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(If you haven't noticed, the gifs change based on her mood. AGAIN, mentions of suicide.)
"Talk to me."
"..."
She shifted her gaze to the side, many negative thoughts occurring in her brain, which Kakashi seemed to notice as he unwrapped all the straps around her body. As soon as her body was more free, he pulled her into a tight hug and swallowed the lump in his throat.
"I know you're tired." Each word he spoke, her arms twitched with the desire to hug him back. "You hate being dubbed the strongest. You hate acting so cheerful and smiling all the time, but you know that if you don't smile you'd cry." Minato and Shisui watched behind the glass as Kakashi spoke. If anyone could cheer her up, it was her very own fiance.
"You don't have to do any of this."
"Yes I do..." Her voice came out as scratchy and hoarse, and his own softened even more. "No you dont." Kakashis teeth locked together tightly and clenched when he pulled back from the hug. He wanted to be comforted that she wouldn't try this again, but right now she needed to be put first.
It scared him that he wasn't there to stop her. The fact that he could be holding her lifeless body instead of her living one almost made tears fall.
"You're not a burden. I don't know how you ever came to think that, but you've never been a burden." He smiled a little. "If anything, I've always felt like a burden to you. Always comforting me and helping me-"
"That's not-!"
"No." He quickly stopped her. "Let me talk. Focus on yourself."
She pursed her lips and shifted uncomfortably, wanting to be left alone but also with him. He allowed her to shuffle backwards so her back was against the cold wall and her legs were huddled close to her. She buried her head in her knees and covered her head with her arms, just wanting to disappear away from anyone or anything. He could see her shaking, but she wasn't crying.
Nakano was never the type to cry easily. Usually, it took a large build up of emotions for her to let out a single tear, as he noticed in the years he'd known her that since she wasn't gifted with physical strength no matter how much exercising she did, it seemed instead she was extremely strong mentally.
But the world pushed her to her limit.
Her weak voice muttered out all she could. He could practically hear her pain bouncing off the walls. Her voice cracked, signalling that she was close to crying. He went to shuffle closer, but she only distanced herself from him even more, and he had to admit, that hurt him.
