[She shakes her head, fist clenching against the steel again as if that might bring back some shred of normalcy. She's supposed to be ecstatic that Neji was here, but he had to come here like this...?
She trusts Neji more than anything -- almost anything -- but this is something she doesn't want to let go of so easily. She'd hoped he'd understand.]
Naruto-kun accepts him. Why can't you? Why won't you let me? You'll meet him, you'll see. Things will change, Neji.
[She feels like a broken record now, lips pressed together in a thin line. She hasn't seen the kinds of wounds that could be inflicted; Neji was always untouchable, and with Neji's confirmation that Lee had recovered, she couldn't believe that some flunky of Orochimaru's had managed to almost get them both. It's beyond her comprehension without seeing it herself. Instead she adds, quietly,]
You say he didn't listen, but you didn't know that at the time. You still went after him, didn't you? Where was I? If you tell me right now, that I went with you and he didn't listen to me, I'll stop arguing about this.
[And she waits, almost holding her breath with a kind of sick worry. What if it had already happened, and no matter what she said, she couldn't convince Sasuke to stay? She already knew he had no plans of joining Orochimaru, but... she also knew his hints of leaving the village anyway. Peacefully, but...]
Tell me there was nothing I could do to make him stay, Neji.
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[She shakes her head, fist clenching against the steel again as if that might bring back some shred of normalcy. She's supposed to be ecstatic that Neji was here, but he had to come here like this...?
She trusts Neji more than anything -- almost anything -- but this is something she doesn't want to let go of so easily. She'd hoped he'd understand.]
Naruto-kun accepts him. Why can't you? Why won't you let me? You'll meet him, you'll see. Things will change, Neji.
[She feels like a broken record now, lips pressed together in a thin line. She hasn't seen the kinds of wounds that could be inflicted; Neji was always untouchable, and with Neji's confirmation that Lee had recovered, she couldn't believe that some flunky of Orochimaru's had managed to almost get them both. It's beyond her comprehension without seeing it herself. Instead she adds, quietly,]
You say he didn't listen, but you didn't know that at the time. You still went after him, didn't you? Where was I? If you tell me right now, that I went with you and he didn't listen to me, I'll stop arguing about this.
[And she waits, almost holding her breath with a kind of sick worry. What if it had already happened, and no matter what she said, she couldn't convince Sasuke to stay? She already knew he had no plans of joining Orochimaru, but... she also knew his hints of leaving the village anyway. Peacefully, but...]
Tell me there was nothing I could do to make him stay, Neji.