Konohagakure's Kakashi Hatake & Nina Sarutobi have only lived & prepared to die by the Shinobi rules.
Amid an intensive investigation into a spate of mysterious deaths, a birthday party for the elusive Copy-Nin sets off a chain reaction no one quite...
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(Tuesday> September 15> Kakashi's birthday>late afternoon> Nina's Apartment)
~Nina~
Bleary-eyed from an afternoon nap that felt much too short, Nina shuffled her way to her front door. She felt drained, hazy and void of anything except tiredness. Opening the door, she was taken aback by an unexpected visitor. "What are you doing here, Uchiha?"
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"You know... Genma's not a bad guy," Hanako rambled, the weak justification for her appearance. "You can't hate him," she continued, shimmying sideways through the doorway, overloaded with bags and what Nina assumed was a makeup case.
Genma may have been Nina's best friend's boyfriend; nevertheless, that didn't mean Nina hadn't any right to be irritated with him. "Hate is a strong word."
Hanako dropped her belongings into a heap onto the kitchen bench with an exasperated huff. "He meant well," she countered.
The minor trace of hurt in Hanako's voice sent off a creeping pang of remorse within Nina. Many times she'd cancelled at the last minute or taken off midway through an event. However, tonight Nina was offered a rare time out, forcibly barred from the investigation, hospital duties, and missions. She could finally give her undivided attention to her friend, possibly friends—plural— and maybe her idiot brother too.
It wasn't Genma himself, who got under Nina's skin, but his actions. She didn't do the patronising thing; she never had. "Hana, if I wanted help, I would have—"
"But you wouldn't ask," Hanko butted in, snatching the tube of something Nina was examining. "You never ask anyone for help."
Nina watched on with inquisitiveness as Hanako unclipped its lid and twisted the bottom of the tube, revealing a dark shade of mauve lipstick.
Okay, so maybe I could do with somehelp.
Embarrassed by her cluelessness with something as simple as lipstick, Nina shrugged, feigning disinterest.
