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42. Mended

Hello. My name is Naruto Uzumaki, I'm the seventh hokage of the hidden leaf village. My friends are my family and I have had some of the best mentors throughout my life. I am 30 years old and am considered one of the strongest Shinobi in the four great nations, mainly because I have a tailed beast inside me, the nine-tails, Kurama. We started out rough, but we're good buddies now. Oh one more thing, I'm married, to the one and only Sasuke Uchiha. One of the finest Shinobi this world has to offer. A strong-headed, sensitive at heart, stunning man. I can never be thankful enough for being able to call him my own. Oh and I miss him, dearly...huh.

Naruto sometimes wondered if he and the raven had not been exceptional ninjas, how different would their lives have been? For starters, it wouldn't be a miracle to be able to always come home to one another at the end of the day, the conversation about their future would be much easier, they could go and travel the world together, learn new skills, try new stuff. Nothing would be impossible. Everything would be an option, within the reach of their hand. A simpler life, maybe...even a happier one?

But that's not how it is in reality. No, this is far from reality. Reality is the fact that the hokage had to send his trusted ninja to a mission, two days after they had gotten married, for an indefinite amount of time, with unclear instructions, and unknown level of danger. A being had been reportedly seen in the Land of Stone, extracting chakra from Shinobi. A being, which had white skin, menacing eyes and was claimed to be able to 'disappear'. The description led to only one conclusion: Otsusuki.

So, it's been a year that the Uchiha had been gone. Traveling in and out of spaces looking for the one named, Urashiki. The hokage had alerted all the nations to be on high alert at all times. They had gone through a war with an Otsusuki before, and they wanted to do everything in their power to stop another one coming.

The hokage kept himself busy with a hundred things to do in a day. He kept up with his training, working with the intelligence department and the sealing experts tirelessly, to minimize any threat of an invasion from happening before it did. Oh and the paperwork on top of that just fill the cracks. It was hectic, but the blonde didn't mind, it kept him feeling useful as the hokage and on top of that it helped tame the wandering thoughts of the hole in his heart, the one only his raven could fill.

But maybe it wasn't all that bad. How? Well..

"I mean come on! This paper stack has to end sometime right? Or am I just craz-", his bickering was paused by a light, a portal to be exact. Then the feeling of a very very warm, familiar chakra, strong and resilient. The portal opened and out came the one and only Sasuke Uchiha, who instantly bent over the hokage desk, his arms and legs shivering.

"Sasuke!", the blonde immediately moved to be on his side, helping him up so he could lay him down on the sofa. It was late at night and Shikamaru had left for home, leaving the hokage working till he could no more.

"No, no I can't...lie down- I need to get back Naru...", the raven was saying, pushing the blonde back to let him be.

Naruto wasn't having none of it. He picked his husband in his arms and lay him down on the sofa. He sat on the floor beside him and held his hand while his other one caressed the raven hair then his cheek. "Relax Sasuke. Give yourself five minutes alright? Just five...for me baby please", he almost pleaded.

Sasuke stared at his lover, his ocean blue eyes soothed him to no end. His voice was a melody among the wars he fought inside his head at the moment. The worried expression, the soft smile instantly melted his ice, cold demeanor. He leaned into the warm touch of his husband and gave a nod. Naruto smiled at that, he put off his cloak and covered the raven with it.

"Take deep breaths okay? With me", he said. So the raven did.
"Sasuke..", he bit his lower lip in nervousness, "How are y-"

"Kiss me Naruto"