I know theses are supposed to be one shots, but this one is loosely related to "Jester"

Naruto/Hinata/Kakashi

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He always made her cry.

He knew that now. Looking back he couldn't believe he had been so blind to her tears.

When he was young he hadn't noticed. He had carelessly cast her aside and he was certain his insensitive actions had made her cry.

When she told him, he wasn't ready. He could not return her feelings. His heart after all belonged to another and he could not bring himself to look at her in that way. He was certain that she cried when he had rejected her love.

Looking back, he had been a fool. He was dear to her and she was dear to him, but he did not regard her feelings. The thought made him cry.

After her confession, he saw her in a new light. But it was too late, he had rejected her and made her cry.

But now his eyes were open and he watched her grow more and more beautiful each day. She no longer shed tears over him, and for that he was glad that he would not be the cause of her tears. Yet the look of love and adoration faded from her eyes when she would look at him. He figured she had cried it all away. He didn't know what it was when he was younger, but now that it was gone he realized how much he had missed.

That day she asked him to follow her after their mission, he had hoped, hoped that her feelings for him had returned, hoped that he would have a chance to show her his feelings for her. But he realized that she only saw him as a friend.

It hurt him to know she did not recognize his feelings for her. But it hurt the most to know that he had done that for so many years to her.

He watched her find love in another, and she never was so beautiful. She was truly beautiful as all her love warmed her eyes.

He could not help but be jealous of his teacher as he watched them exchange vows, yet the look of joy in her eyes stilled his selfish thoughts.

After all, he had always made her cry, though he never knew it. And now that she could be happy, she would never know how much she could make him cry, because he never again wanted to be a cause for her tears.