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Half-Baked (Heartfelt)
For shinobi, the one thing important above all else is teamwork. (Ch. 240). Discord 30 Minute Gift Exchange (Comrades of My Heart) for @tomicaleto  | Prompt: Taiyaki
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“Remind me again how this is a mission, sensei?” Kakashi asks flatly, ask he cracks an egg into a bowl. 
Minato smiles widely. “It’s one that I have specially requested. And you and Obito are the shinobi I want for the job.” 
“But you know how to cook already,” Obito points out, rifling through one of the cupboards. After a moment, he emerges victorious with a bag of flour, which is hefty enough that he falls back on his rear, a puff of white powder hitting his face. “Told you I’d find it, Bakashi!” 
“Don’t waste the ingredients,” Kakashi tells him.
Chuckling, Minato says, “Nice work, Obito. You can portion what we need into that bowl while I finish up the filling. Kakashi, keep working on the wet ingredients.” 
Both boys nod, and their fleeting glance at each other tells Minato that they’re going to compete to finish their tasks as fast as possible. They’ll have to add clean-up to the mission parameters, he thinks, caught between amused and concerned for the future of his kitchen. 
Even as he is racing Kakashi in a contest of who can get more of their ingredients outside of their bowls, Obito’s curiosity persists. “But what’s up with all of this, sensei? Why’d you send Rin and Kushina-nee away? If it’s about teamwork, shouldn’t we all be here?” 
Minato reaches for the sugar with a sigh. Folding it in carefully into the pot on the stove, he asks his students, “Well, you remember last month when Kushina and Rin gave us those chocolates, right?”
“It was a holiday, so they were supposed to,” Kakashi says, folding his arms. He nods at the mixture in front of him. “I’m done.” 
“Of course, I remember!” Obito says, almost indignant. “I’d never forget to thank Rin for a gift! How’s this, sensei?” 
Obito tilts his bowl in his teacher’s direction, and Minato determines that what’s inside of it is enough to form a batter. “You’ve both done well. Now you and Kakashi can put the batter together.” 
There is some debate between Kakashi and Obito over whether Obito’s ingredients should be added to Kakashi’s bowl or the other way around, but luckily, Minato is able to mediate by asking them to put it into whichever is bigger. With fewer causalities to his kitchen than expected, they manage to get their taiyaki ready for the moulds.
When the boys have settled down, Minato explains, “Today, it’s our time return the favour and give something back to them. We don’t want to leave their feelings unanswered. “
“You’re marrying her, sensei,” Kakashi says, raising an eyebrow. “I think Kushina-san knows you like her.” 
Placing a hand on both of his students’ heads, Minato leans down with a grin and says, “That’s true. But when you care about someone, you should tell them, alright?”
Both Kakashi and Obito turn red and mumble out replies. Minato asks them to speak up, and Obito mutters, “Married people are embarrassing,” while Kakashi nods his agreement. 
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