scared of the stars

Chapter 10 - Obito & Kakashi

People who said your senses heightened when you had one missing was talking bullshit.

Maybe it was true in theory, but Obito could smell and hear just as well as he used to. This morning he had tried to listen to a conversation Kakashi had had with Naruto through the wall. It was a soundproof wall, and Obito heard little to nothing. He had tried to smell what dish Kakashi ate from outside the room and the only thing he smelled was burned cheese. He was actually disappointed and had hoped he would be able to hear whispers from different streets or smell the sweat of his enemies.

Okay, maybe he wasn't too fond of the last idea, but he definitely liked the first one.

Tomorrow was the surprise party for Kakashi, and Obito had tried his best not to be too obvious about it. He had probably failed but refused to give up all hope.

He had no idea what to give him. The last time he had given Kakashi something it had been his eyes. He had actually given him his Sharingan two times, and the first time he had thought he was about to die, the second time he was already dead.

He didn't have his Sharingan anymore.

He had lost his vision as well.

He snapped himself out of the dark turn his thoughts had taken and instead focused on what was currently happening. He was sitting at Ichiraku ramen, listening to Shikamaru talk about the party and what everyone would have to do in order for it not to be obvious. Kiba was interrupting him every other sentence and Naruto was busy eating his seventh bowl of ramen.

Kakashi was on a mission, and from the sound of it, Obito guessed it would be a pretty quick one.

«-so is that okay with you, Obito?» Shikamaru said expectantly.

Obito jolted up and looked confused toward the three pairs of eyes glued on him. He smiled awkwardly and shrugged.

«Yeah, sure.» He scratched his cheek and felt his face redden. «If only you can go over it one more time.»

Kiba burst out laughing, slapping Obito on the back and definitely creating a bruise.

Shikamaru sighed and dragged his palm down his face in annoyance.

«Ironic that you who were so excited just a few minutes ago aren't at all listening now,» Shikamaru commented.

Obito chuckled and hoped Kiba would stop hurting his back.

A bowl slid across the counter, and an annoyed naruto grunted. «Hey, Shikamaru, get your own ramen...!»

Shikamaru only started eating from it.

«Okay, here's the plan. Kakashi comes home later today, something that has already been confirmed. The party will be celebrated at Sakura's house, so we will be buying everything and preparing for tomorrow. I highly doubt we will be able to finish it, so we will all be there tomorrow as well. Kakashi will probably find it suspicious that no one of us is on missions and are all gathered in one place, so we will need you to distract Kakashi until then. Do whatever you have to do to get his attention away from us. At six o clock, you'll find an excuse to get Kakashi to Sakura's house, where we will be.» He took another sip from Naruto's ramen and looked back up at Obito. He imagined him wearing a challenging look. «You can do that?»

Sure! I just have to distract him for the next 25 hours. How could this possibly go wrong?

Obito did, for a few seconds, doubt his skills in distraction, but thought he knew Kakashi well enough now to know what he was interested in and how to make him not think of the rest of them.