Out Hunting Geese All Day, Only to Be Pecked in the Eye by One

Obito stared at the wooden carving Rin had accepted in her arms, frozen in place as if he had been struck by Lightning Release.

His mind went blank. Only his mouth remained, stretched into a wild grin from ear to ear, making him look like a husky that had spotted a meat bone.

Up in the old camphor tree, Ye watched that foolish face through the Recording Camera lens and clicked his tongue in disdain.

"He's grinning like a husky. My Recording Camera can barely capture a face sitting in such an intelligence basin."

Ye mocked.

Kakashi leaned against the trunk and rolled his dead-fish eyes, pulling his face deeper into his collar.

"Coming out early in the morning to play love security guard for this guy—the sour stench of romance is already choking me."

The atmosphere beneath the tree was growing increasingly sweet when Rin pulled a thin red string from her pocket, though no one knew when she had prepared it.

Right in front of Obito, she threaded it through the rough wooden carving, its cheap glue nearly overflowing from every uneven groove, her movements utterly natural.

There was still a trace of green from medicinal herbs on the end of the red string. She carefully tied a dead knot, then hung it from the side of her medical case without the slightest disgust.

The warm morning breeze drifted past, and the wooden carving swayed twice in the wind, somehow blending perfectly with the medical case.

Obito stared at that crack, and his eyes quickly grew hot.

"Rin, thank you."

Rin raised her face and pointed at the wound at the corner of his mouth, which had not yet gone down.

"Don't always use yourself to block blades in the future."

"I'll change!"

Obito answered immediately.

Rin looked