SUNLIGHT EMBODIED

◄ 悪魔の狐 ►– ❛❛ S-Sakura! Please!! I swear I'm okay. ❜❜ Naruto panicked, willing to say or do anything to keep himself out of the dreaded hospital. ❛❛ It'll heal in two days! ❜❜ Hopping up to his still working foot, he jumped like a little kid playing a chalk game. Intending to get as far away from the facility the other was threatening.

❛❛ I'll go to a clinic! Or a med-station, but no hospitals! ❜❜ The Uzumaki protested. Having always hated the buildings, not for their care- but for the awful sounds of those around. The crying, screaming, begging of patients in pain. It always sent the Jinchuuriki into a paranoid spiral thinking to all the multitude of horror stories he had heard as a kid.

Stepping down accidentally with pressure to the injured leg, he winced and let out a soft pained gasp. A seething hiss following as tanned hands moved down to tenderly hold the injury. ❛❛ I'm not getting handcuffed to a bed for a broken leg- No way -Ya'nno! ❜❜

◄ 悪魔の狐 ►– Silence in a sinking downpour of rain. Heavy in it's waves, between the breaks of darkened clouds above that seemed to move faster than time itself. Brilliant blue hues, downcast and somber in the quiet of it all as the vessel trudged on home.

Paths filthy with effluent from the nearby shops that cast the waisted water of their kitchens, aside. Clouding and polluting every puddle passed along side the dark red liquids that washed themselves of the blonde's clothes in the mid-autumn rains.

Remaining remnants of his most recent mission. Serving as lingering reminders to the more violent requirements of his occupation. Lifting a tanned hand to clean away the scrapes and small cuts that stung so bitterly in the cooling shower, A familiar face approaching caught his attention. Just below the gates to the village he called home, he locked eyes on the other. Finally able to recognize them and force the lie of his smile as the distance closed.

◄ 悪魔の狐 ►– Placing down the potted plant he intended to move, the blonde moved back just enough to better look at the Uchiha who had come to join him. ❛❛ Do they? ❜❜ He asked softly, a tender smile upon tanned lips that would shortly be replaced with pursed confusion.

❛❛ S..Sasuke. ❜❜ The vessel muttered, taken off guard by the other's compliment. However, he wasn't upset as closed lips parted to show off a large bright and toothy smile. The subtle blush against tanned cheeks remaining as he sat onto his knees. ❛❛ You think so? I guess I am happy! ❜❜

◄ 悪魔の狐 ►– ❛❛ It's just a couple scratches Sakura.. There's really no need to get so fussy. ❜❜ The blonde sighed softly, sitting upon the fallen mass of oak that had only just before caught and crushed the blonde's leg beneath it's weight. ❛❛ I can't feel my ankle or any pain so it should be fine right? ❜❜

He was clueless with medicine or the simple concepts of evaluating even the most basic of injuries. Tapping at the injured area with tanned fingers and wincing slightly at the stinging sensation. ❛❛ Training's over anyway. I'll just go home and put some ice on it -Ya'nno? ❜❜