Apodyopis - The act of mentally undressing someone
╳ — 「 It’s been a long couple of days.
He hadn’t slept at all for over 24 hours, the solo mission he had been on requiring full attention at all times. It had been less than desirable, but these sort of things were what he’d have to get used to. It came with being a responsible shinobi, especially one who was able to be relied on solely for things like this. That didn’t exactly stop the heavy feeling in his limbs as he finally stopped in front of the gates of Konoha, the morning sun already high in the sky.
He was good at hiding his fatigue, at least, like he was good at hiding everything. It’d be unprofessional to display openly exactly how tired he was as he went to hand in the mission report,tone as cool as it always was. When Shino was finally dismissed, given only one last order before leaving, he had full intentions of delivering the message he’d been told to and then returning home to get some rest. An unfocused ninja is a ninja that fails, as they’ve been taught many times.And he was considerably a bit more unfocused than he’d prefer to be.
Finding the person in question was an easy task. His hangouts were known to most of his close acquaintances, more or less. This time of day, it would come as no surprise to find him there. Which, as it turns out, was the case. Grass shifting beneath his feet, the Aburame came to a stop as he hovered over his classmate’s prone form, eyes closed as his chest rose and fell slowly. Asleep, no doubt. Like he himself should be. For a few moments, glass-hidden eyes simply examine Shikamaru, gaze then flittering to his attire.
Sleeping in his flak jacket? An odd thing to do voluntary. They were good protection, easy to get used to wearing, but they were far from comfortable to be sleeping in.Far cry from the days before.Really, he would have expected to walk up here and see the jacket and shirt discarded, the other boy’s chest only covered in the fishnet shirt he seemed extremely fond of over the years, although there was no doubt it would be covering a more built expanse of skin—
Was he seriously imagining what he’d look like now without all those coverings? He really was sleep-deprived.Eyes diverting to the other’s face quickly, he cleared his throat and opened his mouth, a blunt wake-up call being the next thing to exit his lips.
No more wasting time. He needed to sleep sooner than he originally thought. 」
