[A cough jars the feed, starting it up in a careless, long swooping panoramic view of the area. It records at Sasuke's wrist and catches whatever it's facing when he lifts an arm to scrub back through his hair. Bandages trail the edge of the feed. Sasuke's arms are bound from fingers to elbow, both of them, and bleeding through in places from some
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Give me fifteen minutes.
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[He speaks so carefully, each syllable formed before he voices it. He's not going to start slurring his speech like a common drunk. He's an Uchiha, damn it.]
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He goes extra slow so it's twenty minutes before he finally gets there. Shuffling and dragging his feet. He's got a backpack with him: water bottles, aspirin, and a blanket. Oh he's set to be here for a while.]
...Hey.
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[They haven't moved from that same spot, in all the time it took Shikamaru to reach them. The house looks like as pathetic in person as it did on screen. Some rubble's been shifted around where Itachi's bedroom used to be, and there's a few discarded pill bottle sand an inhaler in a trash-bag near their bottle.
The bottle's only half empty, but it doesn't take much. He has no idea what the hell it is but it's strong.
Itachi's snoring into his sleeve. He doesn't seem to mind, and shifts only as far as it takes to offer the bottle to their new arrival.]
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Back to Sasuke, shaking his head.]
No thanks. It's all yours.
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No, still asleep. Good.]
Suit yourself.
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Friend of yours, Sasuke?
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Dunno...
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Not an enemy, at least.
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I'm glad to hear that... I imagine you know who I am. What's your name?
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Shikamaru... Nara Shikamaru.
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[It's Sasuke who breaks the awkward stillness between the three. He stretches and cracks his neck, then gestures at a spot close-by with a not-quite-smirk.]
's fine. Shikamaru was in my class. Supposedly he and I ranked about the same as genin.
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[Not as pretty a speech as he might have managed on another day, but sincere]
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How long have you two been out here like this?
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