Pt. 2 of this.
They get dispatched to deliver a very important package from one Lord to another.
Kakashi has been a little shit for a while now, conveniently releasing his scent whenever Obito is about to land what should have been his winning hit while sparring, getting Obito to pay for his sweet cravings and one time even tricking him into carrying his share of equipment by feigning a tired whine.
Obito is at his limit of embarrassment, he almost flings himself off a cliff to break a leg and skip the mission.
Minato sensei is way too observant and catches him just in time. He has apparently spoken with Kakashi and is not going to allow him to take advantage of Obito, and he won't let Obito let himself be taken advantage of, even if his Alpha screams to please the Omega.
Kakashi is very tame he teases Obito the same amount as always but keeps it away from their dynamics and he conceals his scent as well as he had always done before.
Obito is not entirely sure he is happy with this arrangement.
He misses Kakashi's scent, even if it clouds his mind and makes him embarrassingly pliant. He would just like to make a dumb joke and have Kakashi show a poker face but smell his scent sweeten in amusement.
But the mission goes well.
At least until they are already on their way to Konoha.
They get ambushed, which is stupid because they are no longer carrying any important package or document. Perhaps they gather they must know some important information and want to torture it out of them.
Obito is overwhelmed.
But then, a man launches at Kakashi and lands a hit.
Obito would like to say that he quickly but masterfully came up with a plan that worked perfectly for everyone and managed to escape without any problems.
Truth is that Obito only knows what happened because Rin and Minato tell him what they saw when they finally made their way to them.
Every single enemy was either knocked out or dead and Kakashi was laying down on the grass with a feral Obito on top of him, nose pressed to his neck and growling at anything that moved. He had a broken arm and Kakashi was bleeding from his shoulder, his inability to care for the wound making Obito think there was still danger and made him unable to be coaxed out from his feral state.
Minato sensei had to knock him the fuck out.
He woke up in a hospital, mortified to hell and back.
For the next couple of weeks, Obito masterfully avoided Kakashi, he wasn't even going to lie to himself, he was full on purposefully avoiding the younger man.
Kakashi just had to be standing at his door one morning and bulldozing his way in, pushing Obito back into his own house and barricading the door with his body.
"You've been avoiding me" Kakashi states the obvious.
"Well, yeah. So what?" Obito says petulantly.
"How did you think you were going to manage? We are in the same team, dumbass"
"Shut up, I would have figured it out"
"Stop avoiding me" Kakashi demanded.
"Don't tell me what to do. You don't even like me, just enjoy the ride and let me ignore you"
"I do like you" Kakashi frowned, Obito thinks he can see a pout underneath his mask. "So if you are avoiding me because you like me and you think I don't, stop being stupid"
"I don't like you!" Obito shot back way too quickly to be credible. "You're a prick, you're my rival!"
Kakashi raised an eyebrow and started to release his scent. Obito cursed under his breath, how was he so good at doing that at will?
"Not fair, you know I'm sensitive" Obito covered his nose and mouth with the sleeve of his jacket but it did little to conceal the scent.
"I know" Kakashi stepped forward, closing the distance between them. "You're also stubborn and I am not about to back down" Kakashi was leaning in for a hug and stopped before making contact. "Is this okay?"
"If you are playing with me, Minato sensei will demote you" Obito threatened, wary but opening his arms, defeated. He never really stood a chance.
"Oh, I know. But I am not playing, this is not a trick. I am stating a fact and I want to show you"
They hug for hours and hours. Obito lost within Kakashi's scent and releasing his own, putting them both on even ground, Kakashi going slightly mindless from the unfiltered emotions he can gather from Obito's scent.
They are drunk on each other and their instincts are finally their saving grace for once because Kakashi's stomach growls and Obito immediately separates from him, tugging him to take him out for a bite, instincts screaming to care, provide, feed.
The clear air from the outside helps clean Obito's head. He feels embarrassed but feeling better than ever, now that he knows Kakashi actually likes him too.
