Naruto

Firsts (1/7) Smile

Kakasaku

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First

Smile

I remember the first time I made him smile, really smile, not that halfhearted eye crinkle that was the stapel of my daily diet of Kakashi. Predictably, it was at a dirty joke. Later, he would explain (read excuse) that he laughed at the fact that it was me making the joke and not the joke itself. Liar. He thought it funny enough to tell Jiraiya the next day.

I had stopped by school to talk to Iruka when I first caught sight of her heartbreakingly sweet smile. She was excitable and very, very young, her grin practically breaking her head in half. I watched as she played with the other ninja children happily. Even now, sometimes she looks at me with that smile, and while her face is more mature, I abruptly feel like a very, very dirty old man.