"Thank you. I am sure your judgement is sound enough," he said, following Yamato into the tea house and taking the seat across from him. He ordered a simple green tea before returning his attention to Yamato. "As much as any of ours. You wanted to help Kakashi. I understand. And Obito obviously puts a great deal of trust in you; he said so himself. He holds you in very high regard." And that was not flattery. Obito had said it, and Gai was begrudgingly coming to terms with it.

"I will learn to trust better with time. But I can assure you that I will not interfere in your missions or time with Kakashi again. Or with Neji."

Well, that was mostly true. If he saw something that desperately bothered him, he would go to Obito. But that would at least not be Gai meddling again. And he doubted (hoped) it would not come to that.