CRIMSON INSTINCTS

Chapter 4, A Story To Tell

Karin's P.O.V

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It's a late night hour as Hana Inuzuka takes a look at our commission scroll to verify the Hokage's seal. With her delicate hands that could possibly make a dent in someone's face, she re-rolls the scroll and puts it away.

Sakura nudges me lightly and whispers, "she is Shisui Uchiha's girlfriend of long years, you know Shisui? As in the heart throb of the body flicker"

I adjusted my glasses, and sigh as I think all this over.

How could I not know who Shisui Uchiha is? Yes, I know him, but not as the person who is the heart throb of the village or everyone's crush. I know Shisui Uchiha as the man who put me under strict surveillance when I first arrived at the village.

Hana suddenly hands Sakura a list of some medication and orders her to go get them from the pharmacy nearby.

"What is it for?", Sakura asks innocently and I face palm as Hana raises a brow.

I look at Sakura and answer, "Sakura, aside from holding hands and pecks on the lips what do you think happens with a newly wed, freshly enticed couple in love?"

Her brows crease together and she says, "Karin I'm not that dumb"

"Good", I say perking up my glasses as it catches a reflective light.

"C'mon girls, you'll get that experience as well, for now get it moving", Hana interjects with a small blink of her gorgeously curled lashes.

Sakura and I look away as we both try to hide the hint of blush on our faces.

She sighs with a smile and assures, "I'll be back before you know it"

"Sure"

Hana looks over to me and says, "I got a bucket-list ready for today. We'll be meeting Hanabi in her apartment in short".

I run a hand through my red hair and absentmindedly remark, "I'm surprised it's not you and dimple boy"

Hana simply scoffs and holds her hand up for me to see. My eyes catch sight of a thin band of silver with small diamonds embedded into it on her ring finger.

"It's a promise ring", she starts, admiring the small piece of silver, "he gave it to me all those years ago when we put our life on the line during Sasuke and Naruto's abduction mission".

"Must be nice, having a man like him", I say as I look the other way. She stops for a second and fixes her gaze on my slitted eyes.

"He can read your face like all that's on your mind is written on it", I comment, not suppressing the humour less scoff that followed.

I could see that she had her question ready on the tip of her tongue, but before she could confront me about all the enigmatic things I said, a certain shade of pink hair caught through my peripheral vision and for once I thanked god.

Sakura waves at us with the bag of the crucial after-baby-making medication that got us a few weird looks from the crowds of passerby people.

"What an idiot", I mutter, hiding my face as people fix their eyes on us.

"I got the pills", she announces, before Hana pinches Sakura's ear in a somewhat sarcastic demeanor. A laugh escapes me when Hana says, "my little cherry blossom, don't go around waving a bag of this kind of medication around"

This might be the only time that Sakura has ever saved a day.

After all, it wouldn't be a pretty conversation for me to have with Hana.