hold onto 16 as long as you can
ventori
Marauder
Bloodletter
11-01-2020, 08:53 PM
Hattori breathed slow and steady, his lungs full to the brim with her scent, sweet and roiling. The close quarters weren't helping either. He tried not to think about it, in the same way he didn't think much of salty ocean breeze, but she was right there and a foolish, base and instinct part of him was tempted to help her out. To ease her, as a man could. But he'd never been one to act on impulse and he was quick to banish the thought, tearing it up at the roots before it could settle and make a nuisance of itself. Instincts served only as a nudge in a certain direction, he had very little interest or obligation to take things further than this. They were stray thoughts and they'd remain as much.
Hattori said nothing, he didn't need to. It was a given that he'd do whatever she commanded of him, she only had to ask. Except she didn't seem in an overly talkative mood, if anything his company seemed to be causing her undue discomfort. He didn't wish to stay any longer than was necessary if that was the case. But he didn't feel as though he should say as much, that would inadvertently address the elephant in the room and Hattori knew better than that. Rather he left it up to her, she was the empress and he her shinobi.
"Do you require anything else of me?" He quirked a pale brow as he left the rest unspoken, knowing she'd prompt him to resume their last lesson if that's what she wanted.
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