Day 27: Lunch

[norainu]

Renji wasn't so certain what this grilled cheese thing was all about, but he liked the sound of some soup. Even if it was strange western soup, well... there wasn't anything bad people could do to soup, in his experience. His good mood was starting to fray at the edges, a little, from the strain of dealing with the Ichimaru issue, and even more from what had been on the bulletin board earlier.

He'd never had difficulty simply writing something before. But...

He shook his head as he entered the line. He didn't want to think about it. He wanted to hold on to the tenuous equilibrium he'd managed to find.

Renji got himself a large bowl of soup, water, and even one of those sandwiches, just to try it. Old habit, recently awakened, had him over to one side of the cafeteria, where the fewest people possible would have the chance to pass behind him. He sat there with his back toward the wall and started eating.

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Sasuke very nearly agreed to the idea of a nurse, but a combination of pride and embarrassment held the word back from actually leaving his mouth.

He needed to train his hearing. And he needed to be able to trust Kakashi -- as an ally. And he was sick of his nurse and everything she represented (and the way she liked to propel him places like he was five years old).

That, and he was not going to look weak. The fact that Kakashi offered him an out was incentive enough in itself.

"I'll follow you," he said stiffly. "If you step heavily enough, I should be able to trace your steps easily enough."

'Easily' was probably a bluff. But he could probably do it. He would -- because he had to -- make it there. He'd show Kakashi that blind or not, he was still Uchiha Sasuke.