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Aburame Shino ([info]strongsilentype) wrote in [info]last_stretch,
@ 2009-11-22 17:57:00


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Entry tags:closed log, sakura, shino

[closed - ongoing | if you're happy and you know it]
WHO: Sakura, Shino
WHAT: Apparently people take breaks when they're studying. Sakura attempts to enforce this onto Shino by offering him a heaping helping of silly.
WHERE: Library-- and then wherever Sakura drags them.
WHEN: 22.Nov.09


He didn't fully understand why there were so many women in his life these days. His phone, which had only ever held family contact information and the occasional lab partner, now received frequent texts from two female classmates. His evenings were beginning to be interrupted by girls who wanted to go for walks and 'be silly,' whatever that meant. Perhaps it was because he'd had so little female influence in his early life, but even simply the few female friends he had rather suddenly acquired since the beginning of this year were beginning to feel overwhelming.

If Shino were completely honest with himself, the real tension hadn't started until his night out with Yamanaka. She wasn't someone he knew well to begin with, which had been disconcerting enough; spending class time with Sakura was clearly beginning to push him in the direction of a more sociable person. Sociable or not, he had been in no way prepared for the experience of a night out partying with the princess. The crush of people, the overwhelming stench of cheap beer, the overly familiar way she'd latched onto his arm and planted a sloppy kiss against his cheek; it still brought twitches to the corners of his eyes and tension to his fingers.

Sakura was probably right. He needed a break.

Seeing Tenten had felt like a break. The relief of watching her lips twitch into little smiles had taken a good deal of the weight off his shoulders. Still, relaxing through it was, studying for his next literature exam all day hadn't actually done much to improve his mood. A walk would help. If only for that reason, he found himself loitering outside of the library where he usually worked, tugging his collar up a hair more against the chilly air and smoothing a finger over the face of his cellphone, waiting.



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[info]strongsilentype
2009-11-23 02:22 am UTC (link)
With a little shake of his head, Shino carefully extracted a hand from one of his pockets to reach up and adjust his glasses. "I was studying in my room. This simply seemed to be a more convenient place to meet."

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[info]goodwithscalpel
2009-11-23 02:48 am UTC (link)
"Oh, right. I almost forgot." She gives him a sheepish laugh.

"Well, then we're all set." She doesn't wait for him to acquiesce, instead, turning around 180ยบ and walking back the way she came from. The park she has in mind, especially, has one major attraction that might help in helping him come to the dark and silly side.

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[info]strongsilentype
2009-11-23 02:55 am UTC (link)
She was certainly a strange girl. Charming in her own way, of course, but very strange. The same calm almost-smile on his lips, Shino shook his head and settled both hands back into his pockets. Without a word, as usual, he fell into step beside her, a slightly quizzical tilt to his head.

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[info]goodwithscalpel
2009-11-23 03:05 am UTC (link)
She should not feel awkward around him, since this is just a walk, with no hidden intention. At all. And even if she considers him remotely cute--which she does--in that socially awkward, intelligent as hell, handsome in his own way, way--which he is--that shouldn't make her feel like an idiot for forgetting the facts of a conversation held not half an hour ago.

She breaks the silence. "What were you studying for?"

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[info]strongsilentype
2009-11-23 03:10 am UTC (link)
The comfortable silence bled quietly into the young woman's soft question. Sakura clearly hadn't gotten the memo that no matter how well he could formulate a text message or email, small talk had never been (and would likely never be) his forte. Thankfully, he was good at forcing the polite card when he got himself into jams like this.

"...mostly that literature class."

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[info]goodwithscalpel
2009-11-23 03:17 am UTC (link)
"Oh, god, that one," she groans, scrunching up her nose. "I don't even know what I'll do about it. I think I'll study the theory, but as far as text analysis, it'll be a gamble when the exam rolls around."

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[info]strongsilentype
2009-11-23 03:27 am UTC (link)
In response, Shino could only offer a slight shrug of his shoulders and the gentle pursing of his lips. It took a moment to pull up the words, to formulate his thoughts into the level of casual conversation required for the situation. "You'll do well."

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[info]goodwithscalpel
2009-11-23 03:31 am UTC (link)
"Don't expect so much of me, Shino. I'll be disappointed in myself if I disappointed you," she teased, looking at him with a small smile teasing along her lips.

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[info]strongsilentype
2009-11-23 03:35 am UTC (link)
"You'll do well because you're a thoughtful person," he rebutted in his usual slow monotone. "There's no reason to believe a person with your skill level and obvious powers of retention won't perform well in this sort of situation. Don't worry about it," Shino tacked on as an afterthought, shoulders loosening into what was meant to be a reassuring position of comfort and ease.

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[info]goodwithscalpel
2009-11-23 03:54 am UTC (link)
It was impossible not to feel pleased by that judgement. He seemed to have a talent of putting her at ease, even though he was as awkward as he was sometimes. "I don't. You shouldn't either. Overdoing it with your studies will just make everything jumble up."

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[info]strongsilentype
2009-11-23 04:15 am UTC (link)
The slight smile tugged a hair wider for a moment on his lips before he nestled deeper into his collar, more or less hiding his mouth from view. There wasn't much else to be said; only the comfortable silence to settle back into peacefully.

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[info]goodwithscalpel
2009-11-23 04:22 am UTC (link)
She allowed him that, a small smile playing on her lips as they kept walking. It really was starting to get darker. Hopefully, by the time they reached the park, all the children would be gone, and they'd be able to do what she had planned. She only hoped that he would agree with her plans.

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[info]strongsilentype
2009-11-23 04:30 am UTC (link)
Walking quietly beside Sakura was... really rather lovely. She wasn't a demanding person to walk with--no hand-holding or unbearable amounts of idle chatter. Listening to the way their footsteps fell in and out of step was lovely. He had longer legs, which quickened her step every now and then, or made his own pace slacken when he realized that he had no idea where they were headed.

Perhaps she was right. Perhaps relaxing like this was important.

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[info]goodwithscalpel
2009-11-23 04:33 am UTC (link)
The more they progress, the more she smiles, unable to stop herself. When they're at the park's entrance, she gives him a mischevous smile, before picking up speed again.

As they draw closer to the playground itself, she notes that it's empty at this hour, and gleefully starts to run to it, only stopping when she's at the swing. She turns around to face him, see him as he approaches, and sits down on the swing, starting to move on it.

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[info]strongsilentype
2009-11-23 04:47 am UTC (link)
Shino didn't need to break the silence when they arrived at their apparent destination. There weren't really words for the fact that she'd brought him to a children's playground to help him relax.l

He couldn't remember the last time he had been to a playground. It was possible that he'd never really spent time in one. Their arrival at the swing set simply brought a more fully bemused expression to his face, brows knitting together a little as he gave his head a slight tilt to the right.

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[info]goodwithscalpel
2009-11-23 12:12 pm UTC (link)
For the moment, she wasn't moving too fast. As he drew closer, she offered the challenge: "Swing with me."

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[info]strongsilentype
2009-11-25 04:48 pm UTC (link)
There didn't need to be a verbal response. Even someone who wasn't accustomed to reading faces would surely understand what a sudden severe arch of an eyebrow meant, particularly when coupled with a slight bemused parting of the lips and quizzical sideways tilt of the head.

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[info]goodwithscalpel
2009-11-25 04:56 pm UTC (link)
She laughed slightly, and jumped off the swing while it was in mid air, rushing to him. "Too inmature? You'll have fun. Honest," she said, insisted, and even went as far as lightly touching his wrist. Testing the waters, so to speak, to see if she could get away with touch.

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[info]strongsilentype
2009-11-25 05:01 pm UTC (link)
As often, being touched sent a little, barely noticeable flinch up Shino's spine. Whatever good progress Sakura had made up to this point acclimating him to the fact that touching wasn't a sign of violence or disrespect, his night out had entirely destroyed. Hours of being pawed at and bumped into, culminating with such a highly invasive act as being kissed on the cheek, had done nothing for his psyche but throw him back into total confusion.

"...how will this be fun?" he asked in a soft drone, face relaxing into a less extreme but still quizzical expression.

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GDIT INO RUINED HIM
[info]goodwithscalpel
2009-11-25 05:05 pm UTC (link)
"The rush of the air on your face, the fact that we're two young adults having a go on the swings, and maybe a little competition to see who gets higher, too...It's just us two," she replied, as if it was explanation enough.

She did note his flinch though, having grown used to taking note of the small habits he had. It had been a while since he'd done that. Her hand hovering over his wrist, not touching, she asked: "Can I?"

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this is the price for making Shino realize that he likes girls D:
[info]strongsilentype
2009-11-25 05:12 pm UTC (link)
It was a less than convincing argument. True, the pink-haired girl was right that he needed to take a break and get outside for a bit. No, he did not actually intend to go through with the mandate that they needed to give themselves in to silly things for the sake of silliness itself.

The more pressing question was her apparently thoughtfulness about touching. It was reassuring, the way it had been reassuring to see Tenten's smile after the weeks she'd been gone, the way it was always reassuring to hear his father's voice over the phone. With a little bit of a shrug, he shot a glance away from the girl before responding. "If you must."

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D:
[info]goodwithscalpel
2009-11-25 05:35 pm UTC (link)
She hesitated at that, putting away the issue with the swings for a moment and focusing on this. Her fingers brushed over the skin there, not even closed to a touch, and she took a step closer, until their toes touched.

"It's not a must," she murmured. "I just want to...But I don't want to impose. I'd prefer it if you were comfortable with me touching you, too..."

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Re: D:
[info]strongsilentype
2009-11-25 05:44 pm UTC (link)
"It's not you," Shino responded by default, pulling his hand back fully to reach up and fix his glasses into place. They tended to slide down his nose a little when speaking to those shorter than he was at such amazingly close distances. "It really isn't anything personal for you to be concerned about, Sakura."

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[info]goodwithscalpel
2009-11-25 05:48 pm UTC (link)
"Too late~." She tilted her head to the side, but did not pull away. She simply let her hand fall at her side, because leaving it there hanging would've been awkward.

"I don't mean to pry--okay, I actually do mean to pry, because people usually mean to pry when they say 'I don't mean to pry', but...did something happen, when you were little?"

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[info]strongsilentype
2009-11-25 06:05 pm UTC (link)
Both hands safely back in his pockets, glasses snugly in place, Shino refocused on the young woman still standing just a hair too close for his usual range of comfort. Not that it was easy to explain to her that this in and of itself was a major step in a positive direction and a personal distinction for his level of comfort with her.

That would just sound crazy.

"Did something happen?" he repeated as though by rote. "Something such as?"

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...........I see where you're going. :| - [info]strongsilentype, 2009-12-02 09:03 pm UTC
no you don't. /blinds you - [info]goodwithscalpel, 2009-12-02 09:05 pm UTC
M-MY EYES. ARGH IT BURNS. - [info]strongsilentype, 2009-12-02 09:13 pm UTC
/holds your blinded face - [info]goodwithscalpel, 2009-12-02 09:15 pm UTC
*gnaws fingers* - [info]strongsilentype, 2009-12-02 09:22 pm UTC
ok that's kinda hot - [info]goodwithscalpel, 2009-12-02 09:25 pm UTC
Re: ok that's kinda hot - [info]strongsilentype, 2009-12-02 09:30 pm UTC
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...no don't hang out with NAra D: - [info]goodwithscalpel, 2009-12-05 11:57 pm UTC
why do you encourage the antisocial. :| - [info]strongsilentype, 2009-12-06 12:02 am UTC
BUT NARA IS NARA AND NARA IS EVIL - [info]goodwithscalpel, 2009-12-06 12:04 am UTC
ilu . . <3 - [info]strongsilentype, 2009-12-06 12:29 am UTC

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