<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: palatino;">Midori had been far too nervous about the other children to really want to look at them <em>too</em> much, though she hadn't had much choice when she had been finished with her test and waiting. However, she did not turn her head too much, mostly because she did not want it to seem as though she were not doing her own work. She had even turned her paper over so that the blank back side was up.<br/><br/>After her test was collected, and the other kids had mostly left, Midori had taken the time to look around a little, noticing that the person who had been in the back looked like Hyuga Ibiki. However, he hadn't looked her way or acknowledged that he knew her, so Midori had gone about her business of eating lunch. All she had done was greet him once, anyway, that did not make them friends, or make him more likely to want to socialize with her. Not that she was any good at socializing, anyway. Still, though, the entire time she was working on eating the gigantic lunch that Miss Jinmi had given her, Midori kept looking over at Ibiki.<br/><br/>He didn't look the same, something was different, and it took her most of the way through her first rice ball, decorated like little panda bears (or dogs, maybe), to figure it out. His hair was different, more... feminine? And he was wearing a headband on his head. Also, Hyuga Junji had been wearing a headband, but also his features were very similar to Ibiki's: he had dark hair and light eyes. They looked like family. So... what if this wasn't Ibiki, but someone different? Maybe a sibling? That would explain the sort of...less calm feeling she seemed to get from how this maybe-Ibiki's-sibling (or cousin?)'s way of sitting and moving. And, Midori thought that maybe this possible-relative was a girl, which actually made her feel pretty bad for mistaking her for a boy. When she'd been littler, some kids on a playground had made fun of her when she'd tried to play with them. Now she felt very guilty about her mistake.<br/><br/>The more she looked at the other child, the more positive she was that this was not Ibiki. It wasn't that she knew him well, or hardly at all, but this other one just seemed...different, somehow.<br/><br/>Also, she was getting sort of full, and had only finished part of her lunch, even after having shared a little bit of the fish she had with Sunako. The kitten really did not eat much, and pretty much ate the offering, then curled back up to sleep, so Midori put her back in her pocket. Kittens sure seemed to sleep a lot. Sunako especially. At least the little animal had decided she was okay traveling in Midori's pocket, mostly during anything unless the girl was running. But there was a bunch of food left over, and maybe-Ibiki's-relative had not really moved, and had no food. Maybe she should share? That would be a polite thing to do, right?<br/><br/>Working up her courage, Midori had just started to stand when a large, older boy broke off from the group he had been talking with to approach the other girl. Tensing up, Midori watched quietly, her eyes wide, as the boy spoke rather meanly to the Hyuga girl, enough so that he actually insulted her. But, she didn't look sad, or even upset like Midori knew she would have gotten if she had been the target of that boy. Then, it got worse, and he got far more aggressive, enough so that she winced, turning to stare at the Teacher, hoping that he would do something.<br/><br/>She even managed to make eye contact with the man, then looked toward the Hyuga girl and the boy who was getting so... so... so overbearing. But Teacher Noboru just rolled his eyes at her and turned back to writing on their tests.<br/><br/>So, what was she supposed to do? Even if the Hyuga girl did not seem to be upset, if she were in her place, Midori knew she would want someone to help. So it was best for her to do something, right? But she wasn't intimidating at all, and would probably just become a target of that boy, and maybe his friends, if she butted in. So what should she do? She had to do something, right? It was wrong to just sit here and do nothing, wasn't it?<br/><br/>Father would be disappointed in her for having let this happen, even if she could not figure out what she could do to help.<br/><br/>So... if she couldn't do anything physically, because, well.. no. She was not good at that at all, that was a bad idea. And asking for help from Teacher did not work either, he seemed mostly sort of annoyed by it, actually, though he kept looking to see what was happening, like he was interested in the outcome, but not interested in helping. Why would he do that?<br/><br/>Thinking quickly, Midori went over anything else she might be able to do to help, figuring that her only course left was to try to somehow convince the boy not to continue. Maybe... maybe she could, without drawing the bully's attention too much?<br/><br/>Anyway, he probably wasn't going to pass the test anyway, he had seemed to struggle to the end with his test, and with sitting still during it. A school, with sitting still for most of the day, would probably be frustrating for him. And for Teacher, who did not seem to have very much patience.<br/><br/>"Um... so maybe you shouldn't threaten one of the Hyuga Clan?" Maybe.. well, her Uncle and his wife were pretty afraid of the Hyuga clan, so maybe she could use that? Either this would work, or she would become a target too. "So, my Uncle said that they are dangerous, and... and.. you know, she doesn't look upset or scared, only kind of mad, so..." her voice was pretty soft, but once she started speaking, her words came faster and faster, nervous as she was. It was like a scared version of what had happened with Hyuga Junji, the words just kept coming, with her brain scrabbling to pull enough information from what she had overheard to come up with something relevant to say that might possibly work. But her voice shook a little, she didn't  really have the bravery to do this and sound confident.<br/><br/>Maybe that would work to her favor? If they thought she was scared of the Hyuga girl, then maybe they would be too? "I... I mean, you're pretty big, so if she's not afraid, then there's probably a reason, right? Just... um... you know... I think that being mean to her is not a good idea is all..." Midori shrugged, struggling against the urge to look down and curl up to try to hide. If she seemed afraid, the boy would probably round on her, if he wasn't going to already...<br/></span>