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It was fuzzy; blurs of greens, browns and an overhanging shade of blue. Blinking his eyes several times, Kakashi managed to clear his vision just in time for a familiar face to fill his vision.

"Earth to Kakashi! Earth to Kakashi!" The voice belonging to said face shouted.

Instinctively, Kakashi shoved them back. They stumbled and gave him the second he needed to see that his hands were not his own - well, they weren't the one's he'd grown used to, anyway.

Frowning behind his mask, he barely registered the resurgence of the face before as its' body pushed Kakashi's hands away so he could get a good look at their scowling countenance. "What was that for!?" They - Obito - demanded.

"I-"

Before he could do much more than begin a feeble counterattack, another much too familiar voice broke in. "You're in his face, Obito. What do you expect to happen. You know sensei said to not to do that if he spaced out."

"I wasn't zoned out!"

"He wasn't zoned out!"

The two boys shouted with sulky adamance.

The girl, Rin, simply raised an eyebrow at them and crossed her arms. "Oookay..." she drawled, stretching out the 'o' to show her disbelief. Putting on a smile next, incident behind her, the girl got in close and asked. "So, what do you think about getting some lunch, 'kashi?"

"All of us?" He inquired.

Obito grinned. "Yeah! Let's all go!" He cheered as he began to babble about all his favorite hole-in-the-walls.

Rin sent their teammate a sliver of a frown to show her disapproval at how things had not worked in her favor before she rolled back her shoulders and straightened herself to her full height. She offered him a hand with friendly fingers and Kakashi gladly took it. Righting himself, he kept a hold on Rin's fingers and covered Obito's mouth with his free hand.

"Shut up for a sec, why don't you?" He chided.

Obito scrunched his brow at Kakashi and when he realized he was holding Rin's hand, the Uchiha began to glare. Rolling his eyes, Kakashi teased, "Would you like to hold my other hand, Obito?"

The other blanched and declared, "I'm picking where we eat because you're being weird!"

"It better have salads, Obito!" Rin declared.

"Alright! Sheesh!"

Lips quirking into a soft smile behind his mask, Kakashi let himself take pleasure in their simple presences and listened to them chatter on their way to this restaurant Obito liked.

The rest of the day passed by like a dream; he was only reminded of its' reality when he brushed arms with Obito or smelled Rin's shampoo or felt the nip of the wind. As strange as it was to know what was happening was real, it was also like a wish fulfilled for Kakashi. He'd missed his friends. To be with them right now was perfect. It was almost like he was getting a second chance.

He knew his teammates felt he was being a little strange right now, but Kakashi didn't mind enough to correct himself. This was a once in a lifetime chance he had here, he wasn't going to get to see them both whole and happy again for a great many years to come once he returned to his current reality. So when the day came to a close and he offered to walk Rin back to her place, he didn't mind that the girl told him:

"You should be like this everyday."

Kakashi swallowed thick and said, "I know I'm an ass sometimes, but it doesn't mean I don't care."

A smile eclipsing her face, she brought him close for a hug and whispered, "Oh Kakashi...I know you care. Minato-sensei's always telling us you do."

"I'm sorry, I won't always be nice," Kakashi apologized as he returned her embrace.

Stepping back, the girl's eyes were soft. "That's alright, 'kashi, we still love you!" She spun around then and took the steps up to her family's apartment two at a time leaving Kakashi alone on the streets of the Hidden Leaf.

Turning his stare to the setting sun, he felt time begin to fade away and another - different - time take its' place. Blinking his eye, Kakashi took in the dark streets of his village and looked around for the stranger who'd talked to him just that morning.

They were nowhere in sight.

Kakashi knew he should see about finding them, but he was tired after such a great day. What that stranger had given him...Kakashi grinned. Today with Rin and Obito...it'd been perfect. It was the kind of day he always regretted not spending with them when they'd been alive.

Heart lighter than it had been this morning, Kakashi began the stroll back to his home.

This is the first of many, what did you think of Kakashi's day? Do you agree this is what he'd want? Or do you disagree? Who do you think will be next?

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