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Kakashi seals his mouth with a kiss when Sasuke comes out o the bathroom. Sasuke is surprised at first but soon returns the passion double-fold. Kakashi breaks the kiss to laugh softly at the intensity Sasuke returns despite that it was him who initiated it.
Sasuke’s hand reaches under the hem of his shirt to bring them closer. Kakashi pulls away to frame Sasuke’s face in his hands, rubbing small circles into his cheeks. Sasuke’s fierce eyes hone in on his.
Kakashi feels pride blossom and a small smile forms with the way Sasuke lets him , lets him show him this softness and affection without pulling away. He feels pride for himself too, for being worthy of Sasuke’s trust.
A year ago, this wouldn’t have happened. They were all passion with no pause to absorb and accept, fiery licks of flame and rolling thunder colliding. Their rough fringes knotted them together.
They don’t speak. Sasuke knows this is how Kakashi builds up to announcing something, and he wants to give him the comfort of normalcy as it brews in his mind. Kakashi closes the silence first, kissing him softly on the forehead, then the nose, and finally on the lips, holding Sasuke’s face still with his hands. His wet lips leave a small trace wherever
Sasuke doesn't particularly know why Kakashi is smiling so wholly, his eyes wrinkled as they do in his genuine moments, but the happiness is contagious, and he finds the edges of his own lips quirking up.
“Sasuke, I want to make love to you today.”
…
Sasuke lays back in the afterglow, feeling blissed and worn out in the best way possible. Kakashi returns from the bathroom with a towel wet with hot water and cleans Sasuke’s abdomen and chest gently. Sasuke doesn’t move to do it himself, still riding on his high. Kakashi discards the towel in the bathroom, lies down, and pulls the blanket up above their hips before breaking the news.
“I’m leaving for a mission in the morning,” Kakashi begins.
“Mhm, when will you be back.”
Kakashi looks at Sasuke pulling his blanket up above his chest. He reminds him of the cats the Uchihas liked so much. Content and gratified under the sun and vicious when bothered.
“Not too long, maybe two days at most. It’s a seduction mission.”
Sasuke tenses, the satisfaction in his face leaving as his eyes sharpen and turn to Kakashi.
“How far will you have to go?”
“All the way. I’ll have sex with them.”
Sasuke clenches his jaw, turning his back to Kakashi so his face is hidden, but it does nothing to hide the convulsing chakra he’s inflamed in.
Kakashi’s finger twitches with the urge to wrap his arms around Sasuke to pull him closer and wash the anger down.
It takes Sasuke a few moments to respond, his chakra calming its ferocity. “This is wrong,” he says simply.
Kakashi sighs. “Yeah, I know. I’m sorry.”
Sasuke’s chakra instantly sparks. He whips around to face Kakashi, his face sculpted with rage.
“Why would you say sorry? Konoha is making you do this. She made you give every piece of yourself. She made you a soldier instead of a child, and now she’s forcing you to give-” Sasuke cuts himself off. His eyes close as he takes a deep breath.
“Konoha needs Shinobi to do what they have to to keep the village running,” Kakashi responds.
Sasuke calms himself again. “No, this is wrong. This is just wrong. The whole system is wrong. This will change. One day, no one will have to take these disgusting missions again.”
“Mah, that's for your generation. For you, Naruto, and Sakura-” Sasuke interrupts him, scoffing.
“Stop acting like a sage. You’re not even that old. This will go away soon. This will have to changed. It’s so fucked up. It’s fucked up. It’s one step away from-” Sasuke stops, frustrated, laying his head back into the pillow.
“I was going to say, I hope it does. I hope there comes a day where these sorts of missions don’t go out.”
“Yeah, there will be,” Sasuke concludes with a tone of finality.
…
Kakashi enters the Hokage tower to give his mission report through the window.
When all the ANBU’s sensors go off before recognizing him, Tsunade swivels her chair to face him.
“Come in through the door, you fool!” she yells, slamming her hand down on the handle of her chair.
“You see, I was going to come through the door, but then I saw this little, sweet bird that-”
“Stop, just hurry up and give your report.”
He finishes quickly. It was an A-Rank only because of the seduction. The rest of the mission was easily completed.
“Alright, now go home. Your mate raised hell in here after you left.”
Kakashi’s cheeks dimple under his mask.
“Sasuke?” he asks.
“No, your other partner.”
He chuckles.
“Your boy started a whole case against the civilian and Shinobi councils appealing against seduction missions.”
Kakashi’s mood dampens. Appeals never actually worked. It was a stupid system to keep the civilians and lower-ranked Ninjas believing in the equality and fairness of the Hokage and council. “He won’t win.”
Tsunade sobers up too, her voice dropping its volume. “No, he won’t. I’m sure he knows this. I think he’s just trying to spread the idea that it’s wrong.”
“They’ll do it one day. They’ll change everything.”
“Before they do though,” Tsunade starts, her usual mood creeping up. “You’ll have to stop escaping this darn seat!”
Kakashi shunshins away as the whole tower hears an enraged cry of his name, “KAKASHI!”
…
Kakashi enters his home through the window.
“Tadaima,” he calls out.
Last time he went on a seduction mission, he went straight to the Jounin barracks, and then to training with Gai. Now, he realizes, he truly does have someone to come home to. Not just a village, but a person. He smiles.
“Okaeri,” Sasuke responds.
…
Kakashi never takes a seduction mission again.