"I'm hard."

You could hear his deep voice when you both had just woken up, you were now in the kitchen preparing breakfast before you left to teach at the Ninja Academy. But, your answer is, "sounds like a personal problem."

Kakashi looked at you with a mixture of amusement and frustration, his words tinged with just a hint of annoyance. "Thanks for the astute observation, sensei. It's a real mystery why I shared that information."

He tried to maintain a calm facade, but the slight tension in his stance betrayed his true feelings. It was clear that he was in a predicament and your nonchalant response had only added fuel to the fire.