Entwined by the Red String

Chapter One: Lost in His Dimension

"Kakashi!" A voice shouted amidst the rain that never seemed to stop. She hated the rain because it only reminded her of Obito's tears. Then again, if the rain was Obito's tears, they had a right to fall. Today marked a day of sadness for all of Konoha. She knew Kakashi was in deep pain. After all, he did admire their sensei.

She could feel her legs numbing as she had already walked for hours. She finally found him leaning against the slab of stone which held the memories of Team Minato. The white hair male looked lost as if he was stuck in some dimension where no one would be able to reach him.

"Kakashi." She walked closer to him. He continued staring off to space, not even bothering to acknowledge her presence. "There was nothing you could have done to prevent this."

He looked up, alarmed by how she could know what was going on through his mind. "You don't know that, Rin."

The girl narrowed her eyes and countered. "It's true that I don't know that, but I do know sensei would not have wanted you to act like this." She felt tears sliding down her cheek even though she knew she had no more tears left. Rin collapsed to the ground and began sobbing as her wet hair clung to the side of her face. The rain continued to pour and everything seemed to fade in the distance. The last thing she could see was the stream of tears falling from Obito's eye.

Of course, now she knew why…her tears weren't for Minato-sensei or Obito…they were for Kakashi.

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She opened her eyes and found herself lying on the bed with her funeral clothes still slightly damp. She rubbed her eyes and found herself in Kakashi's apartment. How did she get here? She felt some weight on her legs and found Kakashi asleep beside the bed. Like her, he was still in the clothes from before. Rin hesitantly brought her hand to his head and touched a face slightly before his eyes opened at the touch he felt.

"You're awake." He said nonchalantly and got up.

"Sorry for the intrusion." She said quietly and got up from the bed.

"Don't worry about it." He murmured.

"I'll go make you some breakfast." She headed towards the little kitchen but stopped in her tracks when she felt his hand grab her wrist.

"There's no need to."

"But you have to eat."

"I'm not hungry."

"I'll tidy up the bed." She spoke softly.

"Please, just leave." He whispered.

She dropped the sheets and whispered desperately. "isn't there anything I can do for you?"

"I just need some time alone."

"How long would that be? Another few years?!" Rin shouted unexpectedly which surprised Kakashi since Rin was soft spoken by nature.

"Leave!" He shouted. He waited to hear the door close as Rin always obeyed him. He instead felt arms wrapped around his waist.

"Why do you always do this?" She whispered as she buried her face in his back. "You're always so far away like you're in your own world. Every time I try to walk next to you, you're already a few steps ahead. When will I be able to be by your side?"

Kakashi turned around and touched her face which was wet with tears. He kissed her with his mask on and Rin's eyes widened.

"This is as far as we can go." He whispered.

"You know my feelings for you, why are you tormenting me like this?" Rin asked.

"I'm scum. I told you four years ago* I was going to leave you behind for the sake of the mission." Rin could see pain in Kakashi's eyes as the conversation reminded him of Obito's death.

"Then…" She gritted her teeth. "I'm scum too for falling in love with a scum who tried to desert me." She touched his face and slowly lifted down his mask. She brought her lips to his and the feeling of warmth and love surged through Kakashi's body. He never would have felt he deserved such love. As selfish as it sounded, he wanted more. He lifted her up and put her gently on his bed as he tore off his black jacket and undid her clothes.

Forgive me Obito, he though and kissed her even deeper.

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*i had to change the time period a little because if i didn't they would be around 15...and i wanted them to be 17 :p

I won't go into detail about the whole scene, since i suck at writing to mature of stuff haha...

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