Naruto sat in his office sorting through missions and tapping his pen anxiously. He couldn't concentrate because of the things Boruto said last night, they were weighing heavy on his mind. "Naruto?" Shikamaru said. "Yeah?" Naruto chimed in. "My advice may not be worth much, but I can tell you this; Boruto will come around. He's just a kid and doesn't understand the importance of who you are and what you do. He isn't aware of how much of an importance Sasuke is to the well-being of our village. One day, he will understand. So just stick this out a little longer, okay?" Shikamaru said and smiled. Naruto smiled wide, that made him feel so much better. "Thank you so much Shikamaru, I really needed to hear that." Naruto said.
Naruto heard laughter outside and he recognized it as Boruto's, he was walking into the Hokage tower with Sasuke and that made Naruto smile. A minute later, there was a knock on his door. "Come in." Naruto said. "Boruto and I thought we'd bring you some lunch." Sasuke said and sat down a bag full of Ichiraku's. "Well thank you both, that's awesome." Naruto smiled. "I'm going to go check in with the Anbu." Shikamaru said and walked out. Sasuke watched Naruto and Boruto eat, they even ate the same way, he laughed. "What?" they both said in unison and a mouthful of noodles. "Nothing." Sasuke chuckled and continued eating. "Dad, I'm sorry about last night." Boruto said. "Did you apologize to your uncle?" Naruto asked. "Yes." Boruto said. "Good." Naruto said. "Mom's still grounding me for two weeks." Boruto said. "Well, you did it to yourself." Naruto said. Sasuke was almost surprised at how wonderful of a father Naruto was, he was loving, but strict.
"So Sasuke, did you spend some time with Sarada?" Naruto asked. "Yeah, she actually stayed up all night and talked to me so I let her get some rest while we brought you lunch." Sasuke said. The phone rang and Naruto picked it up. "Hello?" Naruto said. "Naruto, tell Boruto he needs to come home, he's grounded more than he can ever imagine." Hinata said, fuming. "What happened?" Naruto asked, concerned. "He tore you out of all the family pictures and lit them on fire." Hinata said. "Really now? Well I will certainly let him know." Naruto said, trying to hold it together. "Boruto, did you tear me out of the family pictures?" Naruto asked. Boruto didn't say anything. "I cannot believe you right now. This is too far! And you just had to add insult to injury by lighting them on fire?! Go home, now!" Naruto yelled. "I hate you." Boruto spat and ran out of the door. Naruto punched the filing cabinet as hard as he could and let the tears spill. "Come on, let's go." Sasuke said, pulling Naruto out of the office.
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Sasuke and Naruto sat high up in the tree tops and Sasuke held him tight. "It's okay Naruto, it's going to be okay." Sasuke said, stroking his hair. "I wasn't meant to be Hokage." Naruto said. Sasuke grabbed his shoulders and looked right into his eyes. "Don't you EVER say that again! This is your dream and you deserve it more than anyone!" Sasuke said. "My own son hates me." Naruto said, wiping his tears. "He doesn't mean that and you know it." Sasuke said. Naruto looked up at Sasuke and kissed him. "I just wish I could get away from all of this sometimes." Naruto said. "I know. I want nothing more than to have you by my side every day and night, but this is everything that you have ever wanted." Sasuke smiled. "I know, it still is. But, you are also my everything." Naruto smiled. Sasuke kissed him hard and held him tight. "We should get back." Sasuke said. Naruto nodded.
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Boruto snuck into Naruto's office and snickered. "This will get dad fired!" Boruto said, as he started tearing up paperwork and messing taking important documents. Boruto heard someone coming up the hallway and hid behind a filing cabinet in the corner of the room. "You feel better now?" Sasuke asked as he and Naruto walked into his office. "Yeah, thank you for always being there when I need you most." Naruto smiled. Sasuke wrapped his arms around Naruto and hugged him tight, Naruto nuzzled into Sasuke's chest and smiled. Boruto peeked from behind the cabinet. 'What the hell is going on?' he thought.
"I better finish up some of this paperwork so I can get home to read Himawara her bed time story." Naruto said. "Yeah, I promised Sarada that I would eat dinner with her and Sakura." Sasuke said. "I'll see you later, okay?" Sasuke smiled. "You know it." Naruto said and kissed Sasuke passionately. "I love you." Naruto said. "And I love you." Sasuke smiled and left the office.
"Are you freaking kidding me?!" Boruto shouted. Naruto jumped back and stared at his son in shock. "Boruto, what-" Naruto began. "Shut up dad! This is what has been going on? This is why you always go to see Uncle Sasuke?!" Boruto yelled. Naruto couldn't speak, he just began to shake violently. "I'm going home to tell mom!" Boruto yelled and ran out the door. "Boruto, no!" Naruto screamed and ran after him.
Boruto burst through the front door panting with Naruto right behind him. "Boruto! You're supposed to be grounded! Where did you go?!" Hinata yelled, then she looked up at Naruto with sheer panic plastered all over his face. "What's going on?" Hinata asked. "Himawara, go to your room." Boruto said. Himawara walked slowly to her room and shut the door. "Boruto please don't do this." Naruto pleaded. Hinata looked at him and he was shaking like a leaf, she had never seen him so terrified. "Mom...I just saw dad kissing Uncle Sasuke." Boruto said. Naruto fell to the floor, he couldn't hold himself up any longer. Hinata just stared at Naruto and hung her head. "Boruto, go to your room." Hinata said. "But mom-" he began. "NOW!" she yelled.
Naruto just looked at the floor, he was still shaking, he couldn't get himself together. "Get out." Hinata said. Naruto looked up at her and stood up slowly, trying to keep his balance. "Get some stuff and go." Hinata said, crossing her arms and looking at him. Naruto silently walked back to his room and gathered some of his things, as he packed his things, he cried. He could hear Hinata on the phone with Sakura when he walked out the door, he suspected Sasuke would be leaving promptly, he also knew that Sasuke wouldn't come say goodbye.
Naruto walked into his office and dropped his bag, he sat at his desk looked at all the ripped paperwork, luckily he had copies of everything. His heart was aching so badly, he had just lost everything. He lost Hinata, Himawara, and Boruto. He knew his son would probably never speak to him again. But Naruto was more shaken by the fact that he would probably never see Sasuke again. Shikamaru knocked on the door and came in silently. He stood by Naruto's side and placed a hand on his shoulder. He let Naruto weep and he hung his head. Shikamaru knew that this was one of the downfalls of being a wallflower, he had no idea how to comfort Naruto.