Tsume stretched her arms out along the edge of Kakashi's bed again, drawing out her win and eyeing Ryouma. She couldn't quite keep the laugh from brushing the corners of her mouth, but other than that she did her best to look like she was pondering horrible, evil questions.

"I've got one! I've got one!" Kuromaru called excitedly.

"You lost. I'll think of one." She didn't look away from Ryouma. She knew enough about him to know where not to poke. She knew enough to know that she didn't want to bring his mood down. She didn't know enough about him to know what wouldn't hurt. It seemed like his whole past was a minefield of bad things.

Then she grinned. "What was your most embarrassing moment on a mission?"

"Oooh," Kuromaru said. "That's a good one."