Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, SasuNaru would exist...and not only in my head. Therefore, I do not own Naruto.

Author's Notes: Let's just pretend that Sasuke was punished for leaving...just not so severely...that they understood it was just the "emo" coming out. We can all pretend, right? lol.


Drabble #11
A Little Favor

He was shaking with pent-up nerves. His hands were sweaty and jittering. Shizune allowed him in the door, flashing a weak smile. A year and a half after Sasuke returned, and he was still feeling as if he didn't belong there. Not that people had made it easier on him. No one, that is, except for Naruto.

But that led him to why he was here in the first place, standing in front of the Fifth Hokage's desk, hands sweating, knees shaking, all for Naruto.

"Lady Hokage, I need to ask you for a favor." Sasuke picked his words carefully as he spoke. It's not like he was back in the woman's good graces, or even close for that matter. But, this favor was important. This favor was for Naruto.

"A favor, Uchiha?" The sarcasm was not missed in Tsunade's voice.

Sasuke just nodded, thinking of a way to word what his favor was.

"Are you going to make me guess it?" Apparently, Sasuke took too long thinking. He straightened up and took a deep breath.

"Could you find a way to give me and Naruto a week off…together?"

"For what, a vacation?" Tsunade's leaned forward, crossing her arms on the desk in front of her.

"No. Not a vacation. We won't be leaving Konaha, so if anything extremely important comes up, we'll still be available." Sasuke was on the verge of rambling, showing a side of him none had seen – except for Naruto.

"Then what will you two be doing on this vacation?" Tsunade's raised an eyebrow, taking in the Uchiha's out-of-character behavior.

"Well, um, you see he – we – are, um…"

"Spit it out, Uchiha, I don't have all day."

"We're moving." Sasuke choked out. "Together. In together. In a new apartment."

"Together?" She had to force herself not to smirk, to keep a straight face, to keep the raven-haired teen on edge, but, damn, was it difficult with his current expression of embarrassment.

"Um, yeah…"

"So, you two are…?" Sasuke shifted his weight, showing this conversation was making him uncomfortable, to which Tsunade allowed herself to smirk.

"Yeah." It actually felt kind of refreshing to be able to admit his feelings for the blonde, but at the same time he felt a little worried. Tsunade was among the people who deeply cared for, and watched out for, Naruto. Would she accept it?

Tsunade watched Sasuke waver, worry dancing over his face.

"Where's Naruto?"

"With Sakura."

"Why isn't he here?"

There was a pause before he spoke again. "I wanted to do this for him. Alone."

"Why?"

Sasuke inwardly sighed, she was purposely making his difficult on him. "To prove it."

"Prove what?"

He just stared at her. Scratch difficult, she was making his hell. "My love."

"Your what?" Sasuke just sighed, outwardly this time. She wanted him to say it and she wouldn't give him his answer unless he did.

"I love him, Tsunade." He took another deep breath before continuing. "And now I want him and me to move into an apartment together and start fresh. Is that what you wanted to hear?" Surprisingly, his voice was calm as he spoke.

Tsunade sat back, her long blonde hair hanging over the back of her chair. She smiled and studied what an emotionally stressed Uchiha looked like. And, deciding she had punished him enough for today, grabbed her planner and flipped forward a page.

"Do you have an apartment in mind?"

"Yeah, it has a nice view of the Hokage Mountain…"

"How about next week?" Sasuke smirked, nodded, and turned to leave. "You hurt him again, and I'll kill you."

The threat didn't go unnoticed as Sasuke's steps stopped. He nodded again and turned around to look at her. "No way in hell I would, ever again."

And there, in all honesty, was their spoken agreement. Tsunade would agree to their relationship, on one condition. That she would never have to see that broken look in Naruto's eyes ever again.


Ah, my first shot at writing a Tsunade-based fic. I hope I lived up to her expectations... probably not though...