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Kakashi was very worried. At some point, he demanded she take a seat and talk to him about whatever was bothering her.
But when the blindfold was removed from her eyes, he didn't expect them to look so tired and pained. She buried her head in her hands and slowly breathed. A hand rubbed her back in support for whatever she had to say.
"It's all my..." He stayed silent, allowing her to speak. "If I wasn't so reckless, m-maybe I would've- could've..."
"What is it?" He hesitantly asked, and watched as she turned her body to face him.
"I'm sorry...I-I can't have kids. I'm infertile."
"..."
Kakashis expression didn't change. His eye was lazily lidded but seemed to be frozen. Finally, his eyebrows scrunched together and Nakano let out a bitter chuckle.
"Of course I can't give life. All I ever do is ruin and take lives...Hiroshi, Shuns...All- All of them..."
It took him awhile, but he managed to snap out of his rapid thoughts and shocked state. His hand went to the back of her head and slowly brought it to rest on his clothed chest, running his fingers through her hair in an attempt to calm both of them.
"When did you find out?" She rested her eyes that were tired and held deep eyebags as well as stress lines.
"Two days ago...I wanted to check in with the hospital since we didn't use protection- a-and..."
"It's okay..." He muttered and closed his own eyes, leaning away from the kiss he'd placed on her forehead. They stayed in a pained silence for a while, both allowing their minds to process the situation and figure out what to do.
"Do you want kids...Kakashi?"
"If you're implying that I should leave you to have kids, then no. Team 7 is enough." Her lips twitched up a bit at the way he sounded so exhausted at the mention of the kids, but there was a little fondness in his words.
"Nakano, if it's not with you, then I don't want it. Besides, if we really want a kid we can just adopt in the future."
"Why..." She pulled back and looked at him with a conflicted stare, clutching the fabric sheltering her chest.
"You could be so much happier. So much...Happier..."
She allowed his large hands to grasp her smaller ones. Lifting them, he brought her ring finger to his lips and kissed it. He then laced their fingers together and forced her to shift her gaze away from the floor and onto the locked fingers.
