Kuro sits there intently watching the approaching hands, muscles beginning to twitch in readiness to leap away the moment she came close enough. He really did not understand the overwhelming need to pet a cat the moment someone lays eyes on them completely ignoring that he, too, experiences the same yearning. Thanks for passing that onto him, Shiro.

“I -- hey, wait, kitty come back here!” Rin desperately wanted to call one of her own cats to try and convince this one to stay, but she didn’t need summons just to be able to get to a cat.

In theory.

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🐺 Growl at my muse

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💧 Wipe away my muse’s tears

Of all people, Rin would be one of the first to tell anyone that shinobi didn’t keep steady hours. They had missions going all the time, and even if they weren’t medinin like she was, there was always a chance they’d need to do something that would keep them later than expected. It was just a part of life.

But as the hours ticked by, and Shisui didn’t return home, she felt a clenching in her chest that had nothing to do with the new life she carried within. She couldn’t pull herself away from watching out the front door, watching for either one of Shisui’s crows to appear, or for Shisui himself to come walking along like nothing had happened.

By the time she could see him coming down the street, there were tears steadily pouring down her cheeks, her eyes red as she quickly pushed the door open and ran out, heedless of the fact she was barefoot, practically throwing herself at him, his arms reaching out to hold her close despite (or perhaps because of) the bump that was growing around her middle.

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🌸 Put a flower in my muse’s hair

They might be training her, teaching the young girl how to work as something akin to a medical ninja without the fighting, but sometimes kids needed time to be kids. At the Academy, they were let out to exercise and that was often a way for them to let their childish needs be met.

At the hospital? There wasn’t quite the same thing.

So despite it being cool, and the fact they needed to resume training soon, Rin had pulled Ryuu outside and was letting her run around like children really needed to grow up well, her own eyes shut and enjoying being in the sun when suddenly there were small fingers tangling in her hair. Opening her eyes, she looked up from where she sat on the ground to find Ryuu putting a flower in her hair.

    …well, she should have known there’d be no hiding it from another medic. Having lurched to a stop, Ryū turns around with a lip bitten sheepishly. “I, uh…” Sigh. “…about…eight weeks or so.”

    Which…is obviously a huge problem. “Just…don’t, uh…don’t…mention it to anyone…? It’s…not common knowledge.” She hasn’t even worked up the nerve to tell Manami yet. Hands wring anxiously. The anxiety of Fugaku finding out is about to give her a premature heart attack. Once he finds out Itachi’s not only slept out of wedlock, but with someone who’s not a blood Uchiha…heads will roll.

    “…I dunno what to do!” she finally blurts, facade quickly crumbling as she finds herself finally with an outlet. After all, there’s almost no need for Rin to put two and two together: she knows who the second party is without a doubt. And as scared as Ryū might be, there’s no one else - she’s well-aware - who knows that near-exact scenario like Rin does. She’s got just as much reason, if not more, to be wary of the clan head.

    “…I want to be excited, but…all I feel is scared…!”

Rin had hoped she might be wrong -- or that Ryuu was excited, because Rin herself was excited about her own pregnancy, and knowing that someone else she loved and cared for was going through the same thing? Was oddly reassuring.

But the way Ryuu had reacted was far from what she had hoped for -- more along the lines of what she had feared, her heart breaking the more Ryuu spoke, her hands reaching out to gently grasp Ryuu and pull her into a hug.

“I won’t tell anyone, but you should likely see a specialist soon, imouto. You need to try to be as calm as you can for yourself and the baby, okay? Right now is a tricky time for both of you, but I know you can do this, okay?” She gives Ryuu a smile, gently squeezing her as best as her own slowly growing belly would allow. “Just because we’re both medics, doesn’t mean we know everything there is to know about life growing within. That’s why people specialize”

She takes a breath before pulling away slightly, her hands reaching up to cup the sides of Ryuu’s face, thumbs gently rubbing over her cheeks. “I’m going to help you with Fugaku, okay? We’ll make this work, and...you love him, don’t you?”

    There’s a pause, Shisui glancing over with comically-wide eyes before scrambling to his feet. “W-wait, really? Hold on, just lemme -”

    He scrambles over some furniture (nearly biffing it in the process - a graceful shinobi indeed) before coming to a sliding stop, hands hovering for a moment as he glances to Rin for permission first before letting them rest atop the swell of her middle.

    For a long moment, there’s nothing. He’s almost ready to give up, expression wilted, before there’s pressure against a palm.

    If his eyes were round before, they’re astronomical now.

    There’s still times where it hasn’t really…sunk in yet. That there’s a tiny human inside another human. That’s…partly his fault doing. The other responsible party being…Rin, of course.

    This is one of those moments where it feels all too real.

    There’s a few more half-hearted shoves of a limb before they go quiet, and Shisui glances up from his bent-over position to look at Rin with a childlike expression of awe. “…guess they’re really in there, huh?” A blink, and then he breaks out into the biggest grin and burst of laughter.

    “…holy shit!”

Rin was amused as Shisui nearly hurt himself just to get over to where she was standing, giving a small nod to him, allowing him to press a hand against her belly. “I wouldn’t tell you about them kicking if I didn’t want you to come feel, Shisui.”

She was happy about what was to come, but she was afraid as well. The world was terrifying, and their lives were far from secure, but she was still excited to start this life with Shuisi.

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