Breakfast -- right, Sasuke remembered late, sitting back down with something approaching embarrassment. Even the reddened tips of his ears didn't dampen his mood, though, and he tucked into the reheated food with every sign of teenage gusto.

"My medical skills get tested just fine," he muttered in between bites, giving an expressive look in the direction of the hospital. "You know what medic-nin are like. I'd get kicked out of the third-floor windows of the hospital if I weren't keeping up."