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[yamanaka]

[Today has already felt like it lasted an entire week, if not more, and it's barely even half over. This morning was spent going to Guts' house in the city, waiting around, then deciding to go FIND him because god damn what was taking him so long. She looked around in all the spots in the forest she'd seen him training, all the isolated spots she

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[unhands]

[ ugh bad mood bad mood bad mood. there is no describing how bad of a mood he's in. fucking riful. fucking teresa. fucking everyone.

he's flying towards the castle when he's spotting ino. and fff why's he getting a feeling that... something's wrong.

landing a few feet behind her now. ]

[yamanaka]

[poor jules ;; she doesn't even seem to notice that he's anywhere nearby, just kind of lost in her own thoughts. and ... trudging along :c]

[unhands]

[ alright now he knows something's up. quickening his pace so that he's coming up behind her and safjkasf resting his hand on her shoulder to get her attention ]

... Ino?

[yamanaka]

[she stops when he grabs her shoulder, glancing back at him. ... blinks. oh. he was talking to her?]

Yeah?

[unhands]

[ pulling his hand back and... dropping it ]

Hey, you okay?

[yamanaka]

... It's nothing.

[okay that was a terribly executed lie but ffff]

[unhands]

[ even he realizes that it was... really bad. stepping in front of her now ]

What happened.

[yamanaka]

...

[she isn't exactly eager to talk about it ... because then she might cry, and crying is a sign of weakness, which isn't okay :( she's just kinda looking at him now]

[unhands]

[ ugh. he's weak to girls when they look like that. just... ugh.

he... hesitates for a second and then just, pulls her close into a hug. awkwardly, of course, albeit, it's... supposed to be comforting. ]

[yamanaka]

[lskdjalsdj awww jules :) she kind of tenses at first out of surprise, but after a moment kind of ... relaxes, and lets her head drop on his chest. SHE GIVES UP, MAN, THIS SUCKS ASS]

[unhands]

[ just gonna hold her until she wants to let go then. afjaskl in silence. though after a moment, he's gonna be murmuring. ]

Whatever it is, don't let it get to you.

[yamanaka]

[NEVER LET ME GO JACK. I MEAN JULIAN. I MEAN ... WHAT.]

... I can't help it ...

[unhands]

[ .........WHAT.

pause ]

-- I know you can't. But...

[ can't... wants to comfort her but doesn't know what's wrong asjfsklafjasdkl ]

[yamanaka]

[dkjdfk SORRY SHE'S BEING SO UNHELPFUL JULIAN. just have a kind of sad sniff, and she moves a hand to rub at her eye]

[unhands]

[ letting go after a moment and asjfklasjkl. but still hovering close in case she starts bawling. ]

If there's anything I can do...

[yamanaka]

[shakes her head quickly, taking a deep, shaky breath. CALM .... ninja ... exterior]

Not unless you can bring back people who got sent home.

But ... thanks.