Naruto flipped over the next page, skimming the words slowly making sure he absorbed every drop of ink that was on the paper. He lifted his eyes to look towards the corner of his room where Sasuke usually sat. The room was so empty and lifeless, the only company Naruto had were his lifeless pieces of paper.
The corner of the room was merely infected by the ghost of Sasuke's body, and as much as Naruto was trying to distract himself from the thought that Sasuke had yet returned he could vividly imagine him right there. Sitting with his black coffee in his left hand, one leg crossed, thinking, forehead creased in deep thought over some documents.
He missed him, he needed him, but the last time he saw him was a month ago before he had to leave on an urgent mission with nearly every elite shinobi to de-escalate a potential war that was brewing at the Hidden Mist Village.
Naruto's heart sank again, thinking of the last day he saw him before he went away.
They had gotten into a fight, a really shitty fight.
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*Flash back*
"Sasuke, I just don't understand why I can't go with you?"
"Naruto, you are being unreasonable, you are the Hokage, you know this. Coming for me the first time got you in so much shit, you cannot let your feelings for me get in the way of being the fucking Hokage, will you for once think with your head?"
Naruto started tearing up, heart beating in flustered motions, skin accumulating heat as fast as a kettle, "why the fuck shouldn't I think with my heart, you cold fucking bastard, just because you decided to turn off your frickin emotions, doesn't mean I don't have any."
Sasuke turned around to face Naruto, furiously walking towards him.
"Naruto, you are really crossing the fucking line, you know I care for you, what else do you fucking want from me? A bed of full of roses every day? A confession of my undying love written in poetry form?"
Naruto turned around from Sasuke storming off into their bedroom, "Urgh, no I don't want that, I just want you to understand that I could come with you, your life is here, what if something happens like last time?"
"I'll be fine Naruto, plus this mission is very important. They need as many skilled ninja going, there will be war if we don't tame the situation over there, you know this."
Naruto bit his lower lip knowing Sasuke was speaking nothing but the truth, he just couldn't come to terms with accepting the fact that Sasuke wouldn't let him protect him.
"I know Sasuke, that's why I should go."
"No Naruto, you're not fucking going. What if the potential war comes here? Who will protect the village? Huh? Are you just going to abandon the village because you couldn't stop and think with your head instead of your fucking heart for once?"
Naruto started to feel hot rage build within him, like a deep dark power was slowly manifesting from his toes upwards, clawing its way slowly out of Naruto's skin.
"What are you going to fucking stop me?"
Sasuke walked over and punched Naruto in the shoulder, enough for him to lose his stance.
"You realize I could stop you, I am the Hokage after all."
"Do that and I will fucking leave Konoha, I am not a damn child Naruto."
Naruto pushed Sasuke out of his space and walked back into the living room.
"I just wished you would give a shit Sasuke, about me about your family that's here, your fucking daughter for God sake."
