"And if she objects?" Gai wanted more information. Normally, he was a doer not a thinker, but in this case he needed to know as much as he could because knowing might give him something to do. Knowledge wasn't always power, but sometimes it was the only power one could have. He wondered if Obito might talk to Hinata, if somehow their combined status could swing this the other way. "Can Hinata's objection break off the engagement cleanly?"

He resolved to give Neji a firm squeeze around the shoulders. It wasn't a full hug, not what Gai wanted to give him, but that half-shrug wasn't agreement either. Compromise, then. A draw, a compromise, sometimes felt like a loss, and Gai knew that well. But with this whole marriage ordeal, perhaps it would be the only win Neji could have.