Way Back to Your Heart

Chapter 14b - Bonds

Naruto walked back to the bedside. He removed his coat and folded his sleeves upto his elbows before he cooled Boruto's forehead with the damp cloth Hanabi had brought in.

Boruto's eyes opened.

"H-hey old man..." Boruto uttered, his eyes watery.

"Yes, little guy. I'm right here" Naruto answered and sat down on the bed and feel Boruto's hot chubby cheeks.

His lower lip trembled. "Where's mom? Is she home?"

"N-no she's not... Mom still have a meeting to attend to " Naruto cooed.

Boruto's expression become dull as if someone took a candy from him, his lips begun to tremble and small pockets of tears started to form on his eyes. Naruto panicked.

"I want mom!!!" Boruto cried. "Mom!!!".

"Hey, I am here, I'm your dad remember?" he assured and carefully lift Boruto and drew him into his arms.

Boruto stopped and with his teary crystal blue eyes he looked up to meet Naruto's gaze.

"Uhm... "the little boy nod and with his delicate arms he wrapped it around Naruto's nape. The deed surprises Naruto in return, slowly, he wrapped his arms around the little boy's fragile body. He closed his eyes and savor the moment.

Boruto murmured something that didn't caught Naruto's hearing.

Another whisper, but this time Naruto pulled Boruto off from his embrace.

"What is that Boruto, you need something?"

"T-too tight, you're hugging me too tight (sniff) " the little guy protested yet his arms were still hanging at Naruto's nape.

"Oh?" Naruto chuckled and loosen his grip to Boruto. He then took off his shoes and pulled his legs up to the bed, Naruto then let his back rest on the head board of the bed, still cuddling his unwell son.

"But I still want mom.," Naruto felt Boruto's grip tighten as he said the words in between small sobs.

"She'll be right here don't worry" Naruto said, no, he lied. Hinata is in Singapore, and since this morning both of them, Hanabi and him couldn't contact her.

Three hours ago Hanabi walked in and informed Naruto that she managed to contact her secretary and the latter promised that she'll immediately informed her boss after the meeting is done.

"I d-don't feel good... Baymax even told me so.." Boruto said and pointed the big fluffy white stuffed toy he bought for him last Sunday.

Naruto smiled at his son's line.

"You'll be fine before you knew it little guy... just follow your aunt Sakura's prescriptions okay."

"B-but I hate medicines!!!" Boruto let out a small cry and buried his face to Naruto's chest. He sighed, finding it pleasantly different from his mother's cushy one. "I hate medicines they just make me sick more.!" he muttered.

Naruto wanted to laugh, he remembered how he used to bite his father's hand everytime the latter tried to give him medicine.

He is an Uzumaki alright...

"I'm hot and itchy but I will not eat medicine dattebasa!!!"Boruto announced.

Naruto laughed softly. "Of course you will not eat them... you don't eat medicines., you drink them little buddy.." he said patting Boruto's head.

Boruto held his held up and sniff.. his eyes still red. "Guess I don't have a choice huh? Old man.." he sniffed again.

Naruto reached for a sheet of tissue from the bed side table.

"Here blow your nose" he covered Boruto's little nose with the tissue and the little guy complied.

"In one condition..." Boruto continued, wiping his nose.

"Condition?"

"tell me a story" Boruto demanded.

"What?.. a story? but I am no good at telling stories -ttebayo" Naruto objected.

"Well then.. I won't eat ..uhmm drink that medicine.." Boruto muttered and let go from Naruto's grasp which Naruto did not allowed. Hence, he restrained Boruto from letting go by saying;

"Okay.. okay I will tell you a story..." Naruto agreed with sweats falling of from his forehead. Now what this guy supposed to do.

Boruto then stopped struggling and rested himself back on Naruto's lap.

"Mom always told me stories even if she's busy.." Boruto muttered.

"Really?"

"Uhmm" Boruto nodded. "Now.. start" he commanded.

"Okay here it goes ... once upon a time ..."

"Are all stories starts with that sentence?" Boruto butted in.

"Yeah .. I think so..."

"Well I don't like it... make another one.."

"But ... Okay.." Naruto surrendered, a bit irritated yet he enjoyed how this little guy loves to oppose every little thing he do.

"So let me start again ... In a place far away there is a village called Konoha.." Naruto goes on with the story that his mother told him a couple of times when he was sick and asking for a story. He remembered every details from that old story yet he is not sure if he did delivered it just as interesting as how his mother did.

"--the end..so wha-" Naruto didn't get the chance to finish his sentence when he noticed that Boruto is already sleeping, the little guy's head is already resting on his chest.

Naruto smiled, slowly he slide himself so that he is now laying with his back flat on the bed and Boruto sleeping on top of him.

He carefully patted Boruto's small back as he too felt his eyes getting heavy. Soon, Naruto together with his son found themselves sleeping peacefully at each others side.

The door suddenly opened, a pair of black stilletos entered the room only to stop halfway at the sight of the two figures on the bed.

This ends Chapter 14. :-)
Don't worry there'll be an update this weekend.