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Naruto's pov

As I expected, my dad almost broke down when we told him what happened and he tried to go on about how he shouldn't have given us the mission but I convinced him it was fine and even got him to give us another one tomorrow.

We were in my room now, watching tv and Sasuke laid on my shoulder rubbing my hand.

He was latched on to my arm, touching on my skin with his other hand. He poked and prodded at where my wound was, not leaving it alone.

"How does it just heal like that?", he mumbled under his breath, pulling my skin.

I shrugged, "Always has. Happens faster when I'm excited and my blood pumps more."

He leaned into me and put my arm around him. He's been somewhat more affectionate since he found out, I think the two are related. Either way, I don't have a problem with it.

"Just because you heal all the time doesn't mean you can get hurt so easily, you need to take care of yourself," he grumbled. The tip of his nose was slightly red so I could tell this was embarrassing for him, but regardless of how he felt he's still doing it? I really love him.

I kissed the top of his head, "Thank you for worrying so much about me."

Sasuke gave a small huff in response but didn't pull away. Instead, he settled more comfortably against me, his body relaxing as he continued to touch the now healed wound. The moment felt oddly domestic, considering we had just come back from a mission that could have gone terribly wrong.

"I hate seeing you hurt," Sasuke said quietly after a while, his voice muffled against my chest. "Every time I see you like that, it...it scares me."

I tightened my hold on him, trying to offer some comfort. "I know, Sasuke. But I'm okay. I promise."

He looked up at me, his eyes filled with a mix of emotions. "Naruto, I— I care about you. You know that. I care about you so much. More than I've ever cared about anyone. But that scares me too. I'm afraid of... taking things further between us. I don't want to get hurt. And when you do things like this it makes me more afraid because, Naruto, I can't lose you. I really can't. I'll lose my mind if I do."

I felt a lump in my throat at his confession. I cupped his face gently, my thumb brushing against his cheek. "Sasuke, you don't have to be scared. I care about you too, more than you will ever comprehend. But I understand. We don't have to rush into anything, ever. We can take things slow, and when you're ready, we'll figure it out together. I've been waiting this long, and while I do make jokes, I'm entirely happy with waiting longer if that makes you more comfortable."

He closed his eyes, leaning into my touch. "I don't want to lose you, Naruto."

"You won't," I assured him. "No matter what happens, I'm not going anywhere. You really think I'd leave you to fend for yourself? Who knows what you'll do with someone else if I leave this time," I joked.

Sasuke looked up at me, eyebrows furrowed and I could tell he was upset. I smiled at him and he looked away and nodded, his grip on me tightening slightly. "Thank you, Naruto. For understanding."

I smiled softly, pressing another kiss to his forehead. "Always, Sasuke. I'm always gonna be here for you. You'll never have to face anything alone. You can just stay there and look pretty for me, yeah? You don't need a thought behind your eyes other than how much you need and love me."

We stayed like that for a long time, wrapped up in each other, finding comfort and reassurance in the closeness. In moments like these, I couldn't help but think of how much Sasuke meant to me. He's probably the only thing keeping this village standing. Without him, I'd be miserable and probably still on board with the plan.

Kurama was the one who convinced me to leave the plan in the past. He told me if I were to continue with the way I was thinking, Sasuke would find out and he'd come to hate me. Plus, like I said, killing people's enough for me.

I felt something drop on my chest and peeked at Sasuke. Sleep. As I thought. His face was smushed against my chest, mouth open, drooling on my chest. Sasuke's a clingy sleeper, he always has been. Somehow we always end up like this, him drooling all over me, arms suffocating me, and by the morning he'll be on the other side of the bed with no recollection. He is always so mean to me but I love him nonetheless.

I could really fall asleep with him every night. I mean, half the time I'm asleep I'm not truly asleep but there will be times when I'm with him and I'll just be dead asleep without a care in the world. I still sleep around him, I'm just a very light sleeper.

Speaking of which, my eyes are getting lopsided, I can feel them. I don't wanna go to sleep yet... I wanna stare at Sasuke more, he's so pretty, what if he's gone when I wake up? I can't deal with that, he's always running away from me, I just want him.. I love him so much...

I opened my eyes, staring at the ceiling. I fucking fell asleep. I turned to look at Sasuke only to find him staring at me with beady eyes. He was still laying on my arm, just staring. I wanted to say something but I didn't. I didn't want to ruin this. I turned on my side and stared back.

He's so pretty.

He just laid there, barely blinking, eyes darting around my face before meeting my eyes for a couple of seconds. He smiled a little bit as I reached my hand up to stroke his face. He's so domestic right now. Normally when we sleep together he'll just wake up and leave, but I'm almost positive he didn't wake up next to me which meant he came to lay on my arm so that he could stare at me.

I want to kiss him but I know he'll run from me and I don't know if we'll be the same after. I'm fine with this.

Sasuke got in closer, his forehead on my chest. I wrapped my arms around him and rested my chin on the top of his head.

"This doesn't mean we're together, I'm just... cold," he mumbled. I know he's lying but he needs something to keep him for falling off the rocker.

I smiled, "That's okay, I'll keep you warm. We have to get up soon for our mission." He groaned and rolled over. I knew I should've just shut up. Now the moments over.

Sasuke sat up and lazily tried to fix his hair, passing on a contagious yawn which I caught and pressed back. He looked at me and smiled, "Can you make us something to eat?"

I jokingly groaned and rolled away from him. He rolled me back, leaning over me. "Pleaseee!! I want waffles!"

"The only reason you're friends with me is for the food, isn't it?", I narrowed my eyes at him. He scratched his head and laughed, "I don't know what you're talking about."

I sighed dramatically but couldn't help smiling back. "Fine, fine. Go take a shower and I'll get started on breakfast."

Sasuke's face lit up with a genuine smile, reaching ear to ear. He quickly got up and headed to the bathroom. As the sound of running water filled the room, I stretched and made my way downstairs where I found the twins along with my dad all sitting in the living room.

"Morning, Naruto!" Mito chirped, sprawled out on the couch with her feet on Menma.

"Morning, Mito. Morning, Menma," I laughed at her antics.

Menma gave me a sleepy wave before pushing Mito's feet off of him and going to sit at the table. "Is Sasuke up?" He asked.

"Yeah, he's in the shower. I'm making breakfast. Any special requests?" I asked, knowing they would eat just about anything I made. They're like human garbage disposals. Me as well but that's not the point.

"Definitely waffles!" Mito rolled off the couch and ran to sit next to her brother. I'm always so envious of these two. Every time I'm around them I find myself wondering what happened to me and why I couldn't be more like them. Makes me wanna go back to the plan. But then Sasuke shows up and makes me change my mind entirely. I don't know, I just wanna be normal and have normal relationships with my family, not fabricated ones I feel uncomfortable with.

My dad followed them into the kitchen but instead of sitting down he came to join me looking in the fridge.

"Alright, just give me a few minutes," I said, turning back to the stove. "You want anything, dad?"

"Whatever you want to make," Minato said, giving me a smile. As the twins talked away, mostly Mito bothering Menma and him telling her to fuck off, my dad leaned against the counter, inspecting my shirtless body.

I still had plenty of scars from missions and my childhood, there were some Kurama just couldn't heal or some I didn't want him to heal. I needed something as a reminder of everything that happened. Most of the scars from my childhood were on my arms and back, only a few being on my chest, and then there were one or two from my first couple of missions. I don't know why, but no one ever really mentions my scars, like ever.

My dad finally looked at me, "So. Any progress con tu novio?" I paused before shaking my head no. Technically we had made some progress, but not a noticeable amount. Well...

"He finally found out it wasn't me that night," I told him, cracking an egg in a bowl.

I obviously told my dad about Sasuke, mostly when I ended up in his office asking for missions. He always asks me because he knows that the terms Sasuke and I are on go hand in hand with the missions I request and my behavior on said missions.

For example, if Sasuke and I are in a bad place, he won't give me a super dangerous mission because he knows I'm not in my right mind so he'll give me a difficult one just to let me clear my head like I needed. After a while, I just ended up telling him a bunch of stuff about me and Sasuke because I got used to it. He still makes me tell him for missions, but it's just a part of us now.

He raised his eyebrows, "Is that why I had ANBU telling me that you were going around beating people up in alleys?"

Said ANBU didn't know that I was Kitsune but they did report back things I did to my dad simply because he requested it. They'll only do it if they see me though, so I'm pretty good at avoiding them when I do bad things... usually. Yesterday technically shouldn't count.

I looked at him and smiled, "No era gente, it was one person, and that's only porque he put his hands on Sasuke." I stopped mixing so I could speak to him. "Dad, this bitch tells him, 'we're destined to be together, you can't leave me, it was a sign that night, ya sé que you felt it también," I tilted my head and smiled. "The fuck?? He's honestly lucky that I didn't take his head," I tsked, picking the bowl back up and continuing to mix.

("It wasn't people, it was one person, and that's only because he put his hands on Sasuke." I stopped mixing so I could speak to him. "Dad, this bitch tells him, 'we're destined to be together, you can't leave me, it was a sign that night, I know you felt it too,")

"Anyways, Sasuke was like nah fuck you, yo pensé que.. y'know, you were Naruto. First of all, I don't look shit like him, like dad, cuando te digo, complete opposites, he has a fat ass nose también! I honestly took it as an insult. Pero luego, el pinche cabron, Kaito, was like, I've always loved you, since I first saw you, when I was graduating de la academia!"

("Anyways, Sasuke was like nah fuck you, I thought that.. y'know, you were Naruto. First of all, I don't look shit like him, like dad, when I tell you, complete opposites, he has a fat ass nose too! I honestly took it as an insult. But then, the fucking bastard, Kaito, was like, I've always loved you, since I first saw you, when I was graduating from the academy!")

My dad's eyes widened at what I said and I nodded in confirmation. "Sasuke was just starting y he was graduating. No pienso que they've had a conversation before, pero hey, that's not my problem. Anyways, Kaito estaba enojado porque Sasuke was trying to leave and was pulling him grabbing su muñeca and shit, so then I came over and pushed him off of him, obviously, always have to play *captain save a," I sighed.

("Sasuke was just starting and he was graduating. I don't think they've had a conversation before, but hey, that's not my problem. Anyways, Kaito was mad because Sasuke was trying to leave and was pulling him grabbing his wrist and shit, so then I came over and pushed him off of him, obviously, always have to play *captain save a.")

*Captain Save-A-Hoe, in this book it's like always having to come to the recuse

"Always," he said in agreement.

"Right, entonces, this bitch tries to swing on me! Obviamente I didn't let that happen, duck, mink! Directo a la nariz. He starts stepping back, falls over, starts pateando sus patas!" My dad smiled at that and I stared laughing. "Como Menma y Mito do when they fight. Dad, I kid you not, if I wasn't so pissed with him, I would've started dying laughing. Like I was saying, I get on top of him, start beating his ass. I'm pretty sure that bitch scratched me too, but it obviously healed. While later, Sasuke's like, Naruto, vente, too many ojos, y'know? So I left."

(Right, then, this bitch tries to swing on me! Obviously I didn't let that happen, duck, mink! Straight to the nose. He starts stepping back, falls over, starts kicking his legs!" My dad smiled at that and I stared laughing. "Like Menma and Mito do when they fight. Dad, I kid you not, if I wasn't so pissed with him, I would've started dying laughing. Like I was saying, I get on top of him, start beating his ass. I'm pretty sure that bitch scratched me too, but it obviously healed. While later, Sasuke's like, Naruto, vente, too many eyes, y'know? So I left.)

My dad shook his head, chuckling, "It had to happen." I shrugged again, laughing at his reaction, "It had to happen."

By the time Sasuke emerged from the upstairs, looking much more awake and with his hair still damp, I had a plate of waffles stacked for him with a side of eggs and bacon ready to go.

"Wow, for me?" Sasuke teased, sitting down at the table.

Mito and Menma were already eating, halfway done with their plates. "Always, amor." I sat next to him.

"Oh, you shouldn't have," he lightly pushed my arm.

I smiled, "I'll keep that in mind for next time." He narrowed his eyes and I laughed. "I'm kidding. One of us has to cook." Upon hearing what I said he turned away, ripping up his waffles. I smiled, looking at his pink ears. He's so pretty.

After breakfast, we quickly cleaned up and got ready to head out. Minato gave us a nod of encouragement as we left gathered in the living room. "Please, please, please be safe. I cannot stress this enough, if there's danger, run the other way, immediately. I don't care about shinobi code, reputations, shit else. I'm not losing my kids." He looked at Sasuke who had excluded himself from the conversation. "That includes you, Sasuke."

Sasuke blushed. He hated being called out. He nodded along with what my dad said and I smiled. My dad sighed, running his fingers through his hair. "Alright, go, go, before I lock you kids up and revoke your shinobi status indefinitely. Be safe, I love you guys."

The twins gave my dad a quick hug, saying I love you's before leaving and Sasuke simply said bye as always.

When the door closed my dad looked at me. He opened his mouth but was at a loss for words. I could see and feel the turmoil of emotions going through him. He's so dramatic. I pulled him into a hug and he almost broke down in my arms. I'm taller than my dad, he's around Sasuke's height so his head fits right on my chest. I wouldn't be surprised if he started crying right now.

"I know, Dad, I'll take care of them, and myself. I'm not going to let anything happen," I promised. "You can't keep crying over everything, you're the reason you have grays coming in."

He laughed at what I said, pulling back and wiping his eyes. "I love you, Naruto, make it back safe, please. All of you. I want to see you all when you get back."

I nodded, "We'll be here when you get off of work."

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I liked writing this chapter, idk I js think Minato and Naruto's developing relationship is really cute, how he's like Naruto's best friend aside from Sasuke and Kurama. I liked writing about him being able to talk to Minato about these things in contrast to the earlier chapters as well as like, their bond in general. I also liked writing about Naruto switching to Spanish in normal conversation because it's something I do as well and I don't know I just think it flows easier 😭

Anyways be back later with more chapters 🙂‍↕️😋