#dattebanished

( * blame your clone @dattebanished for allowing hinata's once gentle, soft personality to harden &agree to things she doesn't know she's agreeing too!! 🫠🫠🫠

oh no! shino has caught wind of this! " i-i promise i won't eat them, shino-kun! i was just .. joking .. that's all! ——the last thing i'd want to do is make you sad."

would u still lov me if i purposely lost a fight to a dictator was a worm 🥺🥺🥺

totally serious from @dattebanished

aggressively pouts at @dattebanished——

[ from @dattebanished :'> ]

growing closer. prompts for characters getting to know each other.

fingertips ghost over the soft hollowness of her eyes. are the shadows that noticeable? its true, she has seen better days. even if she was to look in a mirror now, some parts of her would feel unrecognizable. what does he see? dragged into war a rabbit-hearted girl, spit out a lioness of a woman ravaged by grief. the ache from loss after loss weaved within her bones, taking root in the cracks of a broken heart.

" .. sometimes i don't. " whether by flashbacks turned into nightmares or her mind awake, stricken with thought and guilt, there are nights where the clan head finds herself in quiet solitude and the urge to sleep slips away. " sometimes its too hard to. "

@dattebanished kinda plotted starter

Smoke floated in the air, together with the singing of a woman on the stage. Men and women on tables and cushioned seats enjoyed the relief from life’s hardships with drugs and beautiful company. Gambling away their lives and coins on tables, where the casino always won in the end. And in the middle of it all was Kaoru. Long cherry blossom hair fell more freely over his shoulders than when he was at home. Tied together only at the very end so as not to get in the way too much. Robe falling half over one shoulder, revealing slender neck and carved collarbones. Chatting away with the guests from behind the bar. Leaning on the counter to give them the attention they wanted, between mixing the drinks that stung the tongue while being addictively sweet simultaneously.

His face hid the fact that he’d rather be a few borders away in a small cafe and paint cute animals. But a person like that would not be at a seedy place like this. Though occasional glimpses served a purpose. Gap moe, some of the female guests called it.

Right now, most of his attention was not on the guests before him, but on the man that he saw in the corner of his eye. Blonde, blue eyes, and those marks on his face that had not become a fashion statement — what was HE doing here? Although they had never spoken, his identity was unmistakable, especially for a Konoha native. And even less as Sakura’s brother.

He tapped the counter as he leaned back again, with the most disarming smile. ❝ I apologize, ladies. I need to greet the other guests too, or else they might go thirsty, and we cannot have that, can we? ❞ The women chuckled, giving their agreement, but their gazes followed Kaoru even as he walked over to the one who had been staring at him.

❝ I must disappoint you, I am not on the menu — at least not today, ❞ a wink and grin as he tilted his head. ❝ So, what can I make for you? While you tell me why you are staring at me like you are seeing a Fata Morgana, hmm? ❞

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His reaction tickles her in a way that makes a laugh burst forth from her lips. She tries to stifle it with a hand, but it is no use. She is amused by this mortal. One who was so easily swayed by her beauty, but has no desire to be seen as an object or something to be owned.

She liked this mortal. So much for than the little spitting black kitten she had the displeasure of meeting beforehand. It was baffling how these two could have ever been friends.

❝ Hahahaha, yes. I suppose you're right! My apologies, dear boy. I shouldn't be carelessly landing my hands on others, should I? ❞

Her hand hovering over her lips curl into a fist, resting against her chin as she eyes him from head to toe, like she were analyzing or even scrutinizing him. She could have fun with this one, she decides.