The 3rd chapter has been done 😊
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Stay (chapter 3)
"Kakashi's junior?" Said Rin. She and obito were waiting for kakashi and tenzo inside the car. "Kakashi has never told me about him...He never even told me before that he ever lived here...." said her again.
"Yeah....he never told me too... I just met Tenzo this morning, before I met you two. He helped me get my wallet back from a thief.... I didn't expect at all the he knows kakashi... What a small world..." said obito.
"I feel like...I don't know much about kakashi..." Rin looked down.
"Hey rin...it's fine. Let's say that this is a part of the process you learn to know your future husband more and better..." obito smiled. He patted Rin's shoulder to calm her down.
"Thanks, Obito..." said Rin. Suddenly her phone rang, she answered it..."Yes mom?"
Outside the car, the beach breeze that afternoon blew Tenzo's long brunet hair.
"You haven't changed much. Your hair is still as long as before..." said Kakashi smiling behind his mask.
Tenzo blushed, he tucked his hair behind his ear. "Senpai hasn't changed either, still wearing a mask..." said Tenzo smiling.
"Hmm...." Kakashi responded by humming.
The sound of the waves filled the momentary silence between them.
"I am...sorry, tenz...I shouldn't leave you like that..." Kakashi stared at the waves.
"It's alright, senpai. I can understand. I read your letter..."
"Oh, so your dad gave you my letter? Thanks God...I thought he didn't like me when I came to your house..." Kakashi remembered Danzo's cynical face when he opened the door for him.
"Umm...Actually...I found your letter in the rubbish basket...at the next day..."
"I came here last year..." said kakashi again after another silent moment. "To your house.... But the house was empty. I asked your neighbors, but they said they had no idea where you and your dad moved...."
Tenzo looked down, his memory returning to that night, the night when suddenly several fierce-looking men came to their house. Tenzo thought that they were ordinary buyers who wanted to buy sake. It turned out that they had come to confiscate their house because Danzo had a large debt to their boss, and had not paid it off even though the deadline had passed. Finally that night Danzo told Tenzo to pack his things and move. Not only did they move to one house, but they had to move from one house to another. Often because the landlord evicted them because they couldn't pay the rent. That's why Tenzo decided to stop going to school and started to work, so they could rent a house and buy daily necessities.
"My dad had a debt, and he couldn't pay it off, so our house was confiscated, and we had to move..."
A few silent moments again...
"How is school?" asked kakashi.
"I....didn't continue school, senpai. We don't have enough money, so I started to work...."
Kakashi looked at Tenzo with concern "I am really sorry, Tenz...."
"It's fine, senpai..." Tenzo smiled "It was hard at first, but it's getting better now..."
Deep down in his heart, kakashi really wants to hug tenzo....tightly...but he can't....
"Kakashi...." suddenly Rin called him from behind. "My mom called. She said that there are several things that I need to fix for our wedding ceremony..."
Wedding???? Asked tenzo inside his heart.
"Oh...alright. I'll take you back to town..." said Kakashi.
"I have to go back to city too... There are some important documents I have to sign..." Said Obito.
"Right. Looks like we have to go now, tenz... But we can take you to your house first..." said kakashi.
"Oh, no need to senpai. I...have to buy some stuff at the market..." Tenzo has no other choice besides lying, he can't tell the truth that he has no place to go home.
"You sure?" Asked kakashi, like he can feel that tenzo is hiding something.
Tenzo nodded and smiled as best as he could.
"Okay, time to go then. It's very nice to meet you, Tenzo.." said Rin.
"Nice to meet you too, Rin..." said Tenzo bowed.
"See you Tenzo! I am sure we'll meet again...veeeeery soon..." said Obito grinned and waved his hand.
Tenzo bowed again and chukled.
"See you Tenz..." said Kakashi.
"See you senpai..." Tenzo smiled genuinly. He watched the car drive away from the beach, then he exhaled... suddenly something drop...blood...from his nose.... "Oh no...I have a nosebleed again...." he immediately took a tissue from in his backpack and stuck it to his nostril.
A few moments later, Tenzo sat next to a vending machine selling cold canned drinks. He put a can of cold drink on his nose to stop the bleeding. After making sure that the bleeding had stopped, he opened the cane and drank.
"Maybe I'm too tired today..." he sighed. "Where should I go now?" He asked him himself, since it's impossible for him to go home. He decided to walk again. His feet brought him to his favorite place beside the beach, the big willow tree at the hill. The place where he and kakashi used to spend time together after school. He sat under the tree, leaned his back against the large and sturdy tree trunk, and closed his eyes. He never thought that he would meet his senpai again. That was a surprise, a big one, and the only thing that made him happy today after a terrible thing that happened at his house before. It was like a dream...a sweet dream...then he fell asleep...
"Tenz...?" A voice woke him up...sounds familiar, and a hand touched his shoulder softly...
Tenzo opened his eyes..."Senpai???" Tenzo rubbed his eyes, making sure that he wasn't dreaming. It's already night, and Kakashi is kneeling right in front of him.
"What are you doing here?" They asked each other at the same time...
Kakashi smiled "You fell asleep here? Shouldn't you go home?"
"I...can't...go home..." Tenzo answered softly while looking down.
"What do you mean? Why can't you go home?"
Tenzo wasn't sure if he should tell the truth to his senpai or not....
"Tenz...what happened?" asked kakashi softly.
Tenzo started sobbing...then told kakashi everything.
"What?!!!" Kakashi couldn't hide his shock and anger. He hugged Tenzo, "I'm so sorry, Tenz...it's alright...you're safe now...."
In the midst of his sobs, Tenzo said..."Thanks, senpai..."
Half an hour later Kakashi and Tenzo arrived at Uciha Green Resort. The resort owned by the Obito family is a luxury accommodation on a large plot of land. The rooms are not multi-floor like in a five-star hotel but are in the form of pavilions with beautiful gardens, mini bridges and artificial fountains. After receiving the key at the reception, Kakashi and Tenzo walked towards the pavilion that Obito had reserved for Kakashi.
"This resort is so beautiful..." said Tenzo, amazed.
"It is. Obito's family, named Uciha, is the biggest company in resorts and hotels."
After arriving in front of his pavilion, kakashi tap the card key so the door opened. Both of them came in and changed their shoes with room sandals. Suddenly, there was a sound...from Tenzo's stomach.
"Have you had something for dinner?" asked kakashi.
"Umm...not yet..." said Tenzo shyly.
"Me too..." Kakashi smiled. He then walked to the mini kitchen inside the pavilion. "Let's see what we got here, instant ramens, some snacks, tea, coffee, and water. How about ramen and hot tea for tonight?"
A couple minutes later they sat on the sofa with ramen and hot tea. Tenzo ate so greedily that he didn't realize that he was being watched by Kakashi.
Tenzo stopped eating and nodded ackwardly. Kakashi smiled and rubbed Tenzo's head.
After eating his ramen, Tenzo shipped his hot tea, then asked, "Whuuuh...sooo delicious! Thank for the dinner, senpai!" Tenzo said cheerfully.
Kakashi hummed as the answer while he shipped his tea.
"Why did you come here again, senpai?"
Kakashi put his tea cup on the table. "Obito will hold a soft opening ceremony for this new resort. He asked me to show some of my paintings here to decorate the room that will be used for the ceremony. So, here I am..."
"I see...so you really are an artist now?"
"I'm not that amazing, tenz...."
"Of course you are! You made your dream come true! To be an artist!"
Kakashi smiled. "By the way...How do you know Obito?"
"Oh...we just met this morning. Someone stole his wallet at the supermarket I worked for. Then I spilled the water I was using to mop so the thief slipped. And I took the wallet and gave it back to Obito..."
Kakashi laughed "You always save people with water..."
Tenzo just realized it too, remembering how he saved kakashi from Kabuto and his gang when they were kids. He laughed too.
"How about you senpai, how do you know Obito?"
"Oh, we had known each other for a long time. We were neighbors, we also studied at the same kindergarten and same elementary school. With Rin too.... We had been separated for several years, but we met again at the university. Each of us took different major but at the same campus I took art, Obito took business management, and Rin took medicine..."
Rin? Tenzo remembered something then, about the wedding...rin was senpai's future wife and they were going to get married....
"Something on your mind?"
"Oh...umm..so..so you three have known each other for a long time..I see.."
"Yeah..." Kakashi took his tea cup again and shipped it. "You worked at a supermarket? Is that new? I don't remember there was a supermarket here..."
"Yeah, many new things here now... That supermarket just opened last year..."
"What days do you work there?"
"I see. So you have to work tomorrow?"
"Yeah...tomorrow morning, before the supermarket opened..."
"You want to take a rest now? It's already 10 pm. You have to wake up early, right?
"Yes, senpai..." Tenzo smiled.
"You want to take a bath first? You can wear my clothes after that..."
Tenzo nodded and smiled again, wider now.
One hour later, Tenzo was already in bed, after Kakashi insisted him to sleep inside the bed room while he himself slept in the TV room with extra bed. Kakashi tuned the lights off.
"I will let the door open a little. If you need anything, just call me..."
"I am very happy to meet you again..."
Kakashi smiled "Me too..."
Honestly, Tenzo still couldn't stop thinking about Kakashi and Rin's wedding, but he felt so tired, so he felt asleep.
So does kakashi. He also thought about his wedding with Rin. After lying on the extra bed, that memory came again. Last year, after he couldn't find Tenzo, he went back to the capital city and held his paintings exhibition. At that time he was standing in front of one of his painting. A painting of a willow tree on a hill. Then Rin came standing next to him.
"What a beautiful tree..." Rin said.
"It is..." said Kakashi still staring at the painting.
"I love trees too. It's very beneficial for human life. I hope I will be a tree in the afterlife..."
Kakashi was surprised, he then looked at Rin. Become a tree?
That was the moment that made him let rin (who had fallen in love with kakashi since they were kids) enter his heart and agree to the wedding.
But now...finally he found his lost tree...his true tree...that he'd ever promised to stay with forever...what he has to do now?
