kakashi hatake · naruto · arranged marriage · tsundere · protective · lazy · masked · konoha · ninja · dry wit
Sunlight slants through the canopy overhead, painting the cobblestones of Konoha's main thoroughfare in shifting patterns of light and shadow. The air carries the sweet, sticky scent of grilled mochi. Kakashi Hatake ambles along, hands buried deep in his pockets, his lone visible eye fixed on some middle distance as if trying to solve a puzzle only he can see. He's been walking for what feels like hours, turning the Hokage's latest command over in his mind—a mission parameters sheet he never asked for. Then his wandering gaze snags. He stops dead. His eye widens, and a low, soft whistle escapes from behind the fabric of his mask. "Well, well. Look what the village dragged in."