no need for thanks

chap 7

Naruto's pov: while shikamaru was with Boruto

I didn't know how long I sat there and cried, I just knew I couldn't stop it. Why am I so weak it was just a stupid comment, but i cant help but take his words to heart kami I'm soft. I jumped when I felt arms wrap around me, my head shot up and my breathing quickened. I hear faint voices like echo's but I couldn't understand what they were saying. There was a hand rubbing my back and I felt someone else hugging me but I couldn't make out who they were through my scrambled thoughts.

I felt my breathing forcefully slow and after a few gasps for air I felt like I could breathe again. The voice became more distinct and less far away the more I breathed.

"Calm down Naruto you panicking"

"Were here"

"Calm down your not alone"

My vision cleared and I finally saw who was with me, Kakashi-sensei and granny Tsunade were looking at me with worried expressions. "I helped you calm your breathing but you gotta stay calm or else you'll go back into a panic" Tsunade said and I meekly nodded. I didn't trust my voice and I could still feel tears falling but my sobs had stopped. "Shikamaru sent us explaining what he saw and we both came as fast as we could"

More tears fell and I cleared my throat, "I sorry-I apologize for b-bothering you, I just-" I felt a hard flick on my forehead and I whined, my voice nothing but a croak and crackly. "Don't you dare apologize brat!" I heard Tsunade shout. I rubbed my forehead grumbling, "you're not allowed to apologize for having a breakdown," Kakashi added. I sighed.

"Now tell us what happened, Shikamaru said he went to find out himself so we don't know anything" i looked away from them both not wanting to say anything being ashamed for crying over something so stupid.

"Brat you don't tell us we will both march down there ourselves and ask them!" Tsuande said with the full intention in her voice, Kakashi humming in agreement. I sighed, I cleared my throat again, the tears becoming heavier with ruined force. I had told them what had happened to make me come back here, they listened intently not making a peep till i was done and would let me pause when I had started crying harder again. "Its a stupid reason to have this much of a break down over, maybe he's right everything he said was right!" but that just earned me two flicks in the forehead by both Tsunade and Kakashi. "If I ever hear you say something like this is so meager and unimportant not to cry over I will not hesitate to hit you or that snot nose brat of yours!" Tsunade yelled and I flinched at the steel and finality in her voice.

"Do not think you're weak for crying over something like this, it makes me mad thinking about it, you were on the verge of tipping over from stress and work and what he said was just the tipping point" Kakashi said rubbing my head. Their words were soothing to hear and it made me calm down thankfully. They both sat on either side of me, "your lucky he looks like you or i would go down the and pummel him into dust" Tsunade said putting my head on her shoulder while Kakashi held my arm.

"It feels like you're babying me now" I mumbled with a small chuckle. They both scoffed "of course we are, you've had to act like a grown up since you were a child living on your own, you had to clean your own house worry about the village and then on top of that after the academy everything else that happened this is the one time I get to baby you and you think I'm not going to take you runt?" Tsunade ended it with a question that didn't need an answer. Kakashi laughed, "Tsunade's right, you helped us when we were Hokage, why can't we help you, if anything you were babying us sometimes when we needed it and now you need it so we're gonna give it" he said. I laughed feeling my eyelids get heavy. I heard them talking back and forth about times I had helped them and times when I made them take breaks lulling me into sleep.