Sheik

Knowing Hinata

Sheik sighs as he looks at his Purah Pad. He had already sent a message requesting to put the Sheikah Rune of Protection of Sasuke but he has yet to receive any reply. Sitting on the empty training field, he looks up when he hears shuffling noise. He notice a familiar girl slowly making her way up to where he is sitting. She does not seem to notice him and instead seems more preoccupied with her thoughts.

Sheik greets her before she can stumble on him, "Hinata?"

Hyuuga Hinata stops and looks up to see the foreigner sitting alone before her. She weakly smiles, "H-hello, Sheik. H-how are y-you?" At that moment, her throat pinches and she ends up coughing. She kneels down to try and control her coughing but it only get worse until she feels a familiar wetness with the taste of iron filling her mouth. After a moment, she stops coughing and pulls her hand away to see blood staining her pale hand.

She sighs, reaching into her pocket when a handkerchief appears before her. She blinks at the sight and looks up to see Sheik looking at her with worry in his striking blue eyes. When she didn't take his offered handkerchief, Sheik uses it to dab away at the blood on the corner of her lips before using the same handkerchief to wipe at the blood on her palm. Hinata only watch as he cleans her hand with empty eyes.

Sheik stops when droplets fall on the sleeve of her coat. He looks up to see empty eyes full of tears falling and falling. At first he panics, wondering if he had insulted her with his lack of cultural knowledge when Hinata smiles with a smile that he's far too familiar with, "You're kind, Sheik,"

Sheik frowns, "Don't smile like that,"

She blinks, "Smile like what?"

He sighs, "Don't smile like you have to. Smile only when it comes from your heart," He sits down in front of her, patting the grass beside him while wondering why he keeps finding crying Shinobi and he keep bothering to ask them why they cry, "What happened? I haven't seen you in a while,"

Not that they are close but still...

Hinata smiles like Zelda after she return from her century long battle with Ganon. It is self deprecating and he always hated it when she smiles like that. Link too. He smiles like that when he didn't want Sheik to worry about his mental health. When Hinata stay quiet, he threatens, "I'll tickle you if you don't tell me,"

Hinata looks at him in surprise, "What?"

Sheik raises his hands and wiggles his fingers in a threatening manner, "Come on! Fess up! Why did you smile like that, hmm? And don't even think about lying!" He then brags, "My clan is very good at seeing through lies, you know? So no lying! I'll see through it!" He bites back his verbal tic.

Hinata stares at his threatening fingers before giggling.

Sheik's brow twitches, "Are you giggling? I see, so you are not taking the threat of my tickling seriously! I'll have you know that I am a master tickler!"

Kurama asks, "What the hell does master tickler even mean?"

Hinata smiles at him, "You are better with our language. I must say, you are a fast learner, Sheik,"

Sheik puts down his threatening gesture, "Fast? I...won't say I'm fast...just have a lot of practice with..." He grimaces, "A lot of practice with a certain master of literature," If written porn can pass for literature, that is.

Hinata tilts her head, "Oh? He must be a master indeed. You are much better and much faster without tripping or breaking between words,"

Sheik glowers, "Hinata. I know you are trying to distract me," Her composed smile twitches with guilt at being caught by him. He then soften his features, "What makes you so sad and broken?"