"I'm going to the bathroom first." Seeing him release his hand, Yuki Yuichi smiled at him.
Kakashi Hatake nodded, half-convinced.
Yet, watching his retreating figure, he still felt uneasy and quietly followed after him.
"Asuma, what's Kakashi doing?" Uchiha Obito elbowed Sarutobi Asuma and gestured toward Kakashi Hatake with his mouth.
Sarutobi Asuma had noticed Kakashi Hatake long ago. Feeling Uchiha Obito elbow him, he shrugged.
"Kakashi's probably gone to keep an eye on Yuichi."
"He's always wanted to spar with Yuichi."
"Yuichi keeps avoiding him."
"Kakashi is really pitiful." Uchiha Obito nodded.
"So why doesn't he keep pestering him like Guy does?"
Uchiha Obito voiced a question from the depths of his soul.
Hearing this, Nohara Rin pursed her lips and said, "Yuichi would probably talk him into something, right?"
Uchiha Obito, Sarutobi Asuma: "..."
Yes, that was exactly Yuki Yuichi's style.
"Yuichi said he doesn't want to spar right now. He wants to focus all his attention on the Flying Thunder God Technique." Yuhi Kurenai explained on Yuki Yuichi's behalf.
Though that explanation was rather far-fetched.
Yet Uchiha Obito actually believed it.
"Alright! I need to train the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags properly too." Uchiha Obito clenched his fists and spoke with high spirits.
"Obito, you'd better not train that for now." Sarutobi Asuma poured cold water on him.
"The time before last, when you trained the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags, the entire training ground got blown up."
"If we hadn't run fast enough, and if Yuichi hadn't moved quickly enough, you'd be dead too."
As Sarutobi Asuma spoke, he still felt lingering fear.
If they had not run quickly enough that time, they really would have died.
If Yuki Yuichi had not swiftly thrown off his weights when he sensed something was wrong and carried this guy