sunshineverse | [Closed] Look, you were kind of over the top.

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[Closed] Look, you were kind of over the top.

Where: Konoha Training Fields
When: BGS 16, January 23rd
Notes: He didn't know why Gai had been attempting to be 'helpful' the last few months, but he figured he might as well let the guy know he had... noticed.

He still felt clumsy. Painfully clumsy in fact, because honestly, the growth spurt had done more to fuck him up than the actual damage had. He'd been out for a few weeks though, and while he'd gotten used to Kakashi hovering around the edges, to say nothing of how Rin had handled the whole thing...

Gai having decided to throw himself behind it had been weird. They hadn't been friends before, and he honestly hadn't even been sure he liked the guy. But he'd distracted Kakashi when he'd been a bit too unhealthily fixated on making sure he didn't die in his sleep or anything so... there was that.

And when he wasn't being blindingly loud he'd proven to actually have good ideas so...

So here he was, poking around to try to figure out where the guy spent his time when he wasn't hovering around the hospital hassling recovering shinobi half to death. He just hoped the guy didn't immediately ratchet back to over the top because that would... kind of defeat what he was trying to get done here.

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Gai tilted his head, trying to make eye-contact again with his odd Uchiha comrade. Was Obito feeling okay? Maybe the sun and standing was getting to him.

Honestly, Gai was certain he had said something wrong, but for the life of him, he couldn't figure out what he had done that made Obito so grumpy. It was probably still best to treat this with optimism and a smile.

"So you still want to talk? Okay!" Gai took a seat on a little patch of grass near his feet and patted the area across from him. "Have a seat!"

He didn't fight the eye contact, having followed the motion when the other teen had sat, and he finally shifted on his feet, easing off his lean on the tree to sit in front of him. He was guarded, but his words were less suspicious in tone.

"I look that bad huh?"

"You look a little beat up, if that is what you mean," Gai replied, giving a shrug. "And perhaps in need of some exercise!"

He had seen worse, far worse. Shinobi who came back badly burned, or mangled, some with faces half-blown off by an explosion--barely even recognizable as human anymore. Obito looked good by comparison, and even without such a comparison, he was not 'that bad' looking, despite the battery his bones and muscles and psyche had taken.

"I did get squished by a huge rock a few months ago." It was a low murmur, and he leaned back against the tree, trying to figure out why Gai had gotten so... invested over the last months.

It couldn't have just been because of Kakashi, and that was really his best bet. "Won't argue the exercise, I didn't just come out here to stare at you."

Gai barely caught that murmur, but when he was sure what was said, he leaned forward, adding in a volume-subdued but emphatic tone. "And yet that did not defeat you!"

Ha! Just to stare at him! If Obito had, Gai might have to be concerned another Sharingan was trying to copy his moves!

"Even if you had, it would certainly not be the first time I was gawked at!" Though perhaps it would have been the first time someone sought him out to gawk. Still, Gai gave a cheery smile. "But do not fear, Obito! I will be the best trainer you could imagine!"

And that was Gai picking up on words he hadn't meant to get a reply for. "Ha, going to run me into the ground huh?" He tilted his head back against the bark, watching him intently. He'd settled his nerves, a little, with the bravado.

"As for any staring, I figure that your outfit is asking for it anyway."

"Until you can keep up, yes!"

Gai's grin faltered just a little. His father had given him these outfits...quite proudly, too. There was nothing wrong with them, no matter what anyone said. Nothing. ...Nothing.

"Good! Indeed I am! I want their attention! They should notice me! I am definitely worth noticing!" He pounded a fist into his open palm in a determined gesture. Someday everyone would want a jumpsuit! Gai would be that inspiring! Dad would be so proud. "Besides, this suit is perfect for training!" Which inspired an idea. Maybe Obito could benefit from the power of the green jumpsuit! Like Dai himself, the suit had always given Gai comfort and strength when he needed it most! Surely it would work for others! "Hey! I should get you one for our sessions together! We could match! Like a team!"

He looked somewhat horrified at the very suggestion, then grimaced. He didn't mind the idea so much as the idea, even if he was sure he'd look pretty terrible but... "Hey no, I'm plenty loud enough with the orange. Green would just get the assholes in the clan on my ass. Thanks anyway though. Suits you fine at least, mm?"

"Yes, indeed!" He tried his best to not be disappointed. It would have been fun to have someone else in the suit! Especially a training partner. ...And just imagine! How jealous would Kakashi would be to see Gai had a new sparring partner, one who was willing to wear the suit! Maybe he would start to act more interested in their challenges! But Obito did indeed have his own statement attire. Gai could respect that. "And if you ever change your mind, you know where to find one!"

"Yeah... unlikely to ever happen." It was a scoff, but he shook his head before pushing to sit properly upright, leaning his elbows on his knees as he did. "Even all that aside I'd look terrible so don't be so droopy mm?"

"Not terrible," Gai grumbled. A little skinny, maybe, but the suit was forgiving! And consider the victory of getting an Uchiha into the suit! Maybe that would get people to want to try it out, too!

"AND I AM NOT DROOPY! I am just...I am not droopy!!" He jabbed a finger at the tip of Obito's nose and put on the biggest, most determined smile he could to prove the point. It probably looked silly, but Gai didn't care. He would conquer his own disappointment.

He gave him a smirk right back, leaning in so his nose was poking the fingertip with it. "You think that's going to convince me?"

Gai leaned in. "YES!" Was this a challenge, because Gai could beat anyone at challenges! He pushed a little on the tip of Obito's nose. "I will not give up until it does!"

He narrowed his eye, smirk widening. "And you're going to use that cheesy grin to do it?"

"IT IS NOT CHEESY!" Gai flailed, at little too close to Obito now to do any effective flailing. "It is positive! But whatever you call it, it works! You will be unable to resist!"

He leaned his head back the tiny distance he could, eye widening but having to trust that Gai wouldn't smack him since he kind of was quasi pinned at the moment because of the tree behind him. "Cheesy and totally not even real. Grinning to make it true huh?"

"Making it true is the same as it being true, Obito!" Gai declared with another jab at the other boy's nose. "And that makes it real. Totally real!" It was a logic that worked for Gai, anyway, even if it wasn't the clearest or most sane logic.

"Makes it real to other people. If it's real to you, it's the act of smiling that makes you happy, not the smile itself." He hitched up a shoulder in a shrug.

Gai chuckled and looked away, his smile softening. "You are a lot wiser than Kakashi gives you credit for, Obito!"

"Kakashi is smart, really smart, but he's also really stupid." It was a point blank blunt statement, and he eyed the other teen thoughtfully, his smirk fading. "But I think you knew that."

Gai shrugged. "I would not call him stupid--" he began, trying to be polite, "but yes, he is. He is...getting there, though. With time he will better understand people, and himself." Or he hoped so, anyway. "I would like to think that we are helping him."

"I know I helped him when I got squashed flat..." He paused, expression turning sheepish. "And maybe gave him some new paranoias but..."

He cringed in sympathy.

"Kakashi will always be paranoid. At least now he is genuinely worried about his friends."

"Yeah, well, I punched the idea into him. Of course it stuck." So what if he sounded a little smug.

He rubbed his knuckles. Ah, Obito possessed a talent Gai didn't, then. He brushed off the sour taste of jealousy as best he could.

"I would like to learn your methods someday, if you do not mind!"

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