Obito's P.O.V
I come to his job everyday, out of hope or desperation. It has been 6 months since he woke up in that hospital bed with no recognition of me. One minute we were happy then the next everything was snatched away. I have been trying to see him everyday, but he never recognized me. He didn't look at me the same way anymore. I was just another customer in the bookstore.
These past 6 months have taken a toll on me. I can't sleep easily without him next to me. I wonder if he misses me which is stupid. Of course he doesn't, you can't miss what you never had. I'm the only one who's hurting. It hurts to see him everyday but I can't escape the pull that drives me toward him whenever I pass by.
"You need to stop coming here." I hear a familiar voice, and I turn around. It's Kakashi's longtime friend, Tenzo.
"Why I'm not doing anything."
"It's not good for him...or you." He adds, and I shift uncomfortably in my seat. I always come to the bookstore, grab a book to casually 'read' without actually reading it. My eyes always look for him. They look for the recognition in his eyes I long for. But I know it won't come to pass.
"I'm fine." I say, and turn away from him. Something about Tenzo I never liked, I only tolerated him since Kakashi and him were childhood friends. I never liked the way Tenzo would fawn over him, but I was secure enough in my trust in Kakashi to not think much of it.
"You should get out of here and sleep. Worrying about him and coming here everyday has to stop. It has been 6 months since he woke up and he hasn't remembered you." He hid his annoyance behind a tone of false concern for my wellbeing.
"How would you know that exactly?" I prod looking for answers, why did he sound so hurried to get me to leave?
"He doesn't say a thing about you. He's living with me now, and hasn't spoken a word about you."
"He's living with you!?" My voice rising at my surprise I quickly tone it down considering we are in a bookstore. "...since when?!"
"Since he got out of the hospital. His landlord got rid of all the things from his old apartment apparently, and he has no family and no place to stay. He went six months without paying his rent." Tenzo explained. How could I forget about Kakashi's apartment? He was always at my house, and didn't even like his apartment but I didn't bother to go over and get him his things. I guess it slipped my mind. But for some reason I still felt like there was something he wasn't telling me. Also I didn't like the fact that Kakashi was living with him. I understood it if he had no where to go and needed to get back on his feet. Of course he'd lean on his childhood friend. I just hoped it wasn't...more than just friends.
"Fine." I said, but I would come back I just didn't want to be bothered by him any longer.
I left and thought about the day I lost Kakashi. The day I saw Kakashi in the hospital over six months ago was the worst days of my life. I got a call that day, I was listed as his emergency contact since Kakashi had no family. I was informed that he had been hit by a car and apparently it was lucky he survived, the incident was a hit and run.
They weren't expecting him to wake up so soon. After a week he wakes up, and I am there. I see his hands twitch and his eyes stir, his body shakes and I watch as the lifeless body he has been these days becomes alive once again. I stare in awe as tears well up in my eyes. I sincerely thought he would die and I would lose everything. He sits up and stares in my direction, I was too excited to notice anything was wrong. I immediately hug him, but he doesn't hug me back, in fact, he doesn't say anything.
His eyes held nothing, not a single fragment of recognition. I pull away. A doctor comes in and Kakashi continues to look at me...he's confused. He doesn't remember me.
He doesn't remember me.
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- Kakashi's P.O.V -
His name is Obito. I notice he comes to the bookstore everyday. He asked me if I remembered him once and I shook my head, but for some reason it felt like a lie when I did that even though I didn't really remember. Oh wait, I did remember him at the hospital when I woke up. He hugged me but then he ran away. It was odd. I felt like I was supposed to know him but I didn't.
I didn't look for him or anything but when I noticed him coming to see me everyday it was hard not to notice. I didn't approach him some part of me wanted to. Whether it was to ask what he was doing here everyday or maybe ask him if I knew him from somewhere considering he seemed so familiar.
"There's this guy who comes to the bookstore everyday at the same time." I tell Tenzo casually one day over takeout. I just live with him because I haven't exactly been able to get my own place yet since I don't have much money. He said my landlord had me evicted and sold all of my things. I should feel more angry about it but I didn't really care considering I didn't remember ever buying an apartment much less what I had in it. Tenzo's place doesn't exactly feel like home but everything has felt a little out of place somehow ever since I woke up. They told me it must be the memory loss.
I've had this hole in my heart I can't explain. Ever since I left the hospital. I have tried to think of everything that could possibly be missing but I can't seem to grasp the answer. It feels like it's right in front of me, and I am missing it. But I decide to try my best to ignore it because I might just be going crazy, and this 'hole' I feel is just my imagination.
"Really?" Tenzo questioned me but I felt like he wasn't really interested he must be half asleep already. He works more hours than I do at his other job.
"...He's got dark hair and...his name is Obito." I continue saying, and that catches his attention. Thinking of his face in my head but it's kind of unfocused since I don't pay attention that much. I was mostly just telling him in passing to fill the silence.
"Obito?" He asks me this time with interest. I wonder if he knows this guy.
"Yes but—" I was going to say that he never even buys anything which kind of annoyed me. But then I was interrupted.
"You should avoid that guy." He puts it simply and it doesn't feel like he is giving a suggestion, which is stupid because I can talk to whoever I want.
"You know him?"
"Yes. I know him." Tenzo states but doesn't go any further. He didn't really answer the question I was trying to ask. Of course I knew that Tenzo knew him he just said the mans name. I wanted to know under what circumstances did they meet or something else? Tenzo definitely didn't get rid of my curiosity towards who this man was. So I decided that I would definitely be talking to him later despite Tenzo's warning to avoid him.
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- Tenzo's P.O.V -
I had initially thought that him losing his memory was a good thing. It would mean he didn't remember anything about the accident and even Obito. I thought I was lucky. That we would have a clean slate. He wouldn't remember it was actually me who hit him with the car that day. That I did it because I grew frustrated of him rejecting my advances.
Kakashi seemed to always be in a state of looking for something, it's probably Obito. I don't know why he would need a guy like that when I was right here for him. Playing the nice guy was an act I couldn't tolerate if he kept searching for answers he didn't need. The only thing he needed was me.
When Kakashi lost his memories, I set him in an apartment with me. He forgot about renting his old apartment entirely. I moved almost all his things into storage. I'd figure out what to do with that later. All the retched pictures of him with Obito were burned to ash. Anything that was Obito's I made sure to get rid of. I didn't want to give him the chance to remember that bastard while he was with me.
The next day I followed Kakashi to his job. A few hours later, Obito showed up. Anyone can tell he was moping about losing his precious boyfriend. When I tried to tell Obito to move on before it hadn't worked. He just wouldn't let go, and Kakashi seemed to become interested in Obito as well. This was not good. I would have to stop them. To prevent him from recovering his memories completely and slipping away from me again.
I went to visit Kakashi at his job when I was sure no one was there, Kakashi was in the back room probably putting away the extra books that didn't need to be on display.
"Kakashi?" I called out, and he answered back and I found him.
"Hey Tenzo. I was just about to tell you that I spoke to Obito earlier I don't know why you would tell me to avoid him, he's super polite and apparently well-read as--"
"Shut the fuck up." I ended up saying without thinking about it.
"Huh?" Kakashi was stupid, he didn't understand.
"I don't want to hear another word about him."
"I don't know what's got you so upset he's really ni--" I pushed Kakashi against the bookshelf and he shouted, I put my hand over his mouth so it muffled the sounds of him struggling. I knew there was no one in the bookstore when I came in. I fucking sick and tired of waiting for him to choose me.
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- Obito P.O.V -
The more I thought about it, the more I did not like or trust Tenzo. I decided to go to Kakashi's old apartment and talk to the landlord to and ask him what really happened to see if what Tenzo told me was true. It wasn't. The landlord told me that someone said he was Kakashi's friend and he took all of Kakashi's things 6 months ago. The landlord said he just let him since he's seen the man talk to Kakashi before and he didn't really question it.
Obito was willing to bet an arm and a leg that the person who came by was Tenzo. But why would he lie about the landlord kicking him out? Obito just knew it was so that he could get closer to Kakashi, and Tenzo kicked him out of the bookstore so he could eliminate any threats. This shady fucking bastard. Wait until I get my hands on him.
Obito made it to the bookstore with a purpose. He was first going to find Tenzo and talk to him more like fucking punch him-- then he was going to find Kakashi. Even if Kakashi didn't remember him he still wanted the chance to start over because it was better than nothing and he just couldn't live without him anymore. When Obito got to the bookstore, Kakashi wasn't there, and he looked around and didn't see him anywhere. He got a bad feeling in his gut. What's going on?
He heard a shout, Obito went to go help that person. He didn't know who it was, or what was going on. He wasn't expecting that the person he was looking for at this moment was the one who needed help.
Fucking Tenzo had Kakashi pinned up against the wall, with one hand, and then the other covering his mouth as he leaned in. Fuck no. Obito ran and pulled Tenzo away from Kakashi while also punching him in the face with full force. It hurt alot but he was too doped on adrenaline to care. Obito proceeded to beat the shit out of Tenzo, while he was on the floor, then Kakashi put his hand on Obito's shoulder. Obito snapped out of it.
"Obito! Stop!" Kakashi yelled out, and Obito realized that was the first time Kakashi said his name to him in months. Obito looked away from Tenzo who was now passed out bleeding on the floor. He looked at Kakashi who for a split second it seemed like he actually recognized Obito. But that couldn't be right.
"Obito." Kakashi said again, not yelling this time, and Obito couldn't help himself and hugged Kakashi and he was expecting for the other to push him away but Kakashi didn't.
"I can't believe I forgot you."
"I can't believe you remembered." Obito said, "It took you long enough." Obito took Kakashi's hand trying to drag him away from the scene.
"What about him?" Kakashi gestured toward an unconcious Tenzo.
"He can bleed out and die for all I care." Obito said and he meant it.
They actually ended up calling the police and Tenzo was patched up in the hospital with minor fractures and a brain injury. Kakashi visited him once to tell him to stay out of his fucking life for good. Obito came to see Tenzo in the hospital when Kakashi wasn't there.
"If you ever fucking show your ugly ass face to me or Kakashi ever again, I am going to beat the shit out of you so bad you'll wish you died."