The Wrong Towel Kakashi x Reader

       “Step one completed, now moving on to phase two.” Wearing your darkest clothes, stepping lightly and keeping your breath as even as possible, you snuck into the dark, seemingly empty home. As you silently tiptoed through the house, a familiar sound caught your attention. Carefully creeping towards the sound, you perked up your ears and listened closer. The familiar sound turned out to be steamy, running water, and it was coming from the bathroom. This discovery could mean only one thing, he was here. Not expecting this at all, you quickly scurried  out of the dimly lit bedroom and closed the door behind you. Though it would have been wise for you to leave the house all together, you decided to instead, lie in wait for him to emerge.

After about ten minutes of waiting in the dark, you grew restless and bored. Unable to hear whether or not the water was running with the door completely shut, you cracked it open just enough for you to peek inside. The minute you did so, you heard the shower being shut off. Sure all of your hard work was about to pay off, you held your breath and watched as the bathroom door opened. Kakashi emerged from within, wearing nothing more a towel around his hips. His face, however, as it always was, was covered by a second towel he was using to dry his messy, silver hair. You tried desperately to see his face, but even when he thought he was alone he was careful to keep it covered. This carefulness made it obvious that your plan, even as well thought out as it was, was destined for failure.

Sick of waiting and waiting with absolutely no results, you stood to your feet, swung open the door, roughly slamming it against the wall behind it, and barged into his room. “Seriously Kakashi? Even in your own house you cover your face?” You groaned loudly. “You do know that that's a completely ridiculous and paranoid thing to do, right?”

Shocked to hear someone in his room, Kakashi spun around and stared at you with wide eyes. Once he realized it was you standing there, his shock quickly turned to annoyance. “I'd ask why you're in my house, but I'm sure I already know the answer.” He lowered his head slightly and rubbed his brow in frustration. “This really needs to stop.”

“I agree.” You nodded firmly, refusing to leave until you'd gotten what you wanted from him. “And I assure you it will, as soon as you show me your face again. I really don't think it's all that much to ask, you know. Just a little peek and I'll leave.”

The very look on his face was more than enough to make you rethink your current plan. Not only did he look extremely aggravated with you, he looked pretty darn upset as well. “You do realize that you could get in a whole lot of trouble for being here right now. That being said, you're really not in any position to be making demands.”

As upset as he looked, you weren't going to back down. “Oh really, and what could I get in trouble for?” You laughed sarcastically. “Wanting to see your face isn't a crime. If it was, just about every ninja in Konoha would be in a lot trouble, and they'd be in trouble all the time too.”

“No, wanting to see my face isn't a crime, you're right about that.” Even with most of his face covered, you could tell that he was smirking at you. “Breaking into my house and spying on me are both crimes, however. And since Pakkun didn't warn me that you were here, I'm guessing you bribed him as well. Bribery is also a crime. That makes three crimes you've committed just today, and those are only the ones I know about.” His eyes glinted, pleased he'd proven you wrong with such ease. “As I stated before, you're in no position to be making demands.”

He did have a very good point, but you really didn't care. There was no way he'd actually turn you in for something so petty. Kakashi was too laid back to do something like that. “I'll admit that you have a point. Unfortunately for you, I am willing to take whatever risks necessary to achieve my goal. Even if taking that risk results in something horrible.”

Kakashi's expression dropped considerably after hearing your words. “Why can't you be this dedicated to your training? You'd be a much better ninja and student if you just focused your drive towards something that was actually important, instead of on me.”

“Because, there's no reward to training or missions. It's boring, painful, and pointless.” Crossing your arms over your chest, you let out a defiant snort. “However, unlike training, spying on you is safe, relatively easy, and there's a chance I'll be rewarded for doing it.” Still just as determined as ever, you took a step closer to him and smiled wickedly. “I've told you before, and I'm saying it again now. I'm not going to quit bugging you until I get to see your face again. It would be a whole lot better for you if you just gave up now.”

Tired of arguing with you, and growing more and more uncomfortable with the fact that he was standing there in nothing more than a towel, Kakashi sighed. “You have a really odd obsession, and I don't plan on feeding it. I'd really appreciate it if you left now. Unless you want me barging into your house directly after you shower, I suggest you don't do this sort of thing ever again.”

“You wouldn't dare do something like that to me, or anyone else for that matter. You might be a pervert as far as those books of yours are concerned, but you're not that bad.” Not even slightly worried by his threat, you rolled your eyes and scoffed.“Heck, I don't even know if Jiraiya would do something like that.” Squinting your eyes slightly, you pushed out your lips and glared at him. “You're just bluffing, I can feel it.”

“If you don't leave soon, I'm going to have to prove you wrong.” Once again, his tone changed, but this time, the change actually worried you a bit. Maybe it was because this time, he had started to smile for some reason, like he actually wanted to do what he was threatening.

Taking a step back from him, you swallowed hard and hastily tried to come up with an idea. No matter how stubborn and unwilling to give up you were, Kakashi was just as stubborn and set in his decision. You already knew you'd lost this particular battle, but you weren’t going to go down without claiming at least some sort of small victory for yourself. “Y-you know, it's really hard to take a guy in a towel very seriously. You can try to act all angry and tough with me, but you just end up looking ridiculous in the process. It's a good thing I didn't let you get dressed before I came barging in, otherwise, you might have actually persuaded me to stop all this nonsense.”

“I'll have to make sure I keep that in mind for the next time you decide to break into my house.” After letting out yet another agitated sigh, he moved his hand in a shooing motion, gesturing for you to leave. “Now please go away.”

“I'm going to go in just a second, don't worry. This conversation isn't going anywhere anyway, so there's really no point in me staying any longer. I will be back though, after I come up with a better plan of course. You haven't gotten rid of me for good or anything.” “I'm going to get what I want eventually, for now, I think I'll just keep you from looking so ridiculous.”

Kakashi obviously had no idea what you were talking about, but at this point he really didn't care. “If it'll get you out of my house, fine. Just hurry up and do it.”

“That was my plan. Just remember though, you did give me permission to do this in a round about way.  So you can't be upset with me.” Before what you said had a chance to register, you grabbed the towel at his waist and snatched it off of him. You purposely averted your eyes from his body to keep from seeing anything, though why exactly you had done so, you weren't sure.

As you scurried out of his room, laughing like a total maniac, you could hear him angrily grumbling something to himself. “She could have snatched the towel from my face, but she chose that one instead.” Still grumbling, Kakashi shut and locked the door behind you to ensure you wouldn't come back. “And she called me a pervert.”

Having successfully escaped his home with his towel still in your possession, you dropped your hands down to your knees and took a couple of seconds to catch your breath. “That did not go at all like I hoped it would, but I still think I'm the winner here. I might even be able to use this towel as future blackmail somehow.” Feeling victorious, even though you had actually failed rather miserably, you straightened out your back and grinned down at your spoils. “This is my first out of many battle trophies, I can feel it.” Continuing on towards your home, you started to laugh again. “I'm definitely going to have to get this framed.”