Good Morning, Starshine

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Who: savethelastchip, its_troublesome, highly likely markofthebrave and then we'll just start adding as we go if anybody else starts a thread.
What: Visiting hours.
When: backdated to April 11th
Where: Clinic.
Summary: In which Chouji wakes up, gets the lowdown on how he got here, possibly takes a couple of visitors and...you know, tries not to fall asleep on them if he does.
Rating: If it gets past PG, something is clearly awry.


[ It could be said that this has not been Chouji's week. And while he would normally go to the trouble of finding something salvageable that happened to counter-balance the claim, this time around he's more inclined to just agree. Possibly because he spent a couple of hours yesterday almost dying and a little over half of today unconscious.

You can just guess how nicely this afternoon is going to go.

After his return to the land of the living is taken care of, there's really only one place to find him all day, and that's where he'll be- dozing on and off, but still never against a friendly face if one should decide to pop in. ]

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[savethelastchip.livejournal.com]

... Right. [ He's glad he did it anyway. ]

Did I miss out on anything important?

[ You never can tell, in Luceti. Half of a day out of the loop can mean a lot. ]

[markofthebrave]

Not that I can think of. You weren't asleep for that long.

[Hesitant pause.]

Did they tell you what had happened?

[savethelastchip.livejournal.com]

...yeah. [ He liked Shikamaru's explanation better. It was much more to the point, and involved words he knew the definitions of. The smile fades a bit, but Chouji's about at the point of refusing to let it go completely. ]

Pretty scary stuff. [ That much, he takes no issue with admitting to. ]

[markofthebrave]

Yeah. [A hand moves to curve lightly on his bicep.] But you're going to be okay now. I checked a little bit earlier and everything looks like it should.

[savethelastchip.livejournal.com]

Well, that's good to know. [ Because, quite frankly, he trusts her word on this more than that of a doctor he's never really met before. No offense to the guys. ]

[markofthebrave]

[Katara smiles a little and finds a way to sit on the edge of his bed, just facing him. She's not ashamed of the outpouring of emotion, but... there's not much more to say.]

You should rest up. It will be the best thing to get everything settled and back to normal.

[savethelastchip.livejournal.com]

It's definitely part of the plan. [ Quite frankly, he's not got much choice in the matter, between just being tired and his friends recommending it. ]

[markofthebrave]

[Her gaze flickers from him to the still-sleeping Shikamaru and back again.]

I told Shikamaru I'd stay and keep watch so he could sleep. I think I'll stick around a little while longer. So you can get some more sleep if you're tired.

[savethelastchip.livejournal.com]

[ He'll follow that flicker, and not bother pretending that it's not a relief to know Shikamaru's getting some kind of rest. It's not even about whether he needs to thank her for looking out for him or not- there's just not a way to thank someone for doing that, like there's really not a way to apologize to him for making him lose sleep in the first place.

...not that he's not going to try gratitude anyway, of course. ] Good.

Thanks for taking over for him. [ The greatest guy he knows. But not that great about taking care of himself. ]