Kakaita Week 2026.

Prompt: Cooking.

For the lucky ones, it only lasts a few minutes before they remember themselves (and their standards.) For the unluckier ones, it can go on for much, much longer than that.

Anyways the point of this is: Team Ro individually crushing on Kakashi as they grow up. I think it's fun to think about

Itachi got it the worst, 12 years old and given this untouchable authority figure somewhat within his age range. A safe space among the ANBU, another baby genius who gets it— gets the pressure, gets being different, even gets being looked at with suspicion (for Itachi, as an Uchiha. For Kakashi, as the White Fang's son and Friend Killer Kakashi)

Luckily enough for him, this crush only lasted like a month. Or at least it only got that far before he learned how to hide it better (and, of course, he then had bigger things to think about than a silly childhood crush)

Shisui was certainly the loudest about his, with the passive sort of on and off crush you'd expect a 15 year old kid to get on his cool senior. He's not exactly good at hiding it, and honestly possibly doesn't espexially care to. It's embaressing but also, have you seen Kakashi in action? Shisui won't apologize for his tastes!

Shisui is the kind of guy to have a few different crushes in a few different people at a time— maybe if one of them actually looked back at him, he'd form a genuine crush but till then he's just kinda looking respectfully and sighing wistfully about how cool and strong they are

Tenzo certainly got it the worst, rocking a years long crush on his personal hero that's only managed to fade a little in recent years as an adult (usually when he's faced with Kakashi being a deliberate bastard in his general direction)

But like. Kakashi being his personal hero, an untouchable figure when he's a kid that slowly grows into a real home and safe space/person— feeling more and more real to Tenzo with each passing year

Tbh, specifically Itachi having a crush on Kakashi as a kid is the funniest thing to me. It's not reciprocated to be clear, Itachi was like 11 when Kakashi was like 17 and it was a silly, kiddie, puppy crush of "my captain is so cool..." where Itachi himself probably didn't even have the full context for what he was feeling.

But like, specifically from the angle of them both in their 20's and Sasuke learning that, as a kid, his awful evil genocidal brother had a crush on... HIS teacher????!?!?? What the FUCK.

Funniest thing in the world. Kakashi is 2 for 3 of the living Uchiha's having a childhood crush on him and that's beautiful to me. You go king!

Anyways actually, idea for the WORST conversation ever (aka the funniest thing:)

Tenzo for some reason being a temporary prisoner of the Akatsuki, and Itachi standing guard. And Itachi very awkwardly asks about Kakashi. And what proceeds is the most painful

"...do you still have a crush on him?"

"No. (yes) Do you?"

"No. (Yes.)"

-type conversation EVER. Tenzo can not believe this bastards balls actually. Get the FUCK away from his senpai.

Actually: horrible alternative, that exact situation but with Sasuke. Itachi has him captured and, very much not wanting to talk about the elephant in the room, blurts out the first thing he can think about: How is Kakashi doing?

Sasuke, who hasn't interacted w Kakashi since declaring he wanted to kill him: ?????

Sasuke is coming out of this conversation going "god fucking dammit Itachi is EVERYONE more important to you than me !?!??"

Later Sasuke runs into Kakashi and screams something about hating him and that hoping Itachi's nasty ass crush on him means Itachi will kill him next so Sasuke doesn't have to dirty his own hands

Kakashi, who was completley unaware that Itachi had ever had a crush on him and is not enjoying this new knowledge: ????

Tenzo who already knew and is somehow enjoying this knowledge even less than Kakashi is: ...

In general tbh I wish we'd gotten more team Ro interactions as adults, I think there's so much potential there. Tenzo, Kakashi and Itachi were around eachother for what was arguably some of the most vulnerable times of their lives, for multiple years. That must have left some sort of mark ??

And I mean, we so get to see the lasting impact via Tenzo and Kakashi's friendship but come on!!! How does Itachi play into that equasion!! I know he has to somehow!

-The Akatsuki goes through gallons of soap per day. Every person there has blood on their hands (literally and figuratively) and Konan won’t let anyone touch anything until they’ve cleaned up first. Kakuzu stays mad about the “egregious expense”.

-Deidara has some very dark days after Sasori is killed. He spends hours sitting alone or going on very long walks. The problem is that he’d been taught his whole life that “love” was folly for a Shinobi, that attachment was weakness and death was an inevitable part of their lifestyle, not meant to be dwelled on for longer than necessary. When Sasori dies, he knows he’s expected to put on a tough front and move on, and because of this he has no real time to process his feelings or come to grips with his battered mental state. It’s Tobi who helps him through this, first with his prolonged presence, then jokes, and finally much more serious, deeper conversations about love and loss.

-When Tobirama and Izuna first start dating, Izuna is very, very slender. Slowly throughout the relationship he gains weight and becomes chubby. He’s self-conscious out about it at first and tries wearing baggy clothes to hide his body, but Tobirama absolutely adores Izuna’s pudge. In fact, Tobirama was completely unaware of just how much he loved curves until Izuna started gaining some.

-Kakashi once entertained the idea of having a throuple relationship with Gai and Obito. He approached them both about it, but each maintained the position that they hated the other too much to try something like that.

-Itachi’s chronic illness is the source of a lot of disappointment and anger for Sasori. The puppet views the Sharingan as one of the ultimate forms of art, something unique and beautiful that should be indefinitely preserved. But Itachi’s sickness propels him closer to death with each passing day, and Sasori is frustrated at the waste. He is one hundred percent positive that, given a sample of Itachi’s blood and a little time to study, he could create something that will reverse his condition and save his life. But Itachi is opposed to this and is letting nature take its course. And this gets under Sasori’s skin like nothing else.

-Konohamaru is really Asuma’s child. He conceived him with a girl in the village when both were very young. The girl ended up dying in childbirth and Hiruzen, not wanting the scandal, passed the child off as being his older married daughter’s. Konohamaru only learned the truth from a letter Kurenai gave him from Asuma, after Asuma passed away.

-(Modern AU) Deidara trying to keep a long-distance relationship with Sasori spicy by continually “sexting” him, but Sasori. Does not. Get it. Nude pics? “Please be careful you know how prone you are to catching colds”. Innuendo? “If I get sick it’ll mean you have to come visit me and take my temperature with that big thermometer of yours 😉” “It would be impractical for you to wait for me when a trip to your doctor would be faster, hun.”

-When Gai sleeps, he gives off a LOT of body heat. He’ll almost always kick out of his covers during the night, or just lay down on top of them and not use any at all. Kakashi is always chilly, even on the hottest summer days. He also finds it soothing to have weight on him when he sleeps, so he’ll almost always sleep with two or three blankets. When they sleep together, it’s ideal, because Gai sleeps draped over Kakashi, who’s very soft, cool to the touch (like the other side of the pillow) and smells good, and Gai’s weight and body heat feel better to Kakashi than any combination of blankets ever could.

-Kisame loves everything about Itachi except. He thinks he’s too much of a pushover around the other Akatsuki members. Patience is a virtue but fuck virtue, sometimes the big old shark wants to see Itachi just CRASH OUT and punch Deidara and/or Hidan square in the face instead of just sitting quietly and taking their horrible rudeness. Seeing that would likely be the biggest turn-on of Kisame’s entire life.

-Konan likes to fly around late at night using her paper wings. In fact the group has had to change hideouts many times because the locals have started massive hunts for “the night angel” they’ve seen roaming the woods, which compromises the Akatsuki’s desire to be inconspicuous.

-Hidan and Sasori actually get along really well. They can have hours-long conversations about religion, the meaning of life, world events, and a slew of topics that the others would likely drop their jaws to the ground if they heard HIDAN discussing them. Deidara knows they talk like this, and at first he was jealous, but then he figured that at least now Sasori had someone else to unload his “boring” thoughts onto.

-Nagato once instituted a “swear jar” in an attempt to get everyone to clean up their language. But Hidan blew through three months worth of paychecks within an hour and the others purposely made their swears nauseatingly cute or much too goody-two-shoes to be tolerable for long. “Golly gee gosh darn!” “Holy Fudge and Sprinkles!”

-Gaara loves seeing Lee’s muscles, and will sit in his office just thinking up ways to rearrange the furniture so that he can ask Lee to move things around for him. Lee is actually very aware of what’s happening and will purposely take his time moving things so Gaara has longer to watch.

-Sometimes when they’re alone, Obito will take off his face mask and just be “himself” with Deidara. Deidara enjoys this more than anything, even his art, although he would never willingly admit this.

-Naruto has a big obsession with Hair. Hair-play is a huge thing for him, and becomes a central part of any relationship he forms, be it platonic or romantic or anything in between. In the early days of Team 7, everyone learned not to fall asleep before Nart because 9/10 chances they’d wake up with some (admittedly awesome) new hairstyle than the went to bed with.