114th.]] all that I want is for you to come crawling back to me

[betterthanthen]

Huh. I've done this before, and no thank you.

I'll be training in the forest if anyone needs me. There's no mistletoe in the forest, I hope. There better not be any.

[ooc; Open Sakura Kissing Day is officially open. /fandom-bicycle]

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[emptyaviary]

Mistletoe is parasitic. It attaches to trees, Haruno. [guess who was training on his own in the ..forest 8| knows not of this mistletoe problem]

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[betterthanthen]

Not in this forest it better n-

...Hyuuga-san.

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[emptyaviary]

...

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[emptyaviary]

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[betterthanthen]

..[Sighs.] I wonder if this place would get overly-populated, should any more shinobi arrive.

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[emptyaviary]

Was I disturbing your training?

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[betterthanthen]

...no. I've barely even started, and I think you were here first.

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[emptyaviary]

I was on my leave, actually. [which perfectly explains why he is walking in her direction. to. pass her and get back to the apartment.]

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[betterthanthen]

[Clears her throat.] You know, Hyuuga-san...if you were here to train, don't let me get in your way--I can actually offer a spar and all. I think it'd do me some good.

...Also, the probability of there being mistletoe here is lower.

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[emptyaviary]

Is there a particular reason why you're put at ease by me being protected from a plant?

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[betterthanthen]

...you don't know what the rule with mistletoe is?

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[emptyaviary]

[seems.. mildly displeased by not knowing something Haruno does, but it is something you grow accustomed to in the City when she has been living here for a year, and oneself for a total of.. three weeks.]

[comes to stand a few feet in front of her, crossing arms]

I'm supposing I should?

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[betterthanthen]

[It's not that she's afraid of him--hell no, she's crushed prettier faces--, or repulsed--definitely not, and we return to the pretty faces--but. But this is Hyuuga Neji, stalking closer, looking upset at not knowing something. And that's just tempting fate, really. For some reason, she doubts he'd take nicely to being kissed. By anyone. Especially her.

So she takes one step back.] It's part of the culture of most worlds.

So one person walks under mistletoe--normally hung up in doorways--and must stay there until another person arrives. Then they have to...kiss. [Fretfretfret] There's also a legend about it, but I don't recall it very well.

So I suggest the Library if you want to learn more.

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[emptyaviary]

[duly notes, how could he not, her backstep, and resists the urge to follow up. disregarding, for the moment, how it seems like a good idea to do so--]

... it's a Christmas tradition. [as hard to tell as it is with his eyes, he might be taking a look around without moving his head. subtly.]

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[betterthanthen]

[Don't worry, she checked. Twice.

Of course, she's not a Hyuuga, so she could be wrong.] It's a Christmas tradition, yes--and there's always the possibility of not kissing, of course.

But...this is the City.

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[emptyaviary]

[considering how his eyes linger in one spot, she.. might be. but he's going to ignore what he's seeing, because curses are not mandatory, are they? luck could be on his side. or hers, depending. and she said she woud like a spar, don't think that went over his head]

It is.