Manly Training! [Private, English]

Minato pushed open the gym doors, relieved to get out of the cold. He went over to one side of the gym and started doing the last of his pushups for the day.

Meanwhile, since the eye'd given some troubles out there, Kakashi began his balance training, which he'd been doing an awful lot of the past... Year, now.

Thirty pushups in, Minato cleared his throat, and, after looking around to check if they were alone, spoke hesitantly. "Uhm. Kakashi. About.. about that thing with.. y'know.."

"Genma?" perhaps just a little smile. But it was friendly enough. Not a 'hahah you're gay even if you won't admit it'-smile.

"Ah. Yeah. Yeah, that. That was.. Uhm. I'm.. I'm not.. I mean... It's not something you.. I mean.." Minato's well-prepared explanation kinda... failed.

"Your secret's safe with me." still that smile.

Minato looked over at him dubiously. "It ah. Kinda feels like the thing.. You should beat me up over. I mean, for Kushina. 'N all."

He shook his head. "You guys weren't together when it happened. If you had been, then yes."

"Well we.. Uhm. I don't really know what we were. I don't think she knows, either." He sighed. "I didn't mean for it to happen, anyway..."

He shrugged. "Neither did I with y first time with a guy. I guess it just sorta happens, unless you know you're into guys from the start..."

"I'm not into guys!!!!" Minato exclaimed loudly.

He raised an eyebrow. "You seemed to have enjoyed it, as far as I could tell." he shrugged and continued a stretch on one leg.

"I'm.. I didn't enjoy it!" Minato's emergency systems seemed stuck on DENY DENY DENY, even as he blushed, realising how futile it was.

"Just keep telling yourself that. The mess leaking out Gen's ass told a different story."

"That's just - just- I mean, that doesn't prove anything! He - he did weird stuff to me! Like, acupuncture stuff!! He - he practically raped me!"

Kakashi just chuckled. Then snorted.

And then laughed.

"What the fuck're you laughing at," Minato grumbled sourly. "Not - not everyone's a - a manwhore."

Very abruptly, the laughter stopped, and he looked.. Kinda hurt.

Argh.
Minato bit his lip. "Ah.. I.. look. Sorry."

"... I'm not exactly proud of it, you know." he muttered, looking down at the floor.

"Uhm. That is. I.." Kakashi had certainly seemed rather.. comfortable with his.. sexuality, all those months ago in a certain dark corridor. "Iah. Thought you.. were kinda.. kinda like Genma in that respect..."

"Was. Not anymore."

"Yeah. Yeah, I get that. I.. Look, I'm not -" Minato coughed and blushed. There was really no way to say this that didn't cost him an infinite amount of man-points. "I'm not.. very comfortable with.. with all this.. the sex stuff, so.. so I guess..."

A small nod, the weakest smile. "I can tell."

"...and.. and all the stuff you do - DID, and Genma, and.. and Kushina too, I.." arghhh, someone just shoot him already. "It's very weird to me. Yeah."