This has been in my head for a little while...


I Loved Him First

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Gentle, dark blue eyes fell on soft, chubby, whiskered cheeks. Tan fingers caressed baby softness as the blond man cradled his first and only child. Thin blond hairs sprouting out of his small son's head moved slowly in the slight wind. Minato smiled down at his tiny son, waiting for the child to finally open his eyes and meet his father for the first time.

Tired, bright blue eyes opened to stare at the tall man in confusion. Naruto blinked up at him before a baby smile formed on his face.

Looking into those eyes, seeing the first happy smile in this new life, Minato knew instantly. He had fallen hard for the little blond in his arms. Fallen so deeply for his young son that the older man realized that he would never care as much for any other as he did for his child.

He would never worry so much or hope for so much as he would for this little boy. Naruto would be his world. If only he had the time to make it be so. But time, their time together, was running out. In only a few moments, the blond Hokage would hand his only precious person over to the trust of someone else and say goodbye before he had even said hello.

Minato brushed baby fine hairs away from his son's eyes. Someday someone would try to love this little blond as much as he did now, holding him in his arms. Someday a woman, or a man he thought with a smile, would try to be for Naruto what he wouldn't be able to after tonight. And Naruto would never remember that it was his father who had loved him before anyone else ever had.

The blond just hoped that someone would think to tell the younger man that he was loved. He was treasured. Before anyone could even know Naruto, he was cherished. Minato loved him and now he would have to say goodbye.

Goodbye.


I do love them you know...