Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, and am making no profit from this fanfiction.
Courting
"I don't know what you're supposed to do with these, Obito," remarked Rin, the orange goggles dangling from her slender fingers.
"Sensei got them for me," whinnied the Uchiha, snatching them back protectively. "Besides, have you seen me in them? I'm hot."
Rin stifled a chortle. "Sensei? The same guy who thinks his blonde afro is sexy?"
Obito frowned petulantly. "You're just jealous."
"Yes." She smiled good-naturedly. "Of course, I am."
"Kakashi!" Obito screamed, flinging his limbs in the air in aggravation. "What do you think of this?"
he demanded, shoving the orange spectacles between the two dark eyes of the prodigy.
Kakashi blinked, then, with a pointer finger, pushed the offending object away from his precious nose. "What am I supposed to think, Obito?" Kakashi deadpanned.
Obito glanced furtively at the girl across from them. "That these are cool," Obito nudged him in a low voice.
Kakashi gave a low rumble, almost a laugh. "Right," he responded in equally quiet tones.
"Kakashi thinks they're great!" Obito protested loudly, turning on Rin, his expression pulled to appear triumphant. Rin, however, was already preoccupied reading her newest copy of an advanced medical tome. "Rin!" Obito cried, the high pitch indicative of want of attention.
"What?" Her head bobbed up, eyes searching.
Obito's eyes went downward and his frown went lopsided. "Nevermind. You weren't paying attention, anyway."
Rin's visage flashed with concern. "You were talking to Kakashi."
"Yeah, but . . ."
Rin put down her textbook, got up, and brushed off her skirt. When she reached his side, she calmly held out her hand. Obito tentatively gave her the goggles. She smiled gracefully, then gently pulled them onto his head. As she stepped back to observe him, her secret smile grew wider. "I guess I was wrong, Obito," she admitted matter-of-factly. "You look very cute in those goggles."
"Yeah, I guess!" Obito replied loudly, eyes bugging out at Kakashi. Kakashi watched as the moron scratched his head, wildly trying to hide the flush sneaking onto his cheeks.
Kakashi sighed. Those two. Then, he caught sight of their sensei coming up the path. Stupid Sensei for starting all this.
"How's it going today?" Minato greeted them cheerfully.
"Great," came the reply in three different volumes and inflections. Minato raised an eyebrow, quietly surveying the blush dusted on two of his students' noses.
I guess the goggles worked after all, he ruminated boastfully.
fin.
A/N: After a bit of thought, I chose to turn this into a series of vignettes. I had a party writing them. It's too much trouble searching for a new title, so I'll keep the old one; after all, it's got a bit of charm, don't you think?