Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.
A/N: I decided to give Sasunaru month a try in English this year, so here you have it. This is a collection of individual and mostly unrelated drabbles. Both Sasunaru and Narusasu tropes will be included and each chapter will have its own warnings, as well as a tag to specify if it's SN or NS.
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Prompt #3: Blank period (-)
Warnings: Pining, pre-relationship. Also, Sasuke is only mentioned here.
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Naruto left the Hokage Tower pouting, visibly dejected, hands in his pockets.
He kicked a random rock, hitting a plastic bottle that laid in the middle of the road.
A sigh, then another kick.
Then a voice calling out for him.
"Hey, Naruto!"
"Huh?" blinking confusedly, Naruto turned around to find Team 8, Kiba, Shino and Hinata, waving at him.
"Hey! We're gonna grab some lunch, wanna come with us?" Kiba asked him.
"Huh… Sure!" he decided and strolled towards them, grinning excitedly. "You're paying, right?"
"Oi-"
"I'll treat you, Naruto-kun," Hinata kindly offered.
"Sweet!" the blond beamed.
"Hey, don't take advantage of Hinata, you doofus."
"Wha-! She offered!"
They bickered all the way to Ichiraku, where everybody sat down and ordered a steamy bowl of ramen each.
"Mmm… This is so good!" Naruto said, after taking his first mouthful of noodles.
"You say that everytime," Kiba complained and grabbed his chopsticks to start eating too.
"It's the truth."
Hinata giggled at the two of them and Shino just kept silent.
They chatted for a while and spent part of the afternoon together, until Naruto decided it was time to go home.
"Thanks for letting me join you today, guys," Naruto said, intertwining his hands behind his head. "And thanks for inviting me, Hinata."
"Nah, we had fun," Kiba reassured him. "Besides, we saw you leaving the Hokage Tower all gloomy and that, so we wanted to distract you for a bit."
"Oh," was all Naruto could say, suddenly remembering why had been so blue just a while ago.
"Is everything okay, Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked worriedly after watching him suddenly deflate.
"It's nothing, just…" he sighed and scratched the back of his head awkwardly. "You guys remember the report we got about that one village?"
"The one with the shinobi net of human trafficking?" Kiba asked, blinking interestedly.
"That one, yeah. Well, Sasuke was the one who discovered the net, right?"
"Huh, yeah, we heard."
"So, I was supposed to be sent on a mission to dismantle the net, but Kakashi-sensei just told me Sasuke already took care of it on his own," he informed them, shoulders dropping.
The three team members watched him, bemused. Like Naruto's words shouldn't match his reaction.
After a couple seconds in awkward silence, Hinata finally said: "Isn't that something good?"
"Yeah, right? Dude took care of it, so now you won't have to bother going on that mission," Kiba agreed, not understanding what the issue was.
"But that means now I won't get to meet him anytime soon!" he whined, pouting again.
"... Oh."
"When was the last time you saw him?" Kiba asked out of pure curiosity.
"... The day he left."
"You haven't seen each other in two years?!" he squeaked.
"Weren't you two dating?" Shino spoke for the first time since they met up.
"W-What? No, we're not!" Naruto denied hotly.
"Hm… I could've sworn you two met up every once in a while. Not even when you go out on missions?"
"Wait, so Sasuke and you are not together?" Kiba interrupted.
"How and why would you even get to that conclusion? Does everybody think we're dating?" Naruto started panicking.
"Well…"
"Ugh, I can't believe you guys!" he said and then stormed out of the shop, leaving the group alone.
The three of them just watched him leave and sighed.
"How did we get to that conclusion? He's been obsessed with that guy since we were kids!" Kiba complained.
"Even if they're not actually dating, Naruto's definitely a goner."
Kiba snorted. "Understandment of the year."
Hinata clasped her hands together. "So… Who wants dessert?"
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A/N: This one was a bit of a lazy one, if I have to be honest. I hope it was still somewhat entertaining hahaha