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[ Whoops-a-daisy. Looks like someone suddenly cannot hear. He's in a restaurant, trying to figure out where he can order a burger and fries, talking way too loud at the manager. ]

I'M SORRY! CAN YOU HEAR ME?! I NEED TO KNOW WHERE I CAN GET A BURGER AND FRIES. LIKE AT MCDONALD'S! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS? YOU GOTTA KNOW! IT WAS HERE BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR-- IN THE 1940'S. IT'S BIG AND RED WITH A BIG YELLOW M! SIMPLE M! IT LOOKS LIKE THIS!

[ He draws said 'm' in the air with his finger, but good grief, he can't hear a thing! He can't even hear himself! He doesn't even know if he's speaking English anymore. Oh no; that reminds him of something. ]

DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?! HELLOOO! I NEED. TO FIND. BURGERS. HAMBURGERS. IT'S-- IT'S A MEAT PATTY BETWEEN TWO BUNS AND SOMETIMES YOU GET CHEESE IN IT. AND POTATOES. DEEP FRIED POTATO CHIPS.

[ Apparently one of the employees recognizes potatoes and happens to hold up a few for Shisui to see. At that, Shisui nods excitedly, beaming because somebody understands! ]

YES! YES, POTATOES!

[ Except the manager is now telling his employee to bag a few potatoes and put it on Shisui's bill. He takes it back. Nobody gets it! ]

NO, NO I DON'T WANT YOUR POTATOES! NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT!!

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PLACE?!

DO YOU KNOW COCA-COLA??

[ Halp |: ]

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[She crossed her arms, clearly not disturbed by the whole thing and looking... amused.]

You're still Shisui. You wouldn't do anything to me.

[ abkjdcblsnbc WHAT? ]

Oh yeah? Well I still-- I FEEL VIOLATED, OKAY? [ Like WOAH |8 ]

[Both her eyebrows arched at that.]

Then you have my deepest apologies. [Here Shisui, have a proper bow of apology too once she's sure you saw what she said.]

Th-th-th-th!! That's not gonna cut it! I'm going to need years of therapy now! Do you have any idea how much that's going to costme? It's not coming out of my insurance either. My boss knows I'm fraternizing with your older-- manlier... beefier... sexier... self...

[She peeked at him through her hair, then sighed and went to a full kneel. It was a rash action, but she hadn't thought he'd find it so disturbing. More the fool her.]

[ And he was going on about how much therapy he was going to need until he notices what she's doing and immediately feels awkward. ]

Hey hey hey woah! Hey hey, Itachi, don't-- [ He's kneeling too, trying to make her get up. ] You don't have to do that, okay? I'm not going to need years of therapy, maybe just a day or two-- maybe never.

Hey. [ Looking right into her eyes. ] I just assumed you were a guy because both other Itachi's I've met were guys and I just-- I mean, the only Itachi I've known is a guy, so...

But it's cool if you're a girl, and you erm-- don't have to prove anything to me, y'know? You're only thirteen. Give it another two years and maybe my hand would actually fit around your-- [ Oh no, he'll shut the hell up now. ] Uhh-- Eheheh |:

[She gave him a humorless smile, and there was still a bit of a droop to her shoulders. She didn't even know how to react now, though she didn't argue with him urging her back to her feet, just staring up at him in a sort of sad, half lost kind of way.]

...Oh no, not the eyes. Don't give me those eyes. I-- [ Right now he felt just shy of a despicable human being D: ]

I'm sorry. [ Oh man, how do you cheer up a thirteen year old girl? Barbie dolls? No. Ice cream? Argh. Okay, how about he asked straight up? ] ...Why are you upset? [ Fugaku please don't be anywhere around here ;A; ]

Simply an unfortunate habit of mistakes since coming here, nothing more. You needn't be concerned. [She took a deep breath, closing her eyes and holding herself still as she made herself be calm.]

Mistakes! Mistaaaakes-- We all make mistakes, 'Tachi. This is nothing, really. And frankly, it was my mistake for assuming you were a guy. So why are you taking the blame and fussing over it?

That isn't it at all. [She opened her eyes, entirely composed, though her back was a bit tense as she stared up at him.]

Then what is?

[ He was studying her closely, and he could tell that something clearly was up. Did she block something out just now...? Clearly this was more serious than feeling a prepubescent girl's boobs. ]

You're not my Shisui. I shouldn't have acted in such an inappropriate way.

[ He sighs, then nods vaguely in comprehension, before flopping back onto the ground to settle in the grass, legs crossed. Shisui pats the space right next to him, gesturing for her to join him. ]

[She hesitated, then moved over, sinking tot he grass and looking over at him.]

[ Elbows on knees, he turns to look straight at her, smiling gently. ]

Do you miss him?

He's been my best friend since I was a toddler. [She looked away from him after saying this, peering at her lap.]

Mm. That's cool. [ He's smiling wider at the thought. ]

I miss him, too. Well, I miss 'my' Itachi. We don't get to see each other often, though, because we work for different countries. And we're literally not allowed to see each other because we're on this one particular mission together-- joint forces kinda thing-- and it's against the rules to be fraternizing with your fellow soldier. It's... hard, but we manage, y'know? Plus his Dad's trying to get him married off to some girl all the time, even after I got him that bottle of Tequila from Mexico.

[ He's smiling at her again, though ]

But that's-- I'll stop rambling. What I'm trying to say is that... I'm pretty sure that, if your Shisui is anything like me, even the tiniest fraction, then I bet he misses you a whole lot too. And he... probably actually loves you, you know? ...More than in the brotherly way? [ Have a playful nudge and a grin at that. ]

[She curled her fingers in the material of her pants, looking back to him.]

If my timeline matches up with the main one... I would be missing him right now anyway. That's the worst part.

...What do you mean by that?

He'd be dead.

Oh. [ That.. sort of reminded him about what the other Itachi had told him when he'd first got here. ]

...Well, let's hope it doesn't match up, huh? I mean, look at me. I'm still alive~ [ Have a little smile in an attempt to make her feel better ]

You're also not a shinobi. I... I understand I was just a few days from everything being ruined, and I can honestly see it needing done. [She looked at her knees a moment, then straightened, lifting her chin and looking back to him.]

Forgive me my solemnity.

No, but I am a soldier, and from what I've heard, it's not too different from being a shinobi. [ Still smiling, albeit a little sadly because he does remember something he'd almost done about a year ago. ]

Sometimes... we gotta make sacrifices. Sometimes it's the only way out. And maybe, just maybe, something different happens in your time. Like it did in mine... [ There's a pause as he looks away, pulling out grass as he thought about how close he had come to making the ultimate sacrifice ]

[She hesitated, wary of making a mistake again, then turned and threw her arms around him.]