[ Kakashi laughs then, really laughs, even though it's a quiet thing, low at the back of his throat. Though Kakashi had missed Sasuke when he had left like everyone else, it hadn't occurred to him that this is what he missed most of all. These little moments when Sasuke lets his guard down. Lets out the softer part of him that he liked to pretend didn't exist.

He reaches a hand out, gently sets it atop Sasuke's head in a bit of a hair ruffle. ]

Hai, hai.

[ Almost singsong. ]