Upon Deaf Ears

1) Close Your Eyes

"It starts in 2 weeks Bakashi!" Obito barked back. This time the two of their faces were close and screaming at each other. "Well it's not my problem you don't know how to save money!" The white haired nin yelled back. The Uchiha sighed in anger, placing his arms on his hips, "Well what about you?" He muttered under his breath glaring at the outside world. Kakashi looked away slightly guilty, "I'm broke..." He mumbled. "Great..." Obito sighed kicking pebbles down the dirt road. "It starts in 2 weeks and we don't know how to get money..." He groaned. "The carnival is expensive...we'll need to make alot of money. I think we should just let it go and try saving up next year." Kakashi replied, turning to the opposite direction. The Uchiha shifted his gaze beneath his orange lens with an innocent jaw open. Kakashi shrugged. "Easier said than done dummy." He snickered back, crossing his arms. "It's always like you. To just blame me Obito." Kakashi replied, annoyed at this point. "Well you tell me how do we make some money?" He blurted. "Oh I'm Kakashi! Number 1 in our class! I am supposed to have a clever idea!" He teased, mimicing his voice with his hands in the air. "But I do." Kakashi calmly replied back, smart mouthing the short tempered Uchiha.  Obito clenched his teeth, pissed off with teary eyes. He grabbed his partners shirt, "Oh yeah you tell me." "We sell drinks." He answered. Obito blinked in thought, staring at him. "Yeah? What kind?" He asked. "Lemonade." He replied. "I can't make lemonade!" Obito blurted, pushing him and his stupid idea back. "Well neither can I..." He muttered. Obito glared and ran off, "Hahahahha! I know someone who does!" Waving back at him and sticking his tongue out. Kakashi cried out his name but the stubborn Uchiha ignored. "Well...it should help the both of us." He sighed and walked off.

"Rin! Rin!!" Obito panted as he made way to the academy door breathing heavy. Rin was busy coloring with Anko and Kuranai. Her innocent eyes stared back then she smiled big at the young boys presence. "Obito..!" She mumbled to herself and before she could race to him he sprinted his way to her group of friends. The other classmates only laughed and some others were annoyed and disgusted with his existence in the room. Not that Obito minded or even cared that he was disliked.

The loud mouth boy begged, "Rin! Rin! I need to make some money! The carnival! *takes another breath Is near! And me and Kakashi need you to make us lemonade! Please?!" He begged on his knees, making the other classmates giggle at him. Anko and Kuranai left the two, with their coloring papers, annoyed. "Hmmm..Of course" She thought as she was sitting on the desk. Obito took her ankle in hand, "Thank you Rin! I need to make alot of money!" "Yeah! Let's do it!"

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"Obito? Why are you doing all of this?' His grandma asked as he was waiting for customers to walk by and buy a drink. Kakashi stood fixing up the sign, Rin was busy filling cups with ice and Obito sat back with his legs up sipping on lemonade with a straw. He got up with pride, "I'm making a great fortune!" He striked a pose but turned around annoyed as he heard Kakashi cough, "We're trying to make money." Kakashi answered properly. Rin giggled softly as Obito shot another stare down with Kakashi but soon was interupted as his grandma asked where all the money she gave him last week. Obito blushed in nervousness. That was all that was to be put into words of an answer, along with Kakashi and Rins tiny giggles. Obito adjusted his goggles, "Look Grandma!" Trying to explain through his embaressment. Now the elder woman was getting curious as to what her grandson spends. "Don't even try." Kakashi sighed with a hand over his forehead nodding. Rin handed her a cold refreshing drink, "Here you go!" She smiled. "Oh why thank you! 1 dollar a drink? Well here's a 5 dollar bill! For a good kickstart!" She cheered. Kakashi and Rin begged her not to, because she provided them with all the lemons for the drinks. Obito sat there smirking big with a blush.

It was almost dark, the skies were bright red, pink and orange. Rin left home because of her cur fue. Obito and Kakashi remained alone still selling. Kakashi stood up then sat back down, "It's about time YOU pour more drinks in Obito." He teased. Obito growled, "Are you kidding me?! I spent all day trying to advertise our stand and get people do buy our drinks!" "Well that's only because you're good at barking!" Kakashi blurted back. Obito paused and got up trying to calm his nerves, Poured more drinks into cups full of ice. Kakashi sighed as he picked up from jar of money. Obito sat back down staring at the little earnings in such an unfair huge glass jar. He pouted his lips and looked up at Kakashi, who mumbled, "Only 12 dollars..." Obito placed up his goggles, rubbing his eyes. Kakashi glanced over checking if he was going to cry. "It's not going to work..." Obito sighed as he placed them back and glanced at his partner. "Don't say that." Kakashi replied. "We worked so hard..." Obito moaned. "We still have 2 weeks?" Kakashi spoke. Still, Obito was worn out. "I give up." He stretched his arms. Kakashi glared, "That is so like you." He muttered. Obito shot a glance back at him. The tension just boiling. Kakashi crossed his arms and shut his eyes, "We would have to move to a more popular area. Maybe we have to make another sign and place it everywhere so people could go to us. But...a loser like you is throwing in the towel. Well...Any income me and Rin make, don't think we'll share it." Obito seemed convinced remained silently guilty. Kakashi looked away as he watched a man stop his bike riding for a drink. "1 dollar please" Kakashi spoke. And handed him the drink. "Thank you boys!" He spoke and rode off. Kakashi placed the dollar in the jar, "Hmph" He muttered. Obito just looked away.

The older man shifted left, grasping the sheets. They were warm and welcoming. His throat choking under the heat, almost suffocating with nostalgia. They were sweet and assuring.

The younger boy whined, "Hmmm!" As his eyes widened to find his frienemy place his unmasked lips onto his. The only thing the older man could recall was walking down the road with his head down, pacing through dirt road and onto the grass  where the small houses and trees could cover his presence. And with a face blushing red like an apple. 

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"Uhhh..." Obito groaned as he shifted to his side finding his lover quietly preparing dinner. "Ohhhhh.. " Obito sighed softly as he placed an arm over his eyes, 'That's right...I just finished a grueling mission with Kakashi...and crashed on the couch." After recalling where he was from such a dream of a beautiful memory, he heard his lover softly humming to himself as he cooked. That is when the older jonin shut his eyes and drifted back to sleep in the sound waves of love and peace.