I cant do this….
"Wait…" he called out.
I'm going to die…!
"E..le…ct…"
Stop...
"Electra..!" a gasp came from Keith's lips. "I… I cant…" he tripped a little. Electra, far ahead of Keith, shook her head.
"Run!" she yelled from behind her. "This should be nothing for you!" Keith was heaving from behind her. "Faster!" she demanded.
"This is our eighth sprint around Konoha, I'm out of breath," the dragon boy begged.
"So you've reminded me the last lap and a half. If I can do it so can you, now run! You waste breath with complaints!" Electra said as she followed her breathing pattern. Keith grunted.
"But… I'm just a medical dragon..." he breathed.
I'm not strong enough.
Electra slowed until Keith could catch up. She turned her head to Keith. "Find a pattern in your breathing. Follow it. Never lose control of your breathing, never gasp your breaths," Electra said. Keith nodded. "In through the nose, out the mouth," Electra encouraged. Keith complied, trying to find a pattern. Eventually he was back to his pace and they could run peacefully again. Once they stopped telling themselves they couldn't go any further, they're bodies no longer slowed. They kept going until they would fall. Vigorous running allowed them to escape they're mental limits for a long enough time.
Running away from humanity.
"So…" Electra started, as they ran.
"Yes?" Keith said.
"This… Idea you had…?"
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Kiba sat at the ramen bar as he felt a friendly scent approaching. He turned around and surely enough, it was Keith. "Oh, Keith," he said, before getting up to properly greet him. A girl ran up with him, blond hair and crystal blue eyes, just like Keith's. He smiled and nodded his head to her. "Who's this?" he asked. Keith patted her head.
"This is my cousin, Nekkyousha," he said and smiled at her. Electra twitched at the name.
"Call me Nekk," she said, forcing a smile. Keith nodded and held out his hand. Electra stood still, facing straight ahead and brought her hand up to search for his hand. They shook and released soon after.
"It's a pleasure to meet you," Kiba said politely. Electra nodded.
"Me too."
They both sat down for what would be merely a half hour. But it would feel like an eternity.
"So when did you arrive?"
"You're my age, right?"
"Are you into medical stuff like Keith?"
"Have you met any other shinobi?"
"What jobs are you looking into?"
"So how do you like Konoha?"
Question after question after question… Electra answered them all without hesitation. She just got here yesterday, she's two years older than Kiba, she's not much of a healer, he is the first shinobi she's ever met, she wants to be a nurse, and Konoha is "just dandy".
Not that Kiba was all that bad of a person to talk to. It was nice to have a normal conversation with someone. Electra began to understand why Keith liked to pretend. Kiba even made her laugh a couple times with a good joke. After a healthy conversation with Kiba, he paid and stood up.
"Hey Nekk?" Kiba asked.
"Yeah…?" Electra said nicely.
"I've been meaning to ask you… why do you continue to avoid my eyes? Are you hiding something?" he asked. Electra laughed shaking her head.
"Dear Kiba… You haven't noticed?" she said, giggling. Kiba tilted his head.
"Notice what?" he said. Electra sighed.
"… I'm blind."