uzu taijutsu he had been working on perfecting. Though it was largely defensive in nature the taijutsu still was perfect for fighting with senbons, as your hands were hidden and hardly used. Senbon training didn't come naturally to Gai and he had to work really hard on it. Gradually the troublesome conversation with Kakashi was lost in the shuffle of instructions and principles required for him to get his form correct.
As soon as Gai went out to train Kakashi sat staring blankly at the wall, thinking about Sakumo for several moments, before getting up and going to the bedroom taking a blank scroll out he sat on the floor, as he pulled an ink pen out of the drawer and beginning his will.