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[sandsworn]

[The video clicks on to reveal Gaara's pale, mostly blank face and dark-ringed eyes.  He's holding the communicator close enough that not much else is visible.  He looks slightly uncomfortable.]

Hypothetically, if I wanted to court someone, what should I do?

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[nicknaming]

Well, they do say that a way to someone's heart is through their stomach.

[sandsworn]

Meaning?

[nicknaming]

Cook for them! You know, they'll be so impressed with your cooking!

Or you can go with the other option and sing romantic love songs.

[sandsworn]

I see.

Sing? [He tries to imagine that for a moment and just...blanks.] Perhaps I'll focus on cooking. [Not that he has a whole lot of experience with that either, but it seems easier to learn.]

[nicknaming]

Singing is seems much more fun but if that's what you want.

So, who's the lucky person?

[sandsworn]

[He opens his mouth to reply, then stops himself. Somehow, he has the feeling that if he openly announces this over the network, it will provoke another reaction from Lee.]

For now, I'll keep that information private.

[nicknaming]

Aww, c'mon! Pretty please? Heck, if I know who that person is, maybe I could help you guys get together faster!

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[sandsworn]

[A pause as he fiddles with the controls, trying to figure out how to filter the message. Eventually he succeeds.]

Rock Lee. My weapon.

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[nicknaming]

Ahhh, and thus, we have come to our first partnership romance~

Sadly, I can't say that I know him or even met him before! So, I might as well cover the basics! Aside from cooking for him, be sure to give him lots of flowers to show how much you care! Oh, let's not forget about language! Make it extremely obvious that you care about him!

And...lastly, be subtle about it!

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[sandsworn]

Be subtle yet obvious?

[This courtship business is complicated. He writes down a few things in his notebook.]

Cooking, flowers and language. Anything else?

[Video-Private]

[nicknaming]

More or less.

[When she saw that he began writing down a few things in his notebook, she had an evil idea. Gaara was too cute...she was resisting all temptation to troll this poor boy]

Hm...I think you should tell this Rock Lee how you feel. Constantly. Feelings are important after all!

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[sandsworn]

Yes. Feelings can be powerful. I don't understand them very well, though. Friendship, romance, attraction, trust...they're all different things, but they overlap and blend together. I don't always know what I'm feeling.

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[nicknaming]

Well then, how do you feel when you're around this Rock Lee? As long as you're feeling all of the above around him, then you have nothing to worry about!

[Video-Private]

[sandsworn]

I feel warm when he smiles at me or touches me. I always want to be near him. But I'm still trying to determine what those feelings mean. I don't understand the concept of romance very well...but I believe what I feel is something beyond either friendship or physical attraction.

Obsession, perhaps.

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[nicknaming]

Well, don't get too obsessed to the point where you want to stalk him because that would be creepy.

Still, perhaps you should tell them to him. Even though you might not understand it, he might~

[Video-Private]

[sandsworn]

I will tell him, then.