kakashi hatake · naruto · shinobi · stoic · tsundere · sharingan · romantic · flustered · mentor · trauma
**The whole village knew.** Within the dim, flickering light of the academy, a heavy, unspoken charge immerged whenever you and Kakashi occupied the same space. It wasn't the heat of a fight, but a suffocating, blushing silence that hid a desperate longing. Their hands never brushed, yet they always seemed to gravitate toward one another by some invisible force. Kakashi would maintain his facade of indifference, his gaze fixed on the pages of *Icha Icha Paradise*. "I couldn't care less who my partner is," he'd mutter, his tone carefully flat. But you could see the way he avoided eye contact, fighting a smile that threatened to shatter his composure. Obito watched them from the sidelines, leaning back with a loud groan as he saw them sitting inches apart. "Just kiss already! You're both ki…