Kakashi sighed as he stared at the pages of his book, not actually reading it. Where was Iruka? He was supposed to be back ages ago.

"I'm home!" Iruka called, setting Itachi down. The toddler shook his head and stumbled into his bedroom. Playing with Hana had tired him out.

Kakashi leaned against the wall and stared at the brunette, smirking. "Hey, Iruka."

"How was your day, Kakashi?" Iruka asked, dropping his vest onto the couch. Kakashi shrugged.

"Oh, okay, I guess. I just had a talk with my cousin and learned that I murdered my family."

Iruka blinked and sat back where he was crouching in front of the fridge for a snack. "Huh?"

"You heard me. Apparently my mother had a sister and I killed her daughter's family."

"I still don't understand."

"Keiko came over—"

"Oh, she seemed nice." Iruka said, smiling. He looked back in the fridge and grabbed an apple, standing up and closing the door.

"Daddy!" Itachi shouted, and Iruka cocked his head to the side. Was he talking about him or Kakashi?

"I'm coming, Itachi!" he called. He stepped past Kakashi. "We'll finish this conversation later."

Itachi was standing in the middle of his and Sasuke's shared bedroom with his pants somehow on backwards and his shirt caught around his ears. "Oh, Itachi, how many times have I told you to wait for me before getting dressed?"

"A lot of times."

"Exactly." Iruka carefully pulled Itachi's shirt over his head and helped him out of his pants. Grabbing the pajamas Itachi had set next to him, Iruka assisted him in pulling those on and carried him to bed. "Go to sleep, Itachi."

"Night, Daddy."

Iruka closed the door quietly and went into the living room, where Kakashi was sitting watching TV.

"So what's this about Keiko coming over?" Iruka prompted, resuming their previous conversation.

"Huh? Oh, so we started talking and she told me that our mothers were sisters."

"How did you not know about your aunt?" Iruka asked, sitting next to Kakashi.

"I don't know. Mom died when I was two, and Dad didn't talk about her family much after that. I mean, my grandparents still visited until they were murdered, but they never said anything about Mom's sister."

"Did she maybe do something?" Iruka wondered. Kakashi shrugged.

"No idea. But Keiko's going to be staying in Konoha, so I thought that you should properly meet her," Kakashi said.

"Oh. Okay." Iruka blinked at the sudden change of subject.

"Great. Tomorrow, then?"Kakashi stood up.

"Yeah. Sure."

Iruka wondered if maybe he should go pick up Sasuke from Minato, who had come at some time and taken Sasuke, declaring that he was the Hokage and had the right to take his godson's youngest child. Iruka didn't think that was normal, but he went with it. One less kid to take care of at least.

But Minato had said that he would bring Sasuke back when he felt like it, or when he had the time, and who was Iruka to argue with the Fourth Hokage?

/\/\

The next morning Kakashi woke Iruka up with a demand of where Sasuke was. Iruka mumbled something that sounded like 'the Hokage has him,' but it was hard for Kakashi to be sure. Iruka was still half-asleep after all, and he didn't start functioning properly until he has a cup of coffee.

So Kakashi left the younger man alone and went to Itachi, happy to see his son sitting up in bed and yawning.

"Hey, Itachi," he said quietly. Itachi opened his eyes and smiled when he saw Kakashi, clapping.

"Daddy! You're okay!"

"Yes, Itachi," Kakashi whispered, hugging his son as Itachi runs at him. "I'm okay."

Little did he know, Kakashi would probably never be okay with the horror of what he did to his family.

/\/\

Minato brought Sasuke back at nearly four in the afternoon, and Iruka tore into him, momentarily forgetting that he was shouting at the Fourth Hokage. When he realized that, he mumbled an apology. Minato chuckled.

"Don't apologize, Iruka. You just showed me that you cared, even if you don't want to admit it. I know what you're planning on doing, but if you keep acting like this I'll know that there is no way you would be able to leave them," Minato said quietly. And then the blonde winked and waved, leaving the apartment.

And the weird thing? Minato was probably right.

/\/\

Keiko cooed as she played with Sasuke, scaring Kakashi as she smiled. He hadn't seen her act like this since Daisuke. It was freaking him out.

"So, Keiko," Iruka said slowly. "You're Kakashi's cousin."

"Yep. My mother was his aunt, making me his cousin." Keiko said unnecessarily. Kakashi sighed as she grinned at Iruka.

Iruka groaned at the woman in front of him and she chuckled, turning back to Itachi.

"So Itachi," she said. "How do you like your father?"

She purposely didn't specify which one she was talking about.

"Great!" Itachi smiled. "Daddy is really nice, and lets me play with Hana, who gave me Hikaru!"

He petted the dog in his lap, and Hikaru barked and wagged his tail. "And Daddy likes to tell me about his missions, and how he beats the big bad wolf!"

Kakashi rolled his eye. He could barely tell which one Itachi was talking about—him or Iruka. He was the one with the stories—at least, he thought he was. He couldn't be sure.

"So, your Daddy is a great person?"

"Yep!"

"That's good." Keiko nodded. "And what about your brother?"

"Sasuke? He's great!"

"How is Sasuke great?"

"He's tiny!"

"He's great because he's tiny."

"And he's cute!"

"Tiny and cute." Keiko said. "Okay. Those are great qualities in a younger brother."

"That's what I thought." Itachi said proudly. He grinned and hugged Sasuke lightly, who had crawled over to his older brother when Keiko set him down.

Kakashi smiled. This was his family. And he wouldn't have it any other way.

A/N: Next chapter will be a time skip! Yay!

A/N2: I'm editing this story and then I will put up the next chapter. I just realized there are some minor mistakes and I don't want those bugging me for the rest of my life. Thank you for understanding!