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Fashion Show

Ikesen fanfiction by impracticaldemon, for Vespe, who has been a kind friend ~ I hope you enjoy this!

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Fashion Show (Kenshin x MC, post Kenshin’s Romantic Ending)

I broached the subject to Kenshin that evening, as we sat together sipping sake and watching the last rays of sunlight fade from the sky. The warmth of the day still lingered pleasantly in wood and stone, but the soft breeze that had been ruffling the ends of my hair for the past quarter hour now held the promise of a chilly evening, and made me glad for the soft shawl I’d brought out with me. It was an unusual, varicoloured pale blue, lined with white - a gift from Kenshin, of course.

“So... you know that I’ve been working on several new pieces lately?” It was a rhetorical question, since he always remembered what I told him about my projects.

“Yes - are they ready to show me?” He smiled with genuine enthusiasm at the prospect of seeing my latest creations, and I had to smile back. It still made me ridiculously happy to see such warmth in eyes that had once been so cold, especially when he was smiling over something other than the prospect of battle.

“They are... well, almost. But I - my staff and I - would like to introduce them to you a little differently than usual. And I’m hoping that you’ll allow me to invite a few others as well.”

“Invite?” His head tilted quizzically, as he parsed my words. I instinctively looked for the old jealousy and fear that once would have been there at the prospect of involving others in anything that was truly important to me. But his expression seemed to hold only curiosity. “Will it be a party then? A celebration?”

This time I’m couldn’t stop myself from beaming at him - he’d understood it exactly! It was like him to put together the pieces so quickly.

“Yes! You see, where I’m from, designers” - he knew the term by now, and was fully on-board with the idea that designing was its own skill, although he’d gotten there by way of an analogy to swords and smithing - “showcase their new pieces as collections, usually with a unifying theme of some kind. They host a grand gala, and invite the wealthy, and the famous, and the well-connected, and so on” - I didn’t want to get derailed by getting into a discussion about fashion media - “and they hire models to show off the new clothing.”

“Ah.” I caught the edge of something like relief in Kenshin’s tone, and realized that although he was so much better - entire worlds and galaxies better! - than he had been, he had still been uncomfortable at the idea of me personally modelling my outfits for somebody other than him. Not that I would!

I hurried on, so as to make what I had in mind for the here and now perfectly clear to him. I knew he’d be supportive of whatever I suggested - within fairly wide limits, these days - but I had no desire to push any boundaries with this particular proposal.

“I’m not suggesting doing any of that stuff - inviting all your chief vassals or something! - for this party, I promise. But it would be fun - for me and for the women who’ve been working with me - to put a bit of excitement into showing off the new clothes.” I noticed that he had emptied his drink, and lifted the bottle to pour more for him.

Kenshin held out his cup to me with amusement crinkling the corners of his light eyes, and no trace of shadow marring his beautiful features. “I am grateful to you for sparing me from an invasion of guests, but if you truly wanted it, I’m sure I could convince my vassals to demonstrate their appreciation for your talent.” I had a sudden vision of Kenshin compelling some of his more hidebound vassal warlords - and there were several - into gushing over new fall colour combinations and innovative stitching. It made me snicker involuntarily.

“That’s okay, but thank you for offering, Kenshin. What I really want to do is invite you - of course - and Sasuke, Shingen, and Yukimura, and perhaps two or three other men of the castle staff - at your discretion - and then most of the women of the castle, ...and maybe the two cloth merchants I deal with most often -”

“And here I thought it wouldn’t be an invasion,” murmured Kenshin. When I blushed - because I had gone maybe a little farther than I’d meant to for first introducing the idea - he gently brushed a tendril of hair from my face, and then traced my jaw with his fingers. My mind had been firmly on my fashion show, but his touch left heat in its wake, as it so often did.

“I will agree to this party of yours, but on one condition.” He pressed a sweet-tasting kiss to my lips. “You are to sit and pour for me, whenever you are at liberty to do so.” His next kiss caressed the soft skin beneath my ear. “I won’t have you leave me to be waited on by other women, this time.”

My flushed skin had a lot more to do with his kisses than with his words, by this point, but I did have enough self-possession left to give him what I hoped was a mildly reproachful stare.

“You said you’d forgiven me for that, um, unfortunate mistake on my part, Kenshin!”

The first party I’d tried to organize for the women of Kasugayama had been undertaken in a misguided attempt to demonstrate that Kenshin wasn’t actually a woman-hater. The upshot had been that Kenshin had been forced to endure being served drinks by an endless-seeming queue of excited women, while I’d ignored him with the best of intentions, as well as to try to keep my co-conspirators in line. Shingen had been brilliant, of course, but Sasuke had been more confusing than charming - which was odd, because I knew that he could be surprisingly charming - and Yukimura had managed to offend half his admirers and turn the other half into tsundere-fangirls (Sasuke’s term, not mine).

At that point in my thoughts, Kenshin lifted my half-finished sake bowl to my lips with inimitable grace, and all thoughts of everything and everyone else scattered from my brain. I sipped obediently, my eyes fixed on his well-known, oh-so-well-loved features.

“There was nothing to forgive, as I’ve told you.” He set down the bowl and pulled me closer to him, setting me on his lap, and pressing a longer, more lingering kiss to my lips, slipping his tongue barely between them as though savouring the quality of the sake I’d just drunk.

“Ahhh, yes... Kenshin...” But I had no idea if I was agreeing with him, or just asking him not to stop what he was doing. Probably both, but who cared?

“Of course you may have your celebration” - he kissed me more deeply, his tongue winding with mine for a long moment - “and you may invite whomever you choose” - his next kiss stole my breath, and his hands on the back of my head, and on my waist, were possessive in the very best way - “as long as you promise to pour my drinks, whenever you are free.” He moved his face away from mine, a little. “Do you agree to those terms?”

I think I would’ve agreed to almost anything at that point, if he’d asked me. Fortunately for my thoroughly love-and-lust-addled brain, there was no need to think.

“Yes... absolutely.” If it sounded like I was agreeing to far more than devoting myself to pouring him sake at my fashion show, that just fine, in my opinion.

Kenshin rose, drawing me up with him, and holding me so that I was practically moulded to his lean, muscled body. My knees were weak from far more than sake.

“Let’s go in, shall we? I have other things I wish to discuss with you now.”

[END]

A/Note & Tags: My first Kenshin drabble, and I think I’d like to write more about the proposed fashion show :) We’ll see. Thank you, so very much, to the many kind people in the Ikesen fandom who have read and commented on my stories thus far. ~ Imp

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THE GREAT CRUNCHYROLL NARUTO REWATCH Encounters A Star In Episodes 176-182!

Welcome to THE GREAT CRUNCHYROLL NARUTO REWATCH! I’m Jared Clemons and I’ll be your host this week as we barrel on through all 220 episodes of the original Naruto anime adaptation. Last week in episodes 169-175, we got perhaps the best arc out of the filler thus far when we learned about Anko’s backstory and her history with Orochimaru. This week, it’s time to learn about how the postal service works and how dangerous meteorites can be in episodes 176-182.

I really enjoy the idea behind showcasing how regular jobs are handled within Naruto, like we’ve seen with the Chef Ninja and now the Delivery Ninja. It’s the right kind of goofy that you need when you’re as knee deep in filler as we currently are. We then transition out of that into another arc that takes us into the Hidden Star Village where they have quite a few secrets and a way to make their ninja incredibly powerful, but at a steep price. This arc was surprisingly grounded and I’m almost surprised we didn’t get something like aliens being behind the power of the meteorite. I think at this point, the filler could go completely off the rails and I wouldn’t be too shocked.

Before we see if Naruto and his pals can get to the bottom of what’s going on in the Hidden Star Village, let’s find out what the rest of the Crunchyroll Features team had to say about this week’s slate of episodes!

Jiraiya makes his return and we are also introduced to another regular job ninja in the Delivery Ninja. If you could have a one-off episode devoted to a random job that is now made for ninjas, what job would you choose?

Paul: Judging by how hardcore the ninja postal service is, I have to imagine that ninja tax collectors would be even more hardcore. Can you imagine trying to collect taxes from villages populated entirely by professional shinobi, who know every stealth and evasion trick in the book, not to mention having access to Genjutsu that could make you think a pile of leaves was a fresh stack of bills?

Danni: I want to see ninja athletes. Not really for any particular sport, I just want to see what kind of professional sports they’d come up with to utilize jutsu and what rules they’d have to put in place to regulate it. Kind of like how The Legend of Korra turned bending into its own sport.

Joseph: Ninja garbage men.

Carolyn: Kiba’s dog walking service. Shino’s flea circus. Ooh, ooh, Tsunade runs a gambling ring, Sasuke’s famous disappearing act with Naruto as a carnival barker, Jiraiya runs a burlesque show. Basically, Naruto goes to Vegas. This is a filler episode, after all.

David: Honestly I’d like to see the opposite - someone doing a completely mundane job that doesn’t require being a ninja at all, and when Naruto and friends try to help them with their ninja skills, they manage to make things worse every time and learn that not all problems need to be solved with jutsu.

Kara: Funny, I just went into a monologue on this on Twitter. I want to see the shop where villages go to get their ninja headbands. They probably have a three-ring binder of laminated pages of available symbols, which are all getting slowly used up so at some point you’re either gonna have to be the Village Hidden in the Dolphins or the Village Hidden in the Tribal Butterfly Design Things. Also I bet they have novelty ones for bachelor/ette parties.

Noelle: One thing I’d want to see is a general supply shop. The villages act like small cities, but where do they get food from, and how is all of that transported? Who protects the transports? Stuff that aids the day to day going more smoothly is something I’d like to see explored.

Kevin: I would want to know about something mundane but necessary for the main cast, like how paper bombs are made or the process of creating ninja tools, or some kind of jutsu research and creation facility if we’re allowed to go away from the silliness of ninja postmen. For something less educational and more insane and fun, maybe a ninja carnival where all of the attractions and employees are just using jutsu in really creative ways?

Speaking of Jiraiya, he comes and goes very quickly as he’s still too tied up with other missions to train Naruto. Has his absence been felt throughout a lot of these arcs or had you forgotten about him until this episode?

Paul: Jiraiya is the worst recurring character with the worst throwaway episodes, and I wouldn't notice the difference if they replaced him with a wet sack of compost wearing a kabuki wig. I'm still waiting for Jiraiya to demonstrate sufficient redeeming qualities to make up for him being a huge creep. At this point, I'm not holding my breath.

Danni: I like Jiraiya whenever he gets serious about something, but he’s the absolute worst whenever there’s any downtime. Considering most filler is downtime, I can’t say I miss him. It’s more that I miss having plot worth him getting serious about.

Joseph: I liked Jiraiya in the manga and I think he gets better, but as it is now he just makes for even worse filler episodes than usual. I’ll also never not be grossed out every time he’s turned on by Naruto’s Sexy Jutsu.

Carolyn: Yeah, I didn’t really notice he was gone and I don’t really care for him being back. He basically just stole from Naruto and disappeared last time around.

David: No, I didn’t think about him until he showed up again. In the series proper the adults tend to show up for important things, so it made sense for him to not be around for all this filler, and I don’t think he needed to show up in this capacity either.

Kara: For me, Jiraiya’s like the “little girl with the curl” in the old nursery rhyme. When he’s good, he’s very very good; when he’s bad, he’s an irredeemable pervert. That's how the rhyme went, right? It’s a shame, because I really like the older generation in this show for the most part and I really want to like him without having to hand-wave a bunch of gross stuff.

Noelle: I think Jiraya is best when he’s actually doing something, and we can see some of his power. When he’s not in the spotlight, he’s just hanging around, and isn’t too missed.

Kevin: As someone who really likes Jiraiya and is eagerly awaiting the start of Shippuden… the vast majority of the time I completely forget that that’s why Naruto’s still in the village and not out training. Generally once or twice a week, I’ll remember Jiraiya is supposedly off on various missions, then go back to wondering why no one remembers that they can walk on water, so they don’t need to use boats.

We dive into a lengthy arc after that with a trip to the Hidden Star Village. A fallen meteorite grants great power to those who train beside it, but that has dire consequences as we learn later on. What are your initial thoughts on this story in comparison to the other filler stories we’ve had thus far?

Paul: The Hidden Star Village arc has been pretty solid as filler arcs go, not only because of the central dilemma (the meteorite boosts Chakra, but slowly kills the people who train with it), but also because of the internal political conflicts within the Hidden Star Village and the ethical quandary faced by Naruto, Neji, and company. They're required to complete their mission, even though their employer is a complete heel, and that’s not a type of pressure that they've faced before.

Danni: It’s not a bad arc, but I haven’t found it near as interesting as some of the better filler arcs we’ve been through. The most interesting aspect has been them having to come to terms with the fact that they’re essentially mercenaries who have been hired by the bad guy. They still have to complete the mission for him. Though I feel like once he literally tried to murder Naruto, the Leaf shinobi should’ve taken that as a severance of contract if not a full blown declaration of war.

Joseph: I like some aspects of this arc, but overall it just reinforces the feeling that Naruto used to be a highlight of my week but has since turned into a mostly mediocre Saturday morning cartoon. It’s like I’m stuck in a time loop and each trip through is only slightly different.

Carolyn: I mean, it does seem somewhat meatier than past filler arcs, like the Ramen-making. And it actually does have a bit more of a story than the weird Scooby-Doo arc (as much as I liked that one) but in the end it is just filler and doesn’t quite capture the same interest as the earlier Naruto-focused episodes.

David: It feels weird because if it weren’t filler, the meteorite probably would have been really important lore information, but here it just seems like nonsense. Maybe there will be a twist, but generally I prefer filler that doesn’t try to seem more important than it is.

Kara: This would be throwaway for me except it goes straight for my morbid fascination with this ninja culture of absolutely destroying yourself to be Best Ninja Possible. Most of all I think it’s interesting to see a place where people draw the line. Hacking your Hayflick Limit or ripping out your own spine is fine, but we draw the line at running yourself ragged with meteor chakra.

Noelle: I definitely agree with everyone else; it has a lot of potential, but in the end, it’s filler and won’t be brought up again. What is chakra and is chakra universal or just set to the ninja world is something that I’d really like to find out more of, but alas…

Kevin: Honestly, I’m actually more invested in this arc than the vast majority of the rest of the filler. Sure, I know that the star will break or something, rendering it impossible to use later (it wouldn’t be filler, otherwise!), but for me this arc is working pretty well as a self-contained narrative about a group of people using whatever means necessary to survive and become the next respected hidden village.

Naruto meets an individual with similar aspirations as him in Sumaru. They both are stubborn and want to become the leader of their respective villages. How did you feel about Sumaru’s arc with regards to him and what eventually happens with the reunion with his mother?

Paul: I need to reserve judgment on this until I see how the arc concludes. A traditional ending would have Sumaru triumph over Akahoshi, implying that Sumaru will grow up to be a great leader for Hidden Star Village one day. I'm not sure that they're going in that direction. I wasn't expecting them to kill off Natsuhi...assuming she's actually dead, that is. If that detail sticks, the conclusion could be surprisingly dark.

Danni: Same as Paul said I can’t really speak to his arc given that it hasn’t finished yet. I would also like to see him and the rest of the children defeat Akahoshi of their own volition.

Joseph: I gotta echo Paul and Danni here. Sumaru is fine, but I’m not holding out hope for his eventual rule of this rinky dink village. I like the concept behind his people in general, but I got a little beat down by an arc that could have been two or three episodes tops.

Carolyn: It’s a little odd that he didn’t realize she was his mother without basically being told that. That sort of removes some of the emotion from that story.

David: “Look at this character Naruto just met, they’re a lot like Naruto!” happens in literally all of these longer filler arcs, and it rings more hollow each time.

Kara: I like the parallels when Naruto can bring his experiences to these new and different people. He’s had to work through a lot and is finding success against the odds (or at least the assumed odds), and I think when it’s played right, it’s a good reminder that he actually does have the chops to be Hokage because he remembers the human element. I didn’t see as much of that this time, so past the “Ohoho, wanna be the Ho(shi)kage” it didn’t do much for me this time.

Noelle: Parallels are interesting, but they really need some meat to actually work. I think Sumaru has potential, but I’ll need to see his arc in full to allow for a proper judgment.

Kevin: While I praise the arc in general, Sumaru is the part where I just tune things out and go back to looking at my phone. He’s not bad, per se, but everyone’s seen the “character brainwashed by the obvious bad guy who’s actually a good person, just on the wrong side of things” before, and outside of that trope, Sumaru’s basically another character that’s like Naruto, which we’ve seen at least a half dozen times at this point. His reunion with his mother is probably the most interesting part of his arc, because there’s some lingering resentment that they need to work through, instead of just immediately being on the same side because they’re family.

Near the end of this week’s run of episodes, we see a split with regards to how to proceed with the mission. Naruto wants to bring Akahoshi to justice for what he’s done while Neji believes they should leave that matter to the Star Village. Given what we’ve seen in other filler arcs over the last couple of weeks and with what happens at the end of our final episode, should they have been more gung ho with confronting Akahoshi or was Neji in the right to hold Naruto and Lee back?

Paul: This was the most interesting conflict in the arc. The Leaf Village shinobi have been charged with a single task: retrieving the stolen star. Everything else outside of the purview of their mission, and their conduct – no matter how righteous – could reflect poorly on their village and damage its social standing. Since peace among the ninja villages is so fragile, a loss of reputation could have dire consequences. Naruto and company are caught between a rock and a hard place, and I love it.

Danni: Honestly, they’re both right. Naruto is correct in that the just thing to do would be to stop Akahoshi, and Neji is right in recognizing that shinobi are hired guns and not vigilantes. It’s an interesting conflict that Naruto has always danced around from the start, and I have full confidence that Naruto’s view will ultimately win out and this conflict will never become a factor ever again.

Joseph: This is definitely an interesting dilemma, and I’d like to see more of it in these missions. I agree that both sides are right, but it’s going to come down to what’s more important to Naruto. I suspect he’ll land on the side of confrontation, reputation be damned.

Carolyn: I’m a Gemini so I see both sides and will agonize over this answer for 30 years. Neji is definitely right in a way, it’s not exactly their place. But Naruto isn’t wrong, either. Morals are morals.

David: Neji is completely right, but this isn’t the kind of story that will give the pragmatic character his due.

Kara: I think that first begs the question of what is valued higher: justice overall, or faithfulness to your village and assignment. Considering previous episodes, it seems their lives will be most affected by their adherence to the latter. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or not, but there it is.

Noelle: It’s tricky, because they both bring up good points. While there’s no doubt that Akahoshi deserves to face some justice, the Leaf Village is not the world police; they don’t have full jurisdiction over what happens outside their territory. In the end, the Star Village ultimately has the right to the final say. It’s a tough call.

Kevin: In terms of actual mission rules and how professionals would handle the situation, Neji is almost certainly correct. Their employer was releasing them and saying that their mission was concluded, so the Leaf team should have headed back home right then. But this is Naruto, so screw the rules, we have a Nindo, a ninja way, to uphold.

Open up your flip phone and give me your highs and lows from this week’s episodes.

Paul: My high point is all of the intrigue surrounding Hidden Star Village, which was grounded in concepts such as duty, ambition, and obligation. My low point was the conclusion to the face-stealing shinobi mini-arc, which began as a serious threat but concluded as an episode of Looney Tunes. The set-up didn't match the pay-off, although I like the idea of a perfect impersonation Jutsu being used for something as mundane as dining-and-dashing.

Danni: My high point was watching the treasure hunting arc go from serious threat to goofy chase hijinks from last week to this week. I found it pretty humorous in the end. My low point was, of course, Sexy Jutsu. I’m so, so tired of it.

Joseph: My low point was pretty much everything with Jiraiya in what was yet another pointless episode that landed back at square one. Second low honors go to a totally wasted Rock Lee. My high point was the brief intrigue at the beginning of the Star Village arc, which quickly dissipated as more was revealed.

Carolyn: Neji’s growth and that entire conflict was definitely an interesting high point for me. Also, “Creeeeping.” Because Rock Lee is a very good boy. Low point is always sexy jutsu and just the weird amazement the characters always display when they realize a super-strong awesome ninja is a woman. They’ve been punched in the face by super strong women the whole series.

David: My high point and low point are both when Naruto used Rasengan to propel his boat he was on forward to catch up to the postman’s boat. High because it is such an amusing use of what is supposed to be an extremely powerful, Chakra-intensive attack, but also low because of that wastefulness. Did the writers forget these guys can literally walk on water?

Kara: My high point was Naruto’s garbage smutfic bringing peace to the land. My low point was the rest of that episode.

Noelle: The Star Village intrigue was definitely something I enjoyed, with both the concepts it introduced and the morality conundrum it pushed towards. I like it when things aren’t clean cut. Low point: Sexy Jutsu… haven’t we gotten tired of this by now?

Kevin:

High - The concept of the Hidden Star arc. I really like the idea of a group of people trying to become the next Hidden Village, but even more than that, I like that the previous village Kage banned star training because of how dangerous it is but the current villain brought it back because if even a handful of people master it, then their position as a powerful village is secured. It’s a bit more of a nuanced narrative than we’ve seen in previous arcs.

Low - The conclusion of the one-shot with Jiraiya and the Ninja Postmen. I get that it’s a gag, but a Nation’s Lord reading whatever genre “Make-Out Paradise” is in and deciding to not go to war as a result is not a satisfying ending. It would’ve made more sense if one of the following happened. Either a) he didn’t particularly like it, was disappointed and then Jiraiya and Naruto showed up to explain what had happened, giving him the secret documents and a promise to send the manuscript when Jiraiya finished it; or b) the Ninja Postmen accepted that there had been a mixup and swapped the documents back.

COUNTERS:

This Week:

Ramen: 3 cups

Hokage: 3

Clones: 28 + 2 variable scenes + 2 uncountable scenes

Total So Far:

Ramen: 171 bowls, 12 cups

Hokage: 58

Clones: 711

And that’s it for this week! Remember that you’re always welcome to watch along with the Rewatch, especially if you’ve never seen the original Naruto! Watch Naruto today!

Here’s our upcoming schedule:

-Next week, JOSEPH LUSTER is back to continue the Star Guard mission!

-On July 26th, KARA DENNISON returns to guide us through the end of the Peddlers Escort Mission!

-Finally on August 2nd, NOELLE OGAWA shows us the formation of the Konoha 11!

CATCH UP ON THE REWATCH!

Episodes 169-175: Anko’s Backstory At Sea

Episodes 162-168: The Tale of the Phantom Samurai

Episodes 155-161: Quickfire Curry

Episodes 148-154: The Forest is Abuzz With Ninjas

Episodes 141-147: Mizuki Strikes Back!

Episodes 134-140: The Climactic Clash

Episodes 127-133: Naruto vs Sasuke

Episodes 120-126: The Sand Siblings Return

Episodes 113-119: Operation Rescue Sasuke

Episodes 106-112: Sasuke Goes Rogue

Episodes 99-105: Trouble in the Land of Tea

Episodes 92-98: Clash of the Sannin

Episodes 85-91: A Life-Changing Decision

Episodes 78-84: The Fall of a Legend

Episodes 71-77: Sands of Sorrow

Episodes 64-70: Crashing the Chunin Exam

Episodes 57-63: Family Feud

Episodes 50-56: Rock Lee Rally

Episodes 43-49: The Gate

Episodes 36-42: Through the Woods

Episodes 29-35: Sakura Unleashed

Episodes 22-28: Chunin Exams Kickoff

Episodes 15-21: Leaving the Land of Waves

Episodes 8-14: Beginners' Battle

Episodes 1-7: I'm Gonna Be the Hokage!

Thank you for joining us for the GREAT CRUNCHYROLL NARUTO REWATCH! Have a great weekend, and we'll see you all next time!

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foxkage · 7 years

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*slides in for kisses* if you want !!

FIRST THREE IN MY INBOX GET KISSES [1/3]

sooo i took a drabble approach, some random AU verse. :3

@vcngful

She was almost perfect. Sweet. Sensible. Smart. Kind. Sosososo fucking’ nice. The watch on his wrist burns against his skin. A nice girl he could settle with. Could. Past tense. Damn it. Is he the real jerk between them? Honestly, between him and Sasuke, who is the true asshole?

Sliding past two people and shouting an apology, he continues jogging through the airport. Sakura texted him the gate code. God damn it! He’s hoping with every ounce of his being that the asshole hasn’t boarded yet. Yanno maybe he is the dumbass his best friend says he is.

It wasn’t until two hours ago he realized just what he needed to do. Racing to the airport in Kiba’s old clunky truck was a shitshow he never wants to relive. Sasuke’s sport’s car is way better, but that’s so obvious. Maybe he should’ve asked Itachi if he could borrow it since the asshole wasn’t taking it.

Still though, is this right? Leaving one relationship and going to someone else and confess? It’s so fucking cliche right? Like some dumb romance novel someone is watching alone on Saturday night while eating take-out. Is that too detailed? Maybe….hey! He wasn’t alone okay! Sometimes Sakura was with him, sometimes Kiba, annnnd sometimes with the asshole.

One of those nights it…augh! He hasn’t brought up after he decided to shove into the lake and never see it again. Him and Sasuke had a few beers, trying out these fake IDs some kid at school got them. They didn’t believe the shitty card would work, but the guy at the gas station was more interested in his phone than two teenagers trying to pass as 21.

And uh Sasuke got tipsy and promptly fell asleep. Boring bastard. He didn’t have more than two cans. One time drunk had him swear off that state forever. So he himself wasn’t drunk…and couldn’t blame the alcohol like he did when he told Sakura in secret. Fuck. Fuck.

Maybe he was a little drunk? He was thinkin’ funny thoughts like how Sasuke’s jaw was so elegant? Elegant, like what the fuck? And how smooth it looked and stupid bullshit. Then Sasuke turned toward him muttering under his breath, and he swears that stupid thought that happens in all romance novels happened.

He’s so peaceful he found himself thinking. Seeing him so unguarded and without his usual walls. It was just…fuck different? Before he could think, which in his defense happens a lot, he kissed the damn bastard. It wasn’t long or anything, maybe just a press of lips. Sasuke didn’t wake up, just wrinkled his nose in this really cu–uh…

…really annoying way that got him to stop acting recklessly and back off. Yeeeeah. He turned off the tv after that, shook the bastard awake and told him to go to bed.

After that he kind of dipped on him and found himself a nice girl. Typical right? So fucking typical. It’s the movies, they’re his own guidance in how to figure out what the fuck you feel.

Only this girl turned out to be amazing and he thought. Maybe that was his first mistake. Thinking. She was everything he didn’t deserve. Especially considerin’ why he went after her. Now he’s running through an airport in hopes of saying something to his best friend who is going away for college.

His life is a movie! Shit.

She got him gifts, took him to his favorite restaurants. Charmed him with her light blue eyes and wavy brown hair he loved to play with. Let him play with her radio, let him sing in the car. Always arrived right on time. Never too late or early and….is it weird that all these great things didn’t fit inside him?

Or no…he was looking for Sasuke’s imperfections. The bastard who always comes early and scolds him for taking forever. The asshole who tells him not touch the radio without his consent. Sasuke, the dumb jerk who will sing with him in the radio. Well more like mumble, but like his best friend can get the rap parts in songs down like he’s a pro. Fun fact.

His friend who will take him to Ichiraku despite it being pricey. He’ll complain the entire time, but he still eats the food. Gives him his leftovers and tells him to start eating better because he’s not bringing him here again! Only to return some time later.

Fuck why does he love those things? Yes love. It’s not like, because he craved them so bad. When his girlfriend did the opposite and it just felt great for a moment. Only that, a moment. He didn’t seek it more, didn’t find himself smiling at it. Just kind of…shrugging at it?

Standing on one of the seats, he looks over the heads of people. Only to be jerked down roughly. Naruto doesn’t need his slamming heart to tell him who it is.

He just knows.

“Bastard,” he breathes. Errr..says! He’s not breathing it like a prayer…or whatever! When he gets Sasuke’s stupid eyebrow raise, Naruto doesn’t know whether to shove him or…uhh….umm kiss him? Nahhh. Not the second one, Sasuke might….

Maybe he should?

“Hey,” he finally says and Sasuke’s brow just seems to go higher. Stupidstupid. He’s smiling though. The question in his eyes is clear.

Why are you here.

Naruto can’t help but shrug.

“I wanted to be here…” he says lamely. His tongue is loveblocking him. Haha..ha. It was a worth a shot.

“You’re gunna be gone for like four years,” he tries again and Sasuke actually crosses his arms. Okay he’s growing impatient. And he knows this so easily. Naruto scratches his cheeks.

“Really, I mean c’mon on man. You’re going halfway across the world for college. It’s gunna be weird not seein’ you,” he mumbles looking away. They sort of had this conversation already. Like they walked around it…ish. On the pool laying on a like this big ass mattress floatie Sasuke’s parents have. They stared at the night sky and yeah talk.

Rubbing the back of his neck, Naruto glances to the side. He can tell Sasuke’s mind is working, deciding whether to let him get away with it or…not. When his best friend tilts his head, Naruto knows he’s bought himself some time. Following after the Uchiha, he watches his back and wonders if he’ll say anything in the end.

Will he pussy out? Maybe.

Naruto bites his tongue as he sits next to Sasuke. Conversation starts between them, Sasuke surprisingly mentioning the basketball game from last night. Naruto takes the bait and eagerly engages in it. Trash talking with his best friend feels like an embrace from an old friend. Teasing ,fighting, he loves it all. They just go through topic after topic soon his plane is being called.

Naruto gets up and looks at his best friend.

“Don’t think too much about what I’m gunna do,” he tells him. Naruto doesn’t hold back in wrapping his arms around the Uchiha. Holding him tight, he gets the last feel of Sasuke for what will be a few years. He’s going away himself and probably won’t return to this town. That makes his fingers dig into his friend’s back.

Lifting his lips to his ear….

“If Sakura told you I was drunk when I kissed you,” Naruto pauses and draws back to stare at Sasuke straight in the eyes.

“I wasn’t.”

Releasing his holds on Sasuke, Naruto steps back and pushes the Uchiha toward the doors.

“See ya later teme and good luck.”

#vcngful #answered #thank you for sending!#this is probably so cliche and all #but i couldn't help myself #naruto wanted to roll with it so i was like fiiine #and the f-bombs are numerous xD #this was fun to write

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