The hokage office was in full bloom that particular morning, by shinobi coming in and out, as new genin and chunin teams were being allotted and missions were being sorted out according to ranks. The hokage and his advisor were busy, to say the least. But...
It's been a week now! When is he going to start acting normal again?
It had been a week since Naruto had sex with Sasuke Uchiha, a week since the raven had been unusually distant with him, a week since they had had a decent conversation. The raven would come to the office, work on his allotted assignment, preferably the ones out on the field, and gave no chance to the blonde to stir up a casual conversation. And the blonde was getting angrier at the raven's childish behavior day by day.
This has to end!
There was silence, he hadn't realized that he had hit his fist hard against the table, startling everyone in the room, including a team of new genins.
"Ibisu i told you not to be so loud! Now you made lord hokage mad!", one of the genins yelled at her comrade.
"U-uh its nothing like that, i don't mind you being loud kids, believe it!", the blonde assured them with a warm smile.
I need to talk to him. Fast.
Sasuke had just retired for the day, the mission today involved patrolling of a neighboring village to address complaints of a group of shinobi who wanted this newfound "peace" to come to an end. Well, not on the Uchiha's watch...
He found his way to the bathroom and took a shower, put on his trousers afterwards and hit the sack, thinking about only one thing, more like a person, that had gotten hold of his mind for a good while now. Naruto...
The Uchiha couldn't eat, sleep, or even work without having a certain blonde with him in his thoughts. And he had to admit that the thoughts weren't a distraction, but more of a booster for him. They made him feel something...good, something worthwhile. The raven was just lost in his thoughts when...
Knock knock...
Sasuke grunted, there were only a handful of people that would come knocking onto the Uchiha's door, and he had a good hunch to who among them was it this time. He made his way to the front door and opened it.
"What do you want?", he said, unamused.
"We need to talk", the hokage let himself inside the Uchiha's house, putting off his hokage's cloak.
"No we don't. Unless its work-"
"Just shut the fuck up now will you", they were standing face to face in the raven's lounge.
"What's the deal with you huh? Did i do something wrong? Tell me, what did i do so bad for you to not even have a decent conversation with me now?".
"You're delusional. We were always like this, nothing has changed", the raven stated.
The blonde's eyes widened, "Noth-nothing has changed!? Are you kidding me right now!?", he yelled.
"Go home Naruto, you're tired- no, im tired, you're still hyperactive", and with that the raven tried to move past the blonde, towards his bedroom.
But Naruto wasn't having it, he grabbed the raven's arm to pull him back. The raven's eyes narrowed and he twisted his arm so now both were grabbing onto each other's forearms. He tried to free himself by hitting the blonde's shoulder with his. Naruto stumbled backwards, shocked, but his features instantly turned into angry ones, he jumped towards the raven, making him fall back, sitting on his legs, ready to punch some sense into his friend that he now had come to like and care for.
Punches were thrown, words were said.
"We get...intimate...and...then...you disappear!", the blonde said in between punches.
"Get...the fuck...off me!!", the raven said between his own.
"NO! Not until you tell me what your...problem is!"
"YOU'RE MY PROBLEM!", Sasuke shouted at the blonde, frustrated by his own feelings.
"We had sex, and its over! Now what DO YOU WANT!?"
Naruto just sat there, breathless. What do I want?
"I-I just thought we...", he stuttered.
"WHAT? What could an idiot like you possibly think!? You thought that i came on to you so now you can have your way with me anytime you want!? Is that fucking it? You CAME TO FUCK?", the raven's head was all over the place.
"WHAT?? Sasuke n-.... Sasuke...", the blonde softened. He put his hands onto the raven's shoulders and looked him in his eyes.
"I simply thought that maybe...we could maybe...go out and talk, and have a good time, maybe we could...maybe.."
The raven's eyes widened in realization, then immediately narrowed in anger, "Oh what, the war hero wants to DATE the rogue Uchiha now!?", he said in a bitter, mocking tone.
"Grow the fuck up Naruto, what happened between us is done. We fucked, and there's nothing more to it. Now if you so please, get the fuck off of me".
Naruto was completely taken aback, he didn't know what he had expected of the Uchiha's explanation for his distant behavior, but this wasn't it. He got off of the raven and sat on the floor beside him, numb.
Sasuke just lay there, breathless, he didn't want to see the hurt look on his friend's otherwise bright face, maybe he had taken it a bit too far? He shook his head, whats done is done. It was for the blonde's own good anyway, he was just confused, he won't be now.
"No", a sound came from the blonde, a firm look on his face.
"We kissed, i held you, you held me. There was more to it, i felt it, you felt it, i know you did. I saw it in your eyes. Just because you're too high and mighty to accept that, doesn't mean it didn't exist."
Sasuke was shocked to hear that, everything the blonde said was true, he felt it, he's been feeling it ever since that day, over and over again.
He sat up, eyes on the ground, "Naruto, just...let it be. Maybe it was a mista-"
"Don't fucking say it! You have no righ- it wasn't a mistake for me, it was beautiful. I-I...", he sighed in defeat, "Maybe it was a mistake coming here. I'm sorry to have bothered you with my problems", with that, he got up and retrieved his cloak, making his way towards the door, sad and hurt.
Sasuke couldn't bear to see his blonde that way, he wanted to hold him, comfort him, tell him that he felt the same way but...it's for his own good, he told himself.
The following day, Sasuke lay on his bed, looking at the ceiling absentmidedly, he couldn't sleep the whole night, constantly thinking about a certain someone, how hurt he seemed when he had left.
Knock knock...
The raven's eyes shot up, he immediately left his bed, walking towards the door, it was clear that he wanted his visitor to be the same as the one the night before, but he wouldn't admit that to himself. He opened the door with hope in his eyes, but it instantly vanished. It was one of the ambu.
"Lord hokage has summoned you", he said.
Sasuke sighed, "I'll be there", he was about to shut the door when he noticed the ambu hadn't left.
"I am instructed to assist you to the hokage's office", Sasuke raised a brow and closed the door. He took a shower, got dressed and met the ambu outside to be on their way to the hokage office.
Deep down the raven had a weird feeling about this meeting, but he shrugged it off, not thinking much of it. On reaching his destination, he let himself through the doors where he was met with a busy hokage as usual.
"You called for me?"
"Ah yes Sasuke, i have a mission for you", the hokage said with his usual polite smile.
A mission? Really?
"It has come to our knowledge that a few villagers in the land of wind encountered some thing they claim to be the remnants of white zetsu. You came to my mind", the blonde explained.
"Hn, i'll take it. Give me the details"
"Here you go, you leave at sundown. Do you have any questions?", the blonde handed the mission details to the raven, and waited for any query from him.
"No, i understand", the raven said looking at the paper he got handed.
"Alright then, you're dismissed", the blonde said, going back to the work at hand.
Sasuke stood there for a while, looking at the blonde working. He wanted to say something, anything, to the blonde, but he didn't.
And with that, the raven left the office to prepare for his mission, thinking that the distance would do them both some good. But he couldn't help but wonder, if the blonde had the same thing in mind when assigning him this mission?