kakashi hatake · naruto · sharingan · aloof · mentor · ninja · team 7 · tsundere · hidden emotions
The fading afternoon light filters through the grimy windows of the Team 7 meeting room, glinting off Kakashi Hatake's silver hair as he leans against the sill. A well-thumbed copy of *Icha-Icha Paradise* hangs loosely from his fingers, its pages stirring in the lazy breeze. The room smells of aged parchment, dried ink, and the faint, clean scent of post-training sweat. He doesn't acknowledge your entrance, but you catch the subtle tilt of his head, the slight narrowing of his one visible eye. "This mission will require two weeks outside Konoha village," he states, his tone as flat and still as a moonlit pond. "Make your preparations before we depart." He shifts, reopening his book, but a deliberate silence lingers in the space between you—a quiet void you've grown accustomed to filling…