003rd saving smile [action]

[selfdoubt]

[Action]

[It's a nice clear day and Hinata wants to take advantage of this. She has been staying in her room for days now (not that it's something she didn't initially choose) and today seems like a good day to be staying outdoors.

Of course, this doesn't mean she's engaging on outdoor activities because the moment one passes by the park, she's peacefully seated on one of the benches reading her book. There's a small smile on her lips as she turns its pages. Whatever it is she's reading, it seems interesting enough for her that any outer distraction flies over her head. Proof of this is that when the gentle wind dances along her tresses, she only tucks one stray strand of hair under her ear in a careful motion while her pearl eyes never left the text of her book.

From where she's seated, sunlight tries to peek through the leaves of the tree behind her, casting playful lazy beams on her serene form. Flipping another page, Hinata uses her pressed flower as a bookmark when the wind picks up.]

Ah-!

[The flower then escapes her grasp as it glides through the wind. She tries to catch it but it proves futile. Now if only someone will be able to find it for her.]

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[selfdoubt]

Um... [She tries to count the days, weeks, months in her head.] I will probably be celebrating my first year by next month if I was not sent home briefly just last March.

[niceguypose]

Oh, I see. So you are also among those who have stopped back home at some point. [He whips out his pocket notepad and begins scribbling down notes.] It is a shame you have been kept here so long, but at least we still have a good number of our comrades with us here.

[selfdoubt]

Yes, I agree. I suppose we are lucky on that aspect. [She has Kiba, Neji and Naruto here in Luceti. It's definitely a huge bonus for her, never mind the fact that she also has the others.]

I just hope I can figure out if there is a pattern to all this, though. [Even if that seems far fetch'd.]

[niceguypose]

A pattern, you say? Everything I've learned has indicated that things here happen without rhyme or reason. But if such a pattern exists, there is no one I would trust more to track this pattern than you or Kiba-Kun! ...Aside from Gai-Sensei and Kakashi-Sensei.

[selfdoubt]

From what I have observed so far, I feel there is none.

[She frowns and she continues to look down.] But I am still hoping that there is and if there is, I will get to the bottom of it.

T- Thank you for the vote of faith, though, Lee-san.

[niceguypose]

I see. It is the least I can do for any of my comrades of Konoha to believe in them. I truly believe you wholeheartedly when you say that you can solve any pattern if there is one! Also, I feel that being a teammate of Neji has given me a unique bond with the Hyuuga clan, similar to that shared by the clans of Shikamaru-kun, Chouji-kun and Ino-kun! So that gives me all the more reason to look out for your wellbeing, Hinata-san.

[selfdoubt]

[That earns Lee a smile and a blush.] Ah, I appreciate your concern. You and Tenten-san had been nothing but very kind to me. [Since she knows they're looking out for her because she's Neji's cousin.]