For as much as he had grown to like Azarea in the short time the two had mingled,
that statement was simply something he couldn't understand, especially so without actually knowing her tale. How could a dramatic novel that people got to live out
not be fun? Doubly so when truth was almost always stranger than fiction, a sentiment that even a fanatic like him would probably echo.
Really, he should've known better than to so shamelessly try and gather more information about someone who was a fellow competitor, both potential ally and enemy...but Atagi was the type who had to give something a try himself, before he was sure it didn't work. Before she had even finished running through her faux-answers, he snaps his journal shut with the pen still inside of it, raising both hands up on either side of his head, expression a crossbreed between sheepish and unabashed.
”Alright, fine! Maybe that was a biiWAH.” The water
whaps him dead on, spattering at his garments in a random spray pattern.
”You--. Why do I feel like you were just waiting for an excuse to do that?” Even as he 'complains', he's unable to keep a smile off his face. The water was nice and cool compared to the still blazing day, anyway.
Of course, that being said, he simply can't let the attack go unpunished. Stuffing the journal back into his inner jacket pocket and working it off himself in a practiced motion, he tosses it to the ground at the base of the fountain a bit aways from them where it'd be spared from what he was about to do. Not having any sleeves to roll up, he leans over and thrusts both arms into the water, slinging a splash back towards his counterpart.
”Tooh!” That being said, he does it with too much robustness behind it, and ends up tumbling into the fountain's waters directly afterward, drenching himself.
(
Aburame Azarea)