Tokubetsu Jōnin
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Post by genma on Aug 3, 2014 6:31:45 GMT
Although Naruto becoming Hokage had been one of the better motions that had passed through the village in the last year or so, it also left a huge shake-up in organisation that Naruto hadn't yet learnt to get under control. It usually meant that Jounin like Genma managed to slip under his radar, easily avoiding paperwork and sometimes being left out of missions. They were still at relative piece, afterall, and his abilities were rather specific to assasinations; it seemed like Raidou had managed to swipe those. So with nothing to do and nowhere to be, Genma had just found himself walking aimlessly around the village--the weather had turned cool, which was very rare for Konoha's summer. He was going to make the best of it, even if he had to find something to help him achieve that goal.
Genma wasn't really sure why he'd ended up walking to the medical center; he was in perfect health for the time being, and had no assignments that were involved with it. He'd found himself faltering around the entrace, briefly wondering if a certain medic-nin could have been on duty--but then that itself was slightly creepy. What was he even supposed to say? I came to interupt you during a heart bypass surgery because I was bored and wondered if you had lunch free, he sighed to himself, senbon bouncing as he chewed it. He was thirty-six, it was time to get a grip over himself. It was so much easier just to pick up drunk women in bars, why was lunch so complicated? The internal debate took him a while to struggle over, only pausing as he felt a spit of rain on his face. Genma's chest filled with a breath of frustration as he simply watched the rain start pouring, wondering if this was God's way to tell him to stay inside and stop ever attempting normal social interaction ever again.
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Tokubetsu Jōnin
Sakura Haruno
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Post by harunos on Aug 5, 2014 8:53:48 GMT
The day had not treated Sakura well. She was weary and worn and hadn't had a break for almost 12 hours. All she wanted (needed, even) was a good meal. She had been picturing it to keep her going-- barbecue and meats dripping with grease and perfectly steamed rice with hot sake and maybe some steamed vegetables just so she would feel like she's still on a diet even though this day would make her throw it out the window. Even leaving the hospital was difficult as nurse after nurse came to her, asking for her to look a this or for her opinion on that. In any other circumstance she would have been pleased to have this level of esteem from her coworkers, but it was her time to leave long ago and she intended to do just that. When the entrance came into view she could finally breathe a sigh of relief. She took a step outside and with one foot outside of the building it began to rain.
Sakura sighed deeply. Of course.
She tugged on her white overcoat, which she just noticed and refused to return to the hospital now that she had, and proceeded to walk to the street. Before she could make it very far she noticed a familiar face, and immediately pretended that she hadn't noticed because who has the time for being pleasant when your stomach is trying to escape its prison and forage for food by itself?
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Post by genma on Aug 5, 2014 9:05:07 GMT
Genma easily noticed Sakura out of the corner of his eye, slowly tilting his head away from watching the rain. Who couldn't help but notice her, seeing as she had some of the brightest hair in the village? Not that Genma thought it was a bad thing, especially when his own appearance was so average that he probably could have passed for a side-character in an anime staring Sakura. As content as he was to just let the woman continue home, it quickly dawned on Genma that he was just randomly standing around the hospital and casually watching the woman who essentially ran it. He didn't know how well she knew him, but he knew she was close to Shizune and that was enough to get his mouth talking for an excuse.
"Ah, Haruno," he greeted, acting as if standing outside a hospital in the rain was a regular, casual, occurance for him. Perhaps it was--Sakura didn't know his life story, she didn't need to judge him and the ways he spent his free time. "You might want to slow down a little, the rain only just started. I've been waiting to get back to the Hokage, but I figured I wouldn't strain your resources by getting sick, " he lied, internally wondering when he'd reached this point of patheticness in his life. Maybe she really didn't remember who he was, and she could go home to do whatever she did and Genma could find a blunt object to force rationality back into his skull with.
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Tokubetsu Jōnin
Sakura Haruno
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Post by harunos on Aug 5, 2014 9:38:19 GMT
Damn it. Sakura turned around to face him, trying to smile a little but in her current state of mind it looked more like a sarcastic grimace. "Afternoon," she returned, upon realizing that she had completely forgotten this man's name. Even though she had seen him enough to earn a nod in passing, she honestly couldn't summon up so much as the letter it started with. She carried on the conversation regardless, hoping that the topic wouldn't arise and she would be able to leave soon.
"I wouldn't mind the risk if it would earn me a day off," she stated halfheartedly, phrasing it as such because it seemed like something an adult would say and she always felt pressured to speak like that around one. "I really should get going though-- it doesn't seem that bad, right?"
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Post by genma on Aug 5, 2014 20:57:46 GMT
"Ah, it's still as busy as ever?" He smiled kindly at her, understanding that medic-nins had a job that was just as hard as everyone else--if not more, sometimes. At least he got to take a break when he wasn't on missions, and most times that meant lying around his apartment doing nothing but taking up space. On the other hand, he was sure that hospital had always been understaffed, and that there were always ninja returning from missions. Not that he didn't think that Sakura enjoyed it, but he it did make him stop and ponder over it for a moment. At the very least, he hoped her pay was higher than his.
"I suppose 'not that bad' is one way to describe it," Genma replied, although he wasn't sure about her choice of language. "Torrential would probably be my own choice."
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Sakura Haruno
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Post by harunos on Aug 10, 2014 2:23:14 GMT
"It never gets much easier" Sakura admitted, stuffing her hands into the pockets of her overcoat. She had heard that several times from those before her and perhaps she should have believed them. Maybe she did a little bit but as of late it was becoming more and more evident. That would never stop her from coming in to work every day and doing research when she was away. Her work was never easy but in the end she wouldn't choose to do anything else.
She grimaced at the slowly darkening sky, grumbling audibly. "I think I have an umbrella inside, but I'm afraid I won't be able to leave again if I go back in."
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Post by genma on Aug 14, 2014 17:37:34 GMT
He couldn't help but feel bad for Sakura; work sounded rough if she couldn't go back inside without getting hounded again, and he hoped that it eventually would get better--it wouldn't do the village any good to let their best and brightest get burnt out so quickly.
"Well, I suppose you'd be able to take a few days off from working if you didn't go back inside and get it," Genma shrugged, implying that she'd end up with a cold if she attempted to walk home without one. He still found it so strange that no matter how hard they could bend and push their bodies, they were still susceptible to the common cold, just like every other civilian. There was probably some kind of poetic justice to it all, but Genma just found the whole thing a huge inconvenience. "Ah, but," he paused her, mouth moving without much of his brain's approval and permission. "If you are going back inside, could you tell me if Shizune is around?"
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Sakura Haruno
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Post by harunos on Aug 27, 2014 6:13:09 GMT
Sakura laughed bitterly at his comment about getting time off. It was almost tempting, but it wasn't a guarantee to get the time off even if she did pose a risk to other patients. A small surgical mask and she can work until she's better, no time off needed! It was impossible to get away from this place.
She started to respond, to tell him that Shizune was actually on duty, but then she stopped. She knew exactly what he was doing-- exactly why he had even started talking to her. If it wasn't for how tired she was, she would probably have smacked him. Instead she smiled dryly, "No need to check. Shizune's not here now." She turned away, taking the grumbling of her stomach as a cue to run away, "Anyway, I'm off-- no use going back for the umbrella now."
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