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Rock Lee (ロック・リー) [via Cager] ([personal profile] awokentospring) wrote in [community profile] soul_logs2012-12-21 04:58 pm

Open to all~

Characters: Rock Lee and YOU!! ♥
Location: Shibusen City Park
Rating: G to ?? (depends on the language of who stops by)
Time: mid-afternoon, April 17th
Description: Lee is still down from Gai-sensei and others disappearing earlier in the month. He needs some cheering up, or maybe just someone to distract him.


Lee sat on a park bench with his communicator in his hand. He wasn't looking at the device but rather out over the large park where some happy owners were playing with their dogs. Even then, Lee's gaze wasn't on anyone in particular. His round, dark, orb-like eyes remained fixed and mostly unblinking.

For a teenager who was often full of energy and shouting proclamations of youth, he looked rather somber. The fresh breath of spring was in the air, but for Rock Lee it was hardly a day to celebrate. With his sensei gone, along with Kakashi, several of his friends before them, and now even Temeraire, Lee just felt listless.
heavenly_earth: (Anime; Byakugan)

[personal profile] heavenly_earth 2012-12-24 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
Neji shifted his vision back toward the streets, but kept his attention on Lee. His grip around Lee's wrist only tightened, rather than let him go. He didn't know where this was coming from, only that it had something to do with what had happened just after the invasion.

"Then you're saying that although you knew beforehand, the reminder upsets you," he parsed out eventually, taking Lee's words and simply rearranging them. "But if it was just a simple matter of your.. self-consciousness, Lee, this wouldn't be an issue and you never would've bothered broaching the subject, much less make an issue out of it. You're trained better than that. Which means that isn't the underlying reason for this conversation. So what is your issue with me, in regards to what happened then, Lee?"
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[personal profile] heavenly_earth 2012-12-24 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
Neji blinked, slow and deliberate; attempting to process words he almost thought he'd misheard. After a moment, he let Lee's wrist go, and turned back toward the city.

It didn't quite rank as Neji's own first (although it was close), but he'd never put much stock into the sentimentality behind it like Lee might have, and so thought little of it.

"..Sorry," he said after a minute, sighing with a shake of his head. "If it makes you feel better, it shouldn't 'count' if it wasn't meaningful. I'm sure you'll have your chance with someone else soon enough."
heavenly_earth: (Anime; Concerned)

[personal profile] heavenly_earth 2012-12-24 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
He watched Lee in his peripheral, watched the half smile with doubts of his own, then shrugged.

"You're not.. unattractive, Lee," he said haltingly, frowning as he wasn't certain what he had planned to follow that up with. "And worrying about it isn't like you. It may sound ridiculous, but having someone that is interested in you because of the way you look isn't actually flattering. That's why I know when you find someone, it'll be a person that truly sees and appreciates you."
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[personal profile] heavenly_earth 2012-12-24 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
It made sense, he decided. When Lee was ever unsure about anything, Gai had always been there to talk him through it. Though he might try to be encouraging, Neji knew his words would never outweigh their mentor's. Privately, he hoped it was something his teammate would grow out of, because if there was one thing he had learned during his six months in Death City, it was that it was time they made their own decisions. But Lee wouldn't take anything even sounding remotely close to those words well.

"Then get some rest, Lee," he settled on at length. "We'll pick up on our resonance again tomorrow morning."
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[personal profile] heavenly_earth 2012-12-24 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Neji swayed with the sudden movement, pressing his hand to the cold stone wall to keep himself from falling over, and jerked his head where Lee's body pinned his hair between them. His hand came up to curl around Lee's arm like he was ready to pry it loose, but instead stayed there for a moment.

"Of course, Lee," he murmured quietly, never taking his eyes off the streets.

heavenly_earth: (Anime; Frown)

[personal profile] heavenly_earth 2012-12-24 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
Neji swallowed with another nod, relieved at least, that Lee wasn't asking anymore invasive questions, and that he seemed to be more himself again. He watched him go, then settled back down with a sigh.

Tucked away in the shadows thrown off of adjacent rooftops, he prepared to keep watch for what would surely be a long night.