EasilyAmused

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Skyworld (Sanquin / EasilyAmused)

I’m sure you’ll find someone.
-hugs-
Don’t worry!
-smiles-

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Happy late birthday!!! I hope you did something fun!
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And I feel you about work taking up a lot of time.
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Did you get to do anything for your birthday?

Skyworld (Sanquin / EasilyAmused)

When he said he wanted the coordinates she nodded and reached into her pocket pulling out a slip of paper. “Here you are.” She said as she handed him the paper. However his comment about wanting to know what eh plan was because he wanted in made her roll her eyes rather dramatically. “Fly in, park, wait, fly out. Simple.” She said with a shrug to her small shoulders as he took a seat and the fox came down the stairs.

A genuine smiled across her face seeing the little creature. Her attention pulled from her job as she watched him tilt his head to one side, she mimicked its head tilt as a mirrored image as she gave it a grin. She had always had a weakness for animals. They were adorable, cuddly, innocent, loyal and talented; things that a lot of people genuinely lacked in this day and age. A few questions ran through her mind before she found herself more compelled to ask.

“How old is he? How did you meet Peanut?” As the fox chirped the young girl mimicked the sound almost perfectly on her first try. He seemed like a gentle creature but she wasn’t going to go out of her way to offer it her hand. Peanut was Jacob’s partner not hers; it would be rude to approach the animal without the okay of the owner. For now, Rei seemed to mimic the fox’s movements with a smile.

Inside the Hidden Leaf Village. |Shifter_Master & EasilyAmused|

A look of disappointment didn’t have time to make it onto her face because he said he would crush the sugar. A beaming smile moved across her face as gave the countertop a quick clean and stepped back to allow him to have access to the countertop.

It may not seem like much to him but for anyone outside of his skillset, watching him do something as tedious as turning sugar into powder was like watching art happen. Half of the time she was looking at his face, watching his eye flicker back and forth as he worked and the other half of the time she watched his hands work the materials he needed in order to complete his task. He was so fluid it was almost graceful and majestic to watch him work. At one point she was actually leaning in to watch his movements before she jerked herself back upright and muttered a small embarrassed apology before she gave him a bit more room to work.

Then her gaze moved to his face once more. The conversation with Naruto played quickly through her head. Did he really seem like a ‘weight’ had be lessened when he was around her? Was what Akino pushing for the same weight? What about his time at the graveyard? That seemed pretty heavy, much less asking to die. Maybe the loss of someone is weighing so much on him that he just feels like life is better to be ended. A wave of sadness moved over her as she practically convinced herself to be sad. Shaking her head slightly she stepped around him and as he wrapped up his crushing of the sugar. The blonde stepped up behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist, a gentle hug from behind.

A small sigh left her as she rested her head against his back. She couldn’t get herself to say anything because she didn’t want to him to be sad but she always didn’t want to assume she knew what the problem was. He was a man of many mysteries and figuring him out would be impossible so if he wanted to tell her, she wanted to make it clear she would listen and that she was here for him. And the only way she could convey all of that through her hug from behind him, even as her grip tightened just a bit, a bit to say she really did care about him.

Letting him go she stepped to the oven and open it to pull out the well rounded baked cinnamon rolls. “Alright. Now for the glaze!” Her tone was back to normal and she seemed happy once again. It only took her a few minutes to get the glaze how she wanted it between her laughter over the fact that he was covered in sugar and she was covered in flower. “We are quite the pair!” Her laugh rang through the kitchen as she glazed the two cinnamon rolls and handed him his plated neatly.

“Let’s eat!”

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Team seven were chatting among themselves as they headed towards the training grounds for a light practice before calling it a full day and returning to their respective homes. The kids, however, continued to badger Kakashi for information of what happened when he vanished, the ‘kids’ mainly being Naruto.

“Come on Sensei just tell us what happened!” Onto his six round of begging for information, he was practically pulling on the clone in an attempt to get anything he could out of the man. “How many were there? How many did you take out? What happened? Why was she taken? Was there more than just her? Tell me tell me tell m…” His last beg was cut off as a wail seemed to echo from the road and a cloud of dust seemed to be traveling towards them. “What the…?”

As Naturo’s head tilted to the side, the cloud of dust came into view as Guy seemed to be bolting in their direction, his wail soon became words, “AIRI WHERE ARE YOU ARE YOU OKAY?!” Guy’s trail of tears seemed to cut off as he realized he nearly ran into Kakashi and his group.

“Calm down Guy-Sensei.” Sakura said softly in an attempt to calm down the now halted man. “Miss Mae is just fine.” However before she could continue…

“Yeah she’s sleeping at Kakashi-Sensei’s house right now. Probably had a rough night what with being kidnapped and all…”

Skyworld (Sanquin / EasilyAmused)

I'm alive!
-dances in-
I've been seeing a guy and he's been pleasantly taking up a lot of my time.
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I'm still interested in doing this, I'm making time this week to do responses.
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-nods-
How have you been?

Inside the Hidden Leaf Village. |Shifter_Master & EasilyAmused|

Akino seemed to be quite a pest about whatever the situation was he wanted Kakashi to overcome. Or maybe he was just looking for something to say ‘I told you so’; this could also be a factor towards the older dog pushing for… whatever reason. A small giggle left her as she pulled out the flour she had found. “Something tells me he might not just think it’s a good idea, he might also be looking for the ability to say “I told you so”. Everyone loves the ability to do that and I’m sure he’s no exception.” A shrug rose and fell her small shoulders as she put the flour on the counter and gathered up a few more things.

“I’m sure whatever he’s trying to get you to do come from a place of caring and best intentions.” She began, obviously knowing nothing about the situation at hand as she finished getting the supplies and began to stir everything together. “I bet you’ve already thought over, whatever it is, seventeen times and thought of twenty different outcomes but, maybe Akino sees a positive outcome like a few of your twenty possibilities would be. It’s worth a shot right?” Looking over her shoulder at him as she mixed the dough by hand she shot him a bright cheery smile. “And if I can help just let me know. You’re important to me to and I want to help when and where I can.” Her earnest and true voice filled the room as she finished stirring and dropped the dough onto the floured counter top.

As skilled baker, she had the cinnamon rolls ready and slid them in a plan into the pre-heated oven before kicking the door shut with her foot. “Okay…” Her gaze moved around the kitchen as she took a step back and placed her hands on her hips… covering her shit in flour. It wasn’t until her hands made contact with her shirt and she realized what she had done. “Ugh…” She muttered softly. Her blue eyes shifted downwards to see she had, in fact, covered almost her entire sides in flour and despite her skills, she was still had splatters of flower and cinnamon. And this is why she wore an apron. “Go figure.” A small laugh left her, it wasn’t a big deal to her, in fact she seemed to find it funny.

Her attention moved back to the kitchen, the only thing she couldn’t find was the confectioner’s sugar. “Do you have any powdered sugar?” She questioned as she looked over her shoulder at Kakashi with a smile. “Or can you crush sugar into powder? That would work too.” Of course the giggle in her voice said she was joking about that.

What wasn’t a joke was Might Guy flying into a panic. “What? What do you mean Airi was kidnapped?!” His explosion of worry and stress filled the room as he nearly began to panic before the Hokage stopped him.

“Miss Mae is has been brought back to the Hidden Leaf Village and is safe.”

“I have to go see her, I have to find her, I have to make sure she’s okay!” He called out before sprinting out of the office.

Inside the Hidden Leaf Village. |Shifter_Master & EasilyAmused|

A small sigh of relief left her as she relaxed above him. Thank goodness that did not sound like a fun way to start her morning. Seeing his movement, she followed suit, getting up out of the bed and standing upright stretching her arms to the sky. “You’d be crazy to refuse my baking. I might think you were sick or maybe hit on the head.” A giggle left her as she made it clear she was simply kidding before she rubbed her eyes in a sleepy fashion and let the way out of the bedroom.

Listening to his explanation about possibly not having the things in order to make the glaze she nodded as she yawned. Running a hand through her blonde hair the two rounded the corner to see the older dog in glasses sitting by the back door. “Good morning.” She greeted politely as she gave him a gentle smile and gave him a small head bow. “Thank you for your help last night. I hope the guy didn’t give you too much trouble.”

The dog responded with a simple but polite nod before Airi started towards the kitchen; however the exchange made her stop. Her head turned to watch Akino respond with a simple statement of holding him to it. A thin blonde eyebrow raised in surprise. Her gaze shot back to Kakashi as he approached her and she ventured further into the kitchen.

“Cinnamon rolls yes, but that’s going on after breakfast?” Her question seemed an innocent one, almost filled with concern. Did the messenger bird already arrive? Was he being summoned? Oh god was he going to be the one to interrogate the one left alive? Man… wouldn’t want to be anywhere near that room during that discussion. She began to go through his cabinets and gathering the supplies she needed to start making the dough.

Inside the Hidden Leaf Village. |Shifter_Master & EasilyAmused|

Airi’s head turned to look at the door as he turned to look. Something was being said about training from the loudmouth blonde as the door shut with a click indicating that the individuals had left. A small sigh of relief left her. The last thing she wanted was to get caught in his bed because that could easily give off the wrong impression. She had just crawled in simply because she was exhausted from the night before… right?

Her head turned back to look down at the man who had become her pillow for the time being as she folding her arms onto his chest and pouted softly. “I’m going to have to repeat the story a dozen times once I return to the shop, please don’t make me do that here.” While she was a citizen within the village, she was the only one conscious during the movements so maybe she would likely be pressed for information even though she didn’t have any.

“I bet you have everything I need to make cinnamon rolls, can I bake instead of talking about the kidnapping?” Her bottom lip stuck out in a little pout as she batted her deep blue eyes in an attempt to get her way.