Out of all the people he'd thought he'd see, Rock Lee was the very last person he'd have expected to greet him so exuberantly. The redhead looked up and around, stepping back on instinct and hurriedly swiping a hand over his wet cheeks. He got an immediate impression of black hair and huge eyebrows and stared.

"...Lee-san," he murmured at last, looking away self-consciously. He'd never quite been able to forgive himself for what he'd done to the other shinobi in the chuunin exams.