Room 504, Saturday Evening

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After a handwavy day of training that had left her tired and achy, but in a good mood, Ino was sprawled out on her bed, hair still damp from a shower, and making faces at the latest book she was attempting to read. For something that had the word 'basic' in its title... it wasn't very basic at all.

And the dictionary she was flipping through only helped so much. Geez. She considered writing to the author and complaining about false advertising.

Or maybe she'd just fling it at the wall. The thunk it made was very satisfying.

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"I'd love to," her lips twitched, "I paid for the book after all, and there's still a lot that needs to be explained."

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"All right. Just not right now, since you obviously aren't going to be able to focus on it." Kabuto smirked.

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She tugged at his hair in retaliation, "I could focus just fine." Ino said loftily, "I just choose not to."

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"Right." Kabuto chuckled, dropping the book to the floor with a soft thud. "Whatever you say, Ino-san."

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Her eyes brightened with amusement, "Thought I wasn't supposed to treat books like that? Something about respect for them, so why do you get to do it?"

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"I'm careful about it. I never drop it in a way that would make it land wrong." Kabuto? Yeah, he was a little weird.

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"You're so weird sometimes," Ino told him, almost fondly, "they don't have feelings."

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"No, but they can be damaged. And books are harder to repair than something living." He was very matter-of-fact about it.

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That caught her interest, "Are the really?" Ino asked, "I would have thought it was the other way around?"

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"Not for me." Kabuto shrugged. "Medical ninja and all that, I suppose."

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She leaned over to lightly kiss his cheek, "Makes sense now that you mention it. I just never thought of that before."

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Kabuto smirked. "I can heal without a scar, but I can't mend a page without tape, or at least a crease. Does that mean I'm strange, that I don't like my books to have scars?"

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"You are strange," Ino said agreeably, "but all things considered that's one of the lesser strange things about you."

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"I'm not that strange," Kabuto countered, pulling her right up against him and keeping his arms around her. "I know stranger."

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This was... really comfortable. Ino relaxed easily and rested her head on him, "I'm sure you do," she agreed, "considering who visited you for Parents Weekend and all."

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"He's not strange," Kabuto insisted. "Sasori is much, much stranger."

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Ino tilted her head to look up at him, "Who is Sasori?"

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"Sasori is a member of the Akatsuki...you'll learn more about them in the future." Kabuto shook his head. "He's...well, he's strange."

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"You could tell me more now though... unless it'll mess up my future directly, right?" Ino prodded, "How is he strange?"

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"He's a puppet master," Kabuto told her, his voice growing somewhat colder. "I'd rather not go into details, if you don't mind."

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Puppet master? Ino considered that. Most of them traditionally came from Suna if she recalled right...

She shivered slightly at the chill in his voice and her voice, when she spoke, was deliberately pitched to be soothing. "We can talk about something else then." Ino flailed for a topic. "What's your favourite time of the day?"

Well, that was random.

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That really was random. It took Kabuto by surprise. "Um? I'm kind of a morning person, but I like night as well, I suppose. They're quieter times."

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Hey, at least he wasn't talking in that chill sort of voice anymore. Ino counted that as a win. "You don't really like socializing?" A pause. "Doesn't that make gathering information difficult at times?"

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"It's better for my work," Kabuto said, shrugging slightly. "Being interrupted makes it take that much longer to get something done."

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That made her frown slightly. "So do you like the quiet because of your work?" 'Cause that seemed kinda like... he had nothing but work. "Or for some other reason?"