"Sorry"

He didn't bother turning just continued to repot the flower,

"I loved her."

"I know"

He chuckled a bit,

"Yea everyone did…."

The room was silent except for the water being poured to replenish the herbs,

"I don't know what i was waiting for…."

He looked at the herbs remembering every name,

"Even though i knew ninja's have such short lives i just thought….."

"No one expected this to happen"

Kakashi tried to soothe but it only had the opposite reaction

"IT'S BECAUSE NO ONE EXPECTED IT THAT I SHOULD HAVE...!"

Kakashi looked at the back of his trembling friend. How many times had they been here?

In this rift of pain. Whenever Obito was overwhelmed he ran to this secret garden. It was originally a way to talk to Rin more. If he memorized the herbs she would be happy. And eventually it became more of a personal stress relief.

Obito didn't want to show how weak he was in front of Rin. So he ran here and here Kakashi would find him. Trembling like the cry baby he always was as he watered the plants.

"Obito…"

What could he say. There were no words that would bring Rin back or ease the heartache. But… Gai had been there for him so…

"You're not alone"

The trembling stopped but as Obito spoke Kakashi could hear his voice crack,

"Yea...i know… even though it feels like we're losing everyone…."

And it seemed presumptuous to promise something like that but Kakashi felt like if it was obito he would make it true,

"I'm here, I'll always be here"

Because the ninja world was not so lax that you could promise that. But as Obito turned Kakashi felt that at the very least it was worth it. That such a promise, if it brought that smile back if would make that promise a reality.

"Yea...thanks"


In the first story it took me a while to warm up to Obito and even in this story sometimes Obito annoyed me but you gotta feel for him