The Kids Are Alright.

"Well, this is a nice change of scenery."

"This is a prison cell."

"I can see that, you idiot, I was being sarcastic."

Naruto and Xin sat slumped against the wall of their jail cell, blankly staring forward. Naruto was noticeably bleeding, mostly from his nose, and was sporting a blackening eye. Xin, on the other hand, looked fine. Her hair was a disaster and her clothes were rumpled, stained and ripped, but she was fine.

"Gaara and Hinata are going to kill us."

Naruto nodded solemnly, pressing Xin's rumpled jacket to his nose. The sleeve of the jacket was soaked through and Xin was almost certain that his nose was gushing a bit too much blood. But she's far too tired to really be worried and he kind of deserved it for getting them arrested in the first place.

"In hindsight, they married us knowing full well what kind of people we are so they should know what type of shit was bound to happen," Xin pointed out almost tiredly, leaning over to rest against Naruto's shoulder.

"Hinata is gonna make me sleep on the couch for a week," Naruto whined, dreading the impending arrival of his wife. His wife was usually the even-tempered one but being dragged out of bed at 3 AM to bail her husband out would put a damper on that calm temper of hers.

"I'm supposed to be up in two hours to open the bakery. Gaara is going to kill me," Xin pouted, rubbing at her forehead. "He's probably going to give me the silent treatment for a week," she muttered sullenly. It didn't sound like such a bad punishment but motormouth that she was, she hated when Gaara would go on a weeklong binge of not speaking to her. "I blame you for this."

"Me?"

"Yes, you. Who's idea was it to go out for drinks? And why'd we have to go to that seedy ass bar, anyway? Why couldn't we have gone to a nice bar for once? Or hell, a restaurant."

"Cause we're not nice people, Xin."

"Clearly because nice people don't start bar fights and get arrested."

"I did it for you."

Xin took a deep breath. "And that was sweet, really, but it wasn't worth being chased down by police officers and thrown into a dingy jail cell," she pointed out sourly. "Honestly…we're getting too old for bar fights, don't you think?"

"No one told you to jump in it with that glass bottle."

"Well, I couldn't just sit there."

"Well, now we're sitting here, waiting for our respective spouses to come and bail us out after being apprehended for disorderly conduct and assault and battery."

Xin paused, picking up her head long enough to stare at her brother-in-law. Her face scrunched up and her nose wrinkled. "You've been reading that dictionary Gaara threw at your head last week?"

"Maybe."

A tired smile curled at Xin's lips, a snort escaping her mouth. "You know, you don't have to go punching people out just cause' they said some derogatory shit to me. It's not the first time and it won't be the last time."

"Okay but that doesn't make it okay. You're a human being, Xin, not a piece of meat. No one should tell you that you'd look better bent over the bar. Except for Gaara, if you two are into that sort of stuff."

Xin snorted again against his arm.

The quiet conversation was put on hold when a disgruntled office shuffled into the room. He eyed the duo, still sore about the punch Xin threw at him when she'd been dragged in. "Uzumaki and Sobaku?"

"We're the literary the only two in here," Xin rolled her eyes and Naruto guffawed.

"Your bail has been posted," he grumped at her, unlocking the cell door. "Now please, get out," he slid the door open and motioned for them to just leave already. The two did as they were asked, offering snickers and apologetics smiles to the poor officer who was unlucky enough to deal with Uzumaki Naruto and Sobaku Xin. The smiles and snickers, however, were wiped clean once they get outside to see two very annoyed individuals. Hinata had the idea to at least pull on a jacket over her rumpled pajamas while Gaara looked like he literally rolled out of bed and grabbed his keys.

"Hi, honey!"

Gaara glared down at Xin, arms folded tightly across his chest. "Absolutely not, woman. Don't you fuckin' dare. Are you insane? It's three in the goddamn morning!"

Hinata's hands were on her hips as she looked back and forth between her husband and sister. She knew it was a bad idea to let them out on their own with no supervision. The two were practically notorious for the shenanigans. She blankly remembered their Junior year, when they'd almost been expelled. "Don't you two think you're a bit too old for bar fights?" she asked slowly, unimpressed.

"Well—"

"Evidently you can't think that since here we are," Hinata cut her sister off. "You have work in two hours, Xin. And Naruto, you work with children! You can't go to work with a black eye!"

"Not to mention your nose is gushing like a goddamn fountain. Is that the jacket I got Xin for her birthday?"

"...No…?"

"Alright, we're done here. Xin, get in the fuckin' car before I leave you here," Gaara grouched, turning sharply. Hinata rubbed at her temples but motioned for Naruto to follow suit. Xin and Naruto exchanged grins, knowing their significant others were upset but still made the drive to bail them out.

They were all alright.

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