Finding Forever
a collection of themes
november 1; the heart asks pleasure first; inoten
They did not ask if it was right. "Right" was never something they discussed, a subject they avoided by some unspoken agreement. They never thought about that fact, either. They were not right or wrong; they simply were, and were together.
They did not ask if it was beautiful. Honestly, it had started because of Tenten's taste in shoes and a need for flowers and the sudden realization that Ino had an accuracy score eight percent above kunoichi average. (Tenten still looks at her shoes and thinks of a certain blonde. She remembers solid blue eyes and a quick laugh and an overbearing demeanour.) A relationship with such a simple, plain start could never be beautiful.
"Do you have a mission this weekend?"
"No, I'm free. Mind if I come over Saturday afternoon?"
They knew better than to question this love of theirs. The balance of their personalities was fragile and sometimes simple, sometimes complicated. Hard for outsiders to understand. There was no real need to question it.
So they did not ask if it was right, or if it was beautiful, or in fact if it was anything at all.
Maybe that is why Tenten will remember it, years later, when the ANBU mask has started to crack from use and she realises just how few faces and memories she has of the long string of just-this-side-of-nameless lovers.
(these then are the fragmented remains of her heart)