"Sasuke-kun…" She smiled faintly and then walked up to wrap her arms around the young Uchiha. It was a rare gesture that she allowed herself, and much gentler than the ones she'd given him before…but this was a different case. He wasn't back from the dead or near-death, and she wasn't desperately clinging to a Sasuke fading before her eyes.

No, he'd come home…really come home, and she could finally believe he'd stay for good this time. That sort of thing called for a special sort of reaction, and a hug gentle enough not to break the moment seemed the appropriate reaction. "I missed you."