[He considers that, but grimaces.]

Even Hinata's angry with me about this.

[Mabye that's the worst part of all. Being the source of gossip at school -- well, that's embarrassing as hell, but he can hold his head up and treat everyone with a cool distance. He's Neji, he's wealthy even among the aristocrats, he can look down his nose at them no matter what he's done. But Hinata... that's a different matter altogether.

As for Bulla, though...]

I do still care about her. It isn't like that's changed just because... because of what happened. But I doubt she even wants to see my face right now. [A few days ago, he would have said he loves Bulla -- but really, being honest with himself, if he loved her then he would have told Sasuke to get lost. You can't love someone you don't respect, and that's disrespect right there.]