Board Thread:Konoha Logs/@comment-24714922-20161224014041/@comment-30269418-20161224114329

Too young. Gah. He didn't understand it at all. But her face flushed red when he asked her to do it when she was older. But what if she didn't have that chance? If it wasn't Takahiro, then what would her grandmother do?! Who would she be married off to?! "I don't think it clears much up, to be honest." She'd murmur, still terrified for her future. What if she didn't retain the right to ask him when she was older?

She'd be led through the crowd, her blush apparent. However, when he went to let go of her hand, he seemed to change his mind and hold onto it. It was a nice, firm grip. She hadn't had contact with anyone like this, not even her own brother. It was nice.

They'd arrive at a cafe that Takehiro had chosen. She'd sit across from him, staring at a menu as if she didn't know what to do with it. And then he got into the deep stuff. Why did she want to be a shinobi...? "I... my grandmother controls my life. I have to marry young to secure the future of the clan, our company and our wealth. As the heir, it is my duty. However, the one thing I've done for myself throughout my entire life is this one thing. I became a shinobi. Of course, my grandmother disagrees. If I cannot find a suitable husband by seventeen, it's goodbye to the shinobi life for me. If I fail the upcoming chuunin exams, it's goodbye to the shinobi life for me. I'm fifteen right now." She stared at him, watching for his reaction. How much she simply wanted to not be weighed down by everything. She wanted to run away and never return. "We can't even call our family a clan. Not yet, at least, despite the amount of people in it." She gave a bitter smile. "So, we're not seen as nobility or anything of the such."

She'd take a deep breath. "But what about you? I did it for freedom. Why are you doing this?"