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-- seems like enough for now.

[It had been more than a week since the whole they'd arrived back at the castle. Sasuke had been going about his routine as usual, except now he decides to put a hold on his training and heading back into the castle, walking through the hallways, probably heading towards the kitchen or somewhere. Feel free to run into him, just take your pick of the location]

[ooc; Loss start! ]

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[he's still following along, taking in the surroundings as they continue walking]

Is this a path you normally take?

[encourage]

[ She holds her hand up, see-sawing with it. It's one of the paths she follows. She mixes them up on purpose, partly to keep it interesting for herself.

Indicating at him, she made a walking motion with two of her fingers. Did he go out walking much around here out of preference? ]

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[Sasuke watches as she answers his question and he sort of gets what she's trying to get across. Her next hand motion is obviously directed at him, in which he nods in response]

Yeah, I do sometimes.

[encourage]

[ Another nod... then she smiles at him, indicating for him to take the lead. Scooter's keeping to her side, eyeing Sasuke as a new partner for this jaunt, tail wagging slowly.

Go ahead and pick the path, Sasuke. It's all good for her. ]

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[And with that he figures she wants him to lead the way so that's what he does as they continue walking along the path]

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[ It's quiet walking with Sakura anymore. She doesn't make it loud, except when she wants to be heard walking, and even Scooter is fairly light on his paws as they amble along.

After a while she catches up with him, not staying the step behind as the move onward. She's letting him be guide, watching without truly watching for a while... and then she is examining him from the corner of her eyes. Sasuke. How is he? How is he doing? It's hard enough to talk with him, even years ago, and that had been when she could speak.

Now?

Right now?

Now what was there?

Determination and hope. Yes, those things. She reached out, trying to nab part of his sleeve, pulling with an almost smile. Holding up three fingers.

Then two.

Then one.

Then the race she didn't announce to anyone was on, for the treeline. She wondered if he'd move at all. This wasn't how he competed with Naruto; there's never been much competition past tree walking between them, and Sakura mastered that far before Sasuke or Naruto had.

They try so hard.

And she did too. And that was okay to admit. ]

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[It takes him a few moments to pick up on what she was doing as she grabbed his sleeve just moments earlier.

A race, huh? He hadn't really expected but that much was clear when Sakura raced off ahead. He decided to go along with it so that's what he did, he was fast enough so he caught up with her pretty quickly]

What was with that just now?

[encourage]

[ Enigmatic shrug. Sakura felt like doing something that made her feel alive, and so they raced. Frankly she knows he can pull ahead whenever, so she plays dirty -- knocking shoulders with him with a grin that's not sure if this will get her killed or not.

By now, she figures this is a loss. Too much progress.

But she enjoys it anyway. ]