[The grin saves him, thankfully, and the introduction saves him from making any stupid mistakes over her identity; if Bold is Neji's partner, when Neji clearly had stated that Lain was his partner, then that obviously means Bold and Lain must be the same person, which would easily explain why Bold would get irritated with Lain leaving the house dressed a certain way. Easy as pie; he'll just have to find some way to keep track of which is which.

Kisame laughs outright, grin broadening, and reaches out to clasp Bold's hand in a firm shake. The imperious look is familiar enough to be almost relieving, to be honest--he's worked with the Akatsuki long enough to be more than familiar with the egos (and tempers) of child geniuses, and know that their powers often enough more than warrant a little humoring.]

Bold-taichou, is it? Nice to meet you; I'm Hoshigaki Kisame, one of your new subordinates. I'd say there's no need to bother with one of those; I was with a whole shiver of sharks before I got here, but I'm doing alright without. Then again, I'd also say you might want to start supervising shopping trips, if you have to cut up things that sneak into your closet like that.