Well that... was hardly the reaction Lee was hoping for. Why did it seem so difficult to get a constructive dialog going? It never seemed to be so hard before coming to Death City.

Pulling back and rubbing an arm self-consciously, Lee was quiet a moment. "... I guess there is nothing else to say about it then."

It was foolish of him to think it meant anything. It had just been a dominating action done in the heat of the moment. There was nothing inherently attractive about Lee. Nothing that anyone would care to consider. Not like Lee was interested in Neji in that way or anything.

... But it still hurt.