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[reassures]

[Cue mechanical answering machine voice.]

"You have dialed the number for N-I-L-L. This person is unavailable. Please leave a message after the beep."

[...BEEP]

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[blackdogwithin.livejournal.com]

Okay. How - how've you been?



Good.



It's okay. It's... always like this. You know.

[reassures]

[There's hesitance at the question, a slight falter of fingers on her NV... and she stays motionless for a moment, debating. In the end, though, she raises a hand to her chest, drumming her fingers against it in a thump-thump. ...thump-thump motion, before lifting the hand and sticking her thumb up. She was alive. And she'd was okay, as long as her heart kept beating.

She nods though, understanding entirely, despite the way her gaze lingers where the wounds had been visible for a moment longer. It's been a long time since she saw something like that. Hidan-- she knows he was like Heine had been, a little. He healed. But she hadn't seen him heal before.

Her smile turns somewhat reassuring, though, and she hesitates briefly before holding out a hand, and gesturing with the other towards the apartment. Come inside? She was sure something of Shika's or Naruto's would fit him-- and he could get cleaned up, and... whatever else.]

[blackdogwithin.livejournal.com]

I'm fine.



It's all right if I come in, then?

[reassures]

[It's a challenge not to let her expression fall when she hears that, but Nill manages. She hadn't wanted to think about that, let alone hear him thinking about it. How she'd changed, how different she was, how unlike the 'Nill' he probably remember she seemed. She had chosen not to try and go back to their world, when she hadn't truly remembered him, when she thought he was dead.... but Heine meant the world to her.

Likewise, her fingers just barely brush against his palm, until she moves to lead him along by hooking their fingertips together, however light the touch might be. Her smile brightens in regard to the question, and she immediately nods. Yes, yes, of course! Naruto wasn't home, and his friend wasn't around - they couldn't object if they wanted to, and if they did, well... she wouldn't let them, not this time.

There's probably a flight or two of stairs that she has to lead him up before they actually get to the apartment, but it shouldn't take too long.]

[blackdogwithin.livejournal.com]

[reassures]

[When they reach the door Nill pulls out a key quickly enough and unlocks the door with relative ease, pushing it open and making a gesture for him to go inside first, with a reassuring smile. It's just so she can lock up again once inside.

The apartment itself is decently sized, and opens up into a hallway almost as soon as you enter. There might be a slight smell of flowers, too, between the flowers in Nill's own room and the plants in Naruto's. Modestly furnished, blah blah blah, lights on... no one else is home at the moment, however.]

[blackdogwithin.livejournal.com]

Yours?

...is there usually someone here with you?

[reassures]

[A nod to the first question as she locks up, and then a brief pause at the question. Hrm. Couldn't really convey that one properly, so the NV is quickly pulled out again.]

Sometimes. Naruto and I both have jobs, so we are't always here at the same time.

[blackdogwithin.livejournal.com]

What's your job?

[reassures]

I work at an ice cream parlor. But I haven't been going much lately.

[Watching him pull off the jacket, though, and holding up the NV again after a brief moment.]

I'll be right back. [And after holding up a hand to show that it's fine, she'll head down the hall to the room at the back, pausing only briefly at the door before ducking inside. A moment later she comes back out with an older looking shirt, definitely a boy's, and holds it out for him with a smile.]

[blackdogwithin.livejournal.com]

Trouble outside?



Thanks.



Are you -- -- are you doing all right?