Our Journey (Part2)

Chapter 3: Team 7 Reunion

"Ahhhh! Iruka Sensei! I will become a Hokage! I'll show you!" Naruto keeps on mumbling those words whenever he gets drunk. He got so drunk that he could barely walk. His left arm was placed over Sakura's shoulder while his prosthesis right hand was swinging around looking more like not part of his body.

"Shut up you idiot! You know that you are not a strong drinker but you still insist on competing with Darui!" Sakura angrily scolded Naruto while grasping his waist.

"Sakura-chan please explain it to Hinata, I don't want her to get angry with me!" Naruto mumbled and started to sound childish.

"I'll carry him." Sasuke said.

"Oh that's okay Sasuke-kun, I know how to handle this idiot when he is drunk. Been doing it since the first day he became legal to drink." Sakura said and smiled at Sasuke. But her smile suddenly fades away when he looked at Sasuke behind the dim light of the lamp post and moon.

There was an intense look on his face and there was ghastly in his eyes.

"I'll carry him." Sasuke repeated.

"B-but your left arm---" Sakura with a worried tone wasn't able to finish her sentence. Sasuke pulled Naruto away from her. He carried Naruto over his shoulders like a hanging towel over his back. He tried to keep his back as straight as possible and he started walking away from the tavern.

"Let's go." Sasuke said with a commanding tone.

Sakura who got a little surprise by his tone decided not to say a word and followed her husband towards their lodge.

When they arrived at their lodge house, Sasuke brought Naruto to his room. Sakura immediately lay out a futon on the floor and Sasuke lay the drunk Naruto.

"I love you Hinata! Give me a kiss!" Naruto cried and puckered his lips towards Sasuke.

Sasuke with a grimace look, (because he suddenly remembered his genin day when he and Naruto accidentally kissed) step backward and mumbled, "Usuratonkachi!"

Sakura kneeled beside Naruto and rolled him on his left side. She put pillows behind him to keep him rolling onto his back. She also placed another pillow in front of him to keep him rolling onto his stomach.

"Sakura-chan please tell Hinata not to get mad at me! Hinata! I love you!" Naruto mumbles.

Sasuke looked at his best friend and smirk. He thought that despite being too drunk he is still as loyal as ever.

"Sasuke-kun please stay with Naruto. You know he tosses or turned too much when asleep, make sure he stays in this same position to avoid getting choked on his own vomit. Check his breathing as well." Sakura said.

"Is this an instruction from a doctor or because she really knows Naruto too well?" Sasuke asked himself. But whatever it was, he started to feel that crumpling pain in his chest and stomach again. He breathes heavily and answered, "Ah."

Sakura left the two and she proceeds to her own room.

"Ahhhh! Nothing beats the warm bath after a long exhausting day!" Sakura cried and stretch her arms up.
She jumps to her futon like a child and hugged her pillow so tight.
"Ahhhh! The fresh smell of pillows!" How long has it been since I lay on my bed and got a decent sleep?" Sakura asked herself.
Ever since Iwagakure was attacked two weeks ago, Sakura never left the hospital. He would do the round-ups every day and barely had enough sleep. She could only sleep 1 or 2 hours on her office table (which made her back strained) and would attend to her patients again. Good thing Sasuke was there to bring her changing clothes for her.

"Sasuke-kun..." she whispered her love's name. "He seems to be in a bad mood this afternoon. I wonder what happened. We barely talked ever since the attack. We just got married and was supposed to be on a honeymoon but here we are... Getting stress with another possible threat in the Shinobi World." She started to sigh.

"I miss him..." she whispered unconsciously and fell asleep right away.

"I miss her..." Sasuke whispered to himself
"Maybe that's why I'm feeling this... because I miss her."

He looked at his best friend sleeping safe and sound.

"Fuck it! This idiot will not just die from his own vomit! He would not survived this long despite being stupid and just die from drinking!" Sasuke uttered. He stood from his futon and left his room and Naruto. He stood right in front of Sakura's room and stared at the doorknob for few seconds.

"Why am I hesitating? She is my wife!" His pride shouted. He opened the door and entered his wife's room.

He kneeled beside Sakura's futon and stared at her sleeping face.

"She looks so tired..." Sasuke raises his hand to touch her face but then he stopped. He suddenly felt ashamed and insecure. "How could I? I don't deserve you..." He whispered and felt sadness in his heart.

He stepped backward and lay on the floor. He used his right arm as a pillow and curled his body a little bit. He was still staring at her beautiful face.

"So far away but yet so near..." He closed his eyes and fell asleep.