Been a while, hasn't it? ^^ Oops.
Title: Mnemophobia
Rating: G
Characters/Pairing: Gai, Kakashi (hinted Gai/Kakashi)
Challenge: One-Sentence Prompt from Naruto_Meme
Mnemophobia – Kakashi, Gai
There are certain actions, places, phrases that Gai has discovered are off limits—a friendly ruffle of Kakashi's hair is a reminder of Minato-Sensei, the smell of the Hatake House is a reminder of Sakumo's life (and death), and 'crybaby' will always be Obito—and he finds himself in a constant dance around his Rival's memories and the paralyzing fear that accompanies them; sometimes Gai is haunted by his own fear of the future and of a time when memories of Gai—the scent of him on a pillow, the color green, his favorite training field—will be among the ghosts that terrorize Kakashi in the quiet and lonely spaces of the day.