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[blackfire]

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[shumi]

guess i'm staying in my room

[blackfire]

A wise choice.

Though I suppose it would present an opportunity for the team building you're so fond of.

[shumi]

in what way?

[blackfire]

（ please don't make the international terrorist explain how socialization works to you kakashi!!! ）

If you can't see how, perhaps I am mistaken.

[shumi]

perhaps you are

( team building doesn't need to be at a beach party, itachi-kun.

besides, he isn't into casual socialization. )

i guess you must be in attendance then

[blackfire]

No.

（ not... anymore. ）

[shumi]

i'm surprised

you seem to get along quite well with the crew

( tell him about the friends you made along the way, itachi. )

[blackfire]

No better or worse than I did the Akatsuki.

（ no ）

[shumi]

you haven't made any friends then?

[blackfire]

Have you?

[shumi]

do you count?

( he's kidding. )

[blackfire]

We are not friends.

（ allies, perhaps — tenuously. ）

[shumi]

what hurtful words

in that case, i guess i have none here either

[blackfire]

They are not necessary to our goal.

In fact, such bonds are often more of a hinderance.

[shumi]

( he agrees. )

what about you and me?

[blackfire]

You and I both wish to change the fate of Konoha.

As long as our goals align, I see no reason we are not acting in alliance. However — I do not begrudge your lack of trust in me.

[shumi]

( what. )

is that the impression i'm giving?

[blackfire]

Is there another reason you persist in interrogating me?

[shumi]

interrogating you?

i haven't been interrogating you, itachi

[blackfire]

Then why are you asking me so many questions?

[shumi]

( well, this is a little embarrassing to say, isn't it? )

because i want to get to know you better

[blackfire]

（ what. ）

Why?

（ is he sounding like a broken record rn? yes. ）

[shumi]

( does he really not know or is he intentionally making him say all of this? )

so we can get along

[blackfire]

（ what^tm part 2, moonlight sonata.

itachi stares at that text for a long, long time. as much as anyone can stare at a message in one's own brain.

and then, rather than answer it, he goes to work in the training room for. a while.

none of this makes sense, contrasted against the man he knows. kakashi was serious, remote — emotionally distant. he does not recall ever even learning where the man lived, in all their time together in anbu. they have met only twice since then — the first of those times he put him in a coma, and the second was the use of a body not his own, meant at most to stall him. he has no measure of the man now, who he is, what he became.

he only knows that he tried his best for sasuke.

perhaps that is what softens him, and after several hours of target practice with his bad arm — ）

It seems I have misjudged your intentions.

I apologize.

[shumi]

( when no response comes, kakashi surmises that itachi either doesn't believe him or disagrees with the sentiment. he doesn't push the subject. it would only make an awkward situation even more awkward. instead, he spends the next while taking care of other matters.

at least until he gets alerted to his message. he's honestly a little surprised that he replied, no less with an apology. )

let's get along well then, itachi