Kakashi, You Should Find a Wife to Take Care of You

"You're... Kakashi?"

The sealed Hatake Sakumo spotted Kakashi at first glance, and his mind briefly went blank before he spoke.

"I'm Kakashi." Kakashi nodded.

But after that, the scene seemed to fall silent. Neither of them knew what to say.

Kakashi had not seen his father for so many years. He had walked his path alone all this time.

So,

He did not really have anything to say to his father.

Hatake Sakumo, however, felt somewhat guilty. Back then, he had been unable to let go of something and had committed suicide.

Leaving behind the young Kakashi.

Now that Kakashi had grown so much, he had not been there to watch his son grow up. Even now... he did not know what to say to Kakashi.

"I didn't expect you father and son to meet again. You two talk... I'll leave for a while first!" The Uchiha clansmen on the stage were not disappointed at the sight of Kakashi; instead, they spoke with smiles.

Then they led all the Uchiha clansmen off the stage. At that moment, only Kakashi and Hatake Sakumo remained on it.

The two stood there for a long time without speaking.

It was as though they had fallen into a strange silence, and there was also a hint of awkwardness.

"Kakashi, you've grown up." Hatake Sakumo was the first to speak at last. "Have you been well these past years?"

"Not bad." Kakashi had originally wanted to say something harsh, to vent the hardship he had endured all these years.

But,

When the words reached his lips, they became just two words: not bad.

Those two words seemed to contain so much. There were many things Kakashi did not want to bring up anymore.

"Back then, when I suddenly killed myself, your father was too weak."