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It’s just part of good manners, and as a shinobi, Kakashi had to give gratitude where due. Rin Nohara is due plenty.
he nods to her, after she has bandaged his cuts.
Then he shakes her hand, after she has mended his broken bones
whispers of thanks, after every hospital check-up, when she discreetly shoves a sleeping pill into his shaking hands
a bow that gets lower and lower, after she saves his life, time and again.
he promises that he would help her in return, someday, but he’s humbled in knowing he couldn’t pay her back in a lifetime
