// sleeping for now. goodnight chat.

RT @HeroicEulogy:

Kakashi hits the ground shoulder-first, and gravity does the rest; dirt, grass, the friction burn of uneven ground searing into his forearms and the meat of his calf. He gets up. Launches himself forward to be met with his copy, clashing blades in a spit of sparks. Easy training.

( . Dreadfully keeping still this time. ).

He turns away from her. The hospital staff room is rather small and hasn't visibly been updated in some time. "Don't try and stick your nose into something you don't understand.".

Sakura might've packed more of a punch if it weren't for the fact that this wasn't information Kakashi felt he owed her———or anyone, really, for that matter. He only studies her. Such a sharp look, with such a familiar anger. "Rin and I had lunch yesterday," he says flatly. ⠀➢.

Kakashi ducks in to walk beside her. "Hinata," he greets. It isnt that he'd spent the last half hour haggling with one of the merchants over the seasonal fruits, but he is, for no particular reason, using her to hide from the grocer staring him down across the way. "How are you?".

I'm not going anywhere.

No?.

You know who else would love to see you pull this off? Gai. He would love to be target practice.

And your first choice was me?.

No——( QUICKLY grabbing her by the wrist to disrupt her. )——actually, why don't we, ah, practice on a non-living target first?.

( * 💧 ) . ?.

——-- Hold still??.

and pulls her up a moment later. Then he collects his things. "This way.".

Lacerations. Each one thin and silvery against his skin. A few scuff marks on his knuckles tell that he must've been training recently; they're still pink with irritation. "As you wish, my lady," Kakashi jokes. He closes his hand around hers as he stands,⠀➢.

Kakashi wiggles his fingers in her hold. His hands are bigger than hers, a bit broader, and warm with life. There are the usual callouses that come with handling a blade, and a few scars Rin might even remember him getting when they were both much younger.⠀➢.

Taking care of an injury like this must be trivial to Rin. Her area of expertise is far broader than a simple slip of a blade, and by the time she had cleaned the wound, it had already stopped bleeding. Now it's just a few pulls of a bandage around his thumb.⠀➢.

Ah? Is she going to share with the class?.

( * ‼️) . She is free to join him, the training grounds are public.