He was honestly surprised that he was still alive.
This was pretty much all that was going through Tobe's mind at the moment. After all of his years of painful experiences with the devil disguised in buns he couldn't believe that he had challenged her over something so trivial as a piece of land.
Still, it was his one place of peace in this world and he was just pissed (and stupid) enough to fight her for it.
So here they were sitting in silence since they had first started this battle of endurance. They had both been sitting in the same spots since noon and now it was well past dinner time. The evil ninja was still baffled as to why she hadn't just beaten the crap out of him and been done with it. No matter though, now that he was battle that he had a chance of winning there was no chance that he was backing down.
The two sat in the awkward silence side by side less than three feet apart. Another brilliant move. He scoffed at himself thinking about how easy it would be for her to snap and go all ninja assassin on his ass.
The position did however give him the perfect vantage point to sneak glances at her from out of the corner of his eye. The only problem with this is that she apparently had the same idea.
This resulted in countless awkward moments of eyes meeting only to dart away after being caught.
Were both just checking for signs of weakness. He assured himself. Just seeing when the other one is about to break.
Still, all the reasoning in the world couldn't take away the sheer weirdness of the whole situation. He simply didn't interact with her unless she was kicking his ass on Garu's behalf. Speaking of asswipe…
The young ninja was briefly reminded of why he has come to his secret hiding spot in the first place before a new thought occurred to him.
This place meant so much to him because it was the one place he could just be himself and let it all out, and even though he rarely resorted to coming here it was the only time that he let himself be really happy, or emo, or just any feeling at all.
What if Pucca came here for the same reason?
Tobe felt a small, but there nonetheless, unwanted pang of sympathy as he pondered over why his arch enemy's girlfriend was actually there.
It was so odd to see her cry like that, mostly because she was just so damn happy all the time. Sure he had seen other emotions besides the bubbly joy that he hated so much, mostly anger in his case.
Hell he was probably her biggest frustration save for Ring-ring. He held back a snort recalling how the two girls fought over that sleazy bastard in the past.
It was rare for anyone to see her so… depressed, Tobe racked his brain for anyone he knew that could have made her feel that way, but he couldn't remember seeing the last time Pucca had let someone affect her mood so profoundly, except…
"You're here because of that bastard Garu aren't you!?"
The delivery girl gave him a look of confusion and he froze realizing that he had voiced his thoughts.
His own voice sounded foreign to him as it cut through the silence, not because of what he said but how he had so carelessly blurted it out.
He was pissed and the other ninja in training all over again and he could hear it in his own voice, only this time he was pissed for someone else's sake.
Tobe silently cursed himself for even implying that he cared about the girl sitting next to him because he sure as hell didn't, but even now he had to admit to himself that if she wasn't such a damn stalker that she could do a hell of a lot better than Garu. Then again anyone could do better than that scumbag.
He nervously looked over to the girl he had just address waiting for the eminent beating.
Pucca lowered her head until her he couldn't see her eyes through her bangs, and to his horror, he thought that she was going to cry again until she looked up with an anger glare pointed in his direction.