[ And then, without waiting for Naruto to respond, Kakashi closes the journal and heads out. Doesn't take his sweet time like he normally might, or drag the minutes out, because he was already too late, already too fucking late, like he always is, and he's kept Naruto waiting long enough.

(Shouldn't have gone on that mission.)

He stops by the convenience store before he heads over, surveying the items quickly before deciding on something sweet and easy to digest -- lemon-lime popsicles.

Somehow, he gets the feeling that Naruto probably wouldn't be up for ramen at the moment.

It only takes him a few more minutes after retrieving the snack that he ends up at the front door of Naruto's house. Strange to think of it as Naruto's house when all this time, Kakashi had thought of it as Minato's.

He stares at the number on the door, then raises a hand and knocks once, twice. ]