Koji made some manner of light hum in consideration. "So, even though you were finished early..?"<br/><br/>"There's no end to learning," Seiji interrupted. A bit rude perhaps, but with the way that sentence sounded, he'd rather take being rude than sitting through an awkward meal. He had no real qualms about it one way or the other - she said she was going to be gone a year and she was, and really that was all there was to it. Aside from that, it wasn't as if she wasn't her own person. She could have stayed gone far longer than a year and still be entitled to do so. She was her own person, and while he was a remarkable shinobi, things like that really reminded him just how young Koji was.<br/><br/>The blonde exhaled deeply, just as dramatic as he ever was. "I mean I<span style="font-style: italic">guess</span>. And I guess it was family, after all, even if it was distant." He was trying, at least, and Seiji could appreciate that.<br/><br/>The walk to Kozue wasn't even half as long as he remembered, and their wait time was even shorter and Seiji found himself sitting at a table with his legs politely tucked beneath him. He'd almost choked on his tea at her question, but Koji seemed extraordinarily ready for it. Instead of saying anything though, he just snickered to himself and pointed at Seiji, who just shrugged it off. He'd been seeing a girl a few months back, but nothing really came of it. As it turns out, releationships with Aburame were kind of difficult to maintain and it was a woner marriages ever happened at all. Koji had given it four months tops, and he wasn't far off. It had cut off at the five month mark and, as it happened, just occurred last week. Seiji really had nothing to say on the subject, so he took another sip of tea just to have something to do.