The Gym, Sunday Early Morning

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Ino yawned as she entered the gym. She'd stayed up far too late last night, too over-excited about her garden to sleep and she was paying for it now by being a little later than normal to the gym.

She still beat Liir there though. Funny that.

With a shake of her head Ino started stretching.

[Ino is here for Liir, but totally open for any of your gymish or Inoish needs.]

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Liir came in late. There was no hedging around him being late and as he trotted, the circles around his eyes gave a hint as to why he might have been.

Carefully, he put his bag down and made his way to Ino, his smile bright but not quite reaching his eyes.

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"Hey you," Ino said, smiling and hugging him the moment he got close enough.

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He hugged her back, perhaps a little tightly and he didn't seem to want to let go yet.

"Hey you right back."

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She was okay with not letting go, and rested her head against his chest. "You okay?" Ino asked, knowing that he wasn't exactly and wanting to see what he'd say.

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He looked over at the bag and once he realized that Andrew was still asleep, he shook his head just a little.

"Tired. I haven't been sleeping much."

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"You look it," she said simply, "and you're late which isn't like you at all."

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"I fell back asleep finally and forgot to wake up again," he admitted. "I put the pillow over my head."

Beat.

"Sorry."

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She poked him, almost a tickle. "I'm not mad," Ino said, "so don't apologize. I'm more concerned about how you're doing."

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He shrugged.

"I'll be fine." He gave her a squeeze. "This helps."

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She huffed a little. "If you say so, I guess."

Ponder. Something that might make him smile? Hmmm...

Oh!

"Karal and I talked last night," Ino told him, glancing up, "and we decided that since you're my big brother and his little brother that we're now cousins."

Ino's 'family' tree here at Fandom was a messy confusing thing.

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He blinked.

"That doesn't quite work, you know," he pointed out with a quirk of his lips.

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"It does so," Ino said stubbornly, "it makes perfect sense."

No, it really didn't.

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"You'd be siblings," he said. "Or half-siblings."

Not that he was any sort of expert in families. At least not from the practical perspective. But when it came connections and, well, 'ranks'...

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"We decided on cousins," Ino said with a toss of her head, "because that makes the most sense in terms of how well we know each other. It may, possibly, get changed to siblings at some point because we will be hanging around each other more often since Karal offered to help with my garden."

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He considered that.

"I suppose so. He's an excellent brother, though. If he should need references."

There was a faint smile now.

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She grinned at him. "See? Makes total sense. And since he's your big brother I knew he had to be a good one anyway."

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"He's wonderful," he agreed. "I try to do my best in return."

He looked down at her.

"And you? What kind of big brother am I?"

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She couldn't believe...

Actually, scratch that, she could. Ino wanted to roll her eyes. He had to ask that?

"You," she said firmly, "are a totally awesome big brother. Totally awesome."

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He looked down at her, studying her.

"And it's not just the chocolate and the broom rides?"

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Ino lifted her chin, blue eyes very earnest.

"If you're going to think that I base my affection of you on that," Ino said, "then I'll do without them. I enjoy them, yes, no doubt about it. But that's not why."

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The green eyes that answered them were earnest as well.

"I didn't think so," he said. If only because of his opinion of her. "But I wanted to know."

He leaned down then and kissed her hair.

"No, you don't have to do without baking and broom rides."

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"I would, in a heartbeat," Ino told him, "if you ever needed it proved."

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He smiled.

"Except I don't need it proved. You said it. That is all the proof I require."

He gave her another squeeze.

"So what are we doing today?"

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Ino glanced down, almost embarrassed by that, but very pleased all the same.

"I think you need something relaxing," Ino said, "because you look like you need to just... set your worries down for at least a little bit." She wasn't sure if stances were good for that when it came to him.

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He smirked faintly.

"I never set my worries down. But I enjoy our sessions. Whatever you think is the next logical lesson."