It was all Kakashi could do to not stand up and smack Obito around the face for that.. but as he'd already learnt, anger didn't get him anywhere even when it was deserved. He could see this hurt Obito, and yet he was doing everything he could to bottle that up, and Kakashi hated it. Though, sadistically, he supposed that this might have been exactly how Obito had felt whenever Kakashi had avoided talking about his feelings in the past. That hurt to think about.
"Don't you dare," Kakashi started. His eyebrow was drawn down into a glare, but his voice was uneven and sad-sounding rather than angry. At least he was looking at Obito again. "I told you this doesn't mean I'm not interested, but- I don't know. I can't be to you what Gai is to you. As far as I'm concerned, I don't match up. Gai makes you happy, and look what I do to you--" He waved a hand at Obito.
"I didn't want to come here and hurt you more, I just wanted to tell you that you should go and be happy with him, forget me being in the mix and take my blessing. And no, that isn't me being an emotional martyr here. You both mean the world to me, but the commitment this mess brought made me terrified of hurting you, and that fear made exactly what I was worried about come true. I hurt both of you - I avoided both of you. I don't want to do that anymore, but I can't stop myself as long as I'm in this mess. I'm not cut out for it, Obito."
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Though, sadistically, he supposed that this might have been exactly how Obito had felt whenever Kakashi had avoided talking about his feelings in the past. That hurt to think about.
"Don't you dare," Kakashi started. His eyebrow was drawn down into a glare, but his voice was uneven and sad-sounding rather than angry. At least he was looking at Obito again. "I told you this doesn't mean I'm not interested, but- I don't know. I can't be to you what Gai is to you. As far as I'm concerned, I don't match up. Gai makes you happy, and look what I do to you--" He waved a hand at Obito.
"I didn't want to come here and hurt you more, I just wanted to tell you that you should go and be happy with him, forget me being in the mix and take my blessing. And no, that isn't me being an emotional martyr here. You both mean the world to me, but the commitment this mess brought made me terrified of hurting you, and that fear made exactly what I was worried about come true. I hurt both of you - I avoided both of you. I don't want to do that anymore, but I can't stop myself as long as I'm in this mess. I'm not cut out for it, Obito."