Mask Off, Spot On

Chapter 8.3

"Spend the night over."

You stared back at him incredulously, before a small pout forms in your lips. For a while, even though it'd always been like this, the fact that you couldn't tell what was on Kakashi's mind made you feel annoyed, and so, you replied.
"No."

"..."

"...I live literally right next door. Why do you want me to stay?" You asked.

He simply stared back into your eyes, wearing the face of a teacher whose student simply doesn't seem to be able to get the right answer, even after so long. Though, in your defense, you were too tired at the moment to realize of his true intentions.
Kakashi began to approach you, and you once again, instinctively step backwards. He plunged forward a bit faster and caught you in his embrace, which made you widen your eyes with surprise, even though you'd seen it coming.
With your figure now trapped in his whole body, you find your lips to be the only thing that was still able to move, so you called out his name:

"Kaka--...shi...?"

"...Just stay, please." He replied, his voice sounding slightly hoarse, making shivers run down your spine. Your body melted into the comfort of his embrace, and you hugged him back. In response, you felt his grip around you tightening, and a soft blush creeped with a darker shade of red onto your cheeks.

"...Okay."

Nearly as soon as you replied, Kakashi lifted you from the ground and sent you to his room, and in a daze, you didn't react as he picked a sweater from his closet and sent it your way, his soft voice nearly whispering:
"Put this on, you can take a shower before you come back to sleep if you want. I'll wait in the living room for a while." He said, before closing the door behind him and leaving the room.

Going through with his word, after you took a quick shower and dressed the sweater he'd given you, you went back to his room, though he was back there already, asleep.

You quietly stepped closer to his futon and crouched down to take a better look at Kakashi's sleeping face, holding in a chuckle from how cute you found him to be. As you slightly lifted the covers to lie underneath, next to him, you noticed immediately his bare chest, and scowled wondering if his true intensions were to actually just make your heart stop or skip a beat on purpose. Well, you were close to guessing it right, at least...

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When you opened your eyes once again, for a moment, you panicked when you woke up with a heavy arm resting above and around you, but you quickly remembered that it was simply none other than your old sensei, Kakashi, for his scent pretty much gave it away. This realization caused you to blush immediately, first thing in the morning, which made you want to curse at him. Even so, you decided that you'd still rather just hug him back instead. After all, it shouldn't be a secret to him that you felt that way about him, for you'd said it aloud quite some time ago, and regardless, he'd brought that upon himself anyway.

You flinched when his grip around you began to slightly tighten, and you slowly burried your face in his chest with embarrassment, making it quickly rise up and down as he chuckled. The vibrations of his voice coming from his chest and his soft, quiet tone, made your heart skip a beat, yet at the same time, made you want to relive this moment over and over again.

"...I love you, [Y/N]."

"..."

"Sorry, that just--"

"You're only saying that now?"

"..."

The two of you smiled back at each other, as your feelings suddenly mixed with longing and eagerness, his eyes expressing the same.
After all, it'd been a long time since you 'accidentally' confessed to Kakashi, and though you'd already expected this to happen, he just had to give his response at one of the most unexpected moments.
This moment was one that you'd never forget.
Even so, feeling as if your heart would explode if you stayed like that any longer, you quickly get out from the bed, leaving Kakashi looking back at your figure with a slightly disappointed look.

"...I don't think I've ever seen you make so many expressions in such a short amount of time before, Kakashi." You snickered mischievously, as he simply gave you a sly smirk in response.

"Whose fault do you think that is?" He replied, sending a splash of red to cover your whole face. And just as you were about to bicker at him in response, Kakashi suddenly got up from his bed like a flash, and seemed to practically jump a hug on you.

You widened your eyes with surprise, and your heart stopped beating for a moment with the shock of the moment.
Kakashi looked down at you with his handsome bare face, and seeing your pale expression with shock, and feeling your seemingly unexisting heartbeat with his hand gently rubbing your back, he leaned in closer, as if testing just what it would take to make it beat once again.

You quickly got a hold of the situation, for once, and for the first time, you felt like the two of your were truly in the same page. You closed your eyes, and he leaned forward, making your heart beat faster than ever before.
When you both parted, after a soft, shy kiss, you looked up at Kakashi, your heart beating fast once again, and you smiled. His nervousness seemed to immediately melt away from his face as he saw that expression on you, and he once again began to lean forward towards your lips, as you simultaneously whispered:
"I love you too, Kakashi."

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