Drabble Rating: K+
Status: 38/45
Word Count: 220 words
Warning: None
Theme: Age
With every life, there is a beginning, middle, and an end. It comes towards the end of the middle where Sasuke notes a huge difference with Naruto.
The blond, known for his extraordinary healing, starts to heal very slowly, almost at a normal speed.
Sasuke notices it one day after Naruto gets a cut on his arm. Hours later, the cut is still on his arm, not completely healed but not bleeding.
"Dobe, you okay?"
Naruto looks at Sasuke questioningly but when the Uchiha pokes his arm he shrugs. "Oh, that's been happening a lot lately. Not sure why, but eh," he shrugs.
The next instance is a month later when Naruto sprains his wrist in a battle exercise. A week later the sprain is still sore and it's discolored.
"I think maybe I did more than sprain it," Naruto says that week and watches as Sasuke wraps it. "I might've broken it or something."
"Aren't you worried?" Sasuke looks up and the blond stares back.
"Why?"
"You don't heal the way you used to."
Naruto shrugs. "As long as I'm not dying, it's fine."
That thought never occurred to Sasuke, but now that it was brought up, he worries for Naruto's wellbeing.
He just never says anything every time he has to wrap another sprain or stitch another cut.