"It was nothing serious," he assured her with a faint smile.

He didn't like worrying her, but contacting her would've brought her to visit, and Hyuuga eyes just saw too much even without the Byakugan activated. Better she thought he'd been out of the village.

"Well enough, I believe, though there are still a number of things I need to learn. But more importantly Hinata-sama, how is your training coming along?"