how did this even happen...

[mooneye]

It wasn't a bad sort of place. Lots of things to do and people to see. Plenty of freedom to dart over the rooftops and down the alleys--or out of the village and into the woods and rocky wild places beyond. Obito liked Michi no Sato.

He had stopped for lunch and was eating at a table outside the restaurant, watching people walk past. The food was good. The cold breeze was nice. Ah, yes. Years and years trapped in a cave with a crazy old man and a bunch of plant monsters--it had left him really able to appreciate the little things.

[ooc: here is an AU Obito in his twenties. Got through the time with Madara, and Rin's death, but didn't go completely evil after all of it...]

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[mooneye]

Obito watched him, then gave a slow nod. "He did do that. In later years it was more... collecting, I believe. And less actual kidnapping."

[smallstepstopower]

He hummed, inclining his head. "In any case, the point is to -know- and -learn-, not to -hoard-. One can never become something greater if one is a mere collector of fascinating things."

[mooneye]

"...Interesting. It makes me wonder if you're even from a timeline where you would have made those decisions. I suppose there's no way to know."

[smallstepstopower]

He spread his hands. "I can see the how, but not the way. Time will tell, hmm?"

[mooneye]

"I suppose it will." He looked off toward the town. "At any rate, meeting you has been a pleasure and a surprise."

[smallstepstopower]

"Hmmm, you -do- know how to flatter." He looked thoughtful. "You're much more interesting than I thought you might be."

[mooneye]

"You have no idea." He laughed. "But thank you."

[smallstepstopower]

"Well, if I have no idea, then clearly it's your place to give it to me, isn't it?"

[mooneye]

"Gladly. Though of course I can't share all my secrets, hm? I wouldn't want to lose my air of mystique."

[smallstepstopower]

He laughed and offered him his hand. "Mmm and I wouldn't want that. But, I've no doubt you have quite a lot to share."

[mooneye]

That got a slow, playful smile. And he took the hand, wrapping his own around it, liking the feel of skin-to-skin. "Of course I do. And you, too. I look forward to us learning more about one another."

[smallstepstopower]

He drew the smaller man's fingers to his mouth and with an impish smile gave them a kiss, tongue flicking out briefly before he turned to tug him further into the village. "Surely not just about one another."

[mooneye]

That made him go still for a moment, grinning. Oh, now this was interesting. "Oh?" he asked, following.

[smallstepstopower]

"Of course. Limiting our options would be -boring-, don't you think?"

[mooneye]

"What else shall we explore, then?"

[smallstepstopower]

"Whatever should catch our attention, of course. There's a whole world here." He flashed a little smirk. "Or are you not one for learning?"

[mooneye]

"I learn as I need to." He shrugged, smirking back at him. "But I do like to have a good time. And this place has potential for that."

[smallstepstopower]

"Of course. One can learn and enjoy themselves at once, after all Obito-kun."

[mooneye]

"Let's, then." He glanced toward the city. "Did you have anything special in mind?"

[smallstepstopower]

"No. I doubt you'd let me examine you so -soon-." He gave him a flirtatious look. "Would you?"

[mooneye]

He turned to Orochimaru and fluttered the lashes of the one eye. "Examine, hmm?"

[smallstepstopower]

"Of course." He turned in place so he was walking backwards and tossed his head to send his hair back behind his shoulder. "I'm very -good- at examinations."

[mooneye]

"Are you? Well, I'm a delicate subject, you know. You'll have to be gentle."

[smallstepstopower]

"I know how to be gentle Obito-kun." He drew his hand up and ran his other hand over the backs of his fingers. "I can be -very- delicate."

[mooneye]

"Hmph." Obito lifted his own free hand to trace a fingertip very lightly against the other man's arm, along the little bump of his wrist bone. "But what would you give me in return, for this examination?"