She can't help but glance to him and cover her mouth with one hand as she laughs. His way of speaking was too adorable not to! Sometimes it felt like dragging more than one sentence out of either Itachi or Sasuke was like pulling teeth, but this boy--!

"I'm glad you've met Neji," she says finally, still trying to stifle her laughter and giving him a bright smile. "And if you're training hard enough that he's stopping you, that's a hint that you're overworking yourself." So Iruka was a sensei even back then? Huuh...