"You know, sometimes I wonder what it'd be like to have them here."
"I'd be surprised if you didn't."
"I know I'm way too old to think this, but I still wish they were alive."
"You're not too old."
They were sitting on a rooftop, overlooking Konoha as the villagers slept soundly for the night, their worries drained away by the pillows that lay beneath their heads.
Sleepily leaning on Shikamaru's shoulder, Naruto muttered, "It's not fair."
"It never will be."
"I don't want to die alone."
"Who said anything about dying?"
"Wish I had someone who'll never leave me."
It wasn't until minutes later, when he'd fallen asleep, that Shikamaru whispered in the silence, "You have me."