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Drabble 4
Word Count: 453words
Obito knows he isn't the brightest crayon in the box. He's known that fact for as long as he can remember, from the first day in the Academy, when he was nothing but a dumb brat with stupid, unattainable dreams of becoming a strong Hokage, till today, when he finally became a strong shinobi but all for the wrong reasons.
He remembers the way he used to be. He remembers his silver-haired teammate, and seeing him on the battlefield, fighting against him, brings back so many memories better left buried. He looks at Kakashi and really remembers the envy, the knowledge that he could never catch up, that he would never be more than second best in everyone's eyes.
Now, that conviction is gone. He knows he's already surpassed the genius Hatake, at least in terms of strength. However, for some unidentified reason, the envy is still there. Even when they're fighting like this in the Kamui dimension, death of one of them separated by a mere second or a falter in defenses, he still looks at Kakashi and his eye twitches. Why?! He asks himself angrily, a childish temper tantrum hidden beneath a mask of pure hatred and frustration.
It's only a matter of time before Obito finds out why. Because Kakashi can have what I can't anymore. Because Kakashi didn't cause chaos and destruction for misguided goals. Because Kakashi didn't get played by an old ancestor. Because, because, because… And Obito envies him for all of that and much, much more.
However, as the battle goes on and weird, unbelievable events unfold, Obito starts noticing things he hasn't before. Like how Kakashi takes a few moments more than anyone else to hear an explosion. Or how Kakashi is that much slower to react to verbal commands.
Obito doesn't think he's a genius, but he didn't create an S-classed organization by sitting idly and relaxing. His mind whirs and he comes up with an idea that is so ridiculous that Obito has to laugh at its sheer idiocy. Because really? Hatake Kakashi, the genius son of the legendary White Fang, unable to hear? Obito shakes his head at his stupidity.
But then, when Obito takes a life-threatening so Kakashi could live again, he thinks he has nothing to lose anyways, so he asks when they're alone, just before giving him his Sharingan's powers. Kakashi's smile, visible even with the mask, is all the answer Obito needs before his soul leaves to meet up with Rin.
Obito knows he isn't the brightest crayon in the box.
But it takes a certain type of crayon to be as oblivious as he, and another one entirely to still envy a best friend who can't hear.
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