Wellspring Arms & Meditation Centre, Wednesday

[intraspective]

So.

She was sixteen today.

She was also at work, which was a bit of a bummer, but Cal had said he was throwing her a party tomorrow evening so that was something to look forward to, anyway. Even if she’d, like, told people the right-wrong day because, hello, her birthday was today and he hadn’t told her earlier that he was changing the date. Maaan. Ino gave him points (a lot of points), though, for telling her beforehand. And, you know, having a rationale that made sense.

However, the thing that really took the cake?

Was the fact that she was spending her sixteenth birthday as a boy thanks to the stupid island.

Thanks, Fandom. Thanks a lot.

Wellspring Arms is Open, and your counter-minion of the day is sulking up a storm.

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Re: Talk to Ino

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She grinned up at him.

"You're spoiling me," Ino said, tugging off the wrapping on her gift rather than continue to mope over cake. "Oooooh!"

Someone liked her present, yes. Quite a lot. So he was getting more clinging.

[That is a gorgeous cake omg.]

Re: Talk to Ino

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"I am certainly not. A cake should be made for one's birthday" which was something that had been in practice even at Kiamo Ko, "and if I can make you an especially nice cake, then all the better."

But he had to grin at the clinging and the ooooing. He was glad she liked it.

Re: Talk to Ino

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"It's gorgeous," she bubbled, holding it up carefully to inspect it. While clinging. She was talented, here.

"Totally spoiling." And Ino was really really not minding.

Re: Talk to Ino

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"I'm just glad you like it. The flowers made me think of you."

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"Gee," she said, laughing. "I wonder why?"

Oh Ino.

"Help me put it on?" Yes, even if she was a boy today.

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He rolled his eyes in pure innocence there before stepping back to help her put it on.

Re: Talk to Ino

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She was just going to have to grin up at him, and lift her hair out of his way.

It was funny, really, that she was a boy and still had to do that.

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Considering Liir's own mess of curls, he didn't think much of it. Instead, he clasped the necklace on carefully and patted it down so it wasn't kinked at the back before stepping around to take a look.

"Very nice, I think."

Re: Talk to Ino

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Yeah yeah, she was totally beaming at him.

And wondering if Cable-san had a little mirror kicking around anywhere.

...though on second thought, that was kinda hilarious. She couldn't picture him with a wee mirror.

"You're awesome, you know that?"

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He smiled, glad she was pleased, that he'd been able to brighten her day.

"I've been known to think well of myself from time to time," he said.

Re: Talk to Ino

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"Time to time is better than none at all," she said, leaning to poke him gently. "So I'm glad for that too."

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He laughed at that.

"One does try to improve."

Perhaps getting barked at every once in a while was good for him?

Re: Talk to Ino

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"Does one also have time to sit and chat for awhile?" she asked artlessly. "Or is one so busy at work that one must flee promptly?"

One made the sentence structure sound weird to her. Huh.

Re: Talk to Ino

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"Since some of the pieces of your cake can chill as long as I like, I have the time," he said with a little grin.

Re: Talk to Ino

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"Hurrah," she said, setting aside the box and reaching for the tea. "Centurion's going to give me more work to do, did you know that?"

Re: Talk to Ino

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He shook his head.

"Centurion would be..."

He hadn't heard about this, not in person anyway.

Re: Talk to Ino

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"He teaches Infantry Tactics," she said, making a face at him. "Max-something. His title's Centurion."

So Ino pretty much used it as his name, yeah.

"I'm one of his TAs, and he's giving me strength building exercises."

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He nodded slowly as he considered that.

"Interesting. Did you ask for it?"

...he knew his sister.

Re: Talk to Ino

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"...yeah," she admitted sulkily.

A beat.

"But then he was all 'you know, I've got more if you're not dead yet from training' and how was I supposed to refuse that?"

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"Well, if it was anyone else, I'd say you could have, but I know you. Are you at least enjoying it?"

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...

"...sort of," she admitted sheepishly. "It's a lot more like home, training that heavily."

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Home, he knew, was a complex word for some people, for most people, including Ino. He'd seen her come back from her home in good moods, bad moods, satisfied, deeply disassatisfied...

"Is it helping you?"

Re: Talk to Ino

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Ino considered that.

"I think so?" she said, picking her words. "I mean, I'm used to it--so it's good."