estoria | On Today's Brow-Raising Episode of Cerealia Hospital...

Who: Rock Lee and you!
When: The first few days of January
Where: A room in Cerealia's hospital
What: It's a hospital episode.
Rating/Warning: Probably nothing drastic beyond references to injuries and painkillers?

[Rock Lee had fought bravely during the night of Santa's spree of destruction. But he pushed himself far enough that there were repreccussions to be paid afterwards, in a hospital room. His right arm had been stabbed by a reindeer's antler, one leg was broken, and he pretty much amassed a variety of other injuries around his body- there's even some bandages on his face. Plus he'd opened some of his chakra gates, so that caused some of his injuries to be worsened.

It's essentially enough for him to have to be confined to a hospital room for a few days while still being able to force himself to try to do things.]

A.

[You might walk in just as Rock Lee is trying to slip out of bed. He can be on the floor, trying one-handed push-ups, or perhaps even making himself do sit-ups. He may alternately be trying to get the window open.]

B.

[Or you can find him when he's actually managing to stay in the bed. It looks like he may have been given some painkillers and is a bit giddy. Most likely, he'll be surfing the internet on the CereVice and finding things to giggle at.]

There are so many kittens...

C.

[Or you can find him in a drowsier state, trying to type out instructions for his martial arts students one-handed on the CereVice.]

I... hope that everyone was alright...

D.

[Wild card?! Just walk into his hospital room and see what happens!]

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[Sai walks in early in the afternoon with a box in his hand.]

Lee-kun. [A bright smile rises to his lips, a perfect replica of the one he'd been working on all morning followed by the same line he'd mulled over for hours.] How are you feeling?

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Sai-kun! [He smiles he glances towards Sai, his eyes looking curiously towards the box in hand.] Ah... I am feeling increasingly better! I am sure that I will be out of here soon. But, how are you?!

It's cold.

[Reassured by those words that he had said the right thing, Sai walks inside and sits on a nearby chair setting the box on his lap.]

It's cold. [He answers truthfully.] How are your injuries?

[That response makes him blink in confusion.]

Ah... If you are feeling cold, I can ask someone to adjust the room's temperature... I do not mind!

As for my injuries? [He smiles confidently.] Heh... I have sustained far worse! These ones are simply like extra weights to carry for the time being.

I'm fine. It's always cold in the winter.

[He simply learned to ignore it like everything else.]

Does that mean you'll remove the weights on your legs then?

That is true, but it does not always have to be...

Ah, no, I will keep my weights! But I think that the people working here might have removed them for the time being. I should try to reclaim them at some point!

[Sai smiles at those words, his expression more genuine than most.]

Maybe they thought it was too much strain on your body.

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I- I believe that they did! [One of his legs is broken at the moment, after all, so it was likely removed when he came in.] I am sure that I would do well with the extra strain... but I will respect their decision for the time being!

I don't think you would. You're leg is broken. Only a dumbass would add extra weights on top of that. [He says with a smile.]

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A-ah... or a hot-blooded man, striving to become stronger, correct? [He tries to meekly add.]

[You're not convincing anyone with that BS.]

That depends. Are hot-blooded men morons?

A-ah... I suppose, in the rashness of youth, unwise decisions may be made...

Rash decisions get you killed, Lee-kun. They're stupid because they're unwise.

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I... I understand. [He slumps in defeat.] I certainly do not wish to die...

I wouldn't want you die either when you still haven't opened your gift. [He hands him the box.]

Ah... Your gift! [He perks up and accepts the box with a bright smile.] I certainly would not want to die before such a time, either! You didn't have to get me anything, Sai-kun... I thank you!

[Now he's going to open it!]

[Inside the box are two items, both hand-made like the box itself. The first is an ink drawing of Gai in his infamous pose and the other a book he'd put together. Sai watched him open the box and offered an explanation when he came across the book.]

You can write down your accomplishments and give it to your sensei when you see him again.

[The picture frame of his sensei Lee had given him for Christmas only confirmed what Sai had observed on previous occasions. Gai was important to him and like his own important person, Sai decided to make a book for him the same way he'd made one for Shin. After all, it wasn't the book that mattered but the contents inside.]

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[Rock Lee's smile is so wide as he beholds the presents. He holds up the drawing for a moment and then flips idly through the pages of the book, starting to cry tears of joy.]

Sai-kun!! Thank you so much! I... I am so touched by these gifts! The first thing I will write in this book will be this tale of your kindness!!

....

[Sai stares at him not understanding.]

It's not kindness but reciprocation for the gifts you left at my doorstep.

[Isn't that what people did? Reciprocate?]

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Ah... Is that so? [He raises an eyebrow uncertainly but he keeps up his smile.] It still feels like a kind act to me! It can be both, Sai-kun.

[A headtilt.] It can?

That is correct! Even if you have other motivations... When you do something for the sake of someone else instead of yourself, that is a kindness! It can be a part of so many acts, big and small!

[A look.]

Do you think you can inform Naruto-kun of that too? I don't think he's aware that it's a kindness when I point out his flaws.

Edited 2015-05-18 01:47 (UTC)

Ah... I will try to speak to him about such a thing! But, many times, it can be hard for one to see kindness when it involves something such as bringing up one's flaws...

But you saw it.

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