Karin silently admitted that the breakfast was really delicious from the restaurant Suigetsu dragged her to.
'I should definitely go back to that place.' She was happily thinking before diverting her sights over to the window and watching the scenery passing by.
The sound of a phone's ringtone erased the silence between the two as the silver haired male searched for his cellphone and answered it.
'…except this time with better company.' Karin inwardly asserts after she briefly cuts her eyes toward the driver with an expression of disgust on her face.
'Yet...maybe there's something different about him.' She constantly contemplated to herself before her thoughts reflected back to the brief time that she shared with him.
'He was the only one who tried to help me with my addiction.' The red head inwardly weighs out Suigetsu's personality.
"Yes, this is Suigetsu." His voice was temporarily breaking her out of her thoughts about him.
She then sneakily attempted to eavesdrop on his conversation.
"I understand." The male replies to the caller's statement as his facial expression remains placid while he converses with the other person.
'He hasn't asked me for any money nor has he disappeared after one night.' She shockingly ruminated since most of the men she dealt with either did one of the two things or sometimes even both.
"I also have the package with me as well." He was mentioning to the receiver in a calm tone before veering to the right.
'What is it about him?' Karin deeply ponders.
She then unknowingly stared at his face while his sights remained on the road in front of him.
"I will deliver the package to the assigned location." The white haired male confirms before he continues to listen to more instructions from the caller.
'What is it that's different about him?' She was frustratingly grumbling not aware that he was no longer on the phone.
Suigestu sensed Karin's eyes on him the entire time that he was on the phone with his boss but opted not to mention it.
'Why does it feel like I met him somewhere before I even worked at the Dollhouse?' She was asking herself since his presence was feeling awfully familiar to her.
"It seems as if my boss has requested the lovely Rose's presence." He reveals to her while he tosses the phone in the cup holder.
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Ino unintentionally peeked down at her ringer finger as a golden glow captured her sights.
Her mind was repeatedly reciting, "Or the better question should be what you want me to do for you?"
'What's this feeling?' She nervously asked herself as a fire instantly sparked within her and seemed to travel to the lower portion of her body.
The vibration of a cellphone surfaces her out of her thoughts when she peers up to see Kiba eyes his phone.
He was checking the callerID, groaning and answering with "You better have a pretty damn good reason why you're interrupting me on a date with an extremely beautiful woman."
His brash statement earned a bright blush of embarrassment from the platinum blonde woman. 'He still hasn't lost his boldness.'
"Eh, she really needs for you to do that now?!" Kiba irritably snapped at the individual on the other end.
"Sheesh, I didn't include your mopey ass in my plans since…alright." He was eventually caving to the mysterious person's demands.
"Just know you do owe me some gas money since I have to double back to work." The male deliberately asserts before he ends the phone call and settles the device back on to the surface of the table.
"Duty calls?" Ino jokingly alleged after she listened in to part of his conversation.
The brunette lifts an eyebrow at the woman across from him before he jokingly accuses, "You were just eavesdropping on my conversation, weren't you?"
"I was not. You were just loud on the phone." She was defiantly defending how she was able to figure out it was a work related call.
"It's fine. It was a coworker of mine. He needs a ride from the train station to work." Kiba unexpectedly explained the reason why he accepted the phone call.
Ino was checking her watch for the time until realizing that it was almost the time for her to head over to the tournament that Temari will participate in.
"Tell your friend that he has excellent timing. It's about time for me to leave." She revealed after she dropped her arm back down to her side.
He morphs his features to display sadness, which prompts her to rub her hand across his head as a gesture to cheer him up.
Ino was suddenly feeling his hand wrapping around her wrist, drawing her closer to and holding her a slight distance away from her face.
"You know I just couldn't leave you with just a simple goodbye or a hug." Kiba boldly proclaimed after he pressed a kiss against her cheek.
He then politely helps her back on to her feet. "See you later, Princess."
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Tenten's entire body went rigid once she realized that his intense stare was now directed at her. His actions prompted her to think, 'What's this chilling sensation?'
"Now, now, let's greet my assistant...Neji Hyūga." Guy instructs the students after he cheerfully circles around the brunette male.
"Hello Hyūga-sensei!" The children politely greeted him in a rather loud tone that was considered normal for a class that size.
"Bask in the glorious joys of youthfulness that's all around you, Neji." The bowl cut man sternly advises along with a rough nudge to his ribs.
However his focus was far away from the task at hand but to the distraction that is present at the back of the classroom. 'Why is that woman even here?!'
"Neh, Guy-sensei what are we going to learn about today?" One of the students was eagerly wondering with a wide smile on their face.
"Well my youthful bud of flowers…today's topic is about Safety around Strangers." The man, clad in the green spandex one piece, revealed the topic of the today.
"Strangers are people that you do not know but not all strangers have evil purposes. The lesson today will help you to tell the different between the two." Might started the required spiel prior to the actual activity that will take place.
"I want you all to divide in to two equal groups. One group will be with me and the other will be with Neji-sensei."
'Why do they even have him out amongst children?! Especially, after the incident that he pulled yesterday when he saw Hinata!' Tao's mother was furiously wondering.
It was at that moment, did Tenten realizes that her rambunctious son Tao was in the group that Neji will lead. 'Tao…get away from that monster!'
Yet, her fear for the brunette male caused her to remain physically affix to her current position while his eyes never seemed to leave her face.
'Does he smell the fear from me?'
'She's been staring at this little boy for a while now.' Neji privately noted from the woman's persistent gaze over one particular child. 'He must be her son.'
"Hyūga-sempai,"
The little boy greatly resembled his mother as he had short unruly brunette hair and chocolate brown eyes. His skin complexion was not to tan but not too pale either, which means he has a healthy dose of being inside and outside. He had a rather healthy figure and appeared to radiate endless energy.
"Are you a...girl?" He curiously poses to the older male.
'Eh?!' His temple were throbbing from the question before clearly explaining to the tot. "No, I am very much a man."
"See! I told you! You owe me chocolate chip cookies for the rest of the week!" The little boy boastfully declares to his table mate with his hand outward.
"Aw man!"
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"So you really won't let me at least flirt with the woman?"
Temari was groaning at her younger brother's question while thinking, 'This is going to be a really long ride.'
"I don't know how many times do I have to repeat this until it passes through that thick skull of yours. You cannot date Tenten!"
Now it was Kankuro's turn to release a groan at the fact that his older sister was being so stubborn about Tenten.
"Anyway…have you talked to baby bro lately?"
"Why did you bring him up at such a random time?"
"It's normal for siblings to worry about each other right? Or did you just become a heartless bastard ever since you've been employed at the Dollhouse?"
"At least, I had a steady job with a steady income unlike someone who was on their last and they needed a place to stay."
"Are you calling me ungrateful?"
"What I'm trying to say is...Gaara has gone on to do what he supposedly loves and that is to serve our homeland at the highest position possible. You are becoming a successful Artist in Puppetry where buyers are clammoring to invest in your plays."
"And here I am, the one who's supposed to serve as the role model for the two of you but I feel as if I'm constantly left behind in the dust. I desperately attempt to progress further but I always unexpectedly run in to obstacles."
"I guess I'm just a no good big sister."
"Temari…"
"You have to make a turn up here and the school will be on your left."
'Temari…'
"Once you finished with your Shogi tournament, I think we need to plan a family dinner."
"I actually...like the sound of that."
Kankuro motored inside of the elementary school's parking lot after Temari hopped out of the vehicle and entered inside of the building.
He whips out his phone, sends a text message to a random number and waits for his sister to emerge from the school.
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Sai patiently waited outside of a slightly busy train station with his black tote, which contained his drawing tools for work.
'Kiba did say he was on a date with a woman when I called him.' He was inwardly reminding himself while constantly shifting his weight to the back of his feet.
'I'm shocked that he even opted to come pick me up, even though he could've suggested a cab.' The male mentally contemplates about Kiba's rational.
The young man patted his pocket only to find them empty when he recalled, 'Yet, I couldn't afford one because I'm on my last with my money.'
'Hell, I'm just surprise that I could even afford a weekly train station ticket with the amount of money I get from the KDEA.' Sai thinks after he slides the card back inside of his wallet for safe keeping.
'Still, I can't complain too much since it helps to pay some of my bills from time to time.'
His thoughts traveled back to the woman he had accidentally bumped in to earlier on the train's platform.
The budding artist was eventually deciding to pass the time with a quick sketch of the woman's profile in his sketchbook.
He then locates an empty bench among the morning crowd, settles his black tote bag on the wood and digs out a pencil from his material.
A couple of minutes passed when Sai was partially complete with sketching the portrait. His cellular device starts to wildly vibrates in his pocket.
"Hello?" He politely greets the person on the other end.
"Bring your ass on you mopey bastard!" Kiba irritably yelled in his phone, which was prompted the raven haired male to remove the phone from directly against his ear.
"Where did you park?" Sai was casually inquiring about his whereabouts as he was returning the items in their respective place and closing the bag.
"I'm in the front, you pasty fuck!" He angrily retorts before he promptly ends the phone call between the two.
'At least the drive to work won't be so boring.' Sai happily assumed before he ventured out to the front of the station and eventually located Kiba's truck.
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