[ sasuke gives him a once over as if it's part of some secret screening process to be let in. in another time, naruto might have been irritated.
but he isn't. instead, he falls into step after his partner without protest- listens to the muted sound of their footfalls on the floor. takes care to stay quiet even as they pass sakura's room- just in case.
it's still really weird. he'd moved them all in together a few weeks before they'd left- but everything was so chaotic, he rarely found himself stumbling into someone else. between pulling shifts for the watch, training, and running missions alone, for the number of people who had been bound up together, the house was always pretty quiet. there are moments however, that he still expects to walk in the front door and find itachi in the kitchen. blindly preparing a pot of tea, and pouring a cup for naruto himself. the memory tightens something in the bottom of his stomach.
you're my partner'attebayo. that makes us equals. only here.
naruto draws up short in the space between their bedrooms. ]
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but he isn't.
instead, he falls into step after his partner without protest- listens to the muted sound of their footfalls on the floor. takes care to stay quiet even as they pass sakura's room- just in case.
it's still really weird.
he'd moved them all in together a few weeks before they'd left- but everything was so chaotic, he rarely found himself stumbling into someone else. between pulling shifts for the watch, training, and running missions alone, for the number of people who had been bound up together, the house was always pretty quiet. there are moments however, that he still expects to walk in the front door and find itachi in the kitchen. blindly preparing a pot of tea, and pouring a cup for naruto himself. the memory tightens something in the bottom of his stomach.
you're my partner'attebayo. that makes us equals.
only here.
naruto draws up short in the space between their bedrooms. ]
Sasuke.