Author Note: I thought of this one while typing the last one, and I wanted to type this up before I forgot. This one is generally lighter than New Outlook. And this one is from Suigetsu's point of view!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. I make no profit from this.

"Karin, stop dancing around like that, you're going to hurt yourself." I sigh as I walk in the door of our house. Karin turns to smile at me. Karin hasn't been the same since our little group had gone their separate ways, well, everyone except for us.

When she got the word that Sasuke was headed back to Konoha, looking for redemption towards his village and his first love, Karin was broken. She didn't seem to be able to put the pieces together that Sasuke didn't want her.

At first she wanted to go too, try to win him back. But he turned on Karin, told her she was a good for nothing whore and she would not come with him, even if it meant her death.

Karin had run into the forest, to try to get away from everyone. But I had found her, and somehow convinced her to come back to the mist village with me.

"Sui!" Karin throws herself at me, all smiles and sparkling eyes. You would think that we would've killed each other by now, but as Karin healed from the rejection she became less and less argumentative. Instead, she smiled more, had a sweeter personality.

Now it was two months later and I was no longer wondering if it was all an act.

"Sui!" Karin giggles, and her face is so close to mine that I can feel her breath. "How was your day, Sui-chan?"

"Fine." I sit up and hold her close for a minute.

I had somehow managed to land a job working for the Mizukage and Karin had found a job at local clinic. We didn't see each other as often as she would've liked, despite living in the same house.

"Sui, your hair's all messed up." Karin is beyond happy right now, which despite, after two months, still startles me.

"Thanks for noticing." I stand up and pull her to her feet.

"Are you ok?" Karin pushes my hair back from my face, as if to check for wounds, but she takes me by surprise when she pins me to the wall and kisses me.

As close as we may have gotten during our time away from the group, we have never gotten this close. No matter how much I may have wanted to.

"Sorry." Karin pulls away and tries to dart towards her room.

She doesn't get far, because I wrap my arms around her and pull her close again. "Karin what was that about? You don't like me like that." I pause, because even if it should be obvious, I have to ask. "Right?"

Karin won't look at me. Her eyes dart anywhere away from me, and eventually she just squeezes them shut tight and whispers. "I'm sorry, Sui..."

In all this time, I've gotten to know Karin pretty damn well. She's told me things she never would've told Sasuke, things she's kept to herself for years. We didn't lie to each other, though we might have laced the truth with an exaggeration or two. Ok, I might have.

But there are some things she's been able to hide even from me, like this.

Tears drip off her face, and I don't know what to say. I feel terrible that I didn't spot this before.

I throw out all rationalization, squeeze her gently and kiss her. I have so many things I want to tell her, that she wasn't wrong, that I do love her.

But instead we just stand there and kiss.

And somehow, that's just fine with both of us.

Author note: This one is shorter, but lighter. I wanted to type it up as quickly as possible and have it up ASAP, but I started having a lot of time issues with it (Past, present thing). Still, I got it done within the hour like I promised. Will you leave me a comment? I love hearing from my readers!