~Eleven: Dobe~
Naruto frowned at the contradiction between Sasuke's words and tone. Dare he think it, but the Uchiha prat actually sounded…teasing?
Either way, Naruto responded animatedly – he enjoyed the banter with the stand-offish Uchiha.
The insults flew between them regularly after that day – a short 'tch, dobe' from Sasuke after Naruto had done something silly often followed by a shout of 'don't call me that, Sasuke-teme' from the loud blonde boy.
As the weeks wore on, Iruka felt lighter for his almost-adoptive-otouto.
It was good to see both boys interacting with other students even if it was just a trade of verbal blows between them.
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~Ashuri