Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. I'd normally lament about this, but I really don't feel like it today...
Okay, once again my overly active imagination made things seem worse than they were going to be.
Not by much though.
It all began when the Hokage found me hiding beneath his desk after coming back from his meeting with the council.
Ofcourse, after making his displeasure with the ANBU guarding his office known, he tried to coach me out of hiding. Now you might, why the fuck isn't he making a bigger scene about this?
Well, that's easy to answer, I am still a Hokage's ward, even if not one chosen by the current leader. We were never quite as close as he was to Naruto, but I was at the very least a somewhat wellknown entity, if rather less cared for on a personal scale.
It still meant he knew more about me than I knew there was to know about me.
That, and the fact that it was my standard hiding spot. It's not the first time he found me there, and while it most likely wouldn't be the last -despite the expectable heightened security in the future- he somewhat allowed it.
If only to root out problems with security, as he already did with Naruto's budding pranks.
His demeanor changed when I rapidly blurted out why I had come to his office, but it was better to hear it from me, instead of from someone else.
"You did what?", he asked flatly.
"I kind of might have told Naruto I knew about his parentage, before realizing halfway through that he probably didn't know for a good reason...", I repeated, slower this time, before cringing.
"It's not a ranked secret is it?", I asked, despite already knowing the answer. "And... And... Well, I didn't get to the point of actually telling him who they were... That has to count for something too, doesn't it?"
It was a weak defence, and seeing the Hokage's expression, he thought so too, but despite the fact that there was some anger in those eyes, he didn't actually release that frustration on me.
He pinched the bridge of his nose, "We are going to talk about this..."
Some commotion could be heard in the corridor, and a familiar voice was heard shouting,
"... later", he finished somewhat lamely, while I quickly went back to my position underneath his desk.
Naruto came bursting through the door excitedly, "Jiji, Jiji! There's someone who knows something about my parents!"
I'm so screwed...