Naruto came home early that night. As he entered the house he noticed something was off, something seemed to be missing.

Hinata and Himawari were eating dinner, but boruto was nowhere to be seen. He wondered if the boy was in his room brooding and refusing to eat.

"Where's Boruto?" he asked Hinata as he slipped off his shoes. Hinata looked down as tears streamed down her cheeks, pooling under her chin and slipping into her rice.

"He… left."

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Boruto sat on the floor in silence gathering his thoughts. So much was racing through his mind; his mother, his sister, his father and uncle... his friends.

"So… what's on your mind?" Shikadai broke the silence that enveloped them. The blond slowly opened his eyes, Shikadai's voice snapping him out of his own little world.

"Everything….mostly my mom..." Boruto spoke as he looked down on the verge of tears, his voice was shaky.

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"What do you mean he left?! What happened?" Naruto rushed to his wife and wiped away her tears with the back of his hand gently. "We, got into an argument… and he pushed me.. And left..." Naruto embraced Hinata gently as she cried onto his shoulder "I'm so sorry!"

Himawari left her dinner unfinished before she ran upstairs and confined herself in her room. She crawled under the sheets of her bed and brought her knees to her chest. Tears stained her cheeks as she wept silently. She didn't know what to do. Her mother was upset and Boruto was missing, she could do nothing to fix the situation. She felt completely useless.

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"Hey why don't we get out of here to grab a bite?" Suggested Shikadai trying to lighten the mood, " That way there's less of a chance my mom will find you - since she'll tell your mom - and you won't get in more trouble than you already are." Shikadai reached his hand out to help Boruto up. The blond took his hand and stood as he nodded slowly.

"Yeah...okay." That sounded like a good idea. He always got moody when he was hungry so maybe eating would help him.

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Shikadai and Boruto walked into the burger joint. A loud chime signaled their entrance to the cashier and the workers.

Shikadai lead Boruto with him to the booth farthest from the door and windows. It would be easier for them to talk peace without being disturbed by anyone who would recognize them. He didn't need to go through any more unnecessary trouble.

"So, from the top. What was what actually happened?" Shikadai questioned as he sat down, sipping the soda he had bought, waiting for an answer. He placed Boruto's drink in front of the blond. Boruto made a face as he swallowed the food in his mouth.

"I dunno, I was angry… I got into a fight with my mom… and I pushed her while I wasn't thinking straight… I just ran..." Boruto looked down as tears soaked his burger. "I was so angry.. I can't believe I was upset enough to push my mom…" he dropped the burger and hid his face in his hands as the teas refused to stop flowing.

"You know… you were the only person I could think of running to at a time like this…" his heart felt a bit lighter after finally letting a bit of everything he was bottling up out.

Their little moment was interrupted when there was a sound of a bell ring indicating that someone had walked through the front door into the burger joint.

Shikadai peered over their booth checking to see who had arrived. There was a chance their parents were here; he wasn't willing to take any chances and possibly make their current situation worse.

Luckily for them it wasn't their parents who had arrived.

Sarada and Inojin walked up to the cash-register. Sarada was placing an order when suddenly Inojin glanced over to the far end of the restaurant and spotted Shikadai.

The dark haired teen began to slowly shake his head. He made obvious gestures of not wanting them around as he glanced down to Boruto signaling him to not get involved.

Inojin slowly nodded and turned back to look at the menu. He quickly gathered his thoughts and also placed an order to not seem suspicious.

"I'd like a… Honey barbecue burger." he really hoped Sarada wouldn't notice Shikadai. His hopes were soon crushed as she whispered to Inojin, a warm smile present on her face.

"Do you want to go sit by Shikadai?" Inojin shook his head causing her smile to fade.

"why not?" She questioned, "He's your friend, right?" she argued as she lifted an eyebrow.

"Well, I really wanted to talk to you alone…" she blushed at his statement, "N-not like that… but I meant that I would enjoy a little alone time with you, to get to know you better, you know?" he reasoned hoping it would satisfy her.

When they received their food, Sarada interlocked her hand with Inojin's and walked over to the table Shikadai was seated at.

She stopped in her tracks as she saw Boruto shaking in his seat, his head was nested between his folded arms as he cried in silence.

She never expected to find Boruto crying his heart out in public. She wasn't surprised he left his home -since there was no way that they could keep him locked up - but at the same time she just didn't expect to find him in such a delicate state. He was their pillar after all. He was there to always reassure his friends, and now it was her turn to return the favor.

"Boruto…" she muttered causing Boruto to jump up and wipe his tears with his sleeves.

She gently placed a hand on his shoulder to comfort him. Boruto felt his heart shred into pieces as his mind forced him to think about his mom and the way he had treated her.

He tried to resist the tears that were threatening to fall but in the end he couldn't help but to allow them to rain on the table.

"I'm so sorry..." he mumbled out loud as Sarada and Inojin sat down and tried to comfort the distraught preteen.

The tears stung his eyes, wanting to keep falling but he didn't mind the pain and he didn't allow them to fall. His mind was focused on other things.

After a few minutes of Boruto crying to his heart's content - while his friends attempted to comfort him - Naruto suddenly walked into the restaurant.

"Boruto…" Boruto heard the voice of the man he loved and resented, the simple sound of his voice sent many mixed emotions though him.

Boruto looked up almost instantly when he heard the familiar voice. Their eyes met, his widened a fraction once he saw that it wasn't his mind playing tricks on him.

Naruto was there, he would have said in bone and flesh but he was sure it was just a clone. At the moment that was beside the point.

After their eyes met his survival instincts kicked in. It was fight or flight and before he could think of which to choose his body moved on its own accord.

He swung his legs around and jumped over the booth sprinting towards the door.

As he ran outside the sudden urge to stop overcame him. He paused for a moment, long enough to glance back and for him to see Naruto, his face was stricken with tears. He didn't realize it at the moment but he was in the same state. Boruto's heart shattered.

"I'm sorry, I love you both..." was mouthed off into the air as he reached into his ninja pouch and took out a kunai. He grit his teeth as he threw the kunai at his father's clone, hitting him in the chest and poofing it away.

Boruto ran off in the direction that would be the farthest away from people in general.

Tears blurred his vision as thoughts clouded his focus. All he wanted was to be alone.

He found himself in the forest roaming aimlessly not sure of what he wanted to do now. All he wished for was solitude.