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"It's your turn to pay."
"No way!"
"I was in the hospital all week long. It's only fair."
"Nuh-uh. You were in a bed all week, sleeping. I was slaving away on A rank missions all week long!"
"Therefore you earned money and should pay."
"Oh yeah? Well, Tsunade-sama felt so sorry for you because the mission labels got screwed up and you came back looking like a pincushion with a blazing fever that she gave you sick pay! You've got plenty of money."
"I still need to buy a birthday gift for Rin. I've been saving for that. You got her one already."
"Nice try. I need that money for other things too you know!"
Smirk. "Things like this?"
"No, not just things like this. Groceries, bills, new weapons. Practical expenses."
"I paid the bills all last month, Obito."
"Well…"
"And bought groceries because you just had to go get your wallet stolen on a mission."
"I caught the guy!"
"After your money fell in the river and got washed downstream."
"That wasn't my fault!"
Smirk. Arched eyebrow. "Really? If I recall you were the one who tackled the guy, who ended up dropping the wallet into the river. And you failed to notice until it had gone over the waterfall."
Blush. Splutter. "W-well, it was his fault for dropping it!"
Eye-smile. "Right."
"You're mocking me, aren't you?"
Wider eye-smile. "No, not at all."
"Kakashi!"
Smirk. Angry muttering.
"Besides, I offered to pay all the bills this month. That's most of my paycheck! I've been cooking and cleaning while you were in a hospital. You owe it to me."
Scowl. "I couldn't even, sit up or eat on my own and people wouldn't stop bothering me. Not to mention Jiraiya, who insisted that he entertain me with portions of his blasted book."
Snicker. "Yeah, and you managed to hurl a metal water pitcher right at his head. He fell out the window."
Smirk. "Through the window actually."
"So, therefore it wasn't as torturous as you made it out to be. I had the rougher time. _You're _paying."
"I'm going to have to contribute to pay for the water damage you caused when you flooded the apartment while I was away."
"That was not my fault! The dishwasher broke!"
"Because you put twice the normal amount of soap in! Now we have to pay for a new and we always means me. You're paying."
"I barely have any money!"
Smirk. "Then you shouldn't have eaten three bowls."
Indignant squawk. "Hey, I just dragged myself in from a mission that lasted three days. Three days of running nonstop. And you just walked out of the hospital. I'm exhausted and starving. It's the least you can do."
"You are banking your arguments on the assumption that I am a generous person."
Pout. "Stingy … stupid … arrogant … miser!"
"You've resorted to demeaning adjectives. Does this mean I win?"
"Of course not! I haven't given up yet!"
"Well that's nice, but you're still going to pay."
Snort. "Nuh-uh. I'm not paying. I deserve special treatment for everything I've been through in the last week. Tsunade-sama is a slave driver!"
"I was the one stuck in bed full of holes."
"You were doped up on pain meds, you barely felt anything."
"I had to endure three full hours of Jiraiya."
"I had to endure five full hours of escorting a whiny nobleman!"
"Jiraiya trumps any nobleman."
Pout. "Well…"
Smirk. Angry muttering.
"You got to spend a ton of time with Rin! I've barely seen her."
"So pay and go visit her. She has the day off, I believe."
"Humph. Like Rin ever takes a day off."
"Tsunade made her."
"Well … she would be upset at you for trying to make me pay after I dragged myself all over the country for three days straight."
Smirk. "You're grasping at straws. Just pay and spare us both the frustration of sitting here all day.
"You pay!"
"Now you've really lost."
"I'm _not _going to pay!"
"You ate the most."
"I was starving! You got fed well in the hospital."
"You know how horrible hospital food is."
"Rin probably snuck food in to you!"
"I was pratically a mummy. I deserved good food."
"And you're fine now. So you pay."
"No."
"I'm not paying!"
"Yes, you are."
"No, I'm not."
"Yes, you are."
"No! I'm not!"
"Yes, you are."
"No! I'm—"
"BOYS!"
Turn. Blink. Uh-oh. Rin.
"If I pay will you both just stop arguing!"
Blink. Mad Rin. Uh-OH.
Rapid nods.
Snort. "Good. Honestly, you both are the worst cheapskates I've ever seen."
Innocent expressions.
Snort. Louder. "Don't give me that! Let's go. Tsunade-sama wants to see us." Angry muttering. Stomping. Dust clouds.
Whisper. "Wow, what put her in such a bad mood."
"She's most likely mad about her day off."
"Yeah. That's probably it."
Walking. "Hey… Kakashi?"
"Yeah?"
"You're paying next time."
"No, I'm not."
"Yes, you are."
"No, I'm not."
"Yes, you are."
"No…"
"BOYS!!"
UH-OH