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Post by genma on Jul 27, 2014 6:46:23 GMT
A free evening schedule usually meant one of three things for Genma: watching shitty re-runs of soaps until 3am, eating leftovers over the apartment's balcony, or trying to rack up as much on his tab as possible while simultaneously trying to flirt his way out of it. Tonight he'd chosen the latter, although the flirting part never seemed to work--probably due to the fact he'd been running up tabs in the same bar since he'd first been able to drink. At least he had company, although he wasn't sure it was the best company that could had been offered. He didn't dislike Tsume or necessarily have a problem with her, but their personalities seemed to clash and everything was just easier when Raidou or Aoba were around too.
Another drink had been placed in front of him, and Genma could only muse on his gratefulness for a God who had bestowed an iron liver and stomach to him. He couldn't even remember what time he'd started drinking, but he was still aware of his own name and what Hokage was in power, which seemed to be far better than some of the other patrons nearby. Pulling the cup to his lips, Genma regarded Tsume; the woman could drink him under the table, that was for sure. There was a lot that Tsume could do to Genma, and he was sure that murdering his body and hiding the whole thing up was another feat she was capable of: something he kept in the back of his mind whenever he was unfortunate enough to exchange glances with Kuromaru. At least the beast hadn't been allowed into a public building, which seemed to be the only safe place for Genma to hide in.
Letting the cup rest back against the surface, Genma sighed with content at the feeling of a fresh drink hitting the back of his throat. "So how much of my tab did you say you were paying?" He teased towards his drinking partner, head titled with a lop-sided grin to coat it.
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Post by tsume on Jul 27, 2014 8:05:11 GMT
Shushuya had become a regular haunt of the jounin of Konoha, as well as most citizens, once they hit the drinking age. Tsume didn't spend as much time in the pub as her drinking partner did, that was for sure at least--she preferred establishments that welcomed her canine companion, but Kuromaru had made one too many threats to the bartenders and patrons of Shushuya and they'd barred him from further entrance. Even if it meant he wasn't allowed in, it was still an amusing story; her dog didn't seem to be a fan of the attention males sometimes gave her. His absence had seemed to have improved her ability to socialize with Genma, at least, with the tokubetsu jounin finally confident enough to approach her without fear of a dog half his height. It wasn't exactly a fair trade, but there wasn't much to be done about it.
"Ha!" Tsume barked, looking sharply at the man like he'd grown another head. "I don't know where you came up with the boneheaded idea that I'd be paying any of it--you've racked that thing up on your own, and you'll have to dig yourself out of that debt on your own too," she laughed, taking a hearty sip of her own drink before smirking at him. "You'll never be properly trained if people let you get away with anything all the time."
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Post by genma on Jul 27, 2014 9:11:51 GMT
"Well, you can't say it wasn't worth an attempt," he shrugged, her denial easily rolling off of him. He'd never asked with the intention of the woman agreeing, but conversation was conversation and perhaps one day he'd strike gold and she'd be drunk enough to go along with him. Assuming they'd ever reach a point where she was blind drunk before he was--the size advantage just wasn't on his side, which was practically cheating by existence.
His eyebrows raised an inch at her next insult, shaking his head and smirking into his drink again. "I'm not sure how much more training I need at thirty-six, but I'll keep your advice in mind," Genma chuckled, far more used to her dog-based insults than he liked to admit. It was strange that she kept comparing him to a dog when her clan were supposed to see them in a positive light, but he wasn't about to debate dog politics with Tsume--not that he had any interest in dog politics, no matter who the other member of the conversation was.
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Post by tsume on Jul 27, 2014 17:04:09 GMT
"You sure can say it wasn't worth an attempt!" Tsume argued, rolling her eyes at his antics. "You need to learn you can't flirt your way out of everything anymore," she teased, smirking into her cup as she took another swig of her Sapporo. "You're an old man now, Shiranui."
She laughed as she continued, turning to face him properly though her hand still rested protectively on her drink. "Not too old not to be trained, though! Don't believe what they say about an old dog and new tricks, eh? Even the oldest mongrel can still be taught. There's still hope for you, don't worry," she winked, turning again to take another sip of her drink.
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Post by genma on Jul 27, 2014 18:31:23 GMT
If there was one thing Genma could not agree with, it was he was aging to a noticeable degree. He might have lived beyond his years, but that didn't seem to have much of an affect on his looks--which he'd become slightly proud of protective of. "I am not old, the charm is still there. Besides, getting older won't be too bad--you just appeal to a different crowd with a different taste," he winked, without a drop of insincerity in his word.
"I'd like to think I'm a little better than a mongrel," he mused, although he doubted Tsume would change her mind on that. "Maybe a King Charles Spaniel: they have luscious flowing hair-fur. Or a Rough Collie, beautiful, slim and everyone loves to be around them. I mean they might have a constant barking problem, but God had to give it a minor set-back. Humans just aren't ready for that kind of perfection."
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Post by tsume on Jul 28, 2014 4:58:29 GMT
"Not old? Please don't become one of those adults that says they're so many years young in a desperate bid to chase their youth," she teased, though she was cringing at the mere mention of 'years young' and the chilling idea that anyone she socialized with could say something like that. "How old are you now, forty? Somethin' like that, anyway. They start calling us old at 30, Shiranui, and whether or not you have looks, you can't weasel your way out of being old with them," she offered, as close to some semblance of a compliment as Tsume ever really got.
She quirked a brow at him as he started talking dog breeds, surprised he paid enough attention to dogs to even know them. The way he avoided Kuromaru, she wouldn't think he ever associated with dogs, and probably avoided Kakashi like the plague when he was taken his pack of ninken for a work. "Dunno about everyone loving to be around them, but I actually think it fits you pretty well. You might be cute," she smirked, reaching to touch just under his chin, "but it is not worth the dribble always pouring out of your mouth." With that, she pulled her hand away and turned back to her drink.
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Post by genma on Jul 28, 2014 5:47:37 GMT
"No, no," Genma shook his head, also agreeing with how terrible 'years young' sounded on adults of their age. "I'm not saying I'm young, but I'm certainly not old. Old is like the Third, or Jiraiya. I'm just borderline on middle-age, because I'm thirty-six, thank you very much. Aren't you the one who's forty, with two kids too? Some of us can live our youth a little longer," he joked, although there wasn't much of his youth that he still lived. There wasn't even much of his youth that he still wanted to live, well-adjusted to life as an adult--but if making such comments would establish how he wasn't old yet, then Genma would deal with it.
He allowed Tsume to patronize him, too slow from the alcohol to even stop her in the first place. Genma wasn't exactly going to deny a compliment either, even if it was backhanded at that. "Apparently the dribble that comes out is pretty attractive to most, although I'm not sure how I feel about the loudest queen of bullshit lecturing me on what I talk about."
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Post by tsume on Jul 28, 2014 8:13:40 GMT
"No," she argued, pausing to take another swig of her drink and frowning as she finally reached the end of her can. "That's ancient. We're old. And if you remember, I'm pretty young to be a mother of two, considering their ages," she reminded him, jabbing playfully with her ribs in what might have been a bit harder than she meant to someone as scrawny as Genma. "But I still know I'm old, and I know you are too. Hey!" she called, eager for the bartenders attention before even properly finishing speaking to her companion. "Another Sapporo!"
Once she cracked the top of the can to hear the hiss of pressure from the drink, Tsume continued to regard Genma, politely offering him her attention again. "Tch, finding it attractive isn't the same as knowing how to tune it out," she argued, giving a noncommittal shrug of her shoulders--she found it hard to believe people could find his words attractive in anyway short of just his voice. "And I don't know what bullshit you think I'm saying! I'm giving you the truth, whether you choose to accept it or not." Pausing to take a ship of her drink, Tsume turned to glance towards the exit, leaning back into Genma's space without meaning to before turning back. "Wasn't anyone else coming, or is it really just you and me?"
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Post by genma on Jul 28, 2014 8:31:54 GMT
Genma could only look at the bartender with pity as Tsume demanded his attention. At least it left him content with the knowledge that he wasn't openly obnoxious, and that random strangers probably didn't go home and curse his existence and drinking habits. "Ancient is a little cruel on the guys," he offered in their defense, although Genma had no idea if Tsume had even heard him over the sound of her own voice barking orders at underpaid staff.
"Isn't that just your version of the truth? It's a subjective subject," he shrugged in return, passing off her comment with little regard. "Raidou was supposed to come and save me, but as always he seems to think that leaving me here to die is going to turn out well for him. I'm not saying that I'm gonna make the guy carry me home, but I am already tallying up the compensation I'm going to receive for the slander your 'truth' has given my character."
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Post by tsume on Jul 28, 2014 8:58:31 GMT
Coincidentally, Tsume hadn't heard him over her own voice, too preoccupied with getting her next drink to listen to Genma bumble on--and if she'd thought he was dribbling bullshit before, it was nothing on what he was rambling on about now. Despite her tangent on how old he was, he did still seem young and childish to her when he got like this, such a lightweight despite having half a foot on her. "Truth isn't a subjective subject at all, idiot. It's just the truth, and that's that."
Tsume frowned when Genma informed her Raidou had been meant to attend, turning to glare at the door again and subsequently leaning back into Genma's space again as she did. "Raidou's not usually one to be late," she remarked, turning to frown at Genma instead before shrugging it off and taking another sip of her beer. "Ah, well. If you get too drunk to find your way home--which at this rate, I'd be surprised if you didn't, don't worry about Raidou--I'll carry you home!" she laughed, more excited about emasculating the man further than the promise she was making that she might actually have to stick to. "To make up for making you feel so old you had to drink the main of fleeting youth away," she teased further, winking at him playfully.
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Post by genma on Jul 28, 2014 17:23:13 GMT
"Ah, but it is!" He argued, although the whole matter was probably pointless. He had his own way of seeing things, and Tsume had her own way: which was enough evidence in itself that truth only mattered about the perception of the person spouting it. Explaining that to Tsume seemed more effort than it was worth, especially when her mood seemed more predisposed to toying with him, rather than listening to him and taking him seriously.
"Well, who am I to deny a free ride whenever someone offers it?" Genma shrugged, happily accepting Tsume's offer. He was sure that she'd only offered to carry on the joke about his age that she'd started, but caring about his pride too much would just let her win in the long run. If he couldn't bring himself to put any effort into caring about whether Tsume ended up carrying him home, then the action couldn't embarrass him--as he was sure she'd intended it to. He chuckled at her next words, wondering if that really was what he was doing, although Genma didn't have any delusions about whether he was youthful or not. He picked the remained of his drink off of the bar, holding it upwards. "My fleeting youth," he toasted.
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Post by tsume on Jul 28, 2014 18:15:46 GMT
Tsume simply shrugged and let him have his fancy, poetic definition of truth--she knew it was wrong, like she knew they were old. They could have opinions about the truth and look at it how they wanted and argue against it but it didn't change the facts, but it wasn't an issue tonight. Plus, the way he was going, she doubted he'd be able to argue his case very well, and she generously let it slide so as to keep her from listening to more of his dribble.
"You are never one to deny a free ride, if memory serves," Tsume agreed, happy enough to tease him further by adding more meaning to her words. Still, even if she didn't want to bring the man home, she couldn't exactly leave him in the pub alone in good conscious in the state he was in, even if it meant carrying the pup home and inconveniencing herself. It wasn't too out of her way, and it would give her something else to tease him about next time they met. She laughed as he raised his cup, raising her own can in turn and tapping it against his. "To your fleeting youth," she toasted along, taking a swig of her drink before patting him roughly on the back.
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Post by genma on Jul 29, 2014 2:08:26 GMT
"Oh Tsume," he sighed heavily, shaking his head in over-dramatization. "That's such a cheap shot, even for you." The joke didn't really bother him, already used to every single one that had been told before it. Genma didn't quite understand how it was only his own pursuits that seemed to be dragged up, when every other Jounin their age was doing exactly the same. At least he took the jokes easily, where as insinuating the same with Raidou would have been a whole different story. Still, he smiled lop-sidedly as she toasted with him, knocking back the rest of his drink before calling over the bartender for more: trying to set a civil example for Tsume to try next time.
Talking of civil examples, Genma had recently been having problems with accessing any of the air condition in the Jounin's lounge, always ending up standing around awkwardly while a mess of limbs and fur napped napped in a corner. It wasn't as if any Inuzuka were known for the manners or consideration, but Genma hadn't really had the patience or effort to ask Kiba to move: especially with a dog that knew Kuromaru. "You know," he began, pausing to thank the bar tender as his drink was served, "I can't sit in my usual spot any more; your son is just there constantly with his dog. Can't you buy the kid a fan or something? If the goobers notice too many Jounin sleeping around then the higher ups are gonna come down on it, and then where am I gonna sleep around when my landlord can't understand how to fix the air conditioning again? You'd think having specialized ninja who are trained to kill people in their sleep would be enough motivation but this guy is as dull as a rock; a rock with a monopoly in housing, but a rock nonetheless."
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Post by tsume on Jul 29, 2014 2:59:28 GMT
Tsume didn't even notice Genma's polite example of dealing with bartenders, not loud enough to catch her attention as she took another swig of her own drink, frowning at the can as she realized it was starting to get to be more empty than full. She considered just ordering another while Genma already had the bartender in front of them, but decided to wait--with him ordering another drink, she wasn't sure how much longer the bag of bones was going to last, and she didn't want to drink so much she wouldn't be able to offer the ride home she'd promised him.
She squinted as she started talking about his usual spot, immediately assuming he was talking about in Shushuya and trying to recall where they usually sat, if this wasn't it--but once he clarified and mentioned Kiba, she tensed slightly--probably not in a way that was noticeable to the intoxicated jounin, though. "I have bought him a fan," Tsume replied, shrugging off Genma's suggestion and taking another sip of her beer. "Whenever he's home, all he does is lie on the floor in front of it! It's pathetic! I can't believe a son of mine would spend 18 hours a day lazing around like a slug," she tutted, taking a quick sip of her drink between sentences. "So, I turned it off and I put it in my room and I told Kuromaru not to let him have it. He can't laze around like that! He's a jounin, for God's sake, and if he ever wants to improve further, or," she shrugged, politely skimming over what she knew her son's goal actually had been for the sake of keeping Genma from poking fun at it. "Or whatever, he needs to get up and train. But evidently, all he's been doing is sneaking off and sleeping in whatever air conditioned hole he can find. What a disgrace!" she sighed, finally downing the rest of her beer and calling the bartender over again, just as loudly as she had before.
She thanked him as he pushed another Sapporo her way, slipping him a tip and a wink before cracking that can open as well, taking a quick whiff to enjoy the way it smelled freshly opened. As she did, she caught another scent, glancing towards the door of the bar before turning back and smirking at her current company. "Your knight in shining armor's finally turned up," she informed him, pleased to smell that Raidou was finally going to be joining them.
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Post by raidou on Jul 29, 2014 5:46:01 GMT
As if on cue, Raidou walked in slowly, waving a tired hand to the bartender. He called for a small bottle of sake, giving the man a thankful smile as he approached Tsume and Genma. As he sat, the bartender carried both the bottle and a small, ceramic cup to Raidou; Raidou exchanged the booze for money, giving the man a tip as well. He probably needed it if these two were left alone -- he could only imagine the ruckus they'd have made in his absence.
He poured the sake slowly, careful not to spill. The fragile cup was very rounded, like a teacup, and he feared losing even a bit of the precious liquid. Every drop lost is a coin wasted, and with the price of sake, he didn't feel like he was being unreasonable. Taking the first sip, he exhaled happily. He needed that.
"Sorry about how late I was! I wasn't expecting to get so wrapped up in my work... Or to take an untimely nap on it. But I'm guessing you two have had a nice time together?" Giving a glance and a smirk to Tsume, he added: "And since you got pegged with babysitting him, tell me he's behaved this whole time, too?"
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