[ He's the only person here she'll take the towel off for, he better appreciate it.
For that reason, too, the isolated pool suits her just fine. And while she isn't nearly as guarded as Sasuke, either with herself or with her affection, she's intimate enough with him and his walls to know that he is never truly relaxed with her unless no one else is around to witness it. She wouldn't have understood it twenty years ago, but she does now.
She settles next to him, near enough that it would be obvious to anyone who might have looked that they're more than casual acquaintances, but Sasuke is the first one to reach out and touch. She understands that, too. ]
It's fine. [ It hurts, don't get her wrong, but it's such a minor thing compared to what life as a ninja has dealt to her. Not to mention labor. ] I'd almost forgotten what it's like to let them heal on their own.
[ Healing them required so little chakra and effort, with her skill, that it became an afterthought. ]
i'd say i'm sorry but it would be a lie
For that reason, too, the isolated pool suits her just fine. And while she isn't nearly as guarded as Sasuke, either with herself or with her affection, she's intimate enough with him and his walls to know that he is never truly relaxed with her unless no one else is around to witness it. She wouldn't have understood it twenty years ago, but she does now.
She settles next to him, near enough that it would be obvious to anyone who might have looked that they're more than casual acquaintances, but Sasuke is the first one to reach out and touch. She understands that, too. ]
It's fine. [ It hurts, don't get her wrong, but it's such a minor thing compared to what life as a ninja has dealt to her. Not to mention labor. ] I'd almost forgotten what it's like to let them heal on their own.
[ Healing them required so little chakra and effort, with her skill, that it became an afterthought. ]