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[awokentospring]

Who: Rock Lee and anyone who wants to visit him!
When: April 9th (backdated)
Where: Konohagakure Hospital
Notes: After getting heavily injured during a mission a few days before, Lee is finally awake and allowed visitors. He's feeling a little down, mostly because it was his fault things wound up this way.

His chest was wrapped with bandages but the worst of his injuries were hidden under his hospital gown. However, that didn't mean Rock Lee was unaware of his blunder. He had pushed himself too far and this was the result.

Rubbing his forehead, Lee slowly eased himself back against the raised bed. Neji and Tenten were safe, mostly fine. Alive. That was what mattered. It really mattered. And it did! But...

Lee closed his eyes, feeling resigned. He had failed, and that mattered too, to Lee if not to anyone else. He was going to need to fix that.

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[tenten_san]

Feeling the weight of him and the way his body shook with his quiet sobs, Tenten was a bit taken by surprise. But as her own heart began to break with each tear he shed, the kunoichi made a decision, then and there to steel herself against such emotions. For her own sake, but mostly for his as well. Lee did not need someone who could break apart. He needed someone to lean on and support him through this time of strife and doubt in his life.

He needed a friend, not a teammate.

With that realization, she pushed aside any awkwardness and carefully circled her arms around him. Sighing softly and resigning herself to this task, Tenten rubbed at his arm and stroked her palm along the hard line of his back in soothing motions, much like she once did for any other charge under her care. Because it was the kind of sight and devastation that reached deep into her soul.

"I know, Lee. I know," she murmured into the fluff of his hair, "But that just means that you have to find a different way to get stronger."