"Are you saying you're done Kakashi?" It was hard, to show nothing one way or another, because this hurt. It hurt a lot. "Because I don't know what it changed, really, to notice something already there. It's not like I was asking you to jump into bed with me, and I know Gai wasn't either." He quieted, breathing carefully, focusing on the even pattern to settle himself, retreating behind calm. He'd gotten good at it, and it wasn't like this was any kind of place for him to be hurt.

That wouldn't be fair. "So if you don't want it, I guess I'll just have to accept that. Okay? But don't go throwing it in Gai's face if it's just me either, okay? I may have asked you both, but it's not like it wasn't something that hadn't been silently agreed on anyway." He flashed a brief, oddly even smile that was gone again as quickly. "I got impatient. Stupid of me."