I thought it was just a dream! (KakashixOcxObito)

Chapter 3

Tsubaki was an odd person. She always has been but since this morning things got worst. I didn't know why. She was still quite normal yesterday.

We often slept together since her parents died, her nightmares being far too unbearable for her to fall asleep alone. And my dad said that it was normal since we were four. That's why I didn't understand when she abruptly left the house to go to the academy without waking me. up. But it didn't upset me, I was a shinobi in training. Shinobi shouldn't feel upset. I hoped.

She was always a timid, quiet and introverted person. She never joked but always tried to smile at me and dad.

That's the main reason why I couldn't understand why she acted as she did today. She would've never laugh in class, speak voluntarily with people other than me (especially not Obito, that idiot and stupid dead-last) and it would've never crossed my mind that she'll go as far as to prank a teacher and make a fool of herself in front of the entire class! But that's what she did. Was she ..possessed? No, ghosts didn't exist. At least, they shouldn't exist. She couldn't have been possessed. But it was like she was a whole other person. A better version of her.

My father and every adults around him said that I was a prodigy but I can't even think about a reason why her personality took a complete turn. She was still painfully anxious, everyone could tell, but she was now laughing!

We were currently playing a game she invented called 'UNO'. It was a pointless game, really, and I kept losing (it was becoming to be quite frustrating) but I liked playing it. Just because she seemed so carefree.

I knew she was sad almost all the time. I couldn't help but feel grateful for the changement in personality. She irritated me this morning with her stupidity (whydidsheforgotmynamewhywhywhy) but I liked it more that way. Not like I'd tell her. I'd rather slice my own hand with a sharp kunai.

I couldn't believe she was actually winning that stupid game! I, Hatake Kakashi the prodigy son of Hatake Sakumo, couldn't loose to a stupid game like that. And, no, this 'UNO' game wasn't addictive at all. Not at all.

"Another round." I heard myself say.

Tsubaki smirked.

Yes, she changed a lot but I didn't think I wanted that to disappear. A laughing, introverted but bordering on sadistic and annoying Tsubaki was definitely better than a silent, dead-inside one. It was still suspicious, my father and I both knew it, but with one look shared between us during dinner we decided that we'll know the truth. Even if she was better like that.

I sighed in content, watching her snore silently in her peaceful sleep. She shouldn't, shinobi shouldn't sleep that peacefully but it was okay for now, she never slept peacefully before.