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[shunshinoshishi]

Who: Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Obito
When: Sometime after Kakashi's birthday and recent events, late September-ish?
Where: Shisui's place. For a change >_> If Obito shows up...
Summary: ....Shisui wants to talk. Again.

He'd left Obito a message earlier, asking him if it would be alright to meet up later that night. He'd also specified a time: 7:00PM, which is about three hours earlier than he expects Obito to show up. At least 7:00PM would guarantee him a visit before midnight? (Such is Shisui's logic when it comes to scheduling around Obito-time~) Regardless of how late he expected the Hokage to show up, Shisui had also put together a quick dinner.

Perhaps they'd both be in better spirits over a full stomach when they went into discussion mode this time? Because Shisui had a few things to talk to Obito about. And update him on other things.

...This dinner probably was also an attempt to apologize for how last time's meeting had gone. Nothing too fancy, though. Shisui couldn't cook fancy. 

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[thebestuchiha]

He managed to Get there shortly after eight, much to his frustration given he'd actually managed to leave the building just before seven and been waylaid immediately by one of the people from the intel department. Still, he drummed on Shisui's door as soon as he got there, leaning on the doorframe. THis was all completely doable.

And he sincerely hoped this wasn't going to be another grunge session of any kind, he wasn't sure he could deal with that too.

[shunshinoshishi]

He'd just gotten out of the bathroom, still in his towel, not really expecting a rap on the door till late. Perhaps it was someone come in to tell him he was needed somewhere? Shisui had to fumble through his clothes for a bit, then finally decide on putting some on later, just pulling on a shirt as he managed to open the door. He'd only just got one arm in when he blinked a few times just to make sure he was seeing who he was seeing.

"Woah!" Guess it must have been a rather surprising event after all for Shisui to end up putting his free arm through the neck hole-- "You're early!"

...Shisui no.

[thebestuchiha]

"No, I'm not." He huffed and reached out to help Shisui put on his shirt right, then nudged him back. "Let me in will you?"

[shunshinoshishi]

"Sure are-- thanks." He opened the door wider so Obito could step right in. "Wasn't expecting you in till past ten~" Chuckling, Shisui skips off into his room, waving a hand vaguely in the direction of the living room as a gesture for Obito to please take a seat. "Be with you shortly." Pause. "Once I locate some pants."

He's pretty sure he had some pants washed in with the latest batch of laundry he did...

[thebestuchiha]

"...I'm an hour late." He sighed, but slipped inside, taking off his shoes and neatening them before moving off to sit and let Shisui get dressed. Which he should have been. He wasn't always late.

[shunshinoshishi]

"...I meant to say be here at ten, but then--" He grinned, walking back into the room fully dressed now. the mood immediately dropped to something serious in the next moment. "How... are things?"

[thebestuchiha]

"They've... stabilized." He shook his head slightly, fingers fussing at the material of his shirt, smoothing it down. He wouldn't point out the late expectation. "On the village front I mean."

[shunshinoshishi]

"Mm." He watched him a second, then moved to the kitchenette to get them something to drink. He only had tea. And water from the tap. So tea it was. He set about making it.

"I ran into Rin the other day." Might as well talk about good things first.

[thebestuchiha]

His lips turned up immediately. Even if he wasn't in love with her the way he once had been, he still was happy to know she was close. "She's home to stay instead of just visiting this time. It'll be really good to have her home, you know?"

[shunshinoshishi]

"Uh huh~" Shisui was smiling, too. It was good to see Obito not crying for once! "Bet it will be. Is she going to takeup at the hospital effective immediately or?" Just making conversation; he wasn't trying to pry or anything--

[thebestuchiha]

He looked sideways at him, almost sly. "Intend on taking her out and about again Shisui?"

He didn't keep on that tact though, instead answering the question. "But yeah, hospital, she's just settling in."

[shunshinoshishi]

And Shisui caught that look, responding with an arched eyebrow. "Maybe? Do I need the Hokage's permission?" His expression broke into a slow smirk at that.

"I see. I take it things ought to be going pretty smoothly in Uzu then." If they were having their shinobi return...

He went back to making them tea. "Oi I forgot-- sugar or no?" Shisui literally drank sugar-water. He'd forgotten what Obito drank.

[thebestuchiha]

"Yes, but not as much as you do." He looked from tea to Shisui's face. "And Rin does what Rin does... just know that I'm not the only one keeping an eye out for her. I'm happy if she's happy."

[shunshinoshishi]

"How much is not too much, man. My little might be your diabetes." Shisui rolled his eyes at the next comment, though, laughing. ""I think she's pretty cool, but I don't think anything's happening at all so, release me from your radar, yeah?" Hey hey-- They've only just met!

[thebestuchiha]

He hummed and leaned over, eying the sugar pile. "Just a few spoons okay?"

[shunshinoshishi]

"One, two?" There goes one huge spoonful--

[thebestuchiha]

He stared a moment. "Just... two of those yeah."

[shunshinoshishi]

"Okay." Annnd two. There.

He set about stirring, the sound of the spoon clanging softly against the sides of the mug.

"Did you manage to figure out who-- you know..." His voice trailed off for a moment then. "Attacked Adela." Softer now.

[thebestuchiha]

"The attacker was a missing-nin from another village, but we haven't located who leaked security details yet. The rosters are getting a complete overhaul." He gave him a weak smile. "It's been an ordeal."

[shunshinoshishi]

He frowned at that, staring at his reflection in the tea. "I didn't think much of it at first. Seemed fine when they left the village..." He eyed Obito, sideways, then looked away just as quickly before he put the spoon away. "I was out training with Ami. Didn't think anything of it when I felt her leave. And I didn't think he was following, either. And then they completely went off the radar. Well-- I'm not entirely sure if that was the attacker, but-- Only when Neji brought her in did I figure she'd been attacked."

He brought Obito's tea over to him. No tray, nothing. Just you know-- the mug.

[thebestuchiha]

He reached up to take the tea, more to do something with his hands than anything else as he let out a rough breath. "No one noticed Shisui. That's a part of the problem."

[shunshinoshishi]

"Of course it is." He chewed on the inside of his lip, tugging over a scab that had just begun to heal. It came undone, and he tasted flecks of blood.

Still, he gnawed at the spot even as he took his own mug to his seat.

There was silence whilst he thought, mulling over details that seemed trivial on the day; details he wished he would have paid more attention to. But there was no going back, obviously. No point in wishing things undone. But perhaps he could help, he thought.

"That brings me to another issue. But-- before I jump to that: Do you suppose they could have been within the village and then followed her out?"

[thebestuchiha]

"It's not impossible. I've considered it even. It just reinforces the idea that someone is on the inside feeding people to the outside. We've lost more shinobi this year than the years combined before that with me as Hokage."

[shunshinoshishi]

The last bit has Shisui fixing his gaze on Obito, almost in warning. "Don't take it personally." It's not you, he wanted to say.

But there was another moment of silence as Shisui brought his mug up to his lips to sip on his so-called diabetes-inducing tea. "One has to ask who stands to gain from this." Konoha had many enemies, he knew, despite the friendly faces they all put on during every diplomatic meeting.

He lifts his gaze up to the Hokage once more. "And... the council? How are they taking this?" It was here that Shisui worried. As much as he didn't want to let doubt encroach this seemingly happy time and ruin it for him, he couldn't shake off the feeling that people were still not content. What if it was just a plot to overthrow the only Uchiha who'd not only been selected for, but also allowed to be Hokage? Unspoken words wrote themselves all over his expression, though.

[thebestuchiha]

"I think it has to do with people outside the village. The council... they're uneasy and Sarutobi-sama is... placating them while I deal with things. I'm not sure he's doing the best job ever, but Sensei has been dealing with some of it too which is why he's been so busy these days. I'm dealing with the village while those two deal with the people who would much it up even worse, you know? If I could just find the sore that's the problem we'd be in good shape."

[shunshinoshishi]

"When are they never uneasy?" Have a smile. "The sore is usually somebody who's pretty jealous of how things are going here. Seemingly perfect." Seemingly; he'd be an idiot to claim that it was. "But are you certain that it is only people from outside the village?"

He's standing in a moment, and pacing over to the window, peering out through the blinds just to make sure no one was nearby. Not that he'd turned off the ability to sense-- but this was Shisui, overly cautious.

"I've been working on that assignment you gave me a while back."

[thebestuchiha]

"Have you? What have you put together?" He didn't address the first questions just yet, trying to work out exactly how to answer. He was sure it was an outside issue... but that didn't mean it didn't have an inside factor.