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Chapter 12 - Birthday

How they were going about this, Minato didn't know. He had already planned on Kushina cooking dinner, but that was about it.

What else did Kakashi enjoy doing…? Well, training, but how would they celebrate at a training ground?

"Happy birthday Kakashi-kun!" Minato throws some confetti on his student, as Tenzo and Obito pop out of the wooden walls blowing their kazoos. Kakashi stares at them.

"Huh?"

"..." Minato's grin was frozen on his face.

"It's my birthday?"

"Yes." Minato replied, with the same tight grin. This was already not going how he wanted it to go. Tenzo just keeps smiling happily, he probably didn't even know what a birthday was until they had taken him in. Obito gapes at Kakashi.

"How could you forget? I remembered my birthday when I was stuck in a cave wi-"

"Okay Obito, calm down, it's normal to forget these things." Minato was still a bit befuddled at how Obito was alive right now. He just accepted the fact as fact, mainly because he was too scared of the actual explanation.

But Kakashi has never really forgotten about his birthday. He just deemed it unnecessary. Something he shouldn't waste time on.

"He may have just… lost track of time." Minato continued, blandly. He felt the same way as Obito, if he was being honest.

"Mhmm. That's it." Kakashi replied.

"So, I was thinking Kushina could cook us all some dinner?"

"Yeah. I'd like that." Kakashi had a small grin on his face, Minato could tell even with him wearing the mask. It made him feel a lot better about this.

…

"Kushina?"

"Yess, dattebane?!" She yelled from the kitchen.

"Is the dinner almost done yet?"

"Excuse me?! No, it's not almost done! Don't you you think I'd tell you, 'ttebane? If it was done or not?"

"Y-yes…?"

…

Kakashi knew that they were all just ignoring him for a stupid reason. Okay, maybe not. But it was nice to know that they actually doing something for him. This was the kind of life he had always dreamed of. The life that was previously impossible.

And he was going to make it last as long as he could.

…

"Kakashi..?" Tenzo tentatively asked, standing by the doorway. He got no response. "Kakashi?"

Again, no response. Tenzo suddenly grinned evilly.

"Kakashi, wake up. Minato-sensei is injured badly!" Suddenly he sees as blur of silver rush past him. Tenzo blinks, then winces. Maybe he went a bit overboard.

He follows Kakashi as fast as he can, and still comes way too late.

Kakashi was circling a disturbed Minato, searching him for injuries and sniffing him. Minato just awkwardly blinked. Once Kakashi checks Minato everywhere, and yes, everywhere, he makes his statement.

"You're not injured at all."

"That's right."

"Hn…"

Tenzo's mouth betrays him and he let's out a little snicker. Kakashi whips over to glare at him. "You little lying brat!" Then Tenzo is running away from and enraged Kakashi.

…

"Kakashi-senpai! I got you a present, so don't be mad at me?" Kakashi stops.

"Eh? Really?" Tenzo then gets something out from his pocket.

It's at small wooden wolf, perfectly carved. Kakashi stares at it in awe, viewing it in different lighting by lifting it up and turning it. It was amazing.

"Thank you." Tenzo gives him a big wide grin, before running off to where he was before.

…

Obito wasn't nearly as subtle.

He catches the object whipped at his face. His eyes widen, realizing it was a katana.

"Where did you get this at?" He asks his teammate, still fascinated by the katana. Obito grinned nervously.

"Ah, you know, just from that… one shop."

"You didn't even check, did you?" Kakashi deadpanned. Obito rubs the back of his head grinning.

"He… heheh. Maybe I forgot."

"You didn't steal this, did you?"

"What, no! Of course not, ya gotta have at least some respect for me!"

"Well, you better not break it, Dobe. I'll be pissed, it's actually really nice."

"You're the dumb one here, it's for you, Bakakashi!"

"Oh." Kakashi supposes he should stop being surprised.

"I mean, I know it's a lot different than your last weapon, and it'll take time getting used to, and you'll probably be too weak for it right now," Kakashi rolls his eyes at that. "but… well, I thought you'd like it." Obito rambled.

"Thanks, Obito." He holds the blade in his hands, examining it a bit further.

…

"DINNER'S DONE NOW 'TTEBANE!"

…

"Itadakimasu." Kakashi forgot how much he missed Kushina's food. Anything she made was guaranteed to be amazing. Obito looked as if he felt the same way. Tenzo seemed like he was in heaven. Minato-sensei and Kushina just ate as they normally did.

"This is my present to you, Kakashi-kun. Because this is the best meal you've ever had, dattebane!" Kushina says to him. Kakashi nods in reply.

There's a knock on the door. Kushina instantly gets up and starts running towards it, excitedly shouting "I'll get it!" She opens the door, revealing the great toad sage.

"Jiraiya!" She yells at him. "You're late, 'ttebane!" Jiraiya rubs the back of his head and laughs.

"Sorry I just got a little caught up in my research, haha." Tenzo perks up.

"Research?" Before Jiraiya reveals what his research is actually on, Kakashi greets Jiraiya, bowing his head.

"Jiraiya-sama." Everyone turns to stare at him.

"Since when did you call me that?"

"Uhh…" Dammit, he had forgotten about that again.

…

Minato waited until after dinner to give Kakashi his present. He approached Kakashi when his student was sitting outside, looking up at the sky. Minato sat down next to him.

"Kakashi. I… have something for you." He brought the two tickets out. It was for Icha Icha… something. Minato didn't quite remember. He had noticed the book Kakashi had been reading was recently turned into a movie, so he figured that they could go see it together. Minato explained this to him when he got no reply.

"When is it?"

"Its, uh, tonight. Did you already have plans?" Minato backtracked.

"No, it's fine. We can go."

…

Kakashi didn't know if he should laugh or cry when Minato-sensei sees what the movie has in it. Maybe he should just act surprised when it shows those specific scenes.

…

Minato found the best seats in the theater, and bought a lot of popcorn. Kakashi was sat awkwardly in the seat beside him.

They also weren't allowed to leave until it was over, so Minato made sure that they had both done everything they needed to do beforehand.

There were just a bunch of ads playing right now, so him and Kakashi made conversation.

"I can help you train with your new katana, if you'd like." A katana was not like a tanto. It was way bigger and heavier. He would help Kakashi adapt to the sudden change.

"Yeah, I'd like that." Kakashi grinned at him. Minato thought for a second.

"Have you ever used weapons like that before?"

"Sensei, I've used all of the weapons that exist. Even some that don't ye- I mean!- Uh, ignore the last part."

"...Oookayy."

Then the movie begun. Minato could already tell that it was going to be a romantic story. Just the way Kakashi was acting made him think that. Because someone like the genius Hatake Kakashi wasn't really expected to read some cute little love story.

…

Oh how Minato wished that it stayed a cute little love story.

His hands were now permanently staying over Kakashi's eyes. His student did not need to see these things.

"Just… ignore the sounds, alright?"

"... It wasn't like this in the book." Minato winces even more. He doesn't understand the… Minato himself doesn't even understand how most of the things in here work. And he doesn't think of himself as, well, boring in that way, really.

"I didn't know it had this in it, I swear." Minato had never felt so embarrassed before. This was not the kind of thing you watch with your student, Minato-sensei. Your underage student.

Why did this have to happen to him?!

…

Minato and Kakashi were both blushing a lot when it was over. Minato took his hands off of Kakashi's face, and they left awkwardly.

"Well. That was an experience."

"One I hope I never have to experience again." His student mumbled in reply. Minato probably wasn't meant to hear, but he agreed all the way. Next time he'll check to see if the movie is family-friendly.

At least he didn't tell anyone that he was seeing the movie with Kakashi, because that would've caused a lot more unnecessary troubles.

To make up for his dumb mistake, Minato took Kakashi to the store, and bought him a stuffed red dinosaur.

"What's this for?"

"It's an apology." Minato replied, handing his student the fluffy thing. Kakashi takes it a bit quicker than he had expected and then… hugs it?

Kakashi fumbles with his mask for a second, then stands up on his tippy toes, pulling Minato down by his collar, and suddenly presses his lips against Minato's.

It takes a few moments for Minato to process what had just happened. But by the time he does, Kakashi has already backed away horrified, and blushing, deeply embarrassed. Then he warps himself away into that strange dimension of his. He's gone before Minato could even understand what Kakashi did.

Kakashi had kissed him.

I'm sorry this is a day late - I've had a bad headache, still do, and it's been constant, so that's really been stopping me from doing stuff. And also I don't know what's wrong but I'm falling asleep like three hours before I normally do then waking up way early in the morning and just… yeah.

But I uploaded it today! So I hope you enjoyed!