CHAPTER 5

I wipe my tears and look at him in the eyes and sob as I choke out the words. "Our child."

"I was pregnant, but I didn't tell anyone. Do you understand why it was my fault now? I shouldn't have accepted the mission knowing that I was pregnant. It was risky, but I went anyhow. It was an important mission and I thought it would increase the chance of failure if you guys had to adjust your style with my replacement," I pause to observe his reaction. I can't read his face. He is just staring at the floor, probably shocked. I pull my hand out from his. "But I was wrong. When I was knocked away, and hit the tree, my womb hurt. It started to bleed. I regretted at that very moment for coming."

Normally, being knocked away like that shouldn't have been a problem at all. But with the baby, I became a burden to my team. I continue to study his face. It remains expressionless.

" And you know the rest of the story," I stand up. I want to leave as soon as possible. Away from him. Away from this village. Away from the past. He remains in his position. He is not going to stop me anymore, because he has finally learned the truth. He has finally realized that I, Haki Makiko, the woman he, Hatake Kakashi, thought he loved, murdered his best friend, Uchiha Obito. He finally breaks the silence when I reach the door. "Why did you leave?"

Frustrated, I spin around. "Didn't you hear what I just said? Which part of that story didn't you understand? Even though you had Obito's eye implanted to replace the one you had lost, there was no way I could've redeemed myself! There still isn't. Plus, one of my arms was completely useless, I didn't want to be a burden to you."

"And you didn't tell me about the child…"

"I didn't want you to hate me any more than you already did," My tears find their way out quickly once again. "I had done enough damage already. If you had found out that I killed your child as well…." My voice trails off. I can't continue. My knees shakes uncontrollably. I have to leave this place. NOW!

"Silly girl," he chuckles. Confused, I look at him, finding him looking back at me intensely. "Who said I ever hated you? Who said you killed Obito? Who said I loved the child more than I loved you? Who said you were ever a burden? And even if you are," he pauses with a smile as he studies my face. "Who said I don't desire a burden like you?"

Damn Kakashi. Damn all his sweet talk. Damn his perfection. Even in the dark, his hair sparkles under the moonlight. His eye shines like a star that will lead me out from despair. I throw myself at him. I wrap my arms around him, so tightly as if we will merge into one. He returns the hug. I can feel our hearts beating hardly against each other. I don't ever want to let go…until I realize that he is sobbing in my hair.

"Eww! Get away from me!" I try pull away from him, but fail to escape the Jounin's arms.

"I won't let you go ever again. I pray every night that it was all a dream, that when I wake up the next morning, I'd see you next to me." he says. "My wish has finally come true."

I smile from the bottom of my sweetened heart, but it fades quickly when I hear what he says next: "But you did lose my child."

"However," he continues. "You can redeem yourself for making me another one." He grins slyly behind his mask, and he's now on top of me on his bed. My reaction time has definitely decreased. I didn't even see how it happened, but I THINK he threw me down.

"But you just woke up from co-" I protest, but is cut off by his lips. I didn't even see him take off his mask. He kisses me hungrily. I return the kiss. The familiar taste of his lips makes me realize how much I miss it. Drops of tears continue to flow from my eyes. Unlike the ones before, these are happy ones. He sure recovers quickly. Many things have changed in the past five years. He's now kissing my cheek, moving toward my left ear. But one thing sure hasn't: "You are still in love with that Icha Icha Paradise, aren't you?"

His teeth let go of my earlobe and whispers with a smile, "No, I've been reading Icha Icha Violence."

Oh, crap.

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A/N: This is my first fanfic. Hope you enjoyed it. I love the idea of KakaIru, but I would like it more if he is heterosexual.
Thanks for all the reviews. Again, I don't even know if Obito is a Uchiha, who posessed a Sharingan. But it fits for now, so don't kill me when it turns out that he's not.