Mission: Missing You
"Tsunade-sama, I noticed Izuki isn't here today, something wrong?" Izumo asked as he came in the next morning, slightly hung over. "No, she chose to explore the area where her mission will be held, she only has a few more days before it begins." Tsunade said simply, not looking up from her desk. "Oh." Izumo nodded and walked into the office he and Kotetsu shared, "Hey!" Kotetsu greeted, looking through a few books for information. "Don't worry lover-boy, Izuki said she'd stop bye after she explored her mission territory." Kotetsu laughed as Izumo sat down at his desk, filing a few papers and making sure Tsunade actually did them correctly, if she did them at all.
After a while, Izumo had finished his work and sat their idly doodling on a piece of paper, he wasn't even paying attention as he drew little hearts and clouds with snow falling, and his face was completely comical when Izuki entered the room. He really only knew she was there because Kotetsu greeted her in his typical, cheery fashion. Izumo jumped and crumpled up the piece of paper, throwing it into the trash bin in the corner from his seat. "Hey, Izuki!" he grinned. "Hey Izumo, you wanna go explore the town since Kotetsu seems to have some work to do?" she asked. "Um, sure." Izumo smiled and stood, his back cracking almost painfully as he did. "Ew, you alright?" Izuki asked, her face twisting at the noise, "Fine." came his reply and he grabbed the top jacket to his gray uniform and walked from the room with her.
"Sorry again about pushing you in the creek yesterday." Izuki giggled as they walked onto the streets of Konoha. Izumo stopped for a moment, noticing the mutterings people were saying to each other, weren't about him and Kotetsu, but about him and Izuki. His pride soared as he continued to walk with Izuki, looking around as people took notice of him and Izuki. "You do know people are spreading rumors about you and me, right?" Izumo didn't know WHY he had said that, wasn't he enjoying it? "Let them." Izuki shrugged and Izumo blinked, "Seriously?" he said finally. "Sure, I mean it's not like I live here." she shrugged and kept walking and stopped just outside a restaurant. "You want some lunch before we go into the woods for a walk?" she asked. "Uh, sure." Izumo smiled and the two of them walked in, sitting in a booth where they were made to face each other. Great, now she HAS to look at me, eh it could be worse right? Izumo thought and kept his eyes down at the tabletop.
"Something wrong?" Izuki finally asked and Izumo looked up at her, the light above them lit up her face slightly, causing Izumo to be a little off guard. "Nothing…" he smiled and looked back down at the table.
"You sure are a quiet boy." Izuki sighed as she and Izumo left the restaurant. "Yeah, I am." Izumo laughed and the two of them walked to the bridge, since it was on the way to the woods. Izumo looked over at her, more cherry blossoms were falling than the previous day, and when she walked past the tree, the blew into her, to him it really was a beautiful sight, too bad he was too much of a coward to admit his feelings.
Izuki looked back at him, "You coming quiet boy?" she asked. Izumo laughed and nodded, trotting back up to her, a few cherry blossoms hitting his face as he ran. Izuki smiled and grabbed his arm as they walked, it didn't mean anything, but it felt nice. Izumo suddenly stopped and sneezed, blinking a few times. Izuki giggled at Izumo's face as he recovered from the sudden sneeze. "You okay?" she asked, just after Izumo recovered. "I'm fine…" Izumo blinked a few more times and nodded, "Yep, I'm good." he smiled with a slight laugh. (chapter still in progress)