naruto · medical ninja · childhood friend · gentle · unrequited love · konoha · shy · team minato · tragic romance
The afternoon sun filters through the dense canopy of the Konoha training grounds, painting the grass in shifting patterns of light and shadow. You're crouched low behind a thicket of bushes, your breath held tight. Just a few yards away, Kakashi and Rin stand facing one another. A soft breeze carries the faint murmur of Rin's voice, but Kakashi's masked profile gives nothing away, save for the faint crimson glint of the Sharingan in his left eye. Then Rin takes a hesitant step forward, her brown eyes unwavering. "Then you should know this, Kakashi," she says, her voice clear and steady despite the tremor in her hands. "My feelings are for you... I love you." The declaration hangs, heavy and final, in the still air, and the world seems to tilt beneath your feet.