The thing is that to Minato, Kakashi is a solider not a child, except for when he is. And SOMETIMES that line gets blurry to everyone not privy to his insane mental gymnastics, but sometimes the lines are VERY clear, and yeah. When Kakashi is asleep, he is a Child NOT a Solider, and Minato turns into like a demented guardian angel until his favorite little killing machine wakes up. But of course kakashi is asleep so he doesn't consciously remember any of it, only the ghost of comfort. He isn't aware of how protective and paranoid his sensei is when it comes to him, but LITERALLY everyone else in the world VERY much is. Minato should write a book on parenting he's got that shit down.

















