[center][h1][color=Gold]Akio Tendou[/color][/h1][/center]

Akio turned around to see that Yamato was in fact going on what appeared to be a date with some girl she'd never seen before. She didn't know what shocked her more: that anyone would want to be with such a jackass or that he would get with anyone. It was a curious scene, but since Akio gave zero fucks about anything Yamato did in his off time, she merely shrugged and chose not to comment on it.

When Aoi showed her the text she was sending, Akio chuckled a bit. 

"He's probably going to tell you to fuck off or something, if he even bothers to open it." Akio went back to eating her ramen, feeling a bit more relaxed than before. She had just finished the noodles and was in the middle ofndrinkung the broth(health consequences be dammed, that was the best part), when  the clown girl suddenly started asking about her love life. It seemed to be a bit of an out of the blue question, and again caused her to choke a bit on her meal. [i]If this keeps up, I might from all of her 'surprises'.[/i]

Once she had recovered, she took a moment to think about it. "Can't say I like anyone in particular, never been the crushing type and I've been too focused on my training to give boys much thought. My br-, I mean, someone I knew told me that I should focus on my career before I try and get into any relationships. I was really young, so I didn't understand what he meant until I became a genin." Akio's expression had taken on a slightly disheartened look as she spoke, but she quickly shook it off and gave Aoi a small grin. She didn't want to spoil the day by thinking about [i]him[/i] right now, or the hell that was trying to live on a Genin's wage by herself."Who knows, I might not even be into guys, it's just something I've never really thought about, ya know."

After her declaration, Akio decided to take up Aoi's wordless offer by taking one of her pieces of Sushi, popping it in her mouth with a satiafied moan of delight. It had been awhile since she had eaten anything that wasn't ramen, as money had been tight until her recent promotion. Now that she was a chunin, she could probably started to spend more freely after a few more missions, plus she now had complete access to her family funds, so she could survive any surprise financial problems for a while if such things occured.

"So, do you like anybody?" She felt the need to again rebound the question, partially because she was curious, partially because she couldn.t come up with another topic. Still, Akio was ferling rather good about herself so far, the nervousness from earlier seeming to have slipped away. She was enjoying talking to someone her own age for a change and was able to relax and open up a bit more. She was sure that Aoi's wacky personality had something to do with it, as it was hard not to feel at ease around her. "Is there anyone who makes your harlequin heart race?"

[@Savato]