Elder Chiyo flicked her wrist, sending a drop of tea flying onto Rasa's forehead as he peered in.
Before their conversation had even begun, Rasa had been hiding in the corner, afraid that Elder Chiyo's blood pressure would rise and, in her anger, she would kill someone.
After all, Kakashi was Lin Qing's close friend and family. If anything really happened to him, how was Rasa supposed to explain it to Lin Qing?
Elder Chiyo snorted.
"Carry him away."
Rasa walked over and hoisted Kakashi's stiff body onto his shoulder. Only after listening to the still-strong beat of his heart did he breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed Elder Chiyo had merely wanted to vent her anger.
Rasa carried Kakashi back to camp and laid him on a blanket.
However, no matter how he positioned him, Kakashi remained with his head crooked against the ground and his butt stuck up in the air. Rasa could only scratch his head and leave him as he was.
After finishing all that, he was about to return to rest when he suddenly felt someone watching him. Turning his head, he met Gaara's gaze from behind a camel.
Without a word, Rasa strode over and kicked Gaara in the rear.
"What time is it? Get your ass to sleep."
"Okay."
Gaara crawled beneath his blanket and closed his eyes. The exhaustion from a full day of travel washed over him, and before long, he truly fell asleep.
In his dreams, he vaguely heard Rasa, who was sitting beside him, saying many things—that he should behave after arriving in Kirigakure, that Rasa had been too strict with him, and so on.
Gaara did not know how many years it had been since he had heard his father speak to him so gently. He drowsily