Board Thread:Konoha General RP/@comment-28412345-20170727161822/@comment-28929139-20170731235331

Kideme watched Akui's expression for a reaction when she handed him the drum. Despite how sad he looked, she smiled, hoping that even if he wasn't showing it on the outside that his emotions were at least flaring on the inside. Seeing him as now more or less the little brother she never had but always wanted, she wanted him to be happy and let him know that she thought of him. So when he seemed to choke up and thank her, she reached a hand over to squeeze his shoulder. "Of course. I saw it on the way back, hope you like it."

Still sitting beside him, Kideme watched as Akui got up and grabbed some papers from his robes and she looked at him a bit lost. "....What's this?" She was getting up to look at the papers but froze in her tracks when she heard that not one....but three of her own people had been stealing from the tea house, and one of them was now dead. Silent for the time being, she skimmed over the papers to see that statements and payroll tax write-offs were uneven. She saw the notes and took a close look at how some of the other women were having their wages docked and sectioned off to be collected. Kideme frowned as she turned and was then given a purse full of money. She was silent for the longest time as she stared at the silken pouch before dropping it onto her desk with a sigh. Her expression was pained but she said nothing...yet

After plopping down at her desk, she looked at him finally with a sad smile. "Thank you Akui....I really appreciate what you've done for me and our family, it's really a shame that one of our own would betray us like this. But..." Kideme would grab the change purse, pull out 25k in ryo and tossed it to him. "I can't even imagine what you did or had to make happen to get this back, but for your trouble." With a sigh, she dropped the rest of the money into a desk drawer, combing her fingers through her hair anxiously. "Please tell me that was all that happened?" A slight plead in her voice, Kideme was only hoping to hear of minor, meaningless things.