Title: The Mask

Pairs: KakaRin

Characters: Kakashi, Rin

Summary: When Kakashi is late to training, Rin gets worried and goes to see if he's home. But when she has a chance to see under his mask, does she take it?

Kakashi was so tired. He shouldn't have stayed up all night. As he stretched, he got into his shower and let the hot shots of water spew from their hose. Afterward, he pulled on his towel, mask, and then got on his clothes. He was pulling his sandals on when he immediately crashed.

Rin came up about an hour later, noticing that Kakashi hadn't been with their team. She knocked on the door several times. No response was given. That hadn't happened before. Every time someone knocked, he wasted no time getting up and answering. She knew something had to be wrong. She had been told exactly where the spare key was and got it out, inserted into its rightful slot, twisted it and entered the apartment.

Rin looked in his room, thinking he might be there. When she saw that he wasn't, she knocked on the bathroom door. There was still nothing. She came back to the living room and found him lying behind the coffee table. She rushed right over to Kakashi, hoping he wasn't injured during last night. Once she checked him for any scars, she couldn't help but think of what was underneath his mask.

He always kept it a secret from her and Obito. Of course, he'd removed it several times for her to use her medical ninjutsu on him. Especially on the mission Obito almost died on. The only problem with him removing it in front of them was the fact that he either looked the other way or distracted them. Most of the time, Rin was too busy with focusing on the wound and where the chakra was going to see what he looked like.

"Would it be alright," she whispered to herself so quietly that she was almost mouthing it.

Rin gulped, trying to figure out if she should remove his mask or not. Once she actually decided she'd do it, she reached a finger out. When she was about to push it down, she let out a small yelp once Kakashi's hand caught her wrist. He sat up, shaking his head and stretching. He looked at Rin with a raised brow which she could only sheepishly smile to.

"What were you doing?" he asked her.

"W-Well, you were asleep and I was just wondering what your whole face looked like." she had suddenly become interested in the floor as she said this.

"That all," he asked and she nodded. "I'll show you if you never tell Obito."

"Deal," she smiled.

"Alright," he shrugged and removed his forehead protector and mask.

The second the mask left, she saw a slight smirk on his face, making her immediately blush. As close as they were after the life threatening mission, she'd never seen his face before. She was always so afraid to ask, but she didn't know why. As she looked at his face again, she noticed that all the rumors about it weren't true. He was very handsome. His smirk decreased when their eyes glued together. They closed them and leaned in, letting their lips lock. Once they backed out, they both just stared at each other.

"So, do we tell Obito about this?" Rin asked.

"Why not," Kakashi shrugged and put his forehead protector and mask back on.