Chapter Thirty-Five
Hinata felt surprisingly alive despite the gloomy, sterile environment that was Konoha Hospital. She had actual food in her stomach, and she was outside of her room for the first time in almost three days. As she thumbed through the magazine rack in the hospital's gift shop, she pondered her decision to close herself in. No single thing had spurred the decision; it just seemed right at the time. She wanted to shut out the world, and make it stop tormenting her. It had been selfish, she knew that, but she needed to be selfish after six months of pure misery.
When Naruto arrived, she knew it was time to return to a now greatly changed world. Grandfather and most of the clan elders were gone. Uncle Hizashi was gone. And she was now the leader of her clan, the youngest in its history. Had Grandfather not made it an issue, I would have happily given the title to Hanabi without a fight. As much as she disliked grandfather, she did feel bad for him. He had spent his life trying to make the Hyūga Clan what it was. He had died, not in glorious battle but the unintended victim of the assassination attempt on Naruto. It had been a death unbefitting the warrior he had been. Life is full of disappointments; what's done is done.
Hinata shook off the thought of Grandfather. There'd be plenty of time to talk over his misdeeds in therapy; her parents were currently in the counseling department setting up their first family session for later this week. She turned to Naruto, who stood next to her, "Do you think he'll like this?" Hinata asked as she pulled a copy of Shinobi's Fitness from the rack, showing it to Naruto.
"It's a start," Naruto said with a smile, "most guys only read it for the pictures of women, though." He blushed. "This on the other hand," he pulled out a copy of Fieldcraft, an outdoor and survival magazine, "might be more his speed. Of course, nothing says we can't get him both. I still have some mission pay that I didn't put into your emergency fund."
"That won't be necessary, I've got this," she replied. The mention of the emergency fund took Hinata back through the past several months. Shortly after she'd made her high-stakes wager with her grandfather, she had begun volunteering for every D-ranked mission possible to earn extra money in case the worst happened. Her parents and Naruto's parents had helped her set up a savings account for her living expenses and she had put every Ryo earned into it. Naruto, as well, took all the missions with her, donating his pay to her. Now that it was strictly not needed, she'd have to find time to give back Naruto's share.
A few other magazines later, they checked out and were on their way to Neji's room. Hinata decided he'd be the easier of the two to talk to first, not that it would be easy talking to him. Neji had lost his father and was still possibly going to lose his left leg. By her parent's account, he was in a pretty bad mental state. And you wouldn't be? What if Mom or Dad had been the one run through? "Hinata, are you going to be okay with this?" Naruto asked, taking away from her dark thoughts.
"I-I'll be fine," she lied. Surprisingly, her sense of foreboding was at a minimum. Being near Naruto had a calming effect, especially because she knew he was in love with her. "I love you, too, Hinata Hyūga!" rang in her mind like the resonant hum of a temple bell. It was his last thought before they separated their linked chakra. As they walked hand in hand down the hallway, the reassurance of his touch and the knowledge that life was finally moving in the right direction again put her on top of the world.
A flash of movement in the corner of her vision threatened to make Hinata duck and roll for cover as she activated her Byakugan. However, she needn't have worried. "You can come out, Konohamaru," she said to the shinobi ineffectively concealed by a potted bamboo in the hallway.
Shyly, the young shinobi in training peeked out from behind. "Hi," he waved.
"Konohamaru, what are you doing?" Naruto laughed.
"Watching your butts, what do you think I'm doing?" Konohamaru quipped.
"I don't exactly need a bodyguard, Konohamaru," Naruto chided, "and what are you going to do? Turn into a naked woman and nosebleed them to death?"
"Watch it big brother!" Konohamaru exclaimed as he stood up to Naruto's chest, "I'm a lot stronger since I've been training with your mom!"
Hinata couldn't help but giggle at how cute the two boys were, arguing like they were real brothers. "You two," she laughed, "are too silly!" Both boys looked stared at her dumbly from her comments. "How about we take our little bodyguard along, Naruto? I'm sure Neji and Hanabi could use all the moral support they can get!"
"H-Hanabi?" Konohamaru stammered.
"Yes, my little sister," Hinata said, eyeing the younger boy.
"Oh… got it," Konohamaru blushed.
"You okay, little brother?" Naruto asked, "You look a little flushed." Naruto grinned slightly.
"I'm fine, thank you, very much!" Konohamaru said.
"Well, then, let's get going," Hinata giggled.
The walk to Neji's room returned everyone to silence. Hinata didn't want to be overly cheerful around him; he'd lost so much in the past week. And he might lose more. The thought chilled her as they reached the assigned room. Outside the door, two familiar faces greeted them, "Tenten, Lee!" Hinata sprinted the short distance to the bench Rock Lee and Tenten were seated on.
"Hinata," Tenten wrapped her in a tearful embrace. The older girl's normally immaculate features were askew. Tenten's cheeks were red and puffy, and her normally well-styled hair was frazzled and askew. Hinata knew the look well – the look of someone in anguish.
"Lee, what's happening?" Naruto asked as Hinata held the sobbing kunoichi.
"Wish I could tell you, man," the normally jovial bushy-browed ninja shook his head, downtrodden. "Each day we've come to see if he'll see visitors, and each day my man refuses to see us!" The normally over the top Lee sounded about ready to start crying, too.
The sheer weight of being clan leader sank into Hinata's shoulders for the first time. There is no running away from your duties this time. Even if you could, would you really be so selfish as to leave poor Neji and Hanabi to their own devices? "He'll talk to me," Hinata stood up against the weight of Tenten on her shoulder. "I promise."
"Thank you!" Tenten sobbed. Hinata guided Tenten back to the bench with Lee and Naruto's help.
As Hinata moved to open the door to the room, she paused. "Naruto," she stared long and hard at him, "I think I need to do this one alone."
"You sure?" he asked, smiling curiously.
"Yes," she nodded, telling it to herself as much as him, "Neji might not take well to outsiders seeing him like this. He's my responsibility; I have to do this!" Naruto nodded in agreement, standing back with the others. "I'll be here if you need me," Naruto said.
Hinata opened the door. The room was spare, even by hospital standards. No artwork or it other items hung on the wall, and the room was devoid of all furniture except the gurney containing Neji. His left leg was propped up in a special harness attached to the ceiling. Thick layers a gauze wrapped his thigh, making it appear almost double in normal size. The rest of Neji looked gaunt, eyes sunken, along with the rest of his face. If his scowl was intimidating, his tormented face was heartbreaking. "Neji," she said softly, bordering on tears at such a horrible sight.
"Hinata!" Neji turned his face away from her, "Go away!"
Okay, the soft approach isn't working. "Is that any way to address your clan leader, Neji," Hinata said firmly, almost scolding.
Neji turned back to face her, anger now chiseled into his features, "I…" he paused, "… I'm sorry, Lady Hinata." Neji sighed, deflating like a balloon. "I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry, too," she sighed nervously. "I'm sorry for everything that has happened, Neji."
"It wasn't your fault," he scoffed as he drove his head back into the pillow. "Had grandpa not had his head up his ass and kept a proper security detail instead of turning the duel into a goddamn circus."
"Grandpa is dead, Neji," Hinata said gravely.
"And so is my father," tears ran from the corners of his eyes.
"But you don't have to join them," she pleaded.
"Why not?" he asked. "I may never walk again, assuming they don't take the leg off. I'm useless as a bodyguard and shinobi!"
"Neji, there is still time before that decision is made. Regardless, you're a fighter, not a quitter. Otherwise, you would have caved to your father about Tenten rather than risk backing me up!" Hinata's voice steadily rose as her conviction caught fire.
"Do you know what it's like, being helpless? Feeling like you're a burden to those around you?" he chided.
"Yes," Hinata snapped back, "I remember having to wear a heart monitor non-stop for almost a month because the medical-nin were worried my heart was damaged. I remember not being able to train or mold chakra at full strength for weeks and having to wear that stupid thing on my chest and needing to plug myself into a wall outlet so the battery wouldn't die." Hinata huffed, "Yeah, I remember what it is like, having my teammates carrying me because I couldn't run. It was the worst feeling in the world, thinking I was weighing them down."
"What stopped it?" he asked
"I realized that's what teammates do, Neji – they carry each other in their time of need. That's what family is supposed to do. It's time for the Hyūga Clan to start acting like a family again."
Neji closed his eyes and sighed, "I have no family now, Hinata. I've lost my father, and my mother. There is no one for me."
"That's not true, and you know it," she said, clenching a fist at her side. "Tenten is out there, worried sick about you, as is Rock Lee! My mother and father are here for you! Naruto is here, and I'm here as well, brother."
"Brother?" Neji opened his eyes again.
"By order of the Hyūga Clan leader, you've been adopted by my branch of the family, if you'll have us!" Hinata cried tears of passion.
"I…I don't," Neji began crying in earnest, "I don't know what to say!"
"Say you accept, and that you'll keep fighting!" Hinata walked up to him, locking hands with Neji. "I can't replace what you've lost, Neji," she choked against tears, "but I can help you rebuild what you have left!"
"Hinata!" Naruto's voice screeched as he pounded on the door.
"What's he selling?" Neji chuckled, a smile finally returned to his face.
"What indeed?" Hinata said as she walked to the door and opened it.
As the door swung open, Naruto bounced excitedly like he had to use the restroom, but there was more. "Hinata!" he exclaimed, "Look who I found!" Sakura stepped beside him.
"Hello, Sakura," she greeted awkwardly. Why is he so excited to see her?
"Hinata, I have some great news," Sakura said, peeking around her toward Neji.
"Neji, will you admit your guests now?" Hinata turned and asked.
"For good news, I guess I can for now," he replied.
Sakura beamed as she walked into the room, followed by Naruto, Lee, Tenten, and Konohamaru. "Neji, you're keeping the leg, the tests came back clean!"
"That's great news!" Naruto shouted, ruffling Neji's unkempt hair.
"No touching the hair or the face, Naruto," Neji scowled, then laughed. He laughed, and he laughed until he began crying at the good news.
Tenten raced past Hinata, "Neji!" she cried.
"Tenten…" he said as she embraced him, crying into his shoulder.
"Heh," Lee said, "I think I can tell when this is turning into a crowd." He turned to walk out, as did the others.
"I think you two have a lot to talk about," Hinata said, smiling at the happy couple. "I'll be by to visit again tomorrow."
"Hinata," Neji said as she reached the door.
"Yes?"
"Thank you!"
"I should be thanking you," she said with a wink, "but I guess that is what family is for!"
As she exited, Hinata met up with the others. "Sakura, how did you know about his leg?"
"Oh, that was my other good news," Sakura glowed brilliantly, "I got my apprenticeship with Lady Tsunade! I'm going to be a medical-nin!"
"Oh Sakura, that's great!" Hinata congratulated her teammate with a hug.
"It's going to keep me busy from now on, especially after we're done with the Chunin Exams," Sakura said as they separated.
"Will you still be on missions with us?" Naruto asked.
"Oh yeah," Sakura replied, "but they might be a little less frequent going forward."
"Suits me fine," Hinata said, "After the past six months, I think I could use a break from missions." She sighed. "That reminds me," she turned to Naruto, "I owe you back everything you donated to my emergency fund."
"Nah, keep it!" Naruto said, "I'm sure you'll find a good use for it!"
"How about putting it toward Neji's rehab?" Lee suggested. "He's gonna need a lot more than what can be done simply in the hospital."
"Any suggestions, Lee?" Hinata asked intently.
"I have a few ideas," he said as he rubbed his chin, deep in thought.
"Hey, Lady Hinata," Konohamaru chimed in, "I hate to break this up, but we still have to see about your sister."
"That's right," she turned to Naruto, "Why don't you take our little bodyguard on ahead, and I'll meet you there; I think some fresh flowers from the gift show would make a wise peace offering."
"But if I'm guarding Naruto, who will look after you?" Konohamaru asked.
"I will," Rock Lee shot a big thumbs-up, "Lead the way!"
"I'll let you all play family," Sakura said, "I've got to get back to work!" Sakura smiled as they ran off.
As the group separated, Lee began going on a long rant about various exercises that could be helpful with Neji's recovery. Hinata only half-listened, thinking instead about Neji and Tenten and all that couple had ahead of them, good and bad. Pretty soon, she began thinking about herself and Naruto. She wondered where their relationship was going. They would both be thirteen by year's end – young but not too young to be a couple. Time to stop dancing around the issue. When you finish here it's time to have a heart to heart with him.
Hanabi's room was in the lively decorated pediatrics ward of the hospital. After the bleak sterility of the trauma ward, Naruto was grateful to see colors other than white adorning the wall. He'd been kept here while recovering from pneumonia. You could almost fool yourself into thinking this is a fun place to be.
Soon, Naruto already felt out of place here. After the events of the past week, the presence of children's art and murals adorning the wall were foreign comforts – overwhelming. Naruto almost found himself preferring the quiet, sulking grey and white of the trauma ward where Neji was. Naruto truly felt aged beyond his years since graduating the academy. You're not exactly a kid anymore. While he didn't mind growing up, Naruto felt conflicted about his rapidly approaching transition to adulthood. In a few months, he'd be thirteen – in the shinobi forces he'd be an adult in everything but name. When he turned sixteen, he would be considered a man and treated as such. Only three short years away. Three years you won't see her. The thought of being separated by the impending time at Mount Myoboku starting next year suddenly weighed heavily on his shoulder
"Boss, you okay, man?" Konohamaru's puzzled voice rattled Naruto back to here and now.
"Yeah, what's up?" Naruto tried pretending nothing had happened.
"Well, you walked right past Hanabi's room with a blank stare," Konohomaru tilted his head to the right, his face twisted, "Are you sure you're all right?"
"Just thinking about things," Naruto deflected.
"What kind of things?" Konohamaru didn't let the subject drop.
"Stuff you'll know about when you're older," Naruto hinted to Konohamaru to let the subject drop.
"What, problems with your girlfriend?" Konohamaru asked.
"She…" Naruto paused, no knowing how to complete the sentence. He didn't know if Hinata was a girlfriend, a friend, or something else entirely, "… it's complicated, man, can we drop this?"
"What's there to be complicated?" Konohamaru asked. "You like her, and she obviously likes you!"
"Little brother, she's been through a lot in the past few months," Naruto said as he turned back toward the correct room, "and I get the feeling it's not over for her. That's partially why we're here!" Naruto pointed to the closed door in front of them.
"You can be such a dork sometimes, chief," Konohamaru sighed, "I bet you never even had kissy time with her yet!" Naruto's lip curled involuntarily at Konohmaru's wrong assumption. He meant to keep it hidden, but his little brother from another mother caught it. "Wait a second," Konohamaru looked at him slyly, "you actually have kissed her!" Konohamaru was loud enough for everyone in the hallway to start staring.
"Say it a little louder; I don't think they heard you in the ER!" Naruto hissed.
"Dude, I bet she was hot," Konohamaru grinned. "Fill me in on the details!"
He's how much younger than me yet almost as perverted as grandpa? "A gentleman doesn't discuss such things," Naruto said crisply.
"You're no gentleman, ya know!" Konohamaru laughed, "Why are you holding out on me?"
"Because," Naruto turned the knob to the door, "we're not here to discuss girls! We're here to help Hinata with Hanabi!" Naruto threw the door open and was greeted by a shrill shriek.
"EEEKKK!"
Hanabi's scream stopped Naruto in his tracks. For a moment, he worried that he'd walked in on her indecent. She was dressed in the standard hospital green and white pajamas, curled up into a ball on her hospital bed, and she was heaving uncontrollably. Naruto recognized what was happening – a panic attack. "Konohamaru, get the nurse, right now!" Naruto commanded. Naruto continued toward Hanabi slowly as he heard the other boy run away. "Hanabi," Naruto struggled to keep his voice calm and even. Don't tell her to calm down. Keep your voice steady. Speak in short, clear sentences. Try and slow her breathing.
"Don't hurt me! DON'T HURT ME!" she screamed. Hanabi looked impossibly worse than Neji had. Her pale purple eyes were sunken, she was pale as fresh mountain snow, and she shivered the way he had during his water survival final exam.
"Hanabi, it's okay, no one is going to hurt you," he held his hands in front of him
"NONONONONONO!" Hanabi heaved shaking her head.
"Hanabi, it's okay. I know you're scared, but it's going to be okay," Naruto held his hands up, "I'm not going to hurt you, no one here is."
"Na-Naruto!" Hanabi squealed.
"That's right, Hanabi, I'm here, just breathe, nice and easy," Naruto stared eye to eye with her, "breathe with me," Naruto said as he tried mimicking the breathing exercise Tsunade taught him during his first therapy session. "No one is going to hurt you, just keep breathing, nice and slow."
"Hanabi," Hinata's soft voice came from over his shoulder, "What's wrong?"
"You!" Hanabi began panic breathing again, "You've come to finish me!"
"No, Hanabi!" Hinata exclaimed, "I came to bring you flowers!" Hinata began crying.
"Hinata, come here, slowly," Naruto said. "Hanabi, she's not going to hurt you, I promise!"
"Sh-she'll kill me!" Hanabi screeched.
"No one is going to hurt anyone," Naruto struggled to keep his own anxiety level under control. Seeing Hanabi and Hinata together made it hard to suppress the memories of what happened only a few days ago. "You're fine, and we're fine," he said, trying to reassure himself as much as Hanabi.
"H-Hanabi," Hinata stammered, "White lilies, your favorite," she offered the bouquet with outstretched arms as she approached the bed.
Something in Hanabi's expression changed. Like a switch being thrown, her expression morphed from panic to remorse, "Big sister!" Hanabi cried, wrapping her arms around Hinata.
"It's okay little sister," Hinata said, gently caressing her younger sister's hair. "It's going to be okay!"
"Hinata! I'm sorry!" Hanabi sobbed into her sister's embrace. "I'm sorry!"
"It's okay," Hinata rocked Hanabi. Naruto felt warm tears at the sight of Hinata comforting her sister. She'll make one heck of a wife and mother someday. Naruto flashed back to the memory of his dream – a grown up Hinata telling him that she was about to give birth to his child. Naruto couldn't help but wonder if it was more than just a simple dream now. "Should I leave you two?"
"Please," Hinata said, "I think we have a lot to talk about."
"Is everything all right?" a female nurse rushed into the room.
"I'm fine, Nurse Ise," Hanabi said with a shaky voice. "I'm fine." She at least sounded a bit more composed.
As Naruto left the room, he was greeted by a scowling Konohamaru. "Dude!"
"Dude, what?"
"Dude, you have been holding out on me!"
"What the hell are you talking about?" Naruto replied with mild agitation. After all the stress he'd been through today, Naruto was hardly in the mood to deal with nonsense, especially in a busy hospital hallway.
"Big brother, why didn't you tell me her sister was cute!" Konohamaru snapped in reply.
You've got to be kidding me! "Konohamaru, really?!"
"Yes, really! You've been holding out on me! What's the deal? What happened to brothers first?!" Konohamaru wailed loud enough to attract the attention of everyone in the ward.
Frustration snapped in Naruto, and it was soon followed by mischief turning the wheels in his head. "You know what," Naruto grinned, "you're absolutely right, Konohamaru! In fact," he snatched Konohamaru by the hand, "let me make it up to you!"
Naruto dragged his would-be younger brother back into the hospital room. "Naruto?" Hinata called out in surprise, "Is everything all right?"
"I'm great!" he replied. He turned to Hanabi, pulling Konohamaru forward, "Hanabi, this is my friend, Konohamaru Sarutobi!" Naruto pushed his friend next to Hanabi, "He's been dying for me to introduce you two; he thinks you're a real cutie!"
"Boss, I…" Konohamaru blushed as Hanabi giggled.
It was the first time Naruto had seen Hanabi giggle in any recent memory. The girl had a long way to go for sure, but with the right counselling and time, she would heal. They would all heal. Hinata rose from her seat next to her sister, "Hanabi, I'll be by tomorrow to check on you with Mom and Dad." She turned back to Naruto, a strange twinkle in her eye, "How about we let these two talk; I think you and I need to talk."
About what? Naruto pondered as Hinata walked him out of the room. Before long, they were leaving the hospital and walking hand in hand back toward the Hyūga Compound. "Hinata, what are we doing back here?" he asked.
"I need to show you something," she said, smiling faintly. The gate guard admitted them without hesitation. The walked through the compound was as solemn as last time, especially when they approached the courtyard where the duel happened. At least this time, he wasn't having a panic attack.
As she guided him past the courtyard, they moved into an unfamiliar part of the compound, part Naruto had never seen. "Hinata, where are we going?" he asked as they passed a brilliant garden courtyard with an obsidian marker.
"Here," she guided him to a door at the end of the courtyard, sliding it open. She gestured for him to follow.
Naruto felt the hairs rise in the back of his neck as she gestured for him to follow her. There's nothing dangerous in there; it's just Hinata! For some reason, that only made his apprehension even more acute as his throat bobbed up and down with his thundering heart. As he crossed the threshold, his eyes took a moment to adjust from July sun to the room's cool shadows. The first thing he noticed about room: it was huge, easily the footprint an Academy lecture hall. "Whoa," he said to himself as his eyes adjusted. The room contained an assortment of old, but well-maintained, exercise equipment – barbells, dumbbells, a metal pull-up bar, a heavy bag, a speed bag, and more. Sections of the floor were padded, clearly meant for rolling, tumbling, or takedown drills.
"You like it?" Hinata asked, with an uncharacteristic smirk.
"What is this place?" Naruto asked, unable to keep his jaw closed.
"It's the clan leader's personal dojo," she explained. "My grandfather had it built before my father was born."
Naruto walked up to a stack of dumbbells. He tested one of the weights - clearly old but well maintained. "He spared no expense, I see" Naruto smiled.
"When grandpa lost his title to father, Father ordered the room sealed out of respect for his father," Hinata explained as she stood next to Naruto. "I think it's time to stop living in the past and start thinking of the future."
Naruto could tell there was a double meaning behind her words. "What do you mean?" he set the weight back on the stack and turned to face her.
Hinata smiled her nervous, thin smile. "I-I was thinking we could use it for training," she paused, "all of us. Team Seven, Team Eight, Team Ten, Team Guy, and Team Habanero."
"Team Habanero?" Naruto chuckled, guessing she was referring to his mom, Konohamaru, and Aunt Akemi.
"I thought it up for our Moms' team," she confirmed with a laugh. "The room is large enough for all the teams."
"Hinata, you could have a whole class in here," Naruto looked around in wonderment before returning his eyes to view her amethyst eyes. "I don't know what to say."
"Say it's a good idea, and you'll help me set it up," she smiled, inching closer to him.
"Of course," he replied, feeling his heart thundering in his chest. Naruto suddenly realized they were very much alone here for moment. The competing sensation of fear and elation circled in his stomach.
"Naruto," she said softly, "I'll need your help, with Brother Neji. I doubt his rehab will be easy, and I don't think I can do it by myself. Would you…" Hinata fidgeted nervously, tapping her pointer fingers together.
"Of course," Naruto took her by hands, rewarded by a shade of red erupting though her cheeks. "Hinata, I…" Naruto's throat began constricting, like his voice was about to crack.
"Naruto?" she asked, concerned.
"Hinata, I, uh, have a question," he said nervously.
"Yes?" she nodded.
Just say it and get it over with! "Hinata, do you consider me a friend… or…" he trailed off nervously.
"Or?" she stared at him coyly.
"… or a boyfriend?" he completed, feeling his cheeks burning.
"M-maybe," she considered, "you're a bit of both!" she said nervously.
"Both?" Naruto hands had begun massaging hers instinctively.
"Na-Naruto, you're very special to me," she whispered with a shaky voice.
"I was so worried I'd lose you during that duel and what came after." Naruto inched closer.
"Let's not lose each other ever again, promise?" she said
"Promise!" Naruto wasn't sure if she kissed him or he kissed her as they embraced. After all the heartache, all the exhausting training, all the miserable nights plagued by nightmares; they had come out the other side stronger together. Naruto wasn't about to let anything get in the way.
"Naruto, Hinata!" he heard his mom's voice call from the door. "When you two are done, join us in the main house! Akemi says dinner will be ready soon!"
Naruto felt an icy chill traverse his back. As he separated from Hinata, he turned to look at the door. Mom wasn't in sight. He turned back to Hinata, also looking nervous. "You think she knows?" he asked.
"A-about that, Naruto," Hinata stammered.
"What?" he asked, wondering why she was so nervous.
"She kind of," Hinata tilted her head down to the floor, "already knows… she figured out what happened on Hokage Rock. I—I'm sorry," she squeaked.
"Well," Naruto paused to think. If mom was looking to nip this in the bud, she wouldn't be playing coy. "Well, I'm not," he pulled her back to him and kissed her again. When they separated Naruto spoke again, "Hinata, you're special to me, too. How about we take it one step at a time?"
Hinata smiled, "Okay, boyfriend." She gave him one last kiss as they left the dojo in search of dinner.
Author's note: Hey everyone! I hope you're enjoying thus far! Due to my changing schedule, I'll be changing my update days to Saturday. I hope you all continue to enjoy! Stay healthy and stay safe, wherever you are in the world!
-Adam