The Gym, Sunday Early Morning

[intraspective]

Ino was there before dawn, putting her body through first stretches and then going full out against enemies only seen in her mind. A kick here, darting here, spin and punch there...

She fell into the pattern gladly, and in the back of her mind made sure that a small part of her was keeping an eye out for Liir.

The rest of her though was entirely focused on her practice. And gladly so.

[Ino is waiting for Liir, but the gym is totally open for all of your Ino-ish or gym-ish needs.]

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[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He made his way down not too much long later, though he did admit upon putting down his things:

"I warmed up in my room."

Since they'd be moving to the cabins today.

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She'd noted his presence and his words served to more fully pull her out of his concentration. Finishing her kick, she turned towards him with a grin that was slightly tired. She had been there a while and hard at work.

"I suppose I can live with that," she conceded.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Unfortunately, before that, I got rather wrapped up in something I was reading. I'll not open a book before coming again!"

He was grinning, though.

"What shall we do today then?"

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She wrinkled her nose cheerfully at him. "We wouldn't want me to have to go and track you down again, would we? You'd better be careful!" Ino lifted her chin imperiously. "I'd be most upset if I came second to a book."

Teasing, of course.

"Practice," she said simply, "which is boring, but we'll be busy enough later today that I figured it for the best."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Research for your broom," he said with a shake of his head.

He rolled a shoulder.

"So... practice? What will we start with?"

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Her grin widened. "Suppose I really can't complain then, yeah?" Totally not.

Flying.

"And that," she said lightly, "depends on you today. What do you feel is your weakest area? We'll work on that."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"You know how I am with criticizing myself..." he pointed out with a wry smile.

Though he seriously considered it.

"I don't know. 'Hesitation' would be the closest I could think of for something specific."

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"Hesitation in attacking? Or hesitation in defending yourself?"

[And I'm be dragged out of the house for the next few hours. ^^;;; Sp alright?]

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

[ooc: just fine!]

"Both. My natural inclination is to dodge and run," he admitted.

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She considered that. "Is it because you don't like hurting people, or what?"

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"I don't know," he admitted.

"I think... I think it's because, well, I think it's because I'm afraid of being good at it. Defense or offense."

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"Afraid of being good at it?" Yeah. Totally baffled there.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"The same as I am with... well, with magic.

"I'm afraid at being good at, er, certain things."

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

She'd managed to evade speaking to anyone while looking for a place to practice. Well, part of that was easy since it was so early, and the other part...

Hinata was good at avoiding people when she didn't want to be seen.

Peeking around the gym door, hearing someone inside--already?--she blinked in surprise when she recognized the person there. "Ino-san?"

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Ino would totally know that voice from anywhere. Five years of the same classes together did that, and she finished her stance, pulling out of it gracefully, and coming up with a grin.

"Hinata-chan!" And that was deserving enough to have her bounce over to the door. "Liir told me yesterday you were about! Sorry I didn't see you at the picnic."

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She smiled, Ino-san was the same as always. "A-ano, you were probably in the thick of it all," Hinata said, "and I stayed out of it as much as possible."

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That got a sheepish laugh. "I so was, I had fun," Ino grinned, "hopefully it wasn't too bad for you though?"

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"Everyone here is very kind," she said, with a light shake of her head. "And very determined to feed me."

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"Fandom thing," Ino agreed, "the common belief that feeding solves all problems. Though, really, Liir'll feed anyone."

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"H-he mentioned something about that," Hinata admitted. "And a girl named Cassandra gave me a plate of nothing but dessert."

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"Best kind of plate there is!" Ino declared, then wrinkled her nose cheerfully. "As long as it's not, you know, too often."

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Hinata considered Ino at that. "F-father wouldn't approve," she said, "but I h-had it anyway."

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"Yeah? Good. This place is good for making your own choices."

She stretched.

"Especially since back home they only know what you tell them." Yeah. That was a major point right there.

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

"A-ano," Hinata flushed a bit, "your Father mentioned that i-it'd be nice if you wrote home more often."

Well, actually, he'd said a great deal more than that. But she wasn't repeating it.

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"I think about it," Ino said dismissively. Yeah in, like, a million years.