Naruto : Uchiha : Chapter 89
Uchiha clan compounds
"Open the damn door! I swear I'm going to break it down in five seconds flat!"
Naruto tried to get to the door as fast as he possibly could in his condition. He knew that voice all too well, it was Tsunade.
An angry Tsunade.
And an angry Tsunade - was never a good Tsunade.
"That does it!" the absolutely livid kunoichi cocked her fist back, her patience having run out completely by that point. Fully intent on smashing the door right out the other sides of the estate, she let her fist go forward. When much to her surprise and horror - the door opened.
Naruto's baby blue orbs were wide in shock seeing a fist mere millimeters from his face. He could sense the soft humming chakra it had still laced on it's tip. A bead of sweat rolled down his temple while he gulped thickly.
That was a close call. A little too close for comfort.
On a good day, he would have let his instincts kick in and slap her hand away to the side while watching it come closer to his face in slow motion, courtesy of his Sharingan. But he couldn't have dodged that in his given condition. So remembering all that, he had been lucky…
When he saw her face he realized he was only lucky of sorts…
Tsunade let out a soft yelp when he pulled her in the house by her arm and closed the door in the blink of an eye. Her own eyes went wide when his palm slapped onto the wall by the side of her head and she saw Naruto lean down closer to her face.
"You came all alone huh? So early in the morning too." his voice was strange and she knew what he was trying to do. "You do realize that people might get the wrong idea if you keep this up, right?" on any other day, she would have blushed and went down into a mumbling mess in flow with his trickery.
But today wasn't any other day.
She slapped her hand over his forehead, which, just as she had expected - was burning like a stove. "I knew it, I fucking knew it." a tick mark appeared over her forehead when he let out a soft sigh. He always tried to tease and embarrass her whenever she was onto him doing something like this to work his way out of the situation .
"So it's true that you forced them to let you leave the hospital." she hissed.
He really was an idiot!
Only then did she see him sweating like crazy even in such a cool weather. On closer inspection, she could see him barely standing by the support of his palm that was by her head while his legs trembled like dry leaves.
"Oi don't stress yourself so much." she wrapped her arms around his chest to support and hug him at the same time. "Come now, let's go to bed." supporting him by pulling an arm over her shoulder, she scurried him upstairs and straight into his room.
"I'm fine…" his plead fell on deaf ears when she forcefully laid him down onto his futon and tucked him in it like a child.
"I'll go and get some ice, water and towels." she mumbled, half angry - half tiredly and he caught her wrist in a futile attempt to stop her.
"I'll do it…" was all he could say before she had pushed him down by his chest.
"You will stay in bed." her voice left no rooms for argument and he relented with an annoyed grunt, which was ignored completely by her.
"Tsunade, really…I'm alright." he tried to plead to her, she didn't have to do this.
But her patience had already thinned to the point of snapping right at that instant.
"YOU WILL STAY IN BED!" her sudden shout shocked him completely. Her own angry eyes softened seeing him looking at her in such a stunned manner and she tenderly cupped his cheek in her palm.
"Just let yourself heal." her whisper was almost pleading. And for the life of him he couldn't say no to such a sad face. Silently nodding, he laid back down while she once more tucked the blanket up to his neck and went out to go fetch the items she had picked out for him in her mind.
Naruto watched her return and said nothing while she placed a bowl full full of cold water with some floating ice cubes being placed by his side. She picked out some hand towels from his closet and sat down by his side. Dipping one into the bowl, she wrapped up a couple of ice cubes in it and placed it on his forehead.
"Why did you run out of the hospital?" she asked, and he fell silent for a moment there. How was he to tell her that the nurse had come up to him with a bill that he had hardly been able to pay with all he currently had on him.
Or else he was threatened to being thrown out if he was unable to pay for their services any further. So to save himself some of his little to non existent self dignity by that point; he had left.
It was the primary reason he hated hospitals. They ate money like snacks even for a small fever. And no one ever wanted him around for any more than what was absolutely necessary.
But she didn't need to know that…
"I was bored." he lied smoothly, but she caught onto it almost instantly. She knew the reason too, as much as he could try and hide it - she would always see through him in the end.
He never could lie to her.
Picking up another towel, she went on to change it with a sad smile. "You are a terrible liar Naru." her soft whisper made him tear his eyes away from her. He hated lying to her with his very being, but he absolutely despised showing her his vulnerabilities and worrying her so much. He wasn't worth it. He never really was worth her.
"Why didn't you call for me or Baa-chan?" she asked him earnestly while placing the new towel over his forehead.
"It was unnecessary." he answered simply and she let out a soft sigh. That annoying baka was just too reckless for his own good sometimes - no almost all the time. But for the life of her, even after seeing his skin so pale and eyes so tired she couldn't, for the life of her, be angry at him.
"Have you eaten yet?" her voice was gentle and caring while she brushed away the wet locks coming over his eyes. Though her eye twitched when he looked even farther away with a small huff, one that made her feel quite stupid for asking such a ridiculous question.
Of course he hadn't.
But he could answer her out of courtesy at the very least…
"Alright alright, now stop moping - I brought you some breakfast. I'll go and heat it up … since it did turn cold in the time it took me to find you …" her voice was accusing towards the end.
She cocked her hip to the side and placed a palm on it, trying to copy her grandmother to a large extent but ultimately failed miserably in her endeavor.
So in the end she had to relent in defeat when he didn't so much glance at her, instead finding the scenery outside his window quite prudently refreshing.
He did hear her sigh and get up and she didn't see the small smile he had while he looked back out the window once more to enjoy the scenery outside after he had eyed her walking out his room quite intently out of her eye-shot.
He really was glad she was here.
She came back with her steaming pot from the morning, now without it's lid. And Naruto could discern the smell of rice that hit his nostrils which made him glance at her while she sat down by his futon and pulled her legs to the left side of her thighs.
He rose an eyebrow seeing the… contents… of the serving pot.
"What's this?" he couldn't help but ask, and she gave him a cheeky smile while pouring down it's steaming… contents… into a serving bowl.
"It's rice porridge. I made it myself in the morning." Naruto did smile seeing her puff out her chest in pride and got up shakily by support of his elbows.
She tried to hand him the bowl when he rose an eyebrow at her, much to her honest confusion. So, he decided to put an end to it hastily enough.
"I can't use my arms properly, you will have to feed me." he lied smoothly, and this time the girl didn't catch on to his deception.
The Senju heiress blushed a gentle pink hue over her cheeks and nodded dumbly. It was just so embarrassing, but what could she do? He was hurt and needed her like he had always been there for her.
It was the least she could do for him…
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