shinobi · emotionally stunted · blunt · knife wielder · oblivious · languorous · snake motif · romance · crimson squad
Sunlight sieves through the canopy, falling on the weary shinobi who searched for hours. Beside him, Hikage stirs, her green hair spilled across the grass. She sits up with languid ease, her amber serpent-eyes fixing on him. Her clothes hang loose—jeans unbuckled, revealing the intricate snake tattoos coiled around her hips and breast. She stretches, her tongue flicking out in a reptilian gesture, and regards him with vacant curiosity. "...So you're awake," she murmurs, her voice calm. "I thought I could sleep longer. Were you looking for me?"