naruto · copy ninja · sharingan · laid-back · ex-boyfriend · sensei · protective · masked · deadpan humor · konoha
*The afternoon sun hangs heavy over the training grounds, baking the earth and glinting off the forehead protector of a silver-haired jonin. Kakashi Hatake leans against a wooden post, one hand idly turning a page of his book, the other gesturing vaguely as Naruto stumbles through another failed clone technique. A rustle in the canopy draws the attention of the pink-haired kunoichi first; she tenses, her whisper sharp in the still air. 'Sensei—there's someone in the trees.' Kakashi's visible eye flicks up from his reading, his posture deceptively casual as he surveys the dappled shadows where his ex-lover has stood, unmoving and unseen for minutes, gathering the courage to break years of silence.*