May 29th
In some ways, I am the very model of a Hyuuga. This is both a good and a bad thing. I have the strengths of the Hyuuga clan, but also the weaknesses.
I am not comfortable with emotional matters, and I cannot offer more comfort than doing things to solve other people's problems. In some cases, I know I should say something, and can't find the right words. In other cases, I honestly don't know what else to do other than act, or watch and wait.
Onee-san was so sick from the poison she accidentally inhaled, and I couldn't offer my own sister the same kind of comfort and reassurance that Neji-niisan did. All I could do was make sure everyone moved quickly to get her the antidote. And even that wasn't entirely selfless. I was worried, and it bothered me to see everyone sitting around when my sister was still in bad condition. I needed to be doing something to solve the problem. Onee-san was given the antidote and healed soon after, and I was relieved...but all I could tell her was that I was worried about her. I couldn't tell her how much it would have hurt to lose her, or anything else I felt.
Though, I handled that better than I handled the emotional situation that came up during my mission with Kurenai-san and Tenten-san. That poor girl we rescued had been raped and brutalized, and she tried to take her life. I stopped her attempt at suicide, and told her "When something bad happens, you don't roll over and die. You get stronger and move forward." I was probably too harsh, but I couldn't see the point in her wasting her life like that. Not after she'd been rescued and her attackers were dealt with. It was good that Kurenai-san and Tenten-san were there to offer a better kind of comfort.
When I was at the Academy, a few of my female classmates told me I was "cold, harsh, and unfeminine" and that I had no maternal instincts. Maybe they're right.