"Alright Kisame," Suikazan looked at his wristwatch, "it's 12:14, so why don't you take a little break?"
Kisame looked up from the car hood he was examining. "A break? The engine shouldn't take much longer to fix, I mean, all I gotta do is—" He attempted to say when Suikazan threw the morning's paper at him. The wad of newsprint hit Kisame's shoulder and fell to the floor in a messy pile.
"Idiot. I know that the job won't take much longer, but it's the only job we've got and you're not going to loaf around all day. Do something productive." Suikazan grunted.
Kisame knew better than to argue with Suikazan and instead collected the scattered papers on the floor. With the wad of crumpled newspaper under his arm, he grabbed his soda can from the work bench and headed for Suikazan's office to read the paper.
Once he reached the office, he sat his drink of the desk, dropping a portion of the paper out from underneath his arm. "Damn Suikazan." He grumbled and leaned over to pick up the piece that had fallen onto the floor when he noticed an ad requesting a roommate. "Suikazan!" Kisame called out to his boss.
"What?" Suikazan yelled from the garage. "Aren't you supposed to be on your break?"
"Yeah, but," Kisame said, standing up to show Suikazan the paper instead of yelling across the shop, "I wanted to ask you something." He continued when he was standing beside him.
Suikazan squinted and tilted his head backwards to see it better. "What is it?"
"It's a roommate ad." Kisame stated obviously. Suikazan was still squinting as though trying to read what it said. "Is this why you gave me the paper? Because there was a roommate ad in it?"
"No…I just threw the paper at you because I thought reading it would make you take a longer break. That's all." He explained and continued doing the job that Kisame was previously working on.
Kisame turned the paper around and re-read the ad, smiling to himself. "This way, I'll be out of your hair before the shop even closes, if all goes well."
"That's nice, Kisame, but if memory serves, you're still on break." Suikazan reminded him.
Confused as to why he didn't seem to share his surprise, Kisame attempted to explain "Yeah, but—"
"It's fine and dandy that you got the job making sandwiches, but if you don't find a place to live soon, you're living on the street beside the sandwich shop." He said. "So instead of spending your break blabbering to me, maybe you should be making some phone calls."
Kisame quickly nodded and backed away, still reading the newspaper, before turning around and jogging back to the office to make the call. Thanks Suikazan!" He called behind him, already dialing the contact number listed in the ad.
"Quit your yappin' and make some phone calls, Kisame! Geez."
Things are looking up for Kisame-san!
And I really like Suikazan's character...just sayin'.
Until next time!
~Sasori33-001
PS Prepare for sibling drama in the next chapter; it's a doozy!