The Art Room, Office Hours, All Day Sunday

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Steve was in the art classroom instead of his office, since the art classroom had his students' art on the walls and he figured some parents might like to see what their students had been up to. He also had a huge platter of chocolate chip cookies for the parents to help themselves to.

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He wasn't exactly a parent and he didn't exactly care about art, but... There were cookies and he hadn't eaten since the night before.

So there was a ninja in Steve's office, swiping a few cookies.

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"Hello," Steve said, and, "Help yourself. It's what they're there for."

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That only meant Zabuza was going to stop trying to steal a lot of them and hoard them in his kunai pouch.

Zabuza lifted his chin at a particular drawing of a bunny. "Haku in you class?"

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Steve ignored the stealing because, heck, he'd baked over a hundred cookies. At least someone was eating them. "Not at the moment, no, but he was over the summer. Do you know Haku?"

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They were damn good cookies too.

Or would be if Zabuza ate them slow enough to taste. "Yes."

Good at this talking thing, wasn't he?

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"Oh, I'm sorry," Steve said, realizing he hadn't introduced himself and assuming this was the source of Zabuza's reticent behavior. "I'm Steve Rogers. I teach art. Obviously." He held out his hand, a broad grin on his face.

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Zabuza just stared at the hand for a moment. The man did give him cookies.

With a firm grip, he shook Steve's offered hand. "Momochi Zabuza. Haku's-" Well this was problematic, he wasn't quite sure what he was now. "-guardian."

It sounded like a nice word.

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And now Steve was flashing back to a certain conversation he'd had with Haku over the summer. "Oh. Oh! You're--oh. I'm sure Haku's very glad you're here," he finished weakly.

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Rubbing a still sore red spot on his neck, Zabuza shrugged. "Yeah. He's been... good?"

Awkward? Never!

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"As far as I know," said Steve, "he's been doing very well, yes."

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Zabuza nodded, stealing another cookie. Then, because it really had been bothering him and now surely seemed like the correct time to ask... "What is a Recruitment Poster?"

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"It's a poster to try to get you to join something," Steve said, looking confused. "Like the army."