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Only I have a right…
Saske-kun! Hi! – babbled Karin with her sweetest tone which she used only during the
conversations with Uchiha junior. – Maybe we'll go somewhere?
No, Karin. Leave me alone already! I'm waiting for Sakura – snapped out, nearly yelled
dark-haired boy. Suigetsu, who watched another Karin's flop giggled wickedly.
Hey bitch, again failed? – the boy couldn't resist a scoffing giggle.
Shut up, pushover! – exploded Karin.
Just try to shut me up, witch! – answered Suigetsu.
Hey you… - but here she stopped and looked sadly at Sasuke, who was leaving them. As it
was expected there came a person he waited for, and he stepped fast but confidently towards his desired object.
Suigetsu smirked scoffingly on his another victory. He was amused with a disappointed expression on the face of his teammate. He couldn't skip the ideal moment for saying something foul to the girl. But at this very moment she turned to the boy and the words which were ready to be uttered, just died on his lips. Her face seemed usual but for some seconds it became so helpless that Suigetsu couldn't tear his eyes from it. "Pathetic..." – he thought. The next moment the girl came to herself:
- Why are you looking jerk?
- You'd better keep silent idiot! – that was only thing he could manage to say.
- Shut your mouth! – Karin began to wreak her anger on him. Their mutual insults lasted some more minutes, but when two shinobies began to yell at each other people in the café, which is situated in the center of Konoha, watched them with a big interest, they had to stop. Since Sasuke came back home with his new team, these two had rows in public places noticing nobody around for several times. That's why they became the center of attention more often than Sasuke wanted to and his teammates tried not to make angry their leader. As there was no Juugo who managed to cool his noisy teammates during the absence of their dark-haired captain, because he was having full medical check-up with Tsunade-sama, they had troubles in controlling themselves. Both went out giving each other angry looks which clearly expressed "That's your fault!".
As it was their legal day off and they had nothing to do, both make their way home. After the Pain's attack the village was constructing again. Houses were building in a hurry and some of the citizens still huddled in tents, because their previous houses haven't restored yet. However, Sasuke's team was fortunate in this rate: each of them received one-room flats in a new-built house block. Nonetheless Sakura offered Sasuke to move in her flat and lend his to those who are really in need (of course temporaly). Karin was in rage when she heard about her precious Uchiha's moving. "Little foxy bitch! She wants to have more scores in front of Sasuke-kun and steal him from me!" – she yelled angrily not noticing her teammate behind the back. He on his turn couldn't resist of dropping caustic remark: "Our "kind" and "sweet" Karin failed again, how's that happened? You hoped to seduce him by living right next to, but our little nurse-girl beat you again! And now our witch has to put up with me, "her best friend"!" – he smiled maliciously and showed shark teeth of his, which made the girl furious. Certainly, that day she answered with several kicks, those fortunately for Suigetsu and unfortunately for his teammate missed the mark. It happened a month ago and since that it became twice harder to get desired Uchiha's attention.
Now they were returning home together. She was suspiciously silent, it's never happened before. Suigetsu dropped a slanting glance at her: she was walking proudly and confidently, but her black look aimed somewhere faraway. She even didn't react to his derisions, only rare "Get lost!" was the sign of her presence. Soon he was bored with a "dialogue" with himself and also remained silent. They were walking through evening Konoha streets just like that, in odd silence that didn't match them at all.
The streets were rather crowded, it was Saturday evening indeed. Suddenly there appeared a group of three girls approximately of their age. They knew one of them, it was Sakura's stupid cousin – Yuna, who always imitated her. Although Karin hated Sakura, but even she admitted "pathetic copy of the pink-haired". When Yuna noticed the teammates of her cousin's boyfriend she smirked wickedly and stepped closer.
- Hi! Having a walk? – she asked and smiled at Suigetsu. The boy just nodded. Karin looked sluggishly and answered:
- No, going back home.
- Oh, of course! I forgot, you're broken, need to hide! – uttered Yuna in a mocking tone with a fake compassion.
- What are you talking about? – asked red-haired girl fixing her black framed glasses in order to see clearly that pathetic copy of a girl who stole her Sasuke.
- I mean that my cousin has won again! Sasuke-kun yelled at you in public while you were babbling his name like a faithful puppy! I hope now you'll leave alone MY COUSIN SAKURA'S boyfriend, - she put a noticeable accent in words "my cousin Sakura", as if there was a kind of privilege in it.
Karin looked at her angrily through the glasses and said … nothing. She remained silent! It was seen how she tried to find words to help the situation out. The boy's eyes widened in surprise and shock. "Is she really going to keep silence and swallow the offence? She's never remained silent, always knew how to defend herself. Nomatterwiththehelpofwordsorkunais. And now she can't answer the girl who was and always will be less intelligent, strong and beautiful!" – he grinned in his mind at his "right-now" description of Karin. But that was the truth. Suigetsu was waiting for his female teammate's answer. Yuna smirked triumphally. And Karin nearly unnoticeably dropped her eyes, to give the girl no chance to see her despair in them.
- You even can't talk because of shame, right? – she continued.
Karin has just thought about the kunai in her right-legbag but the fast, frontal movement made her forget about the weapon and concentrate all her attention on the person who stood in front of her. She opened her mouth in astonishment when she got that it was Suigetsu's back and the most surprising thing: without a sword. The sword was sticked out from another side. She heard a loud female scream. Automatically, a red-haired kunuochi stepped to the boy's side to what had happened.
Suigetsu was holding his shiningly cleaned sword in a dangerous distance from the girl's throat. The boy was looking furiously into his "victim's" eyes, but after some seconds his usual impudent and mocking expression returned and he said:
You'd better didn't mess with somebody's business and worked more on your individuality,
pathetic copy of Sakura! Next time my sword's blade will put a mark on your neck and you'll finally have a distinction from your cousin! And now, take your friends and get out of here, got me? – he nearly whispered. They were away in a second. Karin widened her eyes even more. She couldn't catch what has just happened. She continued to stare at her teammate with round eyes and opened mouth. Suigetsu felt the growing question-mark-silence that he didn't like much, and decided to step to his apartment's side. After making several steps he stopped and turned to Karin who was still not moving.
And why don't you move? Are you coming? Or you'll make me happy and take another
path? – he said with his usual impudent grin.
No way! – answered finally Karin after gaining the ability to speak again.
They were walking in silence. However, Suigetsu noticed a smile on the lips of his female
teammate. This smile reflected on his lips too, he barely could hold it back. The boy didn't want to show it, especially in front of her. In this silence they managed to get their block. She lived on the second floor and he on the third. Karin got the keys and started to unlock her front door.
Finally I'll have some rest from you! – uttered Suigetsu with his usual expression and went
upstairs.
Suigetsu...- called him red-haired girl.
A? – he was surprised.
You do hate me… - she started and Suigetsu understood the hidden question "so why did
you do this?", but he didn't want to answer and he had no proper answer for that.
Yeah, I hate you, but nobody except me has a right to mock or offend you – without any
sarcasm, but still in a derisive tone answered the boy.
Got that! Okay, see you tomorrow, egoistic jerk – with these words she entered her
apartment and mentally thanked her impudent, and always grinning at something teammate.
Suigetsu stood on the stairs some more seconds thinking "She can't even say thanks in a normal way. It's good that at least she could smile", he smirked at this thought. The next moment sword holder turned around and went towards his flat.
These two couldn't sleep for a long time, each of them was thinking about his own, or maybe about the same.