chapter xv;
Inside Kakashi's apartment, with her mission cleared and her report to the Hokage delivered —as it should be—, Kakashi and Obito stand at less than a meter from each other, staring into the other's eyes and in silence.
"Can I—" starts the brunette in nothing more than a whisper, caressing one of her cheeks. "Can I kiss you, Kakashi?"
And what more can she do other than lower her mask and nod, a small smile in her face as she does so, really?
(And how dare he be so sweet, it's turning her soft.)
Inside Kakashi's apartment, with the dawn on them and the singing of the birds, Kakashi and Obito stand kissing each other. Her hands on his waist, his wrapped around her neck.
When his tongue pleads for permission, she gives it. And when they stop to breathe —but what wouldn't Kakashi give to lose the necessity right now— his hands unwrap and begin to tangle with her hair, she sighs pleasurably — she hasn't felt this good in ages.
"I love you."
It is said in a whisper, and two meters apart from the sofa on the living room, and breathless after all the kissing they've done, but truer words haven't been spoken.
"I love you so damn much."
(Kakashi nearly chokes at her confession. But it's true, and she can't get over how much she loves this man.)
(She still can't believe he's awake.)
Then Obito smiles, full of joy —because even when they said those words in the hospital multiple times, every time he hears her say them his heart accelerates and happiness fills his body like nothing ever before— and with beginnings of tears in his eyes, because he's always been a sentimental fool, pulls together their foreheads and says:
"Hey," he starts, "I love you too."
Later, when they've fallen into the sofa and made out like teenagers —the guards at the gate are still waiting for another hallucination to come— they smile and cuddle.
(Because even when Kakashi has disliked physical affection since forever, she can't deny Obito anything.)
(And if Obito loves something, it's cuddles.)
(And Kakashi, Obito definitely loves Kakashi.)
The next day, Kakashi wakes up in Obito's arms, her head in his shoulder and her mask lowered. It's—
It's—
It's a blessing, that's what it is. She smiles softly for it and pecks his cheek.
"Good morning."
And Obito —boy he still is, even with the body of a grown-up man—, opens his eye and grins mischievously at her. "Good morning, 'Kashi."
Not a second passes before he's tickling her, and she tenses her muscles in response. Kakashi's not ticklish, not at all.
(Thank god for ninja training, or she would have lost a lot more than her reputation over the years.)
(She's not ticklish, okay?)
(Not at all.)
(Obito is, though. And his laughter is a gift she won't ever stop thanking for.)
Days pass and there's no one that can convince Kakashi to stop her smile from happening. Things aren't perfect, of course. Obito and Kakashi fight and Rin has to live with Naruto and Kushina because unlike before, they don't have a babysitter for Naruto —the kind civilian still visiting, even though she had a job at her father's ramen restaurant—, and Kushina's still not at full health —nor, they think, will she ever be—, and Gai and the rest still think she's a man, and it's got Kakashi a little bit down, but all in all — things are far better than before, and Kakashi's grateful.
(Obito's still grieving for Minato, for their sensei, for their Hokage.)
(Obito's grieving for their father and Kakashi knows, she's grieving for him too. For the fact that they didn't have more time together, for the fact that Obito was in a coma while the rest of them dressed in black and cried for the one that taught them what summer breeze tasted like.)
(For the father they had and Naruto would never know.)
But it'll be okay, she thinks. It'll be.
And it'll be, because Naruto is smiling and Kushina is, too. Because her family is together and will overcome the sadness that sometimes makes itself home in them.
(Because for all that there are tears, Obito smiles and Rin laughs, and Kakashi is happy.)
(Because for once Kakashi knows that they'll be fine, and it overwhelms her.)
(Gai will know soon enough. Her ANBU team will know soon enough —Obito still stubborn on the matter of her being ANBU Captain, and on letting her team know—.)
(She will cut her hair a little, though. Maybe shoulder-length. It would be cute, wouldn't it?)
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𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐔𝐓, kakaobi.
Fanfiction❝ THE GIRL IN HER RIBCAGE WEARS A BLOODY CROWN. ❞ 傷 ━━ The world will either make you or break you, and maybe Kakashi was born with a dick between her legs, but her fangs were sharpened by wolves, and her kindness bred by death. Maybe in another lif...
