Back to the question on whether the prank was worth getting thrown in the Naka river early in the morning.

On one hand watching Minato cowering in front of his girlfriend and beg for her forgiveness was satisfying.

He was pretty sure that Minato did not mean for Sukea to get sick only mildly inconvenienced at best.

But at the end of the day Sukea was sick and he hates being sick. It brings back memories of chakra exhaustion and white rooms that he tired to escape many time.

Maybe he'll try to escape this room too.

At the end of the day he would have been captured and tied to the bed but it would totally be worth seeing his caretaker struggle.

On the side of his bed was Minato, today was his day off and his sweet and loving (re: scary and demanding) girlfriend has decided that his punishment should be spending the day as Sukea's nurse.

It was nostalgic, having Minato-san sitting by his bed and watching over his fever. That was when he was still Kakashi and there was no such thing as Sukea the photographer.

It was before the dammed mission and the death of Rin even a little before his father decided to take his life.

He made him miso soup before, he wonder if Minato would do the same for him. He was not his cute and loveable student instead he was someone who clung to Minato's side with pages worth of blackmail photos.

Sukea was sticky and sweaty as if he have done a workout with Gai, but he have no moved a single muscle in the past three hours instead he have been drifting on and off between sleep and listening to Minato writing his mission report from the C rank he went on.

It was also another noise he felt comforted by.

"You know Sukea, that mask makes you look a lot like Kakashi."

Sukea stiffened. The mask in question was a cough mask that Kushina bought so he won't spread his cold to other.

What Kushina didn't know that he have purposly coughed on her boyfriend three times already, hoping that the germs that have conquered his body go and conquer the blond's.

They better work fast, preferably during one of his dates. 

"Really."He repiled. "Maybe I'm his evil twin that come from another universe to conquer the world and everyone who inhibits it." The excuse was awful just like all the other excuse that he comes up with. It was good to know he still had it with him.

"I'm going to assume that was the fever talking."

Sukea decided to ignore Minato-san for a while.

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"Kakashi"

An older man stood right in front of Kakashi's face. He looked just like him, sliver hair and -------------, he smiled at him "---" he said. "----------------" he could not understand what the man was saying, his words jumble together as if a group of people were speaking at the same time. The stranger - hi@*&÷s       f!&a×&the#&#r then bend down and touch his head ruffling his already messy hair. "---------------"

Sukea blinked. "Do I know you?"

The scene changed in a flash the man was now lying on the tatami floor curled up in a puddle of blood with a katana near by. The scene changed again this time the dead man had his arms wrapped around Sukea in a tight hug.

"------------------------"

Even if Kakashi could not hear the words the man said he understood it. "I love you too ---"

He did not know if he meant the words that came out of his mouth. He rarely 'love' anybody really. But it felt right, it felt like it was the right thing to say and that the stranger in front of him was the person he wanted to say that to for a long time.

Sukea was shaken awake from a dream he could not remember. Minato-san was standing over him in concern.

"Sukea are you alright?"

It took a while for Sukea to remember where he is and why a dead man was staring at him. He was currently on a self-appointed mission and he caught a cold.

With a sound of confirmation, the man wiped Sukea's face with a towel.

"I was worried, you were crying in your sleep and ah- you still are!"

The towel once again was squished on his face.

Was he crying? The familiar ache in his chest has answered for him.

Minato put down the towel and decided to pull Sukea into a hug. "I'm sorry for the prank. I hope it didn't bring back any bad memories."

When was the last time he have recieved any hug from him. It was been a long time, decades and even then a few years. Minato is weird when it come to reading the atmosphere. He understand when the tension is hot in the war room but he have trouble understanding when and why his girlfriend is mad.

Sukea suppose that he inherited that mindset from him while his son had the opposite.

It was funny how family worked (was Sukea even apart of this family?). He didn't know but even if he wasn't it's nice to pretend like this once in a while.

He leaned into Minato's chest and cried. All for the sake of the lonely grave of the man he forgotten.

Hugs, he learned was the best medicine anyone can give.
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Hugs, he learned is one of the best murder weapon anyone can do.

He was currently dying a slow and horrible death, was this truly the end? Sukea still have so many things he still need to do in this world and now he's fading away? What a cruel and terrible world this is.

"Sukea stop with the monologues and kids get off him."

"Ma- Genma being crush to death is not that bad."

Kotetsu chucked, he was currently on the bottom of the cuddle pile. His head sticking out right by Sukea's sensitive ears. He was too close for comfort. From his guess Izumo and Iruka are currently pinning down a leg and the two Ichiha conquered his stomach and back area.

Genma as the party pooper decided he was better off the bed than on. When one of the kids asked why Sukea responded first.

"It's because if he go on the bed it will break apart and go splat."

He moved his neck and flash a grin.

Genma grin back spreading his arms as he belly flopped on the pile of kids. Everyone including Sukea let out a sound of surprise followed by a groan.

"Gen-nii why."Itachi whined as he rolled off the bed and landed on the rug.

Genma decided not to answer and instead ops to roll of the bed as well.

"Let's go, Sukea is still sick and we don't want to catch stupidity."

"Yeah we don't want to catch Sukea's stupid!"Shisui shouted.

"Shut it Sushi."

"It's Shisui!"

He did not dream that night.