| [Jan. 22nd, 2012|12:03 am] |
Katsuko winced. “Actually,” she amended. “What I meant to say was nothing at all happened the first time. Nothing. At all.”
The set of Kakashi’s shoulders was extremely unimpressed. "Ryouma may not have mentioned this, but I can smell when you lie."
Katsuko...didn’t fall of the roof. Not exactly. It was more like her jerking back in shock brought her closer to the edge than was prudent, because while she’d retained the ability to roll backwards she hadn’t kept the motor skills necessary to roll forwards again. She flailed, attempting to stick to the tiles with chakra that had been locked away, and tried to remember how to sit up.
It was all very undignified, and in the end Katsuko was only saved from an ignoble death by Kakashi wrapping a hand around her bicep and yanking her away from the roof’s edge.
His voice was very dry. “Graceful.”
Katsuko blinked up at him and grinned in agreement. “Graceful like a swan, and don’t you forget it.” The night sky was very pretty, so she decided to stay sprawled out on her back and groped a hand out for her beer can. It hadn’t spilled, surprisingly, so she rested it on her stomach for safekeeping after taking another long gulp. “Now, what was this about smelling lies?”
"That was mostly it. If you lie, I can smell it. Like just then, for example." Kakashi settled down beside her, eye tracking her movements. Katsuko didn’t have the heart to tell him she wasn’t in the mood for anymore somersaults into thin air.
“Man, that’s awesome,” she chortled instead. “No wonder you keep your face covered all the time, if your nose’s that sensitive. Gotta protect the sniffer.” She frowned. “What were we...? Oh! Right. The first time I had a drink, after the labs. Well, my teammates an’ I went out to celebrate on my eighteenth birthday, see. And it was nice for a bit, but then we got in a fight. Well, I started the fight. Don’t remember why. Didn’t like the other guy’s face, or something. Anyways, I’m in the middle of winnin’ when one of his friends comes up and hits me over the head with a chair.”
“Ouch.”
“I know, right?” Katsuko nodded. “Anyways, I get really pissed off, an’ I go for my chakra, an’ then... boom.” She threw her hands out, fingers splayed wide. “Next thing I know, there’s the whole back wall of the bar missing.” She sighed. “It sucked. I really liked that bar.”
Kakash’s eye narrowed in consternation. "What about the ninja?"
“Oh, them?” Katsuko shrugged. “It was a pretty minor slip, so the idiots just ended up getting knocked out. My teammates were kinda freaked.” To say the least. Beni still had a scar on his cheek from where a piece of flying shrapnel had caught him. “But the story has a happy ending, cause when the Uchiha came one of the squad rookies was really cute so I asked her out for dinner! And she said yes, and that was nice.”
Kakashi glanced sidelong at her. "If you ever tell Ryouma that particular detail, would you make sure I'm in the room? I'd like to see his head explode."
Katsuko giggled. “For you? Of course.” After a moment she sighed. “You an’ Ryouma...it’s really nice, y’know. Seein’ you two together. Like, whenever he looks at you, he gets really...shiny. Happy shiny. An’ you get shiny too, except more quietly. Makes me feel warm n’ fuzzy just bein’ in the same room.” She patted Kakashi on the hand, fondly. “It’s nice. You’re nice. You both deserve nice things, and you’re each other’s nice things.” |
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