indignant is the scowl growing upon the boy’s face, frustration growing with each and every word of his uncle’s nagging. still, asuma commands MORE respect than others do: for once, konohamaru listens, though his morose expression is certainly not going anywhere [ ... ] of course, this decision is only aided by the knowledge that he’d be caught not a second after.
“ i DO put energy into that stuff, kore. ” crumpled on the ground and tangled in his scarf, he sits up to look the older sarutobi in the eye. “ and it’s not like i've done anything wrong yet. so what’re you lecturing me for ? i just wanted a look at the old man’s scrolls. ” never mind that their contents involve nothing but jutsu unfit for a genin’s learning, of course. perhaps a certain orange - clad shinobi really IS a bad influence after all . . .
@saruasu / continued.