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Disclaimer: Naruto isn't mine.

What is the point? What is the actual point? Obito stared down at the horrific thing in front of him. It looked like some kind of demonic text. Possibly it was part of the satanic verses. Physics was truly vile, second only to maths and that mythical evil known as X.

Although he wanted to go and eat some semi-edible school food and socialise with his weird friends but instead he was doomed. Because he was slipping a little, Danzo had forced him to take a worksheet to the library. The only reason he wasn't in detention was because the guy assumed that he had a lot of friends to slack off with in there. This was a pain as he found the library more boring.

Stupid bullshit sciences. Obito hated science since it required actual thoughts and common sense. Something compulsory shouldn't require thought in his opinion. This had probably been foolish to voice in the middle of Danzo's classes, even if he had gotten a good laugh out of it.

No matter how many times he read through the textbooks none of it sunk in and it didn't make any more sense. Clearly he was just a dumb shit and knew he was never going to get it.

Where is Ibiki when you need him? Or Rin? Those two would be smart enough to help him with this bullshit. As he stared at the library door, Kakashi suddenly appeared. The timing was so good that Obito found himself staring at this masked apparition. Obviously Kakashi was going to notice he was being stared at and when he saw the source he rolled his eyes in exasperation.

"Why are you staring at me?"

"I was just wishing for some kind of divine intervention and there you were." He hadn't meant it to sound so weird but that was what happened whenever he tried to socialise.

"I am not going to do anything creepy." Kakashi went to leave and Obito practically jumped on him.

"Please help me!" This earned some stares so Kakashi remained in place.

"With what?"

"This evil!" He was shushed by the librarian but he didn't care. Only a loud exclamation could truly show the level of evil.

"…You're just doing this now? We did this months ago." Damn advanced classes. Rin would have been a lot nicer about it and he wished he had tried to track her down. As he had already asked Kakashi though he would stick with him.

"Sorry for being part of the retard class."

"Luckily for you I have nothing better to do with my time so I can afford to help you." He sounds like he's enjoying himself. It was a shame that Kakashi seemed like more of an asshole when he was enjoying himself. "I expect you to pay attention for this though."

"Fine! Let's just do this so I don't get any extra homework."

"That's what you've done so far?" The look of disdain he had whilst surveying Obito's work was not encouraging. "This is going to take a long time."

"Thanks for that." Jerk.

Kakashi did however stay and help him for pretty much all of the rest of lunch. The weird part was that unlike his usual act, he was surprisingly patient with Obito when he didn't understand a question or an explanation. He almost forgot how sarcastic the guy could be.

"Now that took a while. You really aren't the academic type are you?"

"That's not my fault!" The librarian shushed him so he quickly lowered his voice. "Some people are built for brains and some aren't. I'm not."

"I've noticed."

"…I take back every positive thing I've ever thought about you." Not that he desperately wanted to be smart. Perfect grades weren't the be all and end all, but he still didn't like being treated like an idiot when he wasn't one. Not much of one anyway.

"You've thought positive things about me? Well, well." Although he was wearing the mask, there was a definite smirk there.

"Only quickly and stupidly!" Kakashi was still staring at him. "Just shut up!"

"I didn't say anything."

"Not with your mouth maybe." He was expecting a comeback so Obito gathered up all the supplies on the table. "And I have to hand this in."

Because sitting around and being insulted was the last thing he wanted. Even Danzo made a comment at his surprise at the worksheet actually being finished when he handed it in. Obito simply gritted his teeth and dealt with it until he was able to head to history. All he ever got was a never-ending stream of comments on his idiocy and it was starting to get him down. Especially when his cousins were bloody geniuses. At least his friends didn't give him any bullshit.

Mainly because Anko was as 'gifted' as him in the brains department and Rin was really nice. Ibiki was more interested in comics than school though he could have been smarter if he wanted to be.

"Hey Obi!" And there was Anko now. "Look what I've made." She was standing outside of the history classroom, holding up a miniature trebuchet. "It launches erasers."

"…Fuck yes!" Anko was definitely his favourite person right now.

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"Look at what that asshole did." Obito had only just walked into the shop door and Kakashi was instantly in front of him holding up a handwritten note. He was fairly certain this note was from Deidara from the way it said 'scavenger hunt!' in rainbow colours.

"A scavenger hunt?"

"He's hidden pictures of us around the shop." This explained why Kakashi had bothered to leave the counter. Normally he would never bother.

"What's wrong with pictures?" Kakashi held up a second sheet of paper, showing a drawing of Obito topless. Obviously it had been done using his imagination but it was very explicit. Especially the pose. "Where do we look?"

"Everywhere."

For once they were united against a common enemy and so they got to work searching for the various chibified drawings of them. The ones of Obito were flattering at least. This was probably because Deidara liked him. Kakashi was portrayed as some kind of porn star asshole which really pissed him off.

"It must have been a really slow day today." They'd found nineteen drawings hidden behind cereal packets and amongst the magazines. The sheer number of them was impressive enough but they were also good quality too.

"I found the last one." Kakashi was scowling. He pointed upwards. Deidara had stuck a picture of the two of them kissing on the ceiling. It was larger than the rest with much more colour.

"Shit. Where's the ladder?" That definitely could not stay up there.

"Just pass me a chair."

When they had finally managed to collect all the pictures from the scavenger hunt, an hour had passed and they were both already exhausted.

"I hate that prick."

"He's not that bad." Obito wasn't going to mention that it was with Deidara's help that they'd managed to reconcile.

"Clearly you're not that great a judge of character.

"You've never met him." In all fairness, Deidara hadn't met Kakashi either yet still disliked him.

"Hm…" This was something they wouldn't agree on. "How'd the work go?"

"You mean the physics?"

"What else would I be talking about?" Then he rolled his eyes, making Obito more irritated.

"No need to be a dick about it! And yes, it was fine."

"Bet Danzo will be surprised. It's probably a lot better than your usual." He even had the nerve to sound pleased with himself.

"Shut up."

"Why? It's not my fault you're stupid."

"Stop calling me stupid!" Obito was tired and slightly fed up with people insulting his intelligence all of the time. This was why he stood up and slammed his hands down on the counter, shouting out as he did. Kakashi was momentarily aback by this sudden outburst.

"…What was that?" Obito usually over reacted to things; it was normal behaviour for him. But he had seemed worse than usual.

"Stop saying I'm stupid!" He couldn't even bring himself to answer Kakashi directly. And then it got so much worse. He started crying.

"Are you crying?" Obito looked away to try and hide his face. He may be emotional but he was never usually the type to start crying. This was plain embarrassing.

"…No." The wobble in his voice made this sound less convincing.

"You're actually crying because I called you stupid?" They'd been insulting each other from the day they first saw each other and had used some really harsh insults. This seemed a major reaction for such a mild thing.

"I told you to stop." I sound so pathetic. Why couldn't he act normal for once? Other people didn't have any problems so why did he?

"Why did you cry?" He was still looking away from Kakashi. Although he kept wiping the tears off, they kept reappearing. And his nose was snotting up too. Crying was a very unattractive activity and as he was fairly average normally, he knew he looked really bad.

"Because. Does it matter?" Stop crying you idiot! His face had to be so red and puffy right now.

"I'm sorry." Kakashi wasn't happy with saying this and so he half mumbled it. It came out so muffled that Obito quickly swing round.

"What did you just say?" He'd forgotten how terrible he had to look and so he regretted it so after. Kakashi was surprised by his appearance as it was clear that he really had been upset.

"I said I was sorry." He resented having to say this again so he did grimace a little.

"Oh… Thank you." He looked away and continued rubbing the tears off of his face. If a customer came in he'd have to dive behind the back doors. What Deidara would make of this he didn't know but he could be sure that it would involve more drawings.

"…Obito?" His name sounded foreign on Kakashi's lips.

"Yeah?" Making a big thing out of this would probably lead to more arguments.

"Why did you cry?"

"Does it matter?" Because I'm a complete and utter pillock. Obviously.

"It does." And now he was the one forcing conversation.

"…I don't like being called stupid all of the time. I feel thick enough without everyone else telling me that I'm stupid." There was silence whilst this point sunk in.

"I didn't know… sorry." Seeing Kakashi acting like a normal person seemed wrong. It did show he was capable of compassion which wasn't a bad thing.

"It's really nothing." People usually had worse problems in their life than this.

"Why were you so depressed about it anyway? You're not that stupid."

"Yes I am." Pretending never solved anything. "Everyone thinks I'm an idiot. Even my family. My eight year old cousin can do my homework faster than I can; my twelve year old cousin could probably start a degree if he wanted to; and my uncle started his own damn business! Even my aunt, who is a house wife, has a PhD! I can't even get normal grades in half of my damn subjects!" Once he'd started talking, it was really hard to stop and he'd ended up pouring out things only his closest friends knew.

"…And your parents?" This was spoken awkwardly, like he was testing the waters.

"I don't remember. They died when I was one." It wasn't like he'd gotten to know them first. Although if they had been stupid as he was, it would've been nice to have stupid company.

"How did they die?"

"Ferry accident…" Kakashi looked more confused. "They were driving on holiday, crossed on a small river ferry and it sunk. I'm not sure if I find it tragic that they died, or funny that it was something so mundane."

"How did you survive?"

"I was staying with my cousins… I think it was an anniversary thing. I didn't know them enough to miss them so it doesn't matter that much." This was the first time he'd spoken about them in years.

"…You shouldn't worry about what other people think of you. You're fine as you are, so…"

"Are you trying to be nice?"

"Don't ruin it." This sounded more like it. "You did it for me so I just wanted to tell you that you shouldn't worry."

"…That's nice of you." A pause. "Did it sound that good when I did it?"

"Yes."

"Wow." I am kind of awesome. This made him feel a little better. Although he did have to eat a couple of freddos to get rid of the misery completely. "You gonna tell me I have to pay for that?"

"I'll pay." Obito was so shocked he dropped his freddo.

"…Are you ok? Seriously, are you ill?"

"I'm being nice. Don't be an ass." There was no anger in his voice though.

"…So what about you?" The boy didn't understand so he added, "I know about your dad kind of, but I don't know anything about your mum."

"…" For a minute he thought she may have been offended. "…She died when I was born. Dad still hasn't gotten over it."

"So you have to deal… with all that?" They both knew what he was referring to.

"Basically."

"If you ever need anything!" He almost shouted this in Kakashi's face so he had to tone it down. "You can talk to me…if you need help, I mean." That didn't sound stupid. "Sorry, that sounded kind of weird."

"It did…. But thanks."

"You're welcome." And they sat in comfortable silence until closing time.