Neji let his eyes sweep over the pl

Neji let his eyes sweep over the place, where he and his teammate, the over-energized green beast of Konoha junior, Lee, were training. He couldn't detect any sign of someone else being close, neither could he hear anyone. He took a deep breath, clenched his fists, as if preparing for a battle and turned to Lee. Taking only four determined steps towards the boy, he then stopped and waited with collected calm for Lee to notice him. The boy did so, after five minutes more of push-ups. He lifted his face to peer at Neji in confusion.

"Ehrm... Neji was there something you wanted?" He asked, still doing push-ups, but now at a slower speed.

Neji frowned. "Get up, I need to talk to you."

Now very surprised and a bit hesitant, since Neji was being so cold, something that usually only happened when something had managed to piss Neji off (a normal Neji never showed any emotion at all), Lee did this, getting to his feet with just one hard push and good balance.

"Was it is, my youthful friend? Does something ail you?" Lee was smiling encouragingly at Neji, with his thumbs up and with a serious look in his eyes. Whatever it was that troubled a friend of his, Lee would always be ready to help. Neji was somewhat placated by this, that Lee showed concern over him was something he liked.

"I want you to stop being so close to Gai-sensei." The words were dumped like a bomb, and the effect was gigantic. First Lee's eyes grew huge as plates, his jaw hit the floor, and just after that he freaked out. His hands gripped his own hair, pulling so hard that the skin in his face was pulled up, and he started making a confused distressed sound, sounding (and looking) like an upset monkey-baby.

"Wha-Wha-Wha- What do you mean Neji? What mean joke is this? I cannot ever stop being close to Gai-sensei! He is our youthful teacher! How can you say such a horrible thing?" This, Lee managed to babble out in one breath, then he went back to screeching.

Neji let him freak out for a couple of minutes more without answering, still looking mighty and cold.

"Lee, be quiet.