Author's Notes: It's been a while, I know XD It's Kushina this time, and I'm not sure this can actually be called a drabble, but… meh.. I like the idea. Enjoy!
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Drabble 5
Word Count: 771 words
Kushina knows Minato is hiding something important from her. She doesn't ask because she knows Minato like the back of her hand, and she knows that when he's hiding something he doesn't want anyone to know, even the Hokage himself couldn't make him admit it.
Thus, she does the next best thing. She asks Rin because the girl always knows something Kushina doesn't know about Minato (like how Minato's face contorts in panic that makes his girly face look even more girly whenever Rin approaches him to talk about something feminine. The photo Rin brought along added to her credibility, and Kushina is proud. She taught the other woman well.)
But Rin doesn't know, which Kushina predicts because she also knows it's not some secret event that took place on a mission, nor another reaction Minato tries to hide from the public's eyes.
She asks Obito just because, and as she anticipated, Obito never noticed his sensei was acting any different in the first place.
Kushina skips Kakashi because it's always training, training, training with that boy, and she still wasn't able to break his unhealthy habits (She's sick of seeing the bandages around his arms, and only God knows what he's hiding underneath the layers of clothing he has wrapped around his body.)
It's only after she doesn't get any information from his students nor his teacher that she decides she absolutely has to know. She never doubts Minato, but she wants to know what has him worked up.
Thus, she barges in on one of the team training sessions. She's welcomed by all, even Kakashi, though he never really shows it, and she sits down to watch, mentally deciding to talk to Minato directly after they're done for the day.
Then, as she's watching Minato and the kids practice, she starts noticing.
Over the last few days, Minato has become infinitely more perceptive of Kakashi. He's watching his every move, even when he's telling Obito how to properly throw three kunais at once. Kushina finds it weird because on the last training session she watched, Minato only occasionally glanced Kakashi's way, providing guidance when it was necessary, which really wasn't too many times.
Kushina thinks skipping Kakashi was a mistake after all.
So, after training, she approaches Kakashi, not Minato because she knows that if it's a secret, she's bound to get answers from the less mum, "Hey, how about we get a quick lunch?" She suggests when his teammates are gone and Minato is nowhere in sight, the coward. Kakashi doesn't have much of a choice as Kushina takes him to a restaurant, not Ichiraku Ramen for once.
Once they're both comfortable, Kushina starts talking to fill the silence, deciding to lay off the questioning for a little while, "So… I've been watching today. You have talent," Kushina says and Kakashi nods. When the waiter comes and Kakashi only orders a salad, Kushina rubs her head in confusion. He's got to be hungry…
"Why don't you have steak or something? You've been training hard," Kushina comments. Kakashi's expression dulls in confusion.
"But… you just said," Kakashi shakes his head, "Never mind. I'll have a steak to go along with the salad too,"
Perhaps Kushina shouldn't be so surprised when she learns nothing. She doesn't give up and goes to Minato's apartment next. He lets her in hesitantly, but Kushina doesn't care.
"You know, I think something's wrong with your student, dattebane," Kushina comments as she cleverly steers the conversation towards Kakashi, "He almost only had a salad after training today. Teach him how to eat like a normal person, dattebane!"
"Ah… what was it you said right before he ordered a salad?" Minato asks and Kushina wonders just what that has to do with any of what she said.
"I told him, 'You have talent.', dattebane," She quotes.
"Ah… try saying 'talent' then 'salad' in front of a mirror… you'll get it," Minato tells her before he all but shoos her outside. Kushina looks at the closed door in confusion before she goes home and does just that. It's around the fifth time that Kushina gets it.
The next morning, Kushina goes early to the training grounds Minato's team frequented and isn't surprised to see Kakashi there, "You have salad," Kushina says, just to make sure.
Kakashi mistakes 'salad' for 'talent' as Kushina predicted, and all he says is, "Thank you," He doesn't understand when Kushina bursts out laughing. Nor does he get it when his teammates look at him in confusion when he thanks Kushina every day after she tells him how talented he knows he is.
Author's Notes: Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed this drabble! Who would you like to see next?
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Until next time!