Two-Tomoe Sharingan, Activate!

"BOOM!!!"

Obito's eyes bulged like brass bells, his eyeballs practically popping out of their sockets.

He looked down at the black-and-white dog ears in his arms, the ones that had been rejected beyond all measure.

Then he looked up at the back door, where Rin wore the pink cat ears Kakashi had given her, smiling brilliantly.

Finally, his gaze nailed itself to that infuriatingly calm face!

Damn!

You were really something else!

Kakashi Hatake!

You scheming, sinister, treacherous bastard!

That wasn't a misjudgment at all—you'd judged it perfectly!!!

Obito stared fixedly toward the back door.

Rin tucked the pink cat-ear headband into her hair, and the little silver bell gave an exceptionally crisp chime with her movement.

She thanked Kakashi with a smile as radiant as a flower.

She looked completely different from three seconds ago, when she had tossed the dog-ear gift box back into his arms like garbage.

That gentle, delighted, heartfelt smile had never once been given to him.

Obito slowly lowered his head and looked at the returned gift box in his arms.

The black-and-white spotted dog ears lay quietly on the raffia grass.

The neatly tied bow had completely come undone after being shoved back and forth, drooping outside the box like a stray dog with its tail tucked between its legs.

His hands loosened, and the gift box fell to the floor.

His ten fingers clenched tightly, nails digging deep into his flesh as tiny beads of blood seeped through the gaps.

Fine, Kakashi. Yesterday, you helped me pick out a gift and put on the act of being a good brother, but you were just digging a pit for me to fall into!

You deliberately tricked me into buying dog ears to test the waters and take the hit!

After I stepped on