AN: last chapter :) how you guys enjoyed this as much as i did! And as always, enjoy! Nc-17.

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Minoru looked into the fridge and jotted down something on a piece of paper. He muttered something to himself and turned around to find Naruto wander into the kitchen with a yawn. "You're up earlier than I was expecting," he said with an amused smile, "I was going to go get some groceries for french toast," he chuckled at the way Naruto beamed, "Any request?"

Naruto leaned back on the counter as he thought, "Ice cream?"

Minoru snorted, "Of course you would suggest ice cream for breakfast." He closed the distance between them and gave the older man a chaste kiss, "I'll be quick."

Naruto pulled the younger man closer and hissed when his side complained, "It's not as bad as it seems," he said at the look Minoru gave him.

"You should go lay back down," Minoru suggested and frowned when Naruto sighed, "It's for your own good."

Naruto sighed again, "I'll rest." Minoru gave him a kiss on the cheek before heading out.

Minoru shifted the bag of groceries he was carrying in his hand as he walked back home. A smiled tugged on his lips when he remembered Naruto's request for ice cream. He turned the corner and stopped walking and his smile disappeared when he found Sasuke leaning against a wall. The fact that it seemingly looked as if he was waiting for him bothered him. He felt his eyes flicker but he didn't care, he turned around right when Sasuke pushed away from the wall.

"Minoru - "

Minoru turned around and snapped, "Don't!" the Uchiha froze and the dark eyes narrowed slightly, it could have been his eyes, or maybe his tone of voice - possibly both, but he couldn't care less at the moment, "Don't even start. I don't want to hear it." His voice was hard and cold, but Sasuke seemed unfazed. He averted his gaze and clenched his jaw in attempts to calm himself. He could feel Sasuke looking at him and it wasn't helping. "It seems that you have a habit of leaving others," Minoru said and gave a Sasuke a sideways look, "Even when they're dying." He noticed how the dark eyes hardened and the older man's jaw tightened. He averted his gaze and moved past the Uchiha and continued his walk home. He didn't want to look at him, let alone talk to him. He didn't want to hear what Sasuke had to say, because frankly it didn't change the fact that Naruto came home hanging on by a thread because of him.

Naruto took an orange from the fruit bowl the table and out of habit tossed it up in the air, but failed to catch it. He watched as it bounced slightly on the floor and rolled to a stop. He stared down at it for a moment before squatting down to pick it up. His body decided to betray him. He groaned at the effort and instead rolled down to a sitting position on the floor and leaned on the cabinets. He sighed and glared at the orange resting a foot away from him, "I'll show you," he snatched it up, grimacing at the pain on his side. He started to peel the orange when he heard the front door open, and looked up when Minoru walked into the kitchen and stopped to look down at him with a curious look, "Hey."

"Hey…" Minoru waited for some sort of explanation, "...What are you doing?"

"I dropped my orange," he held up said orange, "And then myself," he laughed.

Minoru chuckled and placed his bag on the table, put the ice cream away, and moved to the older man, "Come on," he said with a chuckled and helped his husband off the floor, "Defeated by an orange."

"Its lucky it's tasty," Naruto laughed and peeled away a slice. He watched as Minoru set out the ingredients for french toast and proceeded to watch him cook. He watched as he cracked the eggs into a bowl and mixed in cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and milk while the skillet heated up on the stove. He took thick slices of bread and evenly dipped them into the mixture. The appetizing sound of butter sizzling made him smile as it was smothered by slices of bread.

"Did you want some fruit?" Minoru asked and looked over at the older man, and felt his cheeks heat up at the loving look he was giving him. "Are you looking at me like that because I'm making you French toast... Or...?"

Naruto chuckled and closed the distance between them and planted a kiss on the back of his husband's neck, "Because I've got you...To make me French toast." He laughed, a bit too hard, when Minoru glared at him.

Minoru served the French toast onto plates and placed them on the table. Naruto happily sat down, a bit slowly, but happily none the less. He retrieved the maple syrup from the fridge and took out some strawberries which he quickly sliced up. "Ah!" Cerulean eyes have him a curious look, "How could I forget!" He took the ice cream out from the freezer and grinned. He served a scoop onto the older man's French toast, which earned him a love filled smile.

"I love you."

Minoru snorted, "I spoil you."

As they ate Naruto gave the younger man a considering look, "Is everything alright?"

The corner of Minoru's mouth twitched into a smile as he chewed and looked at the older man. It never ceased to amaze him how well he knew him. He nodded, "Yeah." It wasn't a lie. Everything was more than alright, Naruto was home, eating one of his favorite meals for breakfast. If he minused his encounter from earlier then yes everything was fine.

Naruto narrowed his eyes, "You do realize how long I've known you, right?" He popped a strawberry in his mouth as Minoru took another bite, his midnight blue eyes locked with his, "I know things. Like when there's something on your mind."

Minoru dropped his gaze down to his plate briefly before looking back at Naruto and hesitated, "Naruto, do you remember what happened?" He asked gently and Naruto furrowed his brows.

"Not really," he admitted with a frown, "I've been trying to but everything is hazy, after a certain point everything is just...a blur."

Minoru took another bite of his food and looked at the direction of the door when there was a knock. He furrowed his brows when Naruto gave him a confused look.

"Are we expecting someone?"

"No..."

Naruto noticed the flicker in the midnight blue eyes as Minoru got up to answer the door, he took the last bite of his food as he thought and let out a sigh. He carefully got up from the table and wandered towards the front door and furrowed his brow, "Sasuke?" Dark eyes darted to him, "... What are you doing here?"

Sasuke sighed and looked from Minoru who had a hard look in his eyes and back to Naruto, "I was hoping to have a word with Minoru."

Naruto looked at Sasuke rather confused and then to Minoru, reading the tension on his back, "Whatever you have to say to Minoru you can say in front of me..." Minoru shifted his weight, turning his body sideways. It wasn't an invitation and Sasuke didn't take it as one.

"Okay, fine," Sasuke turned his attention to Minoru, "I...wanted to apologize, for what I did. I realize that if I hadn't, Naruto wouldn't have been in the state he was..."

Naruto furrowed a brow in confusion, "...Am I missing something here?"

Minoru sighed and dropped his gaze, and the Uchiha gave him a look.

"He doesn't know..."

"I was waiting for the right time to tell him," Minoru said with a sigh and looked at Sasuke, "But thanks," he said bitterly.

"Shit," Sasuke cursed under his breath and sighed, "I'm going to go before I make things worse."

Minoru shut the door as Sasuke took his leave and turned to look at Naruto who looked rather lost by the situation. He gave his husband a somewhat sheepish smile and took his hand, "Come on." He led Naruto into the living room and had him sit on the couch while he sat on the sturdy coffee table in front of him.

Intent cerulean eyes looked at him, confused but patient. He dropped his gaze to his hands that were resting on his lap and thought of his words, "I was waiting for the right time to tell you," he started and looked at the older man. He swallowed and found it hard to even start, "I don't know if you remember... But the medic scouts found you about a quarter of a mile from the gates." He hesitated and dropped his gaze,"You were suffering from severe blood loss... And severe chakra depletion...they thought you were dead."

He swallowed and looked at Naruto, and he could tell that he was trying to recall what he was telling him, "They're not even sure how you made it so far..." A brief small smile tugged on the corners of lips. "They got you to the hospital, and gave you a blood transfusion. I gave you as much as I possibly could...," he swallowed when his voice cracked, "After they patched you up, and you were stable...they told me that...the likelihood of you waking up was really low." He tried to ignore the lump that rose in his throat and looked down at his hands, "They told me...That it was the body's way of shutting down to heal after so much trauma...But that sometimes the body doesn't wake up." His gaze went back to Naruto, and tried to offer him a smile but there was a somber look in the cerulean eyes that made his heart ache, "...You were in a coma like state for four days...You woke up on the fifth day. Even then, I didn't believe them, I couldn't...I knew you were going to wake up," his eyes stung and his voice cracked, "You had to."

Naruto sat up, wincing as his side complained when he shifted to sit on the edge of the couch and took Minoru's hands into his, "Minoru..." He trailed off when his husband shook his head at him, a somber smile on his lips.

"Don't apologize," Minoru said softly and Naruto's hands firmed their grip in his.

"Minoru, I'm sorry," his voice cracked and the tears that threatened Minoru's eyes spilled down his cheeks, "I'm so sorry, Minoru - I'm sorry that you had to go through that - that I put you through that -" he let go of a hand to swipe at Minoru's eyes and cupped his cheek when the younger man shook his head.

"It's not your fault," his voice was strained. He took the hand on his cheek into his and kissed it's knuckles, "It's not your fault, Naruto...Sasuke is the one that left you behind..." He noticed the confused look in the cerulean eyes, "You don't remember..."

Naruto furrowed his brows, "Why don't I remember this..."

"They mentioned something about this, you might have some memory loss, that you may or may not regain it. That only time will tell," he said with a soft smile and noticed the look that crossed the older man's eyes.

"That's what you meant...," Naruto said with realization, "When you said I scared you...I thought you meant..." He dropped his gaze and Minoru leaned in to plant a kiss on his forehead, "I'm sorry..."

"Hey," Minoru hooked a finger under the older man's chin and directed his gaze to his, "The important thing is that you're okay, a bit beaten up, but you're okay," he smiled and cupped a whiskered cheek, stroking his cheekbone with his thumb, "I knew you would wake up..." He said softly and the hand in his tugged as Naruto sat back. He straddled the older man's lap as arms wrapped around him in a warm reassuring embrace.

Naruto tightened his hold, ignoring the pain that shot along his side, when Minoru buried his face into his neck. His heart ached at the meer thought of what his husband had to go through. He could only imagine - it made sense now; why he looked as if he he hasn't slept in days, why he was angry at Sasuke. Because if he really thought about it, if someone had left the person he cared about for dead - despite who it was, he would be rather pissed off too. The fact that Minoru was a rather sensible person, that didn't let others read him, but spoke coldly to Sasuke - it was rare to see him be like that towards anyone. He pulled away, cupping a pale cheek to direct the younger man to a tender kiss.

In the end, he was home now. It was going to be okay.

The next day...

"Naruto."

"Can you hear me?"

"... You have to wake up..."

"My love... You have to wake up, okay?"

"Please... Y-you have to wake up..."

"Naruto..."

"I need you to wake up..."

Naruto snapped awake with a sharp inhale. He looked up at the ceiling in their bedroom before slowly moving to sit up. He rubbed his face and swallowed through the lump in his throat. He looked around and the clock on the nightstand told him he was asleep for at least an hour. He tried shaking off the feeling, mainly because he couldn't tell if it was dream or a memory. Although, he was pretty sure it wasn't a drab. Regardless, he didn't like how broken Minoru's voice sounded.

Minoru was walking home from his afternoon shift in the mission room, contemplating if he should make dinner or go out - he was leaning for the latter, thinking it would be a good idea for Naruto to go out at least for a while. He casually disappeared from sight and soundlessly landed crouching in a tree behind Sasuke who twitched in surprise, "Why are you following me."

Sasuke casually turned to face the younger man, "I wasn't following you..." The blue eyes flickered as they narrowed unconvinced. He let out a defeated sigh, "...I was following you..."

"Why...?" Minoru eyed the older man as he considered him before shifting his weight with a sigh and reaching into the pouch around his waist and pulled out something that looked like an envelope.

Sasuke hesitated before handing it to Minoru, and a half-gloved hand hesitantly took it, "I don't think Naruto remembers giving this to me. But he wanted me to give it to you," the younger man looked up from the envelope in his hand, "I'm pretty sure he thought that he wasn't going to make it..."

Minoru looked down at the sealed envelope in his hand, and didn't trust his voice at the moment to say anything.

Sasuke shifted his gaze to the village below, "I didn't know if I should give it back to him since I'm pretty sure he doesn't remember, or to give it to you. Either way, it felt wrong to keep it." He looked back at Minoru, "I know it won't change anything, but...I thought you should know that Naruto told me to leave him," the younger man's gaze shifted to look at him, "He wanted me to go after the enemy," he sighed and looked back at the village, "In retrospect, I should've gone back for him."

A long moment of silence passed before Sasuke spoke again, in a gentle tone that took Minoru a bit by surprise, "Don't tell Naruto I told you this, but...I envy you two sometimes...I think what you two share is what brought him back home. And that kind of thing is...something." He stood with a sigh and slipped his hands into his pockets, "It's something."

Minoru stood and vaguely recalled Naruto saying something about how Sasuke could be somewhat inarticulate sometimes. He slipped the envelope into his pouch and looked at Sasuke when he briefly turned to look at him and took his leave. He let out a ragged breath once he was alone and pinched the bridge of his nose in attempts to calm himself. He looked out to the village and took to the rooftops towards home.

Naruto was sitting at the kitchen table with a bowl of fruit working on his crossword puzzles when he heard the front door open. He looked up when Minoru entered with a smile and tugged off his hitai ate, "How was your shift?"

Minoru shrugged with a chuckle, "Rather be here with you," he slipped off his gloves and looked at the older man as he closed his crosswords. Cerulean eyes fixed on him and gave him a curious look. With a sigh he reached into his pouch and retrieved the envelope Sasuke had given him, "Naruto...," he hesitated at the confused look that crossed the older man's face that was quickly replaced by a look of recognition, "Sasuke said...that you gave this to him, to give to me..." He trailed off not really knowing what to say and opted in handing it to him.

Naruto took the familiar envelope, and knew exactly what it meant - he thought he wasn't going to make back home. And the fact that he couldn't remember bothered him. The envelope he carried with him just incase. Just incase. Had found it's way to Minoru. He looked at younger man who gave him an unsure look.

"What is it?" Minoru asked out of curiosity referring to the envelope, but the sullen look in the cerulean eyes was the only answer he needed.

"You don't want to know," Naruto slipped the envelope into his crosswords book and looked back at Minoru with a somber smile, "And I hope you never find out."

Minoru shifted his weight and felt his eyes flickered as Naruto stood and closed the distance between them. When he was in reach, he brought both of his hands up to cup the older man's jaw and pulled him into a deep hard kiss. Minoru found himself leaning on the counter with an arm around his waist and Naruto's tongue against his. He smoothed his hands along Naruto's bare chest, his fingers brushing against his bandages as they moved along his sides. Lips brushed against his briefly, feeling them pull into a smile before they locked back together. They moved to the bedroom, Minoru gently pushed Naruto down onto the bed and tugged off the sleeping pants he was wearing. He stripped himself out of his uniform, smiling at his attentive husband as he crawled over him and eager hands pulled him closer.

Minoru took his time with him, teasing him endlessly, making the older man's erection drip with want. He was careful with him, the only moans that echoed in their bedroom were of want and pleasure. And when he slowly pushed inside of him and Naruto flushed and gasped and gripped his biceps as his hips slowly thrust into him, he never wanted it to end. He wanted Naruto to stay right there, alive and moaning, and crying out his name. He wanted to always see him like, with his face contoured with pleasure and happiness. He slowly stroked his sobbing erection in time with his thrust, and when he came in his hand with a deep moan, he came with him, filling him making him gasp and pull him down for a languid kiss.

"I love you," Minoru whispered against lips and felt them pull into a lazy smile.

"I love you too," Naruto whispered back, and felt his eyes slid shut, "I love you so much, Minoru..." He felt fingers trace his brow and nose as he drifted into sleep.

Naruto woke up to fingers tracing invisible patterns on his chest. He opened his eyes to Minoru bracing himself on an elbow, his head propped on a hand. The younger man smiled at him and the hand on his chest moved to trace his jaw. He gently took it into his and kissed it's knuckles.

"Naruto," cerulean eyes looked at him at the call of his name, "Can I...ask you something? It's kind of silly, so just humor me..."

Naruto chuckled, "Okay, what is it?"

"Can you promise me something?"

A blonde brow furrowed in question, and it took him a moment to realize what it was that Minoru was asking. He wanted a promise, a spoken promise, as silly it may be - as silly as he knew it was, he needed to hear it. A fond smile tugged on his lips and Minoru returned it, "I promise you...that despite what happens, I'll always do my best to come back home to you," he brushed his knuckles on a pale cheek when he saw the midnight blue eyes flicker, "I'll always do my best to keep you from waiting," he traced his bottom lip his thumb and smiled when he playfully took it between his teeth, "And despite what happens...I'll always be with you..."

Minoru swallowed through the lump in his throat and felt his eyes sting, "Damnit Naruto, I said humor me." The older man chuckled and threaded his fingers into his hair, "I'll always try my best too," he said softly after a moment, and Naruto's smile widened knowingly and pulled him closer, making him drop from his propped up position and sealed their lips together in a tender kiss.

Two days later...

He could see up through the trees. The sky was blue, and the clouds were white. Naruto coughed blood. Sasuke came into his line of vision and crouched down next to him, his expression was a mixture of annoyance, anger, and maybe worry.

His body hurt. Every single inch of him hurt. It hurt to breathe.

"Go," Naruto managed to say in between coughs and Sasuke narrowed his eyes and clicked his tongue at him.

"Naruto -"

"Go," he coughed and his whole body complained, "Don't let them get away..." Sasuke looked hesitant and glanced over his shoulder and cursed, "Sasuke... Do me a favor..." Sasuke looked back down at him and he struggled to reach for the pouch around his waist and dug out a sealed envelope. He coughed and his vision blurred, "Give this to Minoru..." Sasuke's expression softened as he looked at the envelope and back to him, "Please, Sasuke..." Dark brows furrowed as a pale hand took the envelope and tucked it away. "Go -" he coughed again and his chest hurt. Sasuke gave him a considering look before clicking his tongue and cursing before disappearing from his line of vision.

Minoru...

He grimaced at the pain that shot through his frame.

Minoru...

Images of him came to mind. His smile. His laugh. His blush. His kiss. His touch. His voice.

Naruto rolled onto his side and coughed up blood as he struggled to breath.

His eyes.

His eyes. When he smiled. When he laughed. When they made love. When her teased. When they trained. When he painted. When they opened in the morning to look at him -

Naruto opened his eyes to the sky. His vision blurred and he rolled over to his side again and gasped.

"Naruto."

He pushed himself up on arms that didn't feel like his. He groaned at the pain. Blood seemed to be everywhere. Most of it was his. He struggled as he pushed himself to a standing position, and managed long enough to catch himself on a tree.

"Naruto."

He closed his eyes when his vision blurred and his head swan. All he could see was Minoru and his grinning smile. He dug in his pouch with unsteady hands and pulled out his pocket watch.

"It'll always show you your way home..."

He concentrated and channeled the tiniest bit of chakra into the watch and the eight numeral illuminated. He turned counter clockwise until the twelve illuminated and closed the watch. He caught himself when his knees gave out under him and grimaced.

"Naruto...Come on..."

He coughed almost choking and took a moment before he started walking.

Minoru -

Naruto snapped awake and his eyes focused on his sleeping husband. On the stray bangs that obscured the pale forehead. He gingerly brushed his fingers on an exposed cheek and smiled when Minoru sleepily nuzzled his palm and dark lashes fluttered open and focused on him. An unnamed emotion tightened his throat and his face must have given his away because the midnight blue eyes softened and the younger man gave him a reassuring smile.

"Hey, are you okay?" His voice was husky with sleep. Naruto smiled at him and nodded.

"Yeah," Naruto said softly and laughed at himself when a warm hand came up swipe at his eyes, "I'm fine." Minoru softly chuckled and he couldn't help but laugh with him, "I'm fine."

Minoru found himself being rolled over to his back and lips descending on his before he could say anything about being careful. His thoughts fled when Naruto's warm body pressed against his and equally warm hands slid along his side. All he could focus on were the shocks of pleasure that his touches caused. All he could do was moan and gasp for air, and he had no problem with that. Not when Naruto was looking at him like that. Not when he took his place in between his legs and teased his prostate as he prepared him. And when Naruto lifted his hips and pushed into him in a way that made him moan uncontrollably, he was lost in the pleasure that only Naruto caused. Their pace was slow and deep and Minoru felt the tightness in in lower abdomen all too soon. His orgasm claimed him with Naruto's tongue on his, the hand on his erection smearing with his hot seed. His hips moved on their own accord as Naruto's hips pressed flush against his and moaned against his mouth as he came inside of him. This is where he belonged.

Naruto walked down a road and stopped under a tree, and frowned when he noticed he was somewhat out of breath. He slipped his hands into his pockets and looked up, "Idiot!" After a moment Sasuke's head popped into view and looked down at him with an offended look on his face, "Hah! Made you look!" Sasuke audibly sighed in annoyance even though he was pretty high up.

Sasuke leapt down and gracefully landed next to Naruto, "What?"

"I'm fine, thank you for asking," Naruto said with a smile and Sasuke looked away with an eye roll.

Sasuke sighed and looked at the blonde, "How are you?"

"Better," Naruto answered genuinely, "Healing pretty well."

Sasuke nodded, "...What?" He continued with his original question and Naruto sighed.

"And you?" Naruto tried, and furrowed a brow when the dark eyes narrowed at him, "How are you?"

Sasuke furrowed his brows, "What do you want?" He tried again, Naruto rolled his eyes this time.

"I wanted to thank you," Naruto looked away and down the road.

Sasuke shifted his gaze in confusion, "... For leaving you?"

Naruto vaguely wondered if Sasuke was being difficult on purpose. Knowing him, the answer was most likely yes, "No, you idiot," he gave a frustrated sigh, "For not letting them get to the village!"

Sasuke averted his gaze and shifted his weight. He shrugged his shoulders, "I live here too...I guess."

"Either way," Naruto sighed when Sasuke gave him a small shrug. "How was he?" he asked after a moment, and the other man quirked a brow at him in question, "While I was in the hospital..."

Sasuke shrugged again, "I don't know, I wasn't at the hospital."

Naruto gave the Uchiha a deadpanned look. Because frankly there was no way he was going to believe that after finding out that he had been following Minoru in order to give him the envelope he had given him.

Sasuke shifted his gaze to look down the road, "I'm losing my reputation," he muttered to himself, "He hardly left your site," he answered, "Even when Iruka-sensei and Kakashi-sensei would try to encourage him." He looked at Naruto, "He was surprisingly very optimistic."

A small smile tugged on Naruto's lips. That was one of the things he loved about him, even when it came to others telling him that he was M.I.A or not going to wake up he was still optimistic.

"By the envelope you wanted me to give to him, you really thought you weren't going to make it, didn't you?" Sasuke asked after a moment. The somber look the other man gave him was enough of an answer, "...How did you make it back?"

Naruto chuckled and shook his head, "I don't know..."

Sasuke hummed unconvinced, "I think you do know."

Naruto looked up at the tree and through the branches to the glimpse of blue sky, "...I just...kept thinking about him...I don't really remember much else, not even my route home, or how long it took me...I can't think of another explanation," he dropped his gaze, "Because I really did think…"

Sasuke sighed, "Yeah, you were pretty bad," there was a hesitation in his voice, "Naruto…," The blonde looked at him and he was unsure how to continue, "About that…"

"I vaguely remember telling you to leave me," Naruto interjected, "And, no offense, I knew you would...which I'm glad you did, because I didn't want them coming to the village," he chuckled, "I for one have important people here." Sasuke smirked at that, "So, I understand. And yes, Minoru is going to hold a grudge against you for I don't know long."

Sasuke sighed, "I figured."

Naruto dug in his pocket and pulled out his watch, snapping it open to reveal its face, "I have to get going," he said and gave the Uchiha a nod, "...Take care, Sasuke."

Sasuke nodded and Naruto turned to take his leave. He let out a sigh and chuckled at himself, mostly out of irony. Because this whole time he always thought love was a stupid idea, a weakness. And of course, Naruto proved his wrong.

Naruto heaved a sigh as he sat down on a bench and leaned his head back with a smile as the sun beamed down on his face. He heard a cat call whistle and straightened his head to find Minoru grinning at him while wiggling a brow at him. He chuckled as the younger man walked up to him and gave him an amused look.

"I wasn't expecting you here," Minoru commented and sat down next to the older man, "Not that I'm complaining, I always love seeing you after my shifts."

Naruto beamed and winked, "Thought you would like to have lunch with me."

"Late lunch, early dinner," Minoru said with a laugh, "Anything specific in mind?"

Naruto hummed in thought, "Apart from ramen? Sushi sounds good."

Minoru laughed, "I know a place."

"But first," Naruto slung an arm around the younger man's shoulders and smiled when Minoru leaned into him. They sat there, basking in the sun in a comfortable silence, birds tweeted off in the distance and a breeze rolled in. Naruto's smile widened when a half gloved hand took the one resting on a shoulder and lips kissed his knuckles. He turned his head and pressed a kiss on the dark crown. His stomach interrupted the moment and Minoru erupted with laughter.

"Come on you," Minoru patted the older man's thighs and stood. A sun kissed hand took his as Naruto stood and stepped closer to him. His eyes drifted closed when Naruto leaned in and sealed their lips together is a sweet kiss.

As they walked, Naruto couldn't stop smiling, and when Minoru gave him an amused look, his smile only widened.