Anko knew she had startled Rin Nohara, so she hurried to reassure her.
"Okay, okay, I was wrong. My dear Rin, don't be mad!"
Rin hadn't really been angry to begin with, so she took the chance to let it go. She nodded.
"All right, enough of that. What did you want to tell me?"
But when it came time to explain, Anko suddenly lowered her head, looking shy.
The abrupt change made Rin catch a whiff of gossip.
"Oh? What's this about? Come on, tell me!"
Anko was embarrassed, but she knew she had to figure this out.
She looked at Rin shyly and said, "I want to know how I should prepare!"
By the time she finished, her face was bright red, and she kept twisting the hem of her clothes between her fingers.
Rin looked as though she hadn't understood.
She frowned and asked, puzzled, "Prepare for what?"
Anko huffed. "You're awful! That kind of thing, obviously! I don't know what to do, so I came to ask you!"
The more Anko said, the less Rin understood.
She still looked completely baffled.
Seeing that Rin's confusion didn't seem to be an act, Anko grew anxious.
"That kind of thing! Master Yin held me today, and he was this close! But I didn't know what to do, so I ran away!"
As she spoke, Anko held up her arms to show how little distance there had been between her and Uchiha Yin.
The moment Yin came up, Rin understood what Anko meant.
Her face instantly turned scarlet. "Why are you asking me?"
She turned her head away.
Rin looked mortified, but Anko had no intention of letting her off that easily. She grabbed Rin's clothes.
"Because you know, of course! Didn't you and Master Yin..."
Before Anko could