The smile on Yugito Nii's face froze instantly. Her eyes widened as she stared at the rabbit's ears hanging limply down.
"Liar!" The fondness she had just begun to feel ended as abruptly as the rabbit's snapped neck.
Yūto was deftly skinning the rabbit with a kunai. At her words, he glanced up at her. "What did I lie to you about?"
"You clearly just asked whether I liked..." She suddenly choked on her words, realizing he had never actually said he would give it to her as a pet.
So this bastard had been asking whether she liked eating rabbit?
Yugito Nii clenched her fists. If that was what he meant, he should have said so!
She wasn't some little girl who couldn't move at the sight of something cute. She was a qualified ninja. She could kill living creatures, too.
But this Uchiha had gone too far!
Couldn't he have made himself clear from the start?
Yūto tossed her the other rabbit, which was still kicking vigorously, and said without looking up, "You deal with this one."
Yugito Nii caught the still-struggling gray rabbit, feeling its warm body tremble against her palms.
She looked up at him, then lowered her eyes to the rabbit before her, suddenly feeling weary.
The psychological problems peculiar to Jinchūriki were making her a little sentimental again.
In the village, she had lived as a weapon for decisive battles. Even after being captured, she still had to do the work of ending lives.
When would she get to live as carefree a life as others her age?
Seeing that Yugito Nii still hadn't moved, Yūto suddenly reached out and snatched the gray rabbit from her arms. Its struggles stopped abruptly.
The kunai sliced through the soft fur on the rabbit's belly. When drops