Board Thread:Konoha General RP/@comment-28412345-20170727161822/@comment-28929139-20170802012707

Whatever was going on in that little mind of his, he wasn't budging with Kideme. So whatever he did or was thinking, it must have been pretty bad. She frowned when he admitted that he didn't want to tarnish her family's name. Heh, Had this happened a year after the tea house first opened, Kideme would have told him there was nothing to tarnish. They were nobodies back then, but even now, she just had to wonder what he had been doing.

Whatever it was, Akui was all torn up about it, and when he said how he loved her like family and wanted her to feel the same way, she too could now feel a lump in her throat. She cared for the boy and would now often worry about him more than she had been, but just like her own did, Kideme knew it was time to let go. So with dropping her hand, she sighed as well and nodded slowly. "I understand." She then yanked open the lowest drawer at her desk and pulled out a thick stack of what appeared to be red perforated ticket cards. These, she would hand to him now. "At least take these food vouchers. It doesn't sound like you're going to stay in one place." Sounding a bit sad, Kideme allowed him to go forward and did not follow him to the door. "You're always welcome here, Akui."