i missed you so

Hattori was hers, at least for now, and the Warlord wouldn’t dare to harm one of her own. She was glad he confirmed his well being and her assumptions. Spring would be here faster than she knew it, and then the contract they’d struck up would be through. Venom wasn’t sure that she wanted the easy symbiosis they’d slipped into to end. Which she was afraid she might ruin as the shinobi stiffened at the sight of Poison and the small gift he brought.

Venom’s features returned to a neutral position as he moved to bow before her, a perfect position for her next words. They were nearly a whisper over the waves in the background as she leaned in closer to his white marked ears. ”This gift is not from your Empress, but from your friend,” the placeholder felt foreign on her tongue but as the word left her lips she knew it to be true. Even if underneath she wished for more. ”In congratulations for the offer of promotion to Right Hand.”

The young Empress leaned back and lowered her own head to nose the soft package towards him. Inside he would find an ancient decorative bottle filled with a taste of home. Sake. A nearly unattainable liquid in these lands, as she had come to find out. She still wasn’t sure where Poison found it.