[Hokage] Terukawa

Half an hour later, Kakashi and I walked out of the swordsmith's shop with a new knife in our hearts in confusion. The expression on my face must have been wonderful to a certain extent - this is from the analysis of Kakashi's eyes looking at me in conclusion.He raised his eyebrows slightly as if he was expecting a good show, but at the same time, I noticed some other kind of look in the depths of his eyes.

My fingers rubbed against the black scabbard, and the frosted texture rubbed against my fingertips and palms.It becomes a little warmer and a little moister because of my body temperature, which are two completely different extremes from its inside - I have seen it just now when I was in the knifesmith's shop. The chill on my face is really fresh in my memory, and it's really fascinating.

...but this is too expensive.

...But I also know that I can't refuse it, let alone refuse it.

I turned my head to look at Kakashi——very well, Kakashi, who was also holding a new sword, was also observing me, although this was completely in my expectation, but he didn't think it violated his usual Has the style since then made me look a little blatant?

I met Kakashi's gaze, and his gaze never evaded.So after a while, I pursed my lips and moved my eyes away first, and said, "This is too expensive."

"I expected you to say that a long time ago, but fortunately I owe you a little bit of encouragement," Kakashi who was walking beside him said flatly, "so you can take this as my compensation, It doesn't matter if it's expensive or not."

"Compensation?" I frowned, "You don't owe me anything, so where does the compensation come from?"

"It was I who broke your knife, and the knife was broken right in front of your eyes. You don't remember, do you?"

"Broken sword? Broken sword—" After repeating it no more than twice, I suddenly realized, "Is it the time of Mitsuo? But the sword was broken, but it was just Anbe's standard ninja sword, and this—"

I raised my hand and shook the new knife in my hand, letting the metallic sheath collide with the scabbard.

"And this is completely two concepts!"

Kakashi clicked his tongue, and said impatiently: "I folded that knife, and I made this knife. I think it's a concept and it's a concept. I think it's worth it. Anyway, I'm returning this knife." If it’s given to you, you have to take it if you don’t.”

"..." Why did he suddenly have a strange sense of a domineering president.

I was speechless for a while, and I stared at Kakashi - this time I didn't look away first, and neither did Kakashi.The long staring at each other did render the air around us stagnant and even a little awkward, but... I did see more things in his eyes through this.

It was that little bit more that in a matter of minutes reversed my mind from trying to struggle.

Why bother?

"...Then I won't talk nonsense. Kakashi, I have received your wish."

I was silent for a while, and finally turned the wrist of the hand holding the knife, and in the blink of an eye, the vibrating knife hung firmly behind my waist.My fingers are loosely held under the scabbard, and with a push of my thumb, Han Tiezhihan can be freed from the shackles of the scabbard.

Kakashi didn't seem to expect that I would suddenly become crisp.His exposed eyes widened slightly, but then they shone brightly, and an obvious smile appeared on his half-covered face, but before I could take a closer look, that rare smile disappeared.

...he doesn't smile much.

I think.

Just missed it...it's a pity.

"Like it?" he asked.When he spoke, his brows were slightly raised, and for some reason, I could read a little bit of complacency from it.

I paused, then shifted my gaze away from his face, and continued: "I like it, who doesn't like a good knife? It's just..."

"only?"

"It's just that I'm curious," I tapped the hard scabbard lightly with the knuckles of my fingers, "Like this time, you need a suitable opportunity to hand over this knife to me, so if I Having rejected your invitation to be a colleague, what will you do next?"

——It must be admitted that I didn’t say this very carefully. This kind of words could easily convey an offense similar to “I’ve seen you through” to Kakashi, but it was too late ——When I began to reconsider my words, Kakashi paused a little, and turned his head to look at me with a subtle look.

However, his attitude changed very quickly - after a few seconds of sizing up, he said lightly, "You won't refuse."

— This time it was my turn to stop.

I stopped and turned to look at him, and he stopped half a step and turned to look at me, the air between the two of us was strangely quiet at this moment.The warm and humid water vaporized into a curl of white mist that lingered between him and me, and it was impossible to distinguish between him and me when it was hazy.

I stared at him—and after the initial surprise, I couldn't tell what I was feeling for a moment.

"...Is it because it's a knifesmith's shop?" I asked.

"Ah... After all, you want me to continue to use my own knife, don't you? You're almost writing this on your face, so I thought, whether it's on the way or not, you will never miss this trip .”

Kakashi's tone was relaxed, he didn't give a direct answer, but it was no different from a positive answer.I clearly saw him raise his eyebrows, and his blue eyes looked straight at him. For a moment, I felt like the hazy water vapor between us, and I was easily seen through.

... What the hell, just now I was wondering if I would offend him by speaking without thinking, but looking at it now, I am clearly the one who was seen through and offended!

I raised my hand to cover my face—and by the way, to block his direct gaze. Finally, I wiped my face and said depressedly: "Just tell me so directly that you have seen me through, and you won't be afraid that I will become angry from embarrassment." mad at you?"

Kakashi: "Is this still called direct?"

"Isn't that called direct?"

"Okay, so are you mad at me then?"

"..." I paused, then clicked my tongue, "That's not true."

"Oh, I knew you wouldn't get angry with me because of this," he laughed, his eyes narrowed into crescent moons when he saw me who stopped suddenly, "—this is called being direct now."

...Listen, what are you talking about!

I paused, turned my eyes and saw that Kakashi was squinting at me, and immediately pulled out a fake smile that couldn't be more fake, gritted my teeth and said, "Then I'll ask you again— — Do you think I will get angry with you now?"

"Ahem... I don't know this time."

Kakashi cleared his throat with a light cough twice, and regained his straight face—this made him look much more normal.

"But... before that, I have one more question."

I stopped and said, "Say it."

Kakashi didn't answer immediately - he just moved his eyes away, looked at the sky, the ground, the snow and the trees, but he didn't look at me, then lowered his head and touched the bridge of his nose, showing a very cautious and uneasy look, It looked so... so contrived.

He didn't have this problem before.Is the problem of getting bigger and more dramas an incurable disease?

My patience dropped quickly, so I smirked and said, "What are you struggling with? I've never seen you be so polite to me before."

Kakashi raised his hands in a gesture of surrender: "Okay... don't worry, let me tell you, I'm actually curious about you..."

Me: "...what am I curious about?"

"You didn't get angry with me, so what I'm curious about is whether you have become angry from embarrassment - you can see it when you are angry, but it's... different. If it were you, you would definitely not be able to see it. After all, you Even Minato-sensei recognizes her facial expression management ability—"

"—Kakashi, before answering your question, I would like to know if you are interested in learning two new proverbs."

And his reaction was as calm as if he had seen me walk into the kitchen.

"Cough, wait, Zhaohe, I'm not..."

"Oh——you just said that you are interested, right? As expected of Kakashi, a genius with a strong thirst for knowledge... The first proverb is actually 'curiosity killed the cat'!"

I smiled brightly, let out a hearty laugh, and gave him a thumbs up of encouragement and praise—just like his friend named Maite Kai.

Kakashi's expression became as if he had seen a ghost, and as if he had witnessed the collapse of the world with his own eyes.

... tsk tsk.

But your understanding of the world—at least of me—has obviously become more complete, right?

I squinted my eyes and stepped closer to him, and continued with a half-smile: "The second sentence is a poem from the West, which is actually not appropriate to use now, but my education level is limited after all, so I don't want to pursue it so much. "

In Kakashi's eyes, I, who was not smiling, but still bright, seemed to have turned into some terrifying scourge. When I took a step forward, he widened his eyes and took a step back. The three-quarters of his face was covered The horror on his face was almost overflowing. "...Wait, wait, Zhaohe, I'm sorry, I was wrong, just don't care about the lines... Ah, stop laughing! It's my fault, I shouldn't—"

"The original sentence of the poem is 'Silence is better than sound at this time', which means that no answer is better than answer-Kakashi, do you understand what I mean?!"

I approached him abruptly, and raised my fists that had already been rubbed to heat. At the same time, the smile on my face reached its peak—it might not be an exaggeration to say that it was distorted.

"Want to know if I'm getting pissed off?"

"——you'd better taste it from my fist!"

——When Minato and Kushina passed by the swordsmith's shop, they probably saw such a scene.

Kakashi and I were rolling in the snow and it was chaos, but overall I had the upper hand.I straddled him and rubbed his face into the snow again.

Naturally, Kakashi was not reconciled to this, his two legs kicked back and forth under me and thumped endlessly, almost to throw me off, while his hands firmly held my shoulders and pushed them out.

"Che-Kakashi, you have the ability to ask me if I am angry, so you can't be beaten by me!"

I took a big breath, and gritted my teeth at the same time, giving him a tasteless sneer.

"And why are you pushing me! It's like I'm going to kiss you—"

"Nonsense, you have a good idea! And...and!" He froze, and immediately struggled harder, "The one who will stand still and let you hit me is a fool!"

"So how do you have the ability to ask me that kind of question and not do well... Huh... and not prepare to be beaten?!"

I finally couldn't hold back the laughter that was locked between my clenched teeth, my breath fluttered, and the strength in my whole body relaxed—even if I immediately realized that the situation had changed, it was already gone. That's too late.

Kakashi's timing was perfect.He precisely grasped the moment when I unloaded my strength, and moved his hands down to clamp my wrists. At the same time, his waist suddenly exerted force, and in a sudden explosion, he knocked me down on the snow beside me.

I made a "hiss" sound when I was hit by the ground, but before I could catch my breath, Kakashi on the side turned over and sat up, the sudden weight made me suffocate.

"Cough, cough cough... Kakashi, are you fat? Why are you so heavy!"

"...that's what I wanted to tell you just now!"

"You have the nerve to say it! If it wasn't for you—"

"If not Kakashi what?"

"...!"

The sudden intrusion of the voice made Kakashi and I tremble and stop moving at the same time, and then we turned our heads together—then we saw Kushina standing aside with expressionless face and arms crossed, and behind her chanting "It's such a good relationship." Minato kept laughing while covering his mouth.

Kakashi and I looked at each other up and down, and finally turned to Kushina, showing awkward but polite smiles together.