For Alter-Kyo
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It is said that eyes are windows, doorways into the soul.
If that was true, then she must still be missing the key to those doors.
He always looked tired to her, but after his defeat at Naruto's hands, he had changed.
He had actually laughed at one of Naruto's jokes the other day. Actually, honest to god, laughed.
It had shocked her.
In all their time as a team, she had never imagined that this could, or would, happen.
But she liked it.
The way his eyes lit up when he talked. The way his lip curled slightly when he spoke. The lessening of sadness, anger, and spite in his eyes.
He was changing, for the better.
That much she was sure.
But the biggest surprise was yet to come.
One sunny summer afternoon, he had asked her out.
She had stood there, gaping at him for several long moments before pulling out her weapons, demanding that he tell her what he had done with the Hyuuga.
He had ignored her, repeating his request for dinner.
It all seemed very odd to her, even as she accepted.
Nevertheless, as she looked into his eyes, she suspected that she might be just a little closer to finding that god-damned key.