Resolve. What resolve? Gai looked up again from his work, having chopped hardly anything, and raised a brow.

"No, that is not it." He shook his head and came up behind Obito, pressing just barely against his back as he leaned over his shoulder to spy on his work. His voice was soft as he ran his fingers down the back of Obito's wrists, over his hands. "You do a lot more than phase me. You unravel me, Obito. You unfocus me with just a look, get under my skin with only a word, drive out of my mind with just a breath--You tease me and turn me on at your command. That is what I will someday master, and then use against you." He pressed a quick, but indulgent kiss to Obito's neck, then picked up a spoon from the counter next to him and returned to his own work station.