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Post by kiba on Aug 1, 2014 7:26:16 GMT
Kiba's lips quirked downward again as Izumo continued pushing paperwork, eyes falling back to the stack of books in annoyance. It had seemed fairly clear from the start that Izumo didn't see much use in Kiba's help with reading books on architecture--which he supposed was a fair assumption because Kiba didn't know or care about architecture and he wasn't the fastest reader, either, but he'd still offered, and he hadn't expected Izumo to be the one to turn down help. "Okay, fine, I'll go work on my paperwork," he shrugged, sliding off the chair and trying to pretend like he didn't mind that he didn't even seem to have use to the chuunin who was always complaining about not having enough help. "See you around then."
Akamaru whined as Kiba stood, not yet pulling his nose away from Izumo if there was still attention to be had. "C'mon, boy," Kiba called over his shoulder, and Akamaru whined again, nudging his muzzle against Izumo's leg instead of doing as Kiba said.
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Post by izumo on Aug 1, 2014 17:30:41 GMT
It seemed that asking Kiba to do the job he was paid to do was the wrong approach to take, and the man seemed to instantly start sulking about it. Izumo was used to everyone in the village sulking over his demands, but it seemed a little different this time--as if he'd personally insulted him. He hadn't meant to upset him at all, and maybe he should have taken Kiba's upset about his mom and the fan a little more seriously. That said, Izumo didn't entirely think that the fan was the whole issue, considering that he had to actively seek Kiba to give him missions--rather than Kiba coming and asking for them. Even Akamaru seemed to add to the patheticness of it all, forcing Izumo to pet him a little longer as he ignored Kiba.
Sighing at how weak-willed he was, Izumo shook his head at Kiba. "It's fine, you shouldn't go back to somewhere so hot in this heat. I didn't mean to be pushy, I'm sorry."
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Post by kiba on Aug 1, 2014 18:12:23 GMT
"It's fine," Kiba shrugged, finally glancing back over his shoulder at the other man to properly address him. "I can't really help with the reading anyway; it's just a matter of you reading and remembering it, right? And I guess I have things I need to do, so," he shrugged again, looking towards the exit of the library. "Come on, Akamaru."
The dog whined again, slowly getting back to his feet and crossing the library to Kiba's side. He nipped at the corner of Kiba's sleeve, tugging his slightly and continuing to whine, and Kiba sighed loudly at his dog's insistance, glancing back at Izumo again. "I guess I could get the paperwork and then come back or something... it's pretty hot at my place anyway, so..."
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Post by izumo on Aug 1, 2014 19:36:39 GMT
Izumo watched carefully at the interactions between Akamaru and Kiba, trying to work out if there was something here he was missing. It was clear that the dog didn't want to leave, but Izumo couldn't tell whether it was because he wanted Kiba to be around him longer, or if Akamaru was just desperate for the cool air of the library. Either way, it was interesting and it seemed Kiba had been swayed by the insistence of his partner, a feature which had Izumo smiling fondly.
He didn't want to pressure Kiba into staying, but Izumo felt uneasy about just letting the man walk away when it seemed he had done something to trigger some kind of negative reaction to what, he thought was, a pretty average demand he made of everyone. "We can go through it together if you come back," Izumo offered, wanting Kiba to know that he didn't have a problem with his company, if that was the issue. "It seems Akamaru would like that, at any rate."
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Post by kiba on Aug 2, 2014 5:50:51 GMT
The walk back to Kiba's house was discouraging, and he could still smell that his mother was home. With that in mind, he walked on light feet into the house, Akamaru following along, and both of them noticed immediately where she and the fan were; she was asleep on the couch with the fan facing her. Still, they both knew better than to try to take it, and even further, they knew better than to wake Tsume when she was asleep. Signalling for Akamaru to wait to keep from making noise, Kiba crept to the table where all his paperwork had been abandoned, lightly headed back out of the house and gesturing for his dog to follow.
Akamaru barked at Kiba as they walked along, Kiba turning to address the dog as they did. "Yeah, I guess." The dog barked again, and Kiba groaned as he did, waving his hand dismissively at him. "Yeah, yeah! It's just hot at home and it's cold there! Get off my back!" Akamaru only snorted in return, walking a few paces ahead of Kiba, as he knew where they were headed anyway.
The cool air of the library was refreshing as he returned, and Akamaru pushed passed him to immediately greet Izumo, barking far too loud to be considered appropriate library etiquette and resting his chin happily on the chuunin's thigh again. Kiba took a bit longer, dragging his feet as he moved back to the table, but slowly managing, sitting back in the seat he'd abandoned before and setting his paperwork down before awkwardly looking up at Izumo. "Hey," he greeted, shuffling through the papers to try and find the beginning of them.
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Post by izumo on Aug 2, 2014 20:28:53 GMT
Izumo didn't return to his work instantly, instead watching the Jounin leave with a frown still settled upon his features. He still couldn't work out what he'd done wrong there, but he was sure there was something going on with the man that he just didn't understand. It probably wasn't his place to understand either, but that didn't mean he couldn't at least try to offer some kind of support, even if it wasn't directly related to whatever was troubling Kiba.
His attention turned back to his books for the time being, unsure if Kiba would even return. It seemed that the information he needed was there, just strewn across all the different books. It was an outward pain to do so much reading, but he supposed there was a slightly enjoyment he got from hoarding information that many other people didn't care for. At the very least, he'd manage to get the papers transferred and filed: maybe even having a conversation topic to bring up with Yamato.
It was as he began to skim through a third book that Izumo sensed Kiba and Akamaru, able to hear the padding of the dog's huge paws--as well as the obvious giveaway of Kiba's chakara. He was slightly surprised that they had come back, but didn't say anything about it. Instead, Izumo offered Kiba another smile, clearing some of the books out of the way so Kiba could put his paperwork down where Izumo could see it "Welcome back," he greeted, one hand instantly moving to pet Akamaru again.
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Post by kiba on Aug 3, 2014 8:14:10 GMT
Kiba was still a bit unsure how to speak to Izumo, never sure how to break the ice after a conversation with someone went south, but Izumo seemed to be doing all right--probably because he had been confused over what had upset Kiba in the first place, and Akamaru was doing his best to lessen any potential tension, which Kiba appreciated as well. "Thanks," he muttered, locating what looked like a first page based on how much arbitrary information they needed from him was on it.
Only once he'd read over the first section of the paperwork three times--three, because he couldn't get his head to concentrate on what he was reading the first two times, he realized he didn't have anything to write with, and therefore nothing to fill out the paperwork he'd worked so hard to get with. But Izumo seemed to have quite a stash, in a pencil case as if he was an Academy student still, which he supposed, quite frankly, was reasonable, considering how much paperwork the man did. "Can I borrow a pencil?" he asked, relieved when the chuunin happily let him take one.
Once he'd filled out the first section, he struggled to move on to the second question, reading it over twice before looking for a distraction. "How's the uh, the books?" he asked, glancing up at the stack and noting it had gotten slightly smaller as Izumo had apparently started reading through them. "Learning lots of architecture stuff?"
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Post by izumo on Aug 4, 2014 22:29:51 GMT
Izumo was happy to sit with Kiba and continue his work, eyes glancing to the Jounin's sheet every so often before returning to his own work. He began to copy notes from the books, a neat list of short-hand quickly becoming visible as his pencil moved with good pace. The topic still wasn't overly interesting to him, but the determination to get his task done was enough to help keep his focus and attention. So absorbed, he hadn't noticed that Kiba had already given up on the paperwork, looking up slowly to answer the question.
"They're helping, I mostly just want to understand the technical terms and the reasoning behind certain designs. There's no point in updating the older files if they were designed for different purposes. Like now we have a sewage system, instead of having to build specific additions for it--and as such, I don't think some of these designs could accomodate pipes running through the structure," he explained, mostly because it helped him think more clearly about what he was going to do next. As much as Kotetsu might not have helped with the initial reading, he was always a good help to sound ideas off of and working in silence was almost off-putting now he was so used to his partner's chattering.
"Anyway," he laughed, aware that he'd ended up rambling and that Kiba probaby had no interest in it. "How's your paperwork? Need any help?"
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Post by kiba on Aug 7, 2014 7:50:06 GMT
The more Kiba listened to what Izumo was wotking on, the more generally pointless his whole task seemed, but he knew better than to say so to Izumo--not wanting to risk stepping on the chuunin's feelings when Kiba knew how seriously he took his paperwork, even the nonessential bits of it. That, and, Izumo could have quite the temper sometimes, and risking setting him off was definitely something Kiba wanted to avoid.
He didn't even bother commenting on what Izumo said, though he'd listened to him, instead turning back to look at his paperwork when the chuunin asked him about it. He didn't want to ask for help, or admit he might have needed it when Izumo had essentially turned down Kiba's offer to help him, and even if he knew it was a bit childish, he wanted to avoid continuing to look useless, even if it was spiting himself more than Izumo. "I'm fine," he shrugged, started on the second section of the paperwork without anything else to add.
Once he got through a few more sections--though still not too many, Kiba looked up again, frowning at Izumo as he once again sought out a distraction. "So, how's Michi doing?" he asked, sure that if he distracted Izumo with talk of his pet than it would get the chuunin off the topic of paperwork.
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Post by izumo on Aug 9, 2014 19:04:14 GMT
Pressing his lips together as Kiba denied help, Izumo could only accepted it and continue on with his own work. He didn't want Kiba to feel incompetent by offering to do the work with him--he'd just assumed it would have been finished faster, which would have been in the man's favour. His eyes trailed away from his own reading, distracted by looking over as Kiba sparingly filled out his own. Not that he could complain; small progress was better than none.
"Michi?" Izumo repeated, surprised that the jounin could remember his cat. He'd always found it odd that a man from a family obsessed with dogs could still find time for cats, especially cats that were pretty average. It reminded him to pet Akamaru again, although the dog was remarkably different to pet than his own fussy cat was. "She's doing well, although all she does is sleep and eat so it would be pretty hard for her not to be doing well," Izumo chuckled, finally closing the book he'd been reading. "She's uhh.. quite big now. It's mostly my fault, although Kotetsu slips her food under the table when he thinks I'm not paying attention--sometimes when he knows I am too."
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Post by kiba on Aug 9, 2014 20:21:31 GMT
Kiba frowned when Izumo awkwardly brought up his cats weight, pursing his lips for a moment before letting his eyes drop to his paperwork, wondering if he could manage to read and speak at the same time. "You're not supposed to feed cats table scraps," Kiba informed him, not that he could say he didn't do the same for Akamaru, but Akamaru was a ninken, and if he put on weight from food he wasn't supposed to be eating, he worked it off in training or missions. "Don't let Hana check up on her, if you can help it. I bet she won't hesitate to lecture you," he laughed, managing to fill in a bit more of his paperwork as he spoke.
"Speaking of which, how's uh..." he trailed off, distracted by what he was filling into the paperwork for a good minute before he realized he'd lost track of what he was saying to work. "Kotetsu," he finally finished, glancing up at Izumo quickly before looking back down at his paperwork again. "Does he come over your place a lot then, if he's slipping Michi so much contraband food?" He didn't really have to ask if Kotetsu was over Izumo's a lot--some things were obvious no matter how you looked at it. Every ninja in the village had their own unique scent, but some ninja always smelled of other ninjas. Despite never smoking, Kurenai's rose petal scent always had an undertone of tobacco smoke--likewise, Izumo's syrup scent always had a lingering ocean salt scent to it, a scent Kiba knew to be Kotetsu's, and of course, Kotetsu smelled of syrup in return. He doubted anyone needed a sharp nose to know the two were often together, though.
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