Secret (Obito Uchiha x Reader)

𝒜𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇

an·ger
/ˈaNGɡər/: a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.
"the colonel's anger at his daughter's disobedience." (Oxford Languages.)

You couldn't sleep.
Not after what Sasuke said to you.
Not after Karin helped you to your bedroom and whispered kind and positive phrases of affirmations to your ear.
Not after Suigetsu entered your bedroom to check on you, 30 minutes after Sasuke's violent outburst towards you.
Not after Juugo whispered goodnight to you from the hallway before heading to his room for the rest of the dark, freezing night.

You couldn't sleep and you felt like you would never be able to sleep until you got answers. You ran outside to the cold of the night and silently begged the cold, wintertime winds for answers.
Who was the masked man? If he was not Madara Uchiha then what was the name of the man you were so in love with?

You felt a strong arm around you as he sat next to you on a high tree branch. The masked man's attempts to keep you warm brought you a sense of comfort and a feeling of being loved, yet Sasuke's words still haunted your mind. His words like little spiders crawling inside your ears, into your mind causing you a feeling of discomfort and insecurity at the masked man's touch.

"You'll freeze to death out here." He tenderly placed his head on your shoulder, wanting to be affectionate with you. Attempting to keep you warm, even though he was aware that you had not been out long enough to freeze to death. He kept a constant eye on you after all.

"Then I'll go inside." You kept your tone firm as well as simple, and as you walked towards the cabin that was considered Team Taka's hideout, you didn't dare to look back at the masked man. Out of your peripheral vision, you saw that he was wearing that spiral, bright-orange, one-eyed mask, so seeing his expression was out of the question.

"What's wrong?" It felt like hours yet it had only been a few minutes when he teleported in your bedroom. He lay down on your bed next to you, and his gloved hands caressed your back as you gave him your back. "You know we don't keep secrets from each other..."

"Sasuke said something..." You refused to face him as his touch made you feel even more uncomfortable. At that point, Sasuke's spiders of doubt had melted in your brain, becoming a part of you. A thought that you could not shake away until you got answers. You were convinced that the man laying next to you, touching your back was not Madara Uchiha but a mere stranger. Someone who had lied to you regarding his identity and his reasons for lying were unknown to you. There was no reason to lie....at least not to you.

Obito partly removed his masked and kissed the back of your neck and shoulder. Upon hearing your response, your distant attitude made sense. The two of you were very close, in love, so he was aware that your relationship with Sasuke was not the best. "What did Sasuke say?"

"He said something about you..."

Obito's kisses came to a stop at your response. He did not like the way Sasuke treated you, and was aware that almost every interaction between you and Itachi's younger brother were always negative and intense. "What did he say about me...?" Curiosity got the best of him. What would Sasuke have to say to you regarding himself?

"Never mind..." The phrase escaped from your mouth. You hadn't realized how uncomfortable, nervous, and scared of confronting him you had been until that moment. "I can't seem to remember anymore."

Your withdrawn tone was foreign to him, but he accepted your response. He continued to kiss the back of your neck until he spotted dark bruises against your skin. "What happened?" He wanted to remove his mask to see clearly, yet he did the opposite and put it completely back on. "What happened to your neck, y/n?"