Slower now-
Slower.
It was mocking her, she could tell.
She had never been one to waste time doing the mindless pacing she was doing now, but it seemed that right now, time seemed to be standing still. The only time she had wanted time to fly by, it slowed down. They say that 'time flies when you're having fun', but what she was doing was anything but fun.
Yes, Father Time was definitely mocking her.
Naruto, Neji, Shikamaru and Chouji had left to find Sasuke and so far, no news had come to her about their progress. Lee had surprisingly disappeared as well.
...And another minute had passed.
The suspense was unbearable. She had tried everything to keep herself preoccupied. Shopping with Ino, training, she even went through all her old books, but nothing seemed to keep her mind off of the recent events.
Two minutes now.
She busied herself with work. Any type of work at all. After that, she moved onto cleaning until everything was so shiny it pinged like Gai and Lee's teeth. Soon, she had lost track of time completely, though to her it seemed as if an eternity had passed by. She glanced at the clock hanging on the wall.
Only 2 hours had passed.
She groaned in frustration. What had she ever done to deserve such cruel punishment? She was definitely patient enough. You had to be if you were Naruto's teammate and Kakashi was your sensei. The masked man was always late and her blond teammate was just a little...slow. That was what had made up their team. Team 7. Including the one that was now being chased after. The one she was waiting for to return. She reminisced all past missions with her team and slowly drifted off to sleep.
She was awakened by a knock on her door. She opened it revealing a Konoha nin informing her of the retrieval team's return.
It had been an unsuccessful mission.
She paid a visit to a wounded Naruto, letting another 20 minutes of her life go by. Hiding her disappointment, she walked back to her home and looked back at the clock on the wall...
...and she smashed it.
After venting her anger out on 'time', she calmed because she knew. When Sasuke was ready to come back, he would...
It was only a matter of time.