work and play ~ [r]

[LENA?!]

Crowded streets and dozens of unique faces were only a few of the things that made Lena proud to have been born in Kumogakure. She liked the diversity that she saw around her- every building and every person that lived in them were different, whether it be their personality or appearance. Lena could never live on her own- knowing she had no one to protect and the only lone face she would see would be her own in a mirror made her shiver. Every morning when she woke up, that is all that Lena would think about- protecting people. It was just in her nature to be very protective of those she cared about, specifically her fellow shinobi and the citizens of their village. Those were the people she had sworn to protect when she joined the academy. So, when Lena woke up in the morning, nothing changed. As she let warm water flow over her soft skin and silky hair, all she thought about was protecting the villagers, whether she had to break a few rules to do it or not. It was the same thing while she dried the wetness from her body and while she brushed and pulled up her hair. While she clothed herself and while she ate breakfast and packed herself a lunch to take- it would be the same for the whole day.

The sun was shining when Lena walked out of her apartment and a soft breeze kept it from keeping extremely hot. Lena liked that, as she never liked anything to be extremely hot- she preferred being extremely cold to extremely hot anyways, as when you finally get Hypothermia and die, you get to feel one minute of warmth and slowly fall asleep, so it's really not that painful, unless you count the extreme frostbite from earlier. She and her best friend, Jetto, or Jet, which was what everyone liked to call him. She didn't know exactly what they were going to do, but they could decide that later. They had decided to meet at one of the parks in Kumogakure and she had hoped he would already be there- she had packed a lunch for him as well, because she didn't think he would have one. As she entered the park, it was easy to spot him from far away- dressed in black and with his long black hair. She suppressed her chakra and with a burst of speed rushed up behind him and jumped on his back, giggling like a little girl.

"Hey Jetty" she giggled, kissing his cheek and letting go of him. "What did you want to meet here for?" she asked.

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[Gentlemanne]

It was a lovely day to be free.

Such a beautiful village, filled to the brim with diversity and a myriad of different ninja with different abilities. Unfortunately, they'd never know true freedom. At least not to the level that Jetto would. He was free to do as he pleased, travel, have fun and skip school. He always wondered what the point of the ninja academy was, in his mind it was just less time to run about and have fun. What a waste. ''She said she'd be here around this time." Spoke Jet with a yawn, his thin arms stretching out above his head; their long lengths twitchy and grabby, showing a clear reflection of how impatient he was.

''She better get here so--"

Without warning, he was suddenly tackled from behind. Fearing for himself, he quickly brought his hand down to his belt, fingers grasping in preparation to strike back. That was, of course, before he heard the telltale giggle of the girl. ''Lena." He greeted with chagrin, he narrows eyes turning to face her. Jetto always did despise surprises and this was no different. However, he'd decide not to act on his ill feelings today. Today was a day of celebration.

''Happy friend-a-versary, it's been uh..ten years of loyal and awesome friendship, I guess."

Patting the bench beside him, he let out a lowly groan, his shoulders shifting to try and pop his bones back into their proper places. ''Try not to be too rough on the shoulders next time, please."

[LENA?!]

Lena mentally prepared herself when she saw his hand reach down for his belt, but once he stopped and she knew that everything was going to be ok, Lena let out yet another giggle. When he announced that it was their friend-aversery, a big grin spread over Lena’s face. She didn’t know if he had remembered or not, as it usually wasn’t something they celebrated, but ten years was such a big accomplishment! Lena remembered how they were only 8 years old when they had met. She had been partnered with him for an assignment and ever since that fateful day they had always been friends. Lena felt like she could tell Jetto anything, no matter what it was.

When he patted the seat next to him, Lena eagerly took it, smiling at him.“Sorry, Jetty” she said, giving him her signature puppy dog pout in apologies. It had been so long since they had really had time to sit down and talk, but that was because she had been prepping herself so hard for the upcoming chuunin exams that she hadn’t really had time to do anything with him. “I packed us some lunch, your favorite” she grinned, smiling at him as she pulled out the picnic basket and set it on the ground. The first thing she did was spread a blanket out before sitting down on it, patting a place next to her. She then pulled out several types of food including sashimi, udon noodles and several other things that she knew they both enjoyed- heck, she had enjoyed cooking it all!

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[Gentlemanne]

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