Another wonderful day. Sunny, cloud-less skies, fresh air, it's autumn! War was over, the sand is helping them, Orochimaru in hiding and Sasuke is back. Happy! The problem was the usual happy, bouncy and sunny boy wasn't feeling wonderful. He hated mornings, it revealed the real him most of the time.
"Crappy dumb morning…" He mumbled to no one in particular and walked towards the washroom.
Doing his usual routine, he was finished in five minutes or so. He stepped out but quickly return to the washroom and looked at himself.
He saw a blue eye blonde, tanned skin, small body and sad eyes. It looked lost, confused and most of all hurt.
The blonde looked at his calendar, a heavy sign was heard, than he looked in mirror again, than he smiled. The biggest, happiest smile ever to be seen, his eyes were covered up with excitement, determination and happiness.
'Please let someone remember.' he prayed to some type of god, if there was any.
He slipped on his usual outfit, which now is a jounin vest, pants, sandals, and a mesh shirt. He locked and activated his jutsu on the door and left.
The blonde didn't know why he activated the jutsu still. It's a simple yet advanced jutsu that prevents people from entering. It was pretty pointless, he had nothing special except his pictures, more like memories on paper.
He headed towards the street, empty street and towards the hokage tower. Hoping he could get a simple mission today.
When he reached there, hokage-sama was at a meeting with the Sand, the sectary gave the blonde the mission. Guard the gates.
Naruto smiled, softly, and a small burden was lifted, just a small bit than a heavier bag of it was put back on.
He signed lightly and went to the watch tower. Today was a lone work. It was a Sunday, most people are at home sleeping or doing so easy work stuff. Even ninjas are resting.
The petite boy was heading towards the tower and saw couple of girls talking, one of them included Sakura.
"Sasuke is still that cold. I couldn't a person like 'Naruto' could bring him back."
"Yeah, I expected him to be killed or at least half-way dead."
"You guys…don't be so mean!" Sakura yelled.
"It's the truth. Sasuke is so much stronger and better."
"Don't forget better looking too. Come on Naruto looks like a girl!"
"Yeah, he's so small! Skinny too! His skin is way too creamy for a ninja! Even I don't have that type of skin."
Sakura didn't say anything to defend Naruto but just smiled.
A sudden pang, like a hammer hitting the blonde's heart every time they said something about him. It felt like he wanted to rip his heart out because of the hammering.
A onyx eyed, raven blacked hair man walked by.
'Sasuke.'
Naruto really wanted to do this, he wanted to ask that question.
He did a simple transformation into Ino.
He walked over to that group which is now idolizing and drooling over the raven haired boy.
"Sasuke-kun! How are you?" 'Ino' said.
No answer as usual.
"Can I ask a simple question?" Suddenly the group looked at her.
"If Naruto was to leave this village, would you guys miss him? Would you notice?" 'Ino' said in a confident voice.
"It would be awesome if he left!" one of the girl squealed.
"Of course we'll notice, it's peaceful here!" another added.
"Naruto is an idiot, he wouldn't think of leaving anyways. His national pride is too strong." Sakura said.
Sasuke stared at her, 'Ino' inside her was begging, begging for a yes.
"It doesn't matter to me…" was all he said.
"T-thanks." 'Ino' crooked out and ran. Running as fast as she could. Into the deep forest, a poof of smoke revealed the boy.
Pebbles breaking through his eyes. He didn't know that even his teammate, especially Sakura, when he risked his life to fulfill that promise he made, Sasuke. He really wanted Sasuke to say he missed him. He will miss the blonde boy, miss everything about him.
Guess that only happens in dreams.
Wait, what dreams?
There is none.
All of it is nightmare, if not nightmare, daymare. Nothing is every a dream.
Dream are happy things.
Finally, Naruto stopped and looked at his surroundings, his head felt warm, than he touched his forehead protector and ripped it off. Throwing it on the floor.
His heart hurts, it hurts a lot.
It was the feeling like watching a really sad movie, you want to cry yet you don't. There's there pang of pain in your heart, than you choke and than cry. Or when it's just those days when your lover leaves you, that pain, suffering.
Add that together, multiple it by 15, than multiply it by 365. That's the pain Naruto has.
"All I wanted was a small 'Happy Birthday'." He cried to the tree.
Than he walked, to unknown destination.
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"It doesn't matter to me…"
'What you guys say, I'll miss that dobe. He's everything to me.' That was what Sasuke wanted to tell Ino that time. She seemed so desperate for some strange reason but didn't care.
He was going to confess to Naruto today, on his sweet sixteenth birthday. Confess his love for him. He walked up the stair peacefully, but speeding up when he thinks of his little blonde kitsune. Yea, Sasuke knows about Kyubi, he knows that is the only reason his brother wants him.
'Well you're not gonna get him! I'm there first.' Sasuke chuckled to himself.
He opened the door to find the tower empty, strange. But than again he was ten minutes early. The idiot probably would over sleep or was too excited because today was his birthday.
So he waited.
Waited.
And waited.
Sasuke waited two years.
He would come back to that tower, everyday, hoping his blonde kitsune would return. Hoping he could see him again.
It was strange.
That day, Sasuke waited, Naruto didn't show up, another hour and he still didn't. Another hour than another, finally the day was over, the blonde didn't show up.
After a week of quietness, the hokage sent two anbu teams, one being Sasuke's, on the search.
It proved to be fruitless.
After a month, the hokage cancelled it. But sending one or two anbu to search for him.
Sasuke wasn't allowed, he was busy with other assassination, spying or s-class missions. But that didn't stop him from waiting at the tower.
Waiting for his blonde Kitsune to return.
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Sniff, sniff….
Kind of sad ne?
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