Room 504, Monday Evening

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Ino lay sprawled out on her bed, hair down, with a blanket wrapped around her shoulders. She was staring moodily at the rest of her room and wondering if she ought to go over her class notes for Thursday just to make sure she hadn't forgotten anything.

They were over on the desk somewhere though and she didn't feel like getting up to find them. None of her other books were interesting tonight and looking at the scrolls from home only made her cranky.

Oh, what to do?

Maybe someone would come and distract her? Her door was wide open. Ino eyed it with vague hope.

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"It was just a pillow." Ino muttered, already calculating how long it would take her to go and buy a pillow tomorrow. Then she blinked. "Oh, that's right! What do I owe you for that?"

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Kabuto shrugged. "I haven't figured it out, yet. But thank you for remembering." He smiled brightly. "You're wonderfully honest sometimes."

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Ino blinked and his smile made her frown at him. "I wasn't going to forget! You did me a favour, and you're supposed to repay those."

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"I'd say you could buy me dinner this weekend and we could go on our 'date' so you can wear your dress, but..." Kabuto smiled secretively. "I might not be here this weekend. It's better not to plan things if I'm not certain I'll even be around."

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"You're not going to be around?" Ino asked, "Why not?"

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"I might be going home for the weekend," Kabuto explained. "So I'm not absolutely certain if I'll be here or not."

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"Oh." It was stupid to be disappointed that he might not be around right? Ino's eyes narrowed, "You're going off to get hurt again, aren't you. If you go?"

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Kabuto raised his eyebrows. "Doesn't that come with the territory of being a ninja?"

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"Missions are one thing." Ino sniffed, "What you were getting up to on the weekend is entirely different."

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"What was I getting up to on the weekend?" Kabuto asked innocently. "I really don't know where your mind leads you, Ino-san."

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Ino poked him in the chest. "You know what I mean!" She wasn't blushing, nuh huh.

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"No, actually, I don't. I was working on some techniques this weekend." He smiled, conveniently not mentioning what sort of techniques.

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"I don't believe you!" Ino was getting upset, "He was hurting you and you were happy with that!"

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"Why are you so upset?" Kabuto asked, walking over to her and leaning down to look into her eyes. "Are you worried about me, Ino-san?"

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"Maybe I am!" Ino snapped turning around and refusing to look at him, "Just a bit! And no, I don't know why, because you're a total jerk most of the time!"

Her face flamed. She was an idiot right? It was ridiculous to be stupid enough to care about what Kabuto got up to.

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Kabuto smiled, letting her turn away. "It's sweet. You're a very good person, Ino-san." He rested a hand on the top of her head, then stood up straight and took a step back.

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"It's not sweet. It's stupid." Ino muttered, "And you're probably laughing inside your head about how silly little leaf-nins are and right now I can't even disagree."

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"Don't pretend to understand what goes on in my head, Ino. You're much safer that way." Kabuto turned his back on her, walking to the doorway again. "I'm not laughing at you, however."

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Ino ducked her head, peeking at his back from behind a curtain of hair, "You're not?"

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"No, I'm not." Kabuto shook his head. "I'm not that easy to predict, you know." He smiled, looking at her with an unreadable look in his glasses-shielded eyes. "The world needs good people. Like you and Naruto-kun."

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She frowned, that didn't really make her feel better. "You don't like Naruto."