And now for your moment of Blindsided:
"Let me see, you're socially inept but hide it by trying to be mysterious; you have a reputation for being sexually promiscuous but none of your lovers have ever seen your face, and you sleep around out of a combined need to distract yourself from reality and to punish yourself for perceived past failures. You wear a mask because you can't stand the sight of your own face, in addition to the obvious reasons, like your fear of intimacy and your childish need to call attention to yourself. You're suicidal but too much of a coward to go through with it, and you only befriend people you don't actually like so it won't hurt as much when- in your eyes- they abandon you." Iruka cocked his head to the side. "That was the short list."
"Is it my turn yet?" Kakashi did his level best to keep his voice from shaking. "You feel the need to lash out because you blame me for what happened to Naruto and Sasuke, and you blame yourself for the death of your teammates- which wasn't your fault- while simultaneously refusing to take responsibility for what you did to those academy students."
For a moment, he thought he'd won- Iruka had gone several shades paler, and his mouth had tightened into a thin line. But then the other man shook his head, laughing.
"What's the score so far?"
"Twelve and twelve. Was that another tie?"
"Sure. Thirteen, all. I'll buy tonight."
"No, let me. I still get paid more than you."
Iruka shook his head again, and smirked. "You bought last time. This isn't a date, Kakashi. I prefer to see people who don't wear their crazy on their sleeve- or face, as the case may be." He shouldered his pack and walked ahead.
As always, he was thankful for the way his mask hid his features. "Ouch, Iruka-sensei. That was harsh," he muttered.
"Fourteen-thirteen," Iruka called back. Kakashi hurried to catch up with him.
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And now you all know why I'm never going to be able to write Kakairu again. *_*
1 comment:
just thought i would drop you a note that i love, love, love blindsided. i've only just started reading it, and you have all of my favorite characters! in character! (well, all of my most favorite; i'm fond of everyone, really, which is a +1 for kishimoto.) and the plot, well, i read it out of order so i'm a bit confused, but yes. um. i'll stop before i get too much more incoherent. but please do keep writing it. :D
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