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"Do it."

"Hell no."

"Oh come on you little pussy." Obito didn't rise to the bait and instead glared across the table at Anko. "It's only water."

"With salt, vinegar and lemon in it." Anko was known for being a sadist and she enjoyed making people do strange and annoying things for her amusement. Obito definitely didn't want to end up as one of her victims.

"Oh come on! I just want to know what'll happen."

"Try it yourself then."

"No way in hell. Just ask Ibiki to do it." The boy always vehemently denied liking Anko and yet he would do anything she ordered him to.

"What's happening now?" Rin and Ibiki had appeared with their lunch.

"Ibiki! Drink that glass." Instead of asking why or what was in it like most normal people, he just downed the whole thing before starting to retch. Anko seemed suitably amused at least.

"You should stop picking on him so much."

"She doesn't need to pick on him, he screws himself over. Don't give him any sympathy."

"You guys have no sense of fun."

"No, your sense of fun is just fucked up." While Obito started drinking his juice he looked around the lunch hall to see what the normal people were doing. He then spat half his drink across the table.

"What the hell Obito?!" Rin had received the majority of it and so was understandably pissed.

"I'm sorry! It's just… I saw Kakashi! Over there!" He pointed across the room to where the white haired boy was sat with a group of random people. Why he was sat there when he wasn't even eating was unknown.

"Yeah?" Anko and the others didn't seem as freaked out as him.

"But why is here? And how do you guys know him?"

"Because he's in class C?" Ibiki was looking at him as if he was a fool.

"…He's in our school? And our year?" Everyone groaned.

"Oh god, you really didn't know?"

"Why were you pointing him out then?" Anko did make a good point.

"Because he's my asshole co-worker!"

"Really? That's kind of weird."

"It's creepy is what it is."

"I meant that it was weird that you didn't recognise the guy. You should've at least realised you'd seen him somewhere." Rin was rolling her eyes at him. "In a way we should've expected it."

"Yeah, you're not exactly the most observational person around." Anko had some nerve saying this when she was just as bad.

"I'm not that bad!"

"You didn't know we had a swimming pool in the school until second year, you didn't know the name of the guy you sat next to and talked to in all of English last year-."

"Hey! I felt bad but you can't just ask someone their name after knowing them six weeks!"

"And you still have my shoes from the time you took them home thinking they were yours. Whilst wearing your own shoes." Ibiki made many good points.

"…Ok, those things are all pretty bad. But he's not in the same class as me for anything!" He hoped this at least was true.

"True that. He's in the smart classes with Rin and Ibiki." Obito and Anko had never been the best at school and so they tended to be in all the lower classes together.

"A lot of the girls like him too." Rin blushed a little as she said that.

"Including you?" This was a shocking revelation to Obito.

"Well… He is pretty cute."

"But you can't even see his face!" This was the one thing he couldn't get past. Because it was impossible to know that a guy was cute if he never uncovered the lower half of his face.

"Ooo, sounds like someone's jealous." For this Anko received a swift kick in the shin. "Ow! You bastard! You don't kick girls!"

"What girl? I see no girls." Ok he was winding her up but it was funny. It ceased to be so funny when she threw a potato at his head.

"Don't waste food Anko." Ibiki didn't even look up from his food.

"Hey! What about the damage done to my head!"

"It's not like there's anything in there to damage." His response was to return the potato to her, hitting her on the chin and only just avoiding her open mouth.

"Ah! Near miss."

"Obito! Don't start that again." He and Anko had been in trouble for having food fights in the lunch hall many a time before and so it was understandable that Rin was concerned.

"But she started it!"

"And I will beat up both of you so knock it off." Silence reigned on their table. No one wanted to deal with a pissed off Rin.

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As Obito went to walk into work he felt even more miserable than the day before. Not only did he have to be in close proximity to Kakashi again, Rin had also forced a mission on him. A mission that if screwed up would lead to greater awkwardness in the next few weeks.

"I need your help." Hearing this he naturally assumed the worst.

"What's wrong? Did that prick from English flirt with you again?" Dammit, I thought we'd dealt with that asshole.

"No! I haven't even seen that guy in months." Obito wasn't going to say this was because he and Anko had sabotaged his exam scores so he ended up in a class with them. "Could you ask Kakashi if he's still single?"

"…" His brain had a lot of difficulty processing that.

"And make sure you're subtle. I don't want you embarrassing me."

"Why can't you do it yourself?" Obito had never once asked someone out so he didn't yet realise how awkward it was to confess to someone.

"Because he'll know I'm interested if I ask him! But you're stuck with him for hours and you're both guys! You can just bring it up in conversation."

"But we hate each other!"

"Well here's your chance to make friends!"

"But I don't want to be friends with this guy! He's arrogant and bossy."

"You have to deal with assholes in life all the time so you may as well practice now."

"You're only saying that because you want me to do something for you."

"…" She was stumped and Obito thought he'd gotten away with it until she used the very same trick his aunt loved to pull. "Please?"

"You've been talking to aunt Mikoto haven't you?" It was the only way she would've known about the puppy dog eyes.

"Maybe… Now will you do it?" With the pout and the large tearful eyes there was only one answer he could give.

Cursing his selfish friends and soft-hearted nature, he went into the building where Kakashi had already stationed himself behind the counter.

He sat down on the other seat and they remained in silence for almost an hour. Obito was trying to work out how best to talk to the other boy and Kakashi was ignoring him to read another book. The only time he looked up was when a customer decided to wonder in. Eventually the crushing boredom got too much for him and so he decided he may as well get the bloody questioning over with.

"What are you reading?" It was the best he could come up with and even Kakashi seemed surprised at the attempt to socialise.

"…A book. I think that much is obvious." He quickly got over the surprise and reverted to his usual asshole state.

"I just wanted to know what kind of book."

"You don't seem like the reading type."

"It's called conversation! God!" Dammit! He pissed me off way too quickly. Obito tried to think of a way to salvage the conversation. "Err… Kakashi?"

"What?" He was equally as annoyed with all this.

"What kind of TV shows do you watch?"

"Why does it matter?"

"I'm just asking!"

"You clearly have some kind of agenda so just say what it is so I can go back to ignoring you." That arrogant little-.

"Fine! Are you single?" …That may have come out more forcefully than it should have.

"…Are you flirting with me?" He could actually understand him being angry about this one.

"No! God no! I was just asking because… um…" Shit. Just think of an excuse! Any excuse! Rin would probably brutally murder him if he mentioned her.

"Well?" He had put the book down and folded his arms. This wasn't something he could get out of easily. Why can't he just start ignoring me like he usually does?

"I was just interested! You seemed like the kind of guy who'd have a girlfriend so…" It was a weak argument

"I think you're lying."

"For god's sake. Fine, I'll tell you. My friend likes you! She asked me to find out if you were available. Happy now?"

"…Which one?"

"Eh?"

"Which one of your friends? Is it that annoying black haired girl or the brunette?"

"How do you know my friends?" For some reason he was surprised that Kakashi was aware of his friends when Obito had only just realised that the other boy existed.

"Well we are in in the same school. Moron."

"You knew that?"

"Well you're always around that brunette from my class." …I guess that makes sense.

"Her name is Rin."

"I'm guessing she's the one who likes me. I doubt that black haired girl notices anyone but that scarred guy."

"He's not that scarred guy, it's Ibiki." It always pissed off their group of friends when people mentioned the scars. He was kind of conscious about it.

"Is it Rin then?"

"…Yes. How did you know?"

"She's always looking at me."

"Oh…" It kind of depressed him that Rin hadn't told him anything about it. They were supposed to be best friends. Although if even Kakashi had noticed then maybe it was his fault for not realising.

"You can tell her I'm not interested." He then resumed reading whilst Obito scowled. Not only was he angry at the way he was treated, he was also angry on Rin's behalf.

"That's probably better. She's way too good for you. I bet you're dating some superficial pretty girl anyway."

"You're miles off."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing."

"If you're not with anyone then why won't you consider Rin?"

"…Would you date someone if you weren't attracted to them? Would it be fair to lead them on?"

"…I guess not." Maybe he is actually a nice guy?

"And I wouldn't want to be around some annoying squealing fangirl." I take it back. I still hate him.

"…Can I ask you something?" He didn't want to have to ask for a favour from this ass but if it was for Rin's sake then he would try.

"You're going to ask me no matter what answer I give."

"…" Just hold back the rage. Just hold it in. "If you're gonna let Rin down could you at least do it nicely? Don't hurt her too much."

"What would you do for me?"

"Eh?" Kakashi looked amused.

"In exchange for being nice to your friend."

"I'm not giving you money for this!"

"I don't need any money."

"Then what do you want?" He just wanted to get on with it so he could stop having to talk to Kakashi.

"I want you to do whatever I tell you to do for the next week."

"You're shitting me."

"Nope."

"Wait, so you want me to be your slave?"

"Pretty much."

"But why? What do you have to gain from all this?" Although really it should have been obvious. Obito would do the same thing to Kakashi if he had the chance.

"Because it would be funny."

"You son of a-!"

"If you don't I can't promise I'll be too nice to your friend." That sneaky fucker. Obito thought about Rin. She would not only be upset at being rejected, she'd also hate him for giving her away.

"…What kind of stuff would this involve?"

"Carrying my books, getting my lunch. That kind of thing." It would be humiliating but not that bad.

"No boot licking or anything like that?" Kakashi did consider this.

"No."

"And only for a week?"

"Only a week."

"…Fine." Rin has no idea of the kind of stuff I do for her.