Obito's hands stopped raking through his messy hair.
Something slightly cool yet soft covered his hands, and the expression on his face froze.
The silky touch on his hands was real, and his frozen face gradually turned redder and redder.
"Obito, what's wrong?" Rin stood beside the rock with a faint smile, stroking the hands resting on his head. She tilted her head and asked him gently.
"Rin!!! Holy shit!!! Y-you, you, you! Why did you show up out of nowhere?!" Obito's face went bright red as he leaped out from beneath the rock, practically jumping three feet into the air. A hint of shyness mingled with his excited words.
"Haha, I finished training and saw you here complaining all by yourself. Were you complaining that I trained too long?" Rin smiled gently as she slowly walked up to him, asking with a smile as they stood face-to-face.
"N-no. Um... um... just now, um, you didn't hear what I said, did you?" Looking at Rin so close to him, Obito blushed even harder, as though he had been steamed all the way through.
"Oh? Did you say something just now, Obito? I think I heard it, but I forgot. Let me think." Rin feigned surprise, smiling and murmuring with a hand by the corner of her mouth as she pretended to think.
"Hey, hey, hey! Don't think about it! Don't! How did your training go today, Rin?" Obito swallowed and hurriedly waved his hands to draw her attention, speaking anxiously.
Obito's flustered behavior made Rin smile despite herself. Seeing that spring-breeze smile on her face, he laughed awkwardly and scratched his head.
"I think I remember what you said just now, Obito!" Rin's eyes shifted mischievously, and she slowly leaned her face toward him with an adorable expression.
"W-what did