#!tei

[mindwalkerninja]

"i rescued him from a drain." come to think of it, he should've left the kitten where it was. now he's responsible for it, even if his track record proved that he had zero talent in keeping anything alive. tei was almost squeezing the poor tiny thing just to keep it still as he tried to ask ino for advice. "so yes, i suppose he's mine."

While she may have said she wasn’t impressed by people rescuing small, helpless animals... she was. Ino could feel her brows flattening at the answer and her earlier concerns were vanishing. Ever the optimist, she supposed that even someone as hopeless as Tei had a small space in his heart for these things. He had been moved to rescue an innocent, little kitten and definitely possessed the ability to look after it. She hoped.

She reached over to brush a finger over the kitten’s little head and smiled. “You did well. What is it called?”

[mindwalkerninja]

"excuse me." the bell above his head chimes and tei gives it a passing glance, before he pushes the door open all the way. ino's offer still lingers at the back of his head and he's finally had the time to drop by. his workload hasn't been kind lately. "yamanaka-san—?"

Here’s another one with a rather unkind work load- but at least she truly enjoys being busy and surrounded by beautiful flowers. She’s currently finished checking the inventory and has time for a small cup of tea before closing time -when she hears a familiar voice.Ah, wasn’t that Kasuga Tei from the department? She furrowed a brow, hoping that he wasn’t here with a reprimand from Ibiki... but it did not seem like that. “Yes, Kasuga-San? Anything I can help you with?”

[mindwalkerninja]

txrtxre replied to your post “sits at the ravenclaw table. he might be half asleep. he might not.”

he cocks his head towards her, uncomprehending. a basket of fresh bread appears before him and he fishes one out, fingers curling into the still-warm crust. "okay—?" he nudges the basket towards her. "would you like some bread, yamanaka-san?"

Her expression bland, she glanced from the bread to the mauve-haired pillock sat beside her. 

“No. I’m cutting down on carbs.” Ino was always ‘cutting down’ on things, and it was perhaps contributing to her foul mood, too. But the biggest factor was Tei.

“Why are you sitting at our table, anyway?”

Not that Ino had any room to complain about inter-house mingling considering that it was well-known how often she would sneak into a certain head boy’s bed. 

[mindwalkerninja]

he beamed at ino, pleased that she would take the time to mentor him on how to not kill plants. a knowledge that could maybe be transferred to other small animals that might cross his path in the future. optimism was a good colour to wear. "yes, i'll be there." if there wasn't any sudden folder on his desk, since their hours were pretty much stacked nowadays. "see you later, yamanaka-san."

It was exactly what the florist was hoping for; she wanted Tei to learn to look after plants and then move on to extending that skill towards animals and humans. Perhaps, even himself.

But that might be a tall order, considering that in the aftermath of war, a great number of shinobi were enduring survivor’s guilt. Thankfully, Ino was not. Perhaps it was because she had had some closure from her father in his dying moments and was able to navigate through the grief and move forwards in her life.

Some weren’t quite that lucky.

Ino was willing to extend that luck and care towards those who needed it. 

She offered him a mild smile and nodded. “Looking forward to it, Kasuga-San!”