Stupidity at its Best (A Naruto Story) Ch 4
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I yawn when I wake up the next morning, feeling oddly rested and happy.
"Haven't slept that well in forever," I murmur sleepily and Byakko uncurls herself, stretching with a long purr.
"Neither has Tobi," Says the warmth around my waist. I scream in surprise and fall half-way off my bed before I remember what had happened the day before. I groan quietly seeing my state. One leg is bent under me and the other is tangled in the sheets. He looks down at me and I'm sure that if he wasn't wearing a mask, alarm would be on his face. "Kumori-chan?" He asks and I can hear the frown in his voice.
"I'm fine, you just scared me, I forgot about what happened yesterday," I say laughing sheepishly. Byakko jumps down and lays on me, happy. I glare slightly and tug gingerly at the foot wrapped in the sheets. "Tobi?"
"Yeah?"
"Can you untie me?" I ask hanging my head in defeat. "I'm stuck," He grins behind his mask and easily unwraps my foot. "Much better," I reach over to the night stand and pluck my glasses off their spot before putting them on so I can see. Making circles with my foot, I hear the muscles pop and yawn again. A small, happy moan escapes my lips this time and I smile. "Shoo while I change, will ya?" He nods and scurries off out of my room, getting the door behind him.
I smack my lips sleepily as I thump over to my closet. After rifling around for a few minutes, I pick out my usual work clothes. My favorite pair of light and slightly torn jeans. They have a butterfly on the back left pocket, which I slip my phone into. I hop around in a circle as my foot (the same one that got stuck in the blankets) gets stuck in the pant leg.
"Stupid pants!" I grumble darkly and smack into my wall. "Oww~,"
"Is Kumori-chan okay?" Tobi calls from the kitchen.
"I'm fine!" I say feeling a welt forming on my chin. A sky blue shirt with a bird trying to fly away on the right shoulder finds its way into my hand. I go to the mirror and frown at my appearance. Bed head is a pain. The brush snarls through my hair as I start working out the tangles. Good news: My hair isn't bed head-ish any more. Bad news: It's sticking straight out. I groan again and grab the spray bottle to try taming my hair. I swear it hisses at me as I spray water on it. "Stupid hair, stupid red thingy, stupid job," I mutter as I pull my hair back into a short ponytail. Stumbling out of my room in search of my morning cup of coffee, the smell of bacon hits my nose.
"Tobi made breakfast!" He says brightly and holds out a plate of bacon and eggs to me. I blink in surprise before taking it and sit back down at the table.
"Thanks Tobi, but you didn't have to do that," I say and notice he's still wearing the clothes I found him in. "We can stop and grab you a couple more shirts and pants before my shift starts," I add nibbling on the food. And let me tell you, Tobi's a dayum good cook!
"Does Kumori-chan like it?" He asks wriggling like an eager puppy as his meal sizzles in the pan. I'm still shocked the food doesn't have heavenly rays of light coming off of it so I'm only able to nod dumbly.
"Tobi, you're a really good cook," I say when I find my voice again. "Amazingly good," He beams under my praise and I can almost see the hearts and rainbows radiating off of him.
"Is Tobi a good boy?"
"Tobi is a very good bo-HOLY HELL WE'RE LATE!" I scream looking at the bunny shaped clock on my counter. "Eat fast, Tobi!" I add hopping to get my shoes on. He gulps down the hot food like it's nothing and pulls his shoes on, running after me out the door.
~line~
We are only two minutes late when we skid into the library and I dash behind the deck.
"Sorry I'm late," I say bowing to my boss. The old perv looks me over, his eyes stopping at the 'horizon', before nodding.
"I'll excuse this one because of how hard you've been working lately." He says dryly. "Who's your friend?"
"That's Tobi," I say glancing at my… I guess he's my friend. "He's been staying with me and I don't have anywhere else to drop him so he kinda had to come with me," He nods slowly, stroking his mustache thoughtfully.
"He could shelve books, could he?" I nod after a second's thought.
"He's a fast learner," He smiles slightly.
"Good, Tobi-san!" He calls and Tobi bounces over, his bag of new clothes swinging merrily.
"Hai Kumori-chan's Boss-san?" He asks stopping and bringing his feet together with a quiet tap. My boss chuckles.
"Would you mind helping us out while you're here with Mitsukai? We're a little bit low staffed because of the flu going around," Tobi's visible eye gets huge and he starts bouncing on the balls of his feet.
"Tobi would love to! After all, Tobi is a good boy!" This time he laughs.
"Perfect, you can put your stuff in the back with Mitsukai's and she'll tell you what you can do to help," He says and goes back to whatever he was doing before I came…probably watching pron. I shudder slightly at the thought of what he does when he's alone.
"C'mon Tobi," I say gently pulling the book return arm up so we can get through. He bounces after me happily, making sure to not make a sound as he puts the arm back down.
The rest of the morning was fairly quiet. Tobi caught on to how working at the library worked quickly and was soon shelving books like he'd been doing it all of his life. He hardly said anything and I mentally chuckled at the cute look of determination on his mask. I could almost envision how he looked. It wasn't until he heard voices that he said something.
"Are you sure he's here, yeah? I don't sense his chakra…"
"SEMPAI!" He yells, completely forgetting the library rules. I flinch slightly and step out from behind the desk to follow him. That is another one of the stupid things I've done. After all, curiosity and stupidity killed the cat.