[Open] Momento Mori

[twinlionfists]

She had noticed the villagers running around preparing things for the past few days. Every time she attempted to speak to one of them about what was going on, however, they seemed to be too busy to answer her questions. Finally, she'd braved asking Kakashi-sensei's landlady—the owner of the bookstore—and was informed about the festival to honour the dead.

Hinata had quite a few dead to honour, here or not, and she purchased her own candles and some ingredients to make dishes to put before the shrine. It would be awkward since she didn't have any photographs of her mother and putting one of her cousin would seem a bit morbid, but she hoped that they would appreciate the thought anyway.

That was what counted, right?

Perhaps she wasn't the only one of the shinobi intent on doing so as well.

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[openedthebasket]

"A distance I have caused." He opened his eyes and just gently rested a hand on her shoulder before pushing himself to his feet. "Please, when you have finished here, permit me to do something for you. Lunch, perhaps."

[twinlionfists]

She stood as well, surprised at his offer. "Ah, I have been waiting for you, truthfully. I would be honored."