Day 44: Sun Room (4th Shift)

[mizuhomaiden]

As soon as she had the chance, Sheena ninja'd herself out of the cafeteria and away from the conversation she'd been semi-forced to have. She probably could have just clammed up and told the boys to go away, but she'd kind of owed at least Endrance some kind of explanation. It wasn't everyday the embodiment of darkness pops up and delivers a

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[lostonlifesroad]

Lunch had been a pleasant distraction, and afterward, Kakashi intended to continue the theme by finally starting the book Jiraiya had given him. At least until Shikamaru was finished showering. The jounin couldn't help but hope that the ninja's trademark laziness might make him take a bit longer, but he also knew that he shouldn't count on it. When he chose to, even someone like Shikamaru could be incredible efficient, which didn't bode well for Kakashi's reading time

[toobothersome]

Normally, showers at the institute were of no concern to Shikamaru, who couldn't care less about naked people. Naked guys, anyway. Judging by the history in his village, seeing a naked girl would probably end in a concussion or broken bones, so he had to be a little more careful about that. Regardless, he preferred to get it over with as quickly as possible. He had work to do. There was a lot of work to do.

This time, though, rather then immediately head for the showers, he pressed his fingertips to the point where the base of his ribs met his abdomen, half-expecting tenderness or at least some kind of scar. There should be a mark. Something. Anything. Even if last night had been an illusion, it wasn't fair for his body to have forgotten everything so easily when it took almost all of his willpower to keep it at the furthest edge of his thoughts.

What happened to the memories of dead people?Shikamaru showered quickly under water nearly hot enough to scald his skin, then stepped into the relative chill of the changing room

[lostonlifesroad]

With neither pretense or preamble, Shikamaru fell into a seat and began talking almost the moment he arrived. Kakashi had been watching for the younger ninja, so he was aware of his approach, at least. But given how completely Shikamaru had avoided talking about his experience from the night before, it wasn't hard to guess what he was trying to keep out of the conversation now. He didn't have to worry so much though. Kakashi did plan on touching on the subject, but something Shikamaru had said on the bulletin struck the jounin. Kakashi wasn't going to force Shikamaru to talk about anything he didn't want to, but he also had a bit of advice for the chuunin as well

[toobothersome]

And Kakashi seemed to go right along with it. That was a relief. He settled deeper into the sofa and gave a quiet, comfortable sigh. "I do need to talk to Sakura, but it can wait until tomorrow. It sounds like a good plan." After all, it was Team Seven, and she could probably use some time with her team. "So does the commissioning

[lostonlifesroad]

Kakashi held his tongue when Shikamaru pulled out something for him to look at, since that naturally required him focusing on something other than his book. He'd continued to read throughout the conversation, having no need to stop thanks to his talents at observation. Now, however, he didn't have a choice, especially since Shikamaru had not only put the map outside of his range of vision, but was drawing on it as well

[toobothersome]

Before he'd even considered Kakashi's idea, Shikamaru flinched at the thought of knowing anything more about himself, fake or real or whatever. He'd had more than enough of himself for a while, and would be happy to never have to think of himself again. The flinch was brief, though, and he steeled himself to consider what Kakashi said from every possible angle. Shikamaru wasn't going to get any better at this not-acting-like-a-kid thing by running away