i’ve been up all night. ( from kakashi )
@tsukinoiri
Alarmed at his friend’s swaying stance, Gai’s arm shot out to grab Kakashi’s. In spite his unsteadiness, Kakashi recoiled just the slightest under his touch, and it shot a pang in Gai’s stomach.
Under normal circumstances, a barrage of questions would be tumbling from his lips by now — why? where? what happened? are you okay? why would you do such a silly thing to do to deprive yourself of much needed rest?
But even a regular fool like Gai could not miss the glazed look in Kakashi’s eyes, the cold sweat on his skin, or the tremor in his jaw. He looked so… haunted.
Gai’s chest squeezed. Stop it, he wanted to say, stop all of this. But in the face of his friend’s gaunt state, and perhaps with the memory of one conflict too many, a note of wisdom descended upon Gai — to withhold.
“Come with me,” He said instead, “I’ll stay with you. Let’s eat.”
