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Only a cruel person would do that Takane please I know you’re not cruel at heart I believe in you and your kindness.

Ehh, you must not know me very well. Kindness is only for people that deserve it and people that have earned it.

Takane doesn't even make a move to signify she's heard him speak, pencil tapping against the paper as she reads through the last problem. It wasn't that she didn't know it, she's been paying attention in her classes well enough to be considered.. average.. The point is she was doing fine and it didn't necessarily matter if Kuroha helped her or not, she was just trying to be difficult. Sort of.

Are you really going to leave this cute little snake without attention I mean look at him look at that face you’re killing him.

You're asking that like she couldn't and you damn well know that she could, don't test me.

And I'm pretty sure it's that way with all animals- good thing Kuroha wasn't actually a snake then, right?

But, now he was more attracted by the fact that the girl knew his name. Was it normal that people that he doesn’t know actually know his name? No, it can’t be possible, since they didn’t meet before…Konoha was a non-sense guy but at least thinking a bit he knows it’s not possible to someone that he didn’t meet before know his name-

Or they’ve met, but he forgot.

Really, that would be a obvious possibility, but who knows. Konoha just wonders, but he doesn’t actually know if it’s true. The fact that he would forgot someone easily…it makes he wonder things like ‘Have I met this person before?’ until he directly asks the person.

"Good, I'm glad you're okay, then.." Takane mumbles after a moment, scratching at the back of her head with a free hand. How do you answer something like that, though? Not like she hasn't reminded him who she was countless times, but still.

Ehh, what's another one.. or two.. or twenty. "Yeah, I'm Takane. I'm-- friends.. with your brothers. We've known each other for a while, but it's okay..-" a small sigh escapes before she can really help it, fingers clasping around the strap of the bag slung haphazardly over her shoulder as she shifts her weight from foot to foot.

It was stupid of him to believe anyone could just make her disappear, wipe her off the face of the Earth. But he had been scared. So, so scared.

But the gentle touch of her hand to his cheek made the fear ebb and wash away, slowly, like the tide going out. It reminded Kuroha that she was right here, solid, warm, alive. That Takane was here. And that she wasn’t going anywhere, at least not for a long time.

He couldn’t help but lean into her touch.

Aah, so troublesome.. if she ever found out who did this--

The feeling of the black haired male leaning into her hand (which, mind you, she hadn't exactly processed she'd lifted) pulls Takane from likely violent thoughts with a few blinks of brown eyes. She almost pulls her hand away from the other, in embarrassment more than anything else, but the fact that it calmed him down so much has her arm staying lifted.

His apologies earn another blink and then a sigh, head tilting off to the side somewhat. "You don't need to apologize, you know. It's not like you're doing anything bad.." the brunette mutters in response, free hand digging a handkerchief from her pocket with a little effort.

An employee?  Strange, she didn’t look familiar to Naoto.. However.. Perhaps in passing, a file had been skimmed earlier with information about the girl.  Instantly, she began tracing through files upon files of information within her head, trying to place the person in front of her.. It was unusual for Naoto to not know at least the name and face of new employees, yet the person was a mystery.

Could be worse.. probably...

The question makes Takane blink once before she perks up and nods a few times, scratching at her cheek with a finger lightly. "I started a little while ago.. and I'm not exactly familiar with anyone.." more like she knew one (1) person that worked here and they weren't exactly important.

The first bad thing a person would do when they are new in the city? Get lost. But that, miraculously, wasn’t Konoha’s case. Well, at least it didn’t seem to be- Konoha somehow already got his things done in his room- which even if it’s all done, it’s a messy room, since Konoha doesn’t have much sense of what he is doing.

Like now, since he is kind of a curious person, why would he stay inside his room, doing nothing? New things are certainly interesting, right? Right! And this city could leave it clear to Konoha that it wouldn’t decepcionate him- Well, for Konoha, most of the new places that he gets to know will always be interesting, and that was unfortunately because of the lack of knowledge. Not really unfortunately, honestly.

Looking here and there, a normal happening when you’re distracted while walking, of course Konoha would bump into someone. But when he looked at the shorter girl, he felt like he have already seen this person before. Which might be true, Konoha is a bit aware of his amnesia.

Takane could still swear that she was forgetting something, though. Ahh, how annoying, it was going to nag at her all day until she figured it out, too. Her expression was a little more sour than usual as she shuffled down the sidewalk, fingers wrapped around the straps of the bag hung carefully over her shoulder. It wasn't much of an issue to make her way through the somewhat busy boardwalk seeing as everyone sort of.. weaved around her. Not that you could blame them, though.

Given the look on Takane's face was literally anything but friendly. 

The sudden collision pulled the brunette from her thoughts with a small 'oof'; her face was exactly parallel to whoever's chest this was and that was literally ridiculous. How tall do you have to be--

"Ah." Well. This was a surprise-- Takane blinked a few times at the repetitive apologies, hands shifting her headphones around her neck carefully before they were held up a bit. "Konoha--? It's okay, it's fine, calm down.." What was he even doing here..?

It was getting late when the detective finally returned to the defense force building.  Naoto had ended up spending the day tying up some loose ends at school, home, as well as at what could be considered her other job, but as always, the day wasn’t complete until the detective returned to the building.  It was a bit surprising, upon entering, to see an unfamiliar face seated where the other secretary usually stayed posted.  The girl had her hair pulled up, and headphones over her ears, seemingly starting to doze off into a sleep.  Checking her watch, it was certainly past a decent time for everyone to have gone home.. So why was this girl still around?

It was definitely bad in the respect that she hadn't even noticed that it was time to leave. 

Takane jolts in surprise at the sudden voice, head lifting, brown eyes blinking a few times as she tries to focus. Ah.. they looked familiar.. "Eh?" Is the most intelligent she can manage in response at first, processing the question before shaking her head quickly (and sheepishly).