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Hi @narwhalwritesctbmto I read your fanfiction and it's just so 💛good💛 and the take on your characters are funny and charming that I designed the characters. Cause I suck at fanart😅. Hope you like it🌼
Is Kiyo planning on doing something career wise like writing about all the stories from her world and stuff??
Also I've really like your fic a lot the slice of life take is just *chef's kiss*.
Anon thank you so much 😭 I really am trying to get the next chapter done, 'promise !!! I've actually written chunks as far as the Kyuubi Attack/Naruto's birth-- so if that doesn't tell you how long this fic will be...
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It's just writing all the connective bits that I'm getting hung up on.
The simple answer to your question is: no. If you would like to read the more complicated answer; see below lol (~‾▿‾)~
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So I really love the concept of self-insert OCs becoming authors by retelling the stories from their world in Naruto!verse !!! Vapors is one of my all time favorite Naruto!fanfics and Aiko (oc) does do this!
That being said; Kiyo has been plopped down in an incredibly difficult time in Naruto!verse history. Not necessarily because times are turbulent or she's in immediate danger; but because she's in the early years of "war time" Konoha.
So in the fic summary, I put down that Kiyo was dropped into pre-3rd war Naruto!verse-- but after creating massive diagrams and overlaying MULTIPLE TIMELINES (Kishimoto you BASTARD, WHY !!!); I've actually been writing with the thought in mind that the 2nd Shinobi War is in it's beginning stages in the current time in CTBMTO-- the small battles that wiped out Kiyo's and her family's villages are basically border scrimmages between the Shinobi villages.
To get into the time line I'm going with; the Great Shinobi War and the 2nd Shinobi War were supposed to reflect the same timelines as WW1 and WW2 of our modern history-- so there's supposed to be about 20 years between the first Shinobi War and the 2nd. After that, the timeline for the 3rd Shinobi War gets fucked (kinda like the timeline of Kakashi's childhood smh); but in order for the Sannin's and the 3rd Hokage's ages to match up-- it could only be a handful of years between the 2nd war and the 3rd.
What does this have to do with being an author? Excellent question, I'm glad you asked!
So Konoha is basically a militant state within the Fire Country. It's got a lot of convoluted problems that, if we the readers look closely, cause a lot of plot problems (I actually like that in some ways, the sequel, Boruto, attempts to tackle them-- poorly, but; shounen ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ). Going with the fact that Konoha is a military force, training child soldiers, killers, and employees, you have to image that during the build up to the 2nd war and leading all the way through to the end of the 3rd war; they're not very "pleasure" minded. America during the world wars is a great example of the mindset of the general population of Konoha during this time (once America got involved, that is).
Food and goods are being rationed for soldiers and the war effort; civilians are encouraged to take up jobs that can benefit the war effort, ie. weapon and armour manufacturing.
There's no time to "waste" on pleasurable pursuits when hands can be used for needed work. For this, we can look to Japan during WW2. Civilians didn't need to be entertained by women playing baseball because all the abled bodied men were at war-- no, it was a sense of pride and duty to focus all efforts into making sure your country was victorious!
Even if Kiyo wrote down all the stories she could remember, AND find someone who would publish them; the population of Konoha would probably see indulging in fictional reading as "lazy" at best.
Not to mention that Kiyo is technically working full time already-- being at the market stall selling produce, maintaining/managing basically a 3 story townhouse with 6 people living in it (they don't have a washer and dryer, or television, at this point), and has been helping take care of baby Gai.
Maybe in the future, post 3rd war, and once everyone is more grown up; I'll revisit that particular plot idea LOL
Thank you for asking if Kiyo is potentially pansexual 😇🙏 it made me incredibly happy.
I think, at this time, since Kiyo hasn't really encountered any non-binary type individuals, she thinks of herself as bisexual-- liking both men and women. I really enjoyed that some readers are rooting for a Sakumo x Kiyo x Hitomi ship 😁 and I'm super sad to have already created Hitomi as Ace/Aro lol she's just the Cool Dog Aunt-- tho Kiyo does have a big crush on her lol
Sakumo turn into a child due to accidental jutsu, Kiyo reaction, Kiyo doesn't have to be aware that child Sakumo and Adult Sakumo are the same people. (😂 unless you prefer the other way around, Kiyo is the child and Sakumo reaction)😘
My dear @yasashii-leaf - I wanted so much to write a little drabble for your ask; and I just can't seem to force it out of my brain onto paper (so to speak) BUT YOU DESERVE AN ANSWER, AND I DO HAVE FEELINGS ABOUT THIS. Also, your drawings have had a huge hand in helping force my way through the writer's block around the next ACTUAL chapter of CTBMTO. So you might actually end up being my muse 👍 so have this ranting/rambling of my thoughts on Sakumo turned child...
First, Kiyo would be made immediately aware that this child is Sakumo, because Jiraiya has carried the disgruntled child to the front door himself, Minato is there, hiding behind his mentor because- technically- this was entirely his fault and shouldn't have accepted his mentor's offer to find a "willing" test subject. Minato thought it would be Orochimaru, or Jiraiya himself- he had never expected the toad sage to spy a passing jonin (isn't that the White Fang?!), and proceed to ask a favor of a man who apparently had never said no to Jiraiya in his life. So his mentor is at least 50% at fault, actually.
So, here's the thing. You would think Sakumo got physically turned into a child, but is still Adult!Sakumo with all his memories intact inside, right? That is horribly boring, NO. This is in fact 8-year-old (I rolled a ten-sided dice) Sakumo- who would like to know WHY he is with a giant baffoon that assaulted his person by grabbing him and then refused to put him down, and WHY he isn't in Uzushio, there are too many ugly trees here it's nauseating-
Bold take from Narwhal: Kakashi, in fact, got 100% of his childhood personality from his father. Everytime we see Sakumo flounder at Kakashi's sass, is just overwhelming embarrassment that his parents and mentor had been right/possibly cursed him to have a child that would be his exact copy and he would also suffer as they had.
Now, gods help me, let's say Kakashi is in the same age range when this happens, because magic jutsu and fuck the timeline; Kiyo now has 2 smol, grumpy Hatake on her hands- because Jiraiya dropped Child!Sakumo off at home and then ran away with the vague promise that he'd fix "this"
Straight up, Child!Sakumo and Kakashi get along as well as two strange cats thrown together and locked in a box. And Kiyo is not a large person herself, so it's a goddamn STRUGGLE to physically separate the two, who are actually pretty much equal in skill level, but child!Sakumo has a leg up being slightly stockier in build and apparently experience in wrestling Shinobi-style with siblings/clansmen. Child!Sakumo has no clue who Kakashi is and doesn't believe a word these Konoha Tree-Freaks are saying- there's no WAY he lives in this stupid village-
And Kakashi, unfortunately, understands this is his father, and it's making him hesitate at the WORST times and he is LOSING and can this snarky brat REALLY be HIS father???
"Who could even STAND someone like this!?"
Kiyo chokes on her tea when Kakashi exclaims this, it may have squirted out of her nose from shock and laughter.
Kiyo, is at first, completely flabbergasted by child!Sakumo's behavior. She can't seem to connect the man she knows from the series, the man she has grown to know so well, with this perpetually frowning, snippy child. She calls for Hitomi. Hitomi laughs and seems completely unfazed by the moody child's biting words. She gives Kiyo a pat on the back and wishes her good luck, leaving to track down the toad sage and see how far along he is with unfucking this situation.
Pretty soon, though, Kiyo falls into her usual rhythm, except it's Kakashi x2, and finds it's actually pretty simple to organize the two so there's minimal damage to the house. She is EXTREMELY happy that, apparently, for all the metaphorical hissing and spitting that child!Sakumo does, if she grabs him up in a hug, his words are still just as sharp and pointy, but his physical reactions are vaguely ragdoll-y and accepting of any manhandling.
Child!Sakumo spends a majority of his time wrapped in a quilt and sitting in Kiyo's lap because she won't let him go and he never fights it.
Please, if you will, imagine a sulky smol Sakumo, bundled up in a quilt, trapped in Kiyo's lap, because her arms are around him while she knits or crochets. Kakashi can't stop himself from staring VERY INTENSELY, and every now and then Sakumo will catch his gaze and throw his chin up in challenge? defiance?
With Hitomi's nagging/hounding, Jiraiya and Minato figure out how to reverse the jutsu's effect and within 48 hours Sakumo is once again an adult and- does he have any memory of being a child? OF COURSE HE DOES.
His embarrassment is over 9000, he can't look anyone involved in the incident in the eye for a week, minimum. Hitomi and Jiraiya laugh about it constantly, teasing constantly. Kiyo's much subtler in her teasing, but also gently pats his shoulder in reassurance and comfort. Kakashi has QUESTIONS.
Will Kiyo still have his moments of absence?🤔 (you know what she had at the beginning) because what I understood is that this one is more and more rare, should the cat at the beginning of the base story accompany Kiyo to Konoha? do we revere him?😂
OH HO? ASKING FOR SPOILERS @yasashii-leaf ???
Actually.... I can't think of what to say to this without giving away certain plot arcs .... I know I said I'd probably give ridiculously long answers....but you've made me eat my own tail on this one LOL
I'm sorry for your loss I know it's painful to lose the work you took your time to do, know that I sympathize😢.
💕 Thank you💕 for responding to such a long text, I wasn't expecting it !!! And i love it😍
Do you mind if I leave you this kind of request from time to time? (you don't need to write long texts or reply to them if you don't want to)
@yasashii-leaf
PLEASE DO! The fact that anyone would makes me incredibly happy!!! (Also, after you shared the art you made for CTBMTO, I would do anything for you 😏🥰 that was a literal dream come true and I may have cried)
Also, expect long text more often than not lol I'm terribly long-winded at times, and I have so many headcanons and FEELINGS™️ that word explosion is common 😅
Imagine baby Kakashi making his teeth, not just any... Dogteeth, What is Kiyo's reaction? 😂
@yasashii-leaf So I wrote this whole thing, was real excite about it, was trying to find a way to connect it with where I'm stuck on the Annual CTBMTO Update™️ -- and then my computer crashed and I lost everything I wrote and was moping because it has turned into another Annual Update and I was going to be so good and actually post more than 1 chapter a year ............ So have this replacement.
It started with one tooth, as one assumes all erupting baby teeth do. But as Kiyo stared into baby Kakashi's drooling maw, opened in constant wailings, she was incredibly confused.
"Why is it....over there?" Kiyo racked her brain, wasn't that usually the place where a person had their canine teeth? What did you call them for humans again? "...cuspid."
And it was a bottom tooth, too. Weren't the first teeth to appear incisors? Babies don't get cuspids until near the end... right?
"What the hell is happening with this kid?" Was everything Kiyo thought she knew about babies wrong?
No, no. She distinctly remembered Gai looking adorable with his little rabbit teeth grin. Why was Kakashi like this? Was he just hell bent on being the exception to every rule Kiyo knew?? And now that she thought about it...
"Aren't you early? Kakashi, you're only 4 months old. We were supposed to have more time before this!"
Kakashi just carried on with his howls of misery and dissatisfaction. Everytime Kiyo would try to wipe away the cascading drool from his chin, his cries would pick back up into the ear piercing range before settling back down into deafening.
"My sweet gremlin, why did you have to start this when you're father AND Hitomi are out of the village? I am severely unprepared here."
Kiyo was so glad when she went looking for infant antiinflammatories in the medicine kit Sakumo had made sure to show her, and found exactly what she needed. The next few days were tough, but with the help of baby ibuprofen, Kiyo and Kakashi managed.
Hitomi was the first Kakashi-Knowledgeable Adult to return to the village, and Kiyo practically jumped her for information.
"I think something is wrong with Kakashi!" Was probably not the gentlest way to start the conversation.
After mild panic and some back and forth, Kiyo somehow relayed her concerns to the Inuzuka, who laughed at her.
"Some pups get those teeth first. It's nothing to freak out about!"
Kiyo almost toppled over as Hitomi slapped at her back.
Sakumo was even less help when she brought it up before leaving them for the evening.
"Babies always get their cuspids in first?" He looked at her like she was joking.
Kiyo hoped that by the offended disbelief on her face, he knew she was not. At least Hitomi had been plausible. This was the Naruto Universe, what did Kiyo know?
The real problem for Kiyo's sanity came months later.
"What the actual fuck??"
How she hadn't noticed until now was beyond her, but as Kakashi had yawned just now, Kiyo glanced at him and saw a MOUTH FULL OF NEEDLE LIKE TEETH. There were only 18 teeth in there, but they looked like they could pierce flesh.
Sakumo had whipped his head around towards her at her exclamation, and caught Kiyo staring at his son's mouth.
"Oh, I had forgotten that Hitomi told me you didn't know anything about how Hatake and Inuzuka teeth...um...work," he finished lamely.
"What is THAT supposed to mean?"
"Ah, that the people in our clans tend to be a little more....dog-like."
Kiyo levelled him with her most unimpressed look, but now all the decimated teething rings and torn up blankets and stuffed animal ears made a lot more sense.
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Have I been spending all my writing spoons on my own personal Hatake Lore and History? You bet your britches I have. Last year's Sakumo Week opened up a serious rabbit trail for me and I haven't been able to get passed it.
I told myself I HAVE to participate in SakumoWeek 2020, even if everything I write is set in the CTBMTO Universe and filled with my OCs and CTBMTO Headcanons, and then forgot I agreed to work extra shifts and house/pet-sit this week >__<’ And then what I had thought would just be some nice drabbles have turned into real monsters, to the point that once I finish the pieces for Day 1 and Day 2, they might be too BIG to post as text on here. So I’m going to set up something on AO3 for my pieces for SakumoWeek when I get the chance.
I haven’t finished my pieces for Day 1 or 2 for @sakumoweek yet, but I had to post for today! This is set in my semi-self-insert/OC fic AU, OC’s name is Kiyo. This is some good-ole G rated writing, that I hope is both cute and funny at the appropriate times!
*warning: LONG POST* this got way longer than intended (Day 1 and 2 have too) so I will probably set these up on AO3, but for now, have them here:
Kakashi stared down his father as they all sat eating breakfast. Sakumo was trying to hide his face of confused amusement behind his cup of tea, but if the third party at the table was anything to go by, he wasn’t hiding it very well.
It wasn’t a glare, per say, but Kakashi was staring at him with such intense determination, he wondered if they were going to have another argument about age-appropriate jutsu. (Kakashi was still too young to practice the Clan’s Summoning Jutsu, and they had gone back and forth for days. Maybe he needed to come up with something to teach him in the meantime…)
“Tou-san.”
Sakumo gave his son his full, and obvious, attention. Kakashi had finished his meal, but in his current focus hadn’t seemed to realize that his face was speckled with stray food.
“Yes? Kakashi?”
“Don’t you need to leave?”
Both adults at the table almost spit out their tea at Kakashi’s very blunt, and very rude, demand.
“Ah… No? I don’t believe I have anywhere I need to be..?”
“I’m pretty sure you said you had to go train today,” Kakashi’s eyes bore into him, “You should hurry up and leave.”
This time Sakumo couldn’t stop the choked sound that escaped him. Kiyo-san was glancing between them, horrified. He caught her eye and gave her what he hoped was a reassuring smile, but it came off pleading. Sakumo looked back at Kakashi to get a better gage. Yes, it wasn’t quite a glare, his face was set in stoic determination that seemed out of place on a four-year-old, but now he could see there was an excited glint in those dark grey eyes as well. What could he possibly… Ah. Sakumo hid his grin behind a hand and gave a cough for good measure.
“That’s right! I had completely forgotten, thank you for the reminder Kakashi,” he stood up from the table and inclined his head at the bewildered woman across from him, “Thank you for the delicious meal, Kiyo-san, but it appears I must be off.”
She made a small noise of confirmation, probably out of habit, because she was looking at him in equal parts like she wanted to make sure he was okay and also wanted to ask for clarification on the situation. He gave her another smile, this one far more confident than the last, and hoped that would be enough to quell her uncertainties. He moved to the door to put on his sandals.
“Well, I’ll be off then!”
He stepped out the door and walked down the street until he was sure Kakashi would be properly convinced, before doubling back and sneaking back into his own house to spy on his son.
“-can’t speak to your father like that!”
Ah, Kiyo-san was lecturing poor Kakashi. Sakumo watched from his hiding spot as she scolded Kakashi while they cleared the table, but she didn’t look angry so much as exasperated. It was nice to know he wasn’t the only one.
“He was taking too long,” Kakashi attempted to shrug off Kiyo’s naggings.
“Your father has every right to sit and enjoy his breakfast, Kakashi-chan,” she gave a put-out sigh, “it is his birthday today, after all. How often do you think it is that he gets to be in the village for that?”
“That’s the point!” Kakashi shouted at her as she began to wash dishes.
If the way she side-eyed him was anything to go by, she wasn’t impressed by his revelation.
“Oh? So your plan for your father’s birthday is to chase him off?”
Kakashi puffed up his cheeks, and this time he did glare.
“Tou-san can’t be here because you have to help me bake a surprise cake!”
At this, Kiyo paused and looked at Kakashi curiously.
“But why did you chase him out so early?”
“So that we can have time to make it, of course!” Kakashi folded his arms with a huff.
“Kakashi-chan… How long do you think it takes to make a cake?”
He looked at her with such an expression of sage wisdom, Sakumo almost blew his cover with a laugh at the response of, “At least 5 hours. Plus! We have to go buy strawberries!”
Kiyo-san shook her head, she looked like she was trying not to smile, “We need to buy more than just strawberries, Kakashi-chan. Now, go get your stepping stool so you can help me by drying the dishes, then I’ll help you put them away.”
“I can put them away on my own,” he grumbled as he set the stool next to Kiyo-san.
“Ah, but I feel better when I get to help you,” this time she gave him a blinding smile, “you have to let me earn my keep, Kakashi-chan.”
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Sakumo followed the two of them through the market streets at a safe distance, wearing a Henge. As long as he stayed far enough away, Kakashi wouldn’t be able to smell him, and if he enhanced his hearing while focusing on their voices, he’d be able to hear them just fine. He wasn’t surprised when Kiyo-san went straight to the stand that she had used to work at, owned by the family who had taken her in when her village had been destroyed.
“Ako-chan! Kiki-chan!” Kiyo smiled at the sisters, “How lucky that I get to see you both today!”
“Kiyo-san, it’s so good to see you!” the older sister, Ako, smiled back.
“Eh? Is this our little baby Kaka-chan?” Kiki’s toothy grin said that she knew her words would cause Kakashi to puff up in indignation.
“I’m not a baby! And don’t call me that!”
“My, my, what’s this?” Kiki came out from behind the stand and crouched down to squish Kakashi’s cheeks, “Kaka-chan, don’t be so mean to your Kiki-nee-chan! Be nice! Be nice!” She punctuated each sentence with a new squeeze of Kakashi’s face, ignoring his hands that batted at her arms.
Sakumo hide his grin behind a hand. Kakashi could very easily get away or remove the young civilian’s hands if he really wanted to. That he was choosing not to was either because the lessons Sakumo had been trying to drill into him about being mindful of his current strength with other children and civilians were actually taking hold, or he actually enjoyed the attention his ‘Kiki-nee-chan’ was giving him. Either answer made Sakumo happy.
Kiyo-san continued chatting with the elder sister while picking out strawberries from the pallet Ako-san had gone and gotten from the storage room in the building behind the stand. Technically, strawberries were out of season in the area, but the Yamamoto family had farms all over the Country of Fire, so it wasn’t unusual for their stall to have out of season produce. Eventually, Kiki-san relented her assault on Kakashi’s pride with a pat on the head and went back to her usual station, joining the chatter between the women. Sakumo watched as Kakashi stared at Kiyo-san, growing more and more impatient.
“Stop talking! We have to hurry up and go home to bake the cake!” Kakashi seemed to have finally had enough.
Kiyo-san stared down at him with an unimpressed look. This appeared to be her default expression for Kakashi’s rudeness. Sakumo watched her intently, having not realized until just now that he didn’t often get to see Kakashi and Kiyo-san interact on their own.
“Hm, Kakashi, could it be…you’re allergic to manners?”
Kakashi sputtered in outrage at Kiyo-san’s question, before pointing, rudely, at her, “I have manners! You just spend too much time talking!”
The unimpressed look stayed, but it was obvious Kiyo-san was trying not to grin, “If you say so, Kakashi-chan. Ah, but you are right that we should be moving along so we can get the rest of our shopping done.”
“What?” Kakashi looked at her suspiciously, “What other shopping?”
“Kakashi-chan, I don’t normally keep cake flour at your house, you’ve never wanted me to make cake before. Plus, I looked, and you don’t own a cake pan.”
“Oh? What’s the occasion?” Ako-san asked, “Is Kakashi finally developing a taste for sweets?”
Kakashi made his ‘yuck’ face as Kiyo-san chuckled, “No, I don’t think he’ll ever enjoy sweets like that. It’s Hatake-san’s birthday today, and Kakashi-chan would like to make his father a cake.”
“Eh, that’s so nice of you Kakashi-chan,” Ako-san gave Kakashi a smile while Kiki-san made eye contact with Kiyo-san and wiggled her eyebrows up and down.
Kiyo blushed at Kiki-chan’s suggestive look and shot her a glare. Kakashi had also noticed the exchange and glared at Kiki.
“Well, then we definitely have to go. Now.”
Sakumo watched as Kiyo-san said goodbye to the sisters, and instructed Kakashi to do the same, before Kakashi practically dragged Kiyo-san down the street to buy flour and a pan. He continued to tail them as they argued at each stop Kiyo-san made, because she “might as well pick up something for dinner tonight while they were out,” and she had “such a convenient helper at hand!”
To be fair, it was mostly Kakashi arguing and Kiyo-san alternating between explaining her reasonings and sending back quips to fluster Kakashi. She didn’t seem to really mind when Kakashi got surly, and once or twice he caught her disguising a laugh as a cough when Kakashi said something that would have made Sakumo sweat in embarrassment in such a public setting. Kiyo-san had loaded both her arms and Kakashi’s before they headed back to the house. Sakumo took to the rooftops to follow them.
He watched them sort and put dinner items, and things that needed to keep cool, away for later, before getting started on the cake making process. As Sakumo watched Kiyo-san explain each step and coach Kakashi through the process, taking over when the boy relented and asked her to, more concerned about his Tou-san’s cake being perfect than trying to make a point by doing it himself, Sakumo found his heart melting into goo and flipping somersaults simultaneously. He smiled broadly, and warmly, as he watched them from the concealed hiding spot in the “attic” that didn’t officially exist in the house plans. Every house built by shinobi or housed a shinobi had at least one secret “room” that allowed an easy hiding spot to view the home. In the Hatake house, it was false ceiling that had multiple peek holes, normally covered, that allowed observation of any room or area of the house.
Normally it would only be used if an intruder or enemy was in the house, but Sakumo found it provided one of the best views of what he considered to be domestic bliss today. Maybe this would become a little bit of a thing? He chuckled quietly as Kiyo-san scolded his son for attempting to stick his hand in the almost finished cake batter, and Kakashi sassing her back. He was openly baffled, but still amused, as he watched Kiyo-san worry and attempt not to intervene when Kakashi declared he would prepare the strawberries and began cutting off the tops and slicing them. Sakumo mused that even though she’d been around them since Kakashi was an infant, she was still very much a civilian. He did appreciate how hard she worked to not push her civilian limits onto Kakashi, and allow him to go at his own pace with most things. She also made sure to keep track of Kakashi’s training, and made sure she knew what his limits were, and what was off-limits as instructed by Hitomi or himself. She always seemed to be trying to do her best for Kakashi, and it always made his heart swell.
Kiyo-san helped Kakashi put the cake pan, filled with batter, into the hot oven, “And there we go! Now you can set the timer for 30 minutes,” she handed the kitchen wind-up timer to Kakashi.
“What!” Kakashi looked at Kiyo-san like she was crazy, but did take the timer from her, “I thought cakes took hours to bake!”
“Now do you see why it was so silly of you to chase your father out of the house so early?”
No one could see him, and they didn’t know he had been watching them since the beginning, but he still felt mildly ashamed for not actually leaving, and then spying on them. Kakashi’s face fell a bit, and he looked like he felt genuinely guilty now.
“Not to worry though, Kakashi-chan,” Kiyo-san smiled and didn’t so much ruffle his wild hair as card her fingers smoothly through it, “You must have amazing baking instincts, because sponge cake always tastes better the longer it sits! It’s actually best to make it the day before you intend to eat it!”
“Eh!?”
She laughed at his confused face, “So instead of being too early, you’re actually late!”
Sakumo didn’t understand why she laughed even harder after she said that, and Kakashi also looked to be a little worried for her sanity. Finally, Kiyo-san got herself under control.
“Anyway, now we use this time to make the frosting.”
“No need!” Kakashi held up his hands at Kiyo-san, and retrieved a small container to present to her.
“What…where did you get this? Is this pre-made frosting?” Kiyo-san examined the label closely, “I didn’t know they made this…”
“We got it at the store.”
Kiyo-san eyed Kakashi suspiciously, “I did not put this in the basket.”
Sakumo had actually witnessed Kakashi slip in with the other items while Kiyo-san wasn’t paying attention, but he had assumed she’d seen it when paying. Truly, Sakumo thought, a civilian.
“You should pay more attention to what you’re buying,” Kakashi folded his arms behind his head and looked away.
“I should, should I?” Kiyo-san looked back at the container of frosting, “Kakashi, I don’t think you’ll even like this. And I already bought cream…”
“I can eat it!” Kakashi scowled.
Kiyo-san opened the container, scooped some of it’s contents out with her finger, and popped it into Kakashi’s mouth. His face went from surprised, to nervousness, and then queasy. Kiyo-san watched him, with her fists on her hips and a knowing look, as he opened his mouth to let his frosting covered tongue hang out, like a puppy who’d just bitten into something bitter. She stopped him from trying to use his arm to wipe the frosting out of his mouth, getting a kitchen towel to do the job instead, and grabbed his stepping stool before instructing his to rinse his mouth out in the sink if needed.
“Really, Kakashi-chan, I don’t understand your aversion to sweetness,” she said with a sigh while watching Kakashi rinse his mouth, “but since you know you don’t like these things, why are you so intent on forcing yourself to eat them today?”
Kakashi pulled away from the water and accepted another kitchen towel to wipe his mouth, “because Tou-san likes things like strawberries and mochi, and it’s his birthday and he should have cake, and I want to eat cake with him so he'll be happy.”
Sakumo definitely felt parental tears over Kakashi’s wish. Kiyo-san’s eyes soften and she made sure she was at eye-level with his son.
“Your father is going to be so happy and proud that you made him a cake today, and he’s going to feel your love for him when he eats this cake. And yet, I can say with certainty that you’re father will not want you to make yourself sick by trying to eat it with him,” she rested a hand on Kakashi’s head and aimed a warm grin at him, “So, how about we make some whipped cream icing, and see if you can handle that better, instead? And if you decide you have to eat the cake with your father, we’ll make sure it’s a small piece, okay?”
Kakashi nodded with renewed determination.
“Excellent. Now, can you get out some clean bowls?”
Sakumo watched the hilarity of his son learning how to make whipped cream, and Kiyo-san face when Kakashi offered her a senbon to poke the cake to see if it was finished. It was a delightful process to watch, and finally, they finished the cake.
“When do you think Tou-san will be back?”
“Hm… You never did tell him when to be home, did you,” she pretended to look thoughtful while Kakashi agonized over this observation, “Well, I won’t worry. I bet your father will show up at exactly the right time.”
Sakumo froze, then narrowed his eyes. Did she know? Had Kiyo-san actually been aware of his spying this entire time? He watched her carefully as she suggested Kakashi go wash up, and that she’d have a surprise for him when he came back. He watched as she pulled out two books she’d gotten earlier while distracting Kakashi by teasing him about something silly. One was a book about cooking, and the other was a book about baking.
“At least, I hope he will,” Sakumo heard her murmur to herself, “he’s not supposed to be training while he’s recovering, so, if I can trust that he’s not an idiot, then he didn’t really go out to train,” she scoffed quietly, “he’s a ninja, so he’s probably been watch us this whole time. They’re so weird… Probably watching right now…”
Sakumo watched as Kiyo-san was the one to freeze this time. Her head whipping back and forth as if he was going to appear next to her in the kitchen, but she didn’t look up.
“Ah, don’t be ridiculous,” she shook her head, “I’m becoming just as paranoid as the rest of them.”
Sakumo smiled, and kept smiling when she handed the books over to Kakashi, who immediately began parsing through one. He might as well wait until they finished cooking dinner, then show up 15 minutes after.
*
Sakumo timed it perfectly so he was coming through the front door exactly 15 minutes after the food was ready. He called out his greeting and heard Kakashi rush towards him.
“Welcome back!” Kakashi shouted in his excitement.
Kakashi ran back to the table, while Sakumo followed him at a more normal pace. Kiyo-san was pouring some tea when she saw him and smiled.
“Welcome back, Hatake-san.”
“I’m home,” Sakumo grinned at both of them, “and I’m hungry. Let’s eat!”
Dinner went rather smoothly, but it was obvious that Kakashi was solely focused on surprising his Tou-san with the cake. He snatched Sakumo’s plate away as soon as he had finished, which made Sakumo laugh.
“You seem awfully energetic today, Kakashi.”
He was so busy rushing all the dishes back into the kitchen, he didn’t appear to register his Tou-san’s comment. When all the plates were cleared, Kakashi almost tackled Sakumo in his eagerness.
“I have a surprise for you Tou-san!”
“Do you really?” Sakumo asked with the perfect amount of curiosity.
Kakashi nodded before hurrying back towards the kitchen.
“Do you need-”
“No!” Kakashi didn’t wait for Kiyo-san to finish her question before making it very clear he wanted to give the cake to his Tou-san himself.
Kiyo-san gave an abortive twitch before settling both her hands around her teacup, “Just remember to be careful! Don’t rush and mess up all your hard work!”
Kakashi’s features hardened into intense determination when Kiyo-san’s words sunk in, and he finished his journey to the kitchen with purposeful strides. With extreme care, he carried the cake to the table, and gingerly set it before Sakumo. Once his hands left the plate, he bounced twice on the balls of his feet.
“Happy Birthday, Tou-san!”
Sakumo acted perfectly surprised, and thoroughly enrapt by Kakashi’s detailing of the creation of the cake. He did catch Kiyo-san looking at him suspiciously for a moment, but it was gone quickly. The cake was cut and served, Kakashi’s piece being much smaller and ultimately left unfinished.
“This has been the best birthday I’ve had so far,” Sakumo ruffled Kakashi’s hair, “you make me very happy, Kakashi.”
The boy positively beamed at his Tou-san’s words, and quickly launched into another detailed story, this time about his new books, showing them off and explaining what he’d found in them so far. Sakumo watched him fondly, suddenly aware that in a couple weeks Kakashi would be entering the Academy, and in a few days, he was due for a recheck visit at the hospital to determine if he was in good enough condition to be sent back out on missions. This was probably going to be their last bit of quality time for a while. Sakumo glanced up at Kiyo-san and saw she was still smiling, but her eyes held a wistful sadness. Ah, so she realized it too.
“Next year, I’m going to make your cake all by myself!” Kakashi exclaimed proudly.
Sakumo beamed at Kakashi, “I look forward to many more wonderful birthdays.”
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