Tsunade awoke with a hangover reliving her crazy dream. She had a pillow covering her face but the ray of sun shining in her window was directly in her eyes. She groaned and rolled over, accidentally knocking her pillow off of her bed. When she knelt down to pick it up, she saw a glass of water and two aspirin tablets on her nightstand. Her mind went completely blank as she watched a drop of water slide down the side of the glass. Sakura was here, she thought.
Suddenly having a headache, Tsunade downed the glass of water with the two tablets. She lifted the blanket off of her bed and, sure enough, there was a small red stain. Tsunade dropped her head into her hands. She looked at the empty half of her bed and dropped a hand to it, feeling that it was cold.
She's been gone for a while, Tsunade thought, trying to make sense of everything. It was a bit hazy but she remembered everything that had happened. She climbed out of her bed and was getting dressed when a knock sounded on the door. She groaned to herself and headed toward the sound, knowing Sakura wouldn't ditch her and then knock on her door.
Tsunade answered the door in her shirt and shorts. On the other side she saw everyone's favorite knucklehead ninja grinning like an idiot. She couldn't help the smile that brightened her own face. Naruto just has this effect on people, she thought, Whatever he's feeling is contagious. She stepped aside to let him into her home.
Instead of walking past her, Naruto pulled her into his arms. He felt the tears threatening his eyes but didn't even care. He felt the need to thank the woman and was coming up short on words.
"Naruto," Tsunade said, wrapping her arms around his waist.
"Thank you so much, Granny Tsunade. Without you Hina…" He started but couldn't finish.
She pulled back and looked him in the eyes. She was impressed by the change she saw there. He really has matured in the last few years, she thought as she smiled softly at him. She patted him on the shoulder.
"Anytime kid," she said.
He stayed for just a few minutes after that. He wanted to be away from his wife and newborn as little as possible. Especially considering that just a few months later, he would begin his Hokage training with Kakashi. She was feeling happy when he was getting ready to leave. Until he asked her a question at the door.
"So, granny, normally I wouldn't ask but I'm curious. Who stayed over last night?" Naruto asked at the door, causing her to freeze.
"What are you talking about?" She asked, wondering what he'd seen that she hadn't and fighting the urge to look around.
"Well, um, to be honest," he cleared his throat and rubbed the back of his neck, a blush spreading over his cheeks, "You wreak of sex. Better than sake, but very unusual for you."
Tsunade almost laughed at the face he was making. He's clearly remembering a few of the other times he smelled it, she thought. She decided it would be a waste not to tease him a little.
"Oh, you know that scent well, do you?" She asked with a wink.
She watched as Naruto turned red as a tomato and glued his eyes to the floor. Everyone in the village could tell when those two were going at it. She was preparing to say something else when Hinata walked up, infant in her arms. She was taken aback by the look on her husband's face.
"Hello, Tsunade-sama. Naruto, are you alright? What were you guys talking about that has your face all red?" She asked innocently and Tsunade just couldn't resist.
"Oh, just sharing bedroom tales. All good, I promise," she said to Hinata with a sly smile.
This started a chain reaction that it took every ounce of willpower not to laugh at. First, Naruto jerked his head upright and looked rapidly back and forth between the two women. Second, Hinata went the brightest share of crimson Tsunade had ever seen. Third, Hinata looked at her husband, eyes flaring. Forth and finally, Naruto took three steps away from the woman holding his newborn son.
Hinata gave Tsunade a polite nod and turned around, stalking after her husband. She couldn't hear them anymore but he was motioning away with his hands, more than likely trying to get her to believe him. Tsunade chuckled as she watched them, her heart aching a little. She found herself wondering what Sakura was doing as she closed her door.
Sakura sighed and stared at the sky, her arms behind her head. Her mind kept going to her night with Tsunade. Everything about it had been wonderful but she was wondering how Tsunade would handle the whole thing when she finally woke up.
She stood up and began to walk home, each step hurting. Even though she'd been so gentle, Tsunade did a number on her. After she got home, she'd jumped right in the shower and washed the smell of sex off of herself. Yet, as she was walking down the street, Kiba had wiggled his eyebrows at her suggestively, his nostrils flaring. That was why she came to her clearing.
What if he smelled her on me? Sakura wondered, worrying for both hers and Tsunade's sakes. They wouldn't get in any trouble but for a student to sleep with her pupil? It was highly frowned upon. She groaned out loud and kicked a rock into a nearby tree.
She found herself irritated again. Tsunade was going to hate her for it but, at least until she was sure of what Kiba knew and would tell anyone else, she had to avoid the older woman. She wanted to cry at the thought. She looked to the sky once more and suddenly felt more alone than ever before.