Yes, it probably would, but then he'd be obligated to lie down too, and they'd both be lying down in the pathway out of the Academy. They'd be bound to get stepped on. She'd just have to take it slower until she was sure no one else would leave and potentially step on her hair.

She did actually have special chakra raising training most other kids her age didn't. So, if he needed or wanted a partner, she could help. If she knew that's what he wanted, anyway. Then they could be friends!

"But...if I don't practice for it when it isn't, I won't be prepared for when it is."