How silly. It all started with him sometimes while leaving the lab or going back to one of his hideouts looks to certain spots between the trees and smiles at them, or wave his hand.

He obviously knew about them. Yeah, the leaf ninjas sent by konoha to watch over him. It didn't bother Orochimaru anymore, plus he could go to other locations without letting them see but he had to be chill about it anyway, it didn't matter.

Orochimaru was familiar with both your presence and Yamato's so it wasn't a big deal, you were one of his experiments too, except that he didn't bring you when you were a kid, you two met and you were old enough to want strength and power so he helped. But nonetheless you decided to step back, leaving him behind and going back to Konoha.

Meeting Mitsuki made you overprotective for some reason too until you were asked to help Yamato with his work, watching over orochimaru.

That was the key to review your pasts and relationship, talking to him and being around Orochimaru again wasn't hard maybe because the other didn't hold grudges at all and now was too focused with his experiments and science, and despite your bitterness towards you pasts none of you had problems to be around eachother again.