[thread] Speak to me [Nejiko, Hinaji]

[weighted_wings]

[ooc: I forget when exactly we wanted to have this take place (aside from after Kureno's sentencing, so, ah, I'm open to suggestions, Squeak. :D ]Finding a nice, quiet place within the Hyuuga compound wasn't difficult. As a rule the inhabitants therein preferred to keep to themselves and to give each other space for private thoughts. Nejiko took

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[hyuuga_hinaji]

The night was cool but pleasant, and Hinaji let himself relax against the railing of the bridge as he watched the water flow steadily but slowly past. It was easy not to worry, not to think of things while watching the swirls and bubbles as the water passed over a rock or around a twig. He didn't want to look away.

But his problems wouldn't disappear so easily, and he was mature enough now to accept that. Staying with Kiba the other night had helped, but the worries and fears crept back the longer he was away from his teammates and sensei.

...How long would they be away from their sensei?

The moonlight was broken slightly as a shadow passed by, his reverie broken with it, and he glanced up and away from the water to look at Nejiko as she passed. It was rare that she approached him, and he frowned slightly. The bridge wasn't exactly out of the way, but was rarely traversed. Her being here meant something.

"...Neesan," he said softly, nodding slightly in greeting. If she needed to talk he would listen.

[weighted_wings]

...He would understand and decide accordingly. Or, he would do something Nejiko wasn't expecting. Ahh, life. Things were so much simpler with her teammates. She understood them, they understood her. Hinaji, for all that he was her cousin and a Hyuuga, still managed to throw her off in small ways. No matter. She had approached him, after all

[hyuuga_hinaji]

He nodded his head slightly as she said his name, although his expression didn't lighten at the mention of his sensei. He turned back to look at the water, shoulders slumped as he leaned over the railing.

"...Not really, no." Kureno hadn't seemed to want to talk, not right after getting home. "Hopefully soon we'll all go."

He glanced over at his cousin, watching her closely. Was she disapproving? He knew how much upheld duty, did he want to know what she thought of his teacher now?

"...Have you?"

[weighted_wings]

Nejiko gave her cousin an odd look, head tilting slightly. "No. He wasn't my sensei." Therefore she had technically no reason in which to go see him. Though she could now use the explanation of Hinaji's own concern for the man to see him if she wanted.

Unless... "Did you want me to speak with him?"