Just a short drabble.
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He had always been there for her.
No matter the situation.
He was there from the beginning: their first mission, all the training, when her teammates fought, when Sasuke left, while Naruto was away, and so forth.
He was right by her side all the way up to the point of the reunion of Team 7, a broody Uchiha, Captain Yamato, and socially retarded Sai included.
So, it was only befitting that he be there after the reunion when Sakura Haruno was puking her guts up in the bathroom from consuming too much alcohol.
Holding back a fist full of bubblegum pink hair, Kakashi Hatake smiled faintly beneath his mask.
Through it all, he was always there and always would be.
That's what love is.
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