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[its_troublesome]

Chouji's gone home.

[He says this casually, as if he were talking about the weather instead of his best friend. The feed remains open for a little while longer and there's a weight to this pause that wasn't in his words, like there's something else he wants to say... but it's gone, by the time he does speak again in his usual lazy drawl.]

How long

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[nextgen_hokage]

[He'd filter this, but he knows he's kinda bad at it.

...

Actually, he's gonna try that anyway.] He got sent home?

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[its_troublesome]

That's what I said, isn't it?

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[nextgen_hokage]

Oh, uh. Well... yeah, I guess you did. [That's what he gets for asking a question that was already answered.] That's good then. Right?

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[its_troublesome]

Yeah. Yeah it is. He's... [He's got a war to fight in. But Naruto's not supposed to know about that.] He has important things to go, just like any of us shinobi.

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[dangerouswind]

Chouji, huh?

[She's sorry, man. She really is.]

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[its_troublesome]

[He could say something sarcastic, and nearly does... but the last thing he needs is a troublesome argument. And he'd be asking for it, too.]

Yup.

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[dangerouswind]

Kankurou's gone, too.

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[its_troublesome]

[...

How troublesome.]

You doing all right?

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[markofthebrave]

[So after Katara recovers from her hangover and talks into her journal with a few people she'll start paging back through her book. And then she'll come across this.

And then she'll shut the book.

And stare at the wall for a long time.

And want to go to bed. Shut her eyes. And wake up a few days ago. And try this again.

Her heart hurts.

But she opens up the book. Makes a private filter. And says his name.]

Shikamaru.

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[its_troublesome]

[What she'll hear as the feed opens is some light snoring, followed by a snort as he recognizes his name and stirs some.] Hn...?

[The journal moves after another few seconds - after he'd gotten back to his apartment last night after spending some time with Temari, he'd tried to follow his usual ritual of following the network on the journals, but instead fell asleep with his lying open, cover up on his chest.]

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[its_troublesome]

[Shikamaru blinks blearily at the page, wondering what time it is, before recognizing who woke him up.]

Aa. Hey, Katara.

[...are you normal now. Someone has not yet had the opportunity to check.]

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[markofthebrave]

Hey. [...] I saw your message.