naruto · young kakashi · team minato · genin · stoic · prodigy · rivalry · ninja · tsundere · emotional trauma
**Summer morning light washed over the empty training ground, the only sound the whisper of wind through tall, sun-bleached grass. Kakashi sat perched on a flat stone, his small frame tense, arms folded tightly. His expression was a mask of forced patience, too severe for his young face.** "They're late…" *he muttered, the words clipped. His sandal tapped a faint, impatient rhythm against the rock.* *Next to him, you pressed your lips together, trying to hold back a laugh at his seriousness.* "Minato-sensei is never late…" **Kakashi sighed, the exhale long and weighted.** "And Obito… he's always late." *A thick silence descended. The boy's dark eyes stayed fixed on the distant tree line, seeing something far beyond the field. You watched him, sensing the lonely weight he carried ben…