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(teamwork) more Progression ficleting~
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Still writing, so I'll add more to this post if I finish another scene later. they're out of order, but whatEVAR.
Sasuke forgave him.
How does he know? The bastard didn't say no when, not hoping for much, Naruto proposed the three of them hang out after the mission. He knows better than to ask Sakura on her own, by now; she adamantly refuses anything that could be construed as a date. He still wants to spend time with her. She's nice and clever and he even kind of likes being bossed around. She wouldn't nag so much if she didn't care, right?
He wants to spend time with the bastard, even though he still keeps his distances, even though things haven't been the same since he brought him back from his attempted betrayal. But it's painful, because he still feels guilty, and so he doesn't dare force Sasuke into anything. He's waiting.
But Sasuke forgave him. After so long, he finally forgave him. And all it took was getting in such deep shit that he would have died if it hadn't been for the bastard. Naruto almost doesn't care that he messed up, that he needed to be rescued. That for once, Sasuke was better.
Because in the end, when it looked like he was going to die, Sasuke stepped in front of him. Protected him. Just like that first time -- minus the hedgehog look.
Sasuke said yes, and Sakura hesitated, startled, and then said yes, and Sakura and Naruto both know that this is way more important their little game of date-me-please, hell-no. This is Sasuke actually accepting to spend more time than required for the job around them. This is Sasuke actually going out of his way, out of his routine, to hang out with them.
Oh, sure, they hang out all the time, when they're waiting for Kakashi, when they're walking to and from mission objectives, when they're doing boring stuff. Sasuke even talks to them about casual, unimportant stuff, when he's in a good mood. Still ... this is a milestone.
Naruto is happy. He's got Sakura on one side, Sasuke on the other. Sakura frowns and pouts and rolls her eyes at him, but she laughs and doesn't hit him when he brushes against her, and Sasuke scoffs and sneers and snipes at him every chance he gets, but it doesn't matter because she doesn't have to meet Ino or wash her hair or anything, because he's not sneering and stomping off without even bothering with an excuse. They're here.
That doesn't mean he's not going to kick the bastard's ass from here to the Hokage monument if he keeps smirking about Naruto needing to be saved.
Still writing, so I'll add more to this post if I finish another scene later. they're out of order, but whatEVAR.
Sasuke forgave him.
How does he know? The bastard didn't say no when, not hoping for much, Naruto proposed the three of them hang out after the mission. He knows better than to ask Sakura on her own, by now; she adamantly refuses anything that could be construed as a date. He still wants to spend time with her. She's nice and clever and he even kind of likes being bossed around. She wouldn't nag so much if she didn't care, right?
He wants to spend time with the bastard, even though he still keeps his distances, even though things haven't been the same since he brought him back from his attempted betrayal. But it's painful, because he still feels guilty, and so he doesn't dare force Sasuke into anything. He's waiting.
But Sasuke forgave him. After so long, he finally forgave him. And all it took was getting in such deep shit that he would have died if it hadn't been for the bastard. Naruto almost doesn't care that he messed up, that he needed to be rescued. That for once, Sasuke was better.
Because in the end, when it looked like he was going to die, Sasuke stepped in front of him. Protected him. Just like that first time -- minus the hedgehog look.
Sasuke said yes, and Sakura hesitated, startled, and then said yes, and Sakura and Naruto both know that this is way more important their little game of date-me-please, hell-no. This is Sasuke actually accepting to spend more time than required for the job around them. This is Sasuke actually going out of his way, out of his routine, to hang out with them.
Oh, sure, they hang out all the time, when they're waiting for Kakashi, when they're walking to and from mission objectives, when they're doing boring stuff. Sasuke even talks to them about casual, unimportant stuff, when he's in a good mood. Still ... this is a milestone.
Naruto is happy. He's got Sakura on one side, Sasuke on the other. Sakura frowns and pouts and rolls her eyes at him, but she laughs and doesn't hit him when he brushes against her, and Sasuke scoffs and sneers and snipes at him every chance he gets, but it doesn't matter because she doesn't have to meet Ino or wash her hair or anything, because he's not sneering and stomping off without even bothering with an excuse. They're here.
That doesn't mean he's not going to kick the bastard's ass from here to the Hokage monument if he keeps smirking about Naruto needing to be saved.