Author Note:

Hello guys. Just want to challenge myself in writing Naruto's fanfiction. I am still thinking if I want to do multiple chapters or just a few, depending on the reviews.

Declaimer: All characters in Naruto and Boruto series belong to Masashi Kishimoto and Ukyo Kodachi respectively.

Enjoy!

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Naruto rubbed his face with his shaking bandaged hand as he sighed softly, three sleepless nights, four if he stayed for the night tonight, and the mountain of paperwork began to take toll on his body. Sure he had Kurama and his incredible monstrous stamina, but he was still a human, he still felt exhausted.

Luckily Hinata and the kids were staying at the Hyuga Compound, Hinata was still recovering from her injuries and Naruto felt more ease with knowledge that she been taken care by her family. Himawari was still in shock, not a surprise as she saw both her parents went down in one day and Konohamaru's team also being off from missions since two members of his team, Boruto and Mitsuki were recovering from their injuries as well.

Naruto looked at his still unfinished paperwork, thinking on stopping for the night and resumed the work tomorrow morning, when suddenly the door was knocked and Naruto sat straight, forcing his exhausted body to greet whoever behind the door. He cleared his voice before he spoke, "Enter."

Shikamaru entered the hokage office upon permission, putting a few scrolls on the table.

"Here are the scrolls for the meeting with Suna next week. Temari told me that Garra... I meant, Kazekage probably arrived a few days early as he said he wanted to spend some times away from the work. He will be staying at my place and Temari wouldn't take no for an answer so he doesn't need a hotel for- Naruto, are you listening to me?"

"Huh?" Naruto startled from his daze, he rubbed his face some more before he looked at Shikamaru sheepishly, "Ah... Sorry, sorry... What did you said again?"

Shikamaru sighed as he repeated about Kazekage staying and conveyed other information about the upcoming meetings tomorrow to Naruto while eyeing his leader's appearance. 'Bags under eyes, his face looks a bit pale, and judging from the frown and tighten jaws, a terrible headache. How troublesome.'

Not that Shikamaru can said anything. After Momoshiki's attack during the Chunin Exam, and in addition of Naruto's brief disappearance, the administration works at the Hokage office had been tripled. Overseeing constructions of the damaged buildings, funerals (because it's impossible that no one died in that attack, especially the civilians), countless meetings with Daimyo, village councils and other hidden villages about Chunin exam and that Kote invention, as well as attending the press to avoid panic among the villagers, Naruto had been working non-stop for four days now. Shikamaru and the rest of the administration staffs helped as many as they can, but Naruto always make sure they got home early to get some rest. Shikamaru tried to finish as many work as possible on Naruto's behalf, but apparently his efforts unable to put even a dent in Hokage's overflowed work.

Naruto nodded his as Shikamaru finished, tired eyes looked at the scrolls before he pushed a stack of finished paperwork towards his advisor. "Here are the paperwork for the aid of civilians who get caught in the recent attack. Have the finance department to make sure everyone involved get their share."

"Sure."

The Seventh Hokage hummed to himseld as he looked down to continue his paused work before he noticed Shikamaru was still standing in front of his desk. "Yes, Shikamaru? Anything else? If not then you are dismissed for tonight."

"What about you? You should go home too, it's been a while since you sleep in bed. You are not even fully recovered after your fight with Momoshiki in that other dimension."

"I am fine 'ttebayo. Kurama has been healing me. Besides, I need to review these documents that are needed for meeting with the civilian council tomorro-"

"I will go on your behalf."

Naruto frowned, "But Shikamaru, you have a meeting with the other hidden village's representatives about the-"

"Yeah, but I will cut the meeting short and after that I will go to see the council's meeting. As soon as I finished, I will check the construction reports as well as Sasuke's report about Kaguya's hideouts again. Maybe we can get more clues of what actually is going on. I can't do anything about the mission reports though since only the Hokage can vie- Why are you looking at me like that?"

Naruto gaped at Shikamaru with his eyes widen. "Who are you and what you have done with Shikamaru?!"

"What?" Shikamaru looked at the gaped Naruto in confusion.

"You volunteering to do more work! That's not the Shikamaru I know!"

"Oh shut up! You are as bad as Ino. I can do more work if I want to. Even though it's troublesome." Shikamaru sighed in annoyance as Naruto chuckled.

"Well, I don't have any problem if you want to take over the meetings and reports but I don't want to burden you. You already helped me with these paperwork, don't think I don't know that you also been working late these past few days."

Shikamaru just shrugged at Naruto's words, "Anyway, you should go home and get some rest before you get sick. Sakura said you need two weeks of bed rest for you to be fully recovered, and you only slept for one night after you got back from the other dimension. Momoshiki did burned your chakra coil pretty bad when he extracted Kurama's chakra. Oh, and speaking of that, Sakura told me that you need to go to the hospital for an exam tomorrow. You choose either go to the hospital, or she will drag you there. Her words, not mine."

Naruto unconsciously gripped his still sore stomach. Sakura only managed to examine him shortly after he got back from the other dimension which was why they knew about his burned chakra coil, and she been trying to get him for further examination several times after that but he brushed her off each time, telling her to look after the others first. There were numbers of injured shinobis and civilians that need her attention more than him. To be honest he still felt unbearable pain whenever he tried to fold his chakra. The day after the fight he tried to summon his shadow clones, and the next thing he knew he was laying on the ground with his hands curled around his stomach in pain. He hasn't heard from Kurama ever since he got back, probably still sleeping to recover his chakra and why his injuries was healing slower than usual.

Shikamaru sighed as Naruto kept quiet, opening his mouth to persuade his stubborn Hokage when a knock was heard. Both shinobis tensed as there shouldn't be anymore visitors permitted to enter Hokage's office at night other than Shikamaru. The anbus already been dismissed by Naruto as he refused to be monitored 24/7. Naruto looked at Shikamaru who then stepped in front of Naruto, ready to shield his Hokage any possible attack when a familiar voice shouted from the other side of the door, "Dad? Are you in there 'tebbasa?"

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Boruto frowned as he heard nothing from inside Dad's office and knocked the door again as he mumbled, "Maybe he fall asleep on his desk again?"

Boruto scratched his head. Mom sent him to check on Dad as they were just got back from his grandfather's house. Mom's injuries has been healed and his grandfather permitted them to go back to their house. His bandaged arm also felt fine though he needs to check with Aunt Sakura at the hospital tomorrow. Boruto frown deeper as he heard no response before he sighed and decided to return home. Oh well, I will tell Mom that I can't find him here. She worries over nothing. He is a Hokage, he should be fine.

Boruto turned around to leave when a faint voice from inside the room was heard, "Boruto, is that you? Come on in."

Old man Shikamaru is here too?

Boruto opened the door to see Dad's advisor was standing in front of the desk while the old man was sitting behind it as always.

"Ah, Boruto. What is it? Aren't you supposed to be at Grandpa's house?"

"We just got back this evening. Mom was worried when she didn't see you at home so she sent me here to check."

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Hinata is at home?

Naruto was worried about her injuries but if Hiashi permitted her to go home then she should be fine now, but he needs to see her himself. "Is that so... Well, I think I should go home."

Shikamaru sighed in relief, Finally!

"You do that, I still have to do some work at my office so don't bother to lock up, I will do that after I finish."

Naruto snorted, "And you telling me I work too much."

"Not as much as you. Don't worry I will be real quick, Temari wants me to help her with the guest room for Kazekage. Boruto, make sure he get home safely."

Boruto chuckled a little as Naruto grumbled, "Didn't you said you have some work to do?"

"Yeah, yeah. I am going now." Shikamaru waved lazily as he exited, leaving Boruto with Naruto in the office. Naruto stretched his arms for a bit as he stood up, "Let me clean up real quick. You can go back home first if you want 'ttebayo."

"Nah, I can wait. Besides, Mom will kill me if I go home without you."

Boruto watched his dad put away his pen and turned off his laptop before he eyed empty containers of instant ramen noodles littering at one side of the desk and a duffel bag behind the chair. "Say, Dad... Didn't you get home when we were at Grandpa's?"

Boruto turned to look at his dad as his question unanswered and saw Naruto put a hand on the desk to support himself upright, hissing softly as his other hand massaged his forehead with his eyes closed tightly.

"Dad?"

Naruto realized that his son saw him in pain, so he ignored the pain stabbed in his skull as he stood up straight and continue the cleaning, "Sorry... I am just a bit tired. Ah, I slept here yesterday since the work has doubled because of that attack 'ttebayo. It's too quiet at home."

Boruto looked at his father's appearance closely and noticed how exhausted his father was. He is lying. We went to Grandpa's house the day after we all saved Dad from that other dimension. He been sleeping here since then.

Boruto looked around the office as Naruto picked up his Hokage's cloak from the chair, stacks of paperwork and scrolls seem to be multiplying from the last time he entered the room before the attack. He works so hard for the village...

Boruto then looked down, fists tightened in anger. Despite what he said that he was fine with his father's job as Hokage, he was still angry that his father picked a job that separates him from his family, but now mostly he was angry at himself. Angry for not noticing that his father was struggling with the job too. I am such a brat, huh?

"Boruto, come on. Let's go home." Naruto's voice snapped him out of his thoughts and looked up to see his father already at the door, the duffel bag slung over his shoulder.

"Okay."

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