"Oh, hello there mister pretty cop!" Obito waved cartoonishly at him from behind the bar.

"I thought you were going to call me Kakashi?" Though Kakashi did like being called pretty by Obito every other sentence.

"Changed my mind, I think I prefer stating the facts." Empty flattery, Kakashi repeated to himself, trying to psych himself into not getting a crush on Obito. Well, not getting a bigger crush on him.

"Right… I'm glad you could come today." Obito jumped over the countertop from behind the bar to meet him at the dance floor, stepping a little too close, into Kakashi's personal space.

"Wouldn't miss our date for anything in the world." Obito told him smirking.

This morning was terribly embarrassing when he had to give a status about this mission for his superior and Minato, and he had to downplay a lot of what happened. Ogling Obito's crazy hot body became "met the point of contact", flirting with him became "exchange information" and their date became "sync before infiltration". He hoped to god Minato didn't pick up on how mortified Kakashi felt while explaining this to his captain.

"As I said before..." He tried to cut to the chase, after all, they needed to be ready for Orochimaru.

"Anything to drink before we start? Beer? Shots?" Obito batted he's lashes prettily at Kakashi, as if the offer to get a cop drunk on the clock was acceptable. It almost worked. Obito had pretty lashes, and he was wearing some eye liner. Alright focus, Kakashi!

"Just... water's fine." It seemed they didn't have any sort of soft drinks in this god forsaken bar, like he learned from yesterday's bartender, but they should have water. Right?

"You're no fun!" Obito whined and he kind of looked cute, it was a boyish look on him, making Kakashi smile a little too frankly.

"Argh, you're the no alcohol guy from yesterday!" Only when the feminine voice hit his ears, he noticed he and Obito were a bit to close, and then took a step back and cleared his throat. "Is this the cop you told me about?"

Yesterday's bartender was behind the bar yet again, sending him ugly glares.

"Yeah, he's a cop, but he's cool." That frank affirmation from Obito to calm the waitress pulled at his heartstrings. It sounded so boyish and earnest again and Kakashi felt butterflies in his stomach.

"Whatever. Just make sure you wrap up things before the other guys get here."

"Sure thing, Konan! Can you get him a glass of water?"

"No." She said while lifting an empty keg of beer and leaving them to their own devices.

"Don't mind Konan, she doesn't like interacting with people all that much." Obito explained while jumping over the counter yet again to serve Kakashi a glass of water and pop a beer open for himself.

"Weird career choice for someone so introverted." That comment made Obito giggle, and the sound did weird things to his heart. He thanked the water and gulped it down fast to wet his dry throat.

"She's usually doing the administrative stuff. She and her boyfriends own the place, but Yahiko is the only social butterfly of the three, so he's the one who usually gets bar duty." Obito explained through a few sips of beer.

"They're a throuple." That was advanced, even for a kind of bisexual, kind of gay man like Kakashi.

"Yeah, they were good friends to begin with and then they all entered an insane bisexual panic phase before they agreed to give their relationship a go. Those were the fun times."

"Bisexual panic uh?" Kakashi could relate.

"Yeah, I bet sex is amazing." Kakashi almost choked on his own spit, and he felt his cheeks heating up. Obito seemed to notice too, because he was now looking directly at him with a teasing smirk on his lips. Kakashi had to admit, it looked good on him. "Imagine having a threesome every time. God, imagine fucking and getting fucked at the same time. And-"

"I… I get the picture, Obito, thanks." Kakashi interrupted him before he got even more unholy thoughts inside his head. He needed his mind clear, not filled with fantasies of Obito fucking him and him fucking Obito.

"Prude." Obito muttered as he took another swing at the beer.

"About today's meeting-" He tried to start again, only to, again, be interrupted by Obito.

"Say, let's make a deal."

"A deal?" He humored the other man.

"Yeah, you drink your water now, but after you arrest that mother fucker Orochimaru, you come back here and have a real drink with me."

Kakashi felt his smile slowly grow wider under his mask. He could work with that. "...Deal."

"Alright, let's send his disgusting ass to jail, where hopefully he will be tortured daily by the other inmates, and we can finally bathe on his blood."

"Your words." Kakashi smirked while taking a seat on the high stools.

"Didn't hear you complain."


Obito filled Kakashi in (unfortunately, in a non-sexual way) on what he knew about Orochimaru and that could be relevant to the case. Kakashi on the other hand, explained better what intel they had uncovered, and why they were not involving the drug department in this, and saying his superior was happy that Kakashi could get a meeting with Orochimaru so fast.

"I have you to thank for that."

"No problem, Kakashi, I can think of several ways you can thank me."

His pretty cop just blushed shyly and turned his head. God, he wanted so much to yank that mask from his face and kiss the breath out of him.

Obito felt comfortable with the orders Kakashi had. Every cop involved in the operation would be focused on this girl's life and well-being. Dealing with the drugs department was a pain in the ass, but these guys from Kakashi's department were focused on the real bad shit. He hoped this worked, he wanted to help Kakashi succeed and save this girl's life.

Kakashi needed Obito to direct him to Orochimaru's base and put him inside, so Kakashi could visually confirm if she was being held there and if so, how to enter and also measure Orochimaru's forces. They needed a clean operation, easy in, quick survey of his main base, confirm proof of life, gather the forces and storm in with precision, as soon as possible, while they still had a fresh trail on the girl's whereabouts. Obito's part would be done with both of them getting out of Orochimaru's base, which was easier said than done. The motherfucker could be ruthless if he wanted, and he was a cunning bastard, capable of smelling a lie kilometers away, and he told Kakashi so.

They discussed different scenarios of how this could go down, they agreed on their cover story, talked about signals and support from other cops. Obito was glad Kakashi was so thorough, but then again, that's no surprise, if he was trained by uncle Minato.

Holy fuck, was Obito seriously admiring a pig now? What's wrong with him? Was he moved by Kakashi's pure heart and his competence? Did he want to get in his pants that badly? It's not like Obito was that sexually frustrated. Fucking hell.

Kakashi agreed to borrow some clothes because, yeah, he was good enough for a regular undercover operation, but this needed to be perfect, they weren't getting another shot, and the first shot could very well backfire and kill them. No, that little girl was counting on them. They're gonna do this right the first time. (And Kakashi looked insanely hot on his clothes, which woke something possessive and primal in Obito that wanted to show everyone that Kakashi was his.)

When they got there, security was heavy, he was glad Kakashi was easily convinced against using a wire under his clothes. The first thing the bouncers did was looking for guns, the second for wires. They asked Kakashi to remove his mask for them to check too, but at this moment he had his back turned at Obito. When he turned the damn mask was already on again. Little asshole. He was gonna make Obito keep guessing what was under it.

"Obito-kun, it's been a while." That too sweet voice crawled inside Obito's ear and died inside, leaving just stinky disgust. Fuck, he hated this prick.

"Orochimaru, you didn't change at all! What is in the water in this place?" He gave the asshole his best smile and bow, throwing friendly jokes around.

"Oh please, don't flatter me, you've certainly become more handsome since the last time we met." Obito was glad to be able to control his own gag reflex in front of that snake. He was also glad he wasn't stupid. When he cut ties with Orochimaru some years ago he didn't burn that bridge, he knew better. They parted in friendly terms, and now this was proving to be the best move.

"Please, now you're the one with the empty pleasantries."

"I speak the truth. Talking about handsome men, who is the new face you brought with you?" Those weird eyes moved from Obito's face to Kakashi's, and Obito had this distinctive feeling of wanting to pluck Orochimaru's eyes out with a fork. Maybe with a spoon.

"Oh, this guy? This is Sukea, a new business associate of mine." He waved a hand dismissing him, hoping that Orochimaru's attention wouldn't linger on him. They agreed that Kakashi would pose as a low ranking staff for Obito, he hoped that cover story would slap.

"Pleasure to meet you, Orochimaru-san." Kakashi sent him a polite smile and bow.

"The pleasure is all mine, Sukea-kun, I see you keep surrounding yourself with beautiful people, Obito-kun."

"I believe in the importance of a healthy work environment. I'm sure you understand."

"I do, and very well. Though, a little bird tells me this new member of your family is rather recent, I'm impressed he already gained your trust so fast."

Fuck. The snake was on to them. He did tell Kakashi he could smell a lie a kilometer away. Time to do some damage control. Obito moved back and encircled an arm around Kakashi's waist.

"Indeed, I met Sukea in a more... personal manner, but can you blame me for being completely smitten by him?" Obito grabbed Kakashi's chin and moved his face around, as if parading cattle to Orochimaru. The best lies had some truth in them, so he let his lust for Kakashi show for Orochimaru, show him how this guy that he barely knew could mess with his head so much. "I brought him on board with me on this little business trip. He's such a pretty thing, wanting to please me and learn about the business." He could tell Orochimaru was almost there, so he ducked his head to Kakashi's neck and licked a long strip across his skin while looking at Orochimaru. He felt Kakashi shivering under him and prayed that he played along this little act.

"I can clearly see why you were so impressed by him." Fuck, great, Obito was relived. They convinced the bastard, at least they were not gonna die without even getting their foot on the door. "I, too, am smitten by him. Any chance of you sharing him with me for some errands around here?"

Obito was in front of Kakashi with a death glare on his face before he could even think about it. "Careful, Orochimaru."

"Never thought you were the jealous type Obito-kun. That's a positively murderous look on your face. It suits you." Orochimaru giggled with a hand in front of his mouth and Obito had the stomach not to barf on the floor.

"It seems I am the jealous type, after all. Are you gonna make this difficult or not?" Obito felt Kakashi freeze at the menacing tone, but it seemed that Orochimaru was in a good mood.

"Please, I would never. I like maintaining good relationships with my associates."

Obito crossed his arms and nodded. "Good, then are you ready to talk business?"

"But of course, Obito-kun."

Obito's cover was that he was coming back to the cocaine business, and since Orochimaru had been his previous supplier, he was interested in resuming their relationship, maybe even expand. Obito juggled a lot of fancy key words, street slang and business vocabulary around to keep Orochimaru entertained, then he requested a tour around the facilities, to see how the operation was doing since he last seen it.

"Babe, Orochimaru's gonna give us a tour, won't you be a doll and come with me?"

Kakashi was lounging against a wall, reading that same cheap book with a colorful cover. He picked up on the new path their cover was taking, in which Kakashi was Obito's most recent conquest or whatever. So he played the part. Obito thanked the god of gays for Kakashi not being a homophobe, god knows the police have too much of that already. Kakashi closed the book and came close to Obito, letting him hold his waist and touch him a little more intimately, as a couple would do. He was putting a great act. Part of Obito wanted it not to be an act, for Kakashi to truly want to be touched by him. But for now, he pushed whatever bittersweet giddiness he was feeling deep down and focused on the task at hand.

Orochimaru himself gave them a tour, explaining what every person was doing and how he was distributing it, and frankly, it was interesting. The guy wasn't a druglord for nothing, he knew about business, profit margins, drug quality and stilling fear in his competitors and driving them out of the market. Obito could almost feel respect, from one criminal to another.

Until they got to a room where some of the Orochimaru's bodyguards spent the time, he was probably trying to flaunt around his numbers and fire power, trying to undermine any ambitions Obito could have in playing him. Of course, that didn't matter for Obito. What did matter was that the girl was indeed there, there was some woman that looked like the cook of the place, and she was giving the missing girl a juice bottle. It was only a fast glance, before they were gone behind some closed door, but it was enough. Obito tried no to show any emotion and continued to talk prices and volumes with Orochimaru. When he glanced at Kakashi, his face also betrayed nothing, a perfect poker face, and Obito started to think they just might get out of this hell hole alive.


They got out of there after even more ass kissing to Orochimaru, and after changing cars, taking the subway, and going back and forth to make sure they weren't being followed, Kakashi contacted his team while waiting for the next train.

"Yes, sir, I have visual confirmation that the girl is alive and inside the base… Yes, I'll go back to station, do we have the papers?... Alright, I'll arrive in 20."

This worked out better than Kakashi expected. And it was thanks to one person.

He paid attention to each, and every word said in the hide out, despite pretending to read his Icha-Icha, something he could do without batting an eye since he picked up his erotica addiction years ago. Kakashi had been completely mesmerized by Obito during the meeting with Orochimaru, All of Obito's questions and pointers were intelligent and relevant, he cornered Orochimaru in price negotiation and was able to secure a good discount, and he even let out passive aggressive blackmail material slip during their conversation that had Orochimaru poker facing (a big indication that he was caught stealing from the cookie jar).

If Kakashi didn't know better, he would think Obito was indeed trying to get back into drug dealing instead of putting up a cover for them to find a missing girl. He didn't know much about Obito, but he seemed to have been some dealer in the past, but with these skills, it was wasted talent. He should have become a CEO, or gone into politics, maybe international negotiator, god knows that Kakashi would lose every negotiation to him based on charms alone.

"Obito, really, thank you. Without your help we wouldn't have made it." He tried to show him genuine gratitude. They were always teasing and flirting and going around in circles, but this is the bottom line and why Kakashi was here in the first place, and Obito played his part perfectly.

Obito's face lit up in a pretty blush and it was the first time Kakashi has seen the man look actually bashful. "Please, Kakashi. It was the right thing to do. The kid is what's important."

Kakashi couldn't agree more. He smiled brightly at Obito, feeling his heart flutter at his words. This seemed to make Obito only more timid, rubbing the back of his neck.

"You're a good actor, would have made a great intelligence agent." Kakashi complimented him.

"Please, let's not waste time in what ifs and lost opportunities shall we?"

"I'm serious, you planned well, you kept the act through and through, you were quick on your feet when..." That was not the path that Kakashi wanted his compliment to go. The memory of Obito hugging him, his strong arm around him, his big hand handling his face possessively, his hot tongue on his neck. Fuck. That was going to become wank material for Kakashi to last for a month, he was still feeling the goosebumps from that moment.

"That fucking snake almost caught us with our pants down, it wouldn't be pretty if he decided to get rid of us right then and there." Obito shrugged still blushing. "I'm… sorry, if I stepped over your limits and… did something you didn't like." He looked like he was feeling bad about it, almost like a puppy with his ears down and tail between his legs. And Kakashi did like puppies.

"Don't worry! You didn't… it needed to be done and… you didn't do anything I didn't like." Kakashi cursed himself for tripping over his words, and clumsily talking like a teenager with a crush. Obito's face lit up like a Christmas tree.

"You… didn't mind." First his eyes were earnest and happy, then they became teasing and lustful. Kakashi felt himself tremble under that gaze.

"…No, I didn't mind." A heavy moment of silence hung between them, looking intently at each other's eyes, the meaning of those words working through their systems. Then after what felt like hours and merely seconds at the same time, the train arrived. "I should go." Kakashi shook his head and muttered.

"Oi, Kakashi." That deep velvety voice reached his ears before the doors for the train open. When he turned, he felt devoured by Obito's black eyes and predatory smile. "Catch that bastard, then come back to me. I'll be waiting for you tomorrow night."

Kakashi only nodded feeling giddy. He entered the cart and didn't dare to look back through the window, or his heart might really give out for real this time.


"Good morning, Kakashi." Minato approached Kakashi's desk, helpfully distracting him from his paperwork.

"Ah, hey, Minato-san."

"Congratulations on yesterday's operation. You were flawless."

"Thanks, Minato-san, I'm just happy that we made a difference."

"Yes, you did. The commissioner wants to see you." He jerked his head towards the commissioner's office.

"Is it bad?"

"Of course not. Just credit where credit is due. I'll go with you." They walked down the hall, Kakashi getting a few compliments on his good work. Thank god for his mask, he was starting to get embarrassed.

"Just accept the compliments, Kakashi. It was good work. A public case like this can get you appointed for captain in no time."

"You know I'm a shy person Minato-san. Besides, I don't want to become captain if that means more paperwork." Minato shook his head in resigned sigh.

During training in the academy Kakashi slacked off a lot, and still got to be first of his class. It was the same thing when he was in special ops and when he became detective. What could he say? He was a lazy person. He liked doing the right thing, but he thought his efforts and time should be employed in an intelligent manner. Like reading smut, for example. And he knew this annoyed his mentor to no end.

"Tsunade-san?"

"Oi, Minato, Kakashi, come on in." Tsunade got up from her chair and Kakashi felt bad for the woman when he looked at the towers of paper around her table. "Kakashi, congratulations on the operation." She nodded respectfully to him.

Kakashi bowed his head politely. "Thank you, Tsunade-san, but I didn't do it alone."

"I extend my compliments to the rest of the forces then, it was great, the girl was alive and well and is back with her mother, and the icing on the cake was that we were able to fuck with Orochimaru's head a bit." The boisterous woman laughed out loud, her hands on her hips. Orochimaru is an old nemesis of her, at least since he defected the police to enter the militia work and later the criminal world.

"It's a shame we couldn't catch him with kidnapping this time. The prosecutor told me it would be a hard case." Kakashi shared her feelings, but it would have been even better to catch Orochimaru in some way.

"Don't even get me started, I talked to her all night yesterday. But Shizune's right, our only option would be appeal to the public, a trial by jury, with so many judges on Orochimaru's pockets, but getting there would be difficult."

"I trust Shizune-san's judgement, but I'm still disappointed at this result in particular." Minato crossed his arms and shook his head. Orochimaru was one of the biggest headaches on his department.

"The money laundering team is kind of getting somewhere with their investigation on the snake, but I don't want to jinx it, so I'll keep my expectations low for now."

"'Fucking sleazy snake', to quote my point of contact." Kakashi added with a smirk, and Minato coughed at him for his lack of manners, but Tsunade just laughed even louder.

"Sounds like this guy knows what he's talking about. Oh, Kakashi, I really hope you make commissioner someday. After Minato's time with the hat of course." Minato just chuckled and shook his head.

"I surely hope I don't, it looks like a lot of paperwork." Kakashi opposed with a polite smile, earning a slap on the head by Tsunade.

"Be grateful brat!"

It wasn't a closed deal, but it was almost consensus by now that Minato was to become the next chief of the police. His main opponent was captain Uchiha Fugaku, but he agreed to join forces with his big friend to make the police a cleaner place. There was a time that Minato pressed hard for people to choose Kushina, telling them that he would be nothing without her, and she was ten times more competent than him. She withdrew herself from even starting the race by saying she didn't want to "deal with bullshit and delicate macho egos and walk on eggshells with politicians". So now, Minato's probably the next one in line for chief of police, despite his own efforts to avoid it.

"Great job Minato, Kakashi. You saved a child, it was a good day. We have to try to make a difference in each particular case, because it's someone's life. Sometimes we forget that when we're crunching numbers left and right."

"You're perfectly correct, commander, and if I may request something?" Kakashi added politely, hoping to get her and Minato on board with him in one last mission.

"What is it?" She frowned at him crossing her arms, already alert. He hoped he wasn't pushing his luck.

"Is there any way we can speed up consenting exchange of guardians for the girl from our case?" Minato and Tsunade looked at Kakashi and then at each other, understanding where this was going.

"I think I can call some favors. You know I don't really believe in following the rules all the time, right brat? Just don't tell anyone!" Tsunade gave him a mischievous smile and a thumbs up.

"Your father would be proud Kakashi. That's the sort of real good work the police should be doing." Minato smiled and put his hand on Kakashi's shoulder. Sakumo had been a mentor to him too, and Tsunade's colleague, so they all missed him dearly.

Kakashi was touched by their loyalty, and smiled fondly, even if a bit sad due to missing his father.

"Thank you. Really."

"Don't worry brat. You did the right thing. That's it. Early Happy Hour for everyone in the office in celebration of this case!" She raised her arms and was starting to pull a secret sake bottle from between books of her shelf. "Minato! You pour me some sake!"

"Tsunade-san, it's only eleven in the morning. It's Wednesday." He tried to appease her, since common sense failed to reach her sometimes. Especially when it's about booze.

"Oh, fuck off, you sucker. Kakashi, pour for me?"

"Of course, only if you could also reduce the amount of paper work that I get with-" And then he had to duck to avoid a sake saucer that was flying to his head.